This book is brought in light with a view to know the secret impact upon Nepalese life caused by evil and black spirits. The specialities of this book are four types of Tantric Healing Mandalas, seven new symbolic Tantric letters unknown to common people and prevailing religious ritual spells to get rid of mysterious problems. So, this book will be helpful for foreign friends who have great interest to know and those who are visiting here in Nepal for research in this field. For more details better to put link with the author of this book or email on bajra.vidya@yahoo.com.

Sagarmatha National Park

Sagarmatha National Park is located in the Eastern Nepal, which covers some parts of the Himalayas and the southern half of Mount Everest. The park was established on July 19, 1976 and it was inscribed as Natural World Heritage Site. “Mother of the universe” is the Sanskrit meaning for the name Sagarmatha and is the modern Nepali name for Mount Everest.

The park has the area of 1,148 km² and is located at an altitude of 2,845 m. Only 3% of the park is occupied with the forest, where as 28% is grazing land and 69% land comprises barren areas. It contains upper watershed of the Dudh Koshi river basin system. The forests provide habitat to at least 118 species of birds, including Danphe, Blood pheasant, Red-billed chough, and yellow-billed chough. Sagarmatha National Park is also home to a number of rare species, including snow leopard and panda.

References:

• http://www.wcmc.org.uk/protected_areas/data/wh/sagarmatha.html
• Official UNESCO website entry
• Park Regulations
  

Innocent Life

Water and Sanitation: Big Problem in Nepal

“Water is life and Sanitation is Dignity”, it can be assumed as a universal truth. These two issues always come together as these are correlated. In the case of poor sanitation, water bodies may also get polluted and water, which is certainly life, can cause death, too. In the aspect, proper sanitation is not only dignity but also life for all.

But large number of people suffers from various diseases every year. Each year 1.8 million children die from diarrhea and 50% of all people in developing countries suffers from a health problem caused by the lack of water and sanitation unveiled the UN Human Development Report 2006.

In Nepal, around 13000 children die due to water borne diseases. Unfortunately, the issues on water and sanitation have never been address properly, neither in the past nor in present. But if it is not addressed for the future and kept on neglecting, it would be disasterous in coming future.