Orthodox tea attracting German buyers in Nepal

Ilam is most popular for producing TEA in Nepal which is in Eastern part of Nepal. Where record of NTCDB 17.4 million kgs tea was produced from 17,451 hectares last year. Of the total production orthodox tea accounted for 20 percent. More than 95 percent of orthodox tea is exported to Germany, Japan, South korea and India. So now, Nepali orthodox tea is attracting German buyers of late after tea growers in the Eastern hills shifted to organic tea production. Nepali orthodox tea was gradually losing its charm among international buyers due to overuse of chemical fertilisers and pest. But now the scenario is changing.

         A group of German traders which inspected tea gardens and tea processing plants in Ilam, agreed to buy tea from some producers. The team agreed to busy tea from Sundarpani Tea Producers, Cooperative in Fikkal, Himalayan Shangri-La Tea Producers of Sankhejung and Kanchanjunga Tea Estate in Panchthaar. The team also certified these factories as 'ORGANIC PRODUCER'. Himalayan Shangri-La which exported 40,000 kgs tea last year to German and other European countries is also set to increase its production and export this year. Company is providing facilities to small holder tea growers for organic tea production. Every year traders from Germany and other European countries visit tea estate in Ilam. They choose products that are free of chemical uses. Unlike past, foreign traders are now looking bulk production of organic tea.

       Thomas Homse, who has been involved in promoting Nepali tea in the European market, said there were a few Nepali producers engaged in organic tea production although the product has a huge export potential in Nepal.

A river runs through it.

       Given the centralised nature of development, it is not surprising that the Central and Western Development Regions got most of the hydropower royalties. The parliamentary committee and one which perhaps, has a much more profound bearing on Nepalis is ensuring local participation in the construction of West Seti by providing 10 percent of the stake to residents of the Farwestern region and a further 14 percent to other Nepalis in general. In effect the committee recognised that it is not only those handful of individuals who have somehow managed to wrangle licenses for themselves but that ordinary citizens too, should be allowed an opportunity to directly benefit from nepal's water resources. As per current rules, 50 percent of the royalty goes to the centre, with 38 percent allocated to the development region housing the power project and 12 percent to the concerned districts. It seems a reasonable arrangement except when one looks at how the sharing actually happens. The table here shows figures provided by the Department of Electricity Development on how the hydropower royalty was distributed in 2011. Given the centralised nature of development in Nepal, it is not surprising that the Central and Western Development Regions gobbled up almost all of it, with the other regions getting just a little over 5 percent. Most gallingly the Far West received zilch. If only for that reason, West Seti will prove a boon to the most neglected part of the country. That however will still be a while off. For the foreseeable future, it will be the Central region that will continue to reap the benefits of hydropower royalty with major upcoming projects like Upper Tamakoshi and Middle Bhotekoshi, located within the periphery of Kathmandu. Going back to the question of allowing local investment, it is significant that the parliamentary committee asked that 10 percent be set aside for the region, rather than the district. since it opens the possibility of benefit to a much larger populace whether they live in the mountains or the Tarai. This is also an issue that will have to be given a great deal of thought when we design our model of federalism since we do not want those who live in the Tarai. nearly half the population to be denied our rivers largesse. This is particularly true for people of Tarai origin since many hill people would be able to retrace a connection with their ancestral lands up in the mountains and so claim shares. A major objection is if the kind of money required for massive projects like West Seti can be ratsed domestically. The cost of West Seti is estimated at Rs. 130 billion. The parliamentary committee wants 24 percent of that amount that is Rs. 30 billion to be raised within Nepal with Rs. 13 billion from the Far West alone. These are huge sums of money but the experience of Chillime Hydropower Project gives reason for hope. Chillime set aside 10 percent of its shares to Rasuwa, the district where the project is located and a further 14 percent to other Nepalis. It received commitments of over Rs. 4.2 billion for a share issue worth just Rs. 800 million.

Nepal's Women are being trafficked to the Middle East using New Delhi and Mumbai.

          In Nepal, the current situation is largely increasing for migrant workers from Nepal. This is making lack of manpower in nation which is very bad being such like underdeveloping country. Specially now a large number of women migrant workers are being traded illegally to Kuwait and other countries in the Middle East using Delhi and Bombay airports as transit points. The well-connected network of traffickers both in countries of transit and final destination presents a big challenge though Trafficking of migrant workers is emerging as a trans-national crime with well channelled international rackets exploiting legal loopholes and lack of proper coordination among concerned authorities, according to the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB). Those traffickers or agencies involved in human trafficking forge documents are making fake citizenship certificates and passports. And dealings between the workers and outsourcing agents remain clandestine. Even Indian and Bangladeshi nationals are found to be using the Nepali route and Nepali passports to go abroad. CIB investigations have found that many of those migrant workers, especailly women end up being tortured and sometimes even suffer sexual exploitation at the hands of their employers. Without earning and insurance cover they are left with no choice but to return carrying bitter memories. Some of them even commit suicide. While many are forced to run away from the torture of the employers and become stray. Nepali missions abroad receivee hundreds of cases of victimised migrant workers in each month.

History of Tamang.

Tamang are an ancient and major indigenous people of Nepal.During the 8th century the Tibetan King employed Tamangs as border patrol to protect the people and lands of Tibet. In Tibetan, the word Tamang means: 'Horse Warriors'. As such, they lived around the southern Himalayan region.

Before the creation of Nepal, Tamangs occupied the Terai Hills in the 7th century. Nepal, was formed later in the 18th century and saw a slow assimilation of the Tamang group with other communities in the region. Around the 18th century following conquests from other communities, the land owned by Tamangs were taken away and distributed to the new rulers of the region.Tamangs are mostly believe in 'Bon' Dharma which is one of the Buddhist releigion and are known as Buddhist cultural and cultural system. Which have a system of six types of societal leaders: Tamba, Ganba, Bonbo, Labonbo, Lama and Choho--to keep the Tamang society continuously alive and dynamic. The six have their respective and important roles to play in the development of Tamang society. The Tamba looks after the cultural aspect and has a very important role to play in marriage ceremonies. The Lama carries out death rites (Ghewa) and undertakes activities related to the Buddhist religion. The Bonbo propitiates the local gods and goddesses and assists by providing treatment to the sick and needy in the village. The Labonbo (Laptaba) keeps alive the history of the clan and lineage through the worship of clan deities. As each thar, or subgroup, has its own Phola or clan deity, there are different Labonbos for each and every subgroup. The Choho looks into cases and dispenses justice and maintains peace, security and wellbeing in society. The Ganba participates in all types of social, political and religious activities. He observes the various activities of society, including whether the Tamba, Bonbo, Lama, Labtaba, Choho, etc have fulfilled their functions as prescribed by rituals and to the best of their ability or not, and evaluates the activities and gives his suggestions. Thus, the six societal leaders or actors continue to make the Tamang society aware of its duties and responsibilities. There are also in Tamang society traditional institutions like Nhangkhor active to undertake socio-cultural activities.

    Their traditional area is the hilly region between the Budhigandaki river and the Likhu river. At present, they live in large numbers in the districtmans  which is surroundingly spread (Kathmandu valley) of Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading, Makawanpur, Sindhuli, Ramechhap, Dolakha, Lalitpur, Sindhupalchok and Kavrepalanchok in the Central Development Region. They are also scattered all over the country, and outside Nepal they are found in large numbers in Darjeling, Sikkim, Asam and Nagaland of India and in Burma and Bhutan. The total population of Tamang in Nepal, according to the census of 2001, is 1,282,304, ie 5.6 per cent of the total population of the country. The Tamang language occupies fifth place in the country in terms of the number of speakers speaking any one language and first place among the Tibeto-Burman languages.

       As this Tamang people should be ahead in nation but Unfortunately, many years of marginalization and discrimination have hindered the progress of the Tamangs. But despite facing several hardships they have survived to maintain their distinct identity and recent years have seen some developments.

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The Historical Buddhist Sites in Nepal.

Kapilavastu and LumbiniNepal is known as the Hollyland where the Lord Buddha was born at Lumbini near the Shakyan capital of Kapilavastu in the southern region of Nepal known as the terai. Which is really spiritual hollyland to gave a born. Now Lord Buddha also known as "The Light of Asia". The 5th-century Chinese pilgrim Fa-hsien described Kapilavastu as a "great scene of empty desolation", populated by a few monks, a score or two of families and dangerous animals such as lions and white elephants. Fa-hsien none the less visited well-known sites, including the Shakyan palace, the place where the child bodhisattva's identifying marks were discovered, and, east of the city, the garden of Lumbini where the future Buddha's mother bathed and gave birth. Mounds, stupas and other ruins testified to previous Buddhist institutional prosperity. Buddhist tradition tells that the emperor Ashoka visited Nepal in the 3rd century BC and erected a stupa and an inscribed column at Lumbini. Recent excavations have uncovered evidence of stupas, monastic dwellings and the well-preserved structure of the bathing-pool. The Ashokan column -rediscovered in 1896 but snapped in half by a lightning bolt - may also be seen at Lumbini. Theravada and Tibetan monasteries have been built in the past two decades near Lumbini, re-establishing the site as an important, although geographically remote, devotional centre.
Swayambhunath and Boudhanath (Kathmandu)

Kathmandu is Capital of Nepal, where located so many Historical places and materials among them Swayambhunath and Boudhanath is special to all Buddhist people.To commemorate his missionary visit, the emperor Ashoka is said to have built innumerable stupas in Nepal. Two surviving examples, much restored, may derive from the Ashokan period. These are the remarkable Swayambhunath and Boudhanath stupas in Kathmandu. Both stupas share unique Nepalese architectural features. Surmounting the conventional dome is a "steeple" raised on thirteen diminishing tiers to symbolize the thirteen Buddhist heavens. Yet more striking is the design of the square base (harmika) from which the tiers rise. The harmika is gilded, and a face gazes with immense eyes of inlaid metal and ivory from each side. One explanation for this unique Nepalese iconography is that the eyes suggest a solar cult expressed on some Hindu temples by "sun-faces". A second idea is that the temple represents the "Primal man" (mahapurusha) of early Hinduism. Buddhist theory would suggest that the eyes are a sign of the "all-seeing" Buddha. Visitors are certainly struck by the way in which the eyes follow them as they move round the stupa precincts.

Geographically various kind of climates in Nepal.

Weather and Climate
Nepal has got almost kind of climates around the earth. Geographically it gets different kinds of climates in different places where the Northern side from the North-East to North-South is locke by Himalayan Range where included 8 highest top peaks with Mt. Everest in top ten around the world. In the middle from East to West totally high Hills having some beautiful valleys somewhere which covered more than half percent of whole Nepal and Southern part where is totally plane so this physical of geographically gets the various weather and climates throughout the country. Nepal’s weather is generally predictable and pleasant. There are four climatic seasons: March–May (spring), June–August (summer), September–November (autumn) and December–February (winter). In winter, average maximum and minimum temperatures in the Terai range from a brisk 7ºC (45ºF) to a mild 23ºC (74ºF). The central valleys experience a minimum temperature often falling bellow freezing point and a chilly 12ºC (54ºF) maximum. Much colder temperatures prevail at higher elevations. The Kathmandu Valley, at an altitude of 1,310m (4,297ft), has a mild climate, ranging from 19-27ºC (67-81ºF) in summer, and 2-20ºC (36-68ºF) in winter.

           Monsoon season is approximately from the end of June to the middle of September. About 80% of Nepal's annual rainfall is during that period, so the remainder of the year is pretty dry. Spring and autumn are the most pleasant seasons; winter temperatures drop to freezing, with a high level of snowfall in the mountains, while high summer can be blisteringly hot. Summer and late spring temperatures range from 28ºC (83ºF) in the hill regions to more than 40ºC (104ºF) in the Terai.

Mount Everest is 1 of top 10 stunning destinations.

Mount Everest is 1 top 10 stunning.

Mount Everest is the highest peak in the world where the first climbed by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Sherpa (Nepali) in 1953. Which is being pride of Nepalese since, now added once more thing which an American publishing and media company forbes has quoted that Mount Everest has been enlisted in one of the highest peak top 1 in ten for stunning travel and destination around the world. Mt. Everest is a part of the Mahalangur Himal a link in the Himalayan Range. Mt. Everest soaring 26,035 feet highest peak on the earth. The name of Mt. Everest in Nepali Sagarmatha which means ' Goddes of the Sky' and in Tibetan words Chomolungma means ' Mother of the Universe' both names are perfectly fitting as there is no one other mountain grand as Everest. Greenfield has quoted and Peter Friedman a trip expert.

          Perhaps Mount Everes is nature's most magnificent creation. Certainly it is raison the d'tere ( reason for existence) in the climbing world. Beth greenfield of the Forbes magazine has quoted for a travel planner. According to the Nepal government statistics over 3000 climbers have scaled Everest and annually more than 32,000 tourist visit the Everest Region for trekking and expedition particularly, Khumbu or Everest region has two tourist seasons, March-April-May in Spring and September-October-November in Autumn seasons. The region receives highest mountaineers and trekkers in Spring. From this news is really most point for the Nepal to increase tourist from the all foreign countries to visit in Nepal. Which will really support to develop country as well. Mostly the Government should think for in long way to and make plan from now is necessary with out being delay on and on.


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