Madan Krishna Shrestha and Haribansha in comedy – Shraddha
Starring – Madan Krishna Shrestha and Hari Bansha Acharya
Shraddha is one of many comedy tele-serials that were very popular among the people in Nepal.
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Celebrities and Gossips
These are the latest news about the celebrities, artists and gossips in the Nepali film industryLatest Movies
1 more addition to 863 species of birds in Nepal
The male bird has slate grey crown, nape and upper back while the center of back is black. It has black wings with prominent white patch while female bird is olive-brown in upper parts with tail and rump are rufous, a buffy eye ring and a distinct cream-colored wing patch. The under parts are generally fulvous to ochre-brown in color. Female of this bird is easily separated from females of other species by white wing patch.
Although this species may be a migratory species to Nepal, diverse geological setting of Nepal creates conductive environment to host many different species of lives. Many are listed as endangered ones and others are yet to be identified.
80-yr old man’s quest for Mt. Everest record
UPDATE: In his courageous attempt to climb the Mt. Everest, Shailendra Kumar Upadhyay died on May 9, 2011 just above the Everest base camp. May his soul rest in peace!
If you are from Nepal and had lived through the Panchayat System of 80s you would probably know Mr. Shailendra Kumanr Upadhyay. He had been a diplomat, social worker, and he also worked as Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Nepali Movie – Gopi Krishna
Starring – Rajesh Hamal, Gauri Malla, Kristi Mainali, Prakash Pathak, Sushila Rayamajhi, Ramesh Budhathoki etc.
Director – Uddav Poudel
Made under Sayapatri Films banner, the movie ‘Gopi Krishna’ is a presentation of Uddav Poudel. After the success of this super-hit movie, Uddav has used the term Gopi Krishna to name his business. The Gopi Krishna multiplex theater, Gopi Krishna movies and so on are named after the movie.
Child artists in the movie are Pragya Lohani and Nimesh Poudel. A monkey named Master is featured in a special role in the movie. Cinematography direction by Manju Kumar Mishra, camera by Narendra Pradhan, still photography by Gautam Shrestha, dialogue / chief assistant director is Resh Raj Acharya, choreography by Pramod Naidu, action by NK Chotu, editing by Harish Chaudhary, music by Bhupendra Rayamajhi, script by Mohan Niraula, producer is Sumitra Poudel and executive director is Uddav Poudel. Lyrics by Dhanendra Bimal, Rajendra Sara and BB Thapa. Singers are Udit Narayan Jha, Deepa Jha, Lochan Bhattarai, Sadhana Sargam, Kabita Krishnamutri. Chiranjivi Basnet has managed the lighting equipments, make up by Shamba D Patil and art by Hari Sharma.
Nepali Movie – Aafno Manche
Nepali Movie – Afno Manche
Starring – Shree Krishna Shrestha, Niruta Singh, Bipana Thapa , Dilip Rayamajhi, Sushila Rayamajhi, Mithila Sharma , Rejina Upreti etc.
Director – Shiva Regmi
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Nepali riddles – Village Eating Stories
Due to the nature of language and unique socio-cultural nature on which they are formulated most of the riddles can’t be translated into English — at least not with the aura they pose in their original form. Some examples of popular riddles are given below:
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World Record – Cricket played at the highest altitude
To create a world record of cricket played at the highest altitude, a group of cricket enthusiasts from the United Kingdom completed at Gorak Shep, near Mount Everest on April 21, 2009. The team had to walk for nine days before staging the match at an altitude of 16,945 ft. (5,160 meters).
Team Hillary beat Team Tenzing by 36 runs with six balls remaining.
The Nokia Maps Everest Test was inspired two years ago when cricket-mad expedition leader Richard Kirtley, 28, noticed that Gorak Shep, the highest plateau of its size in the world, bore a striking resemblance to the Oval cricket ground in south London, according to CNN. (myrepublica)
Mobile coverage to cover the top of the World
Nepal’s largest telecom company, Nepal Telecom (NT), is going to extend its GSM and CDMA mobile coverage to Mt. Everest by the end of this year. A satellite antenna will be installed for the purpose in Gorak Shep, located at an altitude of 5,160 meters. This however won’t be the first satellite antenna installed in the Everest region. Certain areas of the mountain have had coverage for the past few years by seven other antennas in the region.
It is told that the antennas can smoothly handle 3,000 calls at once.
Looks like NT is inspired by the first ever mobile phone call from the summit in 2007.
Was having a crazy idea of yeti carrying a cell phone, while writing this post… hence the picture :) News source: myrepublica
Angelina Jolie tops the Most Beautiful Women list (again)
Angelina Jolie with Brad Pitt (Sept. 2007)
Looks like nobody is going to dethrone Angelina Jolie from the most beautiful woman’s list anytime soon. In a recent ‘Most Beautiful Woman in the World’ poll she was voted by 58 per cent of the voters whereas Gisele Bündchen in the second place got only 9 percent of the votes. Halle Berry came third with 4 percent of the total votes. The online poll conducted by Vanity Fair magazine saw fourth place shared by five beauties with 3 percent of votes each.
Jolie is beautiful, sexy, influential and is paid the highest in Hollywood. She was among the Time 100, a list of the 100 most influential people in the world, in 2006 and 2008. She was described as the world’s most beautiful woman in the 2006 “100 Most Beautiful” issue of People, and she was voted the greatest sex symbol of all time in the British Channel 4 television show The 100 Greatest Sex Symbols in 2007. On Forbes’ annual Celebrity 100 list, Jolie was ranked at No. 35 in 2006, No. 14 in 2007, and she was the highest listed actor at No. 3 in 2008. The Hollywood Reporter reported that Jolie was the highest paid actress in 2008.
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Apa Sherpa to conquer Mt. Everest 19th time
World record holder Apa Sherpa broke his own record of climbing the highest peak for the 18th time on 2008-05-22. Now, he is on his way to the top of the peak for the 19th time. Let’s wish him luck!
Appa Sherpa on his way to Mt. Everest to climb it for the 19th time.
He is preparing for the summit bid in May to raise awareness about climate change.
Apa climbed Mt. Everest for the first time nearly a couple of decades ago (on May 10th of 1990). If you are interested in his biography this page might be the best place to go for.
Before heading for the peak he was quoted as telling “I am not looking for recognition or doing this just to beat my own record. My objective is to highlight the environmental degradation of the mountain and draw attention to the issue of global warming”.
And,
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April Fool Day on Nepali Websites
Nepali people don’t celebrate April Fool’s day traditionally. We have a fun filled day to celebrate which is an equivalent of April Fool day and is called Gaijatra. But due to the influence of the Western world people play pranks in this day. Many websites have post hoax news on this day and some of the ones I could gather are listed below (there are not many and they are NOT sorted according their wit or excellence).
Gaijatra - Nepali version of April Fool's Day
The Himalayan Times, published a news about a blockbuster Indian movie “Ghajini” to be made in Nepali and will be renamed “Gajendra”. Geetha Arts, the same production house that made Ghajini, will be producing Gajendra, but it will be directed by Narayan Puri, a noted Nepalese film director. That was news! until, the newspaper told later that they forgot to tell the readers that it was one of their April fool pranks.
Mysansar blog published a post showing fake screenshots of chat with Paras Shah (former Nepali prince).
Hamroblog had its definition of April Fool’s day in Nepalese context and a story about it.
Kathmandu Dairies had an article about Nepal Drivers To Switch Sides.
Nomadic Group of Nepal – Raute
Raute is the only nomadic group in Nepal living in the hilly districts of Mid and Far West. I had heard about them and their language which is unique in the community. They are very isolated and don’t want to mingle with other people. Hari Thapa send me information about a site set for the group some time back. He also sent some photos (posted below) of Raute. It is told that they don’t stay longer in a particular place. Some stay in one place for 3 months and others up to a couple of years. With people encroaching forests, their habitat, they are facing very difficult time in their nomadic life.
Nomadic group Raute
Recently, the first ever census of the endangered Raute community was carried out by the Dailekh District Development Committee. The population of the nomadic ethnic group is found to be 304 (kantipur). The census report showed that there are only 112 females, 96 children and two disabled in the Raute community. The number of Raute females of marriageable age is below one dozen while the number of eligible males is 36. The fact is causing increase in the case of child marriage according to Raute leader Mahin Bahadur Shahi.
Rautes are the only ethnic tribe of the country who are found in the hilly districts of Mid and Far West. As they move from place to place, they do not rely on farming and other everyday livelihoods.
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Nepali Movie – Sanjivani
Tshering Chhoden presents a Radhe Shyam Films P. Ltd. banner movie –
Nepal Film – Sanjivani
Starring – Sushil Chhetri, Jharana Bajracharya, Ganesh Upreti, Amrit Jung Basnet, Riddhi Charan Shrestha, Subhadra Adhikari etc.
Story – Sangita Pradhan
Direction/Script – Shyam Pradhan
Special thanks to – Niruta Singh, Ramesh Upreti, Arunima Lamsal, and Arjun Shrestha.
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World’s youngest grandmaster
Congratulation Anish Giri for being the World’s youngest grandmaster!
Anish, a 14 year old Nepalese boy living in Holland has been successful in being the World’s youngest grandmaster. Anish completed his final GM norm on Saturday by beating GM Eduardo Iturrizaga of Venezuela.
Victory smile just after the game. (Photo courtesy: chessbase.com, by John Nunn.)
Anish’s first achievement was a win in the U-9 section in Hokkaido (Japan), where his father was posted for a few years. He won the U-12 Russian title and tied for the 3rd place in the same age group at the European level.
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Runner-up in the BBC World Challenge 08 (Nepali again)
Cheers to Shanti Sewa Griha for being one of the two runner up from hundred of entries in the BBC World Challenge 2008!
Two runner up of the World Challenge 08 Shanti Sewa Griha (Nepal) and Agricultural School (Paraguay) each received a grant of USD $10,000.
Shanti Sewa Griha is a self-sufficient society for leprosy victims and other social outcasts.