बोडे जात्रा

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 »


Nationwide General Strike ‘Day 11’

Eleventh day of general strike called by the seven-party alliance nationwide (April 16, 2006).

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General Strike ‘Day 10’

Tenth day of the general strike nationwide called by the seven-party alliance (April 15, 2006). more »


Trying to suppress PRESS

Police baton-charge a rally taken out by journalists at Gaushala, Kathmandu on Apr 15, 2006.

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General Strike ‘Day 9’

Ninth day of the general strike nationwide called by the seven-party alliance (April 14, 2006).

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General Strike ‘Day 8’

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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General Strike ‘Day 7’

Various professionals, artists, development workers…have declared their support for the pro-democracy protest demonstrations in Nepal.

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Tension in Gongabu

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 »


Nationwide General Strike ‘Day 6’

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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General Strike ‘Day 5’ during curfew

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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