Bilateral relations between Nepal and New Zealand are strong and deep-rooted often symbolised by Sir Edmund Hilary, who along with Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, climbed Everest in 1953. As a mountaineer, he devoted himself to raising funds for improving the livelihood of the Sherpa people of Nepal in the Khumbu region.…
Remembering an eco-tourism project in Afghanistan, following the footsteps of Ahmad Shah Massoud Kids playing on rusted tanks abandoned by the retreating Russians, war debris comfortably incorporated into stone walls to contain sheep and goats, and flickering green flags of the martyrs’ graves, too many graves, under a cloudless sky.…
The concrete corridors of Singha Durbar echo with government gravitas, their office windowssoberly shrouded in net curtains. Kathmandu diplomats calling on Nepali ministers are familiarwith the regular request to “please encourage your country’s private sector to invest in Nepal.”Despite the polite rhetoric, official efforts to stimulate growth in international business…
Tribute to Nepal’s most celebrated Ayurvedic doctor Rishi Ram Koirala who died last week at age 63 I had an appointment with Rishi Ram Koirala the day before he suffered his fatal heart attack. Last week Nepal has lost one of its most celebrated ayurvedic practitioners, the founder and medical…
The lockdown provides an opportunity to tick off nocturnal wildlife from the mammal list “Does it have a tail?” “I can’t see because it’s sitting on it.” “What about its eyes and coat?” “Bright and black eyes with spikey brown fur.” “Sounds like a greater bandicoot.” “Oh dear. Not again.”…