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We all looking around to see, meet and watch must have noticed there are two long lines the masters of art, music and cooking outside the old Narayanhity Palace. One is go about their business. The problem of for everyone who is trying to get a passport course is that they make it look so easy. to go out of the country and the other is They are very good at what they do and trying to understand the private lives of the yet are not happy because they always people who ruled this country till recently. see room for improvements. Surely there is a link between the two lines. One day I asked Lok Chitrakar what It may not be a straight line, but still they his vision in life was. Without any hesita- are in some way linked. tion he said he wanted to see Nepali art Theater is another aspect of Nepali and the artist reach the same stature as society that is really picking up. There in the 13th century. He feels it has been are performances at different locations going downhill for sometime. The artist almost all year round.