By Rup Narayan Dhakal
I had done many rafting trips in Seti River of Pokhara but it was my first experience with Kali Gandaki River, one of the divisions of Nepal Sapta Gandaki River system. Before arriving to Ramdi Ghat of Syngja district in 2008, the rafting starting point, I had imagined that the river would have so many huge rapids but what I got here was totally opposite.
By Rup Narayan Dhakal
Seven-year-old maid marries 70-year-old man and she found widow herself in fewer than one-year period but later enjoys as a mum of a king. I have been hearing and reading a story with such chapter every year for years. Reading and hearing of Swasthani Brata Katha (Swasthani Fasting Story) starts from the full moon day of Nepali month Poush and ends on full moon day of Magh every year.
During Shrawan, (the fourth month, or the holy month, according to Nepali calender), green rules not only the natural environment but also the hands of Nepalese women. The tinkling sound of green glass bangles (hariyo kaanch ko chura in Nepalese) plays an important role in the month of Shrawan. Regardless of whether a woman is literate or illiterate, almost all women decorate their hands with green glass bangles.
Pokhara: Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal today reiterated his commitment to bring the assailants of Biratnagar-based journalist Khil Nath Dhakal to justice. Khanal also condemned the recent attacks on mediapersons and said providing security to journalists was a government priority. “The government will leave no stone unturned to bring the people behind the attack (on Dhakal) to book,” the prime minister told the audience in Pokhara.
No doubt Nepal is one of the most beautiful mountainous countries in the world but billions of People from the globe still don’t know Nepal’s political and geographical situation. Some of them are in confusion that whether it is an independent nation or a part of some country. I think it is unfortunate that Nepal is still facing the crisis of identify even in this 21st century of globalization.
Nepal’s rivers are being polluted day by day. Such pollution happens generally when they passes through the urban areas. The Seti, one of the major rivers of Nepal, which passes through the heart of Pokhara, a tourist capital of Nepal, is now in the verge of major pollution. Environmentalists have warned that the Seti is changing into another Bagmati, one of the most polluted Nepali rivers.