The following photo features the oldest tea factory in Nepal. The tea factory, located in Ilam, the beautiful place in Western Nepal, popular for being the main source of Nepali tea, can be attributed to the popularity of Ilam tea.
Photo credits – Bishnu Bhurtel
The international beauty contest in Turkey on October 8 has made history in Nepal. On this day, a Nepali was able to achieve for the first time the highest title in the history of international beauty pageant. This Nepali was also a little girl just 11 years old, Bipaswi Poudyal who has proved that Nepalese are not less than others. She became the pride of every Nepali.
4 feet 5 inches tall beauty queen Bipaswi from Bishalnagar, Kathmandu won the title of Little Miss World 2011, held in Sunny Antalya, Turkey on October 8 leaving behind 39 contestants who were representing 35 different countries. Bipaswi also won the title of Miss Congeniality. She was accompanied there by her parents and the country director of Nepal, Mr. Deependra Ratna Shakya.
Nepal was represented in this international pageant for the first time and in the first attempt, Nepal received such a glorious title.
Speaking at the Tribhuvan International Airport after her return to Nepal on October 9, Bipaswi revealed that the competition was challenging due to the language barrier but eventually even managed to make friends there. The judgment was done on the basis of talent and discipline.
Her impressive answer to the final question, “What is your family tradition?†was “We go to all the temples, celebrate every festival and pray together. In our culture we respect everyone†that helped her in bringing home the glory. In the talent round, she danced to the tunes of “Nachu Nachu Lagyo Malai…†with traditional Nepali gunyo cholo dress that grabbed the attention of the crowd, said Deependra R Shakya.
Love story – portrayed beautifully from the childhood to the death in six small illustrations.
A long story told in brief. It seems like it started in a Dashain, the festival that we just finished.
Credits – Borrowed from Ashish Bhetwal’s Facebook Profile
2017 Update: Prachanda’s son, Prakash Dahal has also died on November 19, 2017. In the mean time, Prachanda has also lost a daughter to cancer. I have prepared a video report on the death of his immediate family members in the time of peace.
The response to the death of Prakash is mixed. A lot of people who had been affected by the Maoist civil war have told that, Prachanda is punished for is bad deeds. Others believe that the deceased soul shouldn’t be debated on and we should wish it to rest in peace. But, people’s thoughts and beliefs can’t be changed easily. So, I believe it is good to have our own views but, we can’t instruct others on behaving according to our choice. As long as it is not illegal and punishable, people should be free to express their opinion.
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After being seriously ill for some time, the father of ex-prime minister and chairman of UNCP (Maoist), Puspa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda), Mukti Ram Dahal, has died on October 8, 2011. Mukti Nath Dahal was 84 years old. Muktinath’s wife and Prachanda’s mother, Bhawani Dahal, had died of cancer in 1995.
Our heartfelt condolence to the deceased soul and sympathy to the mourning Dahal family.
Budha Subba Temple is one of the most popular destination of Dharan and Eastern Nepal. The religious place is the location of the tomb of the last Limbu King of Morang, Buddhi Karnaraya Khebang. The King of Morang was tricked by the people representing king Prithvi Narayan Shah to come to Bijaypur – Dharan for a negotiation and was killed there.
The Limbu king’s soul was believed to have wandered around Bijaypur area, where his tomb is located. The local Limbu people believe the spirit was friendly and helpful spirit. They started worshipping the soul of the king believing it to be b
ring good luck to the devotee. In Limbu language, Subha or Hang means King.
Shakuntala Thapa, mother of Nihita, the wife of convicted killer Charles Shobhraj, told that she was shocked by the sex question her daughter faced in her appearance in Bigg Boss 5 in Indian TV channel Colors.
Shakuntala said, “People don’t ask such questions, especially to people they have known only for 15 minutes. Nihita is young and led a sheltered life. We encouraged her to join the show thinking she would make friends with people from different cultures and broaden her horizon.”
Lets analyze what happened in the show:
No, it’s not an equivalent of an "Open University," it’s truly open – no walls around it and no roof to cover the heads of the tender kids. There are grades 1 to 3 in this under-the-sky school.
The following photo Photo shows a teacher taking mathematics class in a primary school in Darau VDC-5, Shyangja. Let’s hope, one of the kids will change the world!
Credit – Shared by Kiran T. Limbu in Facebook. The photo is taken from an unnamed newspaper.
Nepali actress Namrata Shrestha seem to have found a new boyfriend. According to a new Namrata Fan website, Namrata was seen with Prem Ghale in the premiers of movies “Acharya“, and “Mero Love Story“.
Although none of the two have admitted the relationship between them, we wish all the best for their bright future.
There is no rule as far as release of movies in Nepal is concerned. Even if there are any rules, they are broken every now and then. The so called "queue system" in itself is flawed that good movies take ages to be released in Kathmandu while others get released within weeks it is finished.
23 years old Radhika Rajbanshi, resident of Duwagadi, Jhapa was crowned First Miss Rajbanshi in the contest organized by Organisation of Rajbanshi Abroginies (SORA) in Birtamod on Suday. She received Rs 25,000 case prize. Radhika also won the title Miss Talent.
Among other 22 participants, Maya Rajbanshi became First Runner Up and Mamata Rajbanshi became Second Runner Up and received Rs 15,000 and Rs 10,000 cash prize respectively.
Similarly, Miss Catwalk goes to Nilam Rajbanshi, Miss Photogenic to Anju Rajbanshi, Miss Best Skin to Jyoti Rajbanshi, Best Smile to Mamata Rajbanshi, Miss Figure to Pabitra Rajbanshi and Miss Hair to Rewati Rajbanshi. (Photo Credit: Voice Of Rajbanshi)
The only day in the year when the temple of Goddess Taleju Bhawani located at Hanumandhoka, Kathmandu opens for the public is Maha Nawami of Dashain festival. Some 100s of thousand of devotee visit the temple to get a glimpse of the goddess and worship on the day. As per tradition 54 male buffaloes and 54 male goats were also scarified on Maha Asthami (a day before the day it is open to the public).
Build by King Mahendra Malla in 1620 Magh (BS), the three-stores temple is build in traditional pagoda style.
Dharahara is seen in the backgroun
d of a historical photo of Taleju Temple, posted below:
On the occasion of Vijaya Dahshami we are posting photos of Pathivara Devi in Taplejung.
The temple of Pathivara Devi is located at a height of 12,448 ft, on the Northern side of Taplejung district. The highest hill of Taplejung District where the holy shrine is located is one of the attractions for the tourists in the district.
Jhamak Ghimire was extra excited to receive the highest award in Nepali literature, Madan Puraskar on Thursday, September 29, 2011. She was the second woman after Parijaat, who got the prize in 1965, some 46 years ago. The Madan puraskar and Jagadamba Shree both are of Rs. 200,000 cash and certificates.
31 year-old Jhamak is disabled and had started writing literately works by her foot since she was 15 years-old.
Ful ko aankha ma fulai sansara
Kanda ko aakhama kadai sansara…
The writer of the popular song, Dugralal Shrestha also received the Jagdamba Shree award for his contribution in Nepali/Newari language literature.
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Manoj Pandit wrote a review of Richa Ghimire‘s movie Brakefail. He wrote – "Richa didn’t look like an heroine in the movie," and published it in a website. Richa got angry, and complained to the police, who arrested Manoj. He admitted his "mistake" in getting personal about the actress. Nagarik published the issue and it was made public.
In the article, Richa claimed that the website, Merocinema, wrote the negative review because of the fact that she refused to provide an advertisement to it. She also told, only NJA designated journalists should write movie reviews – all others should only write positive things.
This flame in Shreesthan, Dailekh is burning forever. The local people worship this place for the “devine power” that has caused the light to burn like this. Those who know a little science believe the flame is lighted by the natural gas that is accumulated in the area underneath.
The area needs a detailed geological investigation to identify the source of the energy and help it to develop commercially.
