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Pashmina Dreams: Nepal’s Five-Year Pashmina Plan Meets Reality
Ground-truthing the ambitious plan to “repatriate” the value chain for Nepal’s pashmina sector.

Three Sisters
A new initiative to link Kathmandu, Pokhara and New York City as Sister Cities.

Namche! Kukur ho!
Dealing with the amazement of bystanders while trekking to Everest with an Irish Wolfhound.

What is Pashmina?
The truth is that the word is used with different meanings, some problematic, some not so much.

Nepal Tourism: A Legacy of Reimagination
Nepal’s greatest tourism asset is not mountains or culture or shopping: it is the power to provoke radical change in the visitor’s life.


How do I know if it’s real Pashmina?
There are a lot of fakes out there. Here’s how to buy with confidence.