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  2. Lajja (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Lajja (Bengali: লজ্জা Lôjja) (Shame) is a novel in Bengali by Taslima Nasrin, a writer of Bangladesh. The word lajja/lôjja means "shame" in Bengali and many other Indo-Aryan languages . The book was written about the violence, rape, looting and killings of Bengali Hindus that took place in December 1992 after the destruction of ...

  3. Nepalese folklore - Wikipedia

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    Nepalese folklore is a diverse set of mythology and traditional beliefs held by the Nepali people. Folk beliefs. Banjhakri and Banjhakrini, supernatural shamans of the forest. Bir, a demon; Boksi, a witch; Budhahang, legendary Kirati king who could stop movement of sun ; Chhauda, a child ghost ; Kichkandi, type a female ghost.

  4. Dhon Cholecha - Wikipedia

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    Dhon Cholechā ( Nepali: धोन चोलेचा) is a Nepalese folk tale about a little girl and an old nanny goat. It is the most well known children's story in Newar society of the Kathmandu Valley. It tells about a little girl named Punthakhu Mainchā (पुन्थखु मैंचा) and the ill treatment she suffers at the ...

  5. List of emoticons - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of emoticons or textual portrayals of a writer's moods or facial expressions in the form of icons. Originally, these icons consisted of ASCII art, and later, Shift JIS art and Unicode art. In recent times, graphical icons, both static and animated, have joined the traditional text-based emoticons; these are commonly known as emoji.

  6. Lokta paper - Wikipedia

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    A menu of a typical Nepali restaurant made using Lokta Paper, also known as Nepali paper. It is a popular trend with Nepali restaurants using this paper for their restaurant menu. History. The earliest surviving lokta paper document appears in Nepal's National Archives in Kathmandu in the form of the sacred Buddhist text, the Karanya Buha Sutra.

  7. Women in Nepal - Wikipedia

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    Nepali women have internalized this system and this makes it difficult for them to envision themselves in roles outside the home. Women also harm each other by passively accepting societal attitudes. In Nepal, women's words are thought to be only half true and are not treated seriously. Surprisingly, both men and women accept this societal ...

  8. Radha (novel) - Wikipedia

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    The plot of Radha reflects the situation in Nepal at the time of its publication, especially the Nepalese Civil War. Radha is an example of “Lila Lekhan”, a Nepalese metaphysical novel concerned with explaining the features of reality that exist beyond the physical world and our immediate senses, for which Dharabasi is known. Translation

  9. Nepali grammar - Wikipedia

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    Nepali has two infinitives. The first is formed by adding -नु nu to the verb stem. This is the citation form of the verb, and is used in a number of constructions, the most important being the construction expressing obligation. This is formed by combining the nu -infinitive with the verb पर्नु parnu 'to fall'.