1,000 recollections of Desmond Doig at the hotel’s Shambala Garden that he designed in Kathmandu As befits a celebration in the time of coronavirus, the party in the Shangri~la Hotel’s Shambala garden is muted. Hugs and handshakes are replaced with knuckle taps, elbow embraces and even jazz hands, but I prefer the…
Life and times of Nepal through the Nepali Times Next Friday, the Nepali Times will be publishing its millennial issue. It is getting on for 20 years since this august weekly first hit the newsstands, providing those of us who cannot read the Nepali language with insights into the news and media,…
It has been eight years since a group of hikers and a dog walked across Nepal to promote tourism and highlight the climate crisis Abroad smile lit his bearded face as Dawa Steven Sherpa strode towards us down the mountain path. The afternoon sun glinted off grey stone walls and…
This important collection of photographs evokes a forgotten era when the Kathmandu Valley was rural, verdant, and astonishingly empty of people. White peaks loom pristine in the unpolluted air, the unpaved roads are empty of vehicles and terraced fields are uncluttered with urban sprawl. These early images are the exemplary…
The plot was gifted to the British envoy by the Ranas in the 19th century as a country retreat As an egotistic control freak, Jim Edwards did not like surprises. It was with bad grace that he grudgingly permitted me to arrange his 50th birthday celebration, but it drove him mad that he…