Women in a Pang VDC – 7 in Parbat, Western Nepal, are told to be mailing condoms to their husbands working overseas to protect them from sexually transmitted diseases.
“As I learned that unsafe relations make a person vulnerable to HIV, I send condom along with the letter to my husband,” says Laxmi Sunar, member of the local women’s group, adding, “Hesitating to talk about sexual relations will not help. We should change behavior.” (Kantipur)
In 2007, a website named Yard Flags has a collection of 10 best flags design from around the world. The top 10 list had missed the unique Nepali flag. Now, after 9 years, I saw that the website has gone offline. It was an interesting post so I am updating this post with the missing flags and a video report.
At that time, I had wanted tell the site admin about the uniqueness of Nepali flag and why it deserves to be on the top list. The site required to register before I could write a comment. So, I wrote a blog post to send a trackback. I wrote, “I believe the Number One design is Nepali flag.”
The reason Nepali flag should have been one of the top is because of it’s unique shape. No other flags in the world are shaped like a Nepali flag. All the flags in the world are rectangular in shape and Nepali flag is the only flag with two triangles. The flag is painted with red color in the inside and a blue border. The the shapes of moon on the upper triangle and the sun in the lower triangle are coloured in white.
Here is the “Top 10” list from this page.
10. Plenty of world flags contain dragons, but none quite as cool as the small Himalayan nation of Bhutan.
9 ) The flag of Toronto has a pleasing 1970-s style minimalism to it. Looks as if the Canadian flag has fallen down a gap in the giant T.
In 2004 researchers working in Pakistan discovered that diclofenac, an anti-inflammatory drug used in livestock, was poisoning and killing vultures (29 July 2006, BBC). Nepal started producing a new cattle drug meloxicam, which is considered a safe alternative for anti-inflammatory diclofenac, and it is intended to halt a big decline in endangered vultures. (August 04 2006, iol). Although the use of diclofenac is prohibited in Nepal and neighbouring India, but the ban is widely ignored.
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Starring – Rajesh Hamal, Jal Shah, Dhiren Shakya, Rekha Thapa, Nir Shah etc.
Director – Dayaram Dahal
The movie ‘Anga Rakshyak’ is a presentation of Siddhartha Movies by Madhav Lal Shrestha and Nirmal Sharma. The action love story movie features superstars Rajesh Hamal, Rekha Thapa, Jal Shah and Dhiren Shakya in leading roles. The movie was a superhit movie at the time of its release.
Another Rajesh Hamal movie – an action movie with Dhiren Shakya. The actresses in the movie are two of the top actresses in the film industry – Rekha Thapa and Jal Shah. The movie directed by Dayaram Dahal also features another veteran actor, Nir Shah.
These days, Rajesh Hamal has stopped signing new movies. The actor Dhiren Shakya has also stopped appearing in movies but he is still involved in a business related to the film industry. Nir Shah is still active as a producer, actor and director. Rekha is active as an actress and producer. Jal Shah has left Nepal and is living in the USA with her husband and a daughter. As Jal has gained quite a bit of weight, the possibility of her returning in the film industry is virtually none.
Movie is not available now.
Mount Everest has been an ideal place for record setting for adventurers. In a recent news, mountaineering authorities are calling for a ban on nudity on the highest peak. In this context, I want to present some of the records set on the top of the world.
The record setting game started with New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepali Sherpa Tensing Norgay on 29 May 1953 when they became the first people to scale the highest peak in the world.
Last year, a Nepali climber claimed the world’s highest display of nudity when he disrobed for several minutes while standing on the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) summit in temperatures about minus 10 degrees Celsius. In a recent news, another record-setting attempt by a Dutch man who attempted to scale the peak wearing only shorts has sparked controversy.
According to the officials, mountaineering authorities are calling for a ban on nudity and attempts to set ‘obscene records’ on the world’s highest peak. The reason they are quoting are based on some religious belief of people worshiping the mountains as gods. But if I were to choose a valid reason I would quote health and safety reason. I believe it is not a healthy thing to to be naked for a couple of days in sub-zero temperature.
Casting – Rajesh Hamal, Mausami Malla, Srijana Basnet, Tika Pahadi, Hemanta Budhathoki, Muralidhar etc.
Director – Prakash Sayami
A presentation fo Shiva Shakti Films by Sudha Shrestha, ‘Prithivi’ features Rajesh Hamal as Prithivi. Actress Laxmi Giri is featured in a special appearance. The music of movie is composed by Shakti Ballav.
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Officials at Nepal’s state-run airline have sacrificed two goats to appease Akash Bhairab, the Hindu sky god, following technical problems with one of its Boeing 757 aircraft, the carrier said Tuesday. The goats were sacrificed in front of the troublesome aircraft Sunday at Nepal’s only international airport in Kathmandu in accordance with Hindu traditions, an official said. (Reuters)
The photo on the left is taken from Nepali National Daily Kantipur dated Sept. 4, 2007.
Translation of the Nepali text below the photo: An aircraft of Nepal Airlines Corporation being offered sacrifice of a goat. This aircraft has a history of recurrent technical problems. The journalist who took this photo was taken in captivity of the airport security personnel for four hours and he was charged Rs. 226 (about $3.50) as a fine on his release. Photo: Bikash Karki/Kantipur.
Starring – Shree Krishna Shrestha, Jal Shah, Mukunda Shrestha, Sushila Rayamajhi, Ramchandra Adhikari etc.
Writer – Suraj Subba ‘Nalbo’
Director – Dayaram Dahal
‘Daiba’ is the production of Star Films Production and presentation of Narendra Ghimire. The movie written by Suraj Subba Nalbo is directed by Dayaram Dahal. Featuring late actor Shree Krishna with Jal Shah, the movie also features other well known actors like Mukunda Shrestha, Sushila Raymajhi etc. The movie was a hit movie of its time. One of the finest actor and dancer of Nepali film industry, Shree Krishna is no longer with us.
Full movie in two parts: (updated on February 15, 2014)
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Starring – Karishma Manandhar, Rajesh Hamal, Gauri Malla, Ashok Sharma etc.
Director – Nir Shah
A presentation fo New Century Pictures, Nepali movie ‘Basanti’ is based on Diamond Shumser Rana’s novel “Basanti”. The movie features top actors in Nepali film industry. The director, Nir Shah, himself had produced this movie. The actor Rajesh Hamal has told that ‘Basanti’ is one of his favorite movies. The movie is set in an ancient time – featuring the high class lifestyle of Rana people. This is one of the few movies that were made on the story of a popular book and became successful as a movie too. Encouraged by the success of this movie, Nir Shah had recently produced a movie based on another novel of Diamond Shumser, ‘Seto Bagh’. Despite of huge publicity and awaiting, the new movie however failed to impress the viewers.
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Nepal is blessed with 8 out of 10 highest peaks in the world and Nepali people are proud of it. I am going to present some photos and details of the ten highest peaks in this post.
1. Mount Everest 8850m (29035ft) Nepal
The highest peak in the world, Mount Everest is also called Qomolangma/Chomolungma (Tibetian) and Sagarmatha (Nepali). Chomolungma in Tibetian means “Mother of the Universe” or “Goddess Mother of the Snows” and Sagarmatha in Nepali means “Head of the Sky”. Further details about the peak can be read in this wikipedia page.
Aerial view of Mount Chomolungma (Everest). Picture: ICT(source)
2. K2 (Qogir) 8611m (28250ft) Pakistan / China
K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth, is located in the Karakoram segment of the Himalayan range, on the border between the Gilgit-Baltistan region of the Pakistan administered Northern Areas and the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang, China. Further read in Wikipedia.
3. Kangchenjunga 8586m (28169ft) Nepal
Kangchenjunga translated means “The Five Treasures of Snows”, as it contains five peaks, four of them over 8,450 metres.
Photo and details in Wikipedia
Starring – Bhuwan KC, Sushmita KC, Bipana Thapa, Sunil Thapa, Hari Bansha Acharya, Rajaram Poudel, Dinesh DC,Shanti Maskey, Salon Basnet etc.
Direction – Dayaram Dahal
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Starring – Bhuwan KC, Kristi Mainali, Mausami Malla, Gopal Raj Mainali, Madan Das Shrestha, Mukunda Kishore Bhattrai, Prakasgh Pathak, Ashok Sharma, Mohan Niraula etc.
Director – Banni Pradhan, Resh Raj Acharya
Nepali movie ‘Tilhari’ is a presentation of Sayapatri Films P. Ltd. The movie is produced by Sumitra Poudel. The film was produced at the time Kristi was known as Kristi KC. The story / script of the movie is written by Pratap Chandra Pradhan, dialogue is written by Mohan Niraula, lyrics written by Pramod Pradhan / Jiwan Adhikari / Uddav Poudel, action by Gopal Bhutani, choreography by Pramod Naidu, editing by Harish Chaudhari, music by Jiwan Adhikari, cinematography by Manju Kumar Shrestha, technical advisor is Raj Kumar Sharma, and the film is directed jointly by Banni Pradhan and Reshraj Acharya. The songs have voices of singers Aasha Bhosle, Suresh Wadarkar, Sushma Shrestha, Gyanu Rana, Udit Narayan Jha, Deepa Jha, Muralidhar. Ranjit Gajamer has coordinated the music composition of Horiya song.
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