Kumari: Nepal’s Living Child Goddess
The Kumari is a living goddess, the incarnation of Taleju, a form of Durga worshipped as the protector deity of the Malla kings who once ruled the Kathmandu Valley.
Tibetan Buddhism
I was the only one who isn’t a monk and the only one not wearing purple robes.
The Wanowan. My Culture Revealed.
Somewhere along the way as I’m living and experiencing these rich cultures in Morocco, Turkey, India, Ladakh, Thailand, Japan – I got it into my head that this was absent from my life. I was wrong.
7 Days in Little Tibet
It has never been governed from Lhasa in the modern era, and politically it sits firmly inside India. But the label “Little Tibet” isn’t tourism marketing. It’s the residue of a thousand years of shared blood, language, religion, and trade, and it survived a border that tried to cut it in half.
The Leh Boom
Cranes and half finished concrete and mud brick frames are going up faster than the town’s water table can handle.
Breaking the Garden Walls
I deleted Instagram, Facebook, X, LinkedIn, and YouTube off my phone. Not the accounts. The apps. That may sound like a not very important thing to have done, but I think it is very important. Here’s why.