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Tag: Nepali Society

  • Everyone Wants To “Volunteer” For UN

    Anjila Mul, 22, and Sujita Amatya, 22, who got Bachelors in Science (Environmental Science) degree from Biswo Niketan College a few days ago, had gone to the “exhibition” hoping to get recruited as volunteer or explore opportunities in volunteering. “The focus is in the UN of course,” said Anjila, left, “because that’s world wide.” [Here…

  • See You Again In A Republic Nepal: Deusi Re

    Nepalis are celebrating Tihar (or Dipawali, the festival of lights and flowers) all over the country singing and dancing deusi/bhailo and worshipping goddess Laxmi this evening. Texts and all pics by Wagle

  • Ch..Ch..Hui!!! Play the Ping this Dashain your Way (plus worshipping cars the Nepali way)

    As seen in Sinamangal, Kathmandu on Thursday 18 October 2007. Pics by Suraj Kunwar

  • Festivals of Dashain and South Asian Films

    Happy Dashain to all. Here is today’s account from my South Asian Film Festival Diary: I was deeply saddened by watching a film that detailed the horrifying accounts of a Nepali journalist who was arrested by the (Royal) Nepali Army in 2004, locked up in a dark hell called Bhairabnath Battalion and tortured by mad,…

  • Nepali Monks Rally For Burmese Pals

    Images from a rally in Kathmandu participated by Nepali monks and human rights activists against autocracy in Burma. They demanded immediate release of Burmese monks detained inside the monasteries by the Burmese army junta. They also demanded restoration of democracy and freedom of expression in Burma. They expressed full solidarity with the ongoing democratic movement…

  • The Maoists and Press Freedom in Nepal: What Happened in Kantipur Yesterday

    Maoists confiscate papers: Meanwhile, demonstrating their Stalinist nature, the Maoist cadres in Pokhara today disturbed the distribution of Kantipur and the Kathmandu Post. According to Dhruba Panthi, chief of Kantipur Publication’s regional office in Pokhara, a group of Maoist YCL cadres led by Maoist trade union’s Gandaki zonal coordinator Khagendra Kafle and Maoist district committee…

  • Indian Idol, Protests and Nepali Identity in India

    Nepali community in India is fiercely staging demonstrations to protest demeaning remarks made by a New Delhi FM RJ. Why? By Dinesh Wagle Newly crowned Indian Idol Prashant Tamang, 24-year-old Indian police constable of Nepali origin, was warmly welcomed in Kathmandu this afternoon. He is here to take part in two concerts while his hometown…