KATHMANDU: The commission demanded by the tour guides against the thanka paintings sold to tourists has become the bane of the painters and sellers who have been earning their livelihood through ...

Thulimaya Tamang lives at Budol of Banepa Municipality in Kavre. Despite being illiterate, Tamang earns more than Rs 25,000 a month through thanka painting and carpet weaving. Tamang, also known ...

When the BBC Soup team visited Kathmandu in February 2015 to attend Nepal's first Ideas Fest they were struck by the graffiti. Photographs by Richard Fenton-Smith, with thanks to Nepalese art ...

Getting Around. Though Kathmandu has a bus system, taxis are plentiful, cheap and far more useful for travelers.(Even most longtime expats rely entirely on taxis.) Drivers rarely use the meter, so ...