The closure of the southern transit points by India, in late March, brought unprecedented crisis to landlocked Nepal. The impact was severest in Kathmandu, where two kinds of lines were
Bhutan's infant air carrier, Druk Air, is thinking big. It is poised to begin simultaneous air links with neighbouring Nepal and beyond the South Asian region with Thailand.
We would like our readers to know that Himal is not just an environmental magazine. To clarify, Himal is a magazine on social, economic, cultural and environmental matters which affect
A year ago, if you had told the pujari at Muktinath that by Dasain he would be doing his evening prayers by electric light, he would have responded, sure, and
Deep in the interior of Chamoli District, 40 kilometres from Karnaprayag, the barren Garhwali landscape suddenly gives way to a lush oak forest, green, in stark contrast to the surrounding
On the night of 19 January, the main building and courtyard of the Tengboche monastery in the Khumbu region caught fire and burned to the ground. The fire had begun
Sociologist Ujjwal Pradhan takes a look at the give-and-take among the villagers of two hamlets in Central Nepal as they jockey for rights to precious irrigation water.
South of the
The potato is taking root in Nepal like never before, and Kulbir Vyanjankar will be the first to tell you why. This 45-year-old farmer from Sankhamul in Kathmandu Valley is
Dharan town and the hill villages of East Nepal were in deep slumber. Then came an ominous rumbling, followed by violent jerking of the ground. Amidst collapsed houses and landslides,
There would be no way to count them, but across the Himalaya mountains there are thousands upon thousands mystics. They come in all hues and traditions, from seekers who live
Portering in the Nepal Himalaya is deadly serious business. It involves enormous toil for little gain; it brings on premature aging. It is among the most primitive uses of human
Old Mountain Crops
The world's food supply is precariously based on seven major crops — wheat, rice, maize, potato, barley, cassava and sorghum. We now cultivate fewer species of
