Himalaya a Human History is an exhaustive and sweeping account of the roof of the world Both a soaring celebration and a sacramental offering to the highest mountain range in the world, everything you ever wanted to know about the…
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Niranjan Koirala, 73
Remembering the quiet force who shaped Nepal tourism on the 13th day of his passing It was a glowing autumn afternoon in Bhaktapur with the sun warming the terracotta roof tiles and moulded brick facades. Keanu Reeves had just finished…
The vagaries of fate
In her last column, Lisa Choegyal takes us on the Trans-Siberian Railway during the Soviet days It was my Dr Zhivago fantasy period, and I had this wild idea that it would be compelling to travel solitary by surface all the way…
Collateral benefits
‘Bravest of the brave, most generous of the generous, never had country more faithful friends than you…’ Twas the night after Christmas 1993 and we all thought the bumps were just someone else going to the bathroom. Next morning downstairs…
Nepal’s history through art
Rediscovering the Victorian-era paintings of Kathmandu by early British and Nepali artists Back in the day when my walls were empty, I used to buy old paintings and photos with whatever cash I had, rummaging around in Darbar Marg antique…