Daily dose of Photos

The unique, disabled teacher

SuStI — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:27:18 +0000

The person in the photo above, being carried by the little girl, is her teacher. The 55 years-old, about 10 Kg in weight, Krishna Prasad Poudel, has been teaching in the local school, Bhagavati Lower Secondary School, for the last 39 years. One team of the students carry him to the school in the morning and another team brings him back home in the laps of his old mother. The old mother is the only person to take care of him at home.

Almost everybody in the Thulopokhara village of Arghakachi district, Western Nepal, is taught by Krishna Prasad. The 8 class pass, longest serving teacher in the school, is still in a temporary status while his previous students are permanent teachers in the school. (source – kantipur)

Trees on Mars ?

admin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:07:37 +0000

Optical illusion on the photo of Mars surface.

The photo was taken by HiRISE, the most powerful camera sent to another planet, orbiting the planet. The "trees" seen in the photo are actually trails of debris caused by landslides as ice melts in Mars’s spring.

The photo shows sand dunes coated with a thin layer of frozen carbon dioxide, or dry ice. The area is located about 240 miles from the planet’s north pole.

Google in toilet

SuStI — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 08:31:21 +0000

Google, the giant internet superpower, is everywhere! Yes, with so many 3G and WiFi connected smartphones and portable computers it is seen that toilets are favorite places for some people to go online. But, that is not what I am going to talk about here.

It is a toilet paper named “Google”. I am sure it doesn’t relate to the Google we are accustomed to.

100% Virgin pulp, Google® toilet paper… Do you think this is the brand Larry Page and Sergey Brin use at the Mountain View, CA office?I don’t think so. The cheap manufacturer wanted to save on color and printed the name in a two color printing. [photo source]

Bizarre Tea Cups designs

SuStI — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:09:00 +0000

I don’t know if these designs exist in reality or not but one of my friend sent them to share them with you. The one I like most is the monkey cup…

Teaching the kids

SuStI — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:43:10 +0000

Kids are fast learners. They are good imitator too. What do you think these two kid will do when they go home? Is this how we get trained? (Photo credit: Damodar Nepal/Palpa)

Top three political parties and stray dogs

SuStI — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:13:00 +0000

The three top political parties in Nepal are in the process of reaching a deal with the current crisis. But, none of them want to adjust on their original view. Virtually, they are facing three different direction and are refusing to reach a common ground.

A photographer from Nepal Samacharpatra Daily had portrayed the current political deadlock by three stray dogs in front of Singha Durbar, the government headquarter.

The photograph was published on the second day of the three days strike, Nepal Band, organized by CPN Maoist from December 20 to 22, 2009.

Periodic Table Bench

SuStI — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:31:00 +0000

Chemistry geek might have changed his/her career to make this park bench.One visitor to the make site, where it was originally published, believes that the table is made on the Wake Forest University campus in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Bicycle Steering Wheel

SuStI — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:56:00 +0000

Some creative fellow on the street had a creative idea to fit steering wheel on a bicycle instead of its handle. The brakes did fit in nicely and the wheel has provided better grip on the handle.

Say Cheese !

SuStI — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:23:11 +0000

One of my friends sent this photo in my email. I wish the friend had sent the output of the shot too.

School kids

SuStI — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:59:00 +0000

It’s no fun for these school kids to jump into the water!They don’t have ‘yellow school buses’, they don’t have paved pathways, they don’t even have a bridge to cross the river lying on their path to school. Poor kids have to take off their school dress and jump in the water twice everyday to go to school. When the water level rises during monsoon they have to stay at home.

These kids are from Jagat village of Palpa, Western Nepal. Many of us, reading this post, might have seen reflection of themselves in these kid’s faces. You might have gone through the similar hardship to be able to read these words.

I wish I could do something for these poor kids… don’t you?

Photo credits: Madhav Aryal, Kantipur publication.