लेखक: DW
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Bandipur
This trip happened during Dasain festival last October therefore the sights of pings (swings) of different types- linge, rote and jaanto. It was my second trip to Bandipur village that is located just above the highway that connects Pokhara with Kathmandu. Many find it beautiful but I have no such conclusive opinion about Bandipur. I thought…
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A walk to Mahat, from Thabang
It took us four hours to reach Mahat village from Thabang village. It was mostly a pleasant walk on flat land (just a couple of small uphill and downhill) that followed the Thabang river.
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Rukumkot’s Sisnu Festival
A day after Maghi there were no signs of colors in Rukumkot village. Instead, I was pleasantly surprised to see young boys and girls in Rukumkot hitting each other below the knees by stinging nettle. Dozens of boys and girls had gathered around the Village Development Committee building in the afternoon. Most of them held bunches of…
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Some images from Rukum
I saw that people in some villages of Rukum and Rolpa celebrated the Maghi festival like the way many in other parts of Nepal celebrate the Holi festival- by smearing their faces in colored powders. (See here how people of Thabang village celebrated.) A day after Maghi, after my return from Thabang, at Khabang Bagar…
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At the Base Camps of Annapurna and Machhapuchhre (Fish Tail)
I went to the base camps of two of the best-known mountains– the Annapurna South and the Machhapuchhre (also known as Mt Fish Tail)– for the first time last week (11-17 March). Here’s what I saw and felt. A Himalayan bowl: At the Annapurna Base Camp (4,130m, ABC) I felt like I was in a huge bowl.…
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Thanks to the IMEI number, I got my phone back
Keep your phone’s IMEI number safe. That could help you find your lost phone. Five months ago I lost my dual SIM Android phone while traveling to Biratnagar from Ilam. I mourned the loss but continued my normal business with my other phone. But I wanted to get the phone back. And, a month ago I…
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Shivaratri Day 2013. Pashupatinath, Kathmandu
Didn’t go anywhere closer to the Pashupatinath temple or the weed-smoking yogis today but I know what it looks like on the day that leads to the great night of Lord Shiva (Maha Shivaratri). Here are some photos of me and the crowd from last year’s Shivaratri festival (taken by Suraj).
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a trip to ramechhap and dolakha [off-roading, paddling and hiking]
Last year February had begun with a trip to the hills of Ramechhap and an encounter with the water of Sunkoshi.
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The Kathmandu Post interview: When blogs were Twitter and Facebook
The Kathmandu Post celebrates its (and Kantipur’s) 21st anniversary today by publishing a 16-page pullout on Nepal’s social media scene. The supplement, titled “Platforms of Change“, explores how Nepalis are using the Internet and its various platforms mainly to express themselves and to connect and share and debate. In the lead article ‘Teleprinter to Twitter’, Editor-in-Chief Akhilesh…
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Thabang: The village that didn’t vote; once hosted Maoist guerrillas
(यो लेखलाई नेपालीमा पढ्न यहाँ क्लिक गर्नुस्) On November 19, 2013 Nepal held national elections for the second Constituent Assembly. The country witnessed a record turnout. I was among the 9.4 million Nepalis who voted that day. But one entire village in remote mid-west Nepal abstained. Thabang boycotted the elections. One more reason to go…
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