(Welcoming Indian Airlines back to Kathmandu)
Our IA flight from Calcutta to Kathmandu was due to leave early morning. The dawn was soft, a gentle humid air wafting across the
Nepal's travel-traders seem to know how to run every sector of tourism into the ground.
The two biggest problems of Nepali tourism are over-supply and under-cutting. The market
On 9N-AFV,there is nothing between you and the Valley below and the Himalaya upfront.
Silence… That is what hits you. Silence almost eerie as you hang from a hot-air
The interest and the ability of people to travel make up the industry known as tourism. The term encompasses a large variety of travel, from pilgrimagesby devotees of Lord Pashupatinath
IC814 Hijacked!
By Flt. Engr. Anil K. Jaggia and Saurabh Shukla
Lotus Books (Roli Books), 2000
IC-814 had many firsts to its credit. It was the first international flight to
It is a Lhasa shop-front, with bins full of t-shirts meant for tourists. Many of these are embroidered with the likeness of the Potala, the traditional palace of the Dalai
It has been more than three months since Indian Airlines suspended its flights to Kathmandu at the insistence of the Indian government, and the recent failure of bilateral talks regarding
Caravan a film by Eric Valli Cinemascop, 104min
In these days of cinematic Himalayan hype it is natural to be sceptical about yet another celluloid offering on the ´exotic´ Shangri
In Vidia's India: A Million Mutinies Now there is little landscape and hardly any weather. There is no smell, no heat or dust, no sweating men, no lisping