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‘i never give them a hell. i give them truth & they think it’s hell’ 2007-12-09 07:27:30
Saturday, June 17, 2006
Saturday, June 17, 2006The girl, now married, came with her man yesterday. Though I donot talk to people that much, I was looking for some cue to know whether she’s...
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‘But Break, My Heart, for I must…’ - Depression 2007-12-06 21:48:57 A research conducted by the BPKHF, Nepal points out three major causes for depression among Nepali women:
* Marital Conflicts
* Socio-economic Stress
* A family member with a serious health...
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narayan gopal - no comment 2007-12-05 07:28:45 words are too poor for some feelings…
went into oblivion this day 17 years ago…
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Girls blowing Condoms - Aid to AIDS 2007-12-02 23:38:21 Girls
blowing Condoms
- Aid to AIDS
December 1: World AIDS DAY.
Just a few days back was the Condom Day.
It’s really refreshing when the belles march by you blowing their own...
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The Art of War 2007-12-01 06:15:44
Conflicts seem natural among human civilizations.
Only the nature of conflict changes.
After the WW II, two types of conflicts prevailed in the latter part of the 20th century; viz ideological...
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Response to ‘Characterless Girls’ 2007-11-26 05:23:59
Dear Good Gals,
Apropos your New Declaration.
I’d congratulated the “Characterless Girls
” for your daring agenda a couple years ago considering that it’d have similar...
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Declarations of ‘Characterless Girls’ From Nepal 2007-11-21 22:10:36 We, a hardline faction of the underground group, Charitraheen Chelis (Girls
of Bad Character), have broken off and declared Nepal
i women autonomous.
Our breakaway faction, Jhan Charitraheen Cheli...
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‘…when the writer takes up arms…’ 2007-11-20 03:02:10 Portrait of a Young Poetry Teacher:
He is a poetry teacher at a college.
A new part timer: Rs. 150/per class.
Jolly, young, funny, enthusiastic, a joie de vivre fellow.
Girls like him more than the...
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‘To be, or not to be, that is the question:’ Contemplating Sucide! 2007-11-17 22:57:32 Do you remember that heart-breaking news of the ‘murder’ & ’sucide’ by a mother & her children ?
It was exactly two years back.
The mother pushed her 5-year-old son...
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How can we tackle excessive drinking? 2007-11-14 22:44:19 Who should be responsible for tackling excessive drinking – the government, advertisers, the individual?
Taxes on alcohol should be increased and advertising restrictions should be tightened,...
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Tihar - the Dipavali, or Diwali & the Bro-Sis Day 2007-11-11 02:16:58
I like Tihar…
Tihar is celebrated by mountain people of Nepal during the period Deewali of Southern Nepalis and Indians.
The word ‘Tihar’ may be related with Hindi...
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How should we teach children to read? 2007-11-09 02:03:00
How should we teach children to read?
Should schools concentrate on testing, or on fostering a love of reading?
Reading standards have barely improved since the 1950s despite billions of pounds...
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‘One does not write for slaves…’ 2007-11-03 02:59:05
Contd from ‘Marriage is a private affair’
Monday, June 12, 2006
The girl’s mother, brother, and middle sister came yesterday. How quickly they finished everything. Just Now the mother...
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Foreign workers blunder ? 2007-10-31 07:09:18 This is the news posted on a BBC Blog:
Foreign
workers blunder: Your reaction
More than half of new jobs created under Labour since 1997 have gone to foreign workers, it has emerged.
The government...
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Should more doctors be available around the clock? 2007-10-30 08:51:48
Should more doctors be available
around the clock?
Should more doctors be available around the clock?
The Royal College of Physicians report says the current system of out-of-hours care is...
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Are we over-protecting children? 2007-10-28 04:46:01 A new report out today claims that over-protecting children stops them developing the skills and resilience they need to protect themselves. Do you agree? The report “No Fear” explores a number of...
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Is it right to smack children? 2007-10-26 00:55:57
A complete ban on smacking has been rejected by British ministers, after a review suggested most parents opposed it.
Laws on smacking in England and Wales were tightened in 2004 to stop parents...
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My (Un)Social Declarations! 2007-10-25 01:38:15
To all my well-wishers, i hereby, with all modesty, would like to ask:
> Not to call in any social, ritual, religious, or other gatherings; should i offend their kind feelings by...
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Should scientists talk about race? 2007-10-24 07:00:53
WHAT CAN AND CAN’T YOU SAY ABOUT RACE?
… the nub of the story is that Dr. Watson was quoted in a British newspaper as saying that Africans are less intelligent than...
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‘Marriage is a private affair’ 2007-10-23 23:57:30
In fact, this is a story of a girl who lived with us indoors – we know about her, and her family almost as well as they know about themselves. We were looking for...
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Can positive thinking beat cancer? 2007-10-23 01:58:50
The power of the mind has been over-estimated when it comes to fighting cancer, US scientists say.
The latest study published in the journal Cancer reveals that a patient’s positive or...
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‘Frailty, thy name is woman!’ 2007-10-22 01:17:11
She staggers, and falls on the road.
A crowd gathers, it’s a chilly evening, and the Astami according to so-called Dashain calendar.
‘What...
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Nepali Symbol? 2007-10-17 00:22:02
DESCRIPTION
The Nepal flag was officially adopted on December 16, 1962, and it’s the only national flag...
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Biased World Media 2007-10-13 22:55:46
The international media has been found insensitive while diseminating the abduction news of their own brethern by trade.
Birendra Sah, a journalist, has been...
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Does democracy deliver? 2007-10-11 01:10:28
The arrival of Benazir in Pakistan has been greeted with blasts and hundreds of death. How and Who’s to count the sufferings of the wounded and the bereaved ones?
Srilankan War is a...
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Stop Girija-bashing! 2007-10-10 00:01:21 it’s highly ridiculous that all are cursing PM Girija again for the failure of holding the CA polls.
Stop being hypocrites! Search your own soul!
Do you think there is...
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Indian Idol again and ethnicity… 2007-10-07 03:49:00
our Non-Western Studies teacher remarked, when Prashant won the Indian Idol
, “a person of Nepali origin, simple, and laborious guy from minority community won; but...
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Freedom, peace-process, Maoists, and CA polls 2007-10-04 23:38:07
Its indeed welcome news that the Maoists
and the news media Kantipur came to an agreement after all.
And ha ha ha…the CA polls have been again...
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Blog Down For Burma!? 2007-10-04 00:35:57
Heard that bloggers all over the world not writing today to show their solidarity with the movement against the junta.
Divas was one of early supporter of the movement, and had written to the BBC...
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Should children be brought up without religion? 2007-10-03 00:26:43
At 02:56 PM on 02 Oct 2007,
DIVAS wrote:
Religion originially means a way of peaceful life.
But institutionalized religions have reversed the original meaning.
Religion is always...
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