Funeral of Nepali former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala

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Nepal Maoist Called Nation Wide General Strike

06/12/2009, Kathmandu.

Npeal is under Nation wide general strike " Nepal Banda" called by Maoist. The strike was called against the Kailali incident where five people were killed between police and illegal settelers in a public forest are on 4th December 2009.

Most of schools, banks, transports, shops, and all the public concerned station were closed due to the strike. People were walking on foot to reach the destination. Only some rickshaws, Cycle, ambulances and vehicles of police were randomly running in the empty road in Katmandu. Most of the cross road section is filled with security forces and Maoist supporters.

A Nepali Village Landscape

Rain and Parijat Flower

Janai Purnima festival celebrated in Nepal

Kathmandu August 5
Janai Purniama festival is being celebrated wearing new sacred thread through out Nepal today. On the occasion of Janai Purnima festival which is also called "Raktchya Bandan", most of the Nepali Hindus visit near by temples or rivers to take bath and worship with out eating food. After the worship "pooja", there, in the temples or rivers side they wear the sacred thread "Janai" offered by the Hindu priest. They offer money or present to the priest. After wearing Janai they can have food. Changing of Sacred Thread is performed on Janai Purnima day. Old Sacred Thread is removed and new sacred thread is worn on this day.
Many Hindu Pilgrims and worshipers visited Pashupathinath in Kathmandu, the biggest temple of God Shiva and celebrated this festival today. Pashupatinath was crowed with pilgrims, who go to wear Janai and priest, who offer Janai to them since early in this morning. Children, teenagers, youth and old people all aged people visited this temple and celebrated this festival . I reached Pashupathinath early in the morning and worn sacred thread and started to take photos for Demotix.

Painting abstract nature with camera and light

While learning photography, I learned that photography is painting with light but with the help of camera. Normally it is taught that you should focus your subject sharply through the lens and should not also shake your camera to avoid the blurred image. Some times when we break the rule, we discover different approach with new expression. Here in these photos I have broken the rule of sharp focus and camera shake to express abstract expression of nature. All these photos are of a flower plant that I took with defocused lens, camera shake and fast zoom in and out. Each time the abstract images give different play of colors with different movements

Here ,I have followed the definition of photography "painting with light but with the help of camera" In my perspective these images are beautiful because they consist of play of lights and colors for visual pleasure and the abstract expression of natural flowering plant letting the viewer to imagine thousand words. In fact I would like to say these images abstract painting of nature with the help of light and camera. It is just a different way of expression, the rest is for you to comment……………………………….

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