Navin Shakya

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Sunken structures

As you walk around this ancient city of temples, you’ll often come across idols that seem to have sunk below the ground level, as if they’ve been gradually swallowed by the earth.…
Displeasing dinner

Achar Ghar, located in Pulchowk, Lalitpur, is one of my favourite places for Thakali Khana for their unique servings of different variety of achar (pickles). So, I decided to take my wife…
Boring online session

Since we are confined to homes in this time, we decided to start knowledge-sharing sessions by conducting online training for the different computers programs we use in our business. We tried several…
Feeling of loss

I was eagerly looking forward to my sister’s wedding day, filled with excitement for the celebration. But when the day finally arrived, I was overcome with an unexpected wave of emotions that…
Kartik Nach of Patan

Kartik Nach, a traditional dance-drama performed in Lalitpur, takes place on a public platform in front of the seventeenth-century Patan Durbar Square, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and has been continuing for…
Mha Puja of Tihar

Mha Puja, celebrated on the fourth day of Tihar by the Newacommunity of Nepal, is a unique ritual dedicated to self-purification and renewal. It is believed to cleanse the body and spirit…
Robust engineering

No matter how robust or advanced the structures we build are, if they encroach on a river’s natural path, they are bound to fail. Nature always reclaims its course, and ignoring this…
Dealing with rainy days

Man, this year’s been a wet one in Nepal, and it’s really thrown a wrench into our construction schedules. All that rain makes it tough for both the crew and the machines…
Working underground

Working inside a hydropower tunnel is always a challenging and often uncomfortable experience, but it becomes even more difficult when working with certain foreign contractors. Their disregard for health and safety protocols…
That is not education

Basantapanchami marks the arrival of spring season and bids goodbye to freezing winter. It is also a day to worship the goddess of learning, Saraswati. Traditionally, this day is seen as the perfect…