Most of these blogs are here for archival purpose that I have written from 2004. These days, I prefer to write my occasional blogs at Medium page.
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Good bye, Roy!
In 2001, when Roy Luke Dias arrived in Nepal as the national cricket coach, nobody knew what exactly the tiny Himalayan nation would achieve under him and for how long he would stay. He was the coach of Sri Lanka in the 1999 World Cup in England, and that fact alone made us proud to…
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Nepal parliament’s embarrassment
Friday night continues to be pivotal in Nepal. November 19, 2010 will go into history books as a shameful day for Nepal’s parliament and will continue to embarrass the nation for years to come. The representatives of the people involved in such a scuffle that ended with manhandling of ministers and ‘abduction of the budget…
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Nepali Politics, the Secret Meeting & Media
Just before Tihar – the festival of lights – it looked like the long-standing political deadlock of Nepal is finally being dismantled as the top leaders of three main political parties agreed to go for a meeting at a resort. The meeting was dubbed the ‘secret meeting’ for it was not accessible to media and…
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Retrospecting BlogMeet at BloggerBhela
On November 4, twenty Nepali bloggers met at a hall of Capital FM in what was named a Blogger Bhela and organized as an introduction programs of Nepali bloggers in Kathmandu. It was indeed a unique opportunity for me to get introduced to so many new bloggers; and even the gathering of the bloggers made…
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Flight RA 2066
“Excuse me, why are you stationary?” An Indian passenger walked back to the air hostesses on the back of the Nepal Airlines place and asked. “We don’t have any stationery, we only have newspapers,” an air-hostess replied. “No, no, I am not talking about pen or paper; I am asking why the plane is stationary.”…
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WATER IS LOVE!
Thanks to friend Bijay Gajmer for the photo. This post is published to mark Blog Action Day 2010!
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Distasteful cartoons!
Cartoons are meant to be satire and humor but there are instances when they crosses the line of humor and become distasteful. And, I find the cartoons published in Nepal’s main two national dailies – Kantipur and Nagarik – just distasteful. The following cartoon was published in Kantipur’s front page on October 13. The following…
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It happens only in Nepali TVs!
Incident 1 (ABC Television): Two girls, tenth graders, were interviewed by the television. They were arrested for prostitution along with two pimps. The faces were blurred during most of the interview but frequently they were visible. And, the reporter named the school they were studying twice. For what? Incident 2 (News24 Television): In a news…
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Nepali Congress: Wind of Change
The future’s in the air I can feel it everywhere Blowing with the wind of change! – Scorpians (Wind of Change, 1989) Nepali Congress (NC), the Nepal’s biggest rightist party, recently concluded its 12th General Assembly electing Sushil Koirala as the new president. With a history of leading all successful fights for democracy, and also…
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Cybersansar scandal: Greed for money
On Wednesday, Nagariknews.com ran a news story along with a ‘sting operation video’ on the copyright infringement by a well-known cyber business company. Police arrested the owners of Dreams & Ideas – Dipankar and Abhinav Kasajoo who made name, fame and money through cyber business. They also redefined Nepali modeling industry with their very popular…