Gathan-Muga

This year Gathan-muga is on 8 Aug 2010. It is also called Gathemangal. At the time when local community used to rely heavily on agriculture for livelihood, they were very superstitious about evil spirit spelling evilness onto their harvest. They consulted a famous Tantric to permanently ward off this fear. People were told to put on iron rings on fingers and hammer iron nails into door lintels to drive away evil spirit.

Gathan-Muga

This year Gathan-muga is on 8 Aug 2010. It is also called Gathemangal. At the time when local community used to rely heavily on agriculture for livelihood, they were very superstitious about evil spirit spelling evilness onto their harvest. They consulted a famous Tantric to permanently ward off this fear. People were told to put on iron rings on fingers and hammer iron nails into door lintels to drive away evil spirit.

Friendship Day

Friendship day its still new in Nepal but still its great fun and good excuse for get-together, party, meeting friends.....

Friends are like melons. Shall I tell you why? To find a good one, you must a hundred try. -Claude Mermet
“Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.”
“Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.”
A real friend never gets in your way - unless you happen to be on the way down.
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity- Kahlil Gibran
What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. – Aristotle
Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow.
Don't walk behind me, I may not lead.
Just walk beside me and be my friend.-- Albert Camus
"The best mirror is an old friend."
--George Herbert
Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief.-- Swedish proverb
In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
-Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)
"It is better to be in chains with friends , than to be in a garden with strangers." Persian Proverb
Best friends are the ones that when you're having a bad day, you go to them and after they say something totally stupid...you forget all about your problems!

Teachers' day

Today is Teacher's day in Nepal a very specially day for the teachers. On this day students organise a various singing and dancing programs at the school. At the same time students gift to the teachers: pen, pencil, note book, flowers, cards..... So in short this is the only day when teachers sit and relax....

Coming more........

Slide from Nepal...

Just funny

Shrawan: a very special month

Shrawan is the fourth month of the Nepali calendar. It is a holy month related to Lord Shiva. At the same time it is more important for me, after all its my birthday........ Yes, the most important day when I came to earth....... And I am so thankful to my parents, friends and people around me...... I have no words to thank them.......

When I try to remember those days when I was in school - giving candies to class mates and teachers, having a nice meal with my family...... dad who brings yummy food and mum who worships for my good health and prosperity...... ohh its so lovely! But I remember one particular birthday when I invited all my classmates for dinner to celebrate....however, I forgot to inform my parents. I actually thought that only one or two would turn up...so imagine the surprise of me and my parents when we were inundated by teenagers!

Now this year’s birthday, my wife gave me a surprise with lot of gifts at the stroke of midnight. And then in the morning I got a surprise call from my parents to wish me a happy birthday...... as well as from friends...... That’s so amazing and I do really feel it’s a special day for me....... and these are all special people who made it special...... My birthday is not finished yet as I will have to go home this coming Saturday so that I can make my nephew happy with lots of cake and chocolate...... little version of Bipin ha haaaaaa oh thank you so much to all.

I have attached the best gift from my wife too (picture of me and her, Gill)