Archive for March, 2005

No History for this Smiling Girl

History is the story of the winners. Newspapers are the first draft of the history. How much you agree with these two sayings? I agree with both of them - to some extent. Newspapers with the news of all the events and incidents become the first draft of the history, and the newspapers reports most-probably [...]

Talking Blog With Journalism Students

Blog is not a buzzword for common Nepali but there are a lot of journalists, and journalism students, who have heard the word but hadn’t understood what it is all about. This morning, Bhojraj Bhat, a reporter with Nepal Weekly and also a first year student of Masters in Mass Communication and Journalism at Ratna [...]

Peace Bond: Sign of Problems

For the first time, Nepalis were given a chance to know that the King alone is unable to run the country smoothly. The news of the government issuing Peace Bond to raise Rs. 5.5 billion is a clear effect of the lack of fund for coming fiscal year as the international donor communities have shy [...]

Kumari: The Goddess Child

I am always fascinated by Kumari - the living goddess or rather a girl child worshipped as a goddess. I believe I have a special kind to attraction towards her as I never miss the opportunity to see her whenever I visit Basantpur, where her home known as Kumari Ghar is. I feel freshened whenever [...]

Teashop Gossiping: Rumor City’s Favorite

What things actually make Kathmandu a rumor city? There are probably a few answers, but without teashop at the chowks, rumor city would probably lose its essence. Teashop gossips seem to be a favorite morning activities of people - from unemployed youth to high class official and from a ‘know-nothing common man’ to ‘know-everything man’. [...]