Corner with a Full View

Aren't these girls just gorgeous? Dressed to kill...ahem!  Here are some more girls decked up in the ethnic Kirant Rai attire.

Namaste, won't you travel with me for 10 mins? :-) :-) :D So, this is Nepal Tourism Year 2011, and there was such a lot of publicity from everyone at the beginning of this year. But now, it seems like everyone has gone to sleep or hibernate till this year ends. But not me. Yes, I will act in my own way, in my small ways to make this year a success. I will visit Nepal far and wide, navigating its wildest rivers and densest forests, scaling its highest mountains and trekking in virgin territories...umm...okay enough of the dramatics already!

Nepal Tourism Year 2011 View On Black Originally uploaded by heema_rai The only difference that climate change would make in my city lifestyle is my luxury pattern. When I had gone to my village, for a day or two, I felt pathetic not having luxuries to ward off the heat or deal with the incessant rains. Then I saw or rather experienced how superficial I was being. Because I saw firsthand the plight of my villagers, who were in far seriously pathetic condition than mine. Those people who toil from dawn till dusk in their fields, who have no idea what global warming is, those people who have learned to sweat in their fields from childhood and who die sweating over their land. Those people were being hit hardest by this change, by climate change.

Whenever I feel the need to loosen up I select one of my photos and then go about meddling it in photoshop.

(A longer version of my article published in WAVE Magazine July 2010 issue Liberate yourself in Muktinath View On Black What to take : water bottle, sunscreen with higher SPF, sunglasses, masks/scarves to protect from wind, warm clothes, windcheater, paracetamol tablets, garlic, lemon etc. to prevent altitude sickness You are dead tired of going to the same places, watching the same routine movies, hanging out in the same restaurant. You want to escape from your hectic city life. You are dying to get away somewhere to forget everything and give rest to your computer-weary eyes. You want to have a complete change in your life for once. If so, why not liberate your tired senses through a visit to the much talked about Muktinath area. You have heard it's beautiful, a totally different Nepal, a place one ought to visit once etc. etc. Whatever you have heard about Mustang and Muktinath, they are all true and even more. The place exceeds its legend! read more

Single n proud... Originally uploaded by heema_rai Hey Everyone, I had been reserving this spot for over a year now! And I had thought of blogging about ...well...may be as soon as I knew there was such a thing as blogging. I lost count of the years. That's my way. Always wanting to do something, always planning to do something, even taking the first steps to doing something then leaving it, postponing it, inventing something to not do it or do it later much later!