From the mid-1960s, hordes of hippies in search of Shangri-La bussed or hitchhiked through Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India before culminating in our Valley paradise, the end of the road. They came in tens of thousands pursuing enlightenment, preaching peace, finding themselves, escaping conformity, defying convention or fleeing the Draft, packed into gaudily-painted combis, busses and trucks resonating with Bob Dylan and Van Morrison.
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History
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Nepal is a landlocked country located between India to the east, south, and west and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to…
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HA Oldfield’s 1850 painting of the British Residency in Kathmandu (now the Indian Embassy) showing the empty, barren landscape of Nagarjun in the mid-nineteenth century.…
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When one reason about the pride of being a Nepali, one is immediately reminded of the multifarious cultures that adorn the Nepali…
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When one peeks into a gallery that is entirely and so meticulously adorned by masterful artworks of a rich line of participating…
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If you were to wander around the ancient picturesque squares of Patan, Bhaktapur, and Basantapur, you would see almost every local working…
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Introduction of Nepal Nepal, a country of Asia, little known to the outside world, is lying along the southern slopes of the…
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People of Nepal loved Late King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev for his devotion to making Nepal better. After the death of…
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Shree Panch Maharajdhiraj King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev was the ninth Shah Dynasty ruler of Nepal. He was the first child…
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Despite Gorkha being my ancestral town forever, November 2018 was the second time I landed there. I think my dad and uncles went there only a couple of times in their lifespan of 60 years. When asked where my ancestral town is, I say, Gorkha!! About 100 years ago!