Sunday, August 30, 2009
ईंट्टाको भारीले थिचेको भविष्य
Friday, August 28, 2009
समुदायको पहलमा सञ्चालित नमुना विद्यालय
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Happy Teej to all sisters

"Teej" is the fasting festival for women. It takes place in August or early September. The festival is a three-day long celebration that combines sumptuous feasts as well as rigid fasting. Through this religious fasting, hindu women pray for marital bliss, well being of their spouse and children and purification of their own body and soul.
Traditionally, the ritual of Teej is obligatory for all Hindu married women and girls who have reached puberty. Exception is made for the ones who are ill or physically unfit. In such circumstances a priest performs the rites. According to the holy books, the Goddess Parbati fasted and prayed fervently for the great Lord Shiva to become her spouse. Touched by her devotion, he took her for his wife. Goddess Parbati, in gratitude sent her emissary to preach and disseminate this religious fasting among mortal women, promising prosperity and longevity with their family. Thus was born the festival of Teej.
The first day of Teej is called the "Dar Khane Din". On this day the women, both married and unmarried, assemble at one place, in there finest attires and start dancing and singing devotional songs. Admist all this, the grand feast takes place. The jollity often goes on till midnight, after which the 24 - hour fast commences. Some women without a morsel of food or drops of water while others take liquid and fruit.
Gaily dressed women can be seen dancing and singing on the street leading to Shiva temples. But the main activities take place around the Pashupatinath temple where women circumambulate the Lingam, the phallic symbol of the lord, offering flowers, sweets and coins. The main puja (religious ceremony) takes place with offerings of flowers, fruits etc made to Shiva and Parbati, beseeching their blessing upon the husband and family. The important part of the puja is the oil lamp which should be alight throughout the night for it is bad omen if it dies away.
The third day of the festival is Rishi Panchami. After the completion of the previous day's puja, women pay homage to various deities and bathe with red mud found on the roots of the sacred Datiwan bush, along with its leaves. This act of purification is the final ritual of Teej, after which women are considered absolved from all sins. The recent years have witnessed alteration in the rituals, especially concerning the severity, but its essence remains. No matter how agonizing the fast may be Nepalese women have and will always continue to have faith in the austerities of Teej.
Source: nepalhomepage
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Happy Father's Day !!

Any man can be a Father,
but it takes a special person
to be called Dad.
The idea for creating a day for children to honor their fathers began in Spokane, Washington. A woman by the name of Sonora Smart Dodd thought of the idea for Father's Day while listening to a Mother's Day sermon in 1909.
Having been raised by her father, William Jackson Smart, after her mother died, Sonora wanted her father to know how special he was to her. It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices and was, in the eyes of his daughter, a courageous, selfless, and loving man. Sonora's father was born in June, so she chose to hold the first Father's Day celebration in Spokane, Washington on the 19th of June, 1910.
In 1926, a National Father's Day Committee was formed in New York City. Father's Day was recognized by a Joint Resolution of Congress in 1956. In 1972, President Richard Nixon established a permanent national observance of Father's Day to be held on the third Sunday of June. So Father's Day was born in memory and gratitude by a daughter who thought that her father and all good fathers should be honored with a special day just like we honor our mothers on Mother's Day.
The excert below is from the Silver Anniversary Book on Father's day published in 1935. I would like to thank William Jackson Smart's great granddaughter, Bonnie, for sharing this with me.
"This year, 1935, the Silver Anniversary of Fathers' Day is being observed. Thirty-seven years ago, in the Big Bend hills of Washington, the day had its nativity in a lonely farm dwelling. There Sorrow ministered amid the moaning of the March winds.
A father sat with bowed head in his aloneness. About him clung his weeping children. The winds outside threw great scarfs of powdered snow against the window panes, when suddenly the last born tore himself from the group and rushed out into the storm calling for his mother. Yet even his baby voice could not penetrate the great silence that held this mother.
Hurriedly, the father gathered him back to his protection and for more than two decades, William Jackson Smart, alone, kept paternal vigilance over his motherless children.
This poignant experience in the life of Mrs. John Bruce Dodd of Spokane, Washington, who was then Sonora Louise Smart, was the inspiration for Fathers' Day which materialized through the devotion of this father and the father of her own son, John Bruce Jr., born in 1909. Through the observance of the love and the sacrifice of fathers about her everywhere, her idea of Fathers' Day crystallized in 1910, through a formal Fathers' Day petition asking recognition of fatherhood."
source: net
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Global Warming Causes Severe Storms

Research Meteorologists found that the temperature changes brought on by global warming are significant enough to cause an increase in the occurrence of severe storms. Severe storms are those that cause flooding, have damaging winds, hail and could cause tornados. Their study revealed that by the end of this century, the number of days that favor severe storms could more than double certain locations, such as Atlanta and New York. Researchers also found that this increase would occur during typical stormy seasons and not during dry seasons when it may be beneficial.
As new storm forecasts hit home, areas already prone to severe weather need to be on the lookout for more storms. The latest forecast says global warming spells bad news for those areas.
Nancy Werner has seen many storms blow through trees in her yard, but there's one storm she'll never forget.
"We started hearing things land on our house," Werner said.
A stump is all that's left of what she heard falling. "We went upstairs and found limbs through our ceiling," Werner said.
The storm cost Werner $40,000 in repairs, but more severe storms could add up to a lot more. Research meteorologists at Purdue University are using climate models to study future weather conditions that would most likely produce a severe storm. Severe storms are ones that cause flooding and have damaging winds and hail. Some spawn tornadoes.
"What we found is that increases in human-induced greenhouse gases will lead to more frequent severe storms in the United States," Jeff Trapp, Ph.D., a meteorologist at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., said.
Based on the models, the researchers believe the number of days that favor the formation of severe storms could more than double in places like Atlanta and New York. These added storms will likely hit areas during already heavy storm seasons and extend wet weather seasons.
"This obviously impacts people in terms of potential hazards to their life and property," Dr. Trapp said.
Researchers hope warning homeowners of increased storm days will help more people prepare earlier. Werner already has a plan in place.
"We've decided we're going to a hotel," she said. Researchers plan to use higher resolution models to find out how often future storms will spawn tornadoes.
HOW STORMS DEVELOP: Storm clouds form as moisture evaporates from the earth into the atmosphere, where the droplets jostle against each other. The air cools off rapidly as it reaches higher altitudes. Sometimes a cold front -- the boundary between where the cold air from one air mass meets the surrounding air -- will force warm, moist air upward into the colder air. This moist air cools off and the water vapor condenses onto tiny particles in the air, called condensation nuclei, collectively forming clouds. The process continues: more and more water vapor turns into liquid and the moist air warms up even more and rises higher and higher. A thunderstorm results.
WHAT CAUSES LIGHTNING? As more and more water droplets collide inside a cloud, their atoms bounce off each other more forcefully. This knocks off electrons. The ousted electrons gather at the lower portion of the cloud, giving it a negative charge, while the upper part of the cloud becomes positively charged. Eventually the growing negative charge becomes so intense that electrons on the Earth's surface are repelled and burrow deeper into the Earth. The Earth's surface becomes positively charged, and hence very attractive to the negative charge accumulating in the bottom of the cloud. All that is needed is a conductive path between cloud and Earth, in the form of ionized air.
ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING: Global warming refers to an average increase in the earth's temperature, which has risen about 1 degree Fahrenheit over the past 100 years, and to changes in climate. A warmer earth may lead to changes in rainfall patterns, and a rise in sea level, for example, as the polar glaciers melt. Some of this rise is due to the greenhouse effect: certain gases in the atmosphere trap energy from the sun so that heat can't escape back into space. Without the greenhouse effect, the earth would be too cold for humans to survive, but if it becomes too strong, the earth could become much warmer, causing problems for humans, plants and animals.
- Science news
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Pilgrimage Sites in Nepal

Nepal has several ancient pilgrimage sites. Each temple is attached to a legend or belief that glorifies the miraculous powers of its deity. Kathmandu Valley is home to the famous Pashupatinath Temple, Swayambhu Stupa and several other famous temples. Hundreds of famous temples are located in and around the Kathmandu Valley. Some well-known pilgramage sites are: Baraha Chhetra, Halesi Mahadev, Janakpur, Pathibhara, Tengboche in East Nepal; Manokamana, Gorkha, Lumbini, Muktinath, Gosainkunda, Tansen, Kathmandu Valley in Central Nepal; and Swargadwari, Khaptad Ashram in West Nepal. Pashupatinath, Swoyambhunath, and Boudhanath are the sites that are also listed in the UNESCO Heritage Sites.
Nepal is also the Gateway to Kailash Mansarovar, the mythical abode of Lord Shiva. Devotees from various parts of Nepal and India throng the temples during special festivals. Even though weak infrastructure renders some places hard to reach, efforts are being made on national level to develop and promote some popular sites.
Pilgrimage sites of Nepal like Muktinath and Gosainkunda make popular trekking destinations. Tours to these sites are encouraged for the novelty they provide in terms of nature and culture.
Pashupatinath, dedicated to Lord Shiva, is the holiest Hindu destination in Nepal.
Swoyambhunath is believed to have been established more than 2,500 years ago.
Janaki Temple dedicated to Janaki (Sita in Ramayana).
Rural Tourism In Nepal

Nepal where major chunk of area is occupied by villages has tremendous potential in rural tourism. Its main aim is to link Village Development and Sustainable Tourism through the generation of income, employment and local markets for agricultural products and handicrafts. Other objectives include the provision of incentives for forestation and nature conservation and the creation of a global family through the encounter between rural Nepalese people and foreign tourists during village home stays, resulting in mutual understanding and learning.
The main target group of the program is women who will be the main beneficiaries due to new income opportunities. It is a rural enterprise owned and operated by the local people. It is a group activity, and benefits are shared among as many villages and individuals as possible. "Village Trek", visits to indigenous people are the activities, which will make tourists, experience rural life and Nepalese hospitality off the beaten path with all the beautiful scenery and cultural diversity of Nepal.
Accommodation is in individual guestrooms with host families or, in between villages, in tents. During the trekking, meals are prepared by a professional team. In the villages, the visitors can try a delicious, hygienically prepared Nepali "Daalbhaat" consisting of locally produced rice, lentils and garden-fresh, organically grown vegetables. The guestrooms are simple, but clean and cozy.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Introduction of Beautiful country Nepal

Major Cities of Nepal
Kathmandu
The capital of Nepal, Kathmandu valley, is the biggest and the most cosmopolitan city of Nepal. Known as the 'City of Temples', it has great temples with historic, architectural and religious importance attached to them. Famous for its rocking casinos, Kathmandu is the meeting point of various ethnic groups. The unique element of the city is that it is a fabled capital of convivial pilgrims and carved rose-brick temples as well as a frenetic sprawl of modern towers and spunky casinos.
Pokhara
This mystical city is rightly called the "Center of Adventure". With sky touching mountains and dazzling waterfalls, the city is indeed a visitors' paradise. In close proximity to nature, this beautiful city of Nepal offers the most esthetic panoramic view of the Himalayas.
Bhaktapur
Patan
Lumbini
Listed as a world heritage site by UNESCO, Lumbini is the birth place of Lord Buddha. The historical city of Lumbini is blessed with rich natural setting and astonishing architectural beauty. Located in South-Western Terai of Nepal, the historic city takes one back to 623 B.C.
Birgunj, the commercial capital of Nepal is the second largest city in the country, located in the lower Terai plains, near the Indian border. It is known as the gateway of Nepal because of its location that makes Birgunj a frequent destination for business travelers, executives of foreign projects and agencies, overland tourists, pilgrims and other visitors.
Nepalgunj
Located in the lower Terai region and known as the transport hub for western Nepal, the town is the starting point of the adventurous treks to Dopla and Jumla regions. The border crossing, 6 km south of Nepalganj, is one of the limited number of places where non-Indian foreigners are allowed to cross the border with India.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Doesn’t Have Time for Children

There are mixed rumors about Aishwarya Rai Bachchan being preggers. The gossip has been spreading around the internet for quite some time. But Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan say they don’t have time for kids right now. And for all of the actresses too busy to actually take care of their children; this is pretty much good news.
The two years that Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan have been married have been happy ones. There’s no truth to pregnancy rumors, nor to the ones regarding their relationship. Although they are busy for work, they are not at the point where they’re too busy for one another.
But the time spent on big projects has made it impossible for the two to make time for children. That’s why lately; Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has been making it clear that she is not pregnant. We’re sure the news will come out if and when it happens, but as for now there’s no truth to these rumors.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Mallika Sherawat Receives Honor from Los Angeles

Mallika is the first Bollywood star to receive such recognition from Los Angeles. She will be presented as an honorary citizen of Los Angeles by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, former Mayor Richard Riordan, Councilmember Jose Huizar and the Los Angeles City Council. Mallika is definitely doing some major things in America.
Seems like the young starlet is all over Hollywood lately! From her upcoming role in the film, "Hisss" to hanging out with RnB star, Usher, looks like Mallika is a name that is going to be causing a lot of waves. So, what do you think about Mallika's sudden popularity?
Monday, August 10, 2009
Govt to reform education system
Kushwah also said the interim constitution has included provisions to the right to education, and that a complete restructuring of the present educational system is needed to give equal access to deprived children.
Educationists from India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal are participating in the event.
Education secretary Dr. Ram Swarup Sinha said the government has been working towards implementing the concept of ‘Education for All’.
- RSS
शिक्षक नै व्यवस्थापन समितिको अध्यक्ष

Saturday, August 8, 2009
Nepal's only one nomadic community Rautes

Intorduction of Nomadic People Rautes
Nepal is a country of ethnic, religious and cultural diversity of which Rautes are one of the most typical ethnic groups of people. They are the few of the last remaining hunters and gatherers, probably the only in South Asia.
Rautes are the nomads, very much confident in their forest-based lifestyle. So far, they have been successful in maintaining the privacy of their indigenous knowledge and in giving continuity to their tradition. With their group oriented lifestyle, concern for their tradition and recluse nature, the Rautes are adamant in their current set of lifestyle and they are ready to take any sort of risk for this.
The tradition and lifestyles of Rautes have been transferred by means of stories said and through oral literacy. Rautes hate the idea of permanent settlement, education and agriculture. The reason for this dislike and such ignorance is the fact that then they would have to quit their nomadic tradition and hunting.
At the time when acculturation has been visible around the world with the diminishing diversity, Rautes have been very much successful in sustaining their tradition. There are many things to learn from Rautes who have been very successful in preserving their tradition in the present world. In this context, they should be conserved as one of the precious national treasures of Nepal. And this nomadic lifestyle of Rautes could contribute in the study of socio-economic evolution of mankind.
Apart from the ethnic culture and the religious aspect of the Rautes, there are three special features that sustain their Raute tradition. Those include carpentry (wood work), hunting, monkey hunting, and their ethnic dance. Hunting fulfills their nutritional requirements, carpentry (wood work) provides them with the opportunity to barter and purchase food supplies and their dance represent their ethnic idiosyncrasy and it is also their mode of entertainment.
Monkey Hunting
Killing monkey is one of the fundamental sides of giving the cultural continuity to the hunting life of the Rautes. Villagers acknowledge Rautes for killing those monkeys who are a menace to the village and thus the solidarity between the Rautes and the villagers improves as the Rautes do not cause any harm to any other animal species. Their hunting technique is also very courageous in the sense that around 8-30 young and middle aged Rautes members go for hunt in a group. The net is kept at a deep-set land as they set a perimeter in the forest. Monkeys are the only wild animals hunted by Rautes. They do not kill any birds or eat any animals killed by other. In fact, they consider killing the species of dear as a great sin.
The culture of the Rautes is that of the culture of the forest. Woods are an integral part of the Raute life: from their birth, growth and till their death. These forests provide them with woods as a means for their livelihood and monkeys as their hunt for food. Rautes believe that a longer stay in a particular place will contribute to deforestation. Hence to conserve the ecosystem of that particular place in the jungle, they shift from place to place. This controls excessive forest degradation. They sell their wooden product in the local market. But with the popularity of the plastic and silver materials in the local market, the demands for wooden products have gone down. Since the Rautes products are long lasting, the people of the village are also not interested in buying the same product again. However, the Rautes have always been successful in selling their products although they have got a lesser price for their products.
Raute dance symbolizes their cultural continuation and is a mode of their entertainment. For a last few years, they have been showing this dance outside their settlement to reveal their identity and provide entertainment to villagers. This dance has also been an important source of income for the Rautes. The Rautes have special commitment in their ethnic dance. They are very spontaneous and passionate about their dance and get lost in it as soon as it starts with the beats of the madal.
As 2-3 madals are beaten, the Rautes dance in different nature, sometimes being round, sometimes in rows or sometimes in line. They dance with feelings in colorful dresses and large jewelries that also include a long white skirts (jhagla) and bangles in feet (kalli).
The Rautes have traditional knowledge of living in a community. The heredity of the Rautes is categorized into three types as kalyaal, raskoti and samaal. It is therefore very important to collect these various aspects of the Rautes such as their specialties, values and norms, birth, growth and death, marriage and lifestyle. Documenting their knowledge and culture provides an opportunity for the people interested in the cultural and the anthropology of this community. Women make a special contribution in sustaining the nomadic culture of the Rautes. They are more committed to their culture and tradition. They take the full responsibility at the decision making level in the family and house hold chorus.
- Contemporary Vision
Thursday, August 6, 2009
समुदायलाई ऋण लगानी गर्न सफल एकमात्र विद्यालय ः मणिचुड प्रावि

Wednesday, August 5, 2009
राउटेहरु दैलेखको कुसापानीमा
राउटेहरु अहिले केही समयका लागि दैलेख जिल्लाको कुसापानी गाविस– ४, काउलेमा बसोवास गरिरहेका छन् । यो स्थान दैलेख जिल्लाको सदरमुकाम दैलेख बजारदेखि १६ कोष उत्तर पश्चिममा पर्छ । उनीहरूको जनसंख्या हाल ३८ घरधुरीमा जम्मा १४९ मात्र रहेको छ । कन्टेम्पोररी भिजनको निर्धारित कार्यक्रम अनुसार सहयोगीका साथ यही असार १० गते राउटे बस्तीमा पुग्दा उनीहरुको सबैभन्दा ठूलो गुनासो नेपाल सरकारले सहमति जनाए बमोजिम आफूहरुको भत्ता नबढाएकोमा थियो । साथै नेपाल सरकारलाई आफ्नो भत्ता कम्तीमा एक हजार बनाइदिन पुनः अनुरोध गरिदिन भनेका थिए । उनीहरुले सम्भव भए हालको परिवर्तित सरकारसँग भेटन आफूहरु काठमाडौँ जान चाहेको बताएका थिए । राउटेहरुको यही माग बमोजिम नेपाल सरकारले यही आर्थिक वर्षदेखि राउटेहरुका लागि प्रति व्यक्ति मासिक एक हजारका दरले भत्ता वितरण गर्ने घोषणा गरेको छ । यसबाट राउटे बस्तीमा निकै खुशीयाली छाएको छ । किनभने अहिले राउटेहरु मात्र होइन पूरै मध्यपश्चिमाञ्चल क्षेत्रमा खाद्यान्नको अभाव बढेको छ । त्यसमा पनि राउटेहरुले बनाउने काठका सामग्री बनाउन अहिले काठको अभाव छ । भएका बन पनि सामुदायिक बनका रुपमा रुपान्तरण भए पछि उनीहरुलाई काठ काटन समस्या परेको छ । त्यसैगरी बनाइएका भाँडा पनि बजारमा राम्रो सँग विक्री हुन छाडेकाले उनीहरुलाई जीवन धान्न निकै समस्या परेको छ । तर प्रति व्यक्ति मासिक एक हजार भत्ताले उनीहरुलाई जीवन निर्वाहमा निकै मद्दत पुग्ने भएको छ ।




