Peace loving Nepalis gather at Maitighar Mandala every first day of Nepali month to remember the victims of the violence
1269 – the number was written on the white banner with ‘we will always remember you’ written beneath it. Just below the banner, the candles make out the number. And that’s the number of Nepali who lost their lives due to the ongoing violence in the country last year. A handful of people hold the burning candles wishing for peace. Continue reading
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Seven Party Alliance (SPA) vows to continue the people’s movement more strongly amidst call from the King for dialogue
By UWB! Team
King Gyanendra called the political parties for dialogue in his New Year’s message but the leaders of the various political parties called it ‘old wine in old bottle’ claiming that the call keep ‘no meaning’ to the ongoing people’s movement. Continue reading
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Pic by Arthur Rhodes via Asiamedia, UCLA
UWB! co-founder Dinesh Wagle talked about Blogging in Nepal at UCLA, USA. Read the news about it here and here.
>>D Wagle is in Milwaukee Wisconsin: Ph. 414 272 1937 (room no. 407)
Will be in Madission (from 16 to 19 April): 608 257 6000
And in Washington D.C. from April 19 evening:202 775 0800
Posted in Nepal Press Freedom
By Deepak Adhikari
Last Saturday evening, as I was scanning through Huntington’s Who Are We, I heard sloganeering near my residence at Ghattekulo. Some twenty teenagers, most of them from the neighborhood, were chanting pro-democracy slogans. That made the denizens living in the cozy rooms of Ghattekulo, come out of their slumber and watch what’s happening, if not identify with that spectacular event. I accompanied them for a while, not chanting slogans but trying to decipher who they could be in the darkness of engulfing night. Continue reading
Posted in Deeplog
A few questions related to the importance and relevance of Bikram Sambat to Nepal and the Nepalese people.
By Maheswor Shrestha
Thought of the day
The 2063rd year of Bikram Sambat is approaching closer and we are going to welcome and celebrate its New Year day with certain activities.
The Nepalese people use more than one calendar and celebrate their New Year days accordingly. Nepal has a unique lunar calendar by its own name, Nepal Sambat. Its current year is 1126. We celebrated this year’s New Year day on November 2, 2006 with great pomp and jubilation. We also celebrate Buddha Sambat in honor of great champion of peace and non-violence. We celebrated New Year day of the Gregorian calendar on January 1, 2006 with great enthusiasm, by virtue of being Christians or influenced by the western culture or life style or just for merry making. Various indigenous peoples of Nepal of Mongol stock also celebrated Lhotsars (New Year days) with their traditional cultural activities, fun and feast. Now, it is the New Year day of the Bikram Sambat we are going to celebrate. Continue reading
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