All about photography, travel in Nepal | Sangesh Shrestha

Since the massive use of internet in Nepal, for past few years we have seen many Entertainment website in Nepal. These entertainment website have proved itself as a good platform for uprising stars in entertainment field.

Especially for the female model, it has been a god’s gift. Many established  model came through internet magazine like cybersansar.com, netnasha.com,  thikthak.com, clickdharan.com, butwalcity.com, parichaya.com few to name.

If we see the history of Nepali modeling field or entertainment market, I remember Dolly Gurung, who’s “Wai Wai” advertisement 2 decade ago was a massive hit on Nepal Television, I have a vivid image of that advertisement. I think she was wearing short skirt.

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It seems like soon we will have nothing to be proud of being a Nepali. We are losing our Identity, the identity of Nepal and being a Nepali, the Culture of our Nepal and the traditions.

Lumbini, birth place of lord Buddha

Let’s talk about Lumbini, it is a birthplace of Lord Buddha and it lies in Nepal now. UNESCO has already listed it in its World Heritage Site, but we still hear from the Indian side that Buddha was born in India, and they have named the place with the same name just other side of the boarder. What does this means? They are not afraid to say that Buddha was born in India, I heard from my friend who studied in south India that there they are taught that Buddha was born in India and Nepal is a part of India, I have no idea how much truth is there in it, but that is what we have been hearing. They used to have fight with their Indian friends on this issue. As a proof we can take the issue of Indian movie star Mrs. Madhuri Dixit. When she arrived in Nepal few years back, she said that she thought Nepal is a part of India or similar kind of statement which drew a big attention in Nepal.

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The exhaustion from the long flight from Delhi to California clung to me like a second skin. Stepping out of the airport, the dry California heat felt like a warm hug after the muggy Indian summer. Finally, I reached my hotel – a charming Victorian-style building in Santa Monica. Dreams of palm trees and ocean breezes danced in my head.

But as I flung open the door to my room, a wave of musty air hit me like a Delhi dust storm. Pushing aside the floral drapes, I gasped. Ugly black patches marred the pristine white ceiling – a telltale sign of unwelcome guests – mold. Disappointment sunk its teeth into me. This wasn’t the Californian dream I’d envisioned.

Jet-lagged and frustrated, I marched down to the reception. The friendly receptionist, a young woman named Emily, apologized profusely. It turned out recent coastal fog, a rarity in sunny California, had caused a leak, leading to the mold growth. Relief washed over me – at least they acknowledged the problem.

Emily assured me they wouldn’t leave me stranded in a moldy room. Instead of the usual housekeeping staff, a team of masked and suited individuals arrived, looking like a scene straight out of a Bollywood sci-fi movie. Apparently, they were calling in an expert – a Californian “mold buster” as Emily called him.

The “buster,” a cheerful man named Steve from APDR, inspected the room with a practiced eye. He explained the remediation process – containment, removal, and air purification. He assured me it would be swift and wouldn’t disrupt my vacation much. True to his word, the team worked efficiently, their movements muffled by their protective gear.

The next day, Steve presented me with a sparkling clean room. The musty odor was gone, replaced by the fresh scent of ocean breeze filtering through the window. As a token of apology, the hotel upgraded me to a room with a balcony overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The view was breathtaking – a panoramic canvas of turquoise water and golden sand.

The mold mishap may have been a bump in the road, but it turned out to be a blessing in disguise. It showcased the hotel’s commitment to guest well-being and introduced me to the fascinating world of Californian mold busters (who knew they existed?). Most importantly, the oceanfront upgrade provided a truly stunning Californian experience. From then on, the memory of the mold became a funny anecdote, a reminder that even vacations can have unexpected turns, but with a little help, even a Californian dream can have a happy ending, complete with a million-dollar view.

I was going through BBC news and found this topic “Nepal action on Tibet ‘excessive‘ ” and it is true if you see some youtube.com videos where you can see protesters with blood, Nepal police using excessive force against the protester. In this same news there is a line

“How can a government that came to power on a wave of public protests against an authoritarian regime, justify crushing peaceful protests by Tibetans?”

Any of us can justify this line? Do you think that Nepal’s government policy is right? All the communist party of Nepal and the government are supporting One China Policy, but what about the Tibetans rights? It was taken over forcefully by Chinese; it is not the case of like Sikkim, because of some bad politicians in Sikkim, it became a part of India.

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If we see some 50 years ago pictures of Kathmandu Valley then it is really different then what we see now. The houses in traditional Nepali style and the houses near new road were with British style. There was a fusion in architecture of Nepali and British.

When Kathmandu was introduced with concrete, the architecture from traditional one started to change into ugly modern looking style, Kathmandu now completely turned into concrete city. People started building houses in random order without any study about future, it’s effect in future and planing. This is one of the reason we are facing traffic jam, not good sanitation and drinking water supply now.

Preserving the history, Making house in old style as it used to look before

What kind of people were there at the administrative level of the government at that time who’s decision almost made the vanishing-point of our traditional architect. These architect are just alive as temples and old durbar now.

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There is news today in the entire news channel in India. It is really bad to hear that world’s biggest democratic country is facing such incident. The incident against humanity.

Raj Thakrey the leader of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), due to his irresponsible comment, there was a huge riot erupt in Bombay (Mumbai). He said that Big B, Amitabh Bacchan did not do anything to Maharashtra, being a north India, he did social works for that area only. Currently, I have no detailed comments on what Raj Thakrey said.

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We can see lots of street kids basically homeless children roaming in our city. These kids stay in groups. They come to city in search of better life as most of them come from remote areas of Nepal. The places from where they come have less opportunity. The other reason they come to city is because they are driven out form their house by their step mother or some other family related problems. After they reach the city many try to get work, the lucky ones get jobs at tea shops as a helper, as bus or tempo or micro bus conductors and luckier one are kept as a house workers and helpers.

What about the unlucky ones?

The unlucky ones are forced to sleep on the street, run towards dumping site to collect plastic, glass bottles which they collect and sale to scrap shop to earn some money and kill their hunger. They are not always lucky enough to make money out of such dumps to kill their hunger. They are not going to be scoring a good job anytime soon, even if they managed to mask the drugs in their system with products from sites like urinedrugtesthq.com/whizzinator-review, they just look like street kids and therefore won’t be given the light of day. They are forced to beg or get into pick pocketing. Sometimes, they fight among each other and steal friends’ money but still they are seen together walking around corners of Kathmandu’s streets. We can even see them begging, especially with the tourist as they know most of Nepalese people won’t give them a single paisa.

Now-a-days, we can see that these street kids have developed a new kind of addiction. Their addiction is towards the odor that comes from some adhesive which are mostly used in making leather shoes. In Nepal they are commonly known as “Dendrite” by the name of the company that produces them.