Rachana Shakya, 30, smiles as she fries bara, fat black-lentil pancakes, the kind that Newari street vendors sell in the Kathmandu Valley, where she grew up. Ginger, garlic, cumin: Her small apartment ...

Four women steal tray full of earrings from a jewellery shop in MP's Raisen ...

Girls from the Nepal’s Newar community are married thrice. But not all three times to men. They are first made to marry a bael fruit, also known as wood apple. They are then married to the Sun, before ...

Nepal boasts a remarkable diversity of manuscript collections, encompassing vital texts on subjects ranging from Hinduism and Buddhism to poetics, medicine, and law. Originating from across the ...

In April 2015, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal. The earthquake left 9,000 people dead, injured over 21,000 people, and left millions homeless. The earthquake and the subsequent aftershocks caused ...

Newari language FM programme presenters say Newari programmes have helped in developing the Newari language and culture in the Valley. “Programmes in Newari language have enabled us to use words which ...

The Newars of Kathmandu valley have graced Nepal with resplendent architecture, lost-wax and repousse metalwork, lattice windows—and with such marvels as mamacha, a spicy, delectable version of ...

Name: Himalayan Café in Baldwin Park. Why you made the trip: Chef Uttham Adhikari is turning out several Newari-inspired festival dishes, served exclusively at his newest Himalayan Café (with branches ...

The greatest crime an architect of our origin can commit in this century is to see our traditional architecture as only the facade and try to breed it to the functional requirements of a project Nepal ...

Bhaktapur (Nepal), July 27 (ANI): In the east corner of Nepal's Kathmandu valley, Bhaktapur city observed a unique festival called Gathemangal or Ghantakarna Chaturdashi where the effigies of a demon ...