‘Don’t take pictures facing the Chinese side,’ a Nepali policeman stationed at the border village of Rasuwagadhi insists. ‘They don’t allow that. We’ll get into trouble.’ Amid such displays of nervous tension, the Chinese are in the process of restoring the ancient trade route to Kerung, Tibet, once a southern…

While the unplanned urbanization has diminished the beauty of Kathmandu city, the once beautiful city lives only in the memories of our grandfathers and grandmothers. Many of us listen to the stories of yesteryears before the unplanned urbanization turned the city into a ‘concrete jungle’ bearing the population beyond its…

‘”     October 15, Jawalakhel Ground Dismantling the humdrum of the metal scene in Nepal, Silence Festival, organized by Silence Entertainment, was a much anticipated concert for Kathmandu’s metal-heads. For the first time, the legendary metal band ‘VADER’ was performing live. Equipped with a stimulating sound-system, the on stage extravagance was…

Metallica. The band that first got me into listening heavy music. One of the bands that any ‘genre-specific’ person has heard, at least once. I first started listening with their hits, but slowly they got me very attached into their music. It all grew on to me, album by album….