Cultural greetings

Dashain is one of the great festival in Nepal. On the same event, Roaming around, wishes you a very happy dashain.

*This picture is not taken by mobile camera.

Not of the blog theme

I was astonished by this photo (banner) before reading the news text. I have seen similar banner at the same space with countdown numbers earlier. When I saw this banner without number, I feel same '?' to our future. This could be the future of not only election but of our self and our country.

The banner is taken from The Himalayan Times News paper web site (http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/)

Concert and anniversary celebration

Last week there was a celebration of university anniversary. All the university students and staffs gathered for a live concert and dinner. The celebration place before and after the people.

Seasonal change

Season change is a natural phenomenon. Turning green leaves into red, yellow, and brown is a sign of fall season. I don't know why this season is called fall but I can see a lots of leaves falling from plants. Plants from green to different colours look nice and beautiful but dry leaves in ground does not give a pleasant environment like in these pictures.

Bitter beer, sweet jeri and rice pudding

Sweet jeri in Norway was something special. Special than making rice pudding or drinking beer. Drinking beer is not special at all but it is special in Norway for students from other countries. It is not due to unavailability but due to cost. Beer or alcoholic drinks and tobacco products are too expensive in Norway. Sweet jeri are made by Indians or Pakistani living in Oslo, Norway. An empty beer bottle is lying on opener like a pose for advertisement. Cation: Do not drive after alcohol no matter its bicycle or motercycle or car.

Sanatan Temple in Norway

This Saturday, I could visit a Hindu temple, Sanatan Mandir in Oslo, Norway. I was happy to see people celebrating Krishna Asthami with 'Bhajan' and other stories. I heard that similar temples are in other cities but never been there.

Election style in Norway

Norway is having local election this month. Due to my language problem, I could not understand more on it but I was surprised when a leader handover me red roses at a train station. I came to know that the pamphlet was of the party and red rose was their election symbol. Wow! what a good idea of election campaigning! I also heard that people can cast their vote electronically through their computer and not on a day but between the dates provided by the election commission. Even non-Norwegians living in the country for more than three years can also cast their votes. Today, 10th Sept. 2007 is the last day of casting votes.