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Cement Life: A New Experience
The way of carrying cement was different in Birgunj, an industrial city in Nepal. Prabhu Pandit Kumal, 50, who is bold, hardworking and happy most of the time happy, gave me consent to document his hard work with cement. Here are few shots as a part of my ongoing project “The Cement Life”
Monsoon Magic
I encountered with this place in 2009 after the monsoon. The water level was not so high. I took some photos during that time and was not so happy with the shots. I was always thinking to go to this place again when the water level is high, and the best time is monsoon n period.
Yesterday, on 5 August, I visited the place again hoping for better capture. The water level was high, trees were green but the water was not as crystal clear as i was expecting due to continuous monsoon rain. I was hoping that colorful stones under the water will bring some magic in my frame, but monsoon did a magic by putting mud colors in the water.
Play in the mud at Bajrabarahi Rice Planting Festival
Local and international tourists play in the mud at the Bajrabarahi Rice Planting Festival Tour organized by Social tour and Powerful Hands at Lalitpur. The fun event is organized to educate people about monsoon rice plantation. 7th June 2012. Photo by Nabin Baral.
Weak Monsoon is Active Now in Kathmandu Valley
Nabin Baral
Kathmandu, 22, 23 and 24 June
Kathmandu is facing continuous rainfall as active monsoon hits Kathmandu valley from Saturday, 23 June. Farmers in the valley are happy now as they were hopeless because of the weak monsoon which was not providing enough rainfall for paddy cultivation.
Although monsoon has arrived in Kathmandu on 16th June, it did not make much rainfall which is suitable for rice cultivation in Kathmandu Valley until 22 June. Senior Divisional Meteorologist from Airport Forecast, Rajendra Paradas Shrestha said, “Monsoon has already arrived in Kathmandu valley since 16th June, it was weak last week but it is active now since 23 June”.
Farmers in Kathmandu are felling the change in rainfall patterns since one decade. Kopila Khadaka, 60, a farmer from Dhapakhel Kathmandu said, “Before the drops of rain used to be small and the rainfall used to be smooth for long period”. But these days the drops are bigger and it is heavy rain fall for shot period.” She added.
Farmers from Dhapakhel are seen working in their paddy field due to the active monsoon rainfall. Monsoon was five days late this year. Ghanshyam Bhandari was worried about the late and week monsoon but he is happy now that monsoon is active. He said, “If we can’t cultivate paddy in time, paddy will not ripe because cold season enters Kathmandu by October”. “Paddy needs a fixed amount of hot days.” He added.
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