Kathmandu Valley

The caravan of Sanuman

Translated excerpt from Dor Bahadur Bista’s Nepali-language novel ‘Sotala’.

Running tourism

Why are running trails in Southasia not yet a popular form of adventure tourism?

| May 01, 2010

Gods in Exile

Every piece of ancient religious statuary from Kathmandu Valley that sits today in the West is stolen property. The gods must be returned from their exile, and until such time, those who presently hold them …

| Oct 01, 1999

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