Writer and editor Lisa Choegyal on the type of reader she is, why she likes editing and her favourite books on Nepal. Lisa Choegyal first arrived in Nepal in 1974 for a trekking expedition and has since made Kathmandu her…
Articles
The Queen is Dead, Long Live the King
It is Indra Jatra in Basantapur but in Britain, the Queen is dead. Through an early September cloudburst we navigate the uneven flag-stoned narrow streets around Om Bahal. Water drips down my collar, drenched awnings hang limp and locals shelter in the…
Buried in history
New book on the British cemetery reminds us of expatriates who lived and died in Nepal over the past two centuries The British cemetery at Kathmandu is little known but not hard to find. Keep the imposing white sweep of the…
Remembering John Nankervis 1946-2022
The pioneering New Zealand mountaineer who preferred not to climb Everest When I bring Nank to mind we are always laughing, often uncontrollably. He is crouched pixie-like on a low table in a Wellington bar, stomping tongue-extended in a Maori…
Sustaining Sir Edmund’s legacy in Nepal
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…