August 15th- Pentaxium: World Pentax Day

Today was World Pentax Day, I did use Pentax camera NOT for the sake of the World Pentax Day but for the love of photography. In Nepal many of my friends always run after the big brand of camera rather than getting into the deep of photography. Many new wanna be photographers in Nepal, every time they browse web sites of famous photographers they first get into the equipment page to see what they use, they do not want to see how they work hard enough to be on that place today.

There is a silent war between the Nikon and the Canon camera user in my friends circle, but I am not into the war nor between the war. I enjoy shooting with what ever I have in my hand and I guess that the best camera in the world is that what you have in your hand. I have used Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax, Leica, Sony, Holga, Lomo, Minolta, Fujifilm, Samsung, Panasonic, Hasselblad, Kodak, Yashica, Zenith and some homemade cameras to name a few. There are many more brand of cameras that I have not used, if I only run after the brand camera I have no time for photography. So I suggest everyone mostly for the new and wanna be photographer to focus on photography not into camera. Always think positive and what ever you have in your hand is the best camera in the world.

Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka

my heart is but a child ....

the sight of her binds me
and I can't look away
this silky strand
I can't tear away

It's been years since
I've turned grey
yet the color of youth
refuses to fade away

Oh! and now my heart
beats faster
my face is losing its color
I fear those lonely nights
my heart is but a child

my heart is but a child
Innocent but naive
my heart is but a child

the sight of her binds me
and I can't look away
this silky strand
I can't tear away

It's been years since
I've turned grey
yet the color of youth
refuses to fade away

who knew I'd given shelter
to such a roguish heart
forever I imagined it would be
as virtuous as me

Oh! and it pulls at me
It makes such a racket
it gives undue importance
to trivial things
nothing's more devious
than the heart

someone stop me
someone hold me
or else at this age
I will be deceived
and now I fear I'll
fall in love

my heart is but a child

my heart is but a child
Innocent but naive
my heart is but a child.

Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka

That’s Life!!!!

When I got enough confidence,
The stage was gone.

When I was sure of losing,
I won.

When I needed people the most,
They left me.

When I learn to dry my tears,
I found a shoulder to cry on.

When I mastered the skill of hating,
Somebody started loving me.

I think .... That’s Life!!!!

Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka

Walking away in early morning rain ....

There are things . ..

That we do not want to happen . ..

but have to accept,

Things we do not want to know . ...

but have to learn !

and people we can not live without but we have to let it go . . . .

Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka

मुसुक्क हाँस ल! Hi! Girls Do You Love Me?

Hi! Girls Do You Love Me?

Written on a truck door at somewhere around at national highway. Look like this trucker is a Casanova.

Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka

Self Portrait

Self Portrait into the wild somewhere around at Bigu, Dolkha.

Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka

Need someone to fill my heart ….

Do you know what's the difference between "LOVE" and "LIKE"?

In front of the person you love, winter seems like spring.
But in front of the person you like, winter is just a beautiful winter.

The person you love comes into your mind every two minutes.
You can't look straight into the eyes of the one you love.
But you can always smile into the eyes of the one you like.

Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka

I need somebody to be lonely with me ....

I need somebody to be lonely with me ....

Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka

Walk side by side with me ….

I need you like crazy; I love you like crazy …. I want to cuddle you each and every way. I want to grow old with you …. I just want to walk side by side with you in sunshine and even in rain.

Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka

The Green Knot Project

As the cities are turning into concrete jungles, there is a need to raise awareness on the importance of trees that stand amidst pollution and population surge. We are asking you to participate in an event being organized to mark the World Environment Day 2010. This silent awareness raising campaign will be held on Saturday, June 5.

On this day, we ask you to join us at New Road Pipalbot at 7 am sharp. The programme will be launched by tying a green knot around the historic papal tree. Through these green knots, we are airing our silent voices on behalf of all the trees within the valley and against rampant pollution, which is far too apparent in the roads, rivers and streams of this holy city.

After the initial knot tying ceremony, the participants will tie green knots on the roadside railings that run from Juddha Salik to New Road Gate. Then they will head to Tripureshwor and tie knots on lampposts on either side of the road leading to Thapathali. The process will be concluded at the Bagmati Bridge.

Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka

invisible picture

Earth Day

Save Earth for Life. Enjoy each and every day as Earth Day and save it for next generation and for new life.

Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka

Today ….

Today was the opening day of the Bahini: Life of my Sisters photography exhibition of Debby Ng and Edwin Koo and there was also reopening of the Harsha-Home and my birthday was a very busy day.

Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka

Happy New Year ….

The time for celebration, new hope, new day and a brand new year. I wish you all a happy new year, a happy jut shital and a happy mother’s day to all of you.

Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka

Self Portrait

I was just cleaning my room and my stuff and found this lost slide that I took when I was 14 years old. It was good time when I only have one cap and one camera and that was my first camera, which is still with me but not in use any more. I miss film photography and working on slide.

Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka

Self Portrait

I always have interest in alternative photography and want to learn it but here in Nepal normally only few people do some kind of alternative photography and if you talk about the young photographers from Nepal than I can bet that there are none.

If you are doing some kind of alternative photography than make me wrong. April is the month of pinhole photography and this self portrait was made by pinhole photography.

Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka

Rain ….

We have rain in January, February and now in last day of March we have rain. Rain in Kathmandu is very different than other place; I am very much connected with rain in Kathmandu than other place. I do not know why but the rain in Kathmandu is simply awesome and I enjoy very much.

Rain....

Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka

Negative

It’s been a while that peoples have forgotten how it feels to see the negative film, I always have passion for film photography but due to expense it is fading away but I am doing it for some time and still keep on doing it for my passion for film photography. I did try 35mm and 120mm film photography but I always wanted to play and learn with large format but in Nepal it is hard that any photography school or say that anyone can give a lesson for me on large format photography. There are few photography school that give education on photography but it’s all about digital nowadays. Film photography is like dead in Nepal and if you are around shooting in films, fellow photographers who use digital look at you like you are alien. But I love to be alien and keep on using film.

Film is not dead!

Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka

Women in my life ….

I was raised in a family where women have majority and learn to respect women all my life.

Woman has man in it; Mrs. has Mr. in it female has male in it, she has he in it. No wonder men always want to be inside women.

Enjoy! The women day.

Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka

Day and day after tomorrow ….

What will be the day and day after tomorrow for Kathmandu valley? We lost trust on political parties in Nepal, as they never do any think as they say, what you think? Do things will change in Nepal? Or we are still being cheated by political parties each and every time. Think about it.

Hope for good things for our country.

Peace.

Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka