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Monsoon Bardia
Bardia National Park is a protected area established in 1988 covering an area of 968 km 2
(374 sq mi), Together with the neighboring Banke National Park, the coherent protected
area of 1,437 km 2 (555 sq mi) represents the Tiger Conservation Unit (TCU) Bardia-Banke
that extends over 2,231 km 2 (861 sq mi) of alluvial grasslands and subtropical moist
deciduous forests.
Interior
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Journey
Personality
Ar. Pratyush Shankar is an Ahmadabad based architect and an author.
Teaching studio basic design, urban history, and subjects of history,
humanities, and architectural research are his subject of interest. The
Associate Professor and Acting Dean of Faculty of Architecture at CEPT
University based in Ahmadabad, India.
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Lines: creating career pathways
For one struggling interior designer, in Nepali
context, to work in huge spaces is the biggest
challenge itself. Along with different projects
completed in very short period of time, ID
Sushovit Ranjitkar got chance to prove himself as
an innovative when interior design of Mrs. Shailaja
Adhikari’s consultancy was assigned to him.
Mercantile plaza
When it comes to re-designing the existing
Mercantile Plaza, situated at Durbar Marg,
the heart of Kathmandu City and also known
as King’s way (leading to Narayanhiti Palace),
the designers opted for an elegant and a
contemporary composition of glass and
aluminum panels. This building, which now
accommodates almost a dozen of high-end
stores and a roof top restaurant Mezze, is
one of the most popular hubs in the capital.
Architecture
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Art
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From the shelf
A well researched book
that describes the detail
study of shrines in the
streets of historic Kirtipur,
Kathmandu valley and other
towns that are studded with
shrines dedicated to clan
and family, Gods, the Hindu
deities or to Lord Buddha.
Nepali Art
Observing artworks is
getting inspiration and
encountering the gems
and poetic moments
of Nepali artists. They
are diverse in terms of
themes as representation of
nature, recreating myths,
reintegration of cultural rituals, reformulation of
tradition, raising the voice of the marginalized,
the women, and the ethnic minorities, taking
corrective measures on socio-political evils and
carving identities of individual artists.
Architecture Galleries
You might have been to Patan Durbar Square
for a number of times, but it’s not the whole
what you have seen. You see what is, but you
have to hear to get into the composite whole of
it. As an effort to make the square heard more
and to enliven the history, the Architecture
Gallery, as an extension of Patan Musuem,
has been established. And now it is open to all.
While observing the display of rare and historical
artifacts survived from the neglect, misuse and
inadequate restoration for ages at Architecture
Galleries of Patan Musuem, your despair, if
any, effaces and a sense of new hope and
appreciation occupies your mind.
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