The following photo features Radha Krishna Mandir located in Inderagauda, Aapchaur in Gulmi district.
Aapchaur, located at about 10 kilometers northeast of Tamghas and 30 kilometers southwest of Baglung, is a hill village in Gulmi District, Central Nepal.
When a photograph of a dirty toilet in Kanti Children Hospital started started making it’s round in the social networking site, Facebook, some energetic youths decided to clean the toilet. The group planned and went to the hospital to clean it up. This was not the first time they had done such praiseworthy work, but such a social movement is unprecedented and will redefine out future!
UPDATE (below)- CPN-Maoist letter raises question – whose government is it?
Another ‘Can Only Happen in Nepal’ – the defense minister of Nepal, a member of MJF-Gachhedar party, had talked about the possibility of 22 Terai districts wanting to separate from Nepal. The Defense Minister, Sarat Singh Bhandari’s statement indicated that he might participate in the separatist movement. Read more in Katnipur.
In protest against the minister’s statement, various protests are being organized in social media like Facebook and Twitter.
Nepali Language has evolved from Sanskrit. Initially, Nepali language was termed as “Gorkhali” or “Khas” language but the king Prithivi Narayan Shah united the country, it got its name Nepali.
The oldest evidence found written in Nepali Language is Ashok Chilla’s bronze plate, carved in 1321 B.S. The oldest book written in Nepali language found to date is ‘Khanda Khadya‘ (1642). The writer of the book however is not known.
Other ancient books without their author’s name are ‘Swasthani Bharatkatha’ written sometime in 1658 BS and ‘Baj Parikxya‘ written sometime in 1700. The oldest known writer of Nepali books is Prem Nidhi Pant. Two of his books ‘Jwarup Pati Chikitsha‘ written in 1773 BS and ‘Prayashit Predi’ were both translation from Sanskrit books.
Dr. Tara Nath Sharma, has divided the history of Nepali Literature into 5 different eras:
Pre Bhanu Bhakta Era (from beginning to 1871 B.S.)
In the following photo, our Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai and Hisila Yami are posing with the US President Barak Obama and Michelle Obama. The smile are great on all four faces but a bit odd are the flags – none of them has a Chandra and a Surya. The US flag represents Obama couple but there is no Nepali flag to represent the Bhattarai couple.
By the way the photo is taken, it is pretty clear that the photo is not a causal one and they meant it to be as official as they can.
The Americans would certainly not care to have an odd looking Nepali flag there but, the advisors of our PM should have pointed out the obvious – to have one of those flags to be a Nepali flag. I think, our PM should have asked to take the photo somewhere else if they were not willing to hoist our flag.
Some have even pointed out the fact that the tie on Baburam’s neck look a bit bigger than it should have and a saree would have looked better on Hisila. I don’t have such preference towards Daura Suruwal (and, I guess, it is no longer a National dress). But, the flag is a different case.
The fame of Harihar Adhikari, a young astrologer, raised when he rightly predicted the date of the resignation of then Prime Minister, Madhav Kumar Nepal. Adhikari made the prediction on the next day of Nepal’s appointment as the Prime Minster of Nepal. After that, he rightly predicted India to be the winner in the Cricket World Cup winner.
Then came a news about the Maha Nayak Rajesh Hamal postponing his marriage by two years on suggestion of Harihar. Alreay late for marriage, almost 50 year old Hamal had recently announced his intention to get married with his young girlfriend.
Although being young, Harihar is not unknown. He has been running a Astrology program named ‘Faladesh’ in a local television.
The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) is actively involved in the Bhrastchari Lai Kira Paros (May the Corrupt Rot) movement. Participation of high profile people in the movement in July had sparked the participation and intensity of the movement.
Today, CIAA handed over the May the Corrupt Rot t-shirts to all the Nepal Government Secretaries. After wearing the t-shirt, they posed for a group photo.
The public post holder’s commitment against corruption is appreciable and we can hope some reduction in corruption in government offices. Photo credits – Min Ba
jracharya and T-shirt courtesy: Dr Sameer Mani Dixit.
It is strange, how come cows are roaming around in the roads of capital city. Due to traffic congestion, there are various restrictions for some vehicles in many roads (some vehicles that are restricted are – Chinese tractor, hand driven cargo carts, diesel auto-rickshaw, pedal driven rickshaw, big trucks, buses and so on).
But, cows are free to roam around without any restrictions.
Balkrishna Dahal took some photos to show some examples of how the cows roam around the city – unrestricted. There isn’t any statistics on how many accidents have occurred due to the presence of animal on the road. But, it should be something the authorities should be concerned about.
The earthquake of June 7, 1255 AD (1310 BS) is the first recorded earthquake in the history of Nepal. During the earthquake nearly one third of the total population of Kathmandu were killed. Among the killed were the King of Kathmandu valley, Abahya Malla. The earthquake magnitude at that time is believed to be around 7.7 in Richter scale.
Mangalbazar, Patan destruction during the earthquake of 1934 (1990BS)
Another big earthquake was recorded in 1260 AD (1316BS) during the reign of King Jayadev Malla. During the earthquake many buildings and temples collapsed. there was a huge loss of lives and an epid
emic and famine after the earthquake was attributed to the natural disaster.
The prime minister, Judda Shamsher J. B. Rana announcing the relief efforts during the earthquake of 1934
Bikini Killer Charles Shobhraj‘s 22-year-old wife Nihita Biswas is told to be featured in a reality TV show, Bigg Boss 5. From the time Nihita announced her love for the convicted killer, she was expected to cash in the popularity she got from linking herself to the controversial character.
An Indian Newspaper, Times of India, has told that Nihita has already confirmed her presence in the show. Bigg Boss show, known for presenting controversial content, goes on air in October. Nihita is expected to arrive in India by the end of September for the preparation of the show.
The Constitution of Nepal was supposed to be made a lot earlier. But, it had been postponed a number of times and there is still no hope for one in near future.
The country is so obsessed by the word Constitution (Sambidhan) that there are a lot of things are being named after it. Dipak Bhattarai found a couple of signboards in Chitawan with Sambidhan written in them.
An intersection is named "Sambidhan Chowk" that connects Cancer, Religion (Dharma Chowk), 2.4 Million (ChaubisKoti), and Narayanghadh.