Posted on 26/05/2008
Filed Under (General Issues) by sangesh

Mahaboob Alam

Nadir Karim is bowled by Mahaboob Alam

It was one of the great moments in the history of Nepali sports. Nepal’s cricket teams bowler Mahaboob Alam took all the 10 wickets ongoing ICC World Cricket League against Mozambique. This tournament is road to 2011 ICC cricket world cup.

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Posted on 08/05/2008
Filed Under (General Issues) by sangesh

It seems like soon we will have nothing to be proud of being a Nepali. We are losing our Identity, the identity of Nepal and being a Nepali, the Culture of our Nepal and the traditions.

Lumbini - Birth place of Lord Buddha
Lumbini, Birth place of lord Buddha

Let’s talk about Lumbini, it is a birthplace of Lord Buddha and it lies in Nepal now. Unceso has already listed it in its World Heritage Site, but we still hear from the Indian side that Buddha was born in India, and they have named the place with the same name just other side of the boarder. What does this means? They are not afraid to say that Buddha was born in India, I heard from my friend who studied in south India that there they are taught that Buddha was born in India and Nepal is a part of India, I have no idea how much truth is there in it, but that is what we have been hearing. They used to have fight with their Indian friends on this issue. As a proof we can take the issue of Indian movie star Mrs. Madhuri Dixit. When she arrived in Nepal few years back, she said that she thought Nepal is a part of India or similar kind of statement which drew a big attention in Nepal.

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Posted on 07/05/2008
Filed Under (General Issues) by paras

Bio Fuel Production A crime against Humanity.

Cost of food is now buzz word these days and news channels are flooded with news covering reason behind sudden rise in the cost of Rice and Wheat. A World Bank survey reveals that total reserve of Rice has gone down alarmingly and it is in lowest level for decade. Some of the major reasons behind lower production of Rice and ultimately rising cost of food may be summarized as follows.

  1. Rampant Urbanization with less and less cultivable land.
  2. Global warming has caused unusual pattern of weather.
  3. Switching of Food production to Cash crops like Sugarcane.
  4. Bio fuel production from crops like Maize and Mustard is widely encouraging farmers to shift toward it instead of Rice and wheat.

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