Ganesh Chaturthi in 2010 is on Saturday, the 11th of September.
Ganesh Chaturthi, also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi, is observed in the Hindu calendar month of Bhadra, starting on the Shukla Chaturthi (fourth day of the waxing moon period). Continue reading
The Real Juice, Real Embassy, Dabur Nepal, and Kantipur were center of attraction for for me, for some time. Now, it is Nayapatrika that came out with another version of the same story – extra materials in the juice. The same unanswered questions are being asked:
Why are our kids being fed such non-consumable items ? Why is the government silent on this issue ? (Even, India felt the heat and was talking)
Traditionally, Nepali people don’t celebrate April Fool’s day. These days, due to the western influence people in cities make fool of each other on that day. But, we have our own fun filled day to make fun of. The festival equivalent to the April Fool day is called Gaijatra in Nepal.
Gaijatra, the festival of cows, is celebrated to commemorates the death of people during the year. During the festival, people dressed as clowns and colorful cows are marched in the streets. When cows are not readily not available, people wearing cow masks march on the street. In olden days people had to walk bare-foot but these days such practice is discouraged.
The festival is full of songs, jokes, mockery, and humor. So, Gai Jatra can be considered one of the healthiest festival in which, people accept the reality of death and prepare themselves for "the life after death". Gaijatra usually falls on the month of Bhadra (August – September). It also marks the be
ginning of festive season.
Some photos of the event:
UPDATE: Videos added – courtesy China Daily
National Pavilion Day of the Nepal Pavilion in Shanghai Expo was on September 3, 2010. The event was marked with music, dance and exhibitions of art and culture. Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala went to China with 10 member cultural team lead by Shri Krishna Shrestha, for the program.
The Nepal Pavilion has a large Buddhist pagoda at the center, surrounded by folk houses representing styles from different periods in history dating back to the 11th century. The Pavilion showcases the outstanding talents in art and architecture in Nepal. The theme of the pavilion is “Tales of Kathmandu City — Seeking the Soul of a City: Exploration and Speculation.”
The pavilion is the biggest pavilion Nepal has created till date. Shanghai Expo 2010 officials have told that the Nepal Pavilion is popular in the Expo.
Shanghai Expo 2010 is the world’s largest expo featuring 189 international pavilions and 50 pavilions from multinational agencies.
Highlights of the cultural program:
The reason: Dabur, the sponsor of Miss Nepal, has stopped publishing ads in Kantipur.
Fair enough! But, I have a few questions:
Lord Krishna is one of the most romantic gods in Hindu mythology. He was raised in a cow herder community in ancient times and is told to have 1,600 girlfriends, Gopini. Among them Radha was his beloved one. Krishna is believed to the human incarnation of the God Bishnu.
When Kantipur published the following photo of Himani, people everywhere were talking about the pierced bellybutton of the former princess.
Related post – Teej – Festival of dance, music and fasting and (Audio songs)
The participants of the beauty contest ‘Teej Pari’ are married women and this is among a few beauty contest organized for married women.
The three-member jury to choose this year’s Teej Pari or ‘Mrs. Nepal’ included the first Miss Nepal, Ruby Rana. The former crown princess placed the crown on the head of Kusum Bajracharya, the Teej Pari 2010.
Himani is originally from India’s Rajasthan. In recent time she is seen doing things normal citizen are doing like – paragliding in Pokhara, shopping in Kathmandu’s malls, and taking her children to the cinema.
Following gallery features photographs of Himani in the Teej event (photo credits – Deepesh Karki/onlinekhabar).
Nepal Government wanted to start banning websites but it is getting tougher than they previously thought. At first, they wanted to ban sex sites. They even issued directives to ISPs and as far as I know, the directive isn’t being implemented till date.
Even if Nepali press have exaggerated (which doesn’t seem true) some unanswered question are:
There were reports about the tainted products from all over Nepal. Given our media house’s capabilities and dedication, I don’t believe Nepali media can create such a large scaled fabricated story (as Indian Embassy told). And, it was not a single media house that reported the story. Apart from Nayapatrika, Weeklynepal, ABC news, Kantipur, radiomirmire, Pokharatoday, Pokharanews, Yubabahas; a lot of media had published independent news on the issue.
The news, photographs, and quotes of general public don’t look fabricated. They are from different sources, involve different people and are from different parts of the country. For example, some of the places from where reports of inconsumable products were reported (collected from different sources):
Various media bodies in Nepal have expressed serious concern over Friday’s statement of Indian embassy.
However, Indian media are doing their own media campaign against Nepali media. (When Embassy itself is that irresponsible, I can’t blame the Indian media!)
Some of the headlines in Indian media:
In contrast, Nepali media headlines read:
Nepali Movie Directed by Dev Kumar Shrestha
We have partnered with a new website: NewaMovies.com and have helped them with moving all the Newari movies we had posted to the website.
Click here to visit Jokes collection in Newa Movies.
Funny Newari clips collection.
Newari Joke – Maha Dhya
Joke – Law
Joke – Khaksi
Natural formations seen in Kagbeni area of Western Nepal.
Headlines from daily newspapers in Kathmandu:
Although the exact and official reason for the carvings is not known, various experts have given different opinions. Some of the reasons are listed below:
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