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  • CultureEX-Pats of NepalHistory

    Hippie Trail Nostalgia in Kathmandu

    by Lisa Choegyal
    by Lisa Choegyal

    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.

  • Heritage SiteHistoryLandmark

    Museums In Nepal

    by Cristina Singh Magar
    by Cristina Singh Magar

    Nepal is a landlocked country located between India to the east, south, and west and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to…

  • ArtCultureHistory

    Nepal’s History Through Art

    by Lisa Choegyal
    by Lisa Choegyal

    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.…

  • ArtCultureHistory

    Traditional Art Forms of Nepal

    by Sanskriti Shrestha
    by Sanskriti Shrestha

    When one reason about the pride of being a Nepali, one is immediately reminded of the multifarious cultures that adorn the Nepali…

  • ArtCultureHistory

    KATHMANDU TRIENNALE 2077

    by Sanskriti Shrestha
    by Sanskriti Shrestha

    When one peeks into a gallery that is entirely and so meticulously adorned by masterful artworks of a rich line of participating…

  • ArtHistory

    Art in Nepal

    by Sanskriti Shrestha
    by Sanskriti Shrestha

    If you were to wander around the ancient picturesque squares of Patan, Bhaktapur, and Basantapur, you would see almost every local working…

  • Case StudyHistoryPolitics

    The Nonaligned Policy of a Small State

    by Saemah Shamim
    by Saemah Shamim

    Introduction of Nepal Nepal, a country of Asia, little known to the outside world, is lying along the southern slopes of the…

  • HistoryPoliticsRoyal

    Coronation Ceremony of King Birendra

    by Mahima Poddar
    by Mahima Poddar

    People of Nepal loved Late King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev for his devotion to making Nepal better. After the death of…

  • HistoryRoyal

    Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev

    by Prakash Dhital
    by Prakash Dhital

    Shree Panch Maharajdhiraj King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev was the ninth Shah Dynasty ruler of Nepal. He was the first child…

  • Heritage SiteHistoryTravel

    Gorkha Kingdom

    by Nikki Thapa
    by Nikki Thapa

    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!

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