चाेखाे माया डट कम: जन्मभूमि नेपाल र नेपालीहरूमा समर्पित

Devendra Gautam Kathmandu: President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Monday administered the oath of office and secrecy to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal at Sheetal Niwas, handing over the reins of power to a team with diverse ideological leanings. The eight-member team consists of the CPN (Maoist Center), CPN (UML), the Rabi Lamichhane-led Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) and the CK Raut-led Janamat Party.  The team under Maoist Chair and three-time Prime Minister Dahal consists of seven other ministers, including three deputy prime ministers. They all took the oath from the President in the presence of PM Dahal.  Of the Cabinet members, two are from the Maoist party, four from CPN-UML and one each from the RSP and the Janamat Party. They are deputy prime ministers Rabi Lamichhane, senior Vice-chair of the Maoist party Narayan Kaji Shrestha and UML Vice-chair Bishnu Poudel. Lamichhane holds the additional portfolio of the Ministry of Home Affairs, whereas Shrestha and Poudel...

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  -          Devendra Gautam Red-line. The word itself rings alarm bells, doesn’t it? But what does it actually mean? It means a limit or boundary which should not be crossed. Why so? Because across this line lies the territory that’s full of risks. Chances are that the territory does not even belong to you.   What happens if someone crosses the line? Let’s time-travel to the Treta Yug to get possible answers. Ram, the eldest son of Dasharath and the natural successor to the throne of Ayodhya, is in a 12-year exile into the woods as a result of some royal conspiracy. Accompanying him are his wife Sita and brother Laxman. In the forest, life isn’t easy. There, you are on your own, whether you are a royal or a lesser mortal. The two royals often go deep into the woods in search of edibles. On a fateful day, with his elder brother already deep into the woods, Prince Laxman follows the suit, leaving Sita to fend for her...

Devendra Gautam Enter Megasamvara How do you personify -- deify, rather -- wrath? Who would know this better than the celebrated sculptor, Kalu Kumale? After all, he is the Krodh Shiromani , an expert sculptor of repute on portraying the divine anger. On the ground floor of the Nepal Art Council Building at Babar Mahal, his deification of red-hot anger adorns the pride of place. There stands a blazing, fire-breathing image of Megasamvara with a female deity, copulating, with flames forming a perfect background. All this, even as other deities like Bhairav, Aryatara, Harit Tara, Lokeshwars, Ganesh and Akash Bhairavi look on from their respective corners. Did I hear them whispering? Even if I did, there’s no way I can decode all that. In the divine scheme of things, love-making in the public is perfectly normal? And what just caused Megasamvara to breathe fire? Is it the portrayal of Lord Shiva acting as the destroyer during the Yagya of his father-in-law Dakshyaprajapati? Or is it somet...