A great news to celebrate for all who love Nepal : Tsering Choden’s video submission for Democracy Video Challenge has been declared a winner! She is among the 6 to receive an all-expense-paid trip to New York, Washington, and Los Angeles in September, where they will meet with democracy groups, film and television companies, the media, and government organizations. Screenings of their films are planned in all three cities. More than 900 people from 95 countries participated in the challenge and Tsering’s video beat all submissions from South and Central Asia.

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बिभिन्न स्रजकहरुको सृजना पाठकहरु समछ लैजाने प्रयास अन्तर्गत रङीनचराका सकृय सदस्य दीपक पौडेलको रचना ‘हामी’ आज यहाँ पस्किएको छु। तपाईंहरु पनि आफ्नो लेख-रचना रङीनचरामा प्रकाशित गर्न चाहनु हुन्छ भने कृपया rangeenchara@gmail.com मा ईमेल गरेर पठाउनु होस।

सपना थियो हामी सम्बृद्ध हुने
आकांक्षा थियो चौतर्फी बिकासको
थियो चाहिएको तरक्की जलस्रोतमा
आवस्यकता हो सुधारको शिक्षा र रोजगारिमा !!

छ उन्नत जनचेतनाको स्तर पनि
छ भएको स्थापना गणतन्त्रको पनि
छ सम्पन्न भएको संबिधानसभाको निर्वाचन
छ पर्याप्त्तता नेतागण र दलहरुको पनि !!

तर,

बन्द र चक्काजाम स्वभाविक बनेको छ
अभाब र महंगीले सगरमाथा मात गर्न थालेको छ
लोडसेडिङले किर्तिमान कायम गरेको छ
विश्वाशको संकट झन गहीरिएको छ!!

अग्रगमनको नारा दिनेहरू
सर्बसत्ताबाद्को डन्का पिटनेहरू
प्रदेश र सँघियताको नारादिनेहरू
नेपथ्यबाट फोहोरी खेलखेल्नेहरू !!
सबै चलमलाइरहेछन फगत चलमलाईरहेछन

राष्ट्रियता खोक्रो भईरहेछ
अखण्डता चोइटीरहेछ
सार्वभौमीकता धर्मराइरहेछ
मुलुक पराधिन बनीरहेछ !!

हामी टुलु टुलु हेरीरहेछौ
केबल हेरीरहेछौ !!

-दीपक पौडेल

If you haven’t heard about KFC and Pizza Hut opening in Kathmandu yet then that’s one old news already. You can see the interview with the Nepal Unit Manager of the company in eKantipur.com here. The news has already created a buzz in the Nepalese community as can be seen here, here and here. If things go as planned, Kathmanduites will be able to try KFC and Pizza Hut by September 2009.

Investors have been complaining for long that Nepal does not have a suitable environment for investments. With political instability still looming, what does the decision to open two well known fast food chains in Kathmandu imply? Are the investors hopeful about stability or is it that the fast-food industry thrives even during tough times.

Also, KFC and Pizza Hut both have a knack among the youth but still they would have to face tough competition from local favorites like mo:mo. Will these new chains be able to win Nepalese hearts despite declining popularity worldwide due to health issues? In any case, the introduction of international fast-food chains in Nepal would change the fast-food industry for sure. What exactly would be its impact is something we need to wait and watch.