Melody Queen Lata Mangeshkar will turn 81 on tuesday!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lata Mangeshkar blessed with beautiful voice was born in September 28,1929, is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India will  turns 81 in Tuesday 28 September. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She has recorded songs for over a thousand Bollywood movies and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional Indian languages and foreign languages, but primarily in Hindi.

lata in her young age
Lata Mangeshkar has won several awards and honors, including Padma Bhushan (1969), Padma Vibhushan (1999), Dada Saheb Phalke Award (1989), Maharashtra Bhushan Award(1997)[18]NTR National Award (1999), Bharat Ratna (2001), three National Film Awards, and 12 Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards. She has also won four Filmfare Best Female Playback Awards. In 1969, she made the unusual gesture of giving up the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award, in order to promote fresh talent. She was later awarded [Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award] in 1993.


She is elder sister of other play back singer  Usha Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle. Asha bhosle once said that "Have you ever seen a waterfall retrace its path?...I have seen it...rather heard it in didi's voice. The tinkling notes of her taan tumble forth like a waterfall plunging down a cliff and then go back exactly the same way." Lata Mangeshkar's songs have captured the hearts and imagination of millions of her admirers around the world. They have become an inseparable part of the daily lives of Indians - wherever they may be.

Lata, who was born Sep 28, 1929, also featured in the Guinness World Records book from 1974 to 1991 for having made the most recordings in the world.

"Lataji's birthday is a great event. She has given us so much in terms of music, love and affection. I just hope that she lives on forever and gives her blessings to us. I am very close to her and I am happy, proud and fortunate that she is close to me," said filmmaker Yash Chopra who has vowed only to work with her among the female singers in the industry.
"I can't express in words what she means to me and how I feel for her. Just want to wish her a happy and healthy life ahead," Sunidhi Chauhan told.

Playback singer Sonu Niigaam added: "I want to wish a very happy birthday to Lataji. Many many best wishes to her. I would just like to tell her that keep enlightening India and world with your songs and bless me."
sanjya Lila vanshali with lata
 I too love to wish my best singer Lata mageshkar many many happy returns of the day and wish she will live healthily.

Sachin, the cricket legend is acting in a movie!!!!!!!!!!!!

sachin tendulkar

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar , born 24 April 1973) is an Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test and One Day International cricket. He is the only player to score a double century in the history of ODI cricket In 2002, just 12 years into his career, Wisden ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time, behind Donald Bradman, and the second greatest one-day-international (ODI) batsman of all time, behind Viv Richards. Tendulkar was the only player of the current generation to be included in Bradman's Eleven.
A player who leads the Mumbai Indians the team representing the capital of Indian cinema and lead the team and had done lots to uplift his team upto the final of this year’s Indian premier league  is now going to act in a movie.
sachin tendulkar with ball


According to the news,  like his former team mate Ajay Jadeja, Vinod Kambli,  and his seniors Sunil Gavaskar, Salil Ankola, Syed Kirmani and Sandeep Patil —Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar is reportedly set to splash paint on his face for a role in Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Ferrari Ki Sawari, a film to be directed by Rajesh Mapuskar. Tendulkar will essay an important role alongside Sharman Joshi and Boman Irani in the film, informs a crew member. In spite of having managed a coup of sorts, Chopra isn’t ready to reveal anything. Earlier this year, Tendulkar had tweeted, “Vinod Chopra has a script called Ferrari Ki Sawari. Just heard it. Sounds awesome.”
Reportedly, actors Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan and Ranbir Kapoor too were considered to play a part in the film. While Chopra and Mapuskar are writing the script, director Raj Kumar Hirani will pen the dialogues. A cricket legend’s Ferrari inspires a dream in a boy to play at the Lord’s cricket ground. The hint is obvious: the only cricketer who owns a Ferarri in India is, Tendulkar.
Tendulkar is bonding with his co-actors as well. Last month, Irani tweeted: “Wonderful dinner with Sachin Tendulkar and friends. Disarming, normal and fun. What more can one ask for?”
              
 Sachin’s only experience in the films was when he shot for a documentary on Mumbai’s Siddhivinayak temple, two years ago. There, he spoke how he feels whenever he visits the temple. Sachin had said, “Right now, the big screen for me is only cricket.” This, of course, is set to change.

Vidhu Vinod chopra

Welcome to Nepal Shangrila of the world!!!



I as a Nepali love to welcome you all to Nepal and make the Nepal Tourism Year 2011 great success. Nepal Is a landlocked country between India and China but it have overwhelming beauty and Nepal is blessed with natural beauty. As i have already give some informations bout Nepal in my previous post. Here in this post i will love to express natural beauties of Nepal via picture. I request every reader to share the post in your Facebook or twitter account and help Nepal to welcome lots of tourist in year 2011.
                                Upper mustang Cryptic place with typical identity


View of  The Mount Everest



                                                 Remote village of nepal


                               

Aamir's recent movie PEEPLI LIVE has been officail indian movie to represent india

Aamir Khan has done it again. His latest release Peepli [Live] has been selected as 2010's India's official entry to the Oscars in the Best Foreign Language Film category. After Lagaan, this is the second time that an Aamir Khan Production's film has been selected to compete at the prestigious Academy Awards. However, now it remains to be seen whether Peepli [Live] will get short listed by the Academy to compete at the Oscars.


This movie is  a story of Peepli, a poor farmer Natha (Omkar Das Manikpuri) and his brother Budhia (Raghubir Yadav) from Mukhya Pradesh, indebted of a government loan and unable to repay it. The threat of his land getting auctioned looms large on them. Natha along with his brother Budhia (Raghubur Yadav) are informed of a government program that provides aid to the family of indebted farmers who have committed suicide. After an argument (hilarious) between the brothers, it's finally decided that Natha will bear the brunt of ending his life. 

Local elections are imminent and after the media comes to know of this development (impending suicide), it snowballs, involving scheming politicians, bureaucrats, local henchmen, all trying to have their share from the pie. Whether Natha will commit suicide or not becomes a matter of national interest. 
 The movie focus on the role of media as well and trying to show how media raise the issue for their intrest and even try to attract to attention of viewers by asking to poll on unrelated matters!!

 After all PEEPLI [LIVE] is a brilliant satire which is riveting and heartfelt. Most importantly, it makes you think, and rethink. After LAGAAN this could be yet another journey for producer Aamir Khan all the way to the Kodak Theatre. My best of luck to Aamir and and his team.

MANISHA KOIRALA IS MAKING NEPALI MOVIE!!!! HOPE NEPALI MOVIE WILL GAIN NEW HEIGHT!!!!!

Nepali Actress who is famous in Bollywood film industry has announced that she is going to produce new nepali movie in coming days.On the programme organised to unvil the music album of upcoming nepali movie dharma, manisha told that she is working in scripts and she is still undecisive about the script.

  She said she is intrested in making the movie on the story which will include all the nepali staying in nepal.
  The upcoming movie  Dharma is enlighten due to participation of the well know actor Rajesh hamal and manisha koirala.Producer of the movie durga koirala who was the women and social welfare minister during the king's rule said that she was happy to work in agroup and she find the cinema field more cooperative than political field . On other hand director of the movie was happy to work with the most senior actor and actress of the movie. Manisha told the movie dharma is good as lots of younsters have worked hard in making the movie. Lets see how will it go after the release how ever music of the movie seems to be good.
           

Teej Festival of nepali hindu women where song and dance is essential!!!!!!!!!

Teej (Nepali: तीज) also known as Haritalika  Teej is a fasting festival for Hindu women. It takes place in 3rd day of Shukla Paksha in Bhadrapada or Bhadra month of  Nepali calendar and Hindu calendar, normally falls in the month of August or early September. Dedicated to the Goddess Parvati, commemorating her union with Lord Shiva, the festival is celebrated for marital bliss, well-being of spouse and children and purification of own body and soul. The festival is a three-day-long celebration that combines sumptuous feasts as well as rigid fasting. Teej have other importance as women create  new songs about recent happening and  throw shutire over  males specially who dominate over their husband and daughter in laws.

Preparations for the festival begin well in advance. Fabric stores, sarees and suit outlets are stocked with the bridal red color fabric. Women spend most of the time shopping when Teej is near. Women mainly shops for golden ornaments, new clothes specially red one, bangles etc. Teej gives women an opportunity to dress like the newly wed. They worship the epitome of divine marriage - Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati, for longevity and prosperity for their husband and family.

 Teej in Nepal is celebrated in three days. The first day of Teej is called Dar Khane Din. On this day the women, both married and unmarried, gathered together in a place and dance in special folk songs called teej song and eat delicious foods. In remote areas the married women goes at her mother’s place and dance and eat there.
     The second or the fasting day of the Teej festival is dedicated to pujas and prayers. The holy Pashupatinath temple is thronged by women in red sarees to offer prayers to Lord Shiva. Women gather in the temple and circumambulate the Lingam (phallic symbol of the Lord) adorned with flowers, sweets and coins. The beautifully decorated idols of Shiva and Parvati are offered fruits and flowers to seek blessings of the divine spirits. Lighting of an oil lamp is very important part of the puja ceremony. It is said that the oil lamp should be kept lit all night to avoid bad omen.   

The third day of the Teej Festival is called Rishi Panchami. On this day, the seven sages of the Hindu pantheon are worshiped by women in a belief that it will cleanse all sins of the previous year. Womenfolk take a holy bath with red mud found on the roots of the sacred Datiwan bush, along with its leaves. After three hours of rigorous cleansing, they come out purified and absolved from all sins. After this they sit in a semicircle while a priest sitting in the middle chants devotional prayers.

Nepal, new destination to soothe your mind !!!!

Country of Asia, lying along the southern slopes of the Himalayan mountain ranges. It is a landlocked country located between India to the east, south, and west and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north. Its territory extends roughly 500 miles (800 kilometres) from east to west and 90 to 150 miles from north to south. The capital is Kāthmāndu.

Nepal, long under the rule of hereditary prime ministers favouring a policy of isolation, remained closed to the outside world until a palace revolt in 1950 restored the crown's authority in 1951; the country gained admission to the United Nations in 1955. In 1991 the kingdom established a multiparty parliamentary system  In 2006, however, a decade-long People's Revolution by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) along with several weeks of mass protests by all major political parties of Nepal culminated in a peace accord, and the ensuing elections for the constituent assembly voted overwhelmingly in favor of the abdication of the last Nepali monarch Gyanendra Shah and the establishment of a federaldemocratic republic in May 28, 2008. The first President of NepalRam Baran Yadav, was sworn in on 23 July 2008.


Wedged between two giants, India and China, Nepal seeks to keep a balance between the two countries in its foreign policy—and thus to remain independent. A factor that contributes immensely to the geopolitical importance of the country is the fact that a strong Nepal can deny China access to the rich Gangetic Plain; Nepal thus marks the southern boundary of the Chinese sphere north of the Himalayas in Asia.
                         
                                
 Nepal though poor in economic condition is very rich in cultural diversity and natural resources. Nepal have overwhelming natural resources which makes Nepal natural paradise of the world and the most beautiful place of the nature.
 Nepal is celebrating Nepal tourism year in 2011 and hence I as a nepali love to welcome all to Nepal and support the tourism and enjoy natural beauty of Nepal.

The Everest Marathon


The Everest Marathon, the world's highest marathon, was started in 1985 by Jan Turner and Tony Hunt on a trek to and from Everest Base Camp. Jan Turner pioneered the course in 12 hours without aid stations and a full back pack. On their return to Namche Bazaar they set up an impromptu half marathon. On return to the UK, Jan Turner advertised for competitors and got a trekking agent (Bufo Ventures) to organise logistics. After The Daily Telegraph condemned the idea and warned people would die, the race took off and was held in full in November 1987. Since then there have been various versions of the event but the Hilary Tenzing Everest Marathon is the highest and closest to the original concept.
There are two versions of the Everest Marathon. The Everest Marathon (1987-present) and The Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon (2003-present). The Everest Marathon starts at Gorak Shep, whereas the Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon starts at Everest Base Camp. Both finish in Namche Bazaar.
                                               

 Winners of everest Marathon :



1985    The idea of the Everest Marathon was born in 1985 when two Britons organised an impromptu race from Namche Bazaar to Tengboche monastery and back.

1987    It took two years to organise the first race in 1987 when the course was measured in the worst snow conditions for over 50 years. Despite dire predictions from medical and sports experts about running at high altitude, the event was a huge success and marked a first in athletic history. 45 runners from 5 countries.

1989    73 runners from 9 countries. Winner Jack Maitland (Scotland) set a record of 3.59.04 which was not broken until 1999.

1991    69 runners from 11 countries.

1993    72 runners from 13 countries. Ray Brown (New Zealand) set the veterans' record of 4.28.38. Pierre André Gobet (Switzerland) won the race for a second time but failed to beat Jack's record. Hari Roka (Nepal) came second.

1995    71 runners from 12 countries. Freak snows and avalanches in early November prevented us from reaching the start and only a half marathon could be run. Hari Roka (Nepal) came second again.

1997    88 runners from 14 countries. Anne Stentiford (UK) set the ladies' record of 5.16.03 which was not broken until 2007. Hari Roka became the first Nepali winner.

1999    74 runners from 9 countries. The first spring race. Hari Roka won again and finally broke Jack Maitland's record in 3.56.10. Dawn Kenwright became the first person to win the ladies' race twice.

2000    67 runners from 13 countries. Hari Roka won the race for a third time and smashed his own 1999 record in 3.50.23.

2002    50 runners from 12 countries. Local boy Pasang Temba Sherpa won the race in 3.59 37, one second ahead of Nah Bahadur Shah: the closest finish yet!

2003    60 runners from 6 countries. First was Uttar Kumar Rai in 4.01.44, having been 7th in both 2000 and 2003. Hari Roka was first veteran but still holds the race record.

2005    80 runners from 9 countries. This was very encouraging in view of falling numbers in the previous three races. Tshering Lama Yolma (21) won the race in 3.52.25: a very talented performance. He actually broke Hari Roka's record but was penalised for breaking the minimum kit rule. as did most of the Nepalese runners. There is a kit rule for safety reasons and this will be applied more strictly in future. Obviously a runner can gain time if he drops his 'sac halfway through the race.

2007    87 runners from 10 countries including an entertaining contingent of 12 runners from New Zealand. Although the men did not break any records, three ladies are now in the top 5 ladies’ results and Angela Mudge smashed Anne Stentiford’s record by 14 minutes.
2009    78 runners from 14 countries. Deepak Raj Rai was the winner (3.59.31) and enters the All Time List with Sudeep Kulung Rai. Anna Frost from New Zealand now holds the Ladies’ Record in an unbelievable time of 4.35.04 (6th place overall) with 4 ladies entering the All Time List. Our champion and record holder, Hari Roka, did a sterling job in the sweep team.

Runners have come from the following countries: UK, Nepal, Eire, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Spain, Italy, Denmark, Belgium, Bulgaria, Russia, USA, Canada, Brazil, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China, Malaysia, Argentina, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and the Seychelles.


                                           

White water rafting in nepal

Nepal is home to eight out of the fourteen highest peaks in the world with colorful and intricate Hindu religion to the austerity of the Buddhist monasteries. From these breathtaking heights, rivers crash down through the foothills, fed by monsoon rains and melting snow, on their way to the Great Plains of the Ganges.
Nepal has many rivers for you to explore: Trishuli River (rafting for 1 up to 3 days), Seti River (rafting trip 2 days), Bhote Koshi River (rafting 2 days), Kali Gandaki River (rafting 3 days), Marsyandi River (rafting/kayaking 4 days), Sun Koshi River (rafting 7 to 9 days), Arun River (rafting adventure 9 days), Karnali River (whitewater rafting 10 days), Tamur River (rafting adventure 11 days). On these rivers you will find the world's most thrilling whitewater with a wide range of difficulties, warm water and bug free beaches for camping. All this makes a wealth of unlimited opportunities for great river rafting, kayaking, climbing, mountaineering, biking, hiking and ever popular trekking adventures in Nepal. Nepal has something to offer to everyone.
We are proud to share our wonderful country, culture and our many years of experience in this field with you and give you an excellent opportunity to explore the remote countryside which is never possible without river trips.






Karnali RaftingKarnali River is one of the finest big volume rafting and kayaking trips in Nepal-spectacular, remote, jungle-clad canyons, Big white and abundant wildlife. The Karnali is Nepal's longest and largest river and with its tributaries it drains most of the far west of Nepal-the 'wild west' as many people call it, rising in the vicinity of Tibet's holy Mount Kailash and glacier of Kanziroba Himal, other small peaks, as well as Rara lake rapid encountered on this river is 1 to 5 class. This bottom section of the river definitely lives up to that name-the area that it flows through is wild and relatively unpopulated with some of the most pristine jungle scenery in Nepal abundant wildlife. 

From the frontier town of Surkhet there is an unique and lovely two-day trek through lowland Sal forest to the village of Saul in the seldom seen area of far West Nepal. From Sauli it's 180 km to the nest road access at Chisopani, on the northern border of the Royal Bardia National Park. The river section takes about seven days, giving plenty of time to explore some of the side canyons and waterfalls, which comes in to the river valley. For 180 kilometers we won't see a single sign of the modern world. It's one of the last places in Nepal that you can see old growth forest and have a real chance of seeing Nepal's wildlife. 
The rapids are also pretty wild, with the river building to its climax in these lower canyons shortly after the sharp bend in the river 'the elbow' by the Lohore Khola, the valley narrows into a series of canyons, the river speeds up, and there are big rapids, one leading into another, almost continuously down to the Seti river from the 'Elbow' down to the Seti the gradient is 3m/km (15ft a mile), but after here, the gradient eases, as the river winds through some magnificent un-spoilt scenery, eventually emerging onto the plains and flowing through the Royal Bardia National Park to join the Ganges. Finally leaving you close to Bardia National Park, where you can combine your rafting adventure with a safari trip and maybe spot some of the parks one-horned rhinos and elusive tigers or you can either drive back or fly back to Kathmandu. 

Go on this trip if you want a true expedition style adventure and a totally classic river journey.











Trip itinerary


A unique river passing through the two greenery hills usually explored by beginner and intermediate kayak learners and rafters. It has impressive gorges exciting rapids on its small volume white water. 


Day 1 : We travel to the far west and arrive in Surkhet very late/early hours of the next morning, You are able to have a sleep here.


Day 2 : After breakfast, we will take a truck as far as the road goes until about lunch time [this all depends on availability be flexible]. After lunch we walk all afternoon to the put-in point at Sauli. A great walk which high lights just how "out there" you really are. You pass local villages and spectacular scenery, and then you hit the river.


Day 3 : After having heavy breakfast at 8:00 a.m. we get ready for wild ride. This section of the River is terribly wild. Continues rapid makes rafter forget to breathe. Lunch will be served en-route and camping at 03:00 p.m. in First Inquiry.


Day 4 : This is the type of day that people imagine when they think of Himalayan water. It is big and continuous. We enter into the Jungle Corridor. This is a narrowing jungle clad gorge and it is all ours. The team building is put into full practice and when your guide shouts "all forward " he really means it. Enjoy the ride all day and camp in this sensational setting at God-house.


Day 5 : More of the same including the notorious GOD'S house rapid. Camp at the Seti Dovan and relax.


Day 6 : It isn't over yet! Keep paddling hard! You really are experiencing the best of the west on yet another day of great action and breath taking scenery and camping at Jamuna village


Day 7 : This is a holiday after all so we have programmed a rest day so you can take time to enjoy your surroundings and relax on a great sandy beach.


Day 8 - 9 : We see the rapids dying off as we come out of the gorge. We pass the confluence with the Seti River where the river broadens. Today, the next day and a half are a chance to enjoy your journey admiring the country and villages you pass. You will have seen the safety kayakers in action and will no doubt be inspired, so ask the guides for some supervised instruction, or take over the raft and learn about the river. You see there is more to a rafting expedition than just rafting.


Day 10 : This is the final day of river. We end this trip in the early afternoon at Chisopani Bridge & lunch is served there. You will catch night bus at about 1530hrs to get back to Kathmandu or you can enjoy in Bardia National Park, which is famous for bird watching.

Bungy Jumping


The word "bungee" (pronounced /ˈbʌndʒiː/) originates from West Country dialect, meaning "Anything thick and squat", as defined by James Jennings in his book "Observations of Some of the Dialects in The West of England" published 1825. Around 1930 the name became used for a rubber eraser. The word bungy, as used by A J Hackett, is "Kiwi slang for an Elastic Strap".[4] Cloth-covered rubber cords with hooks on the ends have been available for decades under the generic name bungy cords.
In the 1950s David Attenborough and a BBC film crew brought back footage of the "land divers" (known as "Naghol") of Pentecost Island inVanuatu, young men who jumped from tall wooden platforms with vines tied to their ankles as a test of their courage and passage into manhood.[5] A similar practice, only with a much slower pace for falling, has been practised as the Danza de los Voladores de Papantla or the 'Papantla flyers' of central Mexico, a tradition dating back to the days of the Aztecs.
A tower 4,000 feet high with a system to drop a “car” suspended by a cable of “best rubber” was proposed for the Chicago World Fair, 1892-1893. The car, seating two hundred people, would be shoved from a platform on the tower and then bounce to a stop. The designer engineer suggested that for safety the ground below “be covered with eight feet of feather bedding”. The proposal was declined by the Fair’s organizers.[6]
Bungee at Kawarau Bridge
The first modern bungee jumps were made on 1 April 1979 from the 250-foot Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, by David Kirke, Chris Baker, Simon Keeling, Tim Hunt and Alan Weston of the Oxford University Dangerous Sports Club.[7] The jumpers were arrested shortly after, but continued with jumps in the US from the Golden Gate and Royal Gorge bridges, (this last jump sponsored by and televised on the Americanprogram That's Incredible) spreading the concept worldwide. By 1982 they were jumping from mobile cranes and hot air balloons.
Commercial bungee jumping began with the New ZealanderA J Hackett, who made his first jump from Auckland's Greenhithe Bridge in 1986.[8] During the following years Hackett performed a number of jumps from bridges and other structures (including the Eiffel Tower), building public interest in the sport, and opening the world's first permanent commercial bungee site; the Kawarau Bridge Bungy at Queenstown in theSouth Island of New Zealand.[9] Hackett remains one of the largest commercial operators, with concerns in several countries.
Despite the inherent danger of jumping from a great height, several million successful jumps have taken place since 1980. This is attributable to bungee operators rigorously conforming to standards and guidelines governing jumps, such as double checking calculations and fittings for every jump. As with any sport, injuries can still occur (see below), and there have been fatalities. A relatively common mistake in fatality cases is to use a cord that is too long. The cord should be substantially shorter than the height of the jumping platform to allow it room to stretch. When the cord reaches its natural length the jumper either starts to slow down or keeps accelerating depending upon the speed of descent. One may not even start to slow until the cord has been stretched a significant amount, because the cord's resistance to distortion is zero at the natural length, and increases only gradually after, taking some time to even equal the jumper's weight. See also Potential energyfor a discussion of the spring constant and the force required to distort bungee cords and other spring-like objects.

Bungy jumping, if you thought bungy jumping was restricted to some places in europe, newszland and america , its time you have to move to a natural home in the highest mountain range in the world . The ultimate thrill of bungee jumping can be experiences  in nepal and perhaps the best site in the worl.
 nepal first bungee jumping site is situated 160 m over the bhote koshi river and located close to nepal -tibet border, a three hours bus ride from the capital of nepal  kathmandu. 
 the Jump was designed by one of newzland 's leading bungy consulatants, and is operated by some of the most experiences jump masters  in the buisness. its mishap proof.


Anyone who wants to take a taste of bungee jumping should not have any of the health problems mentioned below:

  • Heart disease

  • Epilepsy,

  • High blood pressure,

  • Pregnancy,

  • Addiction to alcohol or drugs,

  • Orthopedic problems,

  • Psychological problems,

  • Neurological problems.

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