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		<title>Temple town Kathmandu: Pashupatinath, Swayambhunath and Buddhaneelakantha</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ In Nepal, heritage is a way of life. The grandeur is spellbinding and legends come alive. A country of contrasts, where god and mortals live together, a treasure trove of architectural marvels. When it is an act of faith that made the whole country, it is no surprise that there are more religious monuments than houses. Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal and the largest city in the country, is believed to have been founded around 300 AD. However, real development in Kathmandu and surrounding Patan and Bhaktapur began only ...]]></description>
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		<title>Heritage Country Nepal  Part 3: Bhaktapur Durbar Square</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following travelogue on Nepal is based on the series ‘See More Nepal’ written and directed by me for Travel Trendz TV.
Were there nothing else in Nepal save the Bhaktapur Durbar Square, it would still be aptly worth making a journey half way round the globe to see. E.A. Powell, The Last Home of Mystery, 1929, London 
 Bhaktapur, between the 14th and the 16th centuries, was the capital of Nepal. Though today it has lost the privilege to Kathmandu, it still retains its culture and traditions, some say, even ...]]></description>
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		<title>Heritage Country Nepal Part 2: Patan Durbar Square</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(The following travelogue on Nepal is based on the series ‘See More Nepal’ written and directed by me for Travel Trendz TV.)
 The ancient city of Patan, known as the city of fine arts, is just 5km southeast from Kathmandu. It is widely believed to have been founded by Emperor Asoka in the third century BC though there are no proofs to support it. The place is also called Lalitpur which means ‘the beautiful city’. The day I came to Patan Square happily coincided with the Krishna Janmashtami celebrations, the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Heritage Country Nepal  Part 1: Kathmandu Durbar Square</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(The following travelogue on Nepal is based on the series ‘See More Nepal’ written and directed by me for Travel Trendz TV.)
Here, heritage lives. It is revered and celebrated. It embodies not just the culture and the traditions of the land, but epitomises a way of life. It is a source of pride and forms the crux of many conversations. The grandeur takes you by surprise, the intricacy holds you in awe and the legends leave you spellbound. Welcome to Heritage Country, Nepal. 
Nepal, with more than 60 linguistic groups, ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Hornbill Festival: A Traveller&#8217;s Account</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(This is a reproduction of the travelogue I wrote for the North East Sun magazine published from New Delhi. Basically a compilation of the the individual accounts from each of the seven days, this is a quick reference for anyone who wants a glimpse of the festivities. Not so much details though. I have been getting requests to reproduce parts of the Hornbill account from Wanderink. Please go ahead, but kindly attribute the source to Wanderink.com, that&#8217;s all! Happy New Year!!) 
 The celebrations had started during my train journey ...]]></description>
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		<title>Woodstock lives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ “Excuse me, do you smoke?” A brawny guy wearing dark glasses – it was pitch dark even on the outside – and a shocking pink jacket asked me.
“No, I quit.” I replied.
“Of course you know I didn’t mean just cigarettes,” he said laughing and dipped into his pink pockets for a cigarette that looked like a forgotten soul from Alcatraz. 
 This incident was the final day of the Hornbill Festival in a nutshell. Merry-crazy crowds. Berserk with joy. Swaying in union, with a joyful abandon. Fighting with a ...]]></description>
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		<title>Hornbill is rock</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hornbill Rocks. Because any band worth its, well, rocks, has to earn its stripes from Hornbill. Preferably by winning. With screen days crowd of over 15,000 and close seven times that on the finals, the benchmark is well set. 
 “When we started the Hornbill rockfest, there were only two small speakers&#8230;the sound seldom reaching till the entrance gates,” said Neingulie Nakhro, event director, Hornbill Rockfest. “But look at us now, we have the best acoustics in the country today and all the leaders of the industry want to join ...]]></description>
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		<title>Ways of seeing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(This is the fifth in the Hornbill series. Apologies for the delay in the uploading&#8230;several reasons, including the really, terrifically crazy rockfest finals the day before. And whatever afterwards&#8230;) 
 Somebody akined cars to a tin box. By extension trains would be jolly rides with Tutankhamen and flights, plush cells. So, I decided to give the cultural fare a miss on the fifth day and explore Kohima town. On foot.
“Which is the way to the Cathedral?” I asked the first pretty lady I met when I started from Naga Bazaar ...]]></description>
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		<title>Gone in 60 seconds&#8230;well, almost</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(This is the update from day four of the Hornbill Festival, December 4, 2011)
 “It is not a very advisable thing to do,” a worried Dr Thorsie said. The pork eating competition was about to start in a few minutes. “But the participants are mostly members of the cultural troupes you know,” he added as a consolation. “Doing some dancing or sports all the time.” The Hornbill Festival is the biggest drain on pigs in pork-loving Nagaland. Since morning, I have been watching pork minced for momos, boiled for chowmein ...]]></description>
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		<title>A story in every step</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(This update is from day three of Hornbill Festival. Dear reader, apologies for the delay in the update as businesses take a strict break in Christian-dominated Nagaland.)
 Petering out crowd is a challenge to any festival. Keeping the audience interest alive is a comment on the organisers’ ingenuity and imagination. Day three of the Hornbill was hence a test; the teasers had done their job, the flitters had left and the real festival junkies slouched around to check whether the varnish peeled. With the honeymoon over and the real business ...]]></description>
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