Media promotion and press freedom were done differently then In ancient times, prior to the advent of social media and the internet, we did well using traditional print, newspapers and magazines in which to spread the word that Nepal was…
So Far So Good
Champions of Nepal’s conservation movement
Nepal’s royals were successful in saving the country’s wildlife, but not its monarchy It was the most splendid of glittering weddings. Fairy lights threaded through the bushes, candles glowed on the ivy-wrapped tables, oil lamps marked the stone flagged paths,…
Marco Polo, the film that was never made
Trying to make a movie about a belt and road initiative before the term was even invented If you want to be remembered, write it down. Marco Polo was not the only merchant who traded and travelled from the Venetian…
Dad’s deception
How an international wedding ceremony was saved by translation The dark interior of the Om Restaurant on Freak Street was my favourite hangout when I first arrived in Nepal. Run by three groovy long-haired brothers, refugees from eastern Tibet, it was one…
Bhutan is on the move
The world’s first carbon-negative country absorbs more CO2 than it burns Our flight arrived 45 minutes early. “Only in Bhutan, never in Nepal,” grinned a retired army general shouldering his golf clubs and duty free at Kathmandu airport, heading for a weekend on…