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    Father Moran and Nepal’s Jesuits

    by Lisa Choegyal
    by Lisa Choegyal

    Fr Marshall D Moran 1906-1992 in Godavari with his ham radio. Photo: Brooke Allen We stood uneasily on the grass beneath the…

  • EX-Pats of NepalHistoryLandmark

    Buried in History

    by Lisa Choegyal
    by Lisa Choegyal

    A new book on the British cemetery at Kathmandu is little known but not hard to find, reminds us of expatriates who lived and died in Nepal over the past two centuries.

  • EX-Pats of NepalHistoryMountainsTourismTravel

    Tenzing Norgay and Sir Ed

    by Pratigya Sedhai
    by Pratigya Sedhai

    Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Sir Edmund Hillary will forever be remembered as the trailblazers who conquered the roof of the world and left an indelible mark on human history.

  • EX-Pats of NepalHistoryLandmark

    Everest 70 years on

    by Lisa Choegyal
    by Lisa Choegyal

    The lives and legacy of Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, Seventy years ago at 11.30 AM on 29 May 1953 they made history as the first mountaineers to stand on the summit of Mount Everest (Sagarmatha)

  • EX-Pats of NepalHistory

    Remembering Des-la at Shangri~la

    by Lisa Choegyal
    by Lisa Choegyal

    Remembering Des-la at Shangri~la, the 1,000 recollections of Desmond Doig at the hotel’s Shambala Garden that he designed in Kathmandu

  • EX-Pats of NepalPeople

    Greta Rana’s Writing and History

    by Abhi Subedi
    by Abhi Subedi

    A theatre artist called me on January 25 to say that Greta Rana (Greta Mary Pennington) had just passed away. Born in…

  • EX-Pats of NepalHistoryPeople

    Hiking with Jimmy

    by Lisa Choegyal
    by Lisa Choegyal

    Col Jimmy Roberts with Al Read and Elizabeth Hawley during New Year’s at Tiger Tops in 1978. Little Sangjay was fascinated by…

  • CultureEX-Pats of NepalPeople

    The Good Doctor

    by Lisa Choegyal
    by Lisa Choegyal

    Dr. David R Shlim, author of A Gentle Rain of Compassion with Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche. Chyoki Nima is David’s guru and friend…

  • CultureEX-Pats of NepalHistory

    No Lovelier Spot Than Kakani

    by Lisa Choegyal
    by Lisa Choegyal

    The plot in Kakani (Nuwakot) was gifted to the British envoy by the Ranas in the 19th century as a country retreat.

  • EX-Pats of NepalTourism

    A.V. JIM EDWARDS: 1935 – 2009

    by Lisa Choegyal
    by Lisa Choegyal

    Jim Edwards, who died in 2009 in Kathmandu, was one of the pioneers of tourism in Nepal, along with his friends Boris…

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