Nepali Akash

Food for Your Eyes | Pokhara Rendezvous Series 27

2008-09-06T22:22:00.000-07:00

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Food for Your Eyes | Pokhara Rendezvous Series 26

2008-07-02T18:27:00.000-07:00

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Food for Your Eyes | Pokhara Rendezvous Series 26

2008-06-28T11:46:00.001-07:00

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Food for Your Eyes | Pokhara Rendezvous Series 25

2008-06-24T23:06:00.000-07:00

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Spring will come....

2008-06-02T10:36:00.000-07:00

A note written one cold evening in winter in the midst of frustrations:

The frosty wailing winds in the bleak days of winter seem like an eternal curse. The barren sky is a desert devoid of birds. The early morning wooly mists feel like swarms of stinging bees. The earth looks like the blacksmith's anvil and the water is as tough as the sledgehammer. Activities are restricted, actions are constricted and thoughts are icebound. The naked trees with their naked soul stand in agony. The trees, that were once genial green stands in an icy silence impelling the question 'why?' It makes one wonder, would they have screamed if they could have. Early hours of morning people huddle around tea shop, with a glass of tea wrapped around their palms, trying to get a comfort from some heat conducted from the hot glass. The dank evening pervades early and people make a little fire from the remains and other stuffs saved, scavenged and they cuddle around it in a close circle. Their cold hand outstretched towards the small blazing fire to steal a wee bit of warmth. Darkling, blanket seems like it will keep us warm and it is our friend. Yet thoughts are drifted towards the dread that they might cover us in darkness forever. The battle rages against the unpleasant chills of the winter that burns the bones with a blazing sear. A second feels like an hour an hour feels like a day, yet we try to believe in the quote 'nothing lasts forever'.

We all live our life in winter with a hope, a glimmering hope that keeps us going against the laments of winter, the hope of spring. In every winter of our lives the reason remains the same, to look forward for that moment when we can see the splendors of spring once again. Spring will come, spring will come and it is bound to come. The blessing of spring will surely come around with the bountiful pleasure of nature at its pinnacle. The meadows will flourish once again, bringing forth the supple leaves and confetti of flowers. The emerald green will bring the warm thoughts with green shades. The clear skies of the spring, the chirping of the birds, the song of the tiny hummingbirds, the flock of cranes, the spring torrents, the rippling of the leaves as a gust of spring wind blows through the swaying trees, the spectrum the blooming colorful flowers that imparts the sweet fragrance in the mild air, the buzz of the busy bees, the grace of butterflies...

Food for Your Eyes | Pokhara Rendezvous Series 24

2008-05-16T12:53:00.000-07:00

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Food for Your Eyes | Pokhara Rendezvous Series 23

2008-04-22T21:35:00.001-07:00

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Food for Your Eyes | Pokhara Rendezvous Series 22

2008-04-05T12:51:00.000-07:00

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Swirling clouds around Fishtail
The long wait
Up in the himalayan valleyFishtail on the other side
Hardship with a smile
Who is on the other side?
Mother

Youth
Wisdom
Indiferent

Food for Your Eyes | Pokhara Rendezvous Series 21

2008-03-27T17:41:00.000-07:00

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A day in the life of a Pokhareli student
The mark of time on a Pokhreli's face
I'm way too cool
Micky Mouse in Pokhara
Thulo bhayera aama lai dukha dine hola mora le!!!
Jau hida Pokhara

Fewa taalai ma
Alchhi lagdo din at Fewa
A good day for fishing
Holi aayi re!!!

Food for Your Eyes | Pokhara Rendezvous Series 20

2008-03-08T19:24:00.000-08:00

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Food for Your Eyes | Pokhara Rendezvous Series 19

2008-01-13T14:43:00.000-08:00

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Faces of Pokhara

Food for Your Eyes | Pokhara Rendezvous Series 18

2008-01-03T07:06:00.000-08:00

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When time stands still in the hills of Pokhara
Lilies and the explosion of colour

Ruby in the sky

Fishtail corridor

The Fall of the Snow

Silent trails

One day

Crumbling old roof

Sleepy town

Food for Your Eyes | Pokhara Rendezvous Series 17

2007-12-26T18:40:00.000-08:00

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Lake side rock n rolls at night
Load of green grasses for the cattles

Is she a solitary reaper?

Cranes at the bank of Lake Fewa

One cold evening

My childhood playground

Food for Your Eyes | Pokhara Rendezvous Series 16

2007-12-19T08:06:00.000-08:00

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Upper Pisang
An evening view of the valley from Sarangkot

The dusty road that leads to Saragkot

One sunny from a hill

This ain't me

That ain't me either

A boater waits on

Buffalo bath in Kali khola

Lush green at Lake side

Flying still above the valley

Cafe villa

Corn , wall and the grill.

School time

Yet another day at lake side

The first sign that hits you at Pokhara airport

In the high hills

Thank god, the cock does lay eggs

Cloudy morning

Carl Sagan, "We are one planet"

2007-12-03T08:42:00.001-08:00

Why guys don't want to be friends with a girl who breaks up with them...

2007-11-30T05:49:00.000-08:00

The McDonalds Analogy

I know a girl who broke up with a guy and she told him she wanted to "still be friends." He said, "No thanks." She wondered why he couldn't fall back to being just friends after they had a romantic relationship. I came up with the "McDonalds Analogy" to try and explain it in a simple way that would help all women understand this tough question.

Imagine if you went to McDonalds a lot and ordered a Big Mac Combo meal. A Big Mac, Large Fries and a Coke. You really like this meal. One day, you pull up to the drivethrough and order the Big Mac Combo meal and the girl tells you, "I'm sorry - you can have the Big Mac and the Coke, but you can't get fries with that anymore." You think about this for a moment, and sure - the Big Mac is the centerpiece of the meal, but McDonalds has some really good fries and you like their fries with your meal. So you say, "I've been able to get fries with that before, why can't I have fries with my Big Mac combo anymore?" The girls says, "Well, I just think it is better if you only have the Big Mac and the Coke from here on out."

At this point, a lot of guys are going to go to Wendy's or BK and see if they can get fries with their combo at that drivethrough window. But there are some guys who REALLY like McDonalds Big Macs and they might think, "If I keep coming here and ordering the Big Mac and Coke, maybe she'll change her mind and give me some fries with that later." So they will keep on getting the combo without the fries until the deal breaker happens: One day that guy is going to order the Big Mac and Coke and then he's going to pull up a little bit to pay, and someone else is going to pull up to the drivethrough speaker and order the "Big Mac Combo" and he is going to hear the girl say, "Would you like fries with that?"

That's why guys don't like to be friends with a girl who breaks up with them.

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Food for Your Eyes | Pokhara Rendezvous Series 15

2007-11-27T18:04:00.000-08:00

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A view from Baglung highway
An afternoon retreat in Lake side

Monsoon bloom at Lake side

Lakeside lodge

Lakeside hut

Organic and fresh from the orchard garden

Fight Web Censorship and Enjoy Your Privacy

2007-11-22T10:18:00.000-08:00

Breaking Down the Firewall

--Meryl Rothstein

Internet censorship is the book burning of the modern age, denying as much as a third of the world's population access to news and information.
But a new brand of activists -- or "hacktivists" -- are using their computer expertise to help people stranded in Web-censored countries abroad (and corporate offices and military bases at home) jump the firewall. The key innovation, developed by the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab, is a software program called Psiphon. In the latest version (due out this winter), prospective users, or aid groups, contact the Citizen Lab to receive passwords and Web links. Once signed in, users are then patched directly into the Psiphon network of servers. A search bar pops up on their own screen, and they can surf the Web freely. All censors see is an unfamiliar IP address, which could be for anything from a bank transaction to an eBay sale.
According to Ronald Deibert, the lab's director, the biggest threat to the system is censors who might sign up for the service to learn Psiphon's IP addresses and block them. But the lab has developed a high-tech shell game to counter this measure. As soon as one address is blocked, Psiphon assigns it to another region and puts in a new one. When the next one gets discovered, Psiphon again swaps in a new one. The process can go on indefinitely, until the censors grow tired or the firewalls come down.

Source: http://www.esquire.com/features/best-brightest-2007/sixideas1207

GET IT HERE: PSIPHON

Geek Meditation Session

2007-11-22T10:10:00.001-08:00

Food for Your Eyes | Pokhara Rendezvous Series 14

2007-11-14T13:51:00.000-08:00

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When Phewa turns gold
When age takes its toll

A long wait

Loneliness

Abundant freshness

Cave gupteshwor

A mild evening at lake side

Food for Your Eyes | Pokhara Rendezvous Series 13

2007-11-09T12:31:00.000-08:00

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Mahila baje smiles in a Pokhreli village.
There goes the meandering river.

The valley stretches over infinity.

Sunset at Lake Fewa

Sunset again in the hills

Lakeside retreat

Optimism of Nepali Women

2007-11-02T12:32:00.000-07:00

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A teacher, Chandramaya Thami, carrying her child everyday to school, teaches other women aged 18 to 45 in a remote village Kalinchowk, north of Dolakha.

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Food for Your Eyes | Pokhara Rendezvous Series 12

2007-10-29T23:04:00.000-07:00

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Up north behind Mt Fishtail.
Touched by the virgin rays of sun.

When the north wind blows one late afternoon.

Moonrise on Machhapuchhre, a precious view.

When cloud sweeps the valley and sunlight pierces Pokhreli skies one early morning.

Nepali Bloggers Worldwide E-Conference

2007-10-29T22:13:00.000-07:00

The idea is just hatched. Salik is in the forefront of this idea. The date and agendas are open until now. Feedback and suggestions in this regard will be highly appreciated.

Blogan did not see much development except couple of meetings but I'm unaware of the reasons. Personally, I was not able to attend the meeting.

The main problem of Nepali bloggers is access and affordability of resources to blog. Most of them are from Kathmandu valley and a lot of others are from the diaspora abroad. To build a vibrant and strong online bloggers community we need at least one blogger representing each district of Nepal; disrespect of whether one is physically in his own district while blogging. It will help a lot to understand views, ideas and opinions that would come from different parts of the country. Again, access to resources is a huge problem. Lets find ways how we can work on this.

We would welcome ideas that would help us define our agendas and issues, even its very objectivity. Salik and me , we do have some agendas in our mind.

What's your take on this?

"I, Pencil" -Milton Friedman

2007-10-24T22:29:00.000-07:00

To read the full essay, please go here