Daily dose of Photos

Footpath being made wheelpath

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:39:51 +0000

This might be the first time you have heard of ‘wheelpath’. If the path where people walk on foot are called footpath and if somebody uses it to ‘walk’ on wheel why not call it a wheelpath. In Kathmandu, thanks to regular traffic jam and crowd motorcycle users share the ‘wheelpath’ with the pedestrians.

Photo credits: Deepak Tolange, Nagariknews

Wannabe teachers set bad examples

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:43:29 +0000

These are temporary teachers taking exam to become permanent teachers!

You can see them discussing and copying others answers. What a team work!

But, would you want your kids taught by teachers who cheat in exams?

The photo above features candidates discussing during an exam in Janakpur exam center where they were also allowed to use mobile phone to assist them during the exam. (Photo courtesy: Sudesh Yadav, Nagariknews)

In another news, out of 687 applicants in Jajarkot, educational certificates of 573 applicants were found to be fake.

Geeks Teach ABC

SuStI — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:58:01 +0000

English Alphabet tutorial prepared by web savvy parents to help their kids learn.

Source – labnol

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.