Lokendra Budhathoki

ABDUCTION OF JAGAT BAHADUR KHATRI                                          It was around the 1930s.  Jagat was just eight years old boy.  He was growing up in a hill village called Badaka in khotang district. He used to rear his cattle in the kharka(pasture). There are rocks with a den. Local people call these parts of the area as the safe haven of Banjhakri. Banjhakri is a mysterious human-like being who lives in the wild. Many people claim that they have encountered this. He has a bizarre appearance; short and stout hairy body, bare feet, bearded face, matted hair like Lord Shiva himself, drumming a musical instrument called dhyangro. Jagat Bahadur was rearing his cattle alone in the  kharka at  around 12 in the mid-day. koel and cuckoos were singing around and so were the barbets as if there had already been something wrong, Jagat was t...

  Anti-hypertension, Anti-Obesity, Anti-Cardiovascular diseases, Anti-gallstone formation                                                  Bitter buckwheat has a very long history. The buckwheat had been founded by the people of China before the second century. Another name for the buckwheat is Tartary buckwheat. Its botanical name is Fagopyrum tataricum.  It is cultivated in the Highlands of Nepal, Tibet, China, Bhutan, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. It is bitter in taste. Buckwheat has lots of components that make the crop useful for every human being, especially for people who are very much careful about their health. Buckwheat has protein, fats, vitamins and minerals. People use vegetable when it is green and on the other hand, people make pancake, bread and dough( dhindo) from its flour. This content is free from so many things. It is believed th...

 There are a number of myths about Water wild buffalo  Bubalus arnee  in the Koshi basin. One of them is: long ago there was a wandering buffalo herder named Raghu Yadav who had hundreds of loyal buffalos. All he did was for the buffalos.                                                                                                                        As he became old and weak, he couldn't take his buffalos to the remote parts of the areas to graze. One day he died in the grazing field. All the buffalos guarded his dead body until it decayed. Later his skeleton was started to be licked by the buffalos to express their unconditional love towards their master. Buffaloes used ...