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Bill's Blog (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
I am now in Kathmandu and ready to depart into the mountains for a couple of weeks but a few final thoughts on Thailand. After flying was truncated because of the windy weather I had a walk around the local countryside and it appeared to be similar in many ways to rural France; long straight roads with buzzing motorcycles whizzing past occasionally. The area is known for its cultivation of sunflowers...
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The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | yesterday
Kathmandu, Nov. 20 (PTI): Nepal's deposed king Gyanendra has, for the first time, got a passport at the age of 64.
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CW Mountaineering Blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Well, we arrived back in sunny Kathmandu the other day safe and sound. Our attempt on the peak didn’t go as planned (i.e., we didn’t do it!) but as an experience it’s been…..emotional! Expedition climbing is tough, there’s no two ways about it, constantly cold and living at altitude is not easy to deal with, [...]
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Wagle Street Journal (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
You are doing great Dinesh. I simply love your articles in Koseli and Kathmandu Post. Keep up the good work.
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The World Day Against Child Abuse has been observed in Nepal on Thursday with various awareness creating programs organized across the country with the main theme "Role of Youths and Parents to Protect Child Rights". Thursday morning hundreds of Nepali youths marched in the rally in capital Kathmandu to advocate child rights on the occasion of two decades of the United Nations Convention...
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China Matters (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Nepal in Crisis: Article up at Asia Times It began with snark… Why Isn’t the Foreign Press in Kathmandu? Wailing and gnashing of teeth greeted the Indian government’s withdrawal of permission for foreign journalists to cover the Dalai Lama’s mid-November visit to the disputed border territory of Arunachal Pradesh and the town and monastery of Tawang on the border of China’s...
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Constituent Assembly, which has the mammoth task of drafting the new Constitution for the republic by May 28, 2010, has amended its working timetable for the seventh time since its formation. Wednesday’s ...
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Ok so we fly from India on Jet Airways. Irsquom not holding to much hope as I read they were a budget carrier basically an Easy Jet. Oh how I was wrong they are awesome. Inflight entertainment starts on the ground before you leave the gate. Food was standard plane food but was good. Our flight took us from Delhi straight into Kathmandu in 1 hour 30 mins. I managed to watch the edited at le
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Itrsquos time to start a new chapter for my work here in Kathmandu. Since returning from my trip to Tengboche Irsquove had the opportunity to reexamine my project evaluate what Irsquove done so far and prioritize my actions for the coming months. My conclusion is that after these past three months of learning observing and thinking itrsquos now time for some participatingmdashlsq
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Blades Out (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
My reading in the last couple of weeks has slowed to a crawl, at least by my normally frantic pace. In those weeks, I've moved across town, which always takes more out of you than when you cross state lines and travel thousands of miles, and I've tried to maintain the Warwick's Twitter feed , Facebook page , and blog as much as possible during my days, which is proving to be just as hard as keeping...
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Hitwise (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Expectations for consumer spending this Christmas in Australia are moderate, despite consumer confidence sitting at 38.3 percent above its level a year ago (Westpac Melbourne Institute Consumer Sentiment Index). Given that retailers will be vying for consumer spend not just against immediate competitors, but against retailers in other verticals, I thought I would take a look at the types of products...
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Pirate Cat Radio 87.9fm (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
THE NATH FAMILY / Sounds Of The Indian Snake Charmer CD / Hanson Records / 2005 Recorded in an alley in Kathmandu, Nepal, this is music as inventive as the best electronic club music and just as danceable. Rhythmic and reedy in equal quantities, it will put you in a pleasurable trancelike state that you won’t [...]
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Kathmandu predicts a strong Christmas retail period for its outdoor gear as people "go back to basics" following the economic slowdown. "We'd expect a relatively strong Christmas-to-January period because our products are camping-oriented,"...
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Day 1 I want to quit. Therersquos no way anybody should be put through this. I want to quit I want to quit please let me quit. 10 hours of meditation everyday No talking no reading no writing no eye contact no yoga no music no humming no whistlinghellip this is suffering. I want to quit this is ridiculous that we have to wake up at 4 every morning and meditate for two straight hour
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
To prevent children from sexual abuse and create awareness towards this end, Nepal will witness two programs on Nov. 19 and 20 to celebrate Universal Children's Day. Universal Children's Day falls on Nov. 20. The programs, organised by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), will highlight the fact that one out of every five children is sexually abused worldwide and child...
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