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An Early Morning Show of a Nepali Movie
The mother of the actress wanted her daughter to be a professor in real life. One thing that you can predict easily about a reporter’s daily routine is this: it’s unpredictable. You never know how a reporter’s day starts and ends. Forget about you, I am a reporter and I myself don’t know how my…
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Following American Election Campaigns From Nepal
Even in these chilly days, we drink Coca Cola (Okay, to be exact, I drank a glass of Fanta, another offering from the one of the greatest symbols of American culture, this afternoon in a program co-sponsored by Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu). We get to watch the events in the United States as and when…
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Life in the City: Traffic Mess in Kathmandu
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that there is complete anarchy on the streets of Kathmandu when it comes to traffic. I hear some people quipping that the real loktantra (democracy) has come to the drivers of this country who are happy to ignore the traffic rules and act on their own terms. As…
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What Happened to the BBC World Service in Kathmandu?
The 103 Megahertz that used to relay BBC World Service in Kathmandu valley is now starting to air the broadcast of Radio Nepal, the station that rented the 103 MHz to the BBC: समय सधै चलि राख्यो, सुई पो त घुमेनन् (Time always kept moving, just that arms -of the clock- didn’t move)! Is that…
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Building a House in Kathmandu
An experience of building a house in Kathmandu (Pics extracted from a video that is posted at the end of this blog) Building a house is a lovely notion. Wow, you are building the basic block of your life. I have never built a house yet as I live in my parents’ house. The general…
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New Baneshwor Street and Girls
A journalist friend of mine (who works for a different newspaper) yesterday invited me for a Nepali movie screening for this afternoon. That wasn’t strange given the trend in Nepal that reporters covering movies in Kathmandu routinely work on behalf of film makers. They also help filmwallas with managing the press show and publicity. I…
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Shilpa Shetty, British Raj, Indian Psyche and Nepali Case
Big Double Standard: Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty in British TV program Big Brother. Many Indians and the actress feel she was a victim of racism in the program. But do they know that given the opportunity Indians show big brotherly attitude to their small neighbors. BTW, if anyone feels I am anti-Indian after reading this…
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Watching a Nepali Movie: An Experience
And the experience was horrible. Actress Arunima Lamsal in a premiere show of her sixth movie Abhimanyu in a Kathmandu theater on Friday, 5 Jan. Pics by Bikas Rauniar Two days ago, I watched a Nepali movie called Abhimanyu (name of a character in ancient epic Mahabharat who falls into a spiral and is killed…
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Traffic Chaos in Kathmandu
So the winter has arrived in Kathmandu. People have started putting on thick clothes like jackets and sweaters. I got well, as of now, and back to the daily business of news, blogs and talks. The effects of Protest Politics in Kathmandu are still visible and they are causing problems to Kathmanduits. The other day…
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End of the Year 2005
Winter has come with a bang. Its too cold in Kathmandu. I cannot rise from bed before 9 AM. I wish I could stay there whole day. I spent most of my time in front of computer completing the UWB’s BEST and WORST list for 2005. I think I found myself lonely as the computer…
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