Posted in The Radiant Star on Sep 14th, 2007 No Comments »
I am writing these lines immediately after breaking my 22-hour fasting with two apples and a glass of sweetened hot water - in a particular fashion of how the Hindu women break their Teej fasting.
Teej [more info at NepalHomePage and Wikipedia] is a festival known for the fasting as the women fasts whole day without [...]
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Posted in The Radiant Star on May 3rd, 2007 3 Comments »
The World Cup turned out to be an one-sided affair. A few of our trip friends joined us for a round of drinks and World Cup. The game was decided in the first 20 overs and I continued watching until 2:00 AM in the morning in a desperate hope of magic – that didn’t come.
In [...]
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Posted in The Radiant Star on Apr 24th, 2007 2 Comments »
Let’s first have a look at the atmosphere on April 24 for last two years and see how people’s power changed that:
Chaitra 11, 2062 (or April 24, 2005): King Gyanendra was in Asian African Summit in Indonesia; his speech hinting that Nepal will soon be free from the state of emergency, whence civil liberties and [...]
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Posted in The Radiant Star on Aug 15th, 2006 No Comments »
Behind me is Malaysia’s famous twin towers.
Malaysia is amazing! Its clean and well-developed. I am enjoying my stay in Kuala Lumpur because of its beauty and ACC Trophy 2006 being hosted here.
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Posted in The Radiant Star on Sep 18th, 2005 No Comments »
Radio Free Nepal has been silent for more than three months – not because the problem in Nepal was solved. It was rather because of the problems with us. It’s not always easy to blog anonymously. But now we will write frequently because our fight is not over yet! That’s true, Nepal is still under [...]
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