मह जोडी स्यानफ्रान्सिस्कोमा Home Maha Rocks San Francisco ------ Direk Shrestha -------- The famous MaHa duo, Madan Krishna Shrestha and Hari Bansha Acharya, have begun the tour of the United States with Mani Ratna Kansakar, Kiran KC, Prem Raja Mahat, Pooja Chand, Meera Acharya and Yaman Shrestha to raise funds for Help Nepal Network (HeNN), a global charity run by Nepalese living in different parts of the world. The fund raised from the show would build a 13-bed health post in a remote Haripurwa village in Sarlahi district with the estimated cost of US$ 25,000. MaHa performed their first show in San Francisco on June 17, 2006. They performed two comedy episodes, “Shraddha” and “Abhinandan”. Both the episodes relayed serious messages about their concern for the greater good of Nepali society with satirical humor from the Maha duo, Mani Ratna Kansakar and Pooja Chand. Not just the Maha duo, but also the entire Maha team, Kiran KC, Pooja Chand and Yaman Shrestha surprised the audiences proving they are good singers and they can dance good too. Prem Raja Mahat mesmerized the whole audiences singing his old classic songs including Sim Sime Pani Ma with beautiful actress, Pooja Chand. Despite busy life in the US, Yaman Shrestha released a new album and sang couple of songs from the album. One of the main organizers of the MaHa Saanjh in San Francisco, Anil Pandey, President of Motherland Nepal, a non profit organization, said, "The goal of the tour is to raise funds and raise awareness about missions and achievements of HeNN, Motherland, and other local associations. The non-profit organizations are trying their best to contribute and have significant impacts on the needy communities.” He further added, “We are overwhelmed with the support of Nepalese residents in San Francisco. I have never seen so many Nepalese under one roof for any shows in the city. Nepalese Association of Northern California played a tremendous role by posting the information about the show in their website and spreading the word around. I encourage all the Nepalese from all walks of life to go and enjoy the shows in their nearby cities to support the good works of the organizations and at the same time honor the works of our all time favorite Maha.” Established in 1999, Help Nepalese Network is spread in a dozen different countries with registered chapters in Australia, Nepal, the UK and the USA. With a slogan 'One Dollar a Month Fund for Nepal,' HeNN aims to raise at least a dollar a month from every Nepali to provide access to health and education to the needy communities in Nepal. Motherland Nepal is California based non-profit organization established with a specific purpose to improve the quality of life of Nepalese people by assisting in social progress, cultural development and economic growth of the Nepalese people. The organization was established in 2003 with its main focus on education. The Maha show will continue in Denver (June 24), Dallas (June 25), Boston (July 01), New York (July 08), Washington DC (July 15), and Baltimore (July 16). Various local Nepali organizations and associations are collaborating with HeNN to organize the shows in all the seven cities. © Copyright 2003-2006 newsofnepal No part of the photos & articles appearing in this site may be reproduced without the prior permission of newsofnepal