Astrology: To believe or not to believe

Our daily newspapers carry our zodiac’s readings, predicting that we should meet up with friends in the evening, let no one ride roughshod over us during the day, etc, etc. We know about our mothers visiting either this “Baje” or that one, with our “cheena,” or birth charts, trying to figure out a way of calming our “Shani Graha.” We may also have friends interested in palmistry. In short, we aren’t without knowledge or experience of astrology and its various sidekicks. It’s not to deny that there’s truth in it. But these days, the major generalization of predictions and “guesses” leave us slightly skeptic, or have us entirely raise our eyebrows.

Who Speaks For Islam..?

In the fall of 2006, I arranged to have a house warming celebration called Milad, a Muslim Friday evening gathering and prayer, to sanctify my newly built wooden house in my village in Morang. It hadtaken me months of running around to put together the materials and men for the house—wooden planks, beams and pillars salvaged from the two-story shack my father had built years ago; recycling of an old house bought and hauled from near the East-West Highway; corrugated tin, nails, bathroom materials from Biratnagar; and the carpenter-builders from near the border.
And the disruption of the unexpected late monsoon got worse when our young helper, a Rajbanshi girl, eloped with one of the young carpenters. The rest of the carpenters fled,fearing retribution from the girls’ folk. So, when the house finally rose into shape, I planned celebration. The week before the Muslim prayer, I had had a similar gathering of the village Bhajan Mandali. My Nepali-singing villagers came with musical instruments, danced, sang, and offered consecrated sweets. Now, we were ready to celebrate Milad.

Marriage Pattern

Marriages, generally agreed upon by households, bring two households and kinship groups together within a long-lasting network. While gathering of accurate data on the stability of marriage is not possible, available information strongly indicates that marriages, in general, are highly stable. Arranged marriage, particularly among high caste people is successful in the sense that the marriage is not dissolved or replaced. Marriage, apart from its economic, political and social dimensions, also bears a pronounced spiritual underpinning.

Marriage,is socially recognised as bonding of man and woman typically for the purposes of legitimate reproduction. It is an essential institution in the establishment of nuclear family or creation of a new household. Furthermore, it is not only an opportunity to create new social bonds, it is often accompanied by prestations in the form of dan, daijo or tilak, of greater or lesser importance, as much symbolic as material, which firmly establish the marriage and set up long lasting relation between two households or families party to the exchange.

Miss Rajbanshi 2012

1st Runner Up Sapana Rajbanshi. Miss Rajbanshi 2012 Rebika Rajbanshi & 2nd Runner Usha Rajbanshi

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Suryabatiya Rajbanshi

Suryabatiya Rajbashi is 31 years old and lives with her three children and husband in Jhapa, Nepal. All of her children attend the nearby government school. They have a small house made from mud bricks

Raabniya Naach ( Lanka Naach)

Actor of Rabaniya Nach Posed in Character of Rawan

This is a traditional drama played by peoples of Rajbanshi Community on the occasion of Ram Nawami but sometimes the Lanka Naach is being called to show in their village if they had promised God (as manti or vakal) to do so if their prayers are answered. All the actors of drama play the role of different characters of Ramayana- a holy epic of Hindus.

Bacha chhuwar gaun.

 

Nokta re notua
Bhaiser khotua
Bhaiser tale
Baro bati jale
...Jaluk bati
Jaluk tel
Ambari khan
Paka bel
Bel gelo phatia
Kalu khal chhatia
Chal re bhai
Ghar jai
Dhuni diye
Bhaat khai..

Phok doi. (Rajbanshi Special Curry)

It is a curry prepared with leaves and twigs of gourd or sajina.Leaves are cut into small pieces and boiled with water containing some soda.(sodium carbonate or crude soda from the market) or home made chheka solution. Some bitten rice"chura" is fried in a pan without oil and is then p...ounded in a wooden mortar "chham".some garlic,ginger and dried red chillis are also pounded in a mortar. The poundded rice and the condiments as prepared above are thrown into the boiling vegetable. The whole mixture is boiled and stirred until a gelatenous soft paste is formed. Phok do is ready now. It is eaten with rice. To get best taste,usna rice "steamed rice" is necessary.

Cooch Behar

Cooch Behar district (Bengali: কোচবিহার জেলা, Rajbongshi/Kamatapuri : কোচবিহার) is a district of the state of West Bengal, India, as well as the district's namesake town. During the British Raj, the town of Cooch Behar was the seat of a princely state of Koch Bihar, ruled by the Narayan dynasty.
Contents.

1 Overview
2 Origin of name
3 History
4 Geography
4.1 Soil
4.2 Rivers and topography
4.3 Climate

दिव्य गुण से भराल , अवतार ह्ये नारी !

जेनंगती एक्टा भवनेर एकदम मजबुत खाम्बा से अढिक छे , अनंगती कुनह भी देश , घर , समाजेर कलात्मक  द्रिष्टिर छबि एकटा नारी पर निर्भर हचे !जेनंगती धुरीर बिना गाडिर पाईयाला नि चल्बे, नारी बिना इरा संसार नि चल्बे ! नारी एकटा शक्ति साळी रुपत हर्र चीज मजबुतेर सम्मान कराल जाबे !जैरा घर संसारत नारीर सम्मान नाई , उरा घरक नरक कहले भी होबे !

चीर परिचित कवि श्री मैथिलिशरण गुप्तार कबीताखानत नारीर बारे कुछु पंग्ती ला ..

Good Return

Shirbati Rajbansi

The past 2 weeks have been filled with travel. I have crossed a large part of the Nepal visiting a number of districts where our Good Return clients are situated – from the Terai plains which are made up of flat farmlands to the mountainous Ilam district. It required two days alone to travel up to the west of Nepal on a bus, an experience that I will not forget any time soon!The two main methods of transportation so far have been motorbike and local bus. At times conditions have been tough, but I’ve been spurred on by the client feedback that I’m receiving.Shirbati Rajbansi lives in a small village in the eastern part of Nepal. At the end of our meeting I asked her if she had any comments or suggestions. She said, “The loan has improved my family’s life, if I did not have access to this loan I would have to go to money lenders who only give small loans at extremely high interest.”

18th World Indigenous Day Celebration In Jhapa Nepal

    Thousands of people from indigenous community from villages around Jhapa district gathered around Birtamode Muktichowk. The crowds of people adorned with their cultural outfits and carrying playcards, banners including women, children, disabled, handicapped, peoples of old age more than forty thousand in number headed towards Eastern Bus Stand the venue of the program. The president of NEFIN Mr. Rajkumar Lekhi inagurated the celebration program by playing Chyabrung (a musical instrument of Indeginious people living in mountain region of Nepal as a symbol of Terai and Mountain indigenous peoples are united in Nepal). Maximum numbers of Rajbanshi youths were in their cultural outfits Dhuti and Gamcha (Dhuti- a white cloths used by Rajbanshi males around the waist, Gamcha- a towel specially worn by Rajbanshi

आफ्नै पोसाकमा चिरिच्याट्ट

पहिलो पटक कलेजी रंगको फनेक र चौबन्दी लगाएर कम्मरमा पटुकी कस्न झापा दमक १० की कल्पना भुजेललाइ सकस नै पर्यो । सोमबार आफ्नै जातिको पोसाक लागाउँदा परेको यो अफ्ठयारो सम्झदैं उनले भनिन, यसअघि कहिल्यै लगाएकी थिइँन त्यहि भएर अलि बढी समय लाग्यो ।

कोरीबाटी चिटिक्क परेर दमकमा भएको कार्यक्रममा आएका उनीजस्ता अन्य भुजेल युवतीले पनि आफ्नै पोसाक लगाएका थिए । जातिय पहिचान झल्कने पोसाक लगाउन भरखरैबाट शुरु गरेका उनीहरुले यस्लाई अभियानकै रुपमा अघि बढाएका छन् । दमक ४ डाकिनीकी सरस्वती धिमाल पनि रातोपेटी भरेको कालो पेटानीमा रमि्रएकी थिइन् । रातो चोलो र कालो पेटानीमा चिटिक्क देखिएकी उनी विवाह मेला र

Hindu Holy Month For Fasting-Shravan Mass

The Month of Sravan and the Shravan Somvar Legend

Shravan is the fifth month of Hindu calendar begining from Chaitra. This month is considered highly auspicious for praying to Lord Shiva. It is believed that worshiping Lord Shiva during Sawan is considered more powerful than worshiping during normal days. Many Hindus observe fasts and perform Pujas during the month, especially on Monday. The fasts done on Monday are known as Shravan Somwar Vrat. It is believed that by observing Sravan Somvar Vrat all desires gets fulfilled. It is believed that if unmarried women keep fast on Mondays of the month they would get a good husband. Apart from Monday’s women keep fasts on Tuesdays and Fridays of the month too. On Tuesdays newly

Rajbanshi Dress from Assam, India..

राजवंशी सहिद परिवार निराश

विराटनगर, असार १७ -
'मधेसका नाममा धोका मात्र भयो, अन्य समुदायले त सोझासीधा भनेर हाम्रो भावनामा खेलवाड गरेकै थिए, तर मधेसी भनाउँदा पनि उनीहरूभन्दा कम निस्केनन्,' सहिद पिता राजकुमार राजवंशीले भने, 'आज मेरा छोराको बलिदान खेर गएजस्तै लागिरहेको छ ।'

मोरङको कटहरी ५ हल्दीबारीका राजकुमार यतिबेला दुःखी छन् । उतिबेला मधेस मुक्तिका लागि भन्दै हातमा मसाल बोकेर निस्केको छोरोको छातीमा लागेको गोलीले अहिले पनि उनको पोली रहेको छ । 'मधेसी नेताले हाम्रा घाउमा मलम लगाउलान् भन्ने आशा थियो, तर उनीहरूले पनि हाम्रा भावनामा खेलवाड गरे,' उनले भने ।

A breeding bull can benefit the whole village,” says Suklal Rajbanshi

Cultural Identity-Meaning Details

Cultural identity is the identity of a group or culture, or of an individual as far as one is influenced by one's belonging to a group or culture. Cultural identity is similar to and has overlaps with, but is not synonymous with, identity politics.

Various modern cultural studies and social theories have investigated cultural identity. In recent decades, a new form of identification has emerged which breaks down the understanding of the individual as a coherent whole subject into a collection of various cultural identifiers. These cultural identifiers may be the result of various conditions including: location, gender, race, history,

nationality, language, sexuality, religious beliefs, ethnicity and aesthetics. The divisions between cultures can be very fine in some parts of the world, especially places such as Canada or the United States, where the population is ethnically diverse and social unity is based primarily on common social values and beliefs.

Kochila Andolan....

22nd May 2012 (9th jestha 2069 B.S) Historic Motorcycle Rally for Kochila Autonomous State.  More than 2500 motorbikes and around 6000 peoples participated in the historic motorcycle rally organized by Kochila Ekta Morcha demanding Jhapa, Morang, Sunsari districts as Kochila Autonomous State with self desisive rights of koch community. The participants of all the VDCs (Village

51 Shakti Peethas of Ma Durga

In Satya Yuga, Daksha performed a yagna with a desire of taking revenge on Lord Shiva. was angry because his daughter Sati had married Shiva against his wishes. Daksha invited all the deities to the yagna except for Shiva and Sati. The fact that she was not invited did not deter Sati from attending the yagna. But Sati, being an uninvited guest, was not given any respect. Furthermore, Daksha insulted Shiva. Sati was unable to bear her father’s insults toward her husband, so she committed suicide by jumping into the pyre. When Lord Shiva heard about her death he became furious. He went to the place where Daksha was performing his yagna and destroyed the area. Daksha was killed by Shiva’s ganas. Daksha

Lord Shiva then carried Sati’s body all over the world in a state of wild grief. At the request of all other gods, Lord Vishnu severed Sati’s body into 51 pieces with his Sudarshan Chakra, so that Lord Shiva could return to his sanity and once again take up his duties. Various parts of Sati’s body fell at different places which became known as Shakti Peethas. At all Shakti Peethas, the Goddess Shakti is accompanied by Lord Bhairava (a manifestation of Lord Shiva).

Pantaa Bhaat

Panta  Bhat

Panta Ilish - a traditional platter of Panta bhat with fried Hilsa slice, supplemented with dried fish (Shutki), pickles (Achar), dal, green chillies and onion - is a popular serving for the Pohela Boishakh festival.

Panta bhat is a lightly fermented rice-based dish consumed in Assam, Bangladesh, West Bengal and Nepal between Rajbanshi Community. Panta means "soaked in water" and bhat means "boiled rice". This dish of leftover rice soaked in water to prevent

Diabetes Mellitus Diet

Diabetes Mellitus Diet

Points to be taken into consideration while planning the diet

·         Avoid roots and tubers e.g.: potato, sweet potato, colocasia, yam, tapioca but carrot and radish can be consumed.

·         Avoid sugar, glucose, jams, jaggery, honey, sweets, nuts, Horlicks, Bournvita, etc.

·         Avoid fried foods.

·         Include salads but no salad dressing like mayonnaise.

History of Terai in Nepal

Our beloved motherland of Terai is panning through a very critical stage of history. The facts of history are very stringent. The land of Terai, presently under control of Nepal, is not the owned land of king, great king or Nepali. Terai is northern part of ancient city-states like Kaushal, Kashi, Mithila (Bideha), and their city states were initially under the governance of their indigenous people. Par age of time, Sen Karnatak, Mugel emperors, British East India Company and at present non-resident Nepalese have held the governance of Terai respectively.

If we scrutinize the history of Nepal, the present capital city Kathmandu was only a transit point. Outside Kathmandu and in the hilly region there was regional autonomy of each ethnic group/cast formed because of their socio-cultural structure.

Cultural Dress

Cultural Dress

Naari

 Naari

Shristir Amuly Rachana,

Naari Tui Baachiye Rahek SadaaBhar,

Mukti Ar Swatantrataar Taaney,

Tui Sangharsh Karek Sadaabhar,

Tor Sushilta Ar Maahantaar Taaney,

Tor Khot Dekhwaar Loklaak,

Tor Sundarta Ar Muskaaner Taaney,

Tok Chot Dibaar Loklaak,

Paramparar Bahaanaat,

Tui Saidhab Almaliye Chis,

Daud Dhup Kariye Bhaagiye Chis,

Shortcut Details of Rajbanshis From Nepal

Rajbanshi Community means the whole Rajbanshi family speaking which includes different castes along with Rajbanshi themselves. The introduction of Rajbanshis are shortly described as under:

Introduction :-

Rajbanshi Community of Nepal is said to be originated from Koch Bihar of India. The present Rajbanshis are the descendents of the king of Koch Kingdom North East of Indai. As they are from the Koch royal dynasty, they later became popular as Rajbanshis in Nepal. They have Mongolian plus Austric face-cut, brown colour complex and are Hindus worshippers of especially Thakur, Bramhanee and Hanuman.