United We Blog

Category: Nepali Society 2

  • The Royal Moustache and Baluwataar Tea Pary

    Gyanendra, the ‘ousted’, rejected and ejected (any other words out there?) king, has sported the mustache, huh? Don’t dare to dismiss this as yet another Gyanendra bashing cheap joke but that was the talk of the town today after newspapers in Kathmandu came up with front page image of the monarch in question. Gyanendra with…

  • Again Nepal Banda: Bus Wallas Protest

    For the record (22 Jan): The Banda continued. Two boys killed in Lahan. ………. Normal life in the city was disrupted and people had to walk, like these women with a kid in Koteshwor, because of banda. Pics by Wagle In an IM conversation yesterday afternoon, an American girl who was here in Kathmandu a…

  • Moriarty Ka Kura: Democracy Doesn't Come From the Barrel of a Gun

    U.S. Ambassador James F. Moriarty participated in a roundtable interview today with journalists from several news organizations. At the beginning of the discussion, the Ambassador read a statement addressing recent developments in Nepal. Here is the text: This has been an historic week for Nepal and its people. A new Interim Constitution is in effect,…

  • Buddha Boy Bomjan Secure!

    With 39 policemen guarding him from 9 AM to 5 PM daily, the meditating Buddha boy of Bara district, southern Nepal, must be feeling secure under the tree these days. A security committee formed to protect the boy gives him security in the morning and evening. Ram Bahadur Bamjon was seen 18 days ago after…

  • Save Rhino: Let This Animal Live

    WHAT WAS THIS ANIMAL’S CRIME??? This rhino was found dead in a jungle in Chitwan. Pics by Narayan Sharma Poachers cut it’s horn and legs By Dinesh Wagle Wagle’s Web Log (A blog for an animal) What’s your relationship with a rhino in a jungle in Chitwan, Nepal? Nothing personal? You might be true but…

  • After a Long Difficult Life, Time to Go Home

    Two internally displaced women (pics above and below), with their children, from remote and super-improvised Mugu district of Nepal abroad an airplane in Nepalgunj airport. Many people who were living in a temporary camp in Rajhana of Banke district are returning home with the help of various non governmental organizations including Insec, B Group and…

  • United We Fight Against Communal War in Nepal

    Nepalis must be united to stop the jatiya yuddha that is beginning in our country By Jiwan Limbu From a UWB reader “A strike called by the Limbuwan Swayatta Sarokar Manch (LSSM) on Tuesday (12 December) crippled life in nine districts east of Arun River. Today’s strike crippled life in Mechi’s Illam, Jhapa, Paanchthar, Taplejung…