A warning notice posted near the Bishnumati Bridge in Balaju, Kathmandu reads:
If anybody is found throwing garbage around this Bishnumati Bridge, out people volunteers will charge Rs. 5000 fine and slap 2 times.
Doesn’t the rule sound like a "Jungle Rule"? No civil society allows "local youth" to punish anybody. Punishing is the job of law enforcement officers or the police officers. Nobody else can punish anybody – that too physically.
Nobody can deny the fact that the person who
litters a public place should be punished, but physical punishment is inhuman.
It was a sigh of relief for Nepali to be able to live without Nepal Bandha or city bandha for some time. But, it seems, bandha are returning.
After bandha of few days in the Eastern part of the county (in which, wild elephant roamed in Birtamod city), Chitwan was closed yesterday (Dec 16, 2011). The strike called after the death of Nepali Congress member and Chitwan Tarun Dal’s president, Shiva Poudel. Shiva Poudel was in jail after alleged shooting spree and was attacked within the jail.
One man protests, and number of onlookers, afraid of the bamboo club he carries, obey his threatening orders!
In the photo above, a man claiming to be a Nepali Congress Party member is seen threatening a bike rider with a bamboo club in hand.
Rajneesh Bhandari captured the following photo of a crow carrying a noodles packet in its beak.
A few things that came in my mind after seeing the photo are:
Chaudhari Group, the producer of Wai Wai noodles, should pay Rajneesh and feature the photo in its ads. "Even Crows like Wai Wai" – a nice sales pitch.
People in Nepal don’t know what garbage bins are for. And, the concerned authorities don’t care to empty the filled garbage bins. It’s difficult for birds to NOT picking such plastics in the street.
Plastics have been a real problem in the modern time. They don’t get degraded and will cause trouble to our grandchildren and their children …
UPDATE:After the publication of this post, the webmaster of Annapurnapost.com seem to have corrected the problem and the website can now be read.
When every other websites can be read, the only Nepali website that can’t be read in popular browser, Firefox, is Annapurna post’s website.
Yesterday, the executive editor of Annapurna Post daily, Guna Raj Luitel, while explaining the reason for price hike told that, there are not many Nepali people with access to internet. But, even those who have access – haven’t been able to read the website since it came into existence. When I complained, I was suggested to use Internet Explorer.
I had no interest in it’s content so, I had never tried to open in it’s recommended browser, Internet Explorer.
Today I decided to try it in IE, and the result was surprising -the output was the same with only thicker letters. The output looks like below:
If I were to believe in conspiracy theories, it seems they have largely neglected website not to decrease it’s paper readership.
In the age of Unicode, Annapurna remains the only website that can’t be read in popular browsers. It’s one more reason for the readers to dump Annapurna Post in the wake of recent 100 percent increase in paper version of top three newspapers.
Please tell us, in comment, if you can read the website in your computer.
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)
An Apil Bista films production’s movie, based on political leaders Madan Bhandari and Jivraj Ashrit who were killed in an ‘accident’ that happened in the place called Dasdhunga. Nepali Movie – Dasdhunga Starring – Anup Baral, Sanchita Luitel, Dayahang Rai, BS Rana, Bishow Basnet etc. Director – Manoj Pandit
Annapurna Post, Kantipur Publication’s Kantipur Daily and Republic Media’s Nagarik have reached into an agreement to increase the price of the Nepali dallies by 100%. The dailies that cost Rs. 5 were priced double at Rs. 10 on December 14, 2011. On the surface, these three newspapers used to be considered rivals of each other.
In response, Kunda Dixit in his Twitter post, told, "Dead tree newspapers are dinosaurs, start reading them online and save the environment."
The longest notice about the price hike is published by Annapurna Post. Nagarik published the second longest and Kantipur published the shortest notice to explain why they have decided to hike the price.
On the evening of Saturday, December 10, 2011, various artists including various singers and comedy artists of Bollywood presented various programs. The main attraction of the program was the singer Mamata Sharma and comedy artist Raju Srivastav.
Four wild elephants came in the commercial center of eastern Nepal, Birtamod.
Wild elephant in human settlements are very risky as they can cause damage to people and their properties. Such wondering of wild elephants in human settlements are attributed to the encroachment of their habitat, the jungle. People have left little of the natural habitat for wild animals.
Many of the people in the area hadn’t seen a live elephant and it was a rare sight for them. The elephant left without any damages to human or properties. Photo credit Krishna Abiral and Uma Kanta Khanal.
The vehicular traffic were stalled in support of a protest going on in the Eastern part of the country.
Were you one of those who received an email warning your LPG gas cylinder might have expired? The emails comes with the following photo of a gas cylinder with D-06 written in it indicating the fourth quarter of 2006. This coding only applies to the cylinders manufactured in India under the ISI guidelines. As, the cylinders supplied in Nepal are imported from India, they also apply to the cylinders available in Nepal.
The truth is, it is not a "true" expiry date!
It is the date of next Statutory Testing. It sure is riskier to use that has passed the testing date but be assured, the life of the cylinder is not expired. For example, as of now, all the cylinders should have the writing at least A-12 or higher to confirm that the cylinder is tested for it’s safety.
If you haven’t received the warning email, here is what the email looks like: Continue reading
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
Our traffic police are well aware of animal rights and they let animals roam freely on the street. The drivers are fully responsible for the accidents caused by such stray animals.
There is not data on what percent of the road accidents in Nepal are caused by street patrolling animals. But, one can easily guess there should be considerable amount of accidents caused by them.
An example of what can happen in the street is the following photo from Nepalgunj. Pranit Sharma captured a live bullfight in the street beside Laxmi Guest House and Padmaganga Guest House.
It is not known if anybody got hurt due to the great sight on the street. Long live animal rights!
The District Court, Achham, sent three policemen to up to six years in prison for their involvement in raping police constable Suntali Dhami.
A single bench of judge Prakash Kharel on Thursday convicted head constables Birendra Bam and Karbir Thalal and constable Jagadish Pandey. While Bam was handed down a six-year imprisonment, Thala and Pandey were sent behind bars for three years. The court also ordered Bam to pay Rs 100,000 to the victim.
Constable Dhami had filed a case accusing her colleagues of raping her while she was on duty on the night of 27 September 2009. The accused cops were suspended from their jobs, arrested on October 7 and sent to detention on 2 November 2009.
ASI Dansingh Bhandari, Head Constable Biradatta Badu and Constable Naribhan Mahatara, who were also detained with the three accused, were, however, released on 1 November 2009, citing their non-involvement in the case.
Kin of one of the convicts, Head Constable Thalal, said they would move appellate court against the decision.
First Nepali horror movie made with supernatural concept. A Nirmal Ratna Shakya presentation: Nepali Movie: Ek Din Ek Raat (2011) Starring – Vinay Shrestha, Diya Maskey, Anup Baral, Karma, Pooja Lama, Menuka Pradhan, Gauri Malla and BS Thapa (special Appearance) etc. Story / Director – Dev Kumar Shrestha
Nepali Movie – Ek Din Ek Raat
Shorha Khutte Pati (16 pillar rest house) located on the north-western part of the Capital, is a wind house of historical importance. Located on the path connecting Trishuli with Kathmandu, the rest house was used by the pedestrians when there was no motor able road link.
The place is known as Shorha Khutte after the rest house located at the base of a slope. The people tired of walking a long distance take rest in the 16-pillar rest house before they ascend the height. Although, in the past, it was one of the most important structure in the area, these days, it is hidden from taller buildings surrounding it and also suffers from lack of maintenance and care.
