The Darjeeling Limited Posted on May 1, 2011March 13, 2012 By Laura McManus Strangers on this road we are on. Before Eat, Pray, Love, there was The Darjeeling Limited Okay, not a very sound analogy. But The Darjeeling Limited (2007) seemed like one of those films you had to watch during a stay in Nepal. Just as The Beach is to Thailand… Read more
Pride and Prejudice Posted on May 1, 2011March 9, 2012 By Suraksha Nepal Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is undoubtedly one of the best pieces of literature written till date. Set in the 19th century, it presents the then era, people’s way of thinking and the social aspects. As in all her other novels, Austen has established female characters as the main… Read more
Giant Steps : Jazz Everywhere Posted on May 1, 2011March 13, 2012 By Verse — Ofelia T. Sta. Maria Outside a small, nondescript bar in Thamel, a tourist district in Kathmandu, Nepal, is a handwritten window sign saying ‘live jazz.’ Not exactly a conventional sight in a place dotted with souvenir shops, trek agencies, and guest houses’a stretch of street where life seems fleeting,… Read more
Jamarko – The Little Store that Did Posted on May 1, 2011March 9, 2012 By Laura McManus The stench of rotten garbage breeding inside a sea of black plastic rises from the murky river waters. Dogs try to lap a drink, but meekly retreat unable to satisfy their thirst. The flow from upstream becomes clogged, entangled in dams of food scraps, discarded bottles and decomposing paper mountains…. Read more