Random hits on the keyboard

My little one participated in the Kumari Puja. She was excited from the early morning. This is her third time attending the puja. We believe that the kids will learn a bit of the Newari culture. They already have difficulty speaking the Newari language and have no enthusiasm to learn. We hope these kinds of functions are fun for kids and at the same time preserving the endangered culture to some extend. Peppa Pig is extremely accessible (dangerous to some extend) and it gives the kids a lot of information, paticular about the Western way of life, their food, the environment and education system. Kids probably know more about British culture than our own. Now comes Rakshya Bandhan. This was not common in Newari/Hilly Nepal culture but it has become a part of our culture now. Thanks to movies and social networking. We can't stop it. Pushing hard will be a kind of 'extremism'. Localization of the import culture is the middle path. So we include a bit of Newari flavour into it....

I survived a month without meat. This is not for the religious reason - Hindu (not all) live on vegetable in month of Shrawan in the name of God Mahadev. My month without meat intentionally coincide with the Month of Sharwan, from 1st to 32nd day of the month. (32 days in a month? - only happens in Bikram Sambat calendar). No meat - but I kept egg.  Out of this 4 and half complete weeks, I was on road for three weeks. Being out of home hardened it. Local restaurants on the way were incense by smell of verities of local chicken, goat and meat. Further, it was Devine to say ‘no’ to the meat in 5 star hotels. It was a continuous struggle within myself. My short temptation keeps pushing me to quit and start meat. But I keep saying ‘no. thank you’. No meat is good in a way, despite limited choices in eateries. It felt good to stomach. Non spicy and non oily veg or eggs at highways hotels were soft on my belly. No meat also limited my rice intake. I substituted with eggs - a lots of eggs...

A little break in the middle of a busy work schedule on Wednesday, to lighten up. Wednesday is the most efficient day of the week. The weekend is long gone and the weekend is too far. I am on top of my work- ticking off my 'to-do list' and clearing my inbox, which was cluttered for the last 3 weeks. One by one - reply, delete or filed, dragged and dropped. The momentum further energized me to complete more.  The Sun is back - after a week of rain, that swapt away road and hill terrains - creating havoc. Kathmandu was flooded for some time. And now, sunny sky and green yard, I can see from my office window, impel me to turn my head away from the monitor.    Happy Wednesday - and Keep going!!

I scaled Kathmandu to Janakpur - Hetauda - Chitwan - Bhairahawa - Nepalgunj - Dhangadi - Surkhet on road.. and  the conversation with a local shopkeeper goes as follows What? 'Nepal has a huge potential for water power. Nepal can be rich'  'All uranium from Nepal are being flown out in American on plane' "Nepal has mountains - it is very beautiful - so we can be rich through ...." "Nepal is poor because of India - we can not change our neighbour and it is a landlock country. If Nepal had access to an ocean..." "Nepal would have progressed if King has ......" "The US has a big interest because of its geo location between India and Nepal" "Chor Neta heru le garda, ..." With this huge potential of Nepal to be another global power,  I struggle to drive 100 km in 4 hours. @Kantipuronline I now know that I know nothing about development.