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As you can see, up above is a table which contains some number figures with all the dates and months and days. Yeah it is quite amazing that the whole calendar can be made in a single table. So now you can carry a copy of a calendar in your pocket and carry around and whenever you need to check out the date you can see it. Well it is the world of technology and I know we have mobiles and Ipods and other devices where we can find dates without much of an effort but yet I think this calendar is far better in terms of finding out the whole year in a single table.

Actually, one of my friend, Bhola, got married yesterday on 29th of April, 2007 that will be Baisakh 16, 2064 according to Nepali calendar, and from his great great-grandfather their occupation used to be creating calendar with all the astrological values calculated in it. So, Bhola’s invitation card included this one table which included whole year calendar and it was quite amazing and wonderful, so I thought of creating one of Gregorian calendar too.

How to read the calendar:
First row contains the 12 months in the 12 columns.
Second row contains number of days in the respective month.
The rest seven rows contains the Days of the month.
In the middle you can find seven rows and five columns with the dates included.

So the third rows has the first day of the month, like for January, the first day is Monday then you can see in the middle Monday = 1 and then so on. So for the month of January you just have to look for the first column and the middle part of the table with the dates. And we can do the same for the rest of the months as well like for February, you only consider the dates for 28 days as mentioned in the second column of the second row.

Though it seems quite confusing for the first timer to read and understand the calendar, once you get the hang of it, it will be quite easier and fun. Well happy calculating! Hope this calendar would help out most of the people and hope they have fun calculating. J

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Nokia is so popular these days. It needs no introduction. Everyone knows that Nokia stands for a brand name for mobile phones. From the old days where there were so limited functions to this new age of N-series, Nokia has been there and stood up tall. It still is there winning the hearts of million, staying in their jeans, their shorts, their ears, yeah everyplace where there is some space, it’s there, Nokia – Connecting People.

I myself own Nokia-3220. Though it is quite an old model, I enjoy it. There still are so less functions in my mobile. My girlfriend owns Nokia 3230. This one has quite a lot of functions than mine.

Nokia 3220, my cell phone, has the following key features:
Integrated camera
Wave banner with the Xpress-on™ Fun Shell (sold separately)
Xpress-on™ grips
Downloadable themes: wallpaper, screensaver, and ringing tone, animated MMS
Cut-out covers
XHTML browser
MIDI ringing tones with synchronized lights
Java™ games and applications
Total 16 MB; user memory area 4 MB

Nokia 3230, her cell phone, has the following key features:
1.3 megapixel camera
Video capture up to 1 hour
Customize your mini-movies with Movie Director
XHTML browser for browsing
Push to Talk over cellular with dedicated key
Music player supporting MP3, MP4, and eAAC+ formats
Stereo speakers with 3D audio
Video streaming (3GPP)
Real time video sharing
FM stereo radio with Visual Radio
45 MB of memory
Expandable memory: microSD card up to 2GB with hotswapping
GPRS Multislot class 32
EGPRS Multislot class 32
WCDMA (3GPP release99)
SAIC

So basically her mobile has got it all. Well the new generation N-Series has got even more. May be if I earn more in future I would buy one latest set of Nokia. Lets see what future brings for me!

Rato Machhindranath; Rato means red and Machhindranath consists of two words macchindra or Matsyendra which means fish (matsya is fish) and nath being the god. Machhindranath is also called god of rain. Here is the story that I found out about the Gorakh Nath, top ranking disciple of Rato Machhindranath.

Machhindranath is held responsible for bringing rain. Hence the festival is held just before the monsoon is to arrive in Nepal. According to legend, there was a severe drought in the valley a long time ago during the reign of King Narayan Dev of Bhadgaon (today known as Bhaktapur). It lasted for twelve long years. It was discovered that Gorakhnath who is a disciple of Machhindranath had imprisoned all the Nags (Snake Gods) who are responsible for bringing rain into the valley. Seated on the top of Mrigasthali, a hillock from where he could control the movement of the Nags, he totally shut off the possibility of them bringing any rain. It appeared he was unhappy because the people had neglected him. Thus he wished to punish them, at the same time hoping that his beloved Guru would come to the people’s rescue when he would also get an audience. It so happened that Lord Machhindranath then resided in Assam and the only way of getting to move Gorakh Nath from his present location was to bring his Guru over to the valley. After lengthy discussions, it was decided that the King and two other officials would travel all the way to Assam to fetch him. The plan was to use tantric mantras to change Machhindranath into a bee and bring him back in a ceremonial vase. The plan worked perfectly and Bandhudutt, the tantric through rituals and mantras captured the God in his vase. It so happened that when the committee was on their way back they stopped a few miles south of Patan. Gorakh Nath hearing of his Guru's arrival rushed out from his hilltop. No sooner had he left Mrigasthali to meet with Machhindranath, then the Nags escaped and brought rain to drought-ridden Kathmandu valley. As Machhindranath is also known as Bungadeo, a town was built in his honour and named Bungamati. Many years after his arrival in the valley, a special temple was built for Machhindranath at Bungamati in Patan district.

Two weeks before the chariot procession is to begin, the idol of Machhindranath is brought out in a palanquin. It is taken to Lagankhel where a large crowd is waiting to witness the ceremony of bathing the red-faced idol. This over, the return journey takes place in the night and the idol is covered in cloth. There is in Patan a family that has the rights to decorating and preparing the God for his long journey by chariot. It is they who repaint the idol in secrecy. The idol is then treated as a Newar Buddhist and put through all the life cycle rituals.

Two chariots are constructed; one for Machhindranath and the other for Minnath, his godson. The Patan Kumari (Living Goddess) is brought to the Minnath temple where his idol is usually kept. The procession of the two chariots gets under way on the fourth day of the bright fortnight of Baishakh (April-May). It is accompanied by a large enthusiastic crowd, which includes Newari musicians playing traditional instruments. Pulling the chariot by means of ropes, it makes a short journey to Gabahal on the first day. There, the Living Goddess arrives to sit on her throne giving blessings to devotees until the evening. Everywhere the chariot comes to a halt, the local people come out with offerings, mostly of rice as the God ensures rain for its cultivation. Rice is not planted until the rains arrive. Feasting and drinking along with animal sacrifices marks the festivities. The chariot moves from one locality to the next giving everyone a chance to pay homage without having to travel too far.

At Lagankhel an unusual ritual is followed. A coconut is dropped from the top of the towering steeple and the waiting crowd rushes to pick it up. It is believed that the lucky one to grab it will be blessed with a son.

The last stop for the chariot is Jawalakhel, which it may reach after more than a month on the road. This happens only when the sun is in the northern hemisphere. The finale comes when the Bhoto (a bejeweled waistcoat) is displayed to the crowd. This sacred waistcoat is held up for all to see and even their majesties the King and Queen make it a point to attend and pay homage to Lord Machhindranath. This is popularly known as the "Bhoto Jatra" (jatra=festival). The Kumari makes a second appearance but basically to witness the Bhoto Jatra. The festival is then over and the idols taken back to their respective resting places; Machhindranath to Bungamati and Minnath to Patan. The chariots are dismantled and stored until the next year. Every twelve years the festival is celebrated with greater fanfare and the procession starts from Bungamati itself. The next one takes place in 2003.

So that is the history and why we worship Rato Machhindranath as god of rain. So from the on 1st day of bright fortnight of Baishakh (May/June) the festival begins. The chariot journey begins from Bungamati and ends to Jawalakhel after the Bhoto Jatra. Lots of Hindu worshippers gathered along this journey to get the blessing of the deity Rato Machhindranath. Though I don’t like to be in crowded place, it is some awesome view to see such a crowd of people gathered in one place for their faith and believe worshipping in full faith. May god bless them!

Bryant’s score of 50 or more for the 10th time this season is now the third-highest total in NBA history behind Wilt Chamberlain’s 45 times with 50 or more in 1961-62, and Chamberlain’s 30 times the following season. Bryant still will have lot to do for the first place in that board. This is Bryant’s 21st time that he scored his 50th points.

I still doubt that the Lakers will ever go to the finals and win the championship. So far, Lakers are still depending on their key player, Kobe Bryant, but they have to realize that basketball is never one-man game. Teamwork and mostly defense is the only quality that Lakers lack at this time. I still have my fingers crossed over here and hope Bryant shows some of his skills and break some records by this playoff.

Nepal has lots of people and tradition within it, and no wonder we do celebrate different festivals accordingly. We have different groups of people and most of them have their own calendars, but most of them all do have 12 months as the world-known Gregorian calendar, i.e. January through December. Amongst the various New Years, most of the Nepali people do celebrate New Year according to the Nepali calendar, i.e. Bikram Sambat also known as Bikram Era, which also runs 12 months from Baisakh (mid-April) to Chaitra. The whole 12 months are: Baisakh, Jestha, Asadh, Shrawan, Bhadra, Ashwin, Kartik, Mangshir, Poush, Magh, Falgun, and Chaitra. Lots of excitements are there since this is the first month, first day of the new dawn. We have different festivals on this day. Lots of concerts too are being organized during day. People try to celebrate it the way they care and want this day.

Kathmandu is surrounded by four hills namely, Jama cho (Nagarjun Hill), Sipu cho (Shivapuri Hill), Fu cho (Fulchoki Hill), Dhin cho (Champadevi Hill). So in this New Year you will find people roaming around all of these hills to see the beautiful view of Kathmandu from up ahead. Among these four hills, Fulchoki Hill is the biggest one but Shivapuri Hill has the longest journey as it has a wide range. So the journey for this hill begins one day before the New Year. Most of the people also go to Nagarkot to view the beautiful sunrise of the New Year. So people stay there the night before the New Year and wake up early before the Sun and wait for the sunrise. In Bhaktapur, people have different festivals going on. In Kathmandu, too various concerts are being organized on the New Year Eve and the New Year as well. It is just so awesome. One should be here to have those cool experiences.

This year it was not that much fun for me as I didn’t go anywhere to celebrate. It is Saturday so only fun I had was playing Basketball as I do every Saturday. At the end of the day, we sat around Basantapur (our hangout place), had some tea, and after a while we headed to Thamel, the most happening place in Kathmandu. But unfortunately, when we reached there the concert had the last song to play. So after that, we returned to our houses and the day ended. I sometimes miss the days I used to celebrate the New Year, sometimes celebrating by going hiking to those big hills, sometimes going to Bhaktapur, sometimes going to the concerts, sometimes…

Happy New Year to all my Nepali Friends!!!

Along the New Year comes this festival that occurs in Thimi, Madhyapur, Bhaktapur called Bisket Jatra. It has been celebrated since the time of Lichhavi dynasty king, Shivadev. On the first day special worships are offered to the goddesses Nilbarahi and Kumari. On the last day of our Nepali year, Chaitra, a ritualistic pole symbolizing the Bisket Jatra is installed in the evening after the idol of the Nilbarahi deity is adorned with the brass-made ornaments. The same day chariot of Kumari is pulled and taken up to Lachhitol where there is a person who will be piercing his tongue as a part of the festival rituals. The firewood collected from the forest is burnt during the campfire held in front of that person. The person volunteering to have his tongue pierced observes a fasting after that. On the New Year’s day, the chariot of Mahalaxmi and Bhairab deities are brought to the Mahalaxmistan. Here too special worships are offered to the chariots at Bode, Thimi, and Nagadesh. Various Newari instruments are being played during these festivals. The festival runs throughout out the night with the torch held by the local people over there. All of the local take part in pulling the chariot of Kumari that night. The sound of Dhimya Baja just keeps the people wake up and the excitement is just awesome. They celebrate it whole day and night and start the New Year with full of joy, excitement, faith in god, and peace in their mind.

TC stands for Tri-Chandra College. TC is one of the oldest college of Kathmandu or Nepal as a whole. In the heart of TC, there is the monument, “Ghanta Ghar,” Roman-styled clock which gives NST (Nepali Standard Time). And the opposite of that monument there is another monument called “Rani Pokhari.” Besides the “Rani Pokhari” is the central office and building of TC, and at the corner we have our own basketball court, which has been our home court since 9-10 years back. Since college, we started playing there. Though we are not the actual student of TC, we have been involved in several games from TC. People there have respect on us and they know us as TC Basketball players. Most of them even don’t know that we haven’t ever studied there but as we always hang around there and play basketball not only for fun but even participated in several tournaments from TC team. At those times, we used to play daily throughout the day. Sometimes, I don’t even have my food and I will be playing all day long in those sunny days, as the result of which we get skin burn. But who cares? As long as we have basketball to play. We just love the game and more often love to play and have fun with it. I don’t know the exact measurement of the court but it seems pretty big than the usual ones. I believe it must be of NBA professional court. It is the biggest courtyard I have know that ever exists in Nepal. One in Tribhuwan University is a big court as well but I think TC’s court is even bigger than that one as the 3-point range is pretty far as compared to Tribhuwan University’s court. As time went by, lots of our friends went abroad and we have less friends who are regular players there now. So from daily, it has become once a week on Saturdays that we play in our home court. I hope in future, we still will have the same number of friends remaining and I am afraid it wouldn’t be once a year play or so. For now I am enjoying once a week game on Saturdays. Lets play some hoop guys! In our own home court! TC Court!!!

From where I know and read in childhood in school may be, Late King Prithivi Narayan Shah Dev made all the small “rajyas” united into a single country and named it Nepal. “Rajyas” - I think there were like 22 and 24 rajyas something like that as far as I remember. Baisya (22 in Nepali) rajya and chaubisya (24 in Nepali) rajya. Actually different groups of people had different circles and they had their own small kingdom at that time. And I think the word Nepal came from the Newars so called Nepa in Newari language. Well actually Newari language is called as Nepa Bhasha in our Newari. And in fact, the capital Kathmandu was ruled by Mallas while Prithivi Narayan Shah Dev captured it. But in remote past, I think according to the history, Yalambar was the first king of Nepal, well I should say Kathmandu. Yalambar was a king of Kirantes. So after Prithivi Narayan Shah Dev united it as Nepal, he chose Kathmandu, also called Kantipur, as the capital even though he was originally the king of Gorkha. And after he united it as one, he said, “Nepal char (4) jaat chattis (36) barna ko fulbari ho.” (Nepal is a garden of 4 Jaat and 36 barna.) So from that quotation, there should be 4 main castes here in Nepal. I think they are Bahun, Chettri, Sudhra, and other Baisya, something like that. Though I am not sure about it. I hardly remember it. I am sure about Bahun and Chettri though. Other two are little bit confused ones and about 36 barna too. So we have lots of multicultural people living here in Nepal.

What I hate the most is the discrimination in the people that we make especially in Newars. Mostly the older generations are still pretty conservative and they are like pulling owns leg rather than supporting each other. I know being a Newar I should be proud, somewhat I am, but yet lots of things are there that makes me wonder when it comes to conservativeness and lots of rituals we still are in, like Guthis as such. Guthi are like group within Newars. Guthis are groups of different people of same caste within Newars. It is forbidden to marry another boy/girl of different Guthi. If you do so, you will be out of your Guthi and considered as you have no caste or relation with any of them whatsoever. We have like lower caste and upper caste. Lower castes people cannot go to the kitchen or touch anything that belongs to upper caste people. Upper caste people wont even drink the water touched by the lower caste people. Lots of discrimination still exists in our society about this caste issue. I just wonder when this discrimination will end and people will understand there is only one caste, Human; only one dharma or religion, Humanity.