Mobile Trouble – Weird Accidents in Nepal

One friend of mine sent a couple of scanned copies of local newspapers. I want to share these weird accidents involving mobile phones. Comments will be highly appreciated.

A bit of history of mobile phone in Nepal: First GSM Mobile service was launched in Nepal in 1999. Since then there have been many mobile subscribers to the service. Another service provider, Mero Mobile, started its service in 2005. However, they haven’t been able to provide the service as per demand.

Mobile Trouble - Weird Accidents in Nepal

Mobile phones in Nepal

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Height of TV addiction

Most of Indian women are housewives and their favorite pass-time is viewing TV. With never ending addictive TV serials many are accused of skipping their daily routines to watch TV.

Well, I found a classic photo of such Indian women:

… what would you call to this addiction to TV of these women from India who in spite of having their home flooded with water are reluctant to leave their favorite programs on TV.

TV Addiction

TV Addiction is the thing of the past after the invention of mobile phone. These days, mobile phones are more addictive than anything else. But, in the past, TV used to be called “plug-in drug”.

Colour TV was manufactured by The Radio Corporation of America on March 25, 1954, at Indiana plant. At that time, it was termed “the wonderful world of color.” In the USA the number of households with TV sets increased from 87% in 1960 to over 98% in 2001. These days, most homes have more than one TV – about 2.4 TV per home on average.
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Glamour posts consolidated (year 2007)

Lindsay lohan loves to be arrested

Today, lindsay lohan is arrested again.

Allegedly under the influence and with a small amount of cocaine in her pants pocket, Lindsay Lohan was arrested after chasing the mother of her personal assistant in her car early Tuesday morning, as said by Santa Monica police. That too: just five days after Lohan was booked in connection with a May drunken driving charge.

I got a CNN video cover to share with you. If you want to read about the full story visit this page in CNN web site.

All I can do is to send Lindsey positive vibes and encouragement to get better. She will have to find the strength within herself to have peace with this chapter in her life.

Lohan says she is innocent

“I am innocent … did not do drugs they’re not mine. I was almost hit by my assistant Tarin’s mom I appreciate everyone giving me my privacy,” Lohan wrote in an e-mail to Access Hollywood host Billy Bush.

That was after her arrest (see above) and release Tuesday morning after posting $25,000 bail.
posted on – Jul 26, 2007

Condom Fashion Show in China

Jul 22, 2007

Condom fashion show was held at the Fourth China Reproductive Health New Technologies and Products Expo and organized by China’s largest condom manufacturer, Guilin Latex Factory, to promote the use of condoms in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Beijing July 11, 2007. It marked the World Population Day, organized annually by the U.N. Population Fund.

Models showed off tight-fitting wedding gowns, scaly-looking evening dresses, outrageous bikinis and other garments made entirely of condoms.

Condoms of all shapes and sizes were displayed at the fashion show featuring dresses, hats and even lollipops made of them.

For your entertainment, I am presenting some photos from the fashion show.

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Swaminarayan Mandir : New Hindu temple in Toronto

I don’t care much about religion or faith. But architecture is a different thing. I however appreciate beautiful architecture whether it is a religious one or non-religious one.

I am fascinated by a Hindu temple, Swaminarayan Mandir, in a Hindu-minority country, Canada. The example of the ancient art and architecture opened officially on July 22, 2007 and is located near Highway 427 and Finch Avenue West, Toronto.

The $40-million project involved more than 2,000 Indian craftsmen. In addition to the craftsmen and about 400 volunteers from Toronto’s Hindu community also volunteered in the construction for more than a year.

The building was constructed by using 24,000 hand-carved pieces of Turkish limestone and Italian Carrara marble. The rock pieces prepared out of Canada, were shipped across the ocean and were assembled in Toronto. It was such a big project and because of the thousands of rock pieces, each of the parts were marked with a bar code to help in the assembly. The construction was like assembling various pieces to make it into the huge temple building.
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Living Goddess in Nepal, Kumari

A 10-YEAR-OLD girl, worshiped as a living goddess in Nepal has had her title reinstated after defying tradition and visiting the US. Temple authorities at her home town in Bhaktapur were quoted as saying that the visit had tainted her purity, and that they were beginning the search for a successor.

But yesterday they said she would not be stripped of her title because she was willing to undergo a “cleansing” ceremony to remove any sins. Sajani Shakya was one of the three most-revered Kumaris, who are honored by Hindus and Buddhists alike.

Human rights activists believe that the tradition constitutes child abuse.

I will post a detailed review of Kumari tradition in coming days.

Update on March 3, 2008

Living Goddess Kumari, Sajani Shakya, Retired

Last year, Sajani made international headlines after she visited the United States to promote a film by British company about the ancient practice. Some religious authorities criticised the trip, saying it was against tradition. They even threatened to strip her of the title, but the threat was later withdrawn.

In a latest news, The 11-year-old Sajani Shakya was revered for nine years as the Kumari of the ancient temple-town of Bhaktapur. Kumaris traditionally retire when they reach the age menstruation.

Kumari Tradition in Nepal

Kumari is some times called a Living Goddess in Nepal. It is a tradition of worshipping young pre-pubescent girls as manifestations of the divine female energy or devi in Hindu religious traditions. The word Kumari is derived from the Sanskrit Kaumarya, meaning “princess”.

The pre-pubescent girl os selected from the Shakya caste or Bajracharya clan of the Nepalese Newari community. The selected Kumari is revered and worshiped by Hindus and Buddhists in Kathmandu valley. There are several Kumaris in Nepal. The best known Kumari is the Royal Kumari of Kathmandu who lives in the Kumari Ghar, located at a palace in the center of the city.

The selection of kumari is a very rigorous process. As of 2010, the Royal Kumari was Matina Shakya, aged four, installed in October 2008 by the Maoist government that replaced the monarchy. Unika Bajracharya, selected in April 2014 as the Kumari of Patan, is the second most important living goddess in Nepal.

Neha Dhupia apparently bared it all…

As per Sunday 15th July 2007’s HT City (Delhi edition), Neha Dhupia, bared it all and it was all captured on video.

Well, Neha was called over at Prlhad Kakkar’s studio for an audition and was asked to strip and to the surpirse of everyone watching her, she did that. It was an MTV Bakra shooting and the producers had thought that our Delhi di kuri Neha would create a scene and actually not do as asked.

But, as per the newspaper, she did it and the film has been either locked somewhere or destroyed (too bad if it has been destroyed). The newspaper said that she convinved the “MTV Bakra team” to not air the shots.

In another news:

She is the one that made the censor board fall from chair. But now she realizes undressing her lingerie in front of camera can be creative arts. She is trying to integrate mainstream acting in movie with her traditional creative dare bare attitude. Bollywood is not looking for lose nudity. It is looking for sex and romance from people who make it hard for any one to get. Neha is intelligent. She understood the real picture very fast.

Apparently, Neha is now doing ‘Siskiyaan’ which is supposed to be a psychological thriller. But what is interesting was that the film is being touted as a ‘no sex quotient’ movie, which will be filled with ‘explosively provocative drama’ and ‘lethal surprises’ – only.

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16-year-old with biggest breasts in China – auctioning her breast

In the latest news, a 16-year-old girl Xu Haojia is auctioning her breasts for charity.

The Shanghai Daily reports,

Xu Haojia, who lives in Qingdao, China, claimed to have the biggest breasts in China and said in her blog that she hoped five Chinese celebrities, all male, can bid for her breasts because “they may need the fat to change to be females in the future.”Xu once worked as a personal assistant for “Sister Lotus,” a woman in Beijing who became famous – or infamous – among Chinese Web surfers by posting private pictures and boasting about her great figure that many people said was “disgusting.”

The link to Sister Lotus may mean Xu’s offer to auction her breasts is simply a publicity stunt to gain fame.

“I hope they can offer 200,000 yuan (US$26,316) each for the auction,” Xu said in an article in her blog entitled “The No. 1 breasts want an auction for love donation” on June 30 at Sohu.com, a popular Web portal on the Chinese mainland.

Similar to the one involving Rosie Reid, a student from the University of Bristol (UK) who sold her virginity online in 2004 to the highest bidder, this one is also creating lot of concerns over the world.

It seems she will have them surgically removed, and will literally hand her disembodied mammaries over to the highest bidder.

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