Kathmandu, March 2 -- I first heard about Sister Max and her gallery from the late artist Uttam Nepali. At that time, Shashikala Tiwari and I had just opened the Siddhartha Art Gallery in Pratap Bhawan in 1987. From Nepali, I learnt that Max had set up a gallery some years ago next to the German Embassy (now the Surya Nepal Office) in Kantipath, which was just an arm's distance from where we were located. I found that information very reassuring, as there is nothing more important than location when starting a business. At that time, Kantipath was the destination for artists-Palpasa Gallery and the British Council were on the same street, while the Sirjana Art Gallery, J Art Gallery and Lalitkala Campus were around the corner. The gallery...