Vijaya Dashami , Dashain Festival

The cultural and religious festival, Bijaya Dashami, is being celebrated across the country on Thursday, on the 10th day of the waxing moon in the Nepali month Ashwin as per the lunar calendar.
During the Bijaya Dashami Festival, the biggest festival of the Nepali, there is the tradition of receiving 'tika' and 'jamara' from elders as the auspicious item bestowed by the goddesses Nawa Durga, Mahakali, Mahalaxmi and Mahasaraswati.
'Tika' is the mixture of red vermillion powder and curd that is put on the forehead as a sign of victory and good luck. Similarly, 'jamara' are the maize or barley shoots that are germinated especially for the Dashain festival and put behind the ears or between the hair, in strands, on the head on the last day of the Bijaya Dashami festival as blessings of the goddesses.
The barley or maize is sown on a special anointed altar on the day of Ghatasthapana, the first day of the 10-day Dhasin festival. The Durgasaptasati scriptures, hymns devoted to the Goddess Durga are recited until the ninth day from the day of Ghatasthapana.
There is the tradition of receiving the 'tika' and 'jamara' and blessings from the elders on the day of the Bijaya Dashami.
According to Prof Dr Ram Chandra Gautam, the chairman of Nepal Calendar Determination Committee, the Mahanawami and Dashami fall on the same day (today) this year. The committee has stated that the statues of the goddesses and the special anointed altar where the jamara were germinated could be immersed in rivers or ponds at the auspicious time of 10:45 am and the tika and jamara received at 10:55 am today.
Bijaya Dashami is also celebrated as the victory of truth and good over evil and falsehood. There is the practice of putting on new clothes and enjoying sumptuous meal and delicacies as per one's purchasing power and cleaning and painting the house, courtyards and community on the occasion of the Dashain.
It is believed that the festival of Dashain inspires mankind to forsake lust, greed, avarice, anger, arrogance, indolence, violence and theft. RSS
note: text copy from www.ekantipur.com

Dashain Festival In Nepal

We are celebrating Dashain festival now . I would like to  wish Happy and peaceful Dashain festival. 

Stars are sparking in sky

stars are sparking in sky
I can see sparking stars
I can see stars are falling
I can hear Himalaya are smiling

I don't know really
sparking stars can see me  or not
I don't know really
smiling Himalaya can see me or not

I am seeing all these
I am hearing all these
I love all these around
these all are my Happiness

Everest base camp trekking -Day 2 phakding to Namche Bazaar 3440m

Day 2: Phakding 2640m - Namche Bazaar 3440m
we leave phakding early morning. Almost all the lodges are good. some lodges got some problem and they already repaired it.  when I came down from Everest base camp in may, Trail was little damage by landslide in Tok Tok . it seemed it repairsa bit and we can  walk there also as usual trail.  There was a tall waterfall at the end of tok tok and small restaurant. I found big landslide there. there was a bridge and its already flow away. waterfall still looks as normal but bridge and little restaurant flow away by landslide.  I look down to dhudh koshi river. it seemed it had blocked even dhudh koshi river for few hours. But river looks flowing in normal way now. we move keep moving bengkar monjo jor salle. All  trails and tourists lodges are ok.  we reach namche in afternoon. I see namche bazaar as before I had seen . we keep walking around there. most of shops look closed.

Everest basecamp trip details after earthQuake Day 1 kathmandu - Lukla - Phakding

Kathmandu 1337m - Lukla 2860m - Phakding 2640m 

Our flight is at 6AM, so we have to reach the airport at around 5AM. I went to the hotel to meet my group at 4:50AM then drove to the airport. When we made it there, the airport was still closed and a group of people were standing in front of the doors, so we kept following them. FInally, the airport luggage entry door opened at 5:42AM. I just hope there will be better communication between airlines and airport officials before making flight schedules next time.

We entered the airport and checked our baggage. You can only fly with a bag weighing 10 kg or less, and 5kg or less for carry-ons, which totals to 15 kg to fly to Lukla and back to Kathmandu. We are boarding as soon as we get our boarding passes. Then we ride a bus for a while to get to the plane. THe flight leaves soon, and the weather doesn't seem too bad. IT was a really exciting flight for me as always. I always love to fly over clouds and see the ocean of clouds below me. Our flight was a mere thirty minutes, and we landed in Lukla.

When I came off the plane, a police officer came and grabbed me, as well as my group, and took us to baggage check. I noticed people with khadas in their hands, and I assumed a VIP was coming. After a while, a foreign Asian female arrived. Everyone welcomed her with khada. I made a guess that she was Junko Tabei, the first female who managed to climb Mt. Everest 1975 

I took a video of her from the window within the baggage claim. Afterwards, we took our luggage and went out for breakfast in the khumbu resort while porters arranged our baggage. There is currently lots of news on the Nepal trekking area, including the khumbu trail. I hope to write a trip report to shed some light on the trail for others.

We left Lukla at around 9 AM. Most of the hotels in Lukla are the same as those before, and I saw no problems with it. There were some homes that were broken and cracked, that were in the process of being rebuilt. We continued on to phakding. Many of the restaurants and lodges were standing tall as usual, with very welcoming people. We passed through chheplung, Thade koshi, and ghat. Chheplung looked alright, but there are a few lodges that have problems in thade koshi, however they've already started to rebuild them. There weren't any problems on the trail, it is just like the previous year. We reached phakding and stayed there over night.

Mid Night in Himalayas lake

Mid Night in Himalayas Lake 

wake up in mid night
stars are starring
moon is moving away
lake keep reflecting everything

I walk around lake
reflection moving around me
I am only one there
reflections are many

I found my dream is there
I found my peace is there
I found my happiness are there
I found my soul remains there

Democracy or Donkeycracy ?

I am worrying current situation of Nepal. I have been thinking to write something even when i was in trekking. But  I didn't know where to start to write. Finally i figure out some point to start  here.

What India think about Nepal?  What Indian think and want from Nepal?

 I have been asking this question to myself for  long time. Finally today i decide to ask publicly to India and Indian? They always claim themselves they the largest democratic country in the world? I don't know what is their Democracy meaning?

 I was born in mountain area. I used to see lots people work as porter to carry many different goods.  Later on , I saw people bought donkey to carry good from one market to other market. I used to see lots donkey carrying goods from my home. My home was just few meters down  from the main trail of the village.  I used to see, first donkey always had big bell in it's neck. It always walked first. I used to see it often in trail. I used to see it always front. if it is not in front, other donkey stop around take a rest or eat grasses.  Other donkey never surpass leader donkey. just simply follow leader donkey and do as he does.

Democracy or Donkeycracy ?
 I heard the word democracy around 1992 or earlier. I was  a school kid . i din't know much. As time keep moving, i keep growing.  I saw lots things around as the name of democracy. All these thing force me to think what is democracy. After all from last week what I know  Democracy is nothing. It's someone's nonsense.
Example 1:  how a largest democratic country India can blockade  another democratic country Nepal?
example 2:  USA and Europe never raise any issue  of democracy about middle east where there is  even woman can't drive car? fair election is far behind .

After last blockage from India, i think they are following donkeycracy and and imposing us the same cracy to us.  We cant accept it. We cant accept it. We have right to decide what we like and what we like to do.

My Second Question is what Indian think and want from Nepal?
 This is the test of Indian people. I heard some Indian people already ask Indian government to lift up the blockade. But voice is very small. It's good to know there are some people who believe in democracy  but  still most people seemed like they are believing in Donkeycracy.  It's no wonder they are born in donkeycracy and train with donkeycratic leaders. So i think it's too much to expect  horse from donkey.
 It's  Indian people time to prove who they are.