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  • From Kantipur FM to Supreme Court to Deepak’s Place

    That was quite a busy day yesterday. Spending time in Kantipur FM and in Supreme Court to express solidarity and update on the writ petition. Today’s Valley Banda, general strike in Kathmandu. That’s why I decided not to go to home. I went to Deepak Adhikari’s place yesterday evening. After reading his blog on Dera…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Life is Boring. Life is Interesting

    Man Ka Kura of a Nepali blogger: It was a boring day for me. But I don’t want my tomorrow to be like this. This picture (inside) of myself taken two years ago, I guess, [I am too old now] by photojournalist friend Nishchal Chapagain is helping me get rid of the boredom. Saturday Blog…

  • The John Grisham Novel and My Journalistic Life-I

    I studied journalism with a hangover. In the early days at Syracuse, I aspired to be an investigative reporter with the New York Times or the Washington Post. I wanted to save the world by uncovering corruption and environmental abuse and government waste and the injustice suffered by the weak and oppressed. Pulitzers were waiting…

  • Kathmandu In Festive Mood. And, Patent for BBC Nepali’s voice.

    [Originally posted in UWB platform] The recently launched BBC 103 FM in Kathmandu has definitely changed my radio habit. Before I was a TV worm, always pressing the remote control and surfing those 40 something satellite channels available on my cable network. In a normal day, I would be in front of that idiot box…