Nepal: The Recluse Khaptad Baba
Originally a doctor, he meditated for 50 years in Nepal’s icy, isolated Himalayan foothills BY KAPIL BISHT, NEPAL KHAPTAD BABA (1880-1996), IF HE were still […]
Global Dharma
INDIA Amarnath Yatra Concludes THIS YEAR’S TWO-MONTH-long Amarnath yatra was peacefully conducted and the traditional prayers were made at the
Global Dharma
INDIA PM Modi Is Cleaning House India’s prime minister modi called upon the nation to begin a campaign called Swachhata
Thirteen Days of Mourning & Release
ALL PHOTOS: THOMAS KELLY The strength of family: Children of Devaka Poudel offer blessings • • • • • •
Dashain
BY WILLIAM FORBES Warm, sunny days with billowy cloudscapes and kite-flying breezes melt into the first chills of winter as
Discovering the Magic of Muktinath
BY HARI BANSH JHA Just one day before i departed on pilgrimage to Muktinath, a pious friend of mine dropped
Nepal’s Downtrodden
BY HARI BANSH JHA The kingdom of Nepal’s 24 million citizens comprise 103 distinct groups speaking 92 languages. The caste-based
A Ritual for Ladies Only
BY HARI BANSH AND JAYANTI JHA Once upon a time, long, long ago, in a region of land that now
Cherishing the Sun
By Hari Bansh Jha and Gitanjali Chak There is hardly any family in any village in the Terai region of
Tragedy in Nepal Royal Family Massacred
Word spread early in the morning on June 2, 2001, that something very wrong had happened a few hours earlier