May 05

Do we still have rights to call Kathmandu “Beautiful City”

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Feb 12

Standard Chartered Bangkok Marathon - 2011

It was a great experience to watch Standard Chartered Bangkok Marathon 2011, Bangkok at 3 am. I was invited by our Nepali participant Mr. Mahendra Man Maharjan and his coach our veteran player Mr. Baikuntha Manandhar.

It was a memorable time to watch the start of the game and talk with Mr. Manandhar. He shared his past experience with me and my other friends Dr. Ashish Subedi from Nepal and Mr. Hilal and Mr. Alam from Pakistan. There were many runners from around the world of different age.

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Nov 24

Patan Durbar Square is one of the world heritage site in Nepal which is recognized by UNESCO. It is one of the oldest city of Kathmandu valley. It is always a good time going around to these heritage sites with friends. I just wanted to share some of the picture from Patan Durbar Square, Mangalbazar and few photographs taken during Kartik Naach festival which is celebrated every year at this place. There are many temples around this area, the major being the Krishna Mandir temple. Right now many renovation work is going around to maintain the cultural heritage in this area.

Krishna Mandir

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Oct 29

I went to Basantapur to capture some moments at day and night time.This is a world heritage site, we have five story palace, Taleju Bhawani Temple, Kumari Ghaar and Hanuman Dhoka. Hippie era’s famous freak street also lies around this area.

While Taking picture at night, I felt something was missing here. This is a world heritage site and we can attract lots of tourist here at night too but that time I did not find a single tourist around.

I wish if the concerns authority of  Basantapur Durbar square do something to promote tourist activities at night in this area. I was visualizing how would the Taleju Bhawani Temple and Nine Story Palace looks if they use some Flood lights there, or use some focus light at Gaddi Baithak.

My Pride My Nepal - BasantapurMy Pride My Nepal

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Oct 18

It was my dream to take some picture of rock band performing and watch the concert in front row. This time I got this opportunity in Kathmandu.  I think that Nepal is now opening up for some great rock bands. We saw Bryan Adams last year, there was a rumor that The Scorpions are coming (this news excited me but there is no news after the announcement about it) and next month Kathmandu is going to see Michael Learns To Rock (MLTR). On 15th October there was another event organized by the Silence Festival which tried to expose some underground music scene of Nepal. This event just did not expose Nepalese underground music but it invited one of the pioneers of death metal Vader from Poland.

Vader performing

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Oct 05

 Taleju Bhawani - Night viewTaleju Bhawani

Nawami day of Dashai is the time many people in Kathmandu visit Taleju Bhawani situated inside Basantapur Durbar. This is the day when this temple is open whole day for public to worship. Today I wanted to capture some night shots of this temple and around Basantapur. Here are some picture which I took so that many my friends who are abroad and missing Dashai.

Wish you all “Happy Bijaya Dashami”

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Aug 20

Ayutthaya historical garden - Thailand

Ayutthaya historical garden

The city of Ayutthaya was founded in 1350 by King U Thong and it was named after the city of Ayodhya in India where Lord Ram of the Hindu epic “Ramayan” was born. It is a World Heritage Site.

Before going there I had seen few images from this ruined city with Lord Buddha statue without head. After visiting this place, it was not just about Buddha’s statue, there were many site which were destroyed in the war with Burma (now Myanmar) in 1767. The story of destruction of this city reminded me of the biggest statue of Buddha in Afghanistan which was bombed, rocked and destroyed by the Taliban.

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