THE HIMALAYAN TIMES, SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 2014

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ART & CULTURE

WORDS
POTPOURRI SUNDAY

1. The Amazing Results of Positive Thinking by Norman

Vincent Peale, paperback, published by Simon & Schuster,
pp 280, Rs 478
2. The Magic of Reality by Richard Dawkins, paperback,
published by Black Swan, pp 266, Rs 638
3. Start Your Own Business by Linden Cole, paperback,
published by Indiana Publishing House, pp 178, Rs 312
4. Tantric Love by Diana Richardson and Michael Richardson,
paperback, published by Indiana Publishing House,
pp 106, Rs 240
5. Make Yourself Unforgettable by Dale Carnegie, paperback,
published by Simon & Schuster, pp 224 , Rs 478

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The Amazing
Results ...

his accessible, all-encompassing guide will

help you to achieve success
and confidence, a sense of
well-being, and an inner
strength that you never
dreamed possible. How?
Through thinking a form
of thought that involves
looking for the best results
from the worst conditions.
Dr Norman Vincent Peales
methods include step-bystep advice for developing
personal strength; confidence-building words to
live by; sensible ways to
overcome self-doubt; strategies for achieving good
health; a programme to release the vast energies within you; accepting ourselves
and our individual needs;
embracing the spiritual
forces that surround you.

...of Reality

Start ...Business

acked with inspiring explanations of space,

time and evolution, laced
with humour and clever
thought experiments, The
Magic of Reality explores a
wide range of natural phenomena. What is stuff made
of? How old is the universe?
What causes tsunamis?
Who was the first man, or
woman? This is an inspirational detective story that
not only mines all the sciences for its clues but
primes the reader to think
like a scientist too. Richard
Dawkins elucidates the
wonders of the natural
world to all ages with his
inimitable clarity and exuberance in a text that will
enlighten and inform for
generations to come. Its the
clearest and most beautifully written introduction
to science.

ritten by a senior Business Link adviser in

the South East, this is a
practical guide to setting up
and running a small business. It includes down-toearth advice on all aspects
of small business start-up
and development, including business planning, ways
to improve profitability,
creating a winning action
plan, recruiting and developing staff, raising money,
creating sales, pricing policy, controlling costs, management controls, et cetera.
Linden Cole has spent
many years advising and
assisting
small
firms
through the Business Link
network. He has seen firsthand how small businesses
sink or swim. This book
represents the essence of
the advice he gives out on a
daily basis to clients.

Tantric Love

hat happens when

suddenly the wind
changes and the loving
connection between two
partners is disrupted for
hours or even days? Why is
love associated with ups
and downs? The answer is
simple although not obvious usually a wave of
emotion which has roots in
the past floods the atmosphere. The authors show in
easy to follow steps how to
recognise emotions, to
leave them behind, and to
create space for the expression of real feelings where
love has a chance. Diana
and Michael Richardson
are specialists in the sphere
of relationships and sexuality. They have been teaching successfully for almost
20 years with four books
on the tantric approach to
life and sex.

...Unforgettable

t takes an in-depth look at

the 10 essential elements
of being memorable, and
gives readers a step-by step
guide for developing and
embodying them. What
does it mean to have class?
How do you distinguish
yourself from the crowd
and become a successful
leader? When should intuition guide your business
decision? The answers to
these and other questions
can be found in this inspiring book. Readers will learn
the secrets of the Dale
Carnegie Class-Act System,
including six steps to managing
communication
problems, four stumbling
blocks to ethical behaviour
and how to avoid them, a
new way to understand and
exude confidence, techniques for building resiliency and preventing fear.

Transcending orchestra
Letting emotions flow

On a heritage walk
with Chitrakar

ATHMANDU:
Photographs speak a thousand words. And it is a
strong medium that
helps one learn about places,
people and their lifestyle. On
World Heritage Day, photographer Pushpa Chitrakar offered a
perfect platform to observe our
heritage since 1968 through
Heritage Walk on April 18 on
the Patan Museum premises.
Striking black-and-white and
a few colour photos of places
like Changu Narayan, Bouddha,
Swayambhu, Pashupati, Patan
Durbar Square, Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Patan Durbar
Square, statues, among others
are being exhibited.
In the exhibition, 70-year-old

Chitrakar has displayed photographs taken since 1968 till

date. One of his favourite photographs is of 55-windowed
Palace of Bhaktapur taken in
the year 1980. In the photo, one
can see a good view of the
palace without any disturbance. Adjacent to the very
photograph is another photo-

graph of the same surroundings

taken in 1985 from the
same angle, however, the
beauty of 55-windowed Palace
is hidden by a pagoda
styled construction.
The aerial photographs of
Bouddha stupa surprise you
where the land is used for cultivation and the stupa is surrounded by greenery. The very
place now has been converted
into a concrete jungle, evidence
of population growth in Kathmandu Valley.
Talking about the purpose of
the
exhibition,
Chitrakar
shares, We should promote
our heritage and this exhibition
is to generate awareness to preserve them. Anyone who visits
the exhibition can
learn and experience the heritage of
Nepal and know
how it looked in
the past.
Nitu Karki, a viewer, expressed, The
exhibition is amazing, the ambience itself is artistic, and
this kind of exhibition generates consciousness that we
should preserve and promote
our heritage.
The exhibition of 45 photographs that are masterpieces
in themselves, captures the perfection of various culturally important places along with stone
idols and statues.
The exhibition is on till
April 24. HNS

Photos: THT

ATHMANDU: Sitting
inside the auditorium
of the Army officers
Club, Bhadrakali on
April 19 was no different than attending an international music event. Musicians
from Crescendo International
Orchestra, Annapurna Chamber
Orchestra and Nepal Police
School of Music jointly played
violins, guitars, trumpets, clarinets, flute, oboe and viola with
the musicians from Germany,
Japan, Korea, India, Italy and
Belgium. All these musicians
were gathered here for Adarsha
Guru Samman Tatha Bishesh
Badhyabrinda Sangitik Samaroha
organised
by
TalejuDhanaKumari Kosh.
The sound of all these musical
instruments not only soothed
the audience, it reminded late
king Birendra and queen Aishwarya when they played Ukaali

Nobel prize gets home after 114 yrs!

L

ONDON: The Nobel Foundation has unveiled the

winning design for a
building that will give the
worlds most prestigious prize a
home for the first time in its
114-year history.
The foundation hopes to inaugurate the 25,000 sq metre
building in 2018, when it is expected to house nearly all its activities, including the Nobel
prize ceremony and the
Nobel museum.
The winner of the architecture competition of the Nobel
Centre is David Chipperfield
Architects in Berlin, the foundations executive director Lars
Heikensten said.
The building, with a 1.2bn
kronor (110m) budget, will be
built in a historic district, surrounded by water and near
some of the citys main museums and landmarks.
It will gather all the foundations activities, currently scattered around the city, except the
Nobel banquet, which will re-

those areas.
Not only Nepali but Newari
traditional music Silu too was
played during the event. Japanese musician Yanami Sakahashis solo flute presentation
was truly a treat.
The orchestra was able to
arouse sad, sentimental sensations during the event. As per
Gurung, Chancellor of Nepal
Music and Drama Academy,
Music isnt only singing and
playing. Rather it should be able
to express human sentiments
happiness, sadness, pain and
sufferings through it.
This performance was exactly
what he meant.
Meanwhile, Dr Narayan Hari
Joshi was felicitated with the title
Adarsha Guru Samman and a
cash of Rs 2,00,000, and credentials for his contribution in the
field of teaching in Science
(Physics) at the event. HNS

Oraali Haru Ma. Their pictures

were painted vividly on ones
mind as the song was written by
Chandani Shah (pseudo name of
queen Aishwarya).
National anthem Sayau Thunga Phool Ka Haami has been
heard hundreds of times, but
when delivered through violin
with guitar, trumpet clarinet and
aforementioned musical devices
was quite a new taste for the
ears. The performers gave the
audience a new feel of the music.
Amber Gurungs Naulakh Tara
Udaae and Sayapatri, Gabriels
Oboe, Fantasias Greensleeves
kept the audience silent. Theme
From Everest was able to give a
reflection of music performed in
the areas around Solukhumbu.
The sounds of musical instruments carried away the audience to mountain areas the
music was a replica of the traditional
music
played
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main in the city hall.

The Nobel prize ceremony,
traditionally held on December
10 at the Stockholm Concert
Hall, will move to the new
venue, as well as the Nobel museum and the Nobel Foundation offices.
The Nobel Centre will also
house a library, several conference rooms and educational
space for school visits. The
building, with a bronze, stone
and glass facade, will attempt to
reflect some of the Nobel aspirations, according to the winning architects.
It has a certain classical simplicity and solidity, British architect Chipperfield said. It
tries to find a balance between
being solid on the one hand and
transparent on the other.
Two-thirds of the projects
budget is secured by private donations. The creation of a home
for the Nobel prize has been
discussed ever since the awards
were first handed out in Stockholm in 1901. The Guardian

Brewing coffee and art

ATHMANDU: Himalayan
Beanz inaugurated their
new bakery Sara Bakery
on the seventh floor of Civil Mall,
Sundhara with a month-long
art exhibition RanginDristi on
April 12.
The exhibition that incorporates ideas of abstract principles,
minimalism, automatism and individualism, among others, has
featured seven emerging artists.
As many as 35 paintings are on

display at the bakery.

According to Sudip Khadka,
CEO of Himalayan Beanz, 20 per
cent of the profit to be generated
by the exhibition will be donated
in the form of dedicated art kit to
the SOS Children Village, Jorpati.
Himalayan Beanz will be selling
bakery products through an interactive website by incorporating ecommerce and online sales. The
website would be made public
soon. HNS