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Panche baaja पञ्चे बाजा
A wedding ceremony? An auspicious occasion? Someone very important, a thulo manchhe, coming in the village? Play the panche baja (the five -musical- instruments). That’s still the case in many Nepali villages. These photos are from Dhampus village, north of Pokhara that offers beautiful views of the Annapurna range. When I was there last year…
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Horse breastfeeding
तपाईँलाई इमेलमै पछिल्लो ब्लग, लेख र तस्बिर पठाउन पाउनु मेरोलागि खुशीको कुरा हुनेछ । बाकसमा आफ्नो इमेल ठेगाना हाल्नु होला । धन्यवाद 🙂
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An ‘AirTruck’. Headed to China.
One recent afternoon I spotted a few beautifully decorated trucks not very far from the China border north of Kathmandu. They were stuck there. Mudslides had blocked a long stretch of the narrow road, or what we in Nepal unashamedly call a highway. I asked a driver why his truck along with others had images…
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सूर्यास्त
तपाईँलाई इमेलमै पछिल्लो ब्लग, लेख र तस्बिर पठाउन पाउनु मेरोलागि खुशीको कुरा हुनेछ । बाकसमा आफ्नो इमेल ठेगाना हाल्नु होला । धन्यवाद 🙂 अाैला छिनमै सकिन्छन् काठमान्डूका खरावी गन्न थाल्ने हो भने । जस्तो कि, अचेल काठमान्डूमा वर्षा थामिएपछिकाे घमाइलोमा सकडहरू धुलाम्ये हुन्छन् । कार्यालय समय सकिएलगत्तैको हतारोमा तिनै सडकमा गाडी र बाईकहरू अटेसमटेस गर्दै…
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‘सोह्रखुट्टे’मुनीको मान्छे
त्यो दिउसो म त्यहाँ पुग्दा सोह्रखुट्टे पाटी ढलिसकेको थिएन । तर त्यसको छानो उडिसकेको थियो । काठमान्डू सहरका सर्वाधिक ख्यातिप्राप्त ल्यान्डमार्करूमध्येको त्यो सत्तल छिट्टै नजिकै स्थानान्तरण हुनेवाला थियो । सडकलाई फराकिलो हुनबाट रोकेको हुनाले तुलनात्मकरुपमा एेतिहासिक त्यो संरचनालाई सार्न लागिएको थियो । त्यो प्रकृया निर्विवाद थिएन । तर मेरो ध्यान त्यसलाई खोतल्नु थिएन । म…
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कानको सफाई
[This post details my recent encounter with an ear cleaner in Koteshor, Kathmandu which reminded me of an incident that involved an ear cleaner in Old Delhi a few years ago.] झन्डै पाँच वर्षअघि पुरानो दिल्लीको जामा मस्जिदका सिंढीमा बसेर भव्य लाल किला हेरिरहँदा मैले एउटा अनपेक्षित दृश्य देखेको थिएँ । एउटा अपरिचित ठिटोले मसँगै त्यहाँ पुगेका…
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Jatra [जात्रा]
[This post was written on 21st March.] The Nepali word jatra means a festive atmosphere. Ghode Jatra is the festive atmosphere that involves ghodas (horses) and men, of course. Don’t know if horses too enjoy the moment but that’s a topic for another entry. The word jatra also means a mess. Things are not in…
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Kathmandu Darbar Square- A Day After the #NepalEarthquake
A day after the #NepalEarthQuake, I went to Kathmandu’s Darbar Square. The scale of devastation was massive. Many of its attractive buildings, former palaces and temples, had either completely collapsed or were heavily damaged. The landmark Kastamandap building had been reduced to rubble. Two other beautiful temples nearby were not where they once stood. The “nau…
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What Did Dharahara Mean to You? (#NepalEarthquake)
Collapse of the Dharahara tower symbolized all quake-related devastations. But did the Bhimsen Stambha embody our pride and morale? The #NepalEarthquake claimed thousands of lives. A million houses have been destroyed, most of them in rural villages. If there was a symbol of this destruction, it was the fall of the Dharahara tower. The tower’s collapse…
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