On Suyog Prajapati

People just love bringing memorabilias during their travels.

While people buy keychains, food, refrigerator magnets, souvenir shirts, or religious or artistic figures or images,

I buy things i am passionate about- postage stamps, chess pieces, boats, paintings or drawings, and then books during my travels.

I buy local books from that particular country..

Recently, i bought a book i particularly liked so much because the writer is so much gifted, who at a very young age of 17, was able to publish his first book, entitled "Glimpses from Nepal and Tibet".

This book is about Hindu and Buddhist imagery in Nepal. Handprinted on caustic free handmade lokta paper using handmade blocks. I was thankful with our tour guide when he introduced us to the paper factory and shop known as The Peacock Shop.  I was able to interview his father who proudly showed us his son's second book about Bhaktapur which is not available at that time because of limited printing. The proud father also showed us his son's room and learned that he is also good at photography and oil painting. I was  impressed.