As we hurtle into the 2020s, time to recall a millennium eve 20 years ago and face the clean slate of the future The guests were dressed with care as befits the end of an era. The New Year’s Eve…
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Ghosts of Christmas past
Nepali, British and Indian aristocrats used to rub shoulders with ambassadors, writers, scientists and conservationists at Tiger Tops Although it is no longer the case, for years Nepal was one of the few countries in the world that did not…
Writng about writing
Learning the craft in the fertile spiritual atmosphere of the Himalayan Writers Workshop “I’d like this one please.” A loud voice in the peaceful garden café in the shadow of Bodnath stupa startles me from my notebook. I see a…
The trips before TripAdvisor
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…
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,…