· January, 2007

Stories about Nepal from January, 2007

Nepal: Cold Wave

  9 January 2007

The recent cold wave in Nepal meant hard times for many people. More at United We Blog! – “Four more people in Siraha died today due to the cold wave that has hit the Terai region hard in the last few days.”

Nepal: Watching a Nepali movie

  8 January 2007

Wagle Street Journal on watching Nepali movies. “Produced with comparatively low budget, Nepali films are poor in quality and other benchmarks. An average Nepali film’s standard budget is around Rs. 4.5 million (slightly more than US $ 55 thousands).”

Nepal: Online, Offiline and Politics

  5 January 2007

Democracy For Nepal on the potential role of the organisation that is built online in politics. “Hamro Nepal thinks of the internet as its nerve system, true. But it does not bar its members from doing any of the offline stuff. “

Nepal: Quarreling and Mistrust

  3 January 2007

United We Blog! on the quarrels between political sides in Nepal. “All the wrangling, quarrellings and mistrust between the Maoists and Nepal government strongly indicate that the election of constituent assembly will not be held on time i.e. by Mid July 2007.”

South Asia: 2006 in review

  3 January 2007

Let us take a look at how the South Asian bloggers reflected on the year 2006: Bangladesh: Drishtipat reports that a total of 3,239 people were killed in Bangladesh, with law enforcement authorities killing 300 of them, from Jan. 1 to Nov. 30, 2006, an average of 9.69 persons per...

Nepal: International Elephant Race

  2 January 2007

Wagle Street Journal on the International Elephant Race in Nepal. “The public concern about the illegal poaching of Rhinos in Chitwan National Part overshadowed the international elephant race. People were carrying placards, like these students, demanding life for Rhinos.”

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Historical Monuments after the earthquake at Kathmandu Durbar Square. Image by Ajaya Manandhar. Copyright Demotix (25/4/2015)

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