के भन्छिन पविता पुमा राई ?

Fearism is the most recent Philosophy in the World

- Desh Subba (Translation by Rajendra Subba)  
1. What word should be coined to call you: philosopher, poet, novelist or writer?

I’m a man, who is working hard to be all of them: philosopher, poet and novelist. Yet I’ve not hit the target. Foundation, window, door, roof, sand, cement, word etc are required to complete the construction of a house. When the work of construction completes, it takes shape and size a house. Similarly, I’m working hard to be philosopher, poet and novelist as I’ve mentioned above. When the process completes, a name may be coined to call me. I think philosophy is really much more

The Second State

~ Indira Prasai 

Translated by Dr.Anita Dhungel

“Amita, What is this you have done? Not even in my dreams had I envisaged you would disgrace me in my old age. What is lacking in Sambeg Babu? Why are you nurturing dishonorable relationships with Anuttarit and Anawarat ? What about your two innocent youthful children ? You need to think about them as well! Sambeg Babu, my son-in-law is akin to divinity and I have presented you to him. So, be advised Sambeg Babu’s tears will jinx you forever.” After many-a-days I had gone visiting my mother to inspect her health and fitness. It had been just a moment since I had gotten to my mother’s house, and when unable to hold back her harrowing inquiries any longer, she started enlisting her distraught concerns before me.

Hongkongers’ university dreams dashed by HKDSE Chinese exam

Janet Hung Chau-yin teaches Chinese at St Paul’s
Co-educational College

--- Elaine Yau and Rachelle Chau--

Dubbed the “paper of death”, poor Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education results are proving a major hindrance to admission

Daniel Lee Cheuk-hin aced the maths and science exams for his Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) last year. He also scored grade 4 for English. That’s pretty good going, but his Chinese result came as an enormous blow: he only achieved grade 2. The failed grade dashed his dreams of entering university, rendering his stellar results in other subjects meaningless.

Critical pedagogy: schools must equip students to challenge the status quo

Teachers should embrace a radical pedagogy and provoke students to demand equality for themselves and others, argues Tait Coles --

The pedagogy popularised by E.D.Hirsch, and recently promoted by the likes of Civitas, reduces teaching into nothing more than a bleak transmission model of learning.

Hirsch's theory focuses on what he calls "cultural literacy". He argues that all students need a "core knowledge" so they can develop into better citizens. In one of his books, he lists various facts, phrases and historical events that he believes all young Americans should be aware of, including the Founding Fathers and Adirondack Mountains.

Record turnout for Hong Kong's district council elections; two pan-democratic big guns out, three new pro-Occupy candidates win

Record turnout for Hong Kong's district council elections; two pan-democratic big guns out, three new pro-Occupy candidates win. 1.36 million people cast ballots in district polls, with results likely to reflect whether Occupy had lasting impact on city's political landscape.Voters turned out in record numbers in Sunday's District Council elections, scoring a historic turnout rate of 47 per cent and early results saw two veteran pro-democracy lawmakers defeated and at least three candidates inspired by last year's Occupy protests scored unexpected victories.

Ganesh Thapa: Ten-year Fifa ban for Nepal FA president

Ganesh Thapa, an influential figure in Asian football, has been banned for 10 years by Fifa for bribery.

Nepal Football Association president and ex-Asian football vice-president Thapa, 55, was found guilty of "various acts of misconduct over several years".
He is also under investigation by Nepalese authorities for allegedly embezzling millions of pounds of football development money.
Lao Football Federation chief Viphet Sihachakr

Pasang Lhamu Sherpa || Jiwani

Pasang Lhamu Sherpa (Nepali: पासाङ ल्हामु शेर्पा 10 December 1961 – 22 April 1993) was the first Nepalese woman to climb the summit of Mount Everest.
She was born into a mountaineering family and was involved in climbing from her teens. She had successfully climbed Mont Blanc, Cho Oyu, Mount Yalapic, Pisang Himal, and others. She had attempted Everest three times before, but did not succeed until April 22, 1993, when she reached the summit by the South Col via the Southeast Ridge route.

Iman Sing Chemjong : किराँत विभूति इमानसिंह चेम्जोङ

Iman Xin Chemjong or Iman Singh Chemjong was a Limbu historian, writer, linguist, lexicographer, folklorist and philosopher of Nepal. Although some say that his middle name Xin was spelled as Singh due to mainstream Nepalese or Indian influence, others say Singh is correct because in his book Kiratakalina Vijayapurako Sankshipta Itihasa, Chemjong writes his name in Nepali as Iman Singh Chemjong. Chemjong devoted his entire life to studying and documenting various facets of Kirati tradition and culture at a time when such activities were frowned upon and even punished by the Nepalese ruling elite as being subversive and "anti-national".