After living for three years in Kolkata during the mid-1980s, when I returned to Kathmandu and started re-familiarising myself with the Nepali capital I would often be struck
Serious obstacles remain in moving forward on the peace process in Nepal. Will the impossibility of extending the Constituent Assembly beyond six months force the Maoists and the other parties to a compromise?
(The year 2011 will be celebrated worldwide as the centenary of the great poet of Southasia, Faiz Ahmed Faiz. Himal's forthcoming January 2011 issue will carry cover features
INDIA
To the pole!
India launched its first-ever scientific research mission to the South Pole in November. A team of eight scientists from the Goa-based National Centre for
Over the past decade, a new kind of restaurant has appeared in the Kathmandu Valley – the dance bar or, similarly, the 'cabin restaurant'. These places cater to an
In 1951, Nepal was still largely a mystery to the world. Other than the occasional mountaineering expedition or diplomatic mission, life in the kingdom – with all its complex politics and
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PAST EVENTS
Travelling Cartoon Exhibition
Himal organised two cartoon exhibitions in Kathmandu, Nepal as part of the first-ever Cartoon Congress on 14-15
