July 2019
Opinion
Hillary Centenary
Photo: LISA CHOEGYAL ir Edmund Percival Hillary KG ONZ KBE was born 100 years ago, on 20 July 1919. A big man […]
July 18, 2019
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Ever gone wildlife trekking in Nepal?
PHOTO: JOANNA VAN GRUISEN fter walking to Jomsom in 1974, my next foray was to Langtang. I went better prepared […]
July 2, 2019
June 2019
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Divine intervention by ex-Kumaris
Patan Kumari Samita Bajracharya in her throne in Kumari Ghar on April 2011. Photo: NARENDRA SHRESTHA uring my first days […]
June 17, 2019
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Piecing together Afghanistan’s Bamyan Buddhas
Bamyan Valley and the enclosure where the Buddha figure once stood he baked biscuit cliffs of Bamyan shimmered in the […]
June 4, 2019
May 2019
The season of summits
Sacred summits of the Himalaya are worshipped by billions who depend on the mercy of the gods. Photo: COLIN MONTEATH […]
May 20, 2019
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The genesis of elephant polo in Chitwan
Thrice world elephant polo champion, Sangjay Choegyal battles for the ball with Sharlyn Stafford in Nepal 2009 et up, get […]
May 6, 2019
April 2019
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Miss Nepal viral video and stage fright
The panel of judges conferring on the serious business of Miss Nepal 2004 – (from left) Seema Golcha, Capt Vijay […]
April 21, 2019
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Nepal’s naturalist elite
Nepal’s early naturalists in Chitwan guided celebrities like Beatle Ringo Starr (in Dhaka topi). From left to right: Yam Gurung, […]
April 9, 2019
March 2019
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Early investors didn’t sell Nepal short
Boris and Inger Lisanevitch at Kathmandu Airport in 1962. he early foreign investors in Nepal may have been an eccentric […]
March 22, 2019
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Out of the ashes
A memorial in Taplejung dedicated to Nepal’s top conservationists and officers who lost their lives in the 2006 Ghunsa crash. […]
March 11, 2019