Footpath being made wheelpath

This might be the first time you have heard of ‘wheelpath’. If the path where people walk on foot are called footpath and if somebody uses it to ‘walk’ on wheel why not call it a wheelpath. In Kathmandu, thanks to regular traffic jam and crowd motorcycle users share the ‘wheelpath’ with the pedestrians.

Photo credits: Deepak Tolange, Nagariknews

Oscars, Avatar and The Hurt Locker

Many had expected "Avatar" to bag the best picture award. But it was "The Hurt Locker" that won the award making some new records in the Oscars’ history:

• The Hurt Locker is the lowest-grossing best picture winner of all time.
• Also a first time – a lowest-grossing movie beat the the highest-grossing movie in modern history, Avatar.
• One of the producers of the winner movie was banned from attending the Academy Awards – and that was also the first in the Awards history.

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