ट्याग gangtok

  • The Earthquake that Rocked Us [भैंचालो जसले हामीलाई हल्लायो]

    [This is a bilingual post. यो पोस्ट दुइ भाषामा छ। Read a news report on the earthquake here] The alarming (or positive, depending on your perspective) aspect is that the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Kathmandu and eastern Nepal this evening had its epicenter located 272 kilometers east of Kathmandu, as reported by the the…

  • The Hills of Gangtok, Sikkim

    My Sikkim impression as published in Koseli: [PDF version] Young Buddhist monks smile while their friends try to bring down walnut from a tall tree near their Gumba, the most important and oldest in Gangtok, Sikkim. The word Sikkim evokes a very different sort of image and emotion in us, Nepalis, that is anything but…