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काठमाडौं – मासु दशैंको मुख्य परिकार हो । दशैंका बेला सक्ने, नसक्ने सबैका घरमा मासु पाक्छन् । धेरै भएकाहरूका घरमा मासुका विभिन्न परिकार तयार गरिन्छ । भुटेको, झोल हालेको, सुकुटी बनाएको, पोलेको, साँधेको जस्ता विविध परिकार पाक्छन् । मासु कसैले घरमै तयार पार्छन् भने कसैले पसलमा किनेको प्रयोग गर्छन् । तर, बिरामी पशु तथा राम्रो सरसफाइको ब्यवस्था नभएको पसलमा किनेको मासु खा“दा उल्टो बिरामी परिएला भनेर भने चाँहि सतर्क रहनैपर्छ । अस्वस्थकर मासुले टाइफाइड, झाडापखाला तथा पेटका समस्या निम्तन सक्ने भएकाले किनिएको पशु तथा मासु स्वस्थकर छ कि छैन भनेर ध्यान पु¥याउनुपर्छ । दशैंतिहारजस्ता चाडबाडका बेलामा बिरामी भएर अस्पताल पुग्नुभन्दा पहिल्यै सतर्क रहनु नै ठीक होइन र ? सकेसम्म व्यवस्थित बधशालामा काटिएको मासु खानुपर्छ । रोगी, झोक्राएको जस्तो पशुको मासु खानु हुँदैन । फ्रिजमा राखेको र सूक्ष्म जीवाणुबाट मुक्त मासुको प्रयोग गर्नुपर्छ । अस्वस्थकर मासु तथा रोगि पशुको मासु सेवन गर्दा मानिसलाई जुनोटिक रोग बढी लाग्ने सम्भावना हुन्छ । त्यस्ता रोगी पशुपंक्षीको मासु सेवन गर्नाले बर्डफ्लु, स्वाइनफ्लु, एन्थ्राक्सलग...

While the majority of participants entered the recent 2014 AFC U-16 Championship seeking to make a name for themselves, Bimal Magar was heralded as an established star prior to the competition. The talented Nepal forward, who is plying his trade with the U-19 side of Anderlecht, had already tasted significant international experience before the Asian campaign. Despite being just 16, he has already represented his country at nearly every age level. He began his international career with the U-14 national team, before graduating into the U-17 and U-23 sides. It was all the more notable that he made it into the national senior side competing in last September's 2013 SAFF (South Asian Football Federation) Championship. He had a dream debut in the second match against Pakistan, scoring the equaliser with a stoppage-time strike in a 1-1 stalemate which helped Nepal progress to the last four as section winners. "I thought it was like a dream when I score...

AHMEDABAD: India, Pakistan and Nepal performed brilliantly at the National Institute of Design's (NID), South Asian Short and Documentary Film Festival, Alpavirama 2014. This year, the opening film and the festival favorite, Nepalese fiction 'The Contagious Apparitions of Dambarey Dendrite' won the Golden Comma award. Directed by Bibhusan Basnet and Pooja Gurung, it's a story on street life. India's entry 'Life' also left a mark on the jury and grabbed the Silver Comma award. The film has been directed by Srinjay Thakur and reveals how technology changes an old retired government worker's life. The third most talked-about film was Indian fiction 'Little Hands' directed by Rohin Raveendran. The film explores the life of a sixth-grader who sits through a difficult mathematics examination. Hostile classmates and a strict teacher force him into other options to pass the exam. Pakistan's documentary film 'A Life With...

Growing paddy, potatoes and corn on his family farm in a tiny village in eastern Nepal. And on Saturday he was standing on top of the podium, receiving India’s first gold medal of the 2014 Asian Games. As the medal hung from his neck, Rai, who was an image of calm in his pursuit of the 50m air pistol gold, showed first signs of emotion. It was a mixture of relief and joy, and vindication. Rai had given up his country of birth and left his family behind to pursue an Army career in India. This moment of victory seemed to have made his long journey worth it. A few years back, I wouldn’t have thought that I could achieve so much. I owe a lot to the Army. If it was not for them, I would have either been in Britain or growing potatoes in Nepal

A spate of road building projects in and around the most popular trekking area in Nepal has sparked a battle involving local people, tourist entrepreneurs and developers. The Annapurna region is one Nepal's main attractions, attracting some 40,000 to 50,000 trekkers every year who enjoy its pristine mountain trails, valleys and spectacular scenery. Ghandruk village could previously only be reached by a day-long trek largely uphill through beautiful rhododendron forests. But recently, a dirt road was built linking the village to the nearest biggest place, Kimche, which can now be reached in just one and half hours. Khusi Bahadur Gurung, an elderly local man, grins at the inroads made by development in his village. "Road development is good for us people. It will lead to easier transportation," he said. Dust and fumes But not all locals share his enthusiasm. Dilu Gurung is a small-time hotel operator, relying on the trekking business and tourism....

Bollywood star and former Miss World Priyanka Chopra puts on her boxing gloves to play India’s 5-time world champ Mary Kom MC Mary Kom may not be a household name to un-sporty audiences outside India. A five-time world champion in women’s boxing and still competing today, she put India on the map in this sport and became an inspiration for young women in her country looking to break out of traditional social roles. Bollywood actress-singer Priyanka Chopra also knows something about winning international titles: she was elected Miss World in 2000. Strange to tell, in Mary Kom these two famous ladies and their apparently opposite styles of femininity come together with fiery energy, even if the context is an overly familiar, poor-girl-makes-good tale of true grit. The ending is so rousing it should generate the cross-over energy and help Viacom 18 to win some adventurous commercial rings, though it is bound to score most o...

British authorities have been accused of funding a four-year intelligence operation in Nepal that led to Maoist rebels being arrested, tortured and killed during the country’s civil war. Thomas Bell, the author of a new book on the conflict, says MI6 funded safe houses and provided training in surveillance and counter-insurgency tactics to Nepal’s army and spy agency, the National Investigation Department (NID) under “Operation Mustang”, launched in 2002. Nepal’s decade-long civil war left more than 16,000 dead, with rebels and security forces accused of serious human rights violations including killings, rapes, torture and disappearances. “According to senior Nepalese intelligence and army officials involved in the operation, British aid greatly strengthened their performance and led to about 100 arrests,” said Bell, whose book Kathmandu is released in south Asia on Thursday....