http://bhumikag.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Bhumika Ghimire en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:00:15 GMT 2010-01-02T01:00:15Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971599 Ever since the Maoists emerged as the winner of Nepal's Constituent Assembly elections, international media – especially the Indian media – have been grappling to make sense of it. In the . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:05:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971599 Bhumika Ghimire 2010-01-01T18:05:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966376 India's right wing is promoting wrong ideas about Nepal's Maoists. Some are openly taunting Nepal to exist as an independent nation without India's benevolence. Just another . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:03:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966376 Bhumika Ghimire 2009-12-29T02:03:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965112 According to the United Nations, more than 1 billion people around the world are facing starvation and 17,000 children die every day because of hunger. The ongoing global economic downturn has further . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:19:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965112 Bhumika Ghimire 2009-12-28T03:19:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960887 Sixteen people were arrested in Kathmandu, Nepal for protesting outside the Indian Embassy against a treaty signed in 1816 between British India and Nepal, according to a report in ExpressIndia on Dec. . . . Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:36:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960887 Bhumika Ghimire 2009-12-23T21:36:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959277 Copenhagen climate change summit ended without any results. Huge disappointment but the Nepalese delegation to the summit doesn't give a hoot. All they care about is partying at the tax payer's expense. . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:24:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959277 Bhumika Ghimire 2009-12-22T21:24:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977957035 The U.S. restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken entered the Nepalese market last Wednesday, along with Pizza Hut. Both belong to the Yum! brand, the world's largest restaurant company in terms of units. . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:26:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977957035 Bhumika Ghimire 2009-12-21T15:26:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953082 A report released late last month by British charity Oxfam says that more than 3.4 million people in Nepal could soon require food assistance – because of climate change. Global warming and climate . . . Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:54:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953082 Bhumika Ghimire 2009-12-18T14:54:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977951649 There is nothing honorable about honor killings. Killing women who defy customs and dare to marry outside their caste or religion, and murdering girls bold enough to demand equality is actually a cowardly . . . Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:29:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977951649 Bhumika Ghimire 2009-12-17T17:29:08Z