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Hi Handsome! Hello Handsome!
By deepak adhikari on December 24th, 2005 in Dashing Deep Grooming is no longer a female-only phenomenon in Kathmandu as multinationals start introducing fairness creams targeting lads. Our blogger, while doing a story for Nepal Magazine, tried the handsome therapy and writes here the experience: Wait a second: Deepak tries to takes out the identity…
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Turning Twenty, Tata Teens: Birthday of a Kathmandu Teenager
Our blogger emerges out of the teenage circle and, as she enters 20, shares her experience of life in this blog: “I have entered into a twilight zone between teenhood and adulthood (why use sexiest hoods like girlhood and womanhood? For I believe in gender-indifferent life, i.e. human being hood.)” Peek-A- Boo: Little Things, I…
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Days of Guns Are Coming
By Dinesh Wagle on December 23rd, 2005 in Wagle’s WebLog Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) decides to violently disrupt upcoming civil polls after government ignored it’s unilateral ceasefire. That means we will see more violence By issuing a statement yesterday vowing to disrupt upcoming civic polls, Maoists have strongly hinted at ending the ceasefire. Dr. Tulsi…
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Patrick Leahy Rises To Speak, Again
“NEPAL’S DOWNWARD SPIRAL”: Senator Patrick Leahy talked about us Wednesday in the US Congress Mr. President, this is the third time in the past six months that I have spoken in this chamber about Nepal. I do so because this land of mostly impoverished tea and rice farmers who toil between India and China on…
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Finally, Penguin Speaks Nepali
By Dinesh Wagle on December 22nd, 2005 in Wagle Street Journal So does Windows. But when will we be able to say Computer for Nepali instead of Computer in Nepali? Hey Kanchha, ho..ho: Penguin with Nepali flag means successful arrival of Linux in Nepali with the brandname Nepalinux. The Nepali avatar of the bird has…
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Effects of Nagarkot Massacre
By Vishnu on December 21st, 2005 in Bashnet Ko Guff Nagarkot Massacre: mourning and protesting go side by side A man holds placard with the photo of Suntali Nagarkoti who was killed in Nagarkot Massacre. This man is participating in a mourning program organized today in Basantapur. Pic by Shaligram Tiwari via Kantipur A strong…
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Police and Riots in Kathmandu Streets
Nepal Police should learn how to control demonstrations By Dinesh Wagle on December 20th, 2005 in Wagle’s WebLog A woman washes her eyes after she was caught inside Friendship Khaja Ghar, a Mo mo and tea shop, where police fired a teargas shell and shut down the shutter. Before taking this picture, Kantipur photojournalist Bikash…
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