Videos tagged with "politics"

Talks with a Leader regarding the ongoing 'Bandh' in Nepal at Jomsom [04:30]
We did talk with the Leader regarding the cause of calling "Bandh" and about various issues in politics in Nepal.
Tags: Bandh in Nepal, Jomsom

Nepal Bandh Day Two... Kathmandu [04:35]

Tags: bandh, Nepal Bandh, Kumaripati, Kathmandu, politics, raju nepal

Nepal Banda 2069 Jestha 8 [01:20]
Day two
Tags: Bandha, Nepal, Politics, Rajunepal

Episode 168: The Kangshung Face [36:43]
Third Side's A Charm. This morning Everest finally revealed her last secret as we were able to get a clear view of her East Side, the mysterious Kangshung Face. The weather was as clear as it could possible be and the white snow covering her flanks looked dazzling in contrast to the deep blue sky. We call this tallest mountain on the planet by three names. Westerners refer to her as Everest in honor of Sir George Everest, the British Surveyor General of India during the mid 19th century. In Nepal, she's officially called Sagarmatha which literally means "forehead of the ocean" but generally interpreted to mean "Goddess of the Sky". Interestingly enough,very few actually use Sagarmatha because the name was created by the Nepali government in the 1960s as a way to infer ownership over the peak. Ah, politics. In general, the local peoples surrounding the world's tallest mountain call her by the Tibetan name of Chomolungma or Qomolanma. Of course Chomolungma means different things to different people. Some believe it to mean "Goddess Mother of Snows" or "Highest Mountain". I've also heard that it means "Big Hen" as in a female chicken with it's feathers all puffed out. Luckily, the most adhered to definition of Chomolungma is "Mother Goddess of the Universe". Whether you call her Everest or Sagarmatha or Chomolungma, the tallest mountain in the world has 3 distinct sides (the South Face, North Face and East Face) and is therefore large enough to accommodate all of them. Jon ...
Tags: Everest, the, other, side, Mt., Mount, Mountains, Mountaineering, climbing, expedition, camping, hiking, backpacking, adventure, outdoors, travel, Nepal, Kathmandu, Katmandhu, Tibet, Sherpa, Monk, yak, Buddhism, Hinduism, Spirituality, documentary, film,

bandh in Prithvi Highway near Bharatpur Nepal May 2008 [01:30]
A main form of protest in Nepal is known as a "bandh" - literally "closed." The goal is to stop all vehicular traffic until somebody pays attention to your issue. The police used to respond to these with force, but have become more selective about this, since it leads to escalation. Here is one which was carried out by middle school students just north of Bharatpur on the only highway leading into the Kathmandu Valley. The issue? getting enough textbooks for their school. Human Rights observers came. It held things up until 3 PM, when school normally lets out......in the meantime, we spent four extra hours on the road, and we had quite a distance to go before we were in Tansen. The tourists from Chicago got their introduction to Nepali politics. hey, it's better than shooting at each other......
Tags: bandh+Nepal+UMN+Prithvi+, Joeniemczura