Buddha was born in Lumbini, located near the border of India in the Southern part of Nepal, more than 2500 years ago. The remains of the ancient kingdom of Shakya rulers are still preserved in the area. A pillar (gray pillar in the left side, in the photo below) erected by an Indian emperor, also confirms the location as the birth place of Buddha.
Now, a British Army Gurkha soldier was honored by Britain’s second highest medal for bravery for fighting off at least a dozen Taliban insurgents.
Acting Sergeant Dip Prasad Pun was stationed in a checkpoint near Babaji, in Afghanistan’s Helmand province. On September 17, 2010 militants opened fire from all direction.
Alone on the roof, Pun fought rocket-propelled grenades and AK-47s. He fired a more than 400 rounds of bullets, detonated a mine, and launched 17 grenades in about fifteen minutes of intense fight. He even used the machine gun tripod to knock down an insurgent, trying to climb up to his position.
In a BBC news article, Pun says, "I think I am a very lucky guy, a survivor. Now I am getting this award, it is very great and I am very happy."
The Conspicuous Gallantry Cross medal is only one level below the Victoria Cross, the highest medal a British Army personnel can get. The 31 year old Acting Sergeant Dipprasad Pun’s father and grandfather both had been Gurkha in British Army. (Photo credits – BBC)
Houston Nature Centre has honored Raju Acharya with the World Owl Hall of Fame special award for his outstanding contribution in the research and conservation of owls.
The Special Achievement Award was awarded to Acharya on March 5, 2011 at the International Festival of Owls held in Minnesota, US.
In the photo above, Raju is seen talking in a media event in Pokhara on March 21‚ 2011. (Photo credits – Krishnamani Baral)
A graduate in Environmental Management, Tropical Forestry and Agro-forestry, Raju Acharya is the director of Friends of Nature, a youth-led social and environmental organization and has been working in owl conservation for the last three years. Before that he had worked for Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) for ten years.
In an interview with Republica he told that he is interested in establishing an owl hospital in Nepal and develop it also as a conservation education center.
In addition to the photos of Holi celebration in the blog, more photos of Holi in Karishma Manandhar home are posted below.
Ang Tenzind Sherpa wanted to make fun in one of his loved one’s birthday (we didn’t ask whose birthday it was). He bought a snow spray costing him Rs. 250 in Gemini store in Boudha. But, when he opened the snow spray package, the familiar smell wasn’t pleasant. It smelled like a pesticide. It was actually recycled pesticide package with a paper cover with the details of snow spray.
The main poi
nt Ang mentions is that, "There was a smell of pesticide, and I’ve vomited more then five times since yesterday."
It is clear from the photos he has posted in Facebook, that the packaging was that of "Hit" branded pesticide. The pesticide can’t be considered healthy to be sprayed on kid’s birthday cake.
In our question about the manufacturer of the product, Ang told that the packaging was written in Chinese, so he is not sure about the company that produces it. If the product is produced out of Nepal, we can’t do anything about it. The only responsible business will be the importer of the product.
Ang is facing health issues due to the product and many others might have faced sucproblems. When consumer products create health problems, somebody should be held responsible for the problem. In this case, who is responsible for the damage it does to the health of the users?
Is it Gemini Store?
Is is Nepal Government?
We hope somebody will take a
ction against such irresponsible practice to create problem to the health of general public.
Following photos show the paper, and the actual pesticide can underneath (photo credits – Ang Tenzind Sherpa) :
Given the current political situation and lack of proper monitoring of products being sold in market, we would like to ask the users to be careful while using new product available in the market. And, we would also like to ask the businesses to take the health and safety of their customers seriously and stop the sales of potentially harmful and fake products.
Update Ang Tenzing Sherpa has created a video of the spray and posted in YouTube:
Model Sumnima Dewan was crowned this year’s Miss Mangol title. In the contest organized by Action Entertainment P. Ltd. and participated by 27 beauties of Mangolian origin was held on March 12, 2011, Saturday in Kathmandu. The first runner-up and second runner-up in the contest were Manita Gurung and Sushma Lama respectively.
In addition to various awards in sub-categories, the participants of last year’s contest were also given ‘Previous Talent Award’ in the ceremony.
Continue readingNew Nepali movie Batch No. 16 was supposed to be released on March 4 but was postponed for a week. On28th February a special screening of the movie was done for the security personals, journalists and film personalities.
On the latest news of the change in date of release, the director of the movie, Pitamber Pandey said, ‘We sincerely apologize to the audience for not having being able to release the film on time.’
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After death, Bhattarai’s body was taken back to his home, Krishna Prasad Bhattarai Ashram in Badegaun.
Political Career
Bhattarai started his career as a journalist.
Always loosing election
Elections were never favorable to Bhattarai. He lost most of the election he was candidate of:
The first (and
, the only one) election he won was the election of BS 2056 from Parsha -1.
Fun loving and Pan icon, umbrella and Surahi
Bhattarai was popular for making fun of stuffs. He used to make fun of himself and others but, in good faith. People used to enjoy his company due to the fun-loving nature.
He was addicted to Pan (betel leaf), the habit he started during his exile in India. His favorite ‘Pan Pasal’ in New Road, Kathmandu became popular due to the fact that it was Kisunji’s favorite destination.
As for the property, Kisunji used to say that the only thing he has his own were an umbrella and a waterpot “Surahi”. He didn’t have his own h
ouse. The house he was living in his last days was given to him by the government.
Good bye Kishunji!
Former princess, Himani Shah, makes news when she goes out of her home. On Feb. 26, 2011 she took her kids to worship the living goddess, Kumari, in Kumari Ghar located at Hanuman Dhoka, Kathmandu. Photo credits – Niranjan Shrestha, Kantipur.
After two and a half month of film making training in the US, actress Nisha Adhikari as returned back to Nepal. The course, Diploma in Film Making, of 2.5 month duration included subjects like hand-run camera, director craft, script writing, and editing. She attended New York Film Academy, Los Angeles
Nisha told that she made three short films based on one shot, continuity shot and digital shot, during the course.
Let’s hope to see a movie directed by Nisha in the near future. All the be
st Nisha Adhikari.
Shreya Basnet won the title of the Miss Nepalgunj beauty contest held in the western Nepal city Nepalgunj, recently. Sapana Parjuli was the first runner-up and Shreya Samari, the second runner-up in the contest.
Miss Nepalgunj Shreya is the resident of DSP Road and is studying is grade 11 in Bright Land Higher Secondary School.
In the event, Preeti Rajbhandari was awarded Miss Catwalk, Kamana GC, the Miss Beautiful, Binita Thapa, the Miss Personality, Sadina Thapa, the Miss Talent, Anju KC the Miss Photogenic, Dipika KC the Miss Best Smile, Sony the Best Figure, and Netra BC was awarded the Miss Discipline titles.
The beauty conte
st was organized in Hotel Siddhartha View by Movie House in association with Generation X. There were eleven participants in the beauty contest.
The organizer of the first Miss UK Nepal beauty contest, Events and Ideas, is going to organize "Glamour Night" on February 26, 2011. In the event held on October 23, 2010, Nabina Gurung was awarded the Miss UK Nepal, 2010.
The event to be organized in Hackney Community Center at Folkestone Kent will feature all the 13 participants of Miss UK Nepal. The participants will present fashion show, dance, singing and other different talents in the event. The organizor Shanti Gurung told that Sheetal Pun all the way from Hong Kong, will also sing in the event.
Nepali singer Yogita Moktan has committed suicide within 3 months of getting married. She hanged herself with her shawl from the ceiling of her residence in Bagdole, Lalitpur on Thursday night.
The police is investigating the reason behind the extreme step. Her husband is reported to be working in Dubai. Yogita was preparing to release her second solo album.
May her soul rest in peace.
The concert of Bryan Adams scheduled to be conducted on Feb 15 was canceled at the last moment. According to the ticketing site kyazoonga.com, they have received instructions from the organizers stating that the Bryan Adams concert in Delhi has been postponed.
Details of the new venue, date & time will be available later this evening.
The site has requested the customers have booked tickets online and through retail outlets, not to go the the NSIC venue to pick up the tickets.
The site promises to refund the ticket price if they don’t want to attend the rescheduled concert.
Bryan Adams is scheduled to perform in the Indian city Hyderabad on Wednesday. He will perform in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Thursday and Friday and will be performing in Kathmandu on Saturday.
Adams has already performed in Indian cities Mumbai (Feb 12) and Bangalore (Feb 13). In the concerts Bryan was accompanied by his band comprising lead guitarist Keith Scott, and Michael Curry on the drums. The songs he performed were the hits of the 1980s.
Canadian singer Bryan Adams is going to perfrom for about two hours in Dashrath Stadium, Kathmandu on February 19, 2011.
Three Nepali bands to perform before Bryan Adams
. The event starts at 3:00 PM with DJ session. At 5:00 PM Nepali national anthem will be sung. The Nepali bands 1974 AD, Namaste and Mongolian Heart will perform, for about half an hours each, untill 6:45 PM. At 7:00 PM Bryan Adams will start his live performance. The event will be wrapped up at 9:00 PM.
Raju Lama of Mangolian Hearts is coming travelling back from US just to perform in the event. The band will perform three songs. Ishwor Gurung of Namaste band will perform with a Japanese artist in the event. 1974 AD is going to perform four songs including "Yo man ta mero Nepali ho..".
Security briefing at the stadium in preparation of the concert (photo source – Facebook).
