Meeting the Tallest Nepali

Reporter's Notebook
Like all other things, height is also relative. I realised how short I am (5 feet 6 inches) when I met Nepal's tallest man Rajan Adhikari (7 feet 3 inches) last week. I was tracking him for a profile story that appeared in last week's Nepal Magazine.

That day, I had a rare visitor in my room: my sis and her husband. But, breaking the rules of hospitality, I took meal ahead of them and rushed to meet Rajan. Job is job, afterall.
This is story from my friend blogsite and recently he is working in the largest media house (Kantipur publication)of Nepal. If you wants to read all about this story log on to http://deepakadk.blogspot.com/

Why did King's ADC meet with the PrimeMinister ?

Few days ago King's ADC Maj.Gen.Tika Dhamala has entered at Baluwatar To meet with the prime Minister for the serious consultation on king's position in the interim Constitution.he has been accompanied by the COAS R.Katwal,PM's Security advisor Rameshjung Thapa & Defence Secretary Bishnudutta Upreti.interesting thing is 8 party leaders are going to meet at the same place after 1 hour !

Hongkong in night light

A scene from the kwoloon side of the hongkong island in the night time.

King's secretary has came out

King Gyanendra has sent back his principal Military secretary & one Colonel to the army HQ last evening from the palace service .the intention behind is to extend the term which is supposed to be finished from coming December 29 th.Major General Gajendra Limbu has however handed over the letter of his transfer last evening to the Chief of Army staffs ,he will take the official charge of the new office as an inspector General at the Army HQ from day after tomorrow.King might have thought that if Mr.limbu is not sent back on time his term can't be extended due to the political pressures of the coalition partners except the NC.in a same way, Deputy Military secretarty Brigadier Toranjung BDr Singh was also sent back & Assigned his duty at mid Division( Hetaunda) as an acting Div.Commander Two Months back .PM GP Koirala had tried for three times to promote him on the post of major general but other parties including the UML & UPF opposed it saying that he was involved in killing of 49 Maoist detainees at the Bhairabnath Battallion.

Nepalese won the prize in Berlin!

On 30th september Manjushree Thapa won the prize in Berlin!
for her Manjushree Thapa, Nepal: Forget Kathmandu: An Elegy for Democracy, Penguin Viking India, New Delhi, 2005

Last night, Saturday 30th September, at an award ceremony in Berlin, with 500 international guests from the world of literature, art, culture, media, politics and diplomacy, the jury of the Lettre Ulysses Award, a prize initiated by the cultural journal Lettre International in association with the Aventis Foundation, and in partnership with the Goethe-Institut , meant to reward extraordinary "reportage literature", announced the winner of this year's awards.

The first prize of $50,000 and a trophy designed by the German artist Jakob Mattner were awarded to the British journalist and writer Linda Grant, for her book "The People on the Street. A Writer's View of Israel" .

Grant, a non-religious Diaspora Jew, travelled to Tel Aviv in 2003, with the intention of writing a novel. However, instead her visit becomes an opportunity for a systematic and in-depth exploration of Jewish identity and its relationship with the state of Israel.

Her book is a journey through an extraordinary and troubled society determined to defend its existence, and ensnared in a conflict that seems to promise few peaceful prospects, through the languages and biographies of its inhabitants, their archetypes and histories, their doubts and their hopes. The people she meets include teenage soldiers, Tunisian-born settlers, Russian scientists and Iraqi shopkeepers, kibbutz dwellers and street traders, writers and taxi drivers, caf¨¦ owners and pedestrians.
The other finalists, listed below, received prizes in the form of a working residencies in Berlin, endowed by the Goethe-Institut, and valuable handmade watches by the company Nomos.

News in brief

Newly Retired Army Chief Pyarjung Thapa will be leaving for washington DC & Newyork Tomorrow.
17 oct 2006.

The Maoist leaders just came out from the negotiating table without any conclusion.date for another sitting is not fixed yet.it seems NC is still playing the dirty game.

high level meeting has been postponed again upto 12 th of october.No concreat decision have been made today.

9th oct 2006 meeting between the Maoists & PM Koirala was the worst one.Koirala reversed from the understanding made between SPA & the rebels the day before yesterday.its said that he game plan is made by the Americans.according to that,Deuba entered at the residence of the PM,held talks with Koirala,koirala listened to him & immediately asked the maoists to come.during two hours talks, he insisted on arms store first to finalise the other things.reply of the rebels was unexpected.they aggressively questioned that are you trying to pressurise us top bow down ?

the summit has just restarted after having lunch & we have to wait for couple of hours to get the conclusion.

Nepal During Dashain

1.one of the Maoists Deployed on highway check point at Mahadevpatti-5 ( Saptari )'s south part of traffic police post has been killed on the spot whlie one motercycle collided on their group.



2.Balbhadra of Dang Municipality ( king's Nominee for the Mayor's post after magh 19 ) has been kidnapped by the Maoists while celebrating Dashain Festival with his family today.



3.Kulchandra Gautam from UN HQ is now in kathmandu for a month's mission .

information received from a reliable diplomatic source

in Nepal, one "Bandit " replaces another "Dacoit" when the regime
changes. We were very happy to have Jana Andolan II to have
succeded and expected that good people will be appointed as
Ambassador. I came to know from a reliable source that Mr. Navin
Prakash Jung Shah is going to be appointed next Ambssador to Paris. So
Navin is the brother in law of former army Chief Prajwalla samsher and Brother of Sindhu Rana.
And he was the most corrupt Vice Chancellor of TU who almost
dismantled TU during his time. He has very good relations with
Girirja. Girirja treats him like his son. You know the history how
Mr. Shaha's father was killed in 2018 in Chitwan and his mother
committed suicide.

Now what I want to say is he is always drunk otherwise he can
not even walk. He is the one who masterminded the "Division Scandal"
for Ambika Devi Luintel for Foreign affairs posting . DPM Oli has said that the list is already ready and he will
start the appointment when he comes back from New York in the first
week of October.

HAPPY DASHAIN TO ALL

FLASH NEWS

Chopper's crashed site located at south of Ghunsa.one fine dead body found but rest are into pieces.

Free Swimming

Children enjoying free swimming at the Dhunge dhara(stone water suppy)of Patan King square when the heavy rain block the way of water and make the damb over there.

Thinking somethings

One boy thinking somethings for future ? Child of sindhupalchok a remote area just give the pose for photo when i took out my camera from the bag.

Pose for Photo

Children of Sindhupalchok Distric Near Kathmandu but remote area of country was give the pose for photo when i took out my camera from my camera bag.And these children very rearly going to school.Even they wearing school dress.

FLOWERS

SUNSET

Some sunsets view from the TINIAN island of CNMI, USA

Highest pick of the world

Highest pick of the world Mount EVEREST from the Syangboche hills.

View to mountains

Two tourist looking for the mountains from the Syangboche Hills.Mount Everest also can watch from this hills.Who cannot go to mount Everest can watch the mountains from this hills and make return their way back.

Namche

Namche: a village to way to Mount Everest and there is all type of facilities can get same as Kathmandu.

Ariel View

A tourist watching the view of Namche Bazar from the top of the hill.Namche a base market to the way to highest mountain of the world Mount Everest.

Carrier

Jacob carrying the luggege and stuff of the tourist who is going to Namche and Everest base camp.LUKLA.

Local Girl of Kathmandu

A local Newari Girl of Kathmandu.

A local girl of Rolpa

A local girl of Rolpa far remote and undeveloped city of Nepal.

An Evening View

An evening view of the Basantapur durbar sqaure Kathmandu.

Virgine Mountain

A virgin mountain "FISHTAIL" of the Pokhara a tourism city of NEPAL.

Mountain from Lukla

A Scenerio of Mountain from the Lukla airport which is the first step to go to Mount Everest.

Love of the deers

Deers sharing the love at the Zoo of Kathmandu.

Tail of Elephant

Becouse of the fashion of people of Kathmandu making the braslet of hair of the Elephants tail and there is no hair in the tail of elephant.

Sunbath

A leopard rest and taking sunbath at the Zoo of Kathmandu.

Rhino in dengor period

A rhino at the Chitawan National Park. During last couple of month Its came to dengerous becouse the shooter of ealigle people shoot and killed rhino for ealigle bussiness and make a lot of money.

archive NEWS NOTES :

Maoist Take Journalists Hostage

Human rights and media organizations have condemned the Maoist rebels for taking hostage half a dozen media persons and a human rights activist last week. According to Tuesday’s Kantipur daily, five journalists — Yagya Bikram Shahi and Kashi Ram Dangi of Kantipur daily, Sudhir Sharma of Himal Khabarpatrika, Rajaram Gautam and photojournalist Nischal Chapagain of Nepal fortnightly — and an INSEC representative from Rolpa were taken hostage for three days. They were traveling in the Maoist stronghold to cover news about the reported meeting of the Maoist politburo in the remote hilly district. They were released later. The father of Himal reporter Sudhir Sharma collapsed after reading the news about his son in eastern district of Jhapa Tuesday and passed away while undergoing treatment. Kantipur Sep. 11

SPOTLIGHT
Vol. 20 :: No. 62
THE NATIONAL NEWSMAGAZINE
Sep 21 - Sep 27 , 2001.

Feeling Hot

Two street children eating ice cream while feeling hot in the Kathmandu.

Capturing Nice View

Two young lady tourist from Japan Capturing a view from the top of the temple at the Hanumakdhaoka Durbar Square Kathmandu.

Remember ?

Remember past:Three old friends talking at the Hanumandhoka Darbar square, Kathmandu.

Enjoying

Indian Tourist enjoying boating at the Fewa Damb Pokhara,A tourist city of Nepal.

Flag of Nepal

Flag of Nepal also displayed at the main door of Tinian Dynasty HOtel and Casino which is located at the Commonwealth of Northerna Mariana Island, a territorry od USA.

Pathetic Public Schools : Archive news

Vol. 20 :: No. 02
SPOTLIGHT
THE NATIONAL NEWSMAGAZINE
July 07 - July 13 , 2000.

"I Will Give Priority To Research Works"— Sumnima Singh



SUMNIMA SINGH made a history in the early morning of July 1, 2000 by becoming the highest scorer ever in the SLC exams. A 16-year-old girl, Singh was overjoyed to know she topped this year's SLC and that too with record 647 marks securing 92.43 %. Also interested in literature, Singh wants to become a scientist in future. A student who secured the first position in SLC result, wants to be a scientist. A student of Sidhartha Banasthali, Singh shared her joys with NISHCHAL CHAPAGAIN . Excerpts :

Did you think you would top the SLC?

I was confident that I would find a place in top ten list but I had no idea that I was going to top the list.

Two weeks before the publication of SLC results, your principal predicted that his student would become board first. How do you look at it?

I think his statement was based on his confidence in me. He is aware of my hard work and family background. The assessment of other teachers of my school could also have helped him make the statement. But I am disappointed at the manner in which many newspapers misinterpreted his good intention.

How could he particularly point out your name when there were so many other competent students?

I told you that it was his confidence in my hard work. There is nothing more than that.

A girl who had featured in the top ten list of last year's SLC is said to have failed in one subject in campus. Doesn't this indicate there is something wrong in the whole system of SLC ranking?

I don't know about her case but I will prove my efficiency.

It is charged that irregularities are rampant in SLC board. What is your impression on that?

I don't think that there are irregularities in SLC board. Such problems may happen because there is vast gap in SLC course and higher education. The background of SLC alone is not enough to complete higher education. What is required is further labor. I will work harder in the higher education level.

How do you see the decision of SLC board to retain only two places in the board this year?

I don't agree with the step taken by the government. Board system is based on competition and not on corruption and irregularities. I think they should encourage competition among the students of different parts of the country. There is no rationale behind the decision to do away with the board system. If there are any bad practices, they should correct it. Canceling the total system of publishing top ten list will discourage competition among students. Take my case, I had prepared for last so many years to achieve this feat.

What do you want to be in future?

I will pursue with science. I will definitely give priority to research work. I also want to take up literature along with my study. In the next 25 years, I want to do something fruitful in the sector of science and technology.

Nepal annual report 2002

Thirty-two journalists arrested

On 15 July 2001, police arrested twenty-four journalists in Dang district (west of the country) as they were going to Rolpa to cover the activities of Maoist rebels. They were released the same day.

On 7 September, Yagya Bikram Shahi, correspondent with the daily Kantipur in Nepalgunj (west), Kashi Ram Dangi, correspondent with the daily Kantipur in Rolpa (west), Rajaram Gautam, journalist with the bimonthly Nepal, Nishchal Chapagain, photographer, Sudhir Sharma, reporter with the bimonthly Himal, and Ghanshyam Acharya, human rights activist in Rolpa, were arrested by Maoist militants who control the Rolpa region. The journalists were held for three days.

Remember when

B.G. Paul Tibbet who dropped automic bomb in 6 august 1945 at Hirosima.


The airport from where the automic bomb loaded to Alona Gay US army plane and flew to Hirosima and Nagasaki of Japan to droped the automic bomb Little man and Fat boy.

Lion city of Singapore.

Cabel car builind of singapore at the night time.

People enjoting boating at the river of Singapore at the raffle city.

A tourist just relax at the Patong Beac of Thailand.

Football Action

Player in Tinian Island,A territory of USA in action of move to football.

UNDERWATER WORLD which is taken in Malaysia