Following pictures and comments are compiled from the group in Facebook called 'MO:mo'

'People say that 'wheel' is the greatest invention of humans..........I don't think so.............its MO:MO'

'Why is there always 10 pieces of momo in a single plate? i wonder ..??!'

'I've done upto 4 plates and the record i saw in Image channel got the gutts is 5 plates and 1 and i declare i can eat upto 6 plates at a time...'

'i want some momo...damn right i do!! ani oo bhai alik jhol chahi badi hala hai!!'

'Yummy!!!!!!!! Guys, you remember back home, the most untidy place had the most delicious momos.... The momos in the resturants sucks'

'this is what we used to call... 'Dhyarrrraaa momo'
this is because of the dhyarraa noise made by the big stoves..
enjoy dhyarraa momo'

'Nepali Rastriya Ekatako Pratik - MoMo.
Now, if there is anything that can best unite we Nepalis, then that's only MoMo.'

'Breakfast: coffee & donuts $5.00
Lunch: Turkey sandwich $7.00
Dinner: Chicken Pasta $9.99

Thinkinging about the mo:mo and its smell: PRICELESS...missin Mo:Mo (there is something that money just can't buy)'

'firstly....ma momther's milk....
n second...momo'z
ttz wat brought me up!!'

'I.LOOVEEEEEE.loveeeee. LOBBBB.LURRVEEEE.luuvvvvvvvv.looooovvv.laavvvvv.lvvvvv.LOVE.MOMO!!'

'I love Momos very much. if I had a girlfriend I would name her Momo'

'They should sell momo in fast food chains...like mc chicken momo..'

' Oh my god...its like a torture to see them...all those momos....i havent had any in a while'

'Kathmandu aaula momo pakaula,
Kahan baata lyaunla? thulo khasi katumla!

la saathi ma pani samel haumla'

'U guys know what? I miss MoMo terribly. I ready to part ways with 10 $ for a plate of momo now. So, if u r goin outside Nepal too. gulp doun ur throat as many momo as possible before u get a chance to regret not doing so later. U r going to miss it terribly. BELIEVE ME'

'momo is my all time favourite.i feel lucky to b born in Momo city.'

'I think Kathmandu should be Kathmomodu. We should change Dhobikhola's name to Momo-khola to remind people that the 'meat' or 'vegetables' inside the momo needs to be 'washed' first and that it is done with 'water', a.k.a. paani. And paani is everywhere in Kathmandu in the form of dhoblikhola bagmati and tukucha. Perhaps when dhobikhola or Momokhola as I would like to call it, will remind people of momo that they actually PUT IN THE STOMACH and perhaps stop dumping 's#!T' into the river? And eventually Bagmati and others would follow suit!

At least this idea's better than Krishnaprasad Bhattarai's vision of turning Nepal into Singapur or the maoist's ideas!! WUT WUT?'

'Telling my parents that I loved mo:mo was the hardest thing I have ever had to do...but now they accept my mo:mo tendencies and support me in my choices. Such as Buffulo MO:Mo from Mo:MO cave, Kathmandu. Nothing makes Mo:mos even tastier than low mood lighting and 5 nepali guys staring at you.' (she is from Italy)

'steamed, fried or kothey...fresh or even stale - momo is divine.'

'everest momo at naxal was literally 2 mins walk from my home ..... yup i remember the smell !'

'my mother told me she is going to cook momos for thanksgiving! that's the way i like to eat my turkey'

'If there are any girls out there that can make good momo....I am 6'0, attractive, affectionate, and we can talk about marriage... haha'

'it pissed me off that people kept saying 'oh these dumplings are good'. idiots, they're momos. they're not thaaat hard to say.'

'if u ask me, our momo tastes a million times better than the best of dumplings. correct me if i am wrong and enlighten us with the information about the best dumpling houses in the world.'

'Dherai dherai aucha manama, tita mitha jhajhalko haru, Ranjano ko soda pasalma baseraaaaa...

Tudikhelma cricket khelera kahilyai, ketilai impress garna khojera khahiile, laxmi ko momo pasalma baseraaa...

repeat(x2)

shayad mero momocha po thyiyau ki pahilo plate ma...shayad mero sekuwa po thiyau ki arkako thaal ma....mero fanta maa!!....mero tanduri maaa...mero acharr maa mero andhra maaaaaaaa......

maitidevi ko momo pasal maaaaaaaaa!!'

'Yes!!!! the favourite dish of all time! The best dish of alltime. Dallo dallo tattaato, piro piro, nyam nyam chapauna milne, khasi hos ya thulo khasi, pepsi hos ya raksee, momo khana paayen ma babal khusi'

'Had Italian cuisines, had Mexican cuisines, had continential, had Chinese blah blah..Nothing Beats MO:MO! Hamro ek matra MO:MO, Jado, garmi, gham, paani MO:MO is the best jahile pani. Haha...'

P.S.:Dear Mo: Mo, I'm missing you a lot

For the love of MO:MO posted by Pradeep Chand @ 6:38 AM  6 comments

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Nepal has witnessed the generosity and humanitarian passion of few great people. They gave their wholeheartedness for the welfare of economically and socially challenged people of Nepal and Nepal returned them with showers of love and respect.

In Nepal, the NYOF kids call her Olga "didi," meaning "older sister." President of NYOF's board, Olga Murray is living proof that getting older doesn't mean slowing down, not that she ever did.

Born in 1925 in Transylvania, Olga Murray came to the U.S. as a six year old and eventually graduated from Columbia University and law school at George Washington University, where she was one of the few female students. She had worked her way through school by researching and writing for famed muckraking columnist Drew Pearson. With her law degree in hand, she found that no law firm would hire a woman. So Olga knocked on the door of the California Supreme Court, where she became a research attorney for Chief Justice Phil Gibson. When he retired, Olga joined the law staff of the new Justice Stanley Mosk. During her 37-year tenure at the Court, Olga helped to write important decisions in the areas of civil rights, women's rights, and environmental policy. She retired in 1992 to launch yet another career-helping impoverished children in Nepal.

Olga spends half the year in Sausalito, California raising funds for NYOF, and the other half in Nepal overseeing NYOF projects-redefining just what a didi can do.

John Wood is the founder of Room to Read -- a non-profit dedicated to bringing literacy to the developing world. He has just released an exciting new book, Leaving Microsoft to Change the World - An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children.

Published by HarperCollins and now available to the public, this inspiring story gives a fly-on-the-wall glimpse into John Wood's journey from corporate executive to social entrepreneur. In 1998 the then-Microsoft executive went trekking in the Himalayas. The vacation would ultimately change his life and career path forever. Coming face to face with poverty in a rural Nepali school, John quit his job and has dedicated his life to bringing the gift of education to children worldwide.

To date, Room to Read has donated 1.2 million books, set up over 3,000 schools and libraries in seven countries and has impacted the lives of over a million children in the developing world. The organization was founded on the belief that education is crucial to breaking the cycle of poverty.

Written as an accessible, firsthand account, Leaving Microsoft to Change the World is a page-turner that not only inspires, but also challenges our notions of achievement, wealth and one's life work. The book has already received great reviews and has been recently listed as a Book Sense selection for the month of September.

www.leavingmicrosoftbook.com and request a free copy of Chapter 1.

www.roomtoread.org.

Unsung heroes posted by Pradeep Chand @ 4:05 PM  1 comments

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Not many days have passed since the violent anti-reservation protests in India shook the whole nation. Student bodies from All India Institute of Medical Studies (AIIMS), Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and other central institutions of higher education all joined their hands to annul the Quota system in specialization and professional degree levels.

Nepal is said to be moving to a new era - a one that has freedom, peace and prosperity. At such critical stage, the leaders of our country have made a blunder. They just fertilized a baleful issue of reservation, which will have some sinister impacts on all the aspects of Nepal. It is not something that the political leaders have not seen coming. I do not underestimate their farsightedness but I can also estimate their greed. During the recent Jana Aandolan (People's revolution), we all witnessed the political involvement of minorities and female citizens and so did the parties. So they can not dare to jeopardize the prospective vote bank of future elections. And guess what? One of the early motions the current House of representative passed was to provide a 33% reservation for women in state mechanism. And the dalits (people from Other Backward Classes) are already getting 25% reservation.

Dalit (Backward Caste) women from far-western region of Nepal

If unqualified people are selected over qualified ones, for posts that can have serious impact on the development of Nepal, in the name of class and gender reservation, any and every Nepali citizen can suffer its consequences. Just imagine... what can happen if an incapable person becomes your doctor; designs your house; formulates your country's economic policies. I know your answer that is why I do not think that this is an option.

Yesterday I watched an interview of a female Maoist soldier on Nepal Television. As many other politically active women, she was saying that Women can equal men in every aspect so the reservation percentage should be elevated to 50%. I have nothing against them but I really feel sorry for them. In fact, they are just reverberating the voice of their leaders without having any knowledge of their selfish intentions. The dalit leaders are the ones who are actually utilizing most of the opportunities and also benefit by lobbying with political parties. I know few dalits who are easily getting scholarships although they are financially strong enough to pay for their studies. So how can this help the back ward class people of far western region who have never visited Kathmandu.

Reservation politics flourishes in Nepal posted by Pradeep Chand @ 5:51 PM  7 comments

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