In 1993, the then Nepali government appointed Mr. Julian M. Sobin, a longtime Boston businessman, an Honorary Consul General of the Kingdom of Nepal in Boston.
[Mr. Richard Blum, husband of US Senator Diane Feinstein Democrat, California is the other Honorary Consul General of the Kingdom of Nepal in the US.]
Since his appointment, Mr. Sobin, with assistance from some members of the Greater Boston Nepali Community, has been formally promoting trade and social ties between Nepal and the United States.
Mr. Sobin is a Harvard University graduate whose first visit to Nepal took place way back in 1944, when he was in the US army and when Nepal was still under the Rana Shasan. He and his wife Leila have visited Nepal many times since 1972, the time of Mr. Sobin's second visit to the country.
Recently, Mr. Sobin, approaching 80, convinced a group of high-powered American businesspeople including a former Harvard Business School professor who had helped set up the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad in the early Sixties to accompany him on a week-long trek to Lo Manthang 3750 meters in Upper Mustang near the Nepal-Tibet border -- a hauntingly beautiful area still restricted to most non-Nepali visitors.
While in Lo Manthang, the group, dubbing themselves Sobin's Sojourners, observed and participated in the local three-day Tizi Festival, was granted an audience one morning by the Mustangi Raja, and spent time talking with the local High Lamas about the promises and the problems of the Upper Mustang area.
The Mustangi King -- Jigme Parbal Bista -- especially invited Mr. Sobin back to the Royal Palace for dinner, and, was, by his nephew Tsewang Bista's accounts, kept thoroughly entertained by tales of Mr. Sobin's various WW2-time adventures in India, Nepal and Tibet.
At the end of the trek -- which was led by 28-year-old Nepali Guide with excellent judgment and leadership Mr. Satish Man Pati -- the Group was flown back to Kathmandu on a helicopter, piloted by Madan KC, Nepal's world-famous pilot.
Later in Kathmandu, Mr. Sobin was granted a separate audience each by His Majesty the King Birendra and the Crown Prince Dipendra. He also met with the Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala.
The Group later had a "hey, we made it to Lo Manthang and back" celebratory dinner with the American Ambassador to Nepal, Mr. Ralph Frank, at the famous Rum Doodle Restaurant in Thamel.
Now, to publicize Upper Mustang in the US, members of Sobin's Sojourners, some of whom are journalists with The Economist and the Washington Post while others are published writers/authors in general, have planned on publishing -- in the course of next several months -- relevant travel articles in newspapers/magazines of Florida, Atlanta, Boston, New York and Washington DC.
In addition, Reunions-plus-lectures-plus-slide shows this Fall at the Harvard Clubs of Boston, New York City and Philadelphia are also being looked into. Don Gurewitz, who lives near Central Square in Cambridge, was the Group's photographer he says he finished 90 rolls in seven days!! and he will have the prints about Mustang ready for sale and distribution by late August.
Finally, as a Nepali I'm glad that I got a chance to visit this remote part of Nepal as one of Sobin's 12 sojourners. I have come back with renewed interest in Nepal's development problems, and a deeper appreciation for our desh ko natural beauty.
Can somebody tell me if GBNC is still active? Haven't heard anything about any Nepali New Years Event. Haven't really seen anything this year. Would be nice to know if there's a Nepali group that's active in my community. If the current members are not upto it please make sure that responsible people are elected. Thank you very much for your time.
Hi Executive members, I received an email from Sushma Joshi. Please get in toudh with her if interested. Mabi
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 21:11:45 -0700 PDT From: sushma joshi To: Hnepal99@aol.com Cc: birat.mishra@nokia.com, knadhikari@yahoo.com, sameer@ait.ac.th, mamatap@hotmail.com, msingh01@emerald.tufts.edu, ravi_trip@excite.com Subject: One Pound Fund
Hello! I am in the Pharkera Ke Paincha list and I saw your notice about the One Pound Fund. I am excited to see that diasporic Nepalis are beginning to be involved and linking up with local communities within Nepal.
I was writing with a request: I recently finished a documentary about a village in Lele, located just outside Kathmandu, and the community's history and current dilemmas in the process of setting up and managing its own drinking water system. The documentary examines the caste and gender dynamics and the effects that these power relations have on the process.
I was writing to ask if you would be interested in arranging screenings for this video in Nepali gatherings in your respective countries. This documentary examines questions of gender and caste that have not been approached before, and would help to people to take these issues into consideration while becoming involved in development activities.
I look forwards to hearing from you. Best regards, Sushma Joshi Documentary-maker
From ENF Public post - dk ----------------- Friend s : I assume all of you have received US Census 2000 form. I filled mine and posted already. I just wanted to drop a note to encourage all of you to do so, if you have not done so yet.
There are some important race related questions which you should answer. While filling it out #7 or #8 , please make sure you mark x on non-hispanic and on #8 or #9 , mark x on Other Asian and write down "NEPALESE" in the space provided below. If you leave it blank, you'll be counted as other asians or as other races. I believe, we all want and should be counted as proud Nepalese from the Himalayas.
One more point, all of us regardless of visa or residency status etc. should fill up the forms for all individuals living in your apartment or household. By law, the census data are for statistical and demographic purposes only.They can not be used for any other legal or illegal purposes.
You are also required by law to fill out the forms and put it in the mail promptly.
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Its been a while, since i clicked on GBNC homepage last, but when i finally did, wow ! there was a surprise for me.New format of GBNC site looks much more impressive then the previous one. Looks like those involved had put lot of effort in it. After surfing the GBNC site, i felt BostonSick and missed all those wonderful events.
Dear Boston Resident, I am responding to your concern regarding premier of the movie on Thursday night. As we all are well aware that most of GBNC's event takes place during weekends. This year we are dedicating the movie night to all those who works on weekends. Specially to all those students and people who works in resturants and only have few weekdays off. Hope this clarify your concerns. Pls. note Actor Bhuban KC himself will be at MIT that night. And for future reference their will be other movie nights on weekends. Looking fwd. to see you at movie night. And Thank you very much for giving us an oppertunity to clarify your concern.
Hello how come GBNC is showing the movie on a week day? We have busy week schedule and would appreciate if GBNC could move the movie to a weekend. I'm sure it would give a lot of people a chance to see it than on Thursday.
Thanks for your interest. GBNC struck an alliance with the Computer Association of Nepal CAN in December 1998 when the Vice President of CAN, Mr. Hare Ram Bhattarai, was visiting Boston then.
As a result of the alliance with CAN, we together launched the IT Nepal mailing list - it-nepal@mit.edu later migrated to it-nepal@listbot.com to facilitate sharing of IT-related information between interested people both inside and outside Nepal.
The list currently has more than 120 subscribers from around the world. Subscription to the mailing list is FREE and open to all. You may subscribe to the list by visiting the following site:
GBNC and CAN have jointly worked on the adminstration and publicity of this list.
As part of the alliance, GBNC will also take an active role in promoting/publicising IT events being participated or represented by CAN in the Boston area and beyond, such as the junior IT summit with a representative from Nepal held at MIT in November 1998.
Hope this helps. And yes, if you have any new ideas on how we can get more out of the alliance, you are most welcome to bring them to GBNC and make them happen.
Thanks again for your interest in GBNC activities.
It nice to see the new and impressive format of GBNC home page. I appreciate efforts and dedications put by all involved. I am just curiuous to know the details about the association of GBNC with Computer Association of Nepal CAN since Dec. 1998, as mentioned in the home page. I have not really heard anything about this in detail. How can a general/ordinary members can benefit from this association? Sodhna nahune bhaya maaf garnu hola! Mabi
It would be a pleasure to meet you in Boston. The emails and contact phone numbers of all GBNC Council members and Directors are on this GBNC website under About GBNC . Feel free to ring anyone.
You can also call the GBNC Hotline toll-free from anywhere at 1-877-805-8660.
Namaste, I am arriving in Boston for the first time!! on the 7th February for three days to visit a friend and make a presentation on Education in Nepal with a more focus in Rural Nepal at Roxbury Latin School. While in Boston, I would like to meet some of the GNBC memebers, but have no contact.
I would love if someone could reply with some suggestions about contacting the gnbc group in Boston.
Dear GBNC exec board , I had attended the pharkera ke pahicha worshop held at MIT.The program organized by you all was impressive.Keep it up, You guys are doing a great job.And also, the new webpage looks very impressive!I will keep giving you the feedback later but for now my Congratulations to the executive committee for the wonderful job.Keep connecting!
Bhoj Sigdel
(Minnesota State University.)
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Having surfed at GBNC home page, I felt like i am in Boston, when i turned around it was my room at cold minnesota. I really missed The GBNC events , Specially delecious MomOs.Thanks
Hi San, GBNC WEB page looks really good.Could you please check the name of the new council members and BOD and fill up by the new names.If you don't have the names you can ask to the Sandeep Lama. Thank you very much.
Thank you for your interest in GBNC.It is my pleasure to answer your question.GBNC meetings helds atleast once a month ,every time meeting's announcement and notices sent to council members and BOD through e-mail or by phone.Second ,every time minutes of meeting are taken. Soon everything related to GBNC will be posted on the web. Keep on checking www.gbnc.org Once again thank you very much for your interest.We love to hear more from you.keep in touch. sameer Tiwari
I am a GBNC member and would like to know a few thins: When are Council meetings held? Are there any minutes of the meetings taken? Can the secretary of GBNC publish the minutes of the meetings on the website also? Thank you.
Hi, I have a question. I am a college student that will be traveling to Nepal shortly and I am going to be staying with a family in Kathmandu. I want to bring the family a gift but, I do not know what will be good. If anyonr has any suggestions something particular to America or Boston and something relatively small that I can pack ... please, email me Thank you Hmelon777@aol.com
Welcome to the newly released Website for the Greater Boston Nepalese Community. The greater insight for this website is to include all Nepalese living abroad to be interactively involved.
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