Royal Bhaktapur :: Handmade Products From Nepal

It’s funny how I dove into my college education thinking I would come out with a bunch of smart answers to the world’s problems. But now, 6 years later I realize that I haven’t found what I thought I was looking for. Instead, I’ve learned how to be humble in the face of humanitarian suffering, and admit that I don’t have answers. It really hurt for me to realize that the word “fix” couldn’t really be applied to humanitarian issues I really cared about.

Life has been like a roller-coaster these last years. And the ride is far from over. It has been a long time since I’ve been able to update the blog. Lots and lots of things happened in the time since the last post on this blog. But from now on I hope to keep the [...]

Life just got more interesting. One month ago I’ve started up a Student Company with nine other class mates. This Student Company, under supervision of Jong Ondernemen will exist one year. There is a lot in common with real companies, but also a lot of differences. For example, this company will only exist one year. [...]

Royal Bhaktapur was founded by Niki Buitenrust Hettema on 1st October 2005. We mainly specialize on international trade with Nepal. Royal Bhaktapur not only delivers: Pashmina shawls, Pashmina sweaters, woodcarvings and brass statues but, on special request we also deliver other Nepalese products like, business cards on Lokta paper and embroideries. For example embroideries on: [...]

Well, first let me introduce myself. I’m Niki Buitenrust Hettema, born in Vlissingen. I’m 20 years old (born on 5th of April, 1986). At the moment I’m studying International Business and Management Studies (IBMS), just started my second year. It’s an international study, which is fully educated in English. We’ve got subjects like: International Marketing [...]