tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6856101376070292612024-03-13T15:58:15.921-07:00Seasonsjenuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770349819877268403noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-685610137607029261.post-2641685177270734042010-04-12T14:06:00.000-07:002010-04-12T14:12:26.281-07:00Buying a New computer?<div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d0dnKC41Qwg/S8OMq2560dI/AAAAAAAAACI/lu1SDJAYb_w/s1600/desktop_computer_ce2a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="140" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d0dnKC41Qwg/S8OMq2560dI/AAAAAAAAACI/lu1SDJAYb_w/s200/desktop_computer_ce2a.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Most of the costumers get confused when you have to choose between buying laptop or desktop computer. In short, desktop computers are quite supple in design and come with lot more cheaper prices than <a href="http://www.shopwiki.com/wiki/Laptop+Computers">laptop computer</a> . Once a laptop is built, upgrading its components is quite tricky due to space restriction and it would be tremendously expensive too. However, a desktop computer gives you choice of upgrading your computers as your needs increases. So, you can start out with a low configuration and upgrade later on.</div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div>jenuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770349819877268403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-685610137607029261.post-33859049342027854572009-06-12T05:48:00.000-07:002009-06-12T10:13:07.489-07:00My sister who is 8 years of old was insisting for a new bag for her school as well as outdoor camp and I found a perfect choice for her that is Camo mint medium back pack. Personalized back packs for kids, which has enough space for books as well as matching lunch tote. My sister also adores my choice as the backpacks are designed with Mint’s signature fabrics and colorful border designs. Camo mint medium backpack is perfect <a href="http://www.posylane.com/mint-personalized-backpacks.htm">kids backpacks</a>.<br /><br />As I went for kids backpacks I solve one my own problem too,I was searching for a laundry bag and I found Mint Laundry Bags which I found very suitable for me as it contains enough space and perfect for laundry. Mint laundry bags contains shoulder strap which make easy too carry so if u are searching for a laundry bag Mint laundry bags is a perfect one.<br /><br />Gettting the kids backpack and <a href="http://www.posylane.com/oh-mint-laundry-bags.htm">laundry bag</a> was not seems to be enough for me because my eyes were attracted by a Penny Laine Baby Keepsake Books. It is a <a href="http://www.posylane.com/penny-laine-papers-baby-books.htm">baby memory books</a> for the collection of all those child memories. The book is with loose leaf with 50 to 60 decorative pages which is excellent for recalling those unforgettable memories its binder also allows you add pages as you wish. You can add any imaged from birth of ur child ur family and special pictures.jenuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770349819877268403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-685610137607029261.post-91528423568196540192009-04-03T08:02:00.000-07:002009-04-03T08:25:35.321-07:00MUSIC IN THE DARK---1<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d0dnKC41Qwg/SdYpXX11gnI/AAAAAAAAAB8/bdaMHaAY3IA/s1600-h/after_dark_moon_guitar.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 377px; height: 358px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d0dnKC41Qwg/SdYpXX11gnI/AAAAAAAAAB8/bdaMHaAY3IA/s400/after_dark_moon_guitar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320485491298370162" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">It was a cool and windy evening and we were arranging our instruments and making a fuss about the sound system. A couple of our friends had also come over to help us out. Bouts of humor and friendly sarcasm filled the ambience as we hurried up to meet the timeline set for us to assume the stage. It was all about a funny incident that occurred on one of our previous show.<br /><br />Everything was ready to rock but the time was ticking away, so we hurriedly performed a short jam session with a intro of my mouth harmonica solo only to find out that we had forgotten to turn on the mixer. There was a short pause in our performance and we busied ourselves with the second checks. The speakers of the restaurant became a major obstacle after we learnt they were not functioning as usual since the last show; that was the day before. If we had known, we arranging our instruments and making a fuss about would have brought our own amplifiers and speakers. Somehow, we managed to fix it and at the end, only one of the speakers seemed to work, which was not enough for the show.<br /><br />The moment arrived and we were ready to rock the show, ready to start yet another rockilicious night in Thamel; the little town of light. Yes I could feel it in my spines as I turned on the mike. After loads of tiring practice sessions in the band room, there we were and it feels great to be heard live. First carne came Roshan’s lead solo…wait a moment it was not sounding right. Roshan skillfully slid through the guitar fret to play the same solo from a different root note and in a few seconds it was sounding as good as ever. It was my turn then. As usual I took my right hand to its stylish position: the one which I had earned through rigorous practices and down I stuck the strings… what on the earth was that? I thought I did play the right chords. I tried to play what I supposed to but it started to sound even worse. I tried to cope up with the vocals letting my guitar down but it didn’t work either. I then saw that Roshan too was facing the same problem as I did.<br /><br />Well, after a few embarrassing minutes of off scale music, we had to stop the song and unwillingly hear the eerie silence, which prevailed at the arena even before we had started our show…that silence as we musicians know is the one thing that we believe in… we play with it, we make it disappear for a while and make it come back and forth we even use it and make it audible without any sound coming out of our instruments. Most important of all, we respect it. But here, it was making us look like a bunch of idiots.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://ritu4p.blogspot.com/2009/04/music-in-dark-2.html"><<<<<<<<<<<<continue>Continue Reading>>>>>>>>>>><br /></continue></a></div><br /></div>jenuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770349819877268403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-685610137607029261.post-54252992585364766242009-04-03T08:01:00.000-07:002009-04-03T08:23:39.349-07:00MUSIC IN THE DARK---2At the moment we realize a big mistake we had done before leaving the practice room in Gongabu. We forget to tune the guitars. Hence it obviously became an irritating process tuning up our guitars to the required pitch, but more than that, we were notably getting late. It was already quarter to eight when we restarted our show. It had just been a few days after we had performed in a metal concert in Mahendra Police club and we were still into metal madness right until then, so we had to work out a great gap within just four days to come back to stream of romantic and commercial restaurants songs.<br /><br /><br />It had even become more difficult sad we were restricted only to play Nepali songs at this place whereas we had spent more than one month just practicing English songs for performing in other restaurants and bars. Hence, we could do nothing but try our best as Roshan forgot few of the lyrics from time to time and so did all of us. On the notes and beats as we tried to repeat the songs that we had practiced for playing Deusi on tihar a year ago. It was getting a little bit moody after our second break as we were really into some of our cool blues numbers. During this time I was deprived of using any guitar affects as my faithful guitar jack had forsaken me and we had forgotten to bring an extra jack for such an unforeseen hitch.<br /><br />Finally it was all going to be like what we had planned, as we were palying our back up songs until our manager arrived. All of us were surprised to hear from him that we had to end our show early at nine pm. I guess it was because of the police who was complaining about something and frantically waving his hand towards us a few minutes ago. Well, whether we liked it or not, it had to end. Judging the show as audience ourselves, we felt looked like a bunch of frenzy phonics it was the most disappointing day of our ‘Thamel-music’ as we could not think of anything good and positive. It had been five pleading shows in Thamel for our band showing up for audition but for unfortunately none of the restaurants managers replied to us and all this time we were pretty tired of borrowing guitar effects and equipments from our friends just for the exhausting free shows and it did turn out to be a difficult talk to explain things back at home whenever we arrived late. I wonder how other bands manage it with their guardians. I guess we all face the same problems.<br /><br />Making a profit out of music is pretty tough job in Nepal, especially in rock and heavy metal genres. Sometimes, I feel that people of early rock genre are too busy and obsessed earning money and spending an ‘out of rock’ lifestyle whereas it is us youths who are actively involved in playing rock and blues in every evening in the restaurants and pubs in cities like kathmandu, doing their cover songs and facing a cold yet, encouraging wind of change. There are many others problems for musicians like us and these problems are closely associated with today’s new cultural trends and economic slump. Though in today’s world rock music seems to have lost its significance, we all know that it is still not dead. And there is no one who can stop us from driving ourselves on the Highway to Hell!! With this feeling, we left Thamel that night, with a promise to return again and play.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >BY GIRISH SUBESI</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > (The writer is the lead vocalist of the band</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > He wrote this article in 2002.) </span>jenuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770349819877268403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-685610137607029261.post-70647861053877436862009-04-03T07:23:00.000-07:002009-04-03T07:51:30.822-07:00Miss Newa 2008<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d0dnKC41Qwg/SdYfhNB1s1I/AAAAAAAAABs/3LEP5XavNA8/s1600-h/miss_newa_2008.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 247px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d0dnKC41Qwg/SdYfhNB1s1I/AAAAAAAAABs/3LEP5XavNA8/s400/miss_newa_2008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320474665078338386" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Miss Newa 2008 is a talent show organized by Nepal Fashion House with motto of spreading newari culture was crowned to contestant No 16 Akasha Bajracharya. National Acadamy Halll where final round was held was full of excitement while Akashya crowned crowed by Mero Mobile Miss Newa 2007, Supriya Tuladhar. Miss Newa 2008 Akasha Bajracharya received cash prize of Rs 25000 from Sunrise Bank.<br /><br />The first runner up was contestant No.15 Srijana Maharjan who also got a cash prize of Rs 15000. The chief editor of Dristi Weekly gave the cash prize and 1st runner up of 2007 Srada Sherstha crowned Srijana Maharjan.<br /><br />Shrija Sherstha , contestant No 30 got the second runner up title of Miss Newa 2008. Bhairaja Tuladhar a jury member and advisor of pageant and Bandana Tuladhar, the second runner up of Miss Newa 2007 gave away the title with cash prize of Rs 10000 to 2nd runner up Shrija Sherstha. One of the the supporters told “I was hoping she would win the main title but 2nd runner up is trival deal either.”<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d0dnKC41Qwg/SdYfhQPsfAI/AAAAAAAAAB0/0OSjVlz0p_4/s1600-h/shreeja_shrestha.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d0dnKC41Qwg/SdYfhQPsfAI/AAAAAAAAAB0/0OSjVlz0p_4/s400/shreeja_shrestha.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320474665941761026" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Shreeja shrestha<br />( 2nd runner up of Miss Newa 2008)</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The program was formally inaugurated with the chief guest taking their seats as the organizer of the event Hema Manandhar honored them with samaya , Aella (wine)and Khada (shawl).<br /><br />The president of Vaidya Group of industries Suraj Vaidya was the chief guest at the function while the jury was comprised of 9 important figures. General manager of Prime Commercial Bank, Bhairaja Tuladhar , the president of Avenues television Bhaskar Raj karnikar , the managing director of Panchkanya Group Pradeep Kumar Sherstha . the cartoonist of Himal Khabar Patrika Rabin Sayami , Shasi Pradhan of Annapurna Post, the chairman of Creative Photo Session Studio Narendra Bajracharya CEO of Sunrise Bank Kishor Maharjan, the chairman of Mari gold jewelers and Chanda Bajracharya a Sanskrit Scholar. <br /><br /></div>jenuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770349819877268403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-685610137607029261.post-89558267268910642852008-09-05T06:56:00.000-07:002008-09-05T06:59:42.231-07:00Profile of Nimba Rumba<div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d0dnKC41Qwg/SME6_77HW9I/AAAAAAAAABQ/KURJGAcpLq0/s1600-h/018.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242536311327775698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 443px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 279px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="266" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d0dnKC41Qwg/SME6_77HW9I/AAAAAAAAABQ/KURJGAcpLq0/s400/018.jpg" width="434" border="0" /></a><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"> My musical journey<br /></span></strong></div><div align="center">Nima in the middle with his brothers Pasang & Karma<br />Didn't really thought that I'd become a popstar someday. When I was in school, I used to be a very good painter/artist. I used to draw lots of pictures and paint them and give it away to friends.<br />I think a lot of my childhood and school mates still have them as my gift. So I used to think that I'll become a very famous artist one day but for my own surprise I became a pop star. I had a deep passion in music & dance since I was very young but I never realized that until I was out of school after SLC. During that break after SLC I had a chance to meet my big brother Namgel's friend Rabi, Saroj, Bire, they were in music and they usually gathered and jammed together. So I joined them and learned quite a lot how to sing and play guitar from them. And pretty soon I became their vocalist. We named the band 'The Bass'. We worked very hard, did all the local stage concerts everywhere, college, campus... I spent about 3-4 yeas with the band but even with our hard work and all we couldn't do any better. There were so many things frustrating us. Lack of money... and there were no media. We couldn't make any records together, no one really helped us. So, slowly we fell apart and by the end of one day I met one of my local guy Jyoti Ratna Bajracharya and he asked me to join he and his friends and form a band. So I joined them and we named the band "The Peace" so I was vocalist and Jyoti on drum Puru on Bass and Dipesh on Lead Guitar and Sailendra on Rythm Guitar. We composed our first song "Aai Deu Priya" and recorded it in 'Sanga Recording Studio' It was our first time in studio and we all were very nervous. We did couple of takes and it was ok.<br />After a while we had a chance to participate in Rara Nepali Pop music Competition 1992 and luckily we won in 2nd place. With the same song "Aai Deu Priya" in the same day in concert Hall we met Mr. Anil Sthapit and Him dai from Harati Cassette Centre and they wanted our song to include in a pop song collection 'Talent-1' 1992. After a while it released with our song "Aai Deu Priya" and it went real hit and soon we began to receive fan mails and concert invitations. That was amazing for the beginning. I still remember the day I got my first fan mail and it was from a bunch of gals from Pokhara. Thank you gals, it encouraged me so much...<br />Awards received by Nima<br />Despite our success from the song and all live concerts we couldn't develop our music/skills within the band and also because of the different taste in music of the band members and me. We decided to split. So I became solo singer and by 1993 I did my first solo song "Jadaichu Tadha Tadha" which I wrote myself and did music myself and was released in 'Touch-1' collection from the same group Harati Cassette Centre. From here... my real musical journey begins. I was admired by lots of my fans and friends for my work. For about 2-3 years I did 4-5 singles for different collection albums. I did song like 'Pagal Premi', 'Ujaad Mero Jeevanma', 'Block Heel Shoes' and they were all superb and went real big hit.<br />I forgot to mention about my stage performance. All the people and critics claims that there's only one best performer in Nepal in the stage live. And that's Nima Rumba. I do all the best I can when I'm on stage to entertain all the audience and I guess I'm good at it.<br />I was preparing for my own solo album but didn't really had enough money for recording. During that period I started singing in different restaurants and bars and even in Casino. Just like a Nepali proverb 'Dhunga Khojda Deuta Milyo', (which means to find something bigger & greater than one has expected), I met a person named Pushpa or Pushkar. Sorry dai, I forgot your name. And yeah I met him while I was singing in the Doblee Restaurant & Bar in New Road. He was my regular customer and he used to like my voice a lot. So one day he called me in his table and asked me if I had done any album. I said no dai. I want to do it but I've got financial problem. And he said he'll come next day. Next day he came back and handed me Rs. 10,000 and said record your album. I was so thrilled and happy. I thanked him million times and I still do. For his help and kindness he did to me.<br />Nima's waiting room filled with awards and photos<br />After that I collected some more money from my friend Pancha 'Sensi' and added some myself. Then I went to a studio and met music arranger 'Anup Das' and I recorded my first solo album 'Suna Suna' and released it from 'Harati Cassette Centre' in 1994 with the help from Anil Sthapit. The album went real good and the plus point was the cover design and photography of album done by Anil Sthapit which was very unique and attractive.<br />I did various stage show during that period also did 'Nima Rumba Nite 1994' in Academy Hall by 2nd year student of Shankar Dev campus. I did shows in Pokhara, Darjeeling Sikkim and met so many fans.<br />In 1996 I recorded my second album 'Nima - Memories' from 'Santana Records' which I worked with Sunil Bardewa and Anup Das for music arranging.<br />There was a featuring song with GP, a Hip Hop Rap Song. From the album the song 'Ms Catwalk' went super duper hit and also the music video of 'Ms Catwalk' was real hit in Image Channel. Everyone admired me for my performance in this video. Just after a while I did this video and album, I left Nepal to HongKong. I went to HongKong with my wife Sheli and started living very normal life, far from my music world. But the distance really didn't affect me from creating new music and writing songs. Time to time I really missed my country, family and friends specially my fans and my music. So I began to write more songs and did music in new style. Well I guess my writing and singing and music has always been different and unique than you here everyday in our Nepali music field. And that's why I'm always a favorite to my fans and listeners. Guess I'm not talking too much bout myself. Ok... So I came back Nepal after 3 years in 2000 and I recorded my 3rd album 'Huri Bataas' I don't think I really need to talk about 'Huri Bataas' album which everyone knows. How well it did in Nepali music scene. There's all kind of choice of song for everyone and god I worked very hard for it. And I'm happy for the price I received. Thank you all guys for liking this album.<br />Well again the music video of 'Huri Bataas' and 'Jaadaichu ma hai Videshma' and 'Anjaan Mayalu' were really cool. Huri Bataas was no.1 song in Hits fm for quite a long time and also its music video in Image channel went no 1 in Top Ten for months. And the alum itself was the No.1 Best selling album of the year 2000 and 2001. And it won 'The Best Album of the Year' in 'Hits FM Music Award 2058'.<br />It was sad though that I wasn’t here to celebrate the honor but I was happy my brother was there to grab that award and again I was back in Nepal on 1st may 2002 and recorded my 4th album 'Lolita'.<br />And I hope you like it as usual Nima Rumba songs. Hope you will like the music videos as well. Lastly I wanna thank each and every person who has helped in any way throughout my career to get this peak of success and popularity. All the fans, people, friends and families all the media...thank you so much.<br /><br /></div><div align="center"></div>jenuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770349819877268403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-685610137607029261.post-77622358368476139502008-05-23T04:17:00.000-07:002008-05-23T04:22:11.088-07:00<strong>Sathi<br /></strong><br />Move with slow .<br /><br />h=hold<br /><br />e----------8~h----12~------------------------10-----8~--<br />B---8h---------------------10-----10---12---------------<br />G----------------------------------------------------------<br />D----------------------------------------------------------<br />A---------------------------------------------------------<br />E----------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />++ here begins the complete songs n' their respective lyrics. This song is very best of listening and playing guitar tooooooooo .......... so get enjoy.<br /><br />++I've very best tried to find the original chords and lead part. if any correction is needed then plz. mail me at kchasatthi@yahoo.com . thank you.<br /><br />{0:28}<br />C<br />te mitha pal haru<br />G<br />te mitha din haru<br />F C ++<br />yaad airahancha sadhai<br />C<br />garmima sitatlta<br />G<br />sisirma nyanopan<br />F C<br />sath diyau timile sadhai ++<br /><br />++ the perfect lead part<br /><br />e--7~----10-8-7~---8~-7--5~----7--5---------<br />B-----------------------------------------8--5--<br />G----------------------------------------------- ++ Play 2 times +<br />D-----------------------------------------------<br />A-----------------------------------------------<br />E------------------------------------------------<br />++<br /><br />Am<br />(bhanne le j bhanos<br />G<br />sunne le j sunos<br />F C<br />tara timi mero ho sa....thi)*2<br />G C<br />sath dinchu timilai ma sadhai bhari++ lead part which is incomplete........<br /><br />e-----8---10-8---12-8--10-8------8--10-8--13-12--10-8--7---------<br />B--8-----------------------------8----------------------------------<br />G-------------------------------------------------------------------<br />D------------------------------------------------------------------<br />A------------------------------------------------------------------<br />E------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />++<br />dukha ma sangai royau<br /><br />sukha ma sangai hasyau<br /><br />sahara mutu diyau<br /><br />(jaha janu gayeni<br /><br />j garnu gare ni<br /><br />sadhai rahanachau mero sa....thi)*2<br />G<br />sath dinchu timilai ma sadhai bhari<br /><br />(bhanne le j bhanos<br /><br />sunne le j sunos<br /><br />tara timi mero ho sa....thi)*2<br />G<br />sath dinchu timilai ma sadhai bhari<br /><br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++===<br /><br /><br /><br /><p><strong></p></strong>jenuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770349819877268403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-685610137607029261.post-85578427444390604542008-05-23T04:10:00.000-07:002008-05-23T04:17:30.510-07:00chors of uglyz song<strong>Chahanna Ma<br /></strong><br /><br />I've found the chords start from Am, F Am, F, C, G ... think its right and nice to play it...<br /><br />++<br />Am F<br />kadha jhai bijaune timro maya chahindaina<br />Am F<br />bidh ma haraune timro maya chahindaina<br />Am F C G<br />chahanna ma timro saath chodi deu mero hath<br />Am F C<br />chahanna ma chahanna ma chahanna ma<br />++<br /><br />Am F C G<br />(tita yad birsai bitaune chu ma yo mero aklo jeevan<br />Am F C G<br />hasi khusi ramai bitaune chu ma yo mero aklo jeevan)<br /><br />++<br /><br />jindagi yo bagi jane khola sari<br />sansarma ma afailai nai ma khojula<br />chahanna ma timro saath chodi deu mero hath<br />chahanna ma chahanna ma chahanna ma<br /><br />(tita yad birsai bitaune chu ma yo mero aklo jeevan<br />hasi khusi ramai bitaune chu ma yo mero aklo jeevan)<br />++jenuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770349819877268403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-685610137607029261.post-83154069711063693122008-05-22T03:16:00.000-07:002008-05-22T03:21:59.116-07:00Lyrics of popylar songs of The Uglyz<strong>The Uglyz - Aaundai Jaandai lyrics</strong><br /><br />Timro nayno aangalo ko maya, Sandhai rahi rahos<br />Timro jivan, sandhai sandhai bhari, phali phuli rahos<br />Timro nayno aangalo ko maya, Sandhai rahi rahos<br />Timro jivan, sandhai sandhai bhari, phali phuli rahos<br /><br />Maan ta chaaaina, timi bata tadha huna,Bivasta aatnautho<br />Timro mero bich dherai kura chha, Nikai nai aafthero<br />Aaundai jaandai garnu yo jivan ma<br />Kata tada na hos timi<br />Jivana ka dherai mod-a haru ma, nabirsi dunu bhani<br />Aaundai jaandai garnu yo jivan ma<br />Kata tada na hos timi<br />Jivana ka dherai mod-a haru ma, nabirsi dunu bhani<br /><br />Aaundai jaandai garnu yo jivan ma<br />Kata tada na hos timi<br />Jivana ka dherai mod-a haru ma, nabirsi dunu bhani<br />Aaundai jaandai garnu yo jivan ma<br />Kata tada na hos timi<br />Jivana ka dherai mod-a haru ma, nabirsi dunu bhani<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>The Uglyz - Maya lyrics<br /></strong><br />Maya jokhera jokhna sakinna, kasari bhanu kati maya garchhu<br />Rujha dubi timi mero maya ma, jati dubyou uti dherai maya<br />Maya basayera basiainna, maya nikalera nikalinna<br />Birsana khojchhu timilai jati ma, yaada tirmo aaunchha jati<br /><br />Sandhai samjhinchhu timlai sapanima, khoji hindne garchhu bipanima<br />Hoina eka din ko maya yo, maya ho juni juni ko<br />Maya basayera basiainna, maya nikalera nikalinna<br />Birsana khojchhu timilai jati ma, yaada tirmo aaunchha jati<br /><br />Samhalanu kasari maa afulai, rojoun kasari taraharu lai<br />Chhekun kasari ma aakaashlai, rujhaun kasari yo mero maan lai….<br /><br />Maya basayera basiainna, maya nikalera nikalinna<br />Birsana khojchhu timilai jati ma, yaada tirmo aaunchha jati<br />Yaada tirmo aaunchha jati - 4jenuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770349819877268403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-685610137607029261.post-52016013340821621392008-05-22T03:04:00.000-07:002008-12-09T18:22:19.256-08:00Profile 1974 AD<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d0dnKC41Qwg/SDVF4FgdS9I/AAAAAAAAAA4/xItqyKsEiv8/s1600-h/8.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203141774349781970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d0dnKC41Qwg/SDVF4FgdS9I/AAAAAAAAAA4/xItqyKsEiv8/s400/8.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Adrain Pradhan</span></strong><br />Adrian played with the band in 1994 for a very short time, right after he landed from Kalimpong but he became a permanent member of the band in 1998. Adrian is a vocalist, he plays harp and drums, he is a composer and sometimes writes lyrics. His musical journey started from his school days where he learned music.<br /><br />He has released his solo album called 'Aaja' as an extra project apart from the band. Adrian doesn't talk much but when does it's full of humour. Born on August 18 (Leo) Adrian has travelled to Hong Kong, India, Qatar, UK, Australia, Germany and USA on musical ventures.<br /><br />Interested in: to be with nature, watching movies & hiking<br /><br />Musical inspiration: friends and school teachers<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Phiroj Shyangden</span></strong><br />Phiroj Shyangden is a founding member of 1974AD. He has been continuously serving the band as a vocalist, guitarist, composer and lyricist since 1994. Born on April 24 (Aries), Phiroj took guitar classes from an early age from the legendry Jeewan Pradhan in Darjeeling. Phiroj is a key guitar instructor at Gyanodaya School & Musical Spectrum, Pulchowk. He is rather homely and spends most of his time with his guitar, family and students. He is quite humorous and down to earth as well. He has travelled to Hong Kong, India, Qatar, UK, Australia, Germany and USA on musical ventures.<br />Interested in: riding and modifying bikes, making guitars, knowing names of old cars and travelling<br />Musical inspiration: friends and family and Dire Straits<br /><br /><strong>Sanjay Sherstha</strong><br />While still studying, Sanjay recorded 3 albums with his first band Shristi, which brought 'fusion' music to the mainstream audience in Nepal. Sanjay toured America twice with Shristi before joining 1974AD in 1999. With 1974AD Sanjay has recorded 3 albums and toured America, United Kingdom, Asia, India, Qatar, Australia, Germany and Belgium. In addition to his busy touring schedule Sanjay has performed and recorded with many high profile national and international musicians including, renowned Buddhist nun and vocalist Ani Choyang Dolma, bamboo flutist Manose Singh, Grammy award winning bluegrass singer Peter Rowan, British folk singer Donovan Leech, Max Lolo from West Africa, Jesse Van Ruller from the Netherlands, Sunny Jain Collective, New York and Richard Hardy, the saxophone player for Carol King and the Dave Matthews Band and Sachal Vasandani, Jazz Vocalist from New York.<br /><br />While Sanjay's first instrument was the Nepali folk instrument/hand drum the maadal, his experience has led him to experiment with fusion, rock, classical and now jazz in various side projects including The McTwisters (led by Berkley trained Czech saxophonist Peter Kroutil), Stupa (with band member Nirakar who play regularly at Moksh) and Project Experience (with Robin Tamang, Nirakar, Kutumba and various other renowned musicians).jenuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770349819877268403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-685610137607029261.post-7239353954706352772008-05-22T02:54:00.000-07:002008-12-09T18:22:19.424-08:00Diccography<div><strong>Rush (1st Album)<br />Songs in Album<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203140382780378050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d0dnKC41Qwg/SDVEnFgdS8I/AAAAAAAAAAw/-Q0tmIV6m9M/s320/7.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="color:#999999;">Aaudai Jaadai<br />Maya<br />Parkhai<br />Saathi<br />Chahanna Ma<br />To An Angel<br />Uglyz<br />Khonnanimo</span><br /></strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>AAUDAI JAADAI<br /></strong>It was initially written by Miya Arai in Japanese.<br /><br />Sarun had paid a visit to Jems Pradhan at his studio called Musicwork in order to meet him and talk about a song that Jems had composed. Sarun ended up playing unplugged in front of Jems on his request, who asked him if he had any original compositions. Sarun told Jems that he had a song, but it was in Japanese. Jems asked him to sing it, following which he articulated, “We will create a Nepali song on this tune.” Keeping his word, Jems wrote the lyrics for the song, which took 3 months to be completed.<br /><br /><strong>MAYA<br /></strong>While Sarun and Sudip were waiting for their turn at Musicwork to record Aaudai Jaadai, they came up with a catch riff, which was later to become “Maya”, the 2nd track of their album. They had the tuneful riff but then no lyrics. On asking Reshna Shakya, (poet, Sarun’s cousin sister) if she had any poems, she provided him two, one of which was “Maya”.<br /><br /><strong>PARKHAI<br /></strong>Sarun, Sudip and Rockin were jamming at Rockin’s place. Sarun was on the drums and playing whatever came on his head. Suddenly, he arrived with a catchy beat with some mix of trance and punk rock. Later, Sarun penned down the lyrics regarding long distance relationship. According to him, Parkhai was the first ever Nepali song that he wrote.<br /><br /><strong>SATHI (SAATH DINCHU)<br /></strong>Sarun, Sudip and Zeevat were doing an overnight stay at Zeevat’s place. They had few drinks and were singing the whole night. All of a sudden, Sudip suggested writing a song and came up with the idea to write a song about friendship (Sathi = friend). Sarun sat on the piano and started playing an old tune he had composed back in 2002. Zeevat began to write the lyrics beginning… “Ti mitha pal haru… Ti mitha din haru... Yaad aai rahanchan sadhai, Garmi ma shital ta shishir ma nyano pan, saath diyou timile sadhai.” Then, for a few hours, they took videos cherishing their friendship, tried to make the song perfect and then went off to bed.<br /><br />The next day, Sarun tried to finish off the song, but in vain. He was searching for something to write, when out of nowhere, he saw his dog looking up at him. An idea crept up in him to write the rest of the chorus dedicating to his dog (Priti) – after all, a dog is a man’s best friend too. It went like “Bhanne le j bhanos, sunne le j sunos, tara timi mero hou sathi… sath dinchu timilai ma sadhai bhari.”<br /><br />Later the boys sat together and completed the song. This song has a special meaning to their friendship and has an elite place in their hearts, especially when they are overseas.<br /><br /><strong>CHAHANNA MA</strong><br />Chahanna ma was the last track that the boys had made. Sarun first came across “Silly Fools” when he had gone to visit Bangkok. He had bought their CD and had always wanted to do a cover song of Silly Fools. Thus, “Chahanna Ma” was born. Reshna and Sarun wrote the lyrics for this one. During the recording phase of Chahanna Ma, Sarun was suffering from kidney stone. He was singing one of the vocals, when had to be rushed to the hospital and put on emergency.<br /><br /><strong>TO AN ANGEL<br /></strong>It was the first song that Sarun had written in 1999. It took him several years to finish the composition. He began the writing process of this song in a friend’s shop at Freak Street, Kathmandu and finished it in Sydney.<br /><br /><strong>UGLY<br /></strong>This not-at-all-ugly song was written by Sarun in Sydney. He testifies that he wrote this at work out of frustration when he failed in a subject during his Bachelor’s degree.<br /><br /><strong>KHONNANIMO</strong><br />It was written by Miya Arai in Sydney. Sarun and Miya first met each other in college and became friends from then on. She discovered Sarun’s inclination towards music and often heard him sing and strum some of his compositions on his guitar. When requested, she wrote the lyrics for one of Sarun’s tunes which apparently became Khonnanimo and later, as all of us know, Aaudai Jaadai.<br /><br /><br /></div>jenuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770349819877268403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-685610137607029261.post-39702590649707128252008-04-29T06:36:00.000-07:002008-04-29T06:41:29.892-07:00Earth and Climate<strong><span style="color:#666666;">Monitoring Earth's rising greenhouse gas levels will require a global data collection network 10 times larger than the one currently in place in order to quantify regional progress in emission reductions, according to a new research commentary by University of Colorado and NOAA researchers appearing in the April 25 issue of Science.<br /><br /></span></strong>The authors, CU-Boulder Research Associate Melinda Marquis and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientist Pieter Tans, said with atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations now at 385 parts per million and rising, the need for improved regional greenhouse gas measurements is critical. While the current observation network can measure CO2 fluxes on a continental scale, charting regional emissions where significant mitigation efforts are underway -- like California, New England and European countries -- requires a more densely populated network, they said.<br />"The question is whether scientists in the United States and around the world have what they need to monitor regional fluxes in atmospheric carbon dioxide," said Marquis, a scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, a joint institute of CU-Boulder and NOAA. "Right now, they don't."<br />While CO2 levels are climbing by 2 parts per million annually -- a rate expected to increase as China and India continue to industrialize -- effective regional CO2 monitoring strategies are virtually nonexistent, she said. Scientists are limited in their ability to distinguish between distant and nearby carbon sources and "sinks," or storage areas, for example, by the accuracy of atmospheric transport models that reflect details of terrain, winds and the mixing of gases near observation sites.<br />"We are in uncharted territory as far as knowing how safe these high CO2 levels are for the Earth," she said. "Instead of tackling a very complex challenge with the equivalent of Magellan's maps, we need to use the equivalent of Google Earth."<br />Marquis and Tans propose increasing the number of global carbon measurement sites from about 100 to 1,000, which would decrease the uncertainty in computer models and help scientists better quantify changes. "With existing tools we could gather large amounts of additional CO2 data for a relatively small investment," said Marquis. "The next step is to muster the political will to fund these efforts."<br />Scientists currently sample CO2 using air flasks, in-situ measurements from transmitter towers up to 2,000 feet high and via aircraft sensors. The authors proposed putting additional CO2 sensors on existing and new transmitter towers that can gather large volumes of climate data. While Europe and the United States have small networks of tall transmitter towers equipped with CO2 instruments, such towers are rare on the rest of the planet, she said.<br />Satellites queued for launch in the next few years to help monitor atmospheric CO2 levels include the Orbiting Carbon Observatory and the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite, said Marquis. The satellites will augment ground-based and aircraft measurements charting terrestrial photosynthesis, carbon sinks, CO2 respiration sources, ocean-atmosphere gas exchanges and CO2 emissions from wildfires.<br />Mandated by the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change in 1994, national emissions inventories for each country are based primarily on economic statistics to estimate greenhouse gases entering and leaving the atmosphere, said the authors. Such inventories are "reasonably accurate" for estimating atmospheric CO2 from burning fossil fuels in developed countries.<br />But they are less accurate for other sources of CO2, like deforestation, and for emissions of other greenhouse gases, like methane, which is emitted as a result of rice farming, cattle ranching and natural wetlands, said the authors.<br />There is a growing need to measure the effectiveness of particular mitigation efforts by states or regions involved in pollution caps, auto emission reduction campaigns and intensive tree-planting efforts, Marquis said. The Western Climate Initiative, for example -- a consortium of seven western U.S. states and British Columbia -- set a goal last year of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent as of 2020.<br />Precise regional CO2 measurements also could help chart the accuracy of carbon trading systems involving "credits" and "offsets" now in use in various countries around the world, said Marquis. In such systems, companies exceeding CO2 emission caps can buy carbon credits from companies under the caps, and groups or companies can buy voluntary carbon offsets to compensate for personal lifestyle choices, such as airline travel.<br />"Independent verification through regional CO2 monitoring could help determine whether carbon credits or offsets being bought or sold are of value," Marquis said.jenuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770349819877268403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-685610137607029261.post-24291684270289838142008-04-26T22:48:00.000-07:002008-09-05T06:49:22.426-07:00Bhaktapur Durbar Square:- The Golden Gate is the entrance to the main courtyard of the palace of 55 windows. Built by King Ranjit Malla, the gate is one of the most beautiful and richly carved specimens of its kind in the entire world. This gate is emnbellished with deities and monsters with marvelous intricacy.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Nyatapola Temple</strong>:- This five-story pagoda was built in 1702 AD by king Bhupatindra Mall it stands on a five-terraced platform. On each of the terraces squant a pair of figures. This is one of the tallest pagodas and it famous for its massive structure and subtle workmanship.<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>BhairavnathTemple</strong>:- This temple was first built as a one-story pagoda but was later changed into a three-storey temple in 1718 AD by king Bhupatindra Mall. The temple is noted for its artistic grandeur. It is dedicated to Lord Bhairav - the god of terror. FPRIVATE "TYPE=PICT;ALT=Bhairavnath Temple, Nepal"jenuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770349819877268403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-685610137607029261.post-5418526024645444232008-04-16T20:00:00.000-07:002008-04-16T20:12:37.918-07:00SARUN [The Uglyz]<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="780"><tbody><tr><td background="images/brdr_left.jpg" width="29"><p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p><br /></td> <td bgcolor="#dadada" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td height="24" width="150"><img src="http://www.theuglyz.com/images/img_artistprofile.jpg" height="21" width="163" /></td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="24"> <br /></td> <td height="24"><br /></td><td> <br /></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td width="5"><br /></td> <td valign="top"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top"><p><span class="body1"><span style="color: rgb(155, 36, 36);">Name:</span> </span><span class="body2">Sarun Tamrakar</span><span class="body1"> </span><br /></p> <p><span class="body1"> Birth Date: </span><span class="body2">10 Nov 1981 </span><span class="body1"><br /></span></p> <p><span class="body1"> Birth Place:</span><span class="body2"> Kathmandu </span><span class="body1"><br /></span></p><div align="center"><img src="http://www.theuglyz.com/images/sarun1_clip.jpg" height="191" width="150" /></div> <p><span class="body1"> Zodiac Sign:</span><span class="body2"> Scorpio </span><span class="body1"><br /></span></p><p><span class="body1"> Education:</span><span class="body2"> Bachelors in Information Technology </span> <span class="body1"><br /> Marital Status: </span><span class="body2">Single </span><span class="body1"><br /> Other Occupation: </span><span class="body2">Playing Guitar hehe</span><span class="body1"> <br /> <br /> Hobbies & Interest: </span><span class="body2">Graphic design, concerts, taking pics<br /> of my dog (Priti)</span></p> <p class="body2"><span class="body1">Most admired man<br /> </span>Dad<br /> <br /> <span class="body1">Most admired women <br /> </span>Mom </p></td> <td valign="top" width="190"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p class="body2" align="justify"><br /> <span class="body1">Favorite Place<br /> </span>Darling Harbor (Sydney)<br /> <br /> <span class="body1">Favorite Food<br /> </span>Newari, Pizzas, Oporto<br /> <br /> <span class="body1">Favorite Movies<br /> </span>A lot to mention<br /> <br /> <span class="body1">Favorite Movie Artists<br /> </span>Cruise, Pitt, Carey, Depp, Chan, Grant <br /> <br /> <span class="body1">Fav. Nepali Music Artists <br /> </span>Jems dai<br /> <br /> <span class="body1">Fav. Intl Music Artists <br /> </span>Cobain, Ed Ronald, Ben Harpers, Bono, R. Williams<br /> <br /> <span class="body1">Fav. Music Video<br /> </span>Aaudai Jaadai, The Reason, Scientist, You know your right<br /> <br /> <span class="body1">Favorite Passtime<br /> </span>Surfing net, Jamming up with my band and playing with my dog. </p> <p align="justify"><span class="body1">Wackiest thing you have ever done:<br /> </span><span class="body2">Cancelling my air ticket (to Sydney) hours before departure, in the end got expired.<br /> Embarrassing Moment Once I met a couple (Neplai gal + Indian boy) at a restaurant, they came over to my table. They shook my hand and took my autographs and got me a drink. Later, the gal went out to get some stuff and her Indian boyfriend whispered on my ear "WHO ARE YOU???" </span></p> <p><span class="body1"> How do you take your popularity? <br /> </span><span class="body2">I've worked like a dog to get where I am, So it's paying off. Its fun and we do appretiate everyone for that. </span><span class="body1"><br /> <br /> </span><span class="body2">Life is A plain sheet of paper, what you write on it will be reflected in future.<br /> Friends are a part of life, without them you can't move on. </span></p> <p><span class="body1"> Qualities that you look in your partner<br /> </span><span class="body2">Beautiful, honest with good sense of humour and understanding </span><span class="body1"><br /> <br /> On blind date you would go out with<br /> </span><span class="body2">A cute gal ( I know sudip/sandy will say the same hehehe) </span><span class="body1"><br /> <br /> What do you think about Nepali music scene? Any suggestions for its growth.<br /> </span><span class="body2">Its growing good, I guess everyone should focus on all the songs in the album not just few. If we work hard on each and every songs then the audience will get a fair album, after all they are the ones who keep us alive</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>jenuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770349819877268403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-685610137607029261.post-17817703573869851142008-04-16T19:48:00.001-07:002008-12-09T18:22:19.653-08:00PROFILE OF PRASHANT<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d0dnKC41Qwg/SAa7B9iGZNI/AAAAAAAAAAM/5wcX6ptEnK8/s1600-h/Prashant_Tamang_Indian_Idol_3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d0dnKC41Qwg/SAa7B9iGZNI/AAAAAAAAAAM/5wcX6ptEnK8/s400/Prashant_Tamang_Indian_Idol_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190041262962926802" border="0" /></a><b> Prashant Tamang</b>, a <b> constable in the West Bengal Police</b>, was on Sunday crowned Indian Idol after vanquishing his rival <b> Amit Paul</b> in a grand finale of the over-two month long talent hunt.<br /><br />Prashant Tamang, 24, who hails from Darjeeling, has undergone a journey from being a member in the police band in Kolkata to becoming the heart throb of millions of TV viewers all over the country.<br /><br />The grand finale was an all North-East affair as Tamang took on 24-year-old Paul, who hails from Shillong.<br /><br />The results of the talent hunt were announced at a gala in New Delhi with the final witnessing a whopping seven crore people sending in their votes.<br /><br /> Prashant Tamang stole the centrestage with his rendition of the song '<i>Yeh Kali Kali Ankhen'</i> from the Hindi film '<i>Baazigar</i>'.<br /><br />As Bollywood actor <b> John Abraham</b> announced Tamang the winner, the constable thanked his mother in a voice choked with emotion.<br /><br />"I thank my mother, public and Bengal police for granting me the permission for participating in the show," he said. <p class="subtitle"><b>What they say:</b></p> <p class="verdanatxt8"><b>Aditi Paul<br /><span style="color:#808080;">Was Indian Idol 3 different or better than the last two seasons? How would you rate the talent this year? </span></b><span style="color:#808080;"><br />There is no comparison at all. All the singers in the different seasons have different talents. I can�t say there is any difference�the only difference I spotted was in the different sets and locations they used. But I feel no change in the format is better because it sustains the interest of people.<br /><br /><b>Your favourite moment on Idol this year? </b><br />My favourite moment was when Sonu Nigam came on the show. He gave a very balanced judgement and had something to say about each performer. I liked that.<br /><br /><b>Who do you think will be the Indian Idol this year and why? </b><br />If you go by the total package, it will have to be Amit Paul. He sings well, looks good and performs decently. But my personal choice for winner would have been Emon. He is a very good singer<br /><br /><b>Is there any contestant from the Top 13 you wished had won? </b><br />I would definitely root for Emon Chatterjee.</span></p> <hr /> <p class="verdanatxt8"><b>Prajakta<br /><span style="color:#808080;">Was Indian Idol 3 different or better than the last two seasons? How would you rate the talent this year?<br /></span></b><span style="color:#808080;">What was different about this year was that there were people from so many different places. There were contestants from the extreme east and extreme west, even from Dubai and the UK.<br />As far as the talent on this year�s show, I would give it a 7 out of 10. <b><br /><br />Your favourite moment on Idol this year?<br /></b>When Sonu Nigam came as a judge. I was missing him on the show. <b><br /><br />Who do you think will be the Indian Idol this year and why?<br /></b>I think Amit Paul should win. He is a far better singer than Prashant. Though Prashant has a huge fan following. I feel people connect with him more. <b><br /><br />Is there any contestant from the Top 13 you wished had won?<br /></b>Yes, I really liked Deepali and Puja. I wanted both of them to enter the Top 4 and I wanted Deepali to win.</span></p> <hr /> <p class="verdanatxt8"><b>Amit Sana </b><br /><span style="color:#808080;"><b>Was Indian Idol 3 different or better than the last two seasons?</b> How would you rate the talent this year? The packaging of the show this year was much better. But talent wise, I think, the contestants of Season 2 were better. There were a few very good singers in the latest season, but overall it lacked something.<br /><br /><b>Your favourite moment on Idol this year? </b><br />Nothing that really stands out. But whenever I watched an episode of the show, Amit Paul always struck me as a good singer.<br /><br /><b>Who do you think will be the Indian Idol this year and why? </b><br />Amit is a stronger singer than Prashant. It is commendable that Prashant came so far from a middle class background and also from a police background. But he needs to work much more to become a good singer.<br /><br /><b>Is there any contestant from the Top 13 you wished had won? </b><br />I think I would like to have seen Emon win. He is very good. And I don�t think he is a clone of Sonu Nigam. From what I heard, I feel Rahul Vaidya could be said to imitate Sonu. But not Emon.<br /><br /><b>How was it like to be in the final Top 2? When you think back what do you feel? </b><br />It was a very stressful time, but it was also a time that I enjoyed a lot. Both Abhijeet and I were given so much importance. Wherever I went I saw love and adulation in the eyes of the people. I was never tense. Or rather, I was only tense on the day the results were announced. Those days and those memories are something that I will always cherish. It helped me become what I am today - a singer who is doing something good with his life. I am currently wrapping up my new album. It should be out in another two months.</span></p> <hr /> <p class="verdanatxt8"><b>Emon<br />Your favourite moment on Idol this year?</b><br />It was definitely when Sonu Nigam came on the show. He is my idol.<br /><br /><b>Who do you think will be the Indian Idol this year and why? </b><br />I don�t know. I really don�t know. I think both of them are good singers and both of them have a good chance to win the title.<br /><br /><b>Is there any contestant from the Top 13 you wished had won? </b><br />I would go with Deepali. She is a fantastic singer.<br /><br /><b>What are you doing nowadays?</b><br />I am in Delhi right now. I will be performing on September 23 in the Grand Finale. So I am busy rehearsing for that.</p>jenuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770349819877268403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-685610137607029261.post-54557487266057023532008-04-16T19:39:00.001-07:002008-04-16T19:41:02.181-07:00Jokes<span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: courier new;">Natural Death</span><br /><br />After a long day at the office, Chris came home one day to find his dog with the neighbor's pet rabbit in his mouth. The rabbit was obviously dead. Chris panicked!<br /><br />"If my neighbors find out my dog killed their bunny, they'll hate me forever," he thought.<br /><br />So he took the dirty deceased rabbit into the house, gave it a bath and blow-dried its fur. Chris knew his neighbors kept their backdoor open during the summer, so he sneaked inside and put the bunny back into the cage, hoping his neighbors would think it died of natural causes.<br /><br />A couple of days later Chris and his neighbor saw each other outside.<br /><br />"Did you hear that Fluffy died?" the neighbor asked.<br /><br />"Oh. Uhmm... Sorry to hear that. What happened?" Chris mumbled.<br /><br />The neighbor replied, "We just found him dead in his cage one day. But the strange thing is that the day after we buried him, we went out to dinner and someone must have dug him up, gave him a bath and put him back into the cage! There are some really sick people out there!"jenuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770349819877268403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-685610137607029261.post-71583001125809950062008-02-22T04:57:00.000-08:002008-04-16T19:54:29.847-07:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">IRC AIDS THE INJURED AND DISPLACED FOLLOWING VIOLENCE IN NEPAL</span></span><br /><br />Nepal 12 Oct 2007 - In the wake of ethnic violence sparked by the killing of a local political leader in southern Nepal, the IRC has been providing emergency medical care to scores of people displaced by the violence. The IRC was the first health team, other than government staff, to deliver emergency medical care to the injured. IRC doctors and auxiliary health workers traveled from their field office to Kapilvastu, the scene of the violence. In addition to treating a range of injuries, the IRC team observed and treated many patients suffering from mental trauma. All told, the IRC has responded to the needs of some 5,000 people.<br /><br />The killing of former Maoist leader Moin Khan on Sept. 21 sparked the vicious sectarian violence that has pitted ethnic Madhesis against Pahadis. Some 36 people have been killed; several dozens were brutally maimed; and thousands have fled the region.<br /><br />The IRC is responding to “one of the largest single episodes of displacement that Nepal has seen in years,” said Christina Munzer, the Nepal country director.<br /><br />Working with local government and the UN, the IRC has also sent a team to the border with India, where some 10,000 people have sought refuge.<br /><br />The IRC has been working in Nepal since 2005.jenuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770349819877268403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-685610137607029261.post-4463319485786297012008-02-22T04:50:00.000-08:002008-02-22T04:56:18.312-08:00The IRC in Nepal<br /><br />Nepal has a long history of extreme poverty and under-development, and faces significant social, economic and political challenges. A relatively small, landlocked nation of over 27 million people sandwiched between India and China, Nepal is a complex society vulnerable to a range of internal and external forces that are dominated by dynamics of conflict, elite capture of decision-making and disproportionate distribution of wealth. While the central region around the capital, Kathmandu, displays a basic level of development, the more distant, rural regions host very poor populations suffering from significant social exclusion and negligible infrastructure.<br /><br />Compounding these challenges, the violent insurgency launched by the Communist Party of Nepal – Maoist (CPN-M) in 1996 and the counter-insurgency campaigns of Nepalese State military and security forces have resulted in widespread killings, human rights abuse, and mass displacement. While the nature and extent of internal displacement in Nepal is difficult to pin down, estimates point to a range of 100,000 to 250,000 people being forced to flee from their homes. Victims of displacement have included both rich and poor households – local figures of authority or economic power and the poorest of families. Within Nepal, they have sought safety in the main towns or district headquarters. Additionally, some 2 million Nepalese are thought to have crossed the porous border with India and 13,000 to have died as a result of the conflict. It is estimated that, overall, some two thirds of the population has been affected in some way by the conflict.<br /><br />The end of royal direct rule, the cessation of major armed action by the CPN-M, and the recent formation of the interim government has produced an opening where some of the complex challenges of rights abuse, displacement and return can begin to be addressed. In November 2006 a historic agreement between the 7-party alliance and the Maoists was reached ending the 10-year conflict. An interim government, which includes the Maoists, was formed on 15 January 2007 and an ambitious timetable has been put in place to prepare for Constituent Assembly elections, now slated for late 2007. There is therefore an opportunity for the international assistance community to put in place programs that will facilitate the return of IDPs and build local capacities to achieve durable peace and stability.<br /><br />The IRC in Nepal<br /><br />IRC began work in Nepal in late 2005, assisting displaced and other conflict-affected communities in the Mid West region. We have rapidly built up a robust field presence in the region, with field offices in Surkhet and Bardiya (Mid West) and Ilam (East) acting as hubs for the delivery of integrated programs targeted at assisting in the demobilization and reintegration for former child combatants, delivering quick-impact inputs to IDP and conflict-affected households, improving field data-gathering and information analysis capacity on displacement and return, building local capacity for child protection, strengthening local education services, and reestablishing primary healthcare. More ><br />News & Multimedia >jenuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770349819877268403noreply@blogger.com0