Ratopati: “Shots Fired in Mhyepi, Five Apprehended: Here’s What Happened”
Reproduction and translation of a Nepali article in Ratopati about a recent incident of gun-violence near Thamel, the tourist district in Kathmandu.
Dassain: Traffic, Goats, Sheep, Chickens and a Trek
Dassain is...a holiday for exploring the country!
WARNING: The blog contains a photo of a bloody, headless chicken, a photo of a defeathered chicken, a goat carcass and descriptions of animal body parts that some might find unpalatable or even revolting.
“Let’s Raise Children Who Won’t Have to Recover From Their Childhoods.”
Violence against children in Nepal, in homes and schools, was routine in the seventies and eighties when I was growing up. Results of surveys show it to be so even now, more than two decades later.
Instead of raising children, who have to recover from their childhoods, we should and we can raise them to be kind and compassionate human beings!
How Would Kathmandu Drivers React I Wonder If…
In the embedded video, Chinese pedestrians take drastic action at crosswalks (zebra crossings). What if pedestrians in Kathmandu did the same? How would Kathmandu drivers react, I wonder! I really do!