Thursday, April 28, 2011

Tourism on Nepal


Nepal is a landlocked Himalayan country between India and China. The tourism in Nepal involves a large section of its general population. It constitutes the largest service industry of the Himalayan country. Nepal tourism is bolstered by the presence of the highest mountain in the world-Mount Everest. The country also is home to 8 of the10 highest mountains on earth. Nepal acts as a veritable magnet for persons following an active lifestyle. Mountaineers, propellers and ski professionals regularly visit the country to hone their professional skills. The tourism industry in Nepal is responsible for a large portion of the foreign exchange coming into the country.

There is the world's highest mountain, Everest. It extends over 2400 kms as a vast south-facing arc between the Indus and Brahamaputra rivers with Nanga Parbat (8125 m) and Namcha Barwa (7755 m) as its terminal high points. Fully a third or 800 kms of its central section traverses through Nepal and is known as Nepal Himalaya. Of the 31 prominent Himalayan peaks over, 7600 meters, 11 are in Nepal Himalaya including out of the world's highest giants. These are Saarmatha (8848 m), Kanchenjunga (8586 m), Lho Tse (8516 m), Makalu (8463 m), Cho Oyu (8201 m), Dhaulagiri (8167 m), Manaslu (8163 m) and Annapurna (8091 m). Katmandu valley covers an area of 218 sq miles. It is situated at 4423 ft above sea level.
 The tourist industry in Nepal employs 42% of the total working population in Nepal. It is the main source of economic sustenance after agriculture. Many Nepali people depend upon foreign tourists for their livelihood. The growth of organized tourism in Nepal has given rise to higher wages of the Nepali population depending upon tourist activity for their economic sustenance. Nepal is a country of amazing extremes

Holy


The ancient Hindu festival of Holy falls on late February or on early March. Allegedly named after the mythical demons Holika, it is a day when the feast of colors is celebrated. The festival is of a week. However it's only the last day that is observed by all with colours. Phagu is another name for Holi where Phagu means the sacred red powder and Pune is the full moon day, on which the festival ends. People can be seen wandering through the streets either on foot or on some vehicle, with a variety of colours smeared over them.                                                                                                                                        The days prior to the last don't have a lot happening except, the installation of the ceremonial pole called "chir', on the first day. It's a bamboo pole, fringed with strips of cloth representing good luck charms. It is said to symbolize the tree on which lord Krishna hung the milkmaids' garments while they were bathing, unseen as they thought, in the Jamuna River of northern India. As the pole is put up in the street at Basantapur, the festivities and worship commences for the week. At the end of which it's taken to a bonfire.                                                                                                                                                Families and friends get together and celebrate the occasion with a lot of merry making. This spring time celebration is also an outburst of youthful exuberance in which throwing colours and water balloons (lolas) on passer- by is acceptable. But, the Indian community, that is, the Marwari class who have settled down in Nepal for centuries and the people of Terai celebrate it a day later with more pomp and ceremony. Holi is for
 everyone is a time for fun and frolic

Sex Trafficking


Human trafficking is the illegal trade in human beings for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation or forced labor: a modern-day form of slavery. Sexual trafficking is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt of persons for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation. Sexual trafficking is accomplished be means of fraud, deception, threat or use of force, abuse of a position of vulnerability, and other forms of coercion.
Women and children have been victims of sex trafficking for thousands of years. This finally became an issue in the early 1900s. In 1902, the International Agreement for Suppression of White Slave Traffic was drafted. This was designed to prevent the procreation of women and girls for immoral purposes. Soon it was ratified by twelve countries in the world. In 1910, The United States passed the Mann Act of 1910. This forbids transporting a person across state or international lines for prostitution or other immoral purposes. In 1949, the United Nations felt that they needed to address this problem. This was done by the 1949 Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of others. Soon this was ratified by forty-nine countries around the world.                                                                                            "Women and children are trafficked for sex or sexually related things.
How does this happen?   If the women who become victims of this crime knew what their fate would entail, they would be less than willing to pursue such a career.   Trickery and manipulation lands them in this position.   These girls are promised an abundant and fulfilling life if they leave their families and travel to other countries.   These girls are lured by job offers such as that of an au pair, a model, a dancer, a domestic worker, etc.    These jobs, in conjunction with a potential marriage opportunity, are advertised in local newspapers.   The girls' parents are more than willing to allow this because their daughters will help the family survive.   Substantial pay is promised and the girls are granted return as soon as they can repay the travel expenses to their sender.   They are in his debt until that is accomplished

History Atomic Bomb Essay


In early August 1945 atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.   These two bombs quickly yielded the surrender of Japan and the end of American involvement in World War II.   By 1946 the two bombs caused the death of perhaps as many as 240,000 Japanese citizens.   The popular, or traditional, view that dominated the 1950s and 60s – put forth by President Harry Truman and Secretary of War Henry Stimson – was that the dropping of the bomb was a diplomatic maneuver aimed at intimating and gaining the upper hand in relations with Russia.   Today, fifty-four years after the two bombings, with the advantage of historical hindsight and the advantage of new evidence, a third view, free of obscuring bias and passion, can be presented.   First, the dropping of the bomb was born out of complex infinite military, domestic and diplomatic pressures and concerns.   Second, many potentially viable alternatives to dropping the bombs were not explored by Truman and other men in power, as they probably should have been.   Lastly, because these alternatives were never explored, we can only conjecture over whether or not Truman's decision was a morally just one, and if indeed it was necessary to use atomic energy to win the war                         the war in Asia had its roots in the early 1930s.   Japan had expansionist aims in Eastern Asia and the Western Pacific, especially in Indochina2.   In July of 1940 the United States placed an embargo on materials exported to Japan, including oil in the hope of restraining Japanese expansionism.   Nevertheless, tensions remained high in Asia, and only increased in 1939 when Germany ignited World War II with an invasion of Poland.   America's determination to remain isolated changed abruptly following Japan's "surprise attack" on Pearl Harbor on December 7th 1941

Nepal Tourism Year 2011


Government of Nepal in consultation with Nepalese travel trade sector and concerned organizations/experts decided on October 25, 2008 to launch a national tourism campaign "Nepal Tourism Year 2011". This announcement reflects the government’s anticipation to bring into Nepal at least one million international tourists by the year 2011 and tourism industry’s exigency to organize a tourism promotion campaign for wider impact.

With the badge of adventure destination glittering and the adage “Atithi Devo Bhava” (Guests are Gods) embedded in our culture, the portfolio of tourism products never cease to mesmerize the visitors. The unparalleled cultural, geographical, ethnic and bio diversities of the country allure visitors to Nepal time and again which truly substantiates the spirit of Nepal tourism brand ‘Naturally Nepal, once is not enough!'

The concept of Nepal Tourism Year 2011 envisions harnessing these opportunities and strengths and bringing together the commitment of the government, expertise and experiences of the organizations like Nepal Tourism Board, aptitude and dynamism of the private sector and communities for further tourism development in the country. Representation and active participation from the major political parties, members of the Constitution Assembly and Right groups is always taken into prominence in order to make the campaign inclusive and participatory in mods operand and effective in result. The campaign will also focus on mobilizing the networks of the Non-Resident Nepalis (NRN) communities, Nepalese diplomatic missions abroad, INGOs and NGOs, airlines and national and international media. Similarly, friends and well-wishers of Nepal, tourism academicians and celebrities will be approached in order to highlight the campaign nationally and internationally.

Television

As we all know Television is an electronic device .It is one of the Invention of modern science .It has been thankful to mankind. It’s a great teacher to impart to us various information. It gives us day to day information. It is said that a German scientist made the first attempt to invent television but the Scottish scientist named J.L Baird showed modern television in the Royal institute of London at 1926.
Nowadays Television is a part of our life .Over the world all the people takes the information through Television. Television has both advantage and disadvantage with the help of the Television set we see on its screen the photo of the singer singing songs, musician playing on a musical instrument, speaker delivering his speech actor and actresses playing their role in a drama and sportsman playing in the field. It provides great effect upon the mind than the radio when we see scenes, objects and performers .On the TV screen before us in addition to the voice of the performer providing entertainment. It’s a great effective medium of distance education. It’s a means by which a teacher can teach a very large number of students from a distance. There is only national Television program in Nepal. Television does not have many serial and channels that’s why Nepalese are using foreign Channels from space line. Recently Nepal has extended its channel worldwide. Television can be good parents, suppose if mother has to go to the job to increase the financial source. She cannot simply stay at home and look at a child. She has to earn money for her livelihood in that case TV can be a co parents.
As to the bad aspect of Television. It has been a nuisance for students in particular because of excessive and wrongs use suppose tomorrow is exam if a good film comes two or three hours beforehand the students will prefer watching the television to reading. Therefore they     sometimes forget that they have a critical time. It is reported in newspaper that TV is the main cause of the failure of majority of students. Some people argue that constant look at the screen may affect eyesight. People are often exposed to horrors, violence, pornography and different scenes of crime and brutality.
Despite some of the drawback of television, it has been a must for the people of the 21th century for their struggle in any field. It’s a very effective medium of spreading mass education. There is no doubt that people are automatically trained to do activities in telecaster flow. People should try to assimilate the achievement positively.            

Olympic History


In 776 B.C. the early Olympic Games began in ancient Greece. The Games were so important to the Greek people that they used periods in between the Games as a method of dating important historical events. The prize the winners received included free food and lodging for life. Winners were mentioned in poems, their figures set in sculpture, and their achievements known throughout Greece. To put it simply, winning the Olympic Games made you a hero.

            Even being at the Games was an honor. People from Italy, Sicily, Asia, Africa, and Spain all made the long journey to Olympia. All the famous people of the time attended the Games. The sculptor Phidias, who made the enormous statues of Zeus and Athena in Greece, Pindar, the poet, and the historian Herodotus all came to witness the competition.
Olympia was chosen as sight of the Games because it was recognized as a neutral area. It had been the most sacred place for the worship of Zeus, the supreme god in the Greek pantheon. Another factor was that it possessed a beautiful green valley and was accessed by two rivers, somewhat hard to find anywhere else in Greece. It was here, in Olympia, that the wild olive tree grew, and from these came the infamous olive wreath, called the Crown Olive. The Crown Olive was the most coveted, and only, prize won at Olympia. One Persian leader questioned, "What sort of men have you led us to fight against, who contend not for money but purely for the sake of excelling?"
Originally there was only one race, a sprint, and the prize for the winner was an olive wreath. As time went on, other races were added, as were other sports, including boxing and wrestling. Among the more unusual events were the race in armor and the apene race, in which a chariot was pulled not by horses, but by mules. Prizes became more elaborate, and there were even cases of bribery, corruption and boycotts.