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Mustang: A Kingdom on the Edge [Featured Video]

Posted on: October 18th, 2011 by Mk

A documentary report by Al Jazeera's Steve Chao shows the struggle by Nepalis, of Tibetan origin living in Mustang, to preserve their ancient culture. [Read more...]

TexasNepal at the Plano International Festival 2011

Posted on: October 8th, 2011 by Mk

TexasNepal represented Nepal at the Plano International Festival 2011 held at Haggard Park on Saturday, October 1, 2011 by the City of Plano. [Read more...]

Nuraj Maskey featured by Texas A&M University-Commerce as Authentic Student Portrait

Posted on: September 3rd, 2011 by Mk

Nuraj Maskey, a student of computer science at TexasA&M University-Commerce, has been awarded as an extra ordinary student and has been featured in the Texas A&M System Magazines. [Read more...]

Fundraiser by AFH:DFW for water, sanitation and education improvements in Nepal

Posted on: August 18th, 2011 by Mk

AFH:DFW, the local chapter of Architecture for Humanity, is hosting a fundraising event for water, sanitation, and education improvements in five villages in Nepal on Saturday, September 10, 2011 at the Indreni Nepali Cultural Center in Irving. [Read more...]

Rojesh Maharjan Biking for a Cause — Austin to Alaska

Posted on: August 16th, 2011 by Mk

Rojesh Maharjan, an electrical engineering student at UT Austin, will be cycling over 4500 miles next summer as part of the charity ride by Texas 4000 to raise fund for cancer research. [Read more...]

TexasNepal Photo Competition 2011 – Win $500 for your photo

Posted on: August 11th, 2011 by Mk

TexasNepal.com announces TexasNepal Photo Competition 2011 open to everyone of Nepali origin from around the world with a cash prize of $500. Photos can be uploaded to our Facebook page at facebook.com/TexasNepal or emailed to us at info@texasnepal.com. [Read more...]

Nepali running for US Congress – Interview with Darshan Rauniyar

Posted on: July 30th, 2011 by Admin

Interview with Darshan Rauniyar -- probably the first Nepali-American to run for the US Congressional election. [Read more...]

Nepali World Cyclist Furtemba Sherpa on his way to Africa

Posted on: July 27th, 2011 by Admin

Nepali world cyclist Furtemba Sherpa will be leaving for Africa on August 4, 2011. Pasang Lama from Texas donated generous amount of $5,100 while Sonam T. Lama donated a brand new cycle for his Africa trip at a Fundraising event in New York. [Read more...]

Dhiren Gurung for President of ANA 2011

Posted on: July 23rd, 2011 by Admin

Dhiren Gurung, a resident of The Colony, Texas, is running for the forthcoming 2011 ANA Presidential Election with a mission to make ANA bigger and better. This blog post has an interview with Dhiren Gurung about his candidacy for the President of ANA 2011. [Read more...]

Nepal Unites to Clean Bagmati Bridge [Featured Video]

Posted on: July 21st, 2011 by Mk

Nepal Unites, an informal group of civilian-activists that started as a Facebook movement, is gaining popularity among Nepalis around the globe. They have been organizing events to raise common Nepali citizens' voice against the political instability in the country demanding accountability from the leaders who have been incompetent and dishonest with their reponsibilities. [Read more...]

30th ANA Convention 2012 in Dallas

Posted on: July 5th, 2011 by Mk

ANA Convention 2011, Washington DC formally ended on July 3, 2011 and the upcoming 30th ANA Convention 2012 will be held in Dallas during the first week of July 2012. Pasang Lama will be heading the organizing team for the event, which he hopes will be one of the best ANA conventions. [Read more...]

Nepali Talent Show at the 29th ANA Convention, Washington DC [Video]

Posted on: July 2nd, 2011 by Admin

The 29th ANA Convention Cultural and Recreation Committee organized an inter-state Nepali talent show/contest on July 1, 2011. The contest was open to Nepali artists, between 10 and 24 years of age, residing in Canada and the United States. [Read more...]

Fundraising Party for TexasNepal Basketball Team and Dallas Mavericks Victory Celebration [Photos]

Posted on: June 30th, 2011 by Mk

Dallas Nepali Basketball Association organized a fundraising DJ night at Himalayan aroma on June 24, 2011 to support TexasNepal Basketball team along with celebrating Dallas Mavericks' 2011 NBA Championship Victory. [Read more...]

Darshan Rauniyar contesting for US Congress

Posted on: June 29th, 2011 by Mk

Darshan Rauniyar, a Nepali-American, is contesting as a Democratic candidate in Washington State’s first Congressional district. Mr. Rauniyar came to the US 20 years ago as an engineering student and has been active in county and district level Democratic Party politics for almost a decade. [Read more...]

Nepali World Cyclist – Furtemba Sherpa [Featured Video]

Posted on: June 29th, 2011 by Mk

Furtemba Sherpa, Nepali world tour cyclist, is currently on US tour and has recently launched a new website – furtemba.org along with release of a new video that introduces Mr. Sherpa and his mission to pedal around the world for peace and environmental protection. Furtemba Sherpa was featured as the TexasNepal Personality of the Month for May 2011. This video was edited by TexasNepal Team member Rajan Odari. [Read more...]