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Buddhist Nuns Embrace the Power of Kung Fu
NEPAL IN FOREIGN PRESS Nepali monastery is enjoying a surge in popularity after spiritual leader introduces martial arts classes Nuns practising kung fu at the Druk Gawa Khilwa Buddhist nunnery in Ramkot, Nepal. Photograph: Simon De Trey-White/Eyevine By Syed Zain al-Mahmood in Kathmandu A Buddhist monastery near Kathmandu is enjoying a surge in popularity after…
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A Nepali Muslim Leader is Murdered in Kathmandu
In yet another incident of daring broad daylight shooting, Islamic Association General Secretary Faijan Ahamed was killed when two unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants opened five rounds of bullet in front of Tri Chandra Campus at Ghantaghar, which is right next to the Kathmandu Valley Police Office. The assailants attacked Ahmed, 36, at 1:45 pm when he was on…
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A Buddha Air Plane, Returning to Kathmandu from a Everest Flight, Crashes on a Hill. All 19 on Board Killed
By Deepak Adhikari/AFP A small aircraft taking tourists on a sightseeing trip around Mount Everest crashed in Nepal on Sunday, killing all 19 people on board, officials said. The Buddha Air Beechcraft plane carrying 10 Indian passengers, three other foreign tourists, three locals and three Nepali crew crashed into a hillside in heavy rain and…
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Foreigner’s Eye: An African Experience in Nepal
The experience in Nepal has not always been always good. When walking in the streets we hear people calling us Kale/Kali all the time. नेपालमा सबै अनुभव राम्रा छैनन् । बाटोमा हिँड्दा सधैंजस्तो मानिसहरूले हामीलाई ‘कालो, काली’ भनेर चिच्याएको सुन्छौं । By Yvonne Otieno [विदेशी आँखा- bideshi ankha- Foreigner’s Eye] “Namaste! Welcome to Nepal.” These were…
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The East Nepal, North East India Earthquake in Photos
The earthquake that rocked us yesterday- in pictures.
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The Earthquake that Rocked Us in Nepal
Read a news report on the quake here र नेपालीमा: भैचालो जसले हामीलाई हल्लायो By Dinesh Wagle The scary thing (or good, depending upon how you see things) is that the epicenter of the 6.8 earthquake that rocked Kathmandu and eastern Nepal this evening was, according to the US Geological Survey, 272 kilometers away (east) from Kathmandu. (68 km…
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Foreigner’s Eye: I Married a Nepali Mountain Biker!
Dan and Nirjala: “Sriman ani Srimati – Hamro maya is Happy!” By Dan (Bahadur) Wright [विदेशी आँखा- bideshi ankha- Foreigner’s Eye] I’m a recently married man…twice, all in the space of just 7 months and to the same girl! I first came to Nepal in 1997 at the age of 18 as a volunteer English…
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