Fear of the Dentist
Ambling along a road, you pass a sign for dental surgery. Immediately, your heart starts racing, you can feel the heat rising to your face, and you become shaky and...
Issue 62 | January 2007
We are often advised by our doctors to do some form of physical exercise. Did you know that exercise has both risks and benefits? Screening is mandatory under guidelines that...
Ambling along a road, you pass a sign for dental surgery. Immediately, your heart starts racing, you can feel the heat rising to your face, and you become shaky and...
To the untrained eye it would seem that writing about theatre is as futile as dancing about architecture. But it is far from futile when it is approached by an...
Yet another fusion album? Yes, but with a difference. The average fusion album is overridden with eastern sounds and perhaps too much of it, in an attempt to be...
Gopal Shrestha spends his weekends at Osho Tapoban. Just 10km from the city center, it is a haven where one can find peace amid the tranquil surroundings. “I have...
The tradition of Gufa or Barah in Newar culture was born out of practical reasons. Simply put, it is a ritual of keeping a young girl pure for her...
You can’t miss this bar if you walk towards Hotel Radisson. If you do, the music will tell you where it is, anyway. Yes, Red Onion Bar sits immediately...
For Tibetans, religion is everything. Many live for the next life, rather than for the present. They accumulate deeds of virtue and pray for the final liberation—enlightenment. Lips and...
As we walk around the magnificent Patan Durbar Square, we notice three stone pillars of which the biggest one has the image of Malla ruler Yog Narendra with a snake...
"Vhroom, vhroom!" goes the bike and your only reaction is "Wow!" That's how it feels when you hear the sound of a 1961 BMW R50S . It took just...
Ten years ago, coffee culture was practically unheard of in the valley. It was a beverage consumed mostly by foreigners and occasionally by Nepalis. But times have changed and coffee...
The Jyapu community is the most active among the Newars of Kathmandu valley. From farming to pottery and from playing music to taking part in festivals, their activities are invaluable...
Götz Hagmüller has been living in Bhaktapur for twenty-seven long years. His job as manager of the Bhaktapur Development Project brought him to this old city in 1979. He was...