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  • House Arrest: Read, Sleep and Imagine

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    Yesterday was the coldest day in Kathmandu as we experienced the first sign of the arrival of winter: it rained and, according to what I read in papers, mercury dropped to 4 degrees Celsius. The rain made impressive front page headlines in today’s papers but for me, though, the cold had arrived a few days…

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  • Ready to Rock: In the Hills of Annapurna

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    Yes, I am leaving Pokhara tomorrow morning for a week long Annapurna Trek. Two American girls, students of photography, will be traveling with me. So I will not be alone. I have never gone to that part of the country before but I am excited. I am hoping to go to Ghorepani, Ghandruk and Landruk.…

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  • In Front of NHK Camera

    Last couple of days were quite interesting and engaging. And a first-time experience of working in front of a TV camera. A crew of Japan’s NHK Television was following me as I blogged and reported for United We Blog and Kantipur respectively for one of their programs. They wanted to tell the Nepal story to…

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  • Sister Nirmala in Kathmandu

    I was somewhere in Dakshinkaali. Then a call came from by editor. I was needed within an hour in a program that was going to be organized by Kathmandu’s Missionaries of Charity to welcome their Calcuta-based head Sister Nirmala. I was keenly following her Nepal entrance for the last few days. She had entered Nepal…

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  • The Problem With My Teeth

    I saw stars and the whole of a black hole. The formers were bright and the later, as the name suggests, was black. How did I saw those things? Well, the credit goes to Ajay Shah, a dentist in Kantipur Hospital at New Baneshwor. He gave me the tour of the outer world this evening…

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  • When Pilo Attacks You

    This week has been one of the most disastrous for me. Well, I was not destroyed but my nose nearly got wiped out, literally. Oh… aliens attacked my nose. Yes, aliens in the form of a Pilo (Boil). Then what happened? An epic battle began and I bravely fought my own war against Piloism by…

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  • Celebrating Tihar. The Festival Of Light

    Yes, Tihar or Dipawali or Diwali is a festival of lights and flowers. I generally enjoy the festival but when I compare it with Dashian, our biggest festival, I find Tihar a bit individualistic. Sisters put Tika to their brothers wishing them long lives. While doing so, they are also saving their brothers from the…

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  • Finally, No Lukla At All

    Okay, here is the news. I cancelled by Lukla trip this morning…in fact yesterday late night. More important and historical things are happening in Kathmandu and I want to experience them in person. Yes, I would love to go there sometime later. I miss you Lukla. But what can I do? I think history is…

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  • Ready For Lukla

    If every thing goes as planned, I will be in Lukla or somewhere in Solukhumbu (Namche) by this time (10:27 PM) tomorrow. I will take a flight to Lukla early tomorrow morning and spend 3-4 days in the Everest region. I haven’t been there before but hear a lot about the place and the trek…

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