Festival of Bode
by Bikas Karki
Buddha Krishna Bagh Shrestha, 33, of Bode, Thimi walks with the pierced tongue in Bode during the Bisket Festival. It was Shrestha’s second year of piercing tongue. The festival which is one of the biggest for the Newar community of Bhaktapur is celebrated on the first week of each Nepali new year with chariot carrying and color-powders. more »
Eleventh day of general strike called by the seven-party alliance nationwide (April 16, 2006).
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Tenth day of the general strike nationwide called by the seven-party alliance (April 15, 2006). more »
Police baton-charge a rally taken out by journalists at Gaushala, Kathmandu on Apr 15, 2006.
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Ninth day of the general strike nationwide called by the seven-party alliance (April 14, 2006).
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Professionals, artists, organizations’ workers¦marched to show their solidarity with SPA’s pro-democracy protest on April 13, 2006 in different parts of the country.
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Various professionals, artists, development workers…have declared their support for the pro-democracy protest demonstrations in Nepal.
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Security personnel continued to use bullets, rubber bullets, teargas shells and batons to quell the demonstrations organized by the agitating seven-party alliance (SPA) in various parts of the country including in the capital on Tuesday, Apr11, 2006. more »
Sixth day of the general strike nationwide called by the seven-party alliance (April 11, 2006). Curfew was imposed in capital from 1200 to 1700 hours.
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Fifth day of the general strike called by the seven-party alliance (April 10, 2006). Curfew was imposed in capital from 1100 to 1800 hours.
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