Actress and model Sushma Karki dances in a cultural program held to mark the new year 2012 in Doha, Qatar on December 30, 2011. In the program, popular artist like Sushma Karki, Sitaram Kattle (Dhurmus), Kunjana (Suntali), Satya Raj Acharya among others presented their talents for the entertainment of the Doha resident Nepali.
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Samriddhi Rai – Miss Personality, Miss Toursim Queen International 2011
UPDATE: More photos added at the end.
Nepali beauty Samriddhi Rai who represented Nepal in the Miss Tourism Queen International 2011 held in China, was successful in winning a Miss Personality title.
Although, it might not be a greatest feat for others, for Nepal it is no less than winning the contest title. That is because, in most of the contests Nepali models participate, they don’t win anything and none have won a contest title till date. So, we should congratulate Samriddhi for making us proud by bringing in something.
Yes, she looked gorgeous in blue bikini!!
She also looked great in a dhaka skirt in the National Custom Round:
Bhuwann KC, astrologer added an extra ‘n’ in his name
The investment in Nepali movies is very insecure and nobody knows how the viewers perceive new movies. It becomes scary when the story and the content is not strong enough. In such situations, Nepali film makers go in the refuge of astrologers.
This time, an established producer and actor in Nepali movie, Bhuwan KC went to an astrologer who told him to rename himself to which the actor gladly agreed and added an extra ‘n’ at the end of his name. This shows how insecure our producers are; they can even change their name to make a movie a success. In Bhuwan’s upcoming movie he will be named Bhuwann KC instead of Bhuwan KC. And, the title of the movie will also have the phrase Bhuwann KC ‘s Sathi Ma Timro in it’s posters and promo materials.
Samriddhi Rai representing Nepal in Miss Tourism Queen International 2011
UPDATE: Samriddhi Rai was awarded Miss Personality in the Miss Toursim Queen International 2011. Click here for more photos of Samriddhi receiving the title.
Nepali beauty Samriddhi Rai is representing Nepal in Miss Tourism Queen International 2011, being held in China. Winner of online voting will be able to participate in the semifinal. If you want Samriddhi, you can also help her by voting online (it costs money to vote). **Vote here.** (Voting closes soon on the 26th December 2011, at 1700 Hour GMT +08:00)
Here are some stunning shots of Samriddhi from China:
Eva Ekvall, 28, former Miss Venezuela lost breast cancer battle
Former Miss Venezuela had lost the battle against breast cancer and died at a young age of 28 on December 17, 2011. The Miss Venezuela 2000 was being treated in a Houston, Texas hospital where she died leaving behind a daughter.
Harshika Shrestha’s suitcase : the benefit of being an actress
An actress, Harshika Shrestha, lost her suitcase in a car while going to Chobhar for the shooting of a music video. One of the National dailies in Nepal, Nagarik published a detailed news about the loss.
The taxi driver Surya Bahadur Shrestha knew the owner of the suitcase after reading the newspaper. After receiving the suitcase that contained dresses and ornaments worth about Rs. 70,000, Harshika is very happy and grateful by the honesty of the taxi driver.
Komal Oli to make a movie on her own life
It’s not only the Hot and Spicy role in her upcoming movie, Dubdaba, Komal has high hopes from another movie she is going to make all by herself. The movie to be made on her own story will portray the struggle she did as a single woman.
Private Rita Rana – the first female Gurkha?
27 year old Private Rita Rana followed the footsteps of her ex British Gurkha father to join the British military in 2010. As there is no record of any other Nepali women in British Army, she can be termed the first female Gurkha.
Rita’s father had served 27 years in 2Bn the Royal Ghurkha Rifles. But, she is not in the Royal Gurkha Rifles, and can’t be termed a Gurkha officially.
Pte. Rita Rana is from the Germany-based 1Bn the Princess of Wales’ Royal Regt. (Read more here, a 2010 news article)
I Do
The following photo shows the bridge and groom dressed in Nepali traditional dress embracing western culture of kissing in their marriage. Nepal, where kissing in public place is still considered a taboo, such types of marriages are rare.
Next, we might also witness the change in the color of the saree, to white. Photo sent by Mahesh Chalise
Oleanna – a strong ‘split role’ play
A play on the issue of sexually harassing behaviors in schools, colleges and universities, Oleanna, was featured in Moksh Live, Jhamsikhel by One World Theatre in collaboration with Actors’ Studio. The first set of shows were featured on December 2, 3 and 4th and it will again be shown on 9-11 December. Based on the original play of playwright David Mamet, it is directed by Deborah Merola.
As we had told before, this is the debut play of actress Namrata Shrestha. Continue reading
Namrata featured in wedding magazine cover
Wedding Bells, ‘Nepal’s first wedding magazine’ has featured actress Namrata Shrestha in its cover. Namrata looks great in the photos featured in the magazine. The cover indicates that, it will feature Namrata’s ‘bridal wish list’.
Marriage is an once in a lifetime event, in which people prefer to spend lavishly. So we can see a huge potential of such a magazine in Nepali market.
The magazine is produced by ECS Media and Kishor Kayastha.
Risker to drive in Nepal (Traffic accident data analysis)
In May, 2011 we posted about traffic accidents in Nepal up to FY 2066/067. Adding one more data to the chart shows an alarming increase in the number of accident in FY 2067/068. That was an increase of more than 500 accidents in a year.
When we see the number of death due to accidents, the number also increases from 146 to 171 death, an increase of 25 deaths.
The data shows that the government is not doing enough to reduce accidents or death caused by such accidents. So, the citizen themselves should be more careful while driving. They should be more proactive to increase awareness in people about traffic safety and rules of the road.
I hope the social media groups that have been doing laudable works in the past will also think in that direction.
CYSU youth clean up Bir Hospital
CYSU youth teamed up to clean the Bir Hospital area. Such a voluntary movement is expected to have a long term impact on creating social awareness and impart a feeling of responsibility in people. It is another proof that social media is the next revolution.
Nepal Army and Mountaineering Team volunteers also joined the group to clean up the area helping the volunteer count to reach 100.
Manish Thapa and CYSU Team, in a statement, had told that the effort also inspired the staffs of Bir Hospital to help in cleaning and the Bir Hospital Administration was also very cooperative.
10K ‘Chapali Height’ posters destroyed
After the Binita Baral controversy over the publication some of her photos in various magazine covers, the producer of the movie, Arju Kumar, decided to destroy all the posters designed with the naked photos. About Rs. 250,000 was the cost of design, re-design, and printing of the destroyed posters.
(All the photos are removed from the post.)
What a noble way to become fresh.. watching blue films
When you are stressed out, how do you become fresh? If you ask me, I would either stroll in a park… or listen to a sweet music… not the way model Etna Karki says how she becomes fresh.
The image above is taken from the ‘Shukrabar’ magazine cover. We haven’t read the article posted in page 21. But, the title “Blue film herera fresh hunchhu,” says a lot.
Some of the questions and answers (rough translation from Nepali):
Do you have experience of sex?
Yes of course… with my boyfriend.
Have you seen Blue film?
Yes I have seen. I was 17 years old at at that time. I was very excited after watching the movie. I do watch them occasionally and be fresh.