Tag: Nepali Society

  • Bir­tamod­e, Bride and the Bandhs

    Our blogger, home (East Nepal) to attend his sister’s marriage, finds himself stuck in series of Bandhs By Deepak Adhikari Saturday Blog It was 11 am. The preparation was almost ready. But, I was a bit restless. Now, becoming a brother of a bride is no cricket. It almost happened to be an impromptu wedding.…

  • Tulsi Giri Conference: No News Is Good News?

    Dr. Tulsi Giri, Nepal’s royal deputy, organized a news conference to talk nothing Yes, Dr. Tulsi Giri repeated the stunt of waving a copy of the Constitution 1990 in today’s news conference. Today’s attraction: he waved a few other newspapers cuttings as well. Pic by Gopal Chitrakar via Kantipur So that was nothing but just…

  • All The King’s Parties

    Lets look at the Nepal’s ‘political parties’ from whose help king Gyanendra hopes to bring democracy back in Nepal. Of the 72 parties taking part in the civic poll, 52 have never taken part in elections. Of the remaining 20, only one party had representation in the last parliament. They collectively got less than 2…