Binod the Beautiful from Kathmandu

"ONE MUST HAVE SOME BELIEF IN YOURSELF, BUT NOT BE PROUD... HEY, i'LL BECOME 40,45 SOME DAY, AND I HOPE TO BE A GOOD LOOKING MATURE FELLOW"

Binod, a young professional from Kathmandu, sent us these smashing photographs, which he says were shot by his professional photographer friend Sailesh Chettri.

"I BELIEVE THAT ONE MUST NOT BE APOLOGETIC ABOUT ONE'S ASSETS, AND YA, I DO BELIEVE I'M NOT BAD LOOKING", SAYS BINOD

"SOME GYM WORKOUTS, ABS HAVE TO BE IN SHAPE. NO, NO STEROIDS. I LIKE FOOTBALL."

BTW, I PREFER GUYS, AND MY HERO IS NEPAL MP SUNIL, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT

ANYONE INTERESTED IN SIGNING ME UP FOR A MOVIE? NOT BOLLYWOOD, BUT SOME NEPALI OR ENGLISH  MOVIE? SORRY, NO PHONE NUMBER, BUT LEAVE YOUR COMMENT, EMAIL  HERE AND  CONTACT YOU ... I WILL BE REVISITING HOT BODS!

Shiva: Sexy, Successful, Sports-star!

NewsNET East profiles another really 'hot' bod: our very own North eastern Gorkha boy, whom all of us in Sikkim, Darjeeling. Shiva is away at Kazakhstan and we hope to read that he's qualified for the Olympics.

The Guwahati-born Shiva is a prototype of a modern youth with a lot of dreams, reflected in his eyes, demeanour and everything he does. So, it is not surprising if he is seen on Facebook or speaks fluent English or gives you a quotable quote from the great Muhammed Ali.

Sport is in his blood and Shiva has banked on it. “My father (Padam Thapa) was a practitioner of martial arts. He put me into boxing and I liked it,” says Shiva, who donned the gloves at the age of seven. Shiva's gloves made so much of an impact within the family that his elder brother Gobind also followed suit and emerged a National-level boxer.

Bowled over by the techniques of Mike Tyson, the 18-year-old thinks that skills and intelligence assume equal importance in a physical sport like boxing.

Training@home in 2010

Shiva, studying in Std. XII, by no means is an ordinary student and does the balancing act well despite going through the rigours of training at the Army Sports Institute (Pune).

Victory at 17 years!

Like every young boxer, he too nourishes hopes of getting an Olympic medal for the country. He lives the dream and it is mirrored even in his favourite pastime: music.

So, if one notices the song ‘We are the champions' on his Facebook profile, one can only reply ‘amen!'

The young and hard-working boxer has achieved a lot and it is imperative that he does not to fritter away all the good work.

Just like Baichung Bhutia, Shiva has become a role model for young people from the North-East... he's a guy wth a hot body and a hot career ahead.

Welcome at Guwahati

Shiva at Nationals in Chennai

Thapa at 2008

with father who was his first coach

Souvik, Social Activist, Mind reader

NewsNET introduces SOUVIK, the Magician


Souvik shares his photos and tells us something about himself:

Social activist and T-shirt designer

Well, Souvik means Magician :). I am simple, down to earth, smiling 24X7, always believe in present and  live in present. I am from Kolkata, the city of joy.

By profession, I am a social worker. I am working on gender, sex, sexuality and sexual health issues with Solidarity and Action Against The HIV Infection in India (SAATHII). 

I love to be connected with people and their emotions. So, I am designated in my NGO for providing training and technical support to the different groups. I also love to read people's mind: so psycho-social counselling is my passion. 

Music is my reflection and I live each and every moment with music through singing and listening to different kinds of music

Friends are my strength point as I love to spend time with them and trust me, I have an amazing friends circle.

I have my own range of T-shirts and other accessories on gender, sexuality, HIV and youth issues. These are self designed and the brand name is "T&T".

My favorite colour is black as for me Black does not symbolize darkness, it develops personality and gives a dignity and confidence. But, it does not mean that I have any allergy with other colors. I love all colors to paint my life.

My star sign is Taurus 

My tag line: I believe is Blah Blah Blah, because it aslo carries important messages! 

Send in your photographs and tell us what you're about. mail us at proudlysingle@gmail.com or send us a message via facebook

HOT FROM SRI LANKA

Richard Jayasekaran commerce student, Bangalore, likes to dress up

 Writes Sanjay Rahul:


 I think that my classmate Richard, who is Sri Lankan and studying commerce in Bangalore is really cool.


I'm sending in these snaps as a birthday surprise for him. Please publish them before 31st March


Well, Sanjay, we're glad to oblige.


Many happy returns of the day to Richard from the HOT BODS gang!

Here he's looking cool and so hot at the same time for a college fashion show.

Pehalwan Passion

Ashutosh Dhar has sent us the following visuals and thoughts- continuing the series of 'wrestlers'. feel free to send us your  photo collections and themes around 'guys, fitness, masculinity' for this space.. the guys who perform traditional Indian-style wrestling are known as 'pehalwans'

Boys have fun and do hard work to build up strength at Guruji's Akhara

In Villages of UP, Haryana teenage boys are encouraged to do wrestling and they like to join army and police force.

This is a photo of a village 'dangal' in which Suresh is taking part. Suresh is a B.Com student.

Another shot of the same fight taking place at village Akhara

Guruji has different formulas of herbs which students mix with milk for strength and so on. This photo has been taken by one foreigner who visited Guruji's akhara last year.

Tribute to Khushti

The All India Wrestling Federation has just concluded an All India Wrestling Tournament in Bihar. Newsnet Reader Ashok Kumar has sent us a collection of photographs in tribute to the great art of Khushti [Indian Wrestling].

Vinod Pehewan at Akhara

Ashok writes: I think that the art of Indian wrestling in Akahara is popular.
It is the basic body building thing.

and the winner is....

The akhara is popular also among educated people. And many youths in states. In Delhi also Akhara is popular.

Boys aged 6 to men aged 60 practice Khushti

This is a photo of a very old akhara in Maharashtra

Malhar Male

This young man was busy fishing when a travelling cameraperson through Muzaffarpur took this photograph.
"I am submitting this photograph because it celebrates honest hard labour that is so necessary to keep the wheels of progress turning," writes the photographer.  We agree. So here's the first 'HOT BOD' on this site.

SHOWCASING GUYS

Hi Guys, and Gals...
Here's the place where we feature all the males with great bodies... [and personalities]. It's a place for those into work-outs and body culture to exchange notes and photographs.
It's also a place for ladies of all ages to visit for a bit of window-shopping.


If you think you're a 'rockstar', a 'gym boi', a 'cool dude', or you just want to show off your abs [and more] feel free to send us a photo and something about you.


Here is a place where we'll also feature our 'pick of the week'.