नेपाली सन्दर्भमा कोन्ट्रा समुह

By: Dipesh Gautam

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Losing our Loved Ones

By: Tejaswee Sharma

It’s happening to loved ones around us everyday. Every other day we have to face some tragic news about our loved ones.

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Anarchy I,II and III.

By: Hitesh Karki

As I reach the corner of the street in between Gaushala and Sifal, the road next to the small forest opposite Pashupati, a diminutive figure whose personality seems to have been emboldened by the fact that he had a red star on his cap and wore fatigues, asks me to stop. He is inside an Indian SUV.

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Can we do something?

By: Raj Gaire

Last week I got an email from Bishal. I had already received a clue about the mail from Saurav while chatting the day before. Well, the topic was not any new. We had been discussing such topics during college times. The topic is still under discussion and still could not conclude anywhere. It seems we need more thoughts and more brainstorming. Where else can I expect such thoughts, except this forum? Therefore I am posting it here.

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Unlikely Source of National Integrity

By: Anup Sharma

For all those who have been watching current season of India Idol know exactly who Prashant Tamang is. Wikipedia says "Prashant Tamang (Nepali: प्रशान्त तामाङ) is a Kolkata-based singer and contestant on Indian Idol. He is the first contestant of Nepalese origin to make it to the final rounds of Indian Idol. He is also the first person from the police force to enter the final rounds."
Every Friday and Saturday there is a buzz in the streets and gallis of Nepal. People are found gossiping not ...

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To my ladies

By: heretic (Aashish Dutta Koirala)

To the lady east of my window
You stand erect as the vision of my past
To the lady from my psychotic episode
My sincerest thanks for the intervention

To the lady whose eyes summoned me
I wish I knew then what I know now
To the lady from that dark summer
I wouldn't be what I am without you

To the lady with the mark of fire
Thanks for the grandiose welcome
To the lady from the ninety-fifth highway
I shall cherish your touch as wisdom

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Reunion of Tri-chandra College - 2037 I.SC. Physical Group

By: Rudra Pandey

It was a great experience to see college friends after 25 years. It was hard to believe that 25 years had passed since we last hung around together at the Tri-Chandra campus area. We were 60 plus students in physical group (the group of students who joined college to prepare for engineering school). We were there as either our parents wanted us to be an engineer, or we were dreaming to become an engineer. All of us had some dreams and dreams kept changing everyday as we had to go through ...

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Debilitating Economy Of Nepal

By: Anup Sharma

In 1996A.D. Nepal saw the emergence of a new clique of people with a new set of rules and ideas to bring back so called reforms in different sectors. Well the idea was great had it not been for the weapons. How Gandhi helped in bringing back the independence in India is an exemplary achievement, which was spearheaded with a common theme of fight through non-violence. May be that was possible (in our context) or might have been the other way, but once you make a plan that is going to involve the ...

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The Way it is

By: Shreeya Shakya

It was just one of those lousy days, when you sit and watch the same stupid old movie you watched over a dozen times before and still have the patience to watch it all over again, scene by scene with an intense curiosity of what’s gonna happen next, when you already know what it is. Just those days, when after watching the movie, you switch channels on TV in an infinite loop! 1..2..3..4..55..56..1..2..3..4..55…56. I was desperately hunting for something to really amuse me. Then the button on my ...

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In conversation with my boss.

By: Hitesh Karki

‘So what is it that you will remember about this place once you go back’. This happened to be the question I had posed to my American guest en route to airport on board a Toyota Hiace van as he was about to bid farewell to this city. He incidentally did not happen to be a ‘tourist’ for this was his official visit. He was my boss.

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No I am not the only one.

By: Roshan Maharjan

What if you are struck with a thunderbolt? These extremities are rare but it happens and it’s true. You try to take comfort in your friends but what if you get hurt more when things are disclosed. What if a wise decision of sharing it, make things even worse. You feel like you are alone. You are driven to a conclusion “No I can’t cope up with the situation; I have had enough of this life". There is no one in this world who is there to say “I am with you”. For the time being, you feel as if this ...

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Life in metro: a review

By: Bishwa H. Kirat

Juss wathced hindi motion picture,\"Life in a Metro\".It was good.Thoug the cast and crew were not so called Branded Actors,but Irfan Khan,kay kay menon,KanKana Sen,Shinyahuja were juss perfect.
Leaving acting in the limelight for a moment, the story(theme) of the movie was another strong point.It was the awful truth of the big metro cities. The crippling of people for Success.The Silky Tounge and low character business act show the low virtue of those people.All running for big thing which ...

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Poor negotiation skills among the Nepalese officials

By: pawan

On 2007-6-21 issue of The Rising Nepal, there is an interesting news with heading:
Poor negotiation skills put Nepal's interest in shadow. That mean Nepalese are really screwed up here. There is one joke, when Nepal and India sits for negotiation, Indian side have all Nepalese issue with them before hand. Not only that, joke goes further, India has all issues that Nepalese side going to discuss on their homework meeting back in Nepal. We can do very little when someone is very ...

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Unabsorbed Energy

By: Dhiraj Sharma

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Exploring the world Part II

By: Nilesh Shrestha

Rituals are performed to make culture alive and culture is seamlessly mingled with religion. There are social bondages that suppress desires and freedom. I spent lots of time with a lady named Reema, a young 28 years old bright lady from Kuwait. When I first met her I though she was from Hawaii as there was no differences in her outfit with others...

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“आज भोली……………………………”

By: Santosh Koirala

आज भोली प्यारा लाग्छन काला काला रातहरु
आसुँ पुछ्ने कस्ले लाग्यो मायालु ति हातहरु !!

आकाश छुने मेरो चाह, त्यो उनिले नै टुटाइ दीइन
त्यती गाठो परेको माया, त्यो पनि छुटाइ दीइन
उनको मुटुको मेरो चित्र, त्यो पनि मेटाइ दीइन
अङलोमा बेरी बेरी, यसरी मलाई झुक्काईदीइन

तेसैले,

भुली दिया तिनको यौवन अनी ति नशालु आँखाका मातहरु
जलाई दिया तिनको तस्बिर अनी प्रेमपत्रका खातहरु !!

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Do you want to start your own QC offshore business?

By: pawan

Essentially, QC plays one big part in software development cycle, from beginning to end. Once blue print of software architecture is prepared, use cases are drawn and from use case, test cases are prepared. Use cases are prepared to optimize the chances of capturing the possible bugs. And finally tester starts the test and blah blah... This sounds pretty straight huh. Not so straight. Why? A software company needs many software testers. A tester requires an overall technical knowledge. A poor ...

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Nepal Telecom sinks to a new low

By: heretic (Aashish Dutta Koirala)

I am not sure how true this is -- but apparently, NTC has blocked calling cards from the US. Seriously, can any entity sink any lower? If this is true, there has never been a better opportunity or a better catalyst to accelerate some sort of movement to dismantle this ailing body once and for all. Any comments? If this is not true, I'll be glad to remove this entry.

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NATIONAL FLAG IS FOR NEPALI

By: Rajendra Keshari Pandey

I feel very fortunate when people spontaneously provide me with subject matter and spices for my writing. Most of my articles’ titles have sprouted from people’s mouths. Such is this incident which happened recently and made my life easy. Normally, I live four days a week in Kathmandu and three days at Nagarkot. ...

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My encounter with Hypocrisy

By: Hitesh Karki

There was never even a remote chance of we crossing our paths but then as fate would have it, we met. It’s not that we met when we ‘met’ for we had been meeting for quite sometime, albeit not in the real world but in the virtual one.

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Buddha is not a god.

By: Dhilung H Kirat

Last Saturday I was dabbling around with fundamental philosophies of different religions with my friends. What I believe is god itself is a creation of human mind. Concept stimulated by the deep seated sense of insecurity and catalyzed by the sense of defeat against thousands of unsolved questions. God has been a perfect scapegoat. Most of the religions are based on superstition. They actually promote sin. Someone will come and protect you from your sin if you worship him. Isn’t that ...

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Exploring the World Part I

By: Nilesh Shrestha

I landed in a beautiful serene place. The day was sunny and sky was lying in distant, clear and beautiful. I didn't see any patches of clouds. The place where I just stepped on was a beach. The yellowish sand and the clean dark blue sea was enthralling. I looked at myself, but I was quite a different. I felt I was taller, paler and more muscular. I was even not wearing glasses, but I liked it as glasses are not comfortable and I could see well there. I noticed I was wearing an orange color ...

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Kidney help

By: Anup Basnet

Hi all,

Kiran Balami is my neighbor and his family has been requesting for help from me everyday for the past two weeks to seek financial support for his kidney transplant operation. I would whole heartedly like to help him out but my financial situation does not allow me to do that on my own. So please folks, I am requesting all of you to contribute any amount that is feasible on your part. What might be little to us, can mean a lot to someone in his condition. Written below in Nepali ...

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Exit Interview and Its Impact on Organizational Effectiveness

By: Anup Sharma

Exit interview is a survey conducted with the departing employee of an organization to collect the information regarding why the employee is leaving the organization. It is conducted not only when an employee is leaving an organization but also at the time when his or her contract date expires. The main reason to conduct such a survey is to gather information which could be helpful in increasing overall effectiveness of the organization. Such a collection of data over a period of time can ...

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Life – A Miracle

By: Aarju Pandey

The sun shines; warm and reassuring, sunlight is bouncing off leaves and flowers. A small bud nestled in the middle of a thousand. Unnoticed, a part of everything else, green and tiny, the bud rests. So exquisite, yet still overlooked and ignored. It’s just another bud in the midst of many. Too quiet, too small, is it important at all? So subtle that your eyes pass over it and you think nothing of it. But suddenly it’s growing bigger and bigger, bolder and bolder! Faster still, so bright that ...

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This I Believe – Listening

By: Aarju Pandey

I believe in mental growth through listening. I believe that I can grow in terms of knowledge and experience when I listen. Listening is learning, whether it is listening to my teacher lecture about civil rights or listening to my grandma tell stories about her childhood in Nepal. Listening is, for me, to hear someone’s beliefs and incorporate them into my daily life. I believe that I can become more experienced in life and change my approach towards the ups and downs in life if I listen to ...

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Breakfast At Half Past Five

By: Gopal Bahadur Ghale

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Empty inside

By: Aabhushan Mainali

I see it, grab it,
Oh! so beautiful.
I love the cover, the waste.
But I dunno whats the inside.

Open it up! Open it up!

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Why Nepal should go open source?

By: pawan

Most open source softwares can be downloaded from Internet. Most of them come with source code and relaxed license. For developers it is source code, for system admin it is stable and secure. For commoners it is free to download and use. Most of the open source softwares do not provide good features, many of them are difficult to use, and poor in GUI. And surely most of staffs would like to see full featured GUI in their workstations. But for Nepalese entrepreneurs open source could mean saving ...

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My indulgence with happiness

By: Hitesh Karki

Thanks to my carelessness, I have been berated and scolded numerous times from all sorts of people, especially the dear ones. I am not punctual, not tidily dressed up, and often not affected by what is supposed to be a serious matter. There has hardly been a day where I have managed to get things proper and straight without much fuss. Remembering dates is something that has always let me down and yet, I must admit, I have hardly managed to recover from this habit of mine. Too many people have ...

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Legal Wife and Legal Life

By: Rajendra Keshari Pandey

I wonder from time to time why people are so concerned about mere words such as: legal, illegal, moral, immoral, good bad, nice and not nice. My personal view is these words themselves are irrelevant; it all depends upon our own logic and necessities to suit our interest. What suits you is right and what does not suit you is wrong is the general tendency among people. It is like looking at half a glass of water, some see it half full, and others see it as half empty. Both are correct in their ...

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Desert-island Books

By: Raj B.Thakuri

The question is simple - "If you were marooned on a desert island with no hope of rescue, what five books would you take with you?"

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Sweating Deities and Impending Doom

By: Dhaniya

There is a statue of Bhimeshwor in Charikot, Dolakha. The statue is unique in that it can excrete bodily fluids. Sweat, at least. The statue sweats in anticipation of some impending doom – mostly some misfortune to be visited upon the royal family but not limited to it. Last time it sweated was during the April Uprising. Before that, it was the royal massacre.

Over the weekend, the statue perspired again. Something is up around the corner.

I am not superstitious. But to any loyal ...

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My filmmaker friend

By: Hitesh Karki

It's almost like the airplanes. Every time I watch them flying, for reasons unknown, I just can't take my eyes off them, till they disappear. I am sure I would be pretty much right if I were to say that the sight of planes landing and taking off is something we all have liking to, either by accident or choice. But then I am not here to eulogize the pilots or the airbuses but another breed of fascinating people called the filmmakers. Its a different story that every time I watch a particular ...

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Are Beauty Pageants All ‘Indecent’?

By: Amit Pyakurel

Habitually, as in past, this year’s Miss Nepal pageant yet again faced shrill protests from some ‘pro-women’ groups and leftist party advocates. The women outside the pageant hall were loudly shouting that the ‘right’ of women was being dashed as the participants are ‘objectified’ in such events. However, the instance looked rather ironical, as non other than the ‘women’ who were participating in the pageant seemed to abide by ...

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Federal or Unitary ?

By: Kiran Chalise

We all know that the federal and unitary systems are the types of democracy and each system has its own merits and demerits. However, we have to go for our country-suited democratic system where all people can enjoy their equitable democratic rights with dignity and opportunity.

Federalism also refers to as federal government, a national or international political system in which two levels of government control the same territory and citizens. The word federal comes from the Latin term ...

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A LETTER TO MY MUM

By: Anup Sharma

Mum asked what you doing love; she said “I am changing mum”
“The mundane life is making me numb”
She wants to show what she got, so she changed
With the tears in her eyes she left
Whom she loved is now in her womb
At 18 she already feels like in a tomb

All she did was crying and lying
Why did she do it? Now she is prying
Her eyes are dry and the tears are gone
Everywhere she goes she has to shun

“Mum I’m changin'...hope you'll get me
Sick of this life I want to be free
So I’m gone, say my ...

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Memories of Days Past – V

By: Rudra Pandey

Links to Earlier Posts

Memories of Days Past
Memories of Days Past – II
Memories of Days Past – III
Memories of Days Past – IV

Following the winter break of fifty days, regular classes of grade ten resumed in full swing and with it crept in the haunting fear of S.L.C. I wanted to pass S.L.C. in first division, at least. Only about two to four percent of students from Padmodaya were able to secure first division during those days. At that time, I could not dream of anything beyond S.L.C - I had no idea of what I would be studying a year from then and which college I would be attending.

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मेरी अनलाइन साथी

By: Sadhana Sharma

- Sadhana Sharma
म आज निकै निरास छु । हिजो बेलुकापनि आस्था अनलाइन भएकी थिइन। "मेरै कुराले रिसाएर होला नि मैले किन त्यसो भने हुँला!" यस्तै कुराहारुले आज मेरो मनमा खैलाबैला मच्चिएकोछ। "पुकार! के भो यार तलाई आज सन्चो छैन कि कसो?" निशान्तले धेरै पटक सोधिसक्यो, तर पनि हाँसिरहनु, बोलिरहनु पर्ने म आज निरास अनि चुपचाप छु।
आस्था मेरी अनलाइन साथी हो, उ अर्कै कलेजमा पढ्छे । आजसम्म मैले र आस्थाले एकअर्कालाई देखेकाछैनौं । एक वर्षजस्तो अगाडी मेरो र आस्थाको चिनजान भएको थियो । आस्थालाई भेट्नु अघि मलाई ...

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Life in my view

By: Kapil Raj Pandey

Just like the waves in the ocean
Rising high to touch the sky
Just like impulses in the brain
Impact for seconds and ready to die

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Living everyday

By: Awash Ghimire

Like the motes of dust
dancing in the Sun,
I dance to the tunes of Life,
picking up fallen pieces,
and trying to make pieces fall in place.

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Blocking the Truth…

By: Rajendra Keshari Pandey

I am a fan of Cartoons, proverbs and parables; in very simple ways they can express the bigger picture. Rajesh K.C.’s cartoon published in the Kantipur Daily was a beautiful example. There he refers to the inefficiency of Nepal Telecommunications distribution of pre-paid mobile facilities to the public, by depicting “Door Sanchar” as “Jhoor Sanchar” = Bad Communication. He says craftily “13 percent VAT and 30 percent Lathi.” This is the power and beauty of Cartoons. ...

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हाइ हिल जुत्ता र सौन्दर्य राजनीति

By: Dovan Rai

सुन्दर युवती हेर्न कसलाइ मन लाग्दैन र ?

सुन्दर पहिरन र शृङ्गारमा सजि“दै मिस नेपालजस्ता सौर्न्दर्य प्रतियोगितामा सामेल युवतीलाई म अभिरुचिस“ग नियाल्छु । प्रतियोगितामा म मात्र दर्शक हुनसक्छु, प्रतियोगी होइन । मेरा कुरा छोड्दिनुस्, हाम्रा चर्चित नायिका रेखा थापा र निरुता सिंह पनि भाग लिन चाहिने योग्यता -उचाइ ५ फिट ४ इन्च) पूरा गर्दैनन् । सायद नेपालका ५० प्रतिशतभन्दा बढी युवती यो मापदण्डभन्दा तल पर्छन् ।
सौर्न्दर्य सापेक्षिक कुरा हो । ठाउ“ अनि समुदायअनुसार यसको आफ्नै मापदण्ड अनि धारणा हुन्छ । ...

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My Midnight Ordeal and the Road to Jumla

By: Hitesh Karki

It was late in the night, way late by the Nepalese middle class standards where you normally go to bed after having your meal after the 8 pm news. I have not been following the ritual in spite of hailing from the same class for one or two sports update has almost become my sleeping pills without which sleep is pretty hard to come by. Federer had lost to Nadal once again on clay and Kobe had one more series of 50 plus point games etc etc but still, in spite of feeling the weight of the ...

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True Love

By: Nischal Dahal

I was regarded as an introvert in my schooldays. The most difficult task was to express myself in front of a bunch of people, especially; girls were my greatest fear to talk with. Literally, I can even count the number of words, I used in my conversation with the girls in my class during my ten year tenure at school. Once I had an assignment from our English teacher.

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The voice of equity

By: Nischal Dahal

The voice of equity has been on high these days in Nepal. All the leaders and those who are invited to speak infront of a bunch of people are chanting the slogan of “Samabeshi Nepal” and new Nepal. The song of reservation for the backward community is also being sung in the same stage. But, in my opinion, the grassroot level (Schooling) should be reserved for every child born in our territory not the higher education should be reserved. This will degrade our educational system while on the ...

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New National Anthem of Nepal

By: Pawan Shrestha

सयौं थूंगा फूलका हामी, एउटै माला नेपाली
सार्वभौम भइ फैलिएका, मेची-महाकाली ।

प्रकृतिका कोटी-कोटी सम्पदाको आंचल
वीरहरुका रगतले, स्वतन्त्र र अटल

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An Appeal to Our Fellow Patriots Concerning Nepal’s grave and deteriorating situation

By: Ricesh KC

Dear fellow patriots; Namaste!! Once again, we are calling on all fellow patriots to pay immediate attention to our country’s grave and deteriorating situation. Unless we act now with utmost urgency, it may prove to be too late. The specter and horror of forever losing our beautiful nation to the dust-heap of history has become an all too frightening prospect for us. Our country’s disintegration is impending with a sectarian demand backed up with ever increasing destructiveness: civil strife, ...

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That’s Why We Are Poor

By: Rudra Pandey

“A minister’s son killed someone but the court acquitted him. The minister was charged with bribery but he was set free because the court could not gather enough evidence to put him behind bars despite being caught red-handed. The chief secretary of a political party was convicted of murder and he served jail for three years but now he is back and is serving as the general secretary. A poor fellow was beaten to death because he stood up against a minister’s son who also happens to be the ring leader of a criminal gang.

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बाँच्न देऊ नारीलाई

By: Sadhana Sharma

तिमी किन नारीलाई अबला भन्छौ
नारीका चुरा लगाएका हातले पनि
सगरमाथाको टुप्पोमा झण्डा गाड्न सक्छन्
उनका गाजल लगाएका आँखाहरुले
ठूला ठूला काव्य अनि कृति पढ्न सक्छन्

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Beauty pageants in Nepal: Do they worth any thing?

By: Sadhana Sharma

It is so true that beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. If the attitude and perception is positive, we can see everything beautiful. We can find beauty in a pimply face and plump body. Beauty is totally an abstract terminology which can not be compared. Everyone in this world is beautiful.

Being a human being we can opt to make this beautiful world and peaceful. Our birth as a human being is so beautiful in itself that we do not have to have a stunning personality, photogenic face, ...

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Optimist

By: Hitesh Karki

सम्झना ले अत्याईदिन्छ
मानौ संसारै अर्कै छ उनको,
नत पुग्न नै सक्छु म त्यहाँ
नत सुनीन नै सक्छु म त्यहाँ
व्यथा पनि कथा पनि, मेरो यो हर दिनको।

नत गीत गाउने कुनै रहर नै छ मेरो
लाग्छ त्यो त मात्र एक बिवस्ता,
अनि बेला बेला मा
अनायास त्यही गीत नै साहारा बन्छ
एक्लै एक्लै बस्दा।

भोलि नी म एक्लो नै हुन्छु रे
कसैले भनीसक्यो मलाई,
चुडीसकेको गीतार को तार न होस्
जोड-जाड गर्दै म केही हुने वाला छैन
नत कुनै सुर, नत अवाज नै
अब भो... यो संसार तलाई।

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संसारलाई नीहालेर हेर्दा

By: Binaya Neupane

शीर्सक: संसारलाई नीहालेर हेर्दा
पात्रहरु: धर्म भक्तमाथेमा, दस्रथ चन्द, गंगालाल श्रेस्ठ, सुक्रराज सास्त्रि

सांझपखको करीब 5 बजेको छ। चैत्रको महीना हल्का हल्का हावा चलीरहेको छ। गर्मीले गर्दाहोला सांझपख चहल पहल नै हुने गर्छ माईली दीदीको चीया पसलमा। चारजना युबकहरु पनी लम्कीदै कुरा कानी गर्दै तेही चीया पसलमा आईपुगे अनी एउटाले एसो पसल तीर फर्केर दीदीलाई ईसारागर्दै भन्यो

धर्म : दीदी 4 वटा चीया

फेरी बिस्तरै साथीहरु पटीनै फर्केर

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Belated Happy Birthday Internet !!! you were born on April 07, 1969

By: Lava Kafle

Belated Happy Birthday Internet !!! you were born on 1969 today, and you revoultionized the way the world behaves by having maturity Index of 38 years 2 days. It is not exactly known how many scientists have died for you, or how many deaths occur due to you, or, how many lives were/are saved by you, but your ubiquitiousness, OmniPresence, Telepathy, and Subversion is well known. Villages, Cities, Continents, Capitals, remote unmanned places, all can feel your presence in cheap, reliable, and ...

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Unprecedented Challenges in garnering Proper Human Resource for future Software Development in Nepal

By: Lava Kafle

Unprecedented Challenges in garnering Proper Human Resource for future Software Development in Nepal is felt when we read the heart-breaking story of neighborhood India which is leading the world in the profession: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070407/ap_on_hi_te/india_scarce_workers and I , as a field worker in related Industry could not go unnoticed by this article that invites thoughts from any Nepali citizen capable of thinking future of New Nepal into pondering possibilities laid ...

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Java Contest 2007: In Retrospective

By: Sajan Sangraula

Four months after inception, the Java Contest 2007 came to an end on the 24th of February. An exhibition of selected projects from the Student and the Professional Category was held at Birendra International Convention Center, Kathmandu and was followed by the Closing Ceremony.

Team D2: (L-R) Rupendra, Sajan, Raj, Anil & Shankar

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Nepalese blogger's link under one roof

By: Archana Shrestha

लौ आयो नेपाली ब्लगरको लिन्क एउटै साइट्मा । नेपालीका लगभग १७० वटा ब्लग रैछन । के गर्नु आफुले पाउनु दु ख पाइयो, एसो फुर्सदमा ब्लग हेर्न पर्‍यो कि अरुको ब्लगमा गएर लेफ्ट साइड्मा क्लिक गर्न पर्ने । मेरै ब्लगमा (archana.com.np/blog) पनि सबै को लिन्क राख्न खोजेको ब्लग नै भरियो हा हा... अब त्यही टेन्सननै टेन्सनमा यो साइट बन्यो साइट को नाम www.bloggers.com.np हो । जस्मा तपाईंहरुले बिस्व भरिका नेपाली ...

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At 84, Girija takes seduction to a new level

By: Dhaniya

Who would have thought that at 84, Girija still has enough sex appeal to seduce all the major parties, including the excessively macho Maoists. But no doubt he does. After several rounds of courting at Baluwataar, Prachanda was fawning and Madav Nepal drooling. They rubbed their hands like lecherous men and nodded to everything our famous seducer said. "Finance? Sure." "Home? Umm… Sitaula's done a terrible job, but anything you want, darling." "And what's this here… Peace and Reconstruction? ...

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Insecure Men

By: Kiran Chalise

Insecurity is a feeling everyone experiences right from childhood to an older age, regardless of gender. I am focusing specially on male insecurity. And, it certainly makes for a peppier subject because of the perceived contradiction in the phrase- male insecure?
But let’s talk of the entire males. His mother and father have probably decided early in their parenthood how childhood toys are to be distributed between boys an d girls; ...

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बुझाई

By: Bishwa Nath Aryal

बुझ्दैमा सब बुझ बोझ हुन गो
बुझेर बुझ्ने कति?
बुझ्ने के र कसोगरी बुझिलिने
बुझ्लान बुझाए जती?

कहाँबाट शुरु गरी कुन कुरा
कहाँ पुगी टुङिग्ने?
बुझेको जती नै यथार्थ कसरी
कसलाई बुझाईदिने?

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Seeds of Disparity

By: Rajendra Keshari Pandey

Yesterday during a small gathering among our friends, the subject of gender issues was raised. We also discussed the catchwords of - INGOs and NGOs associated with these issues, because for them gender problems make money. By establishing an I/NGO it gives employment to the organisers, consultants and advisors, but rarely appears to benefit the target groups. In Nepal it has become a prestige and a fashion to establish an I/NGO. During the discussion our English friend stated a proverb to try ...

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I AM NOT BREATHING MUM

By: Anup Sharma

Something hit me, I couldn’t breathe
My heart stopped beating, I couldn’t feel
Last thing I heard was “are you ok there”
After that nothing was clear

Mum…. I am not breathing
My heart has stopped beating
I think I am dying mum….
Mum I think am going numb

The sirens and horns are pinching me
I smell my blood although I can’t see
I wish I could spend the final moments in your lap
Before I leave you for the eternal nap

I am sorry to leave you so early
It wasn’t my fault and I have to pay so ...

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“Nepal - Nay Pal!”

By: Anup Sharma

Few weeks back a very good friend of mine left for the USA. He was very happy about getting a visa to the USA and was determined to start a new life there. I was very curious about his future plans and to resolve that curiosity I asked him if he has a plan to come back to home land. With a smile in his face he said “Nepal!!. Nay Pal”. Well that is just a story out of thousands of Nepalese going abroad or who are already abroad. In the past decade, Nepal has seen the surge in the number of ...

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Empathy

By: Ujwal Shrestha

Aakash stretched his right hand languidly and reached for the packet of cigarettes on his drawer. He sat upright, propped up both his pillows behind him and rested his back on it. There were just three left in the pack. He realized that he had smoked the other seventeen cigarettes in the last seven hours. Groping for the lighter under the quilt with both hands, he smiled as he remembered how he had promised to himself the previous year that he would never smoke again. He finally ...

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Education

By: Akriti Panthi

Education

Education is a reward
How dare we even get bored?
The ones longing for it cannot afford it
Yet, the ones with it just quit

We do not value it as much
For our money is such
Why bother to learn

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आदत

By: Kapil Raj Pandey

तिम्रै आकर्शण को राप मा सम्पूर्ण शरिर पगालेर
एकै आवाज मा तिम्रो आए पनि दौडेर
नसोच्नु कदापि तिम्रो दास् मलाइ
तिमि मेरो आदत हुन सक्छौ तर प्रेम होइन

बगेकै छ तिम्रो असर मेरो नशा भित्र
शत्रु पनि तिमि मेरो तिमिनै मेरो मित्र
नसोच्नु रोकिनेछ मेरो धड्कन तिम्रो मुटु बिना
तिमि मेरो आदत हुन सक्छौ तर प्रेम होइन

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When I would feel sick again????

By: Saurav Thakur

Finally I had a different Friday. Not as every Fridays when I used to be excited about weekend… rather I was planning to take rest this time. I was not sure but something seemed to be wrong with me after a sleep less night with fever.

Woke up early morning around 8:30. I could not stop myself from driving my New 135 CC, MERCEDES, which knows my destination. I was driving and reached office around 9:15am. At the first glance my seniors noticed that I am not at my best. Everyone started ...

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International Women’s Day

By: Kiran Chalise

On March 8, the International Women's Day was celebrated in many parts of the world.
It is a day to protest at the injustice women face around the world. It is also a time for celebrating the courageous women who fight for justice.

International Women's Day (8 March) is an occasion marked by women's groups around the world. This date is also commemorated at the United Nations and is designated in many countries as a national holiday. When women on all continents, often divided by ...

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Street children: What do We do?

By: Shreeya Shakya

Time: around 9 a.m. Day: Every week day, Place: Jamal. Description: Perpetual commotion with honking micro vans, bickering conductors, utterly annoying patient drivers and feebly strained impatient passengers like us, throwing frequent glances over our watch, hoping against hope when the driver would jam his foot on the accelerator pedal, and few irascible ones hollering at the drivers. Surely enough amidst the hustle and bustle, popping out here and there, are the ...

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Diamond Cuts Diamond

By: Rajendra Keshari Pandey

I am an ardent reader and a deep believer in the truth of our proverbs (Ukhaan), tukka (parables) and ancient sayings. I myself use, practice and implement these evergreen saying into my daily life. I often tell my friends that just pondering a little upon these golden key words and trying to apply them in our daily lives can bring about a difference. For example “Diamond cuts diamond, and iron cuts iron “or” something which can be done by a needle, cannot be achieved by a sword”. I also ...

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गजल

By: Mabi Singh

उन्का सम्झनाका थलीमा धराप चिताएं !
मेरा याद अल्झी रहोस् भन्ने पाप चिताएं !

निक्कै नजीकै साथ बितायौ यो बरफ कुद्दै
हेलमेल बढ्यो र अंगालोको ताप चिताएं !

फैलिन सकिने सम्भाबना देखें मिलनमा
घाम भन्दा पारी धरातलको नाप चिताएं !

ओठ टोकी रह्यौ मानौं बिगत केही फुत्केला
मैले बस् हाम्रो भबिष्यको बार्तालाप चिताएं !

सपना कजाउन कति निदाई मात्र रहुं ?
जगाउने आबाज उन्को पदचाप चिताएं !

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No Complaints, Please

By: Rudra Pandey

People casually say ‘I had a bad day.’ This practice is very common and most of the times we end up labeling even a normal day as a ‘bad day’. However, the definition of a ‘bad day’ differs from person to person.

I have tried to list a few so-called bad days here:

• A student claims to have had a bad day after going through tough exams or after getting bad results;
• A beggar after being unable to gather enough for the day;

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Kantipur features women in IT: my subjective review

By: Dovan Rai

Falgun 7, Anniversary of Kantipur daily , anniversary special supplementary issue with theme “New Nepal” , on the last page is an article on new age women in new jobs, women in IT.

As I read the article, I was caught in confusion: whether I should get glad for being featured as new spirit of woman or feel foolish for being used for sensational purpose.

I was confused:

Would the author have made similar description of physical attributes like length of hair and shade of lipstick had

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My Casino Visit

By: Dila Datt Pant

There is nothing to surprise to say that we have friends of both rich and poor and good and bad categories.Last Friday, I got a chance to go to Casino Tara with one of my Spanish friends who falls in the first of the first category mentioned above and also likes to be called Saroj,a typical Nepali name. Frankly speaking it was my first to such places where people play with money , see shows ,eat the delicacies or lounge in royal suites.prior to this I had a thought that gambling is a terrible ...

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I have a dream

By: Kapil Raj Pandey

I have a dream
A dream of my life
I have a life
A life in my dreams

Life died in vain
But dream still flying high
On the verge of eternity
Waiting for this dream to die

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You Hike You Gain

By: Surendra Adhikari

I am a regular hiker of the weekly hiking program organized by the Company where I am working in. In the beginning, I refrained from hiking as I had the common prejudiced notion that it is unnecessary to spend personal holidays in office activities. Later, however, I joined the hiking program ignoring the notion. I felt fatigue and physical pain in the first couple of hikings. Later, I got used to it and realized the essence of hiking. At the end of the day after five to six hours of hiking ...

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When snow falls on the mountain.

By: Saurav Thakur

Every night the mountain thinks snow is mine, it will remain with me forever. But those bunds do not last long. As soon as the first ray sun falls, snow melts. And it starts new journey making towards a complete new world.
That is the snow and mountain…. One is steady and one is moving. Although they have spent some time together thinking they will remain together forever but that is not going to happen. No bound in this world can hold them together….. If snow or mountains try to break this ...

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Memories of Days Past – IV

By: Rudra Pandey

Links to Earlier Posts

Memories of Days Past
Memories of Days Past – II
Memories of Days Past – III

In Grade 8, for the first time in my life, I joined school right on time for the academic year. In earlier grades, I always used to be one or two months late. A lot of talented and competitive students joined in Grade 8. We had only one section in Grade 7 but two more sections were added in Grade 8. I was in Section A.

My life had not changed much. I used to visit my village almost every other weekend and study was sort of a priority but not of the highest priority.

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Do they dare?

By: Indra Dhoj Kshetri

Recent resolution by the parliament to direct the government to take action against King has ignited political debates in the country. The interim Parliament on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution and directed the government to take action for his democracy day message. On the message, the King had tried to justify his February 1st coup two years ago.

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Capacity Building for Women in Politics

By: Kiran Chalise

Equality between women and men and between different social groups correlates directly with the economic growth of a nation or a region. This is a mutual effect; while economic growth is seen and to improve equality between women and men in general, gender equality also entails economic growth and social understanding and it is possible only if both men and women are competent enough.
The terms Capacity Building and Capacity Development are used in numerous contexts to ...

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संघात्मक जातीय स्वायत्तता र जातीय संकिर्णता

By: Dipesh Gautam

विकसित र सभ्य भनिएको २० औँ र २१ औँ शताब्दिसम्म आइपुग्दा पनि मानव समाजले विभिन्न साम्राज्यवादी युद्घ, आतंककारी युद्ध,धार्मिक युद्ध,जातीय र राष्ट्रिय मुक्ति युद्ध, वर्गीय मुक्ति युद्ध झेल्दै आएको छ । र अझ भनौँ भने यो शताब्दिमा त मानव इतिहासमै नदेखिएका भिषण युद्ध र नरसंहार देखिन थालेका छन् । यी सम्पूर्ण युद्धका प्रकृति फरक फरक छन् । त्यस कारणले यीनलाई एउटै आँखाले हेर्नु अनुपयुक्त मात्र होइन न्यायसंगत पनि हुँदैन । यी युद्धका कारणहरु के के हुन् भन्ने कुराको विश्लेषण अत्यन्त जटिल हुन्छ र त्यतातिर....

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Size is not Geography and It takes two to tango

By: Rajendra Keshari Pandey

I am 54 years old according to my age, but sometimes I am like a kindergarten child. This childish nature has invited many pleasant and unpleasant incidents into my life but to me this is beautiful. Like a child, I also prefer simple words. Understanding the basics and practising simplicity in life and living has opened many avenues to me. Some of these simple and beautiful words which I like so much are: Big, Small, Round, Air, River, Earth, Fire, Water, Sun, Moon, Sky etc. Among them BIG and ...

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MAHASHIVARATRI AND ARMY DAY 2063 or was it 2062????? in Army's Flag

By: Praj

Today was Maha Shivaratri and Army Day 2063 or was it 2062 or may be both. I have something very interesting to share.I was enjoying the sunshine this afternoon when I noticed two army choppers flying in the sky,both these choppers were carrying some kind of a flag,the first chopper had a flag where it was written " MAHA SHIVA RATRI AND ARMY DAY 2007" in English which was ...

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Royal Plots and Palace Massacre Revealed

By: Indra Dhoj Kshetri

Astounding facts on Royal Palace Massacre and top secret scandals of Royalties depicted in a book.

A novel based on reportage of a journalist has revealed astounding facts of Nepalese history. Rakta Kunda (meaning the bloody well) by a journalist Krishna Abiral has outstandingly revealed the activities of the Royal family members which used to ...

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A touch of adolescence: A Valentine's Day special

By: heretic (Aashish Dutta Koirala)

I vaguely remember last Valentine’s Day. I was on my lunch break listening to this friend of mine lament about not being able to do anything about this girl that he had been eyeing for about six months now. The collective consensus was that this guy would just make his move and shut up already. I, on the other hand, who believed that this sort of thing was fit only for teenagers, would later learn how I naïve I was. How was I to know that I would fall for the very same person!

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A Return to Panchayat?

By: Gopal Bahadur Ghale

A disquieting development in Nepali politics has been occurring extremely quietly, and it amazes me that no one has been talking about it. It is in clear violations of all democratic norms, yet even after we have gained democratic rights with a historic revolution, no one seems to care. I am talking about the interim constitution and the eight party’s suggestion that half of our parliamentarians be nominated, as opposed to being elected, reminiscent of the Panchayat era.

Why was that ...

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Women in Interim Legislature

By: Kiran Chalise

The country has now entered into an interim period as the interim constitution has been promulgated.Through that interim constitution interim legislature has been set up with the representation of 330 lawmakers.

It is broadly held that the present interim parliament is far more inclusive in its arrangement. The entire Maoist group is a new arrangement and they have made it reasonably representative of a various ethnic groups in spirit with 40% women lawmakers’ representation in the ...

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Return to the jungle

By: heretic (Aashish Dutta Koirala)

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Diagnosing doctors

By: Mabi Singh

( A piece of humor Ashutosh Tiwari and Mabi Singh)

Doctors and long-distance bus drivers have much in common in Nepal. Both are responsible for other people's lives. Yet, both often fail in their duty. Just as our highways are littered with squashed men, women and children for whom the light at the end of the tunnel was that of an oncoming bus they failed to dodge, our hospital cabins and nursing home-rooms are filled with patients --overmedicated, over-ignored ...

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Rap.Music.

By: Akriti Panthi

Music is one of the greatest gifts given to man-kind. It has spread dramatically throughout the world and has joined every civilization throughout history. The songs that civilizations have sang, gossips through religion and then country, classic, rock, rap etc.
Music has evolved even faster then apes evolved into humans. It has changed ideals of many people and there are songs about basically everything out there. The songs can make us happy, sad, unsettled, and laugh; so much ...

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Kill 'em all

By: heretic (Aashish Dutta Koirala)

I write on impulse. That's just what I do. "Thinking things through", I believe, takes away from the spirit of the thought.

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Travel Vignettes Part II

By: Raj B.Thakuri

“Good morning ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking.” The clear voice over the broadcast wakes me from my uneasy slumber. “We have been very fortunate with good strong tail winds all the way across the Pond and are ahead of schedule. We hope to be landing in fifteen minutes but as you know, sometimes Heathrow has a mind of its own …”

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Travel Vignettes Part I

By: Raj B.Thakuri

Big, pink and loud. Unmistakably American. I met Josh in the transit lounge in Delhi. Josh, not his real name of course, is trying to sleep on the row of seats behind me. I can hear he is uncomfortable. I am too. The hand rests won’t fold and the backrest is too low. Josh curses and turns over one more time. And is finally quiet.

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The Victory

By: Indra Dhoj Kshetri

Owing to the lack of petrol, I didn't ply my motorbike on road for three days. Long queues outside only a few petrol pumps for many hundred meters obliged me to use the public transportation. Owing to the protests in southern terai, Kathmandu is plagued by fuel shortage since last two weeks. However, yesterday, I had to visit three places and thought to get some petrol for motorbike so that it would avoid the burden of delay and other hazards of public transportation. And I called the nearest ...

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संघर्षकी प्रतिमूर्ति मन कार्की

By: EverestUncensored Correspondent

संघर्ष जीवनको अर्को नाम हो । सबैले आफ्नो जीवनमा संघर्ष गरेका हुन्छन् । यस्तै एक संघर्षशील नारी र संघर्षकी प्रतिमूर्ति मन कार्कीको जन्म वि.सं. २०३२मा भक्तपुरको चाँगु गा.वि.स.मा भएको हो । सानो छँदा गायिका बन्ने लक्ष्य लिएकी मन हाल आएर कानूनव्यवसायी भएकी छन् । बाबुको प्रेरणाबाट अधिवक्ता भएको बताउने मन बाबुलाई आदर्शको प्रतिमूर्ति मान्दछिन् । हाल उनी भक्तपुरको एउटा ल र्फममा काम गर्दै आएकी छन् ।

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Pyramidal Identity

By: Bishwa Shrestha

Life, it seems to be,
is light, love and liberty.
A mind,
that wants to see,
A heart,
that loves thee, and
A soul,
that wants to be free.

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ADVISORS - 2

By: Rajendra Keshari Pandey

Time and again I read here in local papers that “ABC” International Expert Advisors are assigned for “XYZ” Local Nepali project. I laugh at this rhetoric or let say beautiful paradox happening here constantly. I have worked with, and personally known some exceptional International Consultants, Experts and Advisors who have worked here in Nepal. They have rendered wonderful service and contributed greatly to this nation. I have also known some of the so-called “Foreign Expert Advisors” working ...

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गजल

By: Mabi Singh

नामै लिन बिर्साउंदाको पीडा थाहा पाएं !
सभाबाटै हटाउंदाको पीडा थाहा पाएं !

तिम्रो बयान गर्न भएको जमघटमा
बिना निम्तो चियाउंदाको पीडा थाहा पाएं !

चूलीमा के एउटा पाईला चिप्लेथ्यो यस्सो !
भीरबाट लडाउंदाको पीडा थाहा पाएं !

घाउले छोपेको भाब रहित अनुहार,
नलठ्याई सिलाउंदाको पीडा थाहा पाएं !

परालको रासमा सियोको खोजी भएन
भीड भित्र हराउंदाको पीडा थाहा पाएं !

पशुत्वमा कमी आए पछि चित्कार सुनें
बल्ल मलाई रिझाउंदाको पीडा थाहा पाएं !

छातिबाट धूवां निस्केर मात्र सन्चो भयो,
ज्वालामुखी ...

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A Proletariat Beginning; will they succeed?

By: Indra Dhoj Kshetri

Nepal Maoists resolve eliminating private property as the first step towards proletariat state.
Yes. They have finally resolved to eliminate the private property. The CPN (Maoist) has decided to eliminate private property and has formed a committee to initiate it from the party leaders and cadres. After the committee completes finding the details of the private properties of party leaders and cadres, their possession will be transferred in the name of the Party. It is ...

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Army and Nepali

By: Rajendra Keshari Pandey

My recollection of an incident which occurred some months ago in Kathmandu is interesting and different. What I am writing here may not bother someone, but this is a fact and people should keep in mind. It was a cool evening when I was returning home from a stroll. Suddenly what I see nearby my home is quite a number of army men in plain clothes. I was little bit anxious to know what was happening there. Since I could not get a clue, I ventured to ask one of the gentleman why they were there. I ...

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You look like a Nepali

By: Amar Adhikari

Some of the conversations you had with people leave indelible imprints in your mind. This was one of them.

Around ten years back, I was in a conference in Germany, where I met a guy from Netherlands. He asked shaking my hand, “What is your name?”
I answered, “Amar and yours”.

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Fuelling the fire in Terai

By: Indra Dhoj Kshetri

Continued Communal unrest in southern Terai may be a serious indication that how the reactionary forces can fish in the troubled water. Few months back, Nepal’s pro-King and honorary ADC to King Gyanendra Bharat Keshar Singh held a meeting with Indian Hindu Fundas at Gorakhpur. They collectively resolved to launch protests with communal slogans and work for upholding Nepal as HINDU KINGDOM. Immediately, the prelude was observed in western city of Nepalgunj during strike called by Nepal ...

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यो अमेरिकामा- भाग दुई

By: Mabi Singh

यो अमेरिकामा- भाग २

कन्फरेन्सको शिलशिलामा चार दिन वासिङ्टन डि सि मा पश्चिमी खाना खांदा खांदा मलाई दाल भात खान निकै तलतल लागि रहेको थियो ! सांझको ब्याङ्क्वेट डिनर छाडेर कनेक्टिक आभेन्यू छिचोल्दै म डुपोण्ट सर्कल पुगेर चाईनीज, जापानीज, कोरीयन जहां भात भेट्छु त्यहि खान्छु भनेर खोज्दा खोज्दै एउटा ईन्डीएन रेष्टूरां भित्र छिरें !

भित्रको डेकोर देख्दा पाच छ बर्ष पहिले त्यहि ठाउंमा पूरानो साथी राज काम गर्ने याद आयो। राज वेटिङ् गर्थ्यो ! र मलाई राज त्यहि ठाउंमा अझै छ कि छैन भन्ने कौतुहलता जागेर आयो ...

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यो अमेरिकामा - १

By: Mabi Singh

"ए तपाई नेपाली हो?" पछाडीबाट मेरो कांधमा हात हाल्दै एउटा आवाजले सोध्यो ! रेलमा सिधै कांध माथी हात हालेकोमा अनौठो लागेको थियो तर मैले “हो” भनें !

"ए बडा खुशी लाग्यो, मेरो नाम “राम” ! यो अमेरिकांमा पनि रेड, ग्रीन लाईनको रेलमा टन्न नेपाली भेटिदो रहेछ ! हिजो अस्ती नि भेटें ! नेपाली केटीहरु रहेछन् ! कस्तो फोहोर फोहोर कुरा गरेर बस्ने नि यो अमेरिकामा ! नेपाली केटाहरू त हेर्नै न लाग्दैन पो भन्छन् है यो अमेरिकामा ! म नि तिनीहरुका कुरा नबुझेझै गरेर सुनि रहें ! म तिर हेर्दै त्यो मोरो मदिसेले कस्तो ...

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Hair

By: Mabi Singh

I wrote this in 2004.

Place: a Library in Boston
Duration: 30-45 minutes

I was trying hard to study for my exams in a public library . A pretty girl probably in her twenties came and sat in front of the table where I sat.
I could not stop looking at her and you may want to call it stalking.

She was wearing a tank top with spaghetti lace with straps of undergarment visible. She took out her cell phone from the pocket book and looked at it and kept it over the table, near the ...

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Yogis and Scientists

By: Amar Adhikari

Despite people try to show a yawning gap between yogis and scientists, I can find many similarities rather than differences. In my opinion, true yogis of this age are in fact scientists and what they have done for the society far outweighs that contributed by the yogis. In this writing, I would like to point out the similarities, and illustrate that scientists are better than yogis. Additionally, I would like to propose that the scientific knowledge is ,in fact, the extension of Veda, and thus ...

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Koirala: The first President of Nepal

By: Indra Dhoj Kshetri

The interim Constitution has established Prime Minister as a powerful president; not in words but in action.

After Girija Prasad Koirala was appointed Prime Minister in April last year, many people raised doubts that he had some give and take with the Palace. His post movement activities and speeches supported this doubt that he was willing to uphold the ...

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New Nepal

By: Nishchal Shrestha

Now Nepal Rastra Bank is really taking good step. According to recent cabinet meeting approval, NRB is replacing King’s image by the Buddha image on Rs 500 and Rs1000 notes. NRB design committee has suggested adding Buddha photo from various samples. As notified by the central bank this is going to come by next 6 month.

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Kantipur news poll result : really bothered me

By: Dovan Rai

19 Jan , Kantipur news Poll question :

महिलामाथि हुने यौन दुर्ब्यबहारको मुख्य दोषि को ?
क. कानुनको अभाव
ख. अभद्र पुरुष
ग. महिला आफै
‘what a ridiculous option !’ I thought after I heard the third option ..

Oh! But the results

क. कानुनको अभाव – 20%
ख. अभद्र पुरुष -20%
ग. महिला आफै -60%

In Nepal, most news viewers are male (most women are too busy to finish their chores so that they can catch up the hindi soaps)

Among the total viewers too , most voters are male .( most ...

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Is This an Emergence of Common Ground Politics?

By: Ishwar Khatiwada

I am not a political analyst. Nor I have an in-depth understanding of the inner modus operandi of politics in Nepal. However, I feel that Nepal’s recent political development is unique by historical standards and offer some meaningful positive lessons. This unprecedented political development in Nepal has prompted me to write this blog. Readers please note that these are my personal observations and I may be completely wrong in my analysis.

The emergence of political ...

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Borat and the hypocricy of morality

By: heretic (Aashish Dutta Koirala)

It's offensive to women. It's offensive to Jewish people. It's offensive to homosexuals. It's offensive to the people of Kazakhstan. Some parts of it are certainly disgusting, even for someone like me. It's become a huge hit, and has already earned its lead actor a Golden Globe. For everything that can be said about the movie Borat, one statement is undeniable: it's funny as hell. I could not ...

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The Orphan

By: Bishakha Bhattarai

On a sunny June afternoon what would you be doing? I don’t know. Maybe swimming, eating ice cream, selling lemonade or be freely frolicking outside in a huge field with your friends. Well, for Mary Aligus is was different. On sunny summer afternoons she might be doing the laundry, dishes or making beds. Not at her own home. (Even though she would be happier doing all of this in a home of her own.) Instead this happened in, “The Little Home of Unfortunate Angels.”? Oh how she wished she had, ...

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A Slave Narrative

By: Aarju Pandey

This is a peek into life in America as a slave. A window into America’s dark and dirty side. I have chosen, to make this narrative all the more interesting, to write this in southern dialect. If you do not understand the English here, it is because of that.

In school, I watched a movie with my classmates. This was an insight into slave life and just how horrible and terrifying it was. After watching those slave narratives, I was inspired to write my own slave narrative as a way to assess to ...

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Human Rights including Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

By: Mathura Shrestha

Theoretical and Philosophical Basis

Presented in the Interaction Program organized by ESC Subcommittee (HRTMCC), Kathmandu, January 09, 2007 (Paush 25, 2063)

1. Meaning and holistic perspectives
Rights to life and living, rights to develop, rights to protection and security, and rights to participate in political, social, cultural and economic settings or affairs of community, country and the world are fundamental birthrights of every human. These rights ...

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You May

By: Bishakha Bhattarai

You may have a pet
A dog, hamster or cat
They may rip up your homwork and make you fret

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“The Epic of Zenos”?

By: Mayank Bhattarai

“Cock-a-doodle-doo’? cried the rooster. Zenos woke up earlier than usual today. He was a child of the Ubbi Forest and today was his day to plant his seed in the “Garden of Life”?. Zenos is a 13 year old boy that possesses interesting powers. He had the strength of 100 men, yet he is only a child. Zenos lived in a little tree house, as did all the children in Ubbi Forest. In it, he had a TV, bed, and fridge with food. He didn’t even KNOW what other powers he possessed. As Zenos stepped out of ...

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A STORY

By: Dhiraj Sharma

--Written by Dylan Thomas, parodied to: 'Events which piled up to be a story' by Dhiraj Sharma. Written 5 years back.

Walking giantly, jerking his right hand with beastly anger and blocking the cut with his left hand's thumb for, his blade in right hand, by mistake, cut his cheeck, Bipin was calling his wife, Renu to get him a towel. But, there was an irony of fate that she was deaf by birth (congenital). So, though she was staying next door in the kitchen, she could hear nothing but, when he ...

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OPPRESSION : A Poem for Two Voices

By: Aarju Pandey

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Prachanda : Plan A and Plan B

By: Amar Adhikari

A few days back I was reading eKantipur. A headline something along this line “First time access for Maoist to Parliament ” caught my eyes. For a moment, I had a strange feeling in my stomach. I could not think of anything, and then slowly everything started falling into place. At least, for me.

Despite everything progressing well between seven party alliance and Prachanda, something inside me always keeps telling that “it is too good to be true”.

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Ramanujan, divine equations and suicide attempt

By: Dovan Rai

Whenever I happen to peep in my sister’s math and physics books, or read any article or news on mathematics and physics geniuses and their work, I miss my old fascination with the subjects, the thrill and beauty of the numbers, figures, theorems and theories.
I feel nostalgia over my forsaken dream to plunge in those marvelous fields.

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Science Vs. Religion

By: Akriti Panthi

For thousands of years we have been arguing about what to believe in science or religion. For scientists it’s always been god doesn’t exist there is no proof; for the other side it’s been you have lost faith. Is proof really needed to say god exists? Many have claimed that they have seen or heard god but when they explain it (it doesn't sound right) are they lying for attention or is it the seer truth? Do you believe in Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Chinese traditional religion, Buddhism, Darwinism, atheist, agnostic, etc.

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Where's my kick pedal??

By: heretic (Aashish Dutta Koirala)

The makers of Suzuki GN 125 made a beautiful motorbike. They made it so it would look good, run great, and be very comfortable to ride and to be a passenger in as well. They put in a self-start system like they should. Why they left out the kick pedal is beyond me.

Of course, this bike became a huge success. Naturally, all custom bikes built based on this design followed it verbatim, none more so than a little known Chinese company called Sinski. They even went so far as to leave the kick ...

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Moral Values and Duties: Some thoughts

By: Amar Adhikari

First of all let me admit that I am neither an anthropologist nor an economist. However, one question that has always bothered me from the childhood why our country is poor and what could be done. This became my part time hobby, and I read many books I could lay my hands on. As a result, I came to some conclusions, and out of which some I tried to share on “Why our country is poor: Some thoughts”. After all, in order to put our country on right track we need to analyze and find out how we arrived at this abysmal situation.

Thanks to a few comments on my writing, I realize the necessity of providing supporting examples that religion and philosophy exert tremendous amount of influence in the building of moral values, which in turn serve the basis of justification for many people’s action. It is worth stressing that if these moral values confirm to daily duties, the resulting productivity is phenomenon. Industrial revolution was, in fact, the upshot of this confluence.

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Addiction - Smoke when you see a hippo

By: Ritesh Khanal

Science always tries to define biological phenomena as if to isolate the scientific terminologies from the human body itself. An increase in the level of ‘x’ chemical will produce ‘y’ substance in the body, which produces an electric sensation in ‘z’ nerve. A decrease in the volume of that same chemical will cause drowsiness and nausea and a labrat gets addicted to chemical ‘x’. Something seems to be missing in these explanations, something that connects the chemicals, the sensations and the human being.

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2007 rhymes

By: Dovan Rai

This new year eve,
I realized my heart growing cold,
with cynicism : an adult infection.

Trapped in this adult world,
so grey and so cold,

I longed for the old days,
when the sky is clear blue and grass is naïve green,
rainbows are purely colorful,
snails are innocently fascinating, and I am always cheerful.

Oh ! only if I could borrow a bit of this childhood heaven
in this new year 2007 !!

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Fare..thee..well

By: Loona Grg

Fare..thee..well Suddenly an overheard phrase stroke my grey cells, it was said by my friend just a few moments ago while we were in tea break. I wonder, how the climate affects a person’s mind and the thoughts. It’s a gloomy day today out here in Kathmandu, for some it may be a romantic day, for some it may be a dull day and for some it may be a hectic day :could have never took a chance to think about the climate. Weather becomes a real hot topic while tea gathering, and its natural phenomenon.

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FireFox

By: Ankur Panthi

So which Internet Browser do you use? Internet Explorer, Netscape? Perhaps FireFox? What is a FireFox? Well FireFox is commonly refers to the Red Panda. At a glance, the Red Panda looks like raccoon.

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Do we value only what we struggle for?

By: Akriti Panthi

"That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. It is dearness only which gives everything its value."
-Thomas Paine

Throughout history we have always been greedy; some say it’s a curse and others a gift but truly it is both because without it we wouldn’t be who we are. Maybe the world would be better or worse but we can only deal with what we have. For the British, French, and Spaniards it was land during the times of the American Revolution but, now for everyone in the world our greed is now money. If someone was throwing free money in the air in the middle of the streets; who wouldn’t be out there trying to get something free? Did we ever stop by to think how long the owner of the money took his time to earn all of that? I agree with Thomas Paine if we gain something without any effort of work it doesn’t mean that much to us if we did spend our time gaining what we have.

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Top three visionary moves for New Nepal

By: Rudra Pandey

Last week I was in the tropical Hawaiian Islands with my family, for a winter getaway. The kinds of infrastructure development they have done really inspired me to write this quick note. Hawaii is America’s 50th state and is definitely the number #1 tourist destination for Americans and others visiting America. I could easily believe that after I saw its white sand beaches and amazing culture. What’s more is that there is the inviting Pacific right outside your front door. The people who live in Hawaii really rely on tourists and a lot of jobs there are tourist service related. This is because the state’s number one industry is tourism and the second is military related as it has 14 different military bases. Comparing Hawaii to the other tropical islands like Fiji, Mauritius, and many others, I can positively say that none of them have accomplished what Hawaii has. I think this is because of the visionary moves set by the democratically elected government. That’s why it is said that “American democracy is not good – but it’s the best in the world we have so far.” These leaders know how to set vision and move forward without worrying about little things. Leaders must trust others to get the little things done and launch the BIG visionary things to set the tone of the nation in the right direction.

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Evil prevails

By: heretic (Aashish Dutta Koirala)

"You know who's gonna inherit the earth? Arms dealers- because everyone else is too busy fighting with each other."

The movie Lord of War is lucky enough to have managed its way into the hallowed list of my top ten favorite movies of all time. It is truly one of the best movies I have seen in a long, long time. The movie chronicles the life of Yuri Orlov, an international arms dealer (portrayed by Nicolas Cage). The character of Orlov is written extremely beautifully and can be described best with the word SOULLESS.

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Why our country is poor? Some thoughts:

By: Amar Adhikari

This Website contain plethora of ideas with regard to developing our country. These ideas primarily revolve around exploiting “Infrastructure”?, “Education”? and “technology”?.

Undoubtedly, in sharp contrast to poor countries, the rich countries have abundant of universities, roads, bridges, electricity, hospitals etc. So, the solution to the poverty, at least at a very high level, is very intuitive: invest as much as possible in infrastructure, education and technology .As a result of this thinking, millions of dollars have been poured into not only in our country but also in other developing countries, in the form of donation, loan and charity, to enrich education and infrastructure.

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Parents

By: Akriti Panthi

Smiles on their face when you were born
When you die they will mourn
No matter what you do they will always love you
All the way through

When you’re sad they’re first people that know
Whether you stopped by to say hello
Every move you make they know
It’s like you’re the show

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Doctors on strike; how rational is it?

By: Indra Dhoj Kshetri

The repeated attacks on medical professionals and their responsive strikes have been something that has jeopardized people’s right to live and/or health care in Nepal. Reports show a record of an incident of attacks on medical professionals each month in average in the last eight months after the success of April movement. An attempt is made to begin discussion how rational the doctor's strike are.

Series of Medical professional’s strikes in Nepal
Dec 24:
Action: The relatives of an eight month child who died while undergoing treatment at Kanti Children’s hospital manhandle three doctors and medical staffs.

Reaction: Nepal Medical Association calls three day nation wide strike: All services excluding Emergency come to a halt. Owing to lack of treatment, a person dies in Kathmandu. Such incidents in other parts of the country not recorded.

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Resolutions in New Year? Oh not again! But wait…!

By: Siris Bajracharya

I heard someone shouting, “Hey Kundan, isn’t this the same resolution that you had thought during previous New Year?” Huh! Is Kundan himself reading this statement? You may be finding some part of him in yourself as he had believed and had put a resolution that he would bring some change in his behavior last year.

Times of year, many of people are contemplating changes they will make in their behavior for the New Year. Many of us resolve to change some behavior that we believe will benefit us. The most common resolutions tend to be about losing weight, stopping smoking, cutting back on alcohol, being nicer, etc. Of course what is interesting about the tradition of making New Years Resolutions is the traditional expectation that we will quickly break those same resolutions in no time! Hmm… seems like you have done it many times. Yes, so had I! But not any more...

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Embryonic Stem Cells yes or no?

By: Akriti Panthi

Embryonic Stem Cells
Background information:
A stem cell is a type of cell that can change into different cells throughout the body. There are two types of stem stems: adult stem cells and embryonic stem cells. Adult stem cells are more commonly used because they are found easily throughout the body.

Is the use of embryonic stem cells worth the thought of killing a life? Could we be able to sacrifice one life to save someone else? Embryonic stem cells are cells that can be found in an early embryo. During the pregnancy the most amounts of these cells are found 4-5 days after the fertilization in a stage of pregnancy called a blastocyst. At that time there are around 50-150 stem cells helping the baby develop.

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Holocaust Denial and the Issue of Free Speech

By: Amit Pyakurel

Iran recently organized a conference on denial of the Holocaust, inviting steadfast condemnation from the West. Many perceive Tehran's conference as hiding the gruesome "truth" about the Holocaust, the ghastly massacre of Jews by Nazi Germany and its allies prior to and during World War II. The massacre took place under the unjustifiable claim that the Jews were an "inferior" and "impure" race unworthy to coexist with the Aryans(Germans).

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Bad Day?

By: Akriti Panthi

Have you had a bad day?
A day that you always pray
You pray to stay out of the grey
The grey fog that won’t go away

It’s like you’re trapped in a box
A box with many locks
Locks which are hard as blocks
These blocks are as sharp as a fox

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Who are winners?

By: Rudra Pandey

I was watching the movie “Little Miss Sunshine” in flight from London to Boston. Movie was OK. But, I loved the definition of winners in the movie. The character of grandfather in the movie defines winners like this “those who are not afraid of losing and who try different things are true winners – it does not matter what the end result may be”. Very true – many people in the world do not want to try new or challenging things because they are afraid of losing or getting embarrassed. When one does not try or does not even participate, winning is not going to be for the person. After I heard the tag line, I turned the movie off because I did not need to watch the rest of the movie. Thousands of questions started to hit me. I felt like I got mantra for my own life. Why did I felt so? The definition of winners was not new to me? Why was the definition coming from the old character in the movie making me feel so much restless? Why was the definition challenging me even when I was accepting it whole heartedly? I had no clue of what was going on in mind.

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Observing Christmas in Secular Nepal and me

By: Indra Dhoj Kshetri

Till May 18, 2006, Nepal was constitutionally ‘a Hindu Kingdom’. Many people interpreted the notion as Hindu Kingdom because more than eighty percent population followed Hinduism. So why Hindus enjoyed certain more privileges then the other religious people. For example, many Hindu festivals were declared national Holidays, including Dashain on which national holidays are declared for nearly half a month. (Nowadays, the period is reduced to ten days.) However, in recent years, when non-Hindu communities including indigenous protested, the notion was defined as a Hindu Kingdom because only a Hindu and an Aryan could become King.

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Should schools start later in the day?

By: Akriti Panthi

“Without enough sleep, we all become tall two-year-olds,” said Jojo Jensen but not is it tall two-year olds or aging teenagers?
Should high schools start later in the day just to give teens a longer time to sleep? Many studies have been done saying that teens don’t ever get enough sleep and many car accidents occur of sleep deprivation. Teens feel more alert at a later time and using that most schools could get a better grade at school instead of trying to get some sleep in the class. If schools started later when a teen would be able to have their life; once they get home its homework, work, etc. Yes, high schools should start at a later time to let teens catch up on their sleep to get better grades, to stay out of sleep deprivation, and to keep them healthy.

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Citizen Journalism challenging Mainstream in Nepal

By: Indra Dhoj Kshetri

Everest Uncensored can lead the movement

Citizen Journalism is booming genre of the 21st Century Journalism. It seeks the active participation of citizens on collection, reporting, analysis and dissemination of news. Hence, it is also called participatory journalism. With the rapid growth of information technology the number of internet users has boomed, so has the number of internet based news media i.e. online.

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Music of Nepal: Dying???

By: Ankur Panthi

With the recent breakthrough in communication, people are able to communicate with each other’s despite their location. This communications leads people to exchange of idea amongst people. One of these exchanges of idea is music. By being able to communicate, it influences people on what kind of genre of music should they listen to.
This has led people to blend culture and idea together and first by product of this is music. I, for one, am unsure of result and contemplate on whether to embrace the product or reject it.

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Love

By: Akriti Panthi

A word that many people desire and yet so many walk away from it, one of the strongest words in the world that is abused over and over again. Do we even know what this word that many lust for means? So many definitions for this word but we all have our own way of explaining this word, but can we clearly define this word? We all feel love about something, someone, etc., but how can we tell if it’s love or not? The way we feel the way we would that describes this word is different, no one can love something the same as someone else.
As I walk through my day I hear myself at least once saying “I love you” or “I love that” but when I think about it I might not. I enjoy using that one word; do you? It makes me feel good to compliment something or someone. To give them a little bit of emotion and love. But as I way away I begin to think do I really mean it? Do I really love that person or thing very much that I would help them almost anyway possible? After actually thinking about it I got somewhere. I released that there are many different kinds of ways to love something or someone; so it works with all of those definitions.
What do you think of the word: love?

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The gang war scene from Anchorman

By: heretic (Aashish Dutta Koirala)

How many of you have seen the movie Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy? Particularly, how many of you remember the "gang war" scene? I've seen the movie quite a few times and I find that scene so GOOD that I had to pay homage to it through a blog entry. It is the definition of HILARIOUS. It is an example of what makes the frat pack (Ben Stiller, Will Ferrell, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Vince Vaughn) movies so great. These guys are the geniuses of our times. Stand up and take notice, people.

As I was watching this movie, I realized something: I'm pretty easy to get along with. Here's the gist of it all: if you have seen and liked the following three movies, we can be friends forever!!
- Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
- Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
- Caligula

How cool is that!!

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Honesty in management

By: Shreeya Shakya

The other day in the party I had sat down with our company president to have a little chit chat and during the course of our conversation, I had asked him, ‘Say Kevin.. Throughout your presentation, we heard a lot about clients, growth strategies and growth of the company, have you thought anything about employee benefit schemes in particular? ’ To my question, he had plainly answered, ‘No, I haven’t..’. My instant reaction was ‘Ohh!! I am a little disappointed..’. However in retrospect, lesser disappointed and more impressed was I by the man’s honesty. He very well could have spun a yarn, put forth an assortment of ‘company has ‘this’s and ‘that’s for you.’ But the fact that he was down right honest and told what was there, the truth, was what left me with an impression. With prophecies and dos and donts of management pouring out in galore virtually everywhere, as for me, one major aspect of managers and those being managed (whether they like it or not..) is ‘honesty’.

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MARRIED TO THE MUSIC

By: Rajendra Keshari Pandey

Freedom has no barriers; it will not be and cannot be directed by anyone. It is in each and every individual and will always exist within them. A person is born free and when that life ends, they are again free from all bondage. There was a person in Kathmandu society, for whom even over a hundred years of complex, conservative and orthodox tradition could not restrain his instinct for self-liberation. Born, bred and trained in a so called aristocratic Brahmin family of that time, this gentleman stood aloof, far from the crowd, different and alone in his society. He followed his heart, not his head and we all know that to go against the traditional way at that time, was a Herculean task. But for a person like this, it was simply following his instincts for freedom of expression; he was a rebel out on his own, born free and ready to take on any challenge.

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That One Road

By: Akriti Panthi

That One Road

You have one life to live
That one chance to survive
To accomplish your goals
How do you wanna roll?

To spend it in joy, work, or love?
Or all the above
That one road you may want to take
Hope your desire isn’t fake

For if you do follow that road
Pray that your road won’t explode
It could change more then you can dream
It’s a horrible scheme, everyone wants to be supreme

Our ambitions take action
And all we desire is that satisfaction
We forgot if we could be hurting someone, or something
After it’s too late, the guilt begins to ring

No matter how deep the wound goes
It’ll always be deep inside our clothes
Filling out hearts with tears and coil
Until our hearts begin to spoil

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An illness called humanity

By: heretic (Aashish Dutta Koirala)

I suffer from an illness known as humanity
I am disposed to all its weaknesses and none of its strengths
I reach out in search of what is not
I desecrate all that is sacred within my reach

Two candles that clash glow inside me
I have an inborn belief in what can never be
Until I depart I shall always be in misery
I suffer from an illness known as humanity

I intend to befriend but end up shunning
I intend to love but end up loathing
I wallow in darkness although light I foresee
I suffer from an illness called humanity

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CRITICAL THINKING

By: Upendra Pradhan

On a cold day at home I was browsing through the information HUB - the internet. I came across a phrase called "critical thinking" then I was thinking of our educational system and way we do your work and way we think about them. Just three four days back Rudra on his usual tour to different departments was asking us what direction should be given to students at NEC? At the moment, the things told to him was usual problems that we commonly talk about on our educational system like our educational system cannot keep pace with the market, no live projects practice etc etc. On reading about critical thinking I felt that one of the ground realities is that we normally do not practice critical thinking as students. You may be wondering what this Critical thinking is. There are many definitions of Critical thinking found on the Net.

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Working on Instincts - Is it realistic?

By: Upendra Pradhan

People have tendency work on instincts. While making decisions this may lead to perception biases. This would not be good practice. The person would make decisions in a way that fits one's concept, viewpoints, attitudes, emotion. This would be illusion and escape from reality.

For instance,
See a person!!! You would have certain perception on the person with respect to their clothing, surrounding and people or things around him. If he/she were to be in a different situation you would have perceived the person differently. Once you get to know the person, talk to the person then socialize with the person your perception towards the person mostly differs from your first acquaintance and you are much for clear about person.

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The Bait

By: Bishwa Shrestha

An old man has just arrived the town
feeling lost, feeling down
he stops for a while, rests on the ground
and sings of the pain that he has found

lines of age carves his face
the tired mind has lost its grace
worn out by time, eroded by fate
he awaits patiently for his final bait

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Registration of refugees, Will it solve the deadlock?

By: Kazi Gautam

Registration of refugees Will it solve the deadlock? Much anticipated re-registration of the Bhutanese refugees has eventually begun on November 15th bringing in it a ray of hope among the refugees waiting to see the permanent solution to the crisis. To my mind this can be viewed as having two objectives: to record the precise statistical data of the refugees and to find the actual data of those willing to opt for any one of the three options. However, the latter motive is not stated directly. Here I feel it necessary to stance on the process on hand. This is the only census and the registration conducted after 1990. So this move of the Nepal government and the UNHCR certainly wins plaudits. Nevertheless, how far it would be practical is a question in hand. Over forty thousand genuine Bhutanese have been sheltering in some parts of India and they are not registered in the refugee camps.

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गजल

By: Mabi Singh

नयाँ ऋतुमा फेरि फुल्यो पूरानो गुलाफ
बेयाम रहेँ म रेशममा रङ्गेको गुलाफ !

खस्ने डरले समतल खोजेर हिडियो,
ठाडो भीरमाथि फुल्दिए रातो गुलाफ !

मलाई पनि नरम हुन करै लाग्यो
पत्थर फुटाली फुल्यो कमलो गुलाफ !

पत्र-पत्र होइन सुखका तह-तह भन्थे
धुजा देख्यो दोषी दृष्टिले सिङ्गो गुलाफ !

तिम्रो इच्छा अघि तकर्हरु केही न केही
कालो नीलो हुन बाध्य सेतो मेरो गुलाफ !

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Dead man's Voice

By: Nishchal Shrestha

I used to be a dead man. Person needed to change hospital once every month. The reason was high chest pain and in result high blood pressure and respiratory problem. No one will hope a good life to a person who has this difficulty in life. So, I used to be called as a dead man. Who had no hope that would live any longer. This was already accepted by whole family who were already tired changing hospitals. I still have a pile of x-rays and a bundle of doctor’s prescriptions. Since I am only there son, my family tried every option even showing me to the Mata ji and other stuffs. But problem was increasing.

I had to be admitted at Heart Hospital (Shahid Gangalal) due to high heart pain and was unable to inhale. From some pain killer and some gastric medicine they sent me back to home. I was already taking medicine to control my high blood pressure which was prescribed by top doctor of Teaching Hospital after 24 hour pressure reading and other research. It was informed not to forget taking this medicine for one year, to control by fast heart beat and high pain.

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गजल

By: Mabi Singh

फेरेको लुगा सच्चा कांचुली निस्कियो !
शत्रु त, मार्नै खोज्ने न्याउली निस्कियो !

दरबारमा ‍आज निर्मम् सुनसान,
नँया घर-बास खोज्न मूली निस्कियो !

हुनु भयो गाईजात्रा अलंकारको
ट्यूनीकबाट दुबै बाहुली निस्कियो !

कर्म काण्डको कारण कठै कहिन,
पगरिको टुप्पाबाट शुली निस्कियो !

हाँक धाक रवाफ सुन्दा सिंहै भनें
घाईते स्याल भन्दा मामुली निस्कियो !

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Die bhangeri die!

By: heretic (Aashish Dutta Koirala)

I see right through your evil eyes
I have been a scapegoat I realize
You cold hypocrite, you spineless reptile
Purge me of your trash, die bhangeri die!

My existence was an ignorantly blissful night
Before it fell prey to your apparently warm light
Now I know I dwell under dark clouds and black sky
All because of you, die bhangeri die!

Bitterness was the crutch I used to survive
You seemed to take it away and make me feel alive
But now it's clear what was really on your mind
You make me sick, harlot, die bhangeri die!

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Do we need a manager?

By: Saurav Thakur

After reading a lot of concepts and views in management and management theories I get rather confused what to manage and whom to manage. Probably being a programmer it is not so easy to understand the things right away as written and as different people have different thoughts. Most of the time for a programmers it becomes difficult to mange couple of lines of codes, so how can one imagine of managing 100 and even sometimes 10,000 of people.

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I am sick of Morgan Freeman

By: heretic (Aashish Dutta Koirala)

Morgan Freeman is a great actor, and his greatness lies in the ease with which he can blend in with the surroundings in the movie. You never think "that's Morgan Freeman". That being said, I am sick of Morgan Freeman. Watching movies is an integral part of my lifestyle: not as a social event, but as a true movie lover. I watch movies to "watch the movie" and not to kill time. The movies I watch cover a long span of time. I have watched countless movies to date; and Freeman must have been in nearly half of these. He seems to be everywhere - in space AND in time! He has managed to invade every movie genre. I dare people to turn their television on, switch to a movie, and tell me that Freeman does not star in at least one of the movies that are playing.

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Are you selfish?

By: Rudra Pandey

Try asking this to anyone or for that matter your own self and you know the answer always is “No.”, almost. You might even offend people if you ask this question directly but people always seem to find some kind of pleasure when it comes to passing on the comment all the time like “He/she is selfish. I do not want to hear his/her name. Bla, bla, bla…” Sometime people say this anecdotally and sometime they say with heart-breaking facts that make us real sad and angry. However the facts are always relative, just like they say, ‘ever since Einstein discovered the theory of relativity everything is so relative’. “Selfish” is a relative term and to some extent everyone in the world is selfish. Some go beyond the limit to promote self-interest at the cost of others and some do it just to protect one’s interest without hurting/exploiting others. The later remains very common and former is not too common. However it’s the hurting kinds that make the world disgusting place. What kind of selfishness can we accept and what we can’t? There is not defined boarder line. Acceptable level of selfishness changes by culture and places. But, there are selfish people in and every part of the world. For example, in America, if you ask for a car ride and thank the person at the end of the ride, you paid it back. The person who gave you car ride will not expect anything more from you. The story ends right there. In Nepal, if you ask for a car ride, whoever gives you the ride thinks that he/she did a big favor to you and next time you forget to mention about that, the fellow will cast you as selfish (I am sure there are many Nepalese exceptions to this.)

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In favor of war: on behalf of Bhutanese Refugees

By: Rup Narayan Timsina

Yes, I am one of the poor Bhutanese who were kicked out from the country. I have an aim to help those who are in trouble like me. I also hope that those my brothers who are leading the Bhutanese Refugees’ movement since many years back will one day reach in the summit of their success and on the side of it I too will be supporting them. So dear brothers; it is positive to think of that we have to continue our march towards the destination. I have heard that there are our friends who are ready to fight against the guns and weapons. Yes I too support them. No man will be in the summit without any vandalism. Hope that one day we will definitely win. THANKS TO ONE AND ALL.

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Bhutan Absconding from Repatriation

By: TP Mishra

The Bhutanese refugee impasse is progressively stepping towards complication. Gradually, it is attracting individual refugee and well-wishers into hot debate. This decade-and-half years of pending issue has been one of the biggest burdens for South Asia. Even the world community is unreceptive to the dilemma. The long stay in the unimproved camps under the plastic canopy with hesitant future has multiplied aggravations and dejections within individual refugee.

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Vagina Monologues in Kathmandu

By: Dovan Rai

“I say vagina because I want people to respond," says playwright Eve Ensler, creator of the hilarious, disturbing soliloquies in The Vagina Monologues. And respond they do--with horror, anger, censure, and sparks of wonder and pleasure.*

The Vagina Monologues is an Obie Award-winning episodic play based on interviews with over 200 women about their real memories and experiences ...

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Work Smart vs. Work Hard

By: Rudra Pandey

People who can’t sweat usually have excuses of working smart instead of working hard. Output and time spent are usually directly proportional because in most of the work places people spend only 20% of their brain except for some intense issues. People who know how to sweat and work hard can address intense and complex issues utilizing 100% of their brain when required. I usually tell my daughter that one who has not passed stress test cannot handle complex issues no matter how smart the person may be. In other words, no matter how smart one works, working hard is essential to pass over the hump. I have not seen anyone reach the peak without sweating – hiking, a case in point. Smart ones always see more challenges and opportunities and never stop working. Smart people are ambitious too. Lack of ambition and determination makes us look for excuses for our non-performances and we fail to appreciate successful people who sweat to clear clogs from their brain.

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LEARNING FROM JYAPUS

By: Rajendra Keshari Pandey

I do not know why I love this Newari Language so much. Somewhere, somehow deep inside me, maybe there exists a Newar. Fortunately or unfortunately, I do not belong to a Newari community, caste, creed or clan. But, I know I have never had any problems with the Newari community, its culture and their way of life. In truth, I believe that this is one of the most beautiful races in our country. Their art, craft, culture, tradition and enterprise skills are their main virtues. They are gifted people in their chosen fields and I would rate them as First Class citizens. However, there is an even better class than this, “The Jyapu”. They are the agricultural specialists of this community and we are forgetting the fact that they were once the best organic vegetable producers of Kathmandu Valley. There is now a trend towards organic vegetables in the western world and if you care to verify this, please go to some of the organic markets held in the valley. Most of the customers are Khaires not locals. Let us not forget then, who is teaching our farmers how to sprinkle chemical fertilizers and so spoil their fields in a few years time? Those same people opt for organic vegetables for their own tables! This is a paradox.

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Mental soundtrack

By: heretic (Aashish Dutta Koirala)

What I call the mental soundtrack is something everyone has. Nobody in the world, no matter what they claim, can still their mind. There will always be some thought, deep or trivial, that occupies the mind. When there isn't, the mental soundtrack comes into play. It will be a song that keeps repeating itself over and over again for some time. Then, the song changes and you're stuck with the new one for some more.

Now, as a guy that passionately listens to true classic rock and metal of the seventies and eighties, I consider my musical taste to be of quite high a calibre. But is that what makes up my mental soundtrack? Sadly not.

Most of the time, my mental soundtrack will be a really really stupid song I picked up on TV or some place else, or even worse: a really, really bad advertisement jingle. I once got stuck with this really bad jingle for two straight months! It is painful.

I wonder if other people have experienced this. In any case, it is a vile thing and one more reason in favour of the apocalypse.

The world must end. NOW!

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Memories of Days Past - III

By: Rudra Pandey

First four years of my Kathmandu stay was in my aunt’s (Phupu’s) house in Dilli Bazar. During the final days of grade five, my aunt’s husband passed away and it was difficult time for all of us. As per brahmin tradition we were not supposed to see her until after a year of her husband’s death. I hated the practice for two reasons. First, I did not know where to stay during the sixth grade. Second, I wanted to be with my aunt when she was really alone and she needed us the most. Anyway, nothing I could do against the several generations long practice.

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I like… (Excerpt from my diary)

By: Amit

"I would like to do things on my own. I like to relax. I cannot control the tough emotions. I like to live life naturally. I want to live an ordinary life. I do not wish to be the millionaire and live the bustling life. I like to live the serene life. I would love to live like an ordinary person with no fear of anything. Just live as the life goes. What's the point in working 14 hours a day? What's the point worrying too much about the future? What's the point going abroad and keep traveling? What's the point achieving a doctorate degree?

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Definition of freedom

By: Ankur Panthi

Lately in the media, I have heard the word freedom countless time. Nevertheless, what does this word mean to us people? People loosely use this word with out understanding the actual meaning of the word. Is it perhaps that people do not know what freedom means? Furthermore, I believe the media and press is miss using the word freedom. Freedom is rather important gift that we as human beings conceal in us but everyday the word freedom is loosely tossed around with no meaning at all.

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Snow

By: Akriti Panthi

“Ahhh it’s snowing” I shout
School’s out without a doubt
As I scream and shout
I race to the door to get out

The smiles, the grins, the joy
As I rush out to enjoy
That one flake of snow
O how I want to go

Outside in that blanket of white
Those flakes are always so bright
Right when I wake up I jump to my window
And peak out hoping to shout hoooowow

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Every one is in search of Opportunity…

By: Binaya Neupane

DV,PR, WORK PERMIT, if you think from one dimension, is one of the easy and luckiest ways to get the visa of the United States, Australia/Canada and UK and so on and from another the precious time and opportunity to earn money. Both ways it creates the opportunity, for Nepalese, so what is harm in it?

As per the best of my understanding of Nepalese life and society, almost every Nepali dreams for USA and Europe rather than Asia, why? Is that the country they are dreaming have more opportunity?

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Interesting Job Search!!!

By: Saurav Thakur

Getting bored after doing weeks of coding, finally decided to change the things right away. After all I am not the one made for putting black marks in the white screens of computers. As there are a lot of things to do I decided to change the job of facing computer and do some thing interesting jobs.

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The stench of reality

By: heretic (Aashish Dutta Koirala)

This reality reeks of filth. Not that I'm aware of any other reality that does not. But rationale forces me to realize that there cannot be a singular reality. Just the fact that I am able to conceive of the idea rightly justifies it. And it is rationale that dictates to me that even though my existence is confined to this reality; I, as I truly am, span all realities. This does not apply to my physical state, my mind or consciousness nor my spirit - but something else that I am unable to conceive of due to the very fact that my existence is confined to this reality.

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Standardizing culture

By: heretic (Aashish Dutta Koirala)

In my field of study and work, standards play a big role. A lot of what could otherwise be chaos has been delicately held together by standards and protocols. As miraculous as it sounds, a big bunch of people actually agreed to follow a common path!!

Now, if you put two people in a room, conflict is bound to arise. It is inevitable and, as a matter of fact, a microcosm of all the conflict across the globe today. Even though wisemen of our time will say that ultimately it's all about the money or the power; one cannot discount the fact that culture has a lot to do with it. I dare to go as far as to say that the very thing that makes the human race so diverse is the cause for all of its conflict.

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On the banks of Khando

By: Sanjib Chaudhary

It was the seventh day of Dashami (the greatest Hindu festival), the day preceding the sacrifice of animals to Durga, the Goddess of power. The incessant rains had stopped and the sky was partly clear with patches of black clouds hovering around, signalling for the rains still to come. Among the clouds peeked the moon gaining its full form day by day for the coming full moon day. The entire village slept in serenity. The bamboo leaves swayed to the light breeze and bats could be seen moving stealthily in search of prey. An owl was hooting in the far horizon. The banks of river Khando was dry and the sands seemed silvery with the partial moonlight. The recent floods had brought more alluvial soil and the banks had widened, the sands had got a washing. A crab could be seen crawling towards the receding water.

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On governance

By: heretic (Aashish Dutta Koirala)

No form of governance thought up by man is really any good. The much hyped democracy is an unachievable ideal at best. In which of today's so-called democracies do the people actually hold the strings? A democratic system is like a fragile piece of machinery held together by millions of loose nuts and bolts, and is doomed to shatter. Sure, democracy would work perfectly in a world where all men thought well of each other. But in such a world, who's to say any other system wouldn't work equally well?

Then you have dictatorships and monarchies which we can rule out just by pure reason and rational logic. Communism and fascism are oppressionist systems and have no place in a sane world. Since religion itself is evil by nature, any form of governance associated with religion is naturally evil. On the economic front, capitalism does lead to progress but tramples too many on the way. Socialism is another unachievable ideal and history is witness to how every state that has tried it out has failed to stick to its ideals, either being unable to sustain itself or turning into hardcore communism. Then there is the notion of "socialist democracy" – two unachievable ideals in one – need I say more?

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Second issue of Y! . It’s better.

By: Dovan Rai

Quite impressed with the first issue of ‘Y!’, a new Nepali youth magazine, I was eagerly awaiting for the second issue, which I found better.

Y! seemed to come with a serious purpose. It was reflected in the first issue in it’s bold cover design(which caught my eyes first), carefully planned content and intellectually stimulating articles.
The average ‘I hate politics’ youth too have now realized how vital politics is and how it impacts our studies, career, life and destiny.
Y! has cashed in the new burning interest of youth in politics and provided the youth with a platform for politics and activism.
Y! has actually fulfilled most of the requirements of a good youth magazine that I was looking for.
Bilingual medium is very practical and promoting Nepali literature is an appreciable approach.
By raising cultural and social awareness issues, it has carried the true essence of being youthful and modern.

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Nepal

By: Akriti Panthi

Nepal

My ancestors and my blood from the one place I treasure
Thinking, talking, and visiting that dear place is always a pleasure
From Mount Everest to Japha I go
Every piece of land I bow to

One of the smallest countries with one of the biggest disaster
Maoists running back and fro to master to master
The country folk all ran into one city
What a pity, a great fight wasn’t given
For houses, traditions became forgotten

Katmandu that city was trashed
Old buildings where smashed
New houses were built
Katmandu became the New York City but no one felt guilt
The government didn’t give a bit
All they did was sit, watched people die

Their children and all they did was sighed “bye”
My country, my home, and my people
Many prayed on the steeples
Thank the gods for now peace has rang
Nepal is another great place to hang

My ancestors and my blood from the one place I treasure
Thinking, talking, and visiting that dear place is always a pleasure
From Mount Everest to Japha I go
Every piece of land I bow to

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Politics, Health and our Professional Responsibility

By: Mathura Shrestha

1. Public concern, their scrutiny, transparency and accountability of health and medical professionals
Today, we together with other peoples of Nepal have fought and realized Loktantra. We envision Loktantra as the highest form of republican democracy of the people and by the people. As the word implicates Loktantra can have none above or bellow Lok or peoples and peoples’ world. A monarchy in any form or any other creed-based superstructure is out of question in Loktantra. We, the people of Nepal, are not praja of prajatantra but fully sovereign, responsible citizen of Nepal. The established norm of Lok accepts no exclusion or deprivation of citizens by gender, geographical region, ethnicity, religion, political or social orientation, physical or socioeconomic state or condition.

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Life

By: Akriti Panthi

You came into this world
Yet it wasn’t your choice to be unfurled
With tons of love you grew
And did you stop by to say thank you?

Your dear loved ones
Always in a run
But they always managed to spend time with you
All that time your life speed through

In school you went
You kept learning as you grew
Studying and studying was your job
It was meant so you didn’t become a slob

College came in no time
You learned the importance of a dime

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A conversation with a preacher

By: heretic (Aashish Dutta Koirala)

People who know me well know that I am a believer and follower of God, and an equally strong HATER of religion. I think religion is an evil, hypocritical practice that misinterprets God in every sense of the word.

Oddly enough, I ran into this Christian preacher in a chatroom!!

So I humored him for a while --- the following is the exact chat transcript. My handle is "Heretic". The preacher is "NEPAL123_366". Read on, people!!

nepal123_366: hi
heretic: hello
nepal123_366: where are you from
heretic: ktm
nepal123_366: ok i am from dehradun
heretic: have you ever noticed that most people are really really ugly
nepal123_366: are you a man or a woman and are you a nepali
heretic: i am a nepali, i am a man
nepal123_366: ok i am a pastor of a church as well as social worker]
heretic: and you're here to "spread the word" are you?

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Gunter used Nepali athletes

By: Random Gigs

A close (national coach) source reveals that German Coach Gunter had been prescribing MEDICINES to Nepali athletes while training them and that the medicine intakes were supposed to be lessened as the SAF Games began.

But in an alternate take, what medicine was the German Coach prescribing? Is that even moral? Does Nepal Sports Council even know about this?

Also, it is now intelligent to ask if Gunter was testing a drug here in the Himalayan Nation. Germany thus seems to have used Nepali athletes, as previsouly did USA to our armed forced personnel.

Our athletes who have taken these drugs should be monitored for their health, side effects of the drugs. Gunter and Germany should publicly apologize for this and should pay in KIND as compensation.

Whatever that KIND is whether it be in support of medical aid etc, if there are any cases filed of side effects arised from using GUNTER DRUGS and for destorying Bhandari's career.

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NRs. 7 crores

By: Random Gigs

So the Nepal Government has NRs. 7 crores to give to the Maoists but not a single penny to the flood victims.

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गजल

By: Mabi Singh

आफ्ना टुक्राहरु टिप्नमै अति ब्यस्त छौ !
खुलासा भयो होला तिमी कति ध्वस्त छौ !

घातक नतीजा चुम्न माहीर बनायौ,
मायाका मागहरु राखे देखि त्रस्त छौ !

नजानी भएका गल्तीमा माफी पाईन !
रोजी रोजी छुरा अरु घोप्न अभ्यस्त छौ !

जगको ईंटा चोरिएको होस गरेनौ
अझै छाना अडाउने कुरामा विश्वस्त छौ !

बलात्कार भएन निर्बस्त्र हुंदा समेत
ऐना सित यौबनको बयानमा मस्त छौ !

खुईलेको रङ्गलाई परिबर्तन भन्दै
हरिया पातका नशा काट्न सिद्दहस्त छौ !

किल्ला-पर्खाल भित्र क्षितिज अमान्य हुंदा
भित्ताबाट उदाए जस्तै भित्तामै अस्त छौ !

its published in
http://www.tanneri.com/ReadArticle.asp?ArticleID=1557
with some modification

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Management Guru

By: Nilesh Shrestha

We are driven by God gifted instincts. We always react instantly to safety and then set habit to stay in comfort by keeping away from danger. One can rarely see a person not running away from a burning fire; one can rarely see a person not trying to cover up to warm up from cold and one can hardly see a person not eating when hungry. When we are hungry, we are forced to eat to survive and knowing that we need to eat, we eat regularly even if we do not feel hungry. If one does not do that then he is sick.

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Positive Attitude!

By: Shree Bista

Have you ever consciously started your morning with the positive attitude? If you never have, you may want to give it a try tomorrow with the "Smiley good morning" to your co-worker. And, consciously monitor how you perform whole day. Believe me, it does the magic. As we know, we spent more than nine hours everyday at work and if it becomes unpleasant it would be mighty unproductive for you and for your employer.

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Management Lesson: The Law of Diminishing Returns

By: Milan Lamichhane

Time is time. No one can buy more time. You can buy more labor if you think it will help your team do more work faster, but that’s not the same thing as adding time to a project. The law of diminishing returns dictates that adding labor doesn’t exponentially increase productivity; in fact, at some point productivity can even go backwards.

For a real-life example, consider that two hardworking and experienced programmers working on a project. In order to finish the project on time, you decide to add one more programmer. Now the programmers may be completing the code more quickly, you decide to add six more programmers so that the project can be finished even sooner. You soon realize that although adding one programmer increased your productivity, adding six more only created chaos with creating a contentious environment. You reached the point of diminishing returns when you added six programmers.

Bottom line: You can’t build a house in a single day even with 100 people.

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तिम्रो सानो प्रयासको छोटो जमर्को

By: Vishnu Kshettri

तिम्रो सानो प्रयासको छोटो जमर्कोमा
कोही माथी उक्लदा
तिमीलाई तल झर्नु पर्दैन

मायाको आभास सृजन गरीदिंदा
तिमी रित्तो हुनु पर्दैन
प्रेमको जुक्ती र शक्ती सम्प्रेशण गर्दा
तिमी निरीह बन्नु पर्दैन
वैयक्तीक विचारको अतीक्रमण बन्दगर्दा
तिमी रुस्ठ रहनु पर्दैन

तिम्रो सानो प्रयासको छोटो जमर्कोमा
कोही माथी उक्लदा
तिमीलाई तल झर्नु पर्दैन

संकीर्ण बिचार र निरुत्साहीत हठ
छाडीदिंदा तिमी कुरुप बन्नु पर्दैन
मुक्त कंठमा कसैको प्रसंशा समेट्दा
तिमी तितो बन्नु पर्दैन
स्वच्छ नयंले तस्बीरहरु
कैद गर्दा तिमी रित्तो रहनु पर्दैन

तिम्रो सानो प्रयासको छोटो जमर्कोमा
कोही माथी उक्लदा
तिमीलाई तल झर्नु पर्दैन

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Radical - To be or not to be

By: Random Gigs

The situation in Nepal looks quite gloomy, partly because we have been asking the wrong questions for several years and perhaps also because, we have this hallucination that the Maoist problem needs to be solved first. This itself is the mother of all dreadlocks.

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Globalization: Is it a Threat or an Opportunity for Nepal?

By: Siris Bajracharya

Business in the 21st century has been able to expand its boundaries overwhelmingly, regardless of the geographical constraints. The dream of an “international business community” has now slowly turned into reality. Today the world of business has been talking about expanding its boundaries globally. Now the competition is not only within the internal markets but among the external markets as well. Such a global perspective has introduced new opportunities as well as threats to the existing market. The internal markets of most underdeveloped and developing countries have been threatened to be wiped off against the breeze of global competition.

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Thinking Strategically -- Key to Market Management

By: Siris Bajracharya

One very fine morning, my boss comes to me and says, “Here is what we want to do and here is how we are going to do it.....!” Sounds simple? This simple definition of strategy may sound effortless but it is not honestly simple because a lot of thought and work would go into the development of such business strategies.

A firm that attempts to sell a product or a service must have a plan and strategize its every move in order to sustain in the long run. The definition of strategy is: the guiding plan that integrates a firm’s major goals that has superior efficiency, quality, innovation, and customer responsiveness. A good business strategy will incorporate such concepts with a clear understanding of adopting the marketing concept, market opportunity analysis, and developing a sustainable competitive advantage. Strategies should be made keeping in mind of the fact that - all marketing begins with deprivation. A business is successful if we are able to understand the concept of fulfilling the deprived space.

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Decisions

By: Rudra Pandey

The worst decision makers are killers. With one decision, they jeopardize other’s lives, and sometimes their own too. Best decision makers are those who save lives by helping people in crisis.

Everyone makes a few bad decisions once in a while. Some of us repeat them very often and some of us learn from it and avoid making such kind of decisions in the future. What happens after a bad decision? How can we avoid bad decision? Should we be too careful? Should we avoid making decision because of possible negative consequences? These questions always make me ponder. I have made a few bad decisions both in personal and professional lives. I still regret everyday about some of the decisions that I have made years back. I feel like “Oh god - how dumb I was?” I wish I could recall those decisions. Obviously, it is too late to recall as damage has already been done. I feel like hitting my forehead against the wall and screaming out loud – “why did I do so?”

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The Art of Lovemaking (and Management)

By: Gopal Bahadur Ghale

Well, we were asked to write an article each on Management and I decided to consult some Greek Gods for some insights into some Management Mantras. Hence I traveled all the way to Athens and managed to meet Hephaestus and Aphrodite; others were on vacation. Following the principle of ‘Pilgrimage to Pashupatinath, Trade of Tuna’, I requested Aphrodite to throw some light on the secrets of lovemaking while Hephaestus revealed the secrets of successful management.

I offer to you here the excerpts of the great tips I was provided with:

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The Art of Lovemaking (and Management)

By: Gopal Bahadur Ghale

Well, we were asked to write an article each on Management and I decided to consult some Greek Gods for some insights into some Management Mantras. Hence I traveled all the way to Athens and managed to meet Hephaestus and Aphrodite; others were on vacation. Following the principle of ‘Pilgrimage to Pashupatinath, Trade of Tuna’, I requested Aphrodite to throw some light on the secrets of lovemaking while Hephaestus revealed the secrets of successful management.

I offer to you here the excerpts of the great tips I was provided with:

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Managing the Rain

By: Raj B.Thakuri

I am a manager. I manage. People, Projects, Schedules, Logistics. For over three years now. Boy, do I know a lot about management.

Ahem. Not quite.

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Management in home – Workplace is to apply it

By: Thakur Gyawali

I am tired of reading many books and listening to different discussions on management. "What is management? What managers do?" like questions, are not significant to me. This is similar to Nepalese politicians trying to define "What is democracy and what is Lok Tantra?. There are many problems and issues that are making everything stagnant. Even the things are worsening every minute that you are very aware about and you are trying to define what our democratic system’s name is. Opps...I can just say that I would have fired those people if I were authorized to. At least we engineers talk more on Why and How questions. To be honest, what I learnt from life without caring about management is much more than what I studied about it. So, it is better to focus on how things can be made better. I believe management quality is an inherent capability to some extent but it is more driven from interest and learning from every incidents that you experience or see in life. I just recalled a real story of a 20 yrs old girl. Here it goes...

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The crown and the Rayamajhi Commission

By: Indra Dhoj Kshetri

If the rayamajhi Commission fails to recommend appropriate action against all the perpetrators inclusing King Gyanendra; history will not forgive them

The same happened what people didn’t want but expected. Ever in the history of Nepal, the Rayamajhi Commission formed to investigate the atrocities of the erstwhile Royal government was supposed to address people’s aspirations and recommend proper punishment against the perpetrators. Upon its formation, the commission members also made roars that anybody found guilty on suppressing the popular movement is brought to the book. The Commission Chairman Krishna Jung Rayamajhi himself said they will not spare even the King if found involved on suppressing popular movement and embezzling nation’s fund. King’s involvement was crystal clear as he was the chairman of the then Council of Ministers. And even a layman could not believe that any move of the then government was taken without his consent.

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What is Management?

By: Kumar Pradhanang

There isn’t any clear definition of management. This is something that evolved right from the time human beings existed. Only the way of managing things have changed. The human development was slow right from the medieval period to the 18th century. It really started picking up in the 20th century due to change in the management style.

From my past experience there are three tips I could give to be a part of a good management team.

1. Anyhow solve the puzzle, which could also mean getting from A to D without having to step into B and C.
2. If something needs to be done, just do it. Let others follow you rather than waiting for others to start
3. Think simple.

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A Chronicle of Growth

By: Sajan Sangraula

Empires are not built ‘as is’. They evolve from startups. But only a meager fraction of the startups make it up to the empirical formations.

As startups, it’s usually a bunch of people with an idea to stick to working for their own sake. People involved are mostly stakeholders and have a participatory role; their growth is directly proportional to that of the company. With the number of people in some lower 2 digits, there isn’t a high hierarchy of roles that separate personals involved. People are accessible. The faces are familiar, the workplace is habitual and there is positivity and optimism in the air.

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A day the "Managers" way

By: Ritesh Khanal

Looking at the gold plated sign that read “SHARKS” in big fancy letters and sipping my coffee, I remembered how hard it was to get here and yet easier to make the decision. “You wanna know why I chose Sharks instead of Elite-W” I had tried to explain to the whole team, especially to Dev, who had left the hall after I announced that we were going to Sharks for our project. “I know why, it’s because you lead the team and you wanna prove to all of us that it’s only your decision that counts”

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Things to remember... A management lesson

By: Subodh Gurung

Management! What to write on management? C’mon, I’m an engineer. How can I write an article on management? These were the questions that struck me when trying to write something on the term “Management". I tried looking over internet, even tried to study management books, but all was in vain. 5 days past and still not a single word has been typed. Then last night, I decided to write on my own way; my own way of explaining the meaning of management. Some might not like my views but they certainly won’t disagree either.

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PERSPECTIVE

By: Anjana Shrestha

YOU KNOW YOUR COMPANY IS GROWING WHEN...!!!
CLICK TO KNOW....

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Greed is Good. Gekko is God. A lesson in management.

By: heretic (Aashish Dutta Koirala)

I've recently been told to write something – anything – on management. It is a topic quite removed from my usual line of literature. I am used to writing about things that are darker, vaguer and more abstract. Management, as something to write about, is too mainstream for me. It's lucky for me then that I read a lot of books and watch even more movies; and it's really, really lucky for me that I happened to have watched a classic by the name of Wall Street.

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“ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL”?

By: Sagun Basnet

The words echoing, "All men are created equal" are more than a buzzing word today with the mushrooming and schooling of various enlightening principles of gender equality.
But somewhere, I feel - NO, all men are not created equal. If I restrict my claim to the only feeling, which defines human beings, your emotions… the feelings that make people understand what is that essence in you which is preceded by your existence.

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National Flag: Should it be changed?

By: Binaya Neupane

National flags represent their respective nations in the international arena. So why they are meant to be unique symbol and a value for a country. National flags usually have to have some patriotic meaning representing the country and her people for the betterment and patriotism.

Why don’t we begin with a discussion over our national flag i.e. National flag of Nepal? The national flag of Nepal is the one and only one non-rectangular national and official flags in the world. If we track back the history for the origin of non-rectangular, triangular flag then it says: The Nepal’s flag is a simplified combination of two single streamers from different branches of the previous rulers, the Rana dynasty who controlled Nepal from the mid-19th century until 1951. The Rana rulers were entitled "Shri Teen" and "Maharajahs".

Figure:Picture speaks more than thousand words.

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Beating about Another Bush?

By: Mathura Shrestha

About a hundred years ago a Mark Lewis' grandfather was awarded with Victoria Cross for his bravery in the aggression on the Dagu Fort of China.

He stole the historical Dagu Bell and took it to England as war booty. On learning the actual history of the Bell, Mark Lewis apologized to the people of China on behalf of his dead grandfather and facilitated the return of the Bell-'a source of shame for both China and England'-to the actual owner, the Dagu Fort. He wrote, 'Let us just hope we do not have to see another wars'.

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Divided OVER Deal: UML and Maoist fight each other for Existence

By: Indra Dhoj Kshetri

No sooner the Maoist formally entered the peaceful mainstream; split has been seen with the UML. And division between these two parties may affect the future of the pact.


As the country seems overwhelmingly welcoming the historic deal between the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) government and the CPN Maoist, a split has been noticed among those signatories. Especially, the major Communist factions the Maoists and the UML are seen divided. And biases towards one another seem to surface. Especially, the UML seems to be dissatisfied with the post deal scenario. General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal has been attacked by his comrades and also from the ground level cadres for giving ‘more space’ to the Maoists. They have questioned if the Maoists had enough popularity or status to get equal seats with the UML in the interim legislature. Not only UML, but the Nepali Congress or other party people are also perplexed with this decision, especially Maoists’ position in the interim legislature. Their stance is that the Maoists haven’t so far been tested before the public and how could they get second position in the interim legislature followed by interim government.

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गजल

By: Mabi Singh

यो पूरानो एउटा

मनै ध्बस्त भए पछि आँखामा के दोष थुपार्नु अनेक ?
छायाका चीराहरु टाल्दैमा, ज्यानलाई के हुन्थ्यो बिसेक ?

म सित बिद्रोह गर्दै भाबनाले रंगै चिन्न छाडी दियो,
हिजो खुशीमा सिर्जेको चित्र आज उजाड, देख्तै उदेक !

संगीत पो हो कि या कोलाहल, छुट्टिएन आबाज कुनै,
ठोक्किनु पर्ने तरंगहरु, झिल्लीमा अल्झि दिदा प्रत्येक !

आफै भित्रको पशु चराएर थाक्दै थाकिन म कहिल्यै,
अब घाँसको संगत गर्दैमा के नै फर्केला र बिबेक ?

न गर्मीले पोल्यो, न जाडोले छोयो, न भेउ ॠतुहरुको,
बदले अरु पात्रोका पन्नासंगै, स्तब्ध “शिरिष” बाहेक !

बष्टन
०७/०८/०५

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BYE BYE Stinking management!! TQM Welcome!

By: Lava Kafle

Why do some people run away from it saying BOO.. while some do spend their lives for/to management?Why should we need Management? What does the it do? What are the Outcomes of this MGMT? Has it really helped? Who really does it help? What does the MGMT Want and what it does not want? What are the essential attributes of a good and a bad management? What happens when it fails? Is the World ever been under the Management(MGMT)? Is there anybody in the Universe who knows A-Z of management?

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finally, towards true democracy

By: Daulat Jha

I have to admit, I am impressed. I hadn’t held high hopes for the summit talks to conclude in a positive note, let alone reach an agreement in the many contentious issues from arms management to the fate of monarchy. I also believed that talks for a temporary parliament would only provide with more hurdles making the whole process needlessly longer. I still think the intermediary parliament is a farce, but I was surprised that the parties settled even as dodgy an issue as the allocation of seats.

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CPI 2006 - Nepal Ranks 121st

By: Daulat Jha

Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2006 is out, and I guess we Nepalese can be glad that we haven’t done any worse than before. But then, we haven’t done any better either. Nepal still has a score of 2.5 (10 being the least corrupt) and ranks 121 out of 163 nations. Bangladesh and Pakistan fare worse than us in South Asia. Most of the countries worse off than us are ‘failed states’ and extremely poor countries with a bad track record of human right abuses (like Iraq, Myanmar, Haiti and Sudan). The ranking is done on the basis of how rampant the people perceive corruption to be in the country.

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Changa Chait and then some

By: Rajendra Keshari Pandey

It was a bright autumn Saturday in October 2005, very similar to many other beautiful days often experienced in the Kathmandu Valley. We decided to visit our favorite place, Nagarkot, to get some of this wonderful fresh air. Arriving at our usual spot we wandered around taking in the serenity of the area.

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गजल

By: Mabi Singh

खिया लाग्दै नलाग्ने सुनको थुप्रो हो नेपाल ।
हिमालै राखी बोकेको ठूलो कोक्रो हो नेपाल !

कसैले भन्ला बैशै नआई कुप्रो भो नेपाल,
मेरो भार ऊठाई रहेको काम्रो हो नेपाल ।

झुप्रै सही घर, सांझ संधै फर्कुं फर्कुं लाग्छ,
छाना नहोला तर बचेराको ओथ्रो हो नेपाल !

मनग्गे ती काल रात्रीहरुले आकाशै निल्दा ,
दिनै नंया क्षितिज ल्याउने पात्रो हो नेपाल ।

श्रीखण्ड देख्छु म, तिमी भन्छौ तुहेक्रो हो नेपाल,
ओढ्न जाने दोसल्ला नजाने भाङ्ग्रो हो नेपाल ।

बोस्टन, अक्टोबर ३१

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Open Discussion –Worshipping Kumari

By: Daulat Jha

The Supreme Court has suggested the formation of a committee to investigate the practice of Kumari worship in response to a petition that said the tradition violated human rights norms and that the chosen girls suffer from psychological damage. The Newari community maintains that it is a time honored tradition. Please use the comments section to discuss your views on the topic. Where should the line be drawn between accepting tradition and violating human rights?

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Talks and the Congress Unification

By: Rajen Budhathoki

It has been more than five months after the partial democracy restored and the peace talks were initiated. But people still do not feel the future secured. It seems that the ruling 7 party alliance and the Maoists have not realized people’s expectations who shed their blood during the Jan andolan –II against the autocratic Royal regime. It's the time for the leaders to be serious to materialize the dreams of the Jana Aandolan –II martyrs

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Comeback!!!

By: Niresh Joshi

Comeback with the vivacity that you used to have,
Comeback with the charm as if you were never sad,
Comeback with the love that you ever have,
Comeback with the weber as if you were never mad

Comeback with the touch, electric, which I lag
Comeback with the hugs as soothing as it was
Comeback with the kisses mesmerizing for to have
Comeback with the smile as lovely as it was
Comeback, comeback, Please comeback!!!

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Historic Peace Negotiation: Get Rid of Infantile Disorders and Move Forward

By: Govinda Neupane

In Nepal, unemployment is increasing from every stratum. When the ceasefire came into effect, not only the Maoist and government armies have been staying away from fighting, perhaps, their political leadership has also got no meaningful job. Therefore, they have been busy staging political plays. It is strange that till today they have not been able to start any sorts of meaningful peace negotiations; rather they are spending time in teasing and testing each other. Perhaps, they were tired and thought to refresh a bit by organizing series of roundtables in a festive environment. These roundtables, at least, kept their workers, media persons, 'civil society' chieftains and several hundred onlookers busy. This became some sorts of political orchestra and the people participated in enthusiastically. Therefore, the negotiation exercises became no less than colorful Jatras (traditional public shows full of entertainment with a mix of singing, dancing and drumming).

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बिलौना

By: Santosh Koirala

प्रेमी
न सक्छौ तिमि मुटुबाट मलाई निकाल्न
न सक्छौ त्यो मुटु झिकेर नै फाल्न
न सक्छौ तिमि मेरो माया सम्हालेर पाल्न
न सक्छौ तिमि आफ्नो जीवनसाथी नै बदल्न

प्रेमीका:
निकाल्न खोज्दा पोखिएर कसैले देख्छन कि भन्ने डर
मुटु नै कसरि झिक्नु र, शरिर नै अर्द्ध होला भन्ने डर
पालेर राख्न खोज्दा घर नै जलेर जाला भन्ने डर
बदल्न त कहाँ सक्छु र यहाँ ममता टुट्ला भन्ने डर

प्रेमी:
मैले त सिकिसकेँ आँसु पिएर बाँच्न
पीडा सबै लुकाएर सक्छु अब त हाँस्न
दिन त सजिलै कट्छ गार्‍हो छ रात काट्न
बिपनामा त अर्कैकि भयौ सपनिमा आउ है भेट्न

प्रेमीका:
तिमिसँग आँखा जुद्धा बदनाम हुने डर छ
कसरी सुकाउनु यी आँखा खाली आँसुकै घर छ
रातको त के कुरा खाली तिम्रै सपनामानै टर्छ
बिहानी निशा देख्ने बित्तिकै एक्कासी आँसु झर्छ

प्रेमी र प्रेमीका:
चोखो प्रेम गर्ने सबैलाई हाम्रो समाजमा तिरस्कार नै तिरस्कार छ
ज जस्ले हाम्रो तनमा विजय गरे तिनिहरुलाई कोटीकोटी नमस्कार छ ॥

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WHY…

By: Aarju Pandey

Some of us are weaker
Some are stronger
But why this arrogance?

Some are wealthier
Some are poorer
Still why show off?

You might be attractive
Or maybe not
But what is under your skin counts
So why be vain and brag?

You might be of one race
Or maybe of another gender
Then why this discrimination?

We all have our own abilities
And disabilities
So why this boasting?

We all have our own ways of life
Appreciate the things
That are different about your friends and relatives
Live in unity
Embrace uniqueness

If you are arrogant
You miss a part of life
You are so full of yourself
That you forget to live for others
You forget to make a change in the world
And die with a good deed to your name

Why…

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Who are true leaders?

By: Rudra Pandey

This is a billion dollar question with no straight forward answer. If it had a straight forward answer, the world today would be a much better, safer, and desirable place. The answer is ambiguous and we get different answers from different people. Internally, every individual thinks he/she is a leader or at least has the capacity to be a leader if given a chance. Everyone has the desire to lead at some point in life. Some give up, while others continue to pursue till the last minute. If the answer to the question was clear, many would probably never try to be a leader following their self-assessment. I would like to try to search for an answer to this question. The answer is again my version – I am sure many of you may disagree with it or may appreciate it. There is no single quality that makes someone a leader. That would be like trying to simplify the answer by saying “someone with leadership quality is a leader.”

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सबसे दुखी हरफहरु

By: S. C. Lakhey

"बीस कविता प्रेमका, र एक निराशाको" बाट

- पाब्लो नेरुदा
(स्प्यानिश बाट अनुवादित)

यो रात म लेख्न सक्छु सबसे दुखी हरफहरु ।

लेख्न सक्छु जस्तै कि: 'यो रात् भाँचिएको छ
अनि ती काँप्छन्, नीला, ती ताराहरु, टाढा ।'

हावा यो रातको घुम्छ आकाशमा, अनि गाउँछ ।
यो रात म लेख्न सक्छु सबसे दुखी हरफहरु ।
म उस्लाई माया गर्थे, र ऊ नि मलाई, कहिले काहिं ।

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Now, I am in love

By: Indra Dhoj Kshetri

Now I am in love,
My legs are bouncing to reach you
My hands are stretched to fetch you
My cheeks are blooming to be kissed;
Now I am in love.

My heart is pounding with happiness
My nose is flattened with pride
My lips are open to kiss you;
Now I am in love;

My fingers are restless to play on your hair,
My palms are open to hold your hand
My arms are stretched to hug you;
I am overwhelmed with joy to reconcile with you;
Now I am in love.

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WHO NEEDS AWARENESS?

By: Sagun Basnet

9th September, 2006, 7 women either infected or affected by HIV/AIDS, have come all the way to capital from remote far western district of Doti to Kathmandu, voicing themselves in the media. This issue was just stirring for me. For Women in Nepal, it requires something more than courage to publicly declare their HIV status. "When you know you are on the verge, you automatically muster the confidence for your children. What else we had to lose?" say the courageous women.

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टाईसुटभित्र अल्झिएको दुःख

By: Sudhir Shrestha

गुड मर्निंग सर ! हाउ वाज योर ट्रिप ? भनेर सफा सुग्घर कपडामा सजिएकि हसिली फरासिली युवतीले सोध्दा होटलमा बस्न आउने बिदेशी वा स्वदेशी पाहुनाहरु आत्मीय भावनाको आभासका साथ खुशी हुन्छन । पाँच तारे होटलदेखि ताराबिहिन होटलहरु लगायत पर्यटकीय क्षेत्रका फास्ट फुडहरुले आफ्ना अतिथिहरु आकर्षित गर्नका लागि कर्मचारीहरुको यो बाह्य कलालाई निकै प्रश्रय दिएको पाइन्छ । भवनको सजावट र सफासुग्घर तथा टाईशुटमा जमेका कर्मचारीहरुको हाउभाउ देख्दा जो कसैलाई पनि उक्त स्थान आकर्षक लाग्न सक्छ । तर त्यहीँ काम गर्ने कर्मचारीहरुको वस्तविकताचाहिँ ज्यादै दुःखद हुन्छ । आन्तरिक आवश्यकताभन्दा पनि बाह्य देखावटका लागि व्यवस्थापनले वर्षको एकपटक दिने सर्ट पाइंट, टाई, जुत्ताले उनिहरुको वास्तविक आवश्यकता पुरा गर्न सकेको हुँदैन ।

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The Time for Illumination

By: Binaya Neupane

The festival of lights; TIHAR is one of the most sparkling and shining festivals of Hindus. The festival symbolizes for the wealth, light, prosperity, and peace; as we worship “Goddess Laxmi” and different appearance of the “Yama”. Throughout the fete the entire Nepalese house, village, cities and country itself will glitter with the decorated lit oil lamps, candles, electric bulbs etc. The night view of the Kathmandu in the day of “Laxmi Puja” is the view never has to miss from the top of the city; “swambu stupa” looks like a sparkling precious bowl.

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नारी …

By: Santosh Koirala

जती पियो पिउँ लाग्ने नारी कुवाको पानी हो |
जति लिएर पनि नसकिने नारी मायाकी खानी हो |
तर किन ?
मेरो जीवनमा त नारी टुकुचाको पानी भो …
धेरै मलाई आँसु दिईन, सायद उनको गाग्रो खाली भो …

जती बर्णन गरेपनि नसकिने नारी देवीको रूप हो |
जति तापेर पनि प्यास नमेटिने नारी ठण्डीको धुप हो |
तर किन ?
मेरो जीवनमा त नारी नरसँहार मच्चाउने काली भो …
धेरै मलाई आँसु दिईन, सायद उनको गाग्रो खाली भो …

जती चाहेर पनि छुट्न नसक्ने नारी आधा ज्यान हो |
जती लिएर पनि नसकिने नारी ठूलो ज्ञानको भण्डारण हो |
तर किन ?
मेरो जीवनमा त नारी, खै कति भनुँ, उनैलाई चढाएको वलि भो …
धेरै मलाई आँसु दिईन, सायद उनको गाग्रो खाली भो …

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Prolonged “Summit Talks”!!!

By: Pujan Neupane

With the prolonged “Summit Talks”, dark clouds of pessimism have prevailed the Nepali politics. The sooner conclusion of the “Summit Talks” with a consensus to end the decade long conflict is today’s much awaited issue. However, it has now been a cock and bull story. The people have been desperately waiting for the conclusion. And nobody can escape from the trust that it is high on the agenda of every individual. Of course, the ‘ceasefire’ called by the Maoists and the Govt. seems to have successfully abolished the violence, murders and many more other terrifying acts. However, people now have begun to feel insecure owing to the deadlocks in the talks between the Govt. and the Maoists.

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Global Extremism, Bloodsheds, Destructions and a Ray of Hope

By: Govinda Neupane

The world politics has entered into a complex phase. Ethics and values have been disappearing. The lust for power has overshadowed major socio-political and economic issues. Strangely, religious, political or any other type of extremism has been playing the role of a driving force. The pseudo-religious Messiahs and elected or self-made emperors, who proclaim themselves as super democrats, have been littering the world. These litterbugs are responsible for unimaginable miseries, large-scale destructions and colossal loss of precious human lives. The al-Qaeda terror network took refuge on Islam to advance its mission of taking revenge against the west, particularly against the most arrogant super power, the United States of America. The al-Qaeda's Islamic fundamentalism got befitting reply from equally blind, intolerant and hegemonic political fundamentalism of the US ruling clique led by Bush and Cheney.

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Coven

By: heretic (Aashish Dutta Koirala)

My name is Coven - at least, that is what I call myself presently. What I used to be known as is immaterial. Very recently, I evaluated myself and discovered that I am able and agile by physique and for lack of a better term, deranged by nature. Twisted, weird and sometimes ugly - yes; I never considered myself evil, though. You see, to be evil - you have to judge… you have to judge everything that appears on your path; and not just the countenance, the very insides - the deep caverns of whatever it is. On the contrary, judgment is the one thing I have always been against.

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फेवाताल भर्सेस् नैनीताल

By: Sudhir Shrestha

नारयणि नदिदेखि पश्चिमको बिबिधता संगाल्दै नेपालको पश्चिम अन्तिम सिमा महाकालि नदी पार गरेपछि भारतको प्रमुख पर्यटकिय शहर नैनिताल आउंछ । बनबासा पार गरि हल्दावनी भन्ने ठाउँबाट शुरु हुने पहाडी सडकको सम्भार तथा संरक्षण देखेर नेपालका रुग्ण सदकहरुप्रति दुखः लागेर आउँछ । हाम्रा वीर सहीद बलभद्रको वीरताको ध्वनी प्रतिबिम्बित भइरहेको कुमाउँ, आल्मोडालाइ ताढैबत हेर्दै नैनिताल आइपुग्दा बेग्लै किसिम्को आनन्द आउँछ । फेवाताल भन्दा केहि सानो नैनिताल त्यहांको ब्यबस्थपन शैलीले मात्रै फेवाताल्लाइ पछाडी पार्न सफल भएको छ । नत्र अरु सबै कुराहरुमा फेवाताल र नैनितालबिच केहि फरक छैन । तर पोख्रेलिहरुले नैनितालनाट सिक्नुपर्ने कुरा धेरै छन ।

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Of Dogs and Donkeys

By: Gopal Bahadur Ghale

I was lazily strolling in my neighborhood one fine morning when I heard high pitched barks of a dog, followed by rounds of applause, in the distance. Curious, I weaved my way through the narrow alleys towards the sounds and came upon a square where a red Labrador, flanked by two Poodles, on a platform, was barking into a microphone, surrounded by a mass of myriad creatures – horses, cows, cats, chickens, pigeons, crows, snakes, rats and so on.

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Opportunities Ahead

By: Rudra Pandey

As the country is making progress towards reaching an all-party agreement that may lead to a peaceful political settlement building up on the April uprising, it is not too early to think about the various opportunities that loom in Nepal’s horizon that the forthcoming government will have to choose from. Finding the right opportunities and opting for them will help us prosper in the next 10-15 years. Any opportunity we opt for should be tied to the comparative advantage we have as a small nation (but not too small by the number of people we have) in the planet. Our comparative advantage lies in cheap labor, beautiful mountains, massive water resources, and the indomitable spirit of our people. Also, we can’t be shooting for too many competing opportunities.

Question would be “who identifies the opportunities and goals for a nation?” I think it is the national government that creates platform for zillions of opportunities for the private entrepreneurs and then the entrepreneurs play on the platform and propel the nation towards prosperity. I am going to talk about basic stuffs that the government (I mean the people’s government which I hope will be formed within the next two years) needs to do to allow entrepreneurs to succeed. If we have a government which can engineer (note – there is a difference between providing and engineering) availability of basic stuffs like education and health care, we as a nation can head uphill. It won’t be easy because when the going gets easy, we could be going downhill.

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Quills

By: heretic (Aashish Dutta Koirala)

I couldn't go to work today. I fell ill. Dashain finally caught up with me, I guess. I stayed home and watched a movie. It was called Quills and it starred Geoffrey Rush as the infamous Marquis de Sade. The plot of the movie is partly based upon true events. Regardless of what one's opinion is of de Sade, I must state this for the record: the character portrayed in this movie is an inspiration to all aspiring writers.

In a desperate effort to censor him, they take away his paper, ink and quills. So he writes on his linen with red wine and a piece of wishbone. They take that away; so he writes on his clothes with his own blood. He does not stop even after his tongue has been cut off. He keeps writing until he takes his very last breath.

My keyboard is broken. The "a", "s" and "w" keys don't work. I wrote this text by copying and pasting each time I had to use any of those three letters. I would like to think of it as a tribute to de Sade, however little or inappropriate it may be.

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Men want power and women want love

By: Rudra Pandey

In general, men want power and women want love. I have found this to be the case everyday/everywhere. Men do things in search of power and women in search of love. They may do different things but the ultimate goal is “power” for men and “love” for women. I want this theory to be challenged by readers/bloggers via online comments. I back my idea with the following series of statements:

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गजल

By: Mabi Singh

उत्कर्ष भेट्न ओल्टाई पल्टाई रहेछन् गाताहरु !
कहानीको अन्त तिरबाट गायब छन् पाताहरु !

आत्माको नमूना देखाउन कैयौं झुठा खाताहरु
जति दिने हो त्यो भन्दा बढि नै लिन्छन् दाताहरु !

आकर्षणले मेरा नजीक जो आए उल्का भए सबै
बिकर्षणको सिद्दान्तमा मलाई रचुन् बिधाताहरु !

नियास्रो लागी लक्ष्मणरेखाका संकुचित हाताहरु
राम खोज्न निस्कंदा कलुषित हुंदा हुन् नाताहरु !

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PEACE IN NEPAL

By: Rajendra Shrestha

The perception that Nepal, despite its socio-economic problems, is still a land of immense potential and beauty is re-enforced by these reflections of expatriates and tourists visiting Nepal. The nation that was once known for its magnanimous silence, huge bells and the idyllic landscape has had a rough decade due to political upheavals and the news that went out was not very rosy. Now, the infinitely transient image of Shangri-La is once again reviving. In spite of large-scale skepticism within and outside the nation, a majority of the residents and tourists find Nepal safer than the rest of the world. ‘My daughter goes out to Thamel. She never complains about any problems,’ says Francis Wiseman, owner of Fire and Ice Pizzeria, Thamel. ‘In London, I would not send her out even for a loaf for bread. There is no other city in the world as peaceful and safe as here’. The Scores of other expatriates and long-time travelers in Nepal hold similar views:

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Fair Business! Fair Politics!

By: Indra Dhoj Kshetri

Twenty years ago, India was worst corrupt country. Politicians and businesspeople worked with each other for the mutual benefit, national interest sidelined. The license rule prevailed. Politicians dominated the businesspeople showing the fear of seizing their operating license. Politicians could also protect the illegal and unfair conducts. As they made unfair conduct, businesspeople paid a large amount of money as donation to the political parties and leaders to secure their license. On return, businesspeople threatened the politicians of withdrawing the support or not paying the donation, if the politicians didn't conduct at their interest. Donation drive was the principal feature of Indian economy. This scenario is still portrayed by many Indian films. This was once a very common reality.

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Dashain Wishes: a Peaceful and Prosperous Nepal

By: Indra Dhoj Kshetri

Dashain is not only important from the religious, social and cultural point of View. It has the political salience as well. The Dashain Myth of the victory of truth over evils itself has a political salience. The feasting and festive of Dashain has also brought important changes in the political scenario of the country in recent years. After King Gyanendra was enthroned, the Palace coteries could not immediately dare to declare the only son of the King as the Crown Prince whose image was of a criminal among the public. They chose the festive of Dashain. The next year in October four, again Dashain days were chosen to sack the incumbent Deuba government. The situation would have turned otherwise, if only the political parties didn’t meet at the eve of Dashain and recommended the King to postpone the election at other times. Dashain in following two years could not bring such changes. However, despite speculations that Palace may enforce the new constitution last year, it again chose Dashain Festive to enact some amendments on Media law. This law can be termed as the blackest of the black laws that was imposed by General Ayub Khan in Pakistan in 1963.

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दुर्गा भवानी 108 सहर्स नाम्

By: Binaya Neupane

ॐ श्री गणेशाय: नम् ॥

सर्वमंगल-मांगल्ये शिवे सर्वाथॆ-साधीके।
शरण्ये श्र्यम्बके गौरि नारायणि नमोऽस्तुते॥

दुर्गा भवानी 108 सहर्स नाम् पाठको साथै वडा दशैं २०६३ को हार्दिक मंगलमय् शुभकामना ।

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A Theory to Expose the Maoists

By: Rudra Pandey

Looking at the current political scenario of the country, I have thought of a theory that might just come into play soon. This has worked in different parts of the world when a group of organized or unorganized looters/killers pushed the general people to the limit and the general public awoke and retaliated. I remember the day when mandales used to loot and kill people during the heyday of the Panchayat era. Mandales were the group protected by the palace and they thought they were above the law. Neither could they be prosecuted, nor could the armies or the police be used against them. Palace protection was the key to the mandales’ existence. The King’s personal secretary and generals and ex-generals close to the king used to promote mandales as a parallel force to the Police and Armies. They led mandales to believe they were above the law. That’s’ exactly what the Maoist cadres think and they are doing the exact same thing the mandales were doing then. As the movement against the Panchayat started, mandales were the first ones targeted by the people. They had to go into hiding as the streets they used to rule became very unsafe for them. Mandales had no one to go to when thousands came to streets against them.

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Holy Cow!!

By: Daulat Jha

Nepal is notorious for its slow legal procedure, often taking years to decide even a minor case. But half a year ago, on April 3rd, acting with astonishing speed, a verdict was passed within two weeks against a 50 year old woman of Tibetian origin sentencing her to 12 years in prision. Her crime – cow slaughter. Evidence – some beef sukuti found in her house. The story of Kripa Bhoteni was well publicized in the international media, though it failed to attract much attention in Nepal. Neither the authorities nor the human rights activists did anything. It seems we are more interested in implementing the law than understanding the injustices in the law itself.

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Sensory branding – tickling all five senses

By: Sanjib Chaudhary

The place had old look – the furniture were old , stylish and the waiters wore typical Indian look, the ambience took me back to the old days. A soothing instrumental music permeated through the hidden speakers and the aroma of soft brewed coffee wafted around. It was the subliminal branding created by the Indian Coffee House (ICH) that attracted coffee lovers from the city. Recently, I was bemused by the brand tactics of a hotel in Kathmandu – they played traditional Nepali tunes and as I entered there was a fresh smell of roses all around.

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the night guard

By: S. C. Lakhey

(a rhyme on a sunday night)

a drop, a sigh, a moan
and embraces.
dark shadows of
curtains hide their faces.

a shiver, a burn, a mark
and resignations.
and here you are shining
with all your fabulations,

of dreams wrapped in
mirthful pain
and moons lining
all the magical canes.

and my stasis haunts me
in my darkness
and the night guards change their shifts.

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Indian Media can help refugees go home

By: TP Mishra

It is visibly acknowledged that India, our big brotherly neighbor, bars Bhutanese refugees from returning home though it still in a dominant position to pressure Bhutan for the durable solution of refugees languishing currently in Nepal. This is a matter felt even by the entire international community. Nevertheless, had India acted upon this mess in an optimistic phase, the problem would have been solved by now.

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Backlash against Change

By: Daulat Jha

There seems to be a sudden trend of backlash against the progressive ideologies put forward by the Maoists, and the popular mandate (a slippery term) of the April Uprising. It seems a segment of the civil society are revolting against dogmas that even the ideologically bankrupt SPA had accepted – such as secularism, equality for all castes, and the right to self-determination of ethnic minorities. The recent coordinated attacks against dalits in Doti, the ever increasing number of protests by Hindu fundamentalists, and the sudden rise in the rhetoric of national unity and indivisibility are clear indications of this.

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Doctor Saheb and the Patient

By: Kiran Chalise

Doctor Saheb, “I’ve got a problem, my head's getting harder; give me some ……! And what about the stomach? It’s getting less hard, gotta’ make it harder enough.”

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Together ?

By: Binaya Neupane

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THE COMEBACK OF PUNTE DAMAI

By: Rajendra Keshari Pandey

“Pokhara ko Punte Damai nachhi nachhi hinchha, euta churot salkayera pasal bhitra paschha.”

In my crude English translations this should read like below:

“The little Damai (tailor) of Pokhara walks on dancing then after lighting a cigarette enters his workshop”.

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I’m from…

By: Aarju Pandey

I’m from Palmolive dish soap and colorful hot cases
from the bushes outside the house and the exotic garden
I’m from the beautiful and bright marigolds
from the tulsi plant and green chili peppers

I’m from aromatic rice and vegetables
and the bamboo shoots sizzling in the kitchen
I’m from the silver anklets I wore when I was small
and the holy Hindu scriptures
I’m from the many valiant gods I worship
a Brahmin family is where I’m from

I’m from Christmas presents and thanksgiving turkey
Dashain traditions and Tihar celebrations
I’m from Kathmandu city and the snowy peaks of Mt. Everest
the roads of Dhading and the mighty river Bagmati
I’m from Harvard Square and Lexington Center
from the beautiful Maligaon and the pretty little hut in Kanakot

I’m from the smell of Nepali spices
from “I am proud of you” and “try harder next time”
I’m from those who fell before I rose
those whose noble deeds still run in my blood

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Nachna Najanne Aangan Tedo

By: Rajendra Keshari Pandey

“Nachna Najanne Aangan Tedo” Our proverbs are so accurate, precise and useful, that I always love them. Knowing, understanding and implementing them in our daily life can make a big difference. It can instantly change our perspective, thinking and general understanding and enable us to be better people.

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Language

By: Kiran Chalise

The language is no longer regarded as a common treasure to be hoarded and protected as far as possible. Rather, it is loot from the enemy to be played with, squandered, plastered on for one’s adornment. The apparent deterioration of language is a general phenomenon, which is denounced throughout the country.

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Economic Diplomacy: A private sector perspective

By: Rajendra Shrestha

The need of the hour is to make paradigm shift from aid to trade and political diplomacy to FDI diplomacy with private sector playing a key role By Rajendra B. Shrestha

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NOT FOR SALE

By: Rajendra Keshari Pandey

From my early childhood, I have always firmly believed in the value and values of life and learning. I have understood that certain values cannot be bought, sold or easily taught. They have to be believed in, and practiced from within.

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JUST BECAUSE WE CAN

By: Rajendra Keshari Pandey

Last week we were invited to a house warming party, where we met a lady who was a Make-up Artist. We often enjoy reading about such talent in magazines and newspapers, as artists and creative people have always attracted us and we like to visit places where art events are organized. In a way this very word "ARTIST" has always created curiosity in us. As our conversation progressed, we asked this lady to explain to us about her work and why she calls herself a "Make-up Artist" rather than "Beautician" or other more familiar title. All we knew was that it had to do with making a person look good, beautiful and smart.

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Increase Investment in Infrastructure

By: Ishwar Khatiwada

Economic indicators reveal that Nepal possesses one of the most limited stocks of economic infrastructure (airports, communication, electric power,roads, sewerage, water etc) among the many developing nations. The existence of such an extremely poor infrastructure situation is due to low-investment and poor maintenance of capital. The post-conflict economic policy should prioritize the development of the economic infrastructure.

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Manjushree Thapa nominated for Lettre Ulysses Award

By: Dovan Rai

This morning I was very happy to read the news that Manjushree Thapa’s Forget Kathmandu: An Elegy for Democracy has been nominated for Lettre Ulysses Award , an international award for extraordinary reportage literature.

The book is one of my favorites and Manjushree Thapa is one of my best writers.
The first thing that I read of Manjushree Thapa was an analysis of Nepali literature published in Himal magazine. I was caught by her great style that was informative and interesting, analytical and illuminating, succinct and sophisticated, intelligent and passionate. That was a short article and yet successfully portrayed the overall scenario of Nepali literature and made intelligent analysis.

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Festivity & Anxiety

By: Kiran Chalise

Dashain is the grandest of all of Nepal’s festival. The festive mood pervades not only in the cities of the Kathmandu valley but also in the far off towns and villages. This festival also marks the end of rainy season and beginning of winter - the pleasant season of the year. Vijaya Dashami is a national festival so it is celebrated all over the country with equal enthusiasm and reverence.

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My Grandma and the Eclipse

By: Indra Dhoj Kshetri

When I was a child, my grandma looked after me. She is a typical Hindu woman with religious ideology and strong superstitious beliefs. She told us various stories. Her all the stories had the ultimate focus on God. Thus, we acquired strong faith upon God from her. Later when we went to school, those beliefs strongly contradicted with scientific beliefs. We were troubled when her story of the evolution of earth from the blood, flesh and bones of Madhu and Kaitab contrasted with that of the collision of the sun with a comet. We were astounded to know that the Human Beings were not the creation of Lord Vishnu but they evolved in earth as defined by Charles Darwin on his theory of Evolution of Life.

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Adolescent with Their Physical Growth and Social Development

By: Kiran Chalise

Adolescent is a person who is no longer a child but not yet an adult. The word adolescent comes from the Latin term adolescents, which means growing up or growing towards. An adolescent is someone who is “growing toward” adulthood. Most western societies consider a person to be an adolescent from about 13 to at least 18 years of age. In these societies adolescence thus roughly corresponds to the teenagers.

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Political Instability

By: Kiran Chalise

Nepal has a long tradition of political instability. After people’s movement II also this type of unsteady situation has not been settled down due to political parties’ immaturity and recklessness over solving the political problems. History has witnessed the power of Nepali people and their political awareness in people’s movement II. Nepali people have given the mandate to the political parties to resolve the political deadlock and bring the peaceful situation in the country. The mandate is neither for only seven political parties nor for only Maoists. Both of them should come under same umbrella and resolve our country’s social, economic and political problems. Only the political willingness can solve the political impasse and for that all political parties including Maoists should take initiations.

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Third World War: Where will Nepal stand?

By: Indra Dhoj Kshetri

Thirteen years ago, an American scholar Samuel P Huntington wrote on an article 'The Clash of Civilizations?' that the central and most dangerous dimension of the emerging global politics would be conflicts between the groups from differing civilizations. He opined that the twenty first century global conflicts will be dominated by the clashes between those civilizations. In the extended form of the article which came as the book 'The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of world order' in 1996, Huntington elaborated that major conflicts would revolve around the Sinic (Chinese/ Buddhist), Western (Christianity led by the US) and Islam civilizations. He has divided the world into nine civilizations i.e. Western, Sinic (Chinese), Islam, Russian Orthodox, Japanese, Latin American, African, Indian (Hindu), and the Buddhist. However, He has said the major conflicts will be between the Sinic civilization supported by Islam and the US led western civilization. The core of the Sinic civilization will be China in the East Asia; the western civilization will be led by the US and supported by the European nations whereas the core of the Islam civilization will be the Middle East. Huntington has pointed out that major conflicts will arise between the Western and the Sinic civilization supported by the Islam. He has pointed out that the latter will challenge the US hegemony in the post cold war period. Huntington, however, has neglected the South Asian Civilization based on Hindu religious philosophy which could have the balancing power or at least as the super power in the South Asian continent. This civilization is being led by India and Nepal is on its periphery.

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It's 19th August 2999 (and the barber's lost his scissors)

By: Gopal Bahadur Ghale

This essay was written for a class assignment at the end of the millenium projecting what the world would be like after another thousand years . It projects the changes in society, human nature, and the sciences. The writer was 17 when he wrote it.

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Congress Unification: A plot to uphold Monarchy

By: Indra Dhoj Kshetri

The issue of Congress unification has hit the debates since last few weeks, especially, after Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala's proclamation from his home town that Nepali Congress will be unified by Dashain. He also proclaimed the generosity to give adequate room to all and even declared readiness to abandon Party Presidency. There is sufficient ground to doubt on 'noble' cause for Koirala's call for unification. Primary question whirls around why is the octogenarian leader, who ever wanted to assume power and negated the decent voices, calling for immediate unification? His close aides doubt it is not just his noble wish to unite both the Congresses and make it the largest democratic force in the country, but has hidden intentions. Political thinker and Nepali Congress Democratic leader Pradip Giri also raised this concern and wrote on a daily that congress should be unified not to uphold Monarchy but to address people's aspirations for peace and prosperity.

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Interference or Support

By: Indra Dhoj Kshetri

Nepal and India share the religious, social, cultural, political, economic relations since the history. Ties between them are not bound at the diplomatic level. At the critical hours, we have the history that both the country people shared the feeling of cooperation. BP Koirala, Man Mohan Adhikari and other leaders were treated as the same nationals during freedom movement in India the previous century. Dr. Rajendra Prasad and even Mahatma Gandhi expected significant support and help from Nepali nationals at their fight against the British imperialism. In response, despite the cruel domination from the British rule, Nepali nationals also fought against the imperialism. Hundreds of them didn’t care the prison and chains and fought as if the war was for the emancipation of the same country. And certainly, liberation of India from the British imperialism could significantly support the fight for freedom from the tyrannical family rule of the Ranas in the homeland.

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Who is to blame - Junior or senior?

By: Kiran Chalise

Today’s world and its scenario can be judged differently. The changing phenomenon of the world has been going on in the rapidity of different moments and so it has been happening as accordingly in music field also. So, our Nepali music has also been pacing its impetus within the changed atmosphere. Now in our Nepali music field, we can also see the different patterns in songs and musical beats. And in the mean time the new generation has come to make a payment in music field and it is apparent that the future of our music and its recognition will depend upon the tenderfoots and their hardworking in music.

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The thin fine line

By: Sanjib Chaudhary

Recently I was in Bangalore on an industrial tour and I called one of my friends from engineering days. He is an Infoscion and we have been close friends for last 10 years. I had expected that he would come to receive me and give me a huge hug. But I had to wait till eight in the night to get a glimpse of him. I waited outside Planet M watching the hurly burly crowd on the Brigade Road. He came and we had a great time together – we talked about the past, present and our future plans. Seeing his busy schedule, I told him how I came out of the whirlpool of work. When I returned from Bangalore, I scanned two pages from my diary and mailed him.

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Successive tradition and culture...

By: Binaya Neupane

{nə’pɑːl }Nepal

The landlocked himalayan realm in South Asia, the country of Mt. Everest, the only official Hindu state in the world { as per the CIA World Factbook }, शान्ती छेत्र नेपाल, the country of culture and tradition, encircled by the People’s Republic of China to the north and by India to the south, east and west. The cliché for NEPAL as per the most accepted understanding from the olden: Ne (holy) and pal (cave). But the picture has shown it hellish rather than holy.

The forefather of politics has diluted Nepalese society culturally, economically and politically. I am not blaming but you can see, feel and hear the situation in town.

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Play Review - Jeevan Dekhi Jeevan Samma

By: Daulat Jha

I had heard a lot about Sama Gurukul. It is supposed to be an artistic hub of Kathmandu, like City Lights of San Francisco in the 60s. So when I heard that a play, Jeevan Dekhi Jeevan Samma, was being performed there, I was excited to go see it. It was written by Prof. Abhi Subedi and directed by Sunil Pokhrel, Nepal’s most renowned theatre director. Furthermore, I had read some glowing reviews of the play in Nepali newspapers. As it turned out, it was a disappointing experience.

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ADVISORS to Nepal: an Example

By: Rajendra Shrestha

Time and again I read here in local papers that “ABC” International Expert Advisors are assigned for “XYZ” Local Nepali project. I laugh at this rhetoric or let say beautiful paradox happening here. I have worked with, and personally known some exceptional International Consultants, Experts and Advisors who have worked here in Nepal. They have rendered wonderful service and contributed greatly to this nation. I have also known some of the so-called “Foreign Expert Advisors” working here in Nepal whose Job Descriptions require that they “give proper advice and recommendations for the development of Nepal”. However, in some cases what happens in reality is that Mr International Expert receives advice, training and teaching from their local counterparts i.e. Mr. Nepali.

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The blue lagoon at 2200

By: heretic (Aashish Dutta Koirala)

The human mind works in mysterious ways. One interesting phenomenon along this line is that of associative memory. Sights, sounds and smells that one experiences somehow stir up memories of what the individual once experienced. This happens on such a subconscious level that the rational, conscious mind fails to see the connection. It was only natural then that I could not find any reason why the desolate hill in Jhule where I was a few weeks ago reminded me of the movie The Blue Lagoon.

The Blue Lagoon is a beautifully made movie with a metaphysical notion at its core. Two very young kids (a boy and a girl) are stranded on a tropical island. They manage to survive and grow with nothing but nature and their own instincts at their aid. Completely isolated from human society, these kids grow up as siblings until they reach puberty. At this age, their instinct drives them into becoming lovers. As they grow older, they manage to have a child and hence raise a family. In other words, the nature of their relationship changes to make way for the natural processes that must occur. It is essentially a positive spin on the same concept that The Lord of the Flies manages to present with a dark vision.

The hill in question in Jhule is situated at around 2200 meters. The whole hill, I was told, was bought by some foreigner who intends to turn it into a tourist resort. It is ironic that because it is "owned", it is totally unused and in its natural state; and because of this, one day it will turn into one of those resorts we see up in Nagarkot and all its glory will be gone. For now, however, the hill is blissful: desolate, empty and beautiful. As I sat on the edge of this hill and felt the cool breeze all over my body, with clouds touching my hair as they gently went by; I could picture the two characters from The Blue Lagoon merrily running around across this hill: free, blissfully ignorant, unclothed and unrestricted.

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Janakpur – A City in Flux

By: Daulat Jha

When I returned to Janakpur after five years, I was surprised to see that not much had changed in the city. True, new houses were being built in the outskirts of the city which was slowly but surely sprawling towards the outlying villages. A few new shops with large glass windows decorated with fashionably clothed mannequins had opened up in the heart of the city. There were more commercial banks, private schools, and cyber cafes. But that the pace of change had been slow became evident if you took a rickshaw ride through the main streets and chowks of the city – the same dusty asphalt road, murky green ponds, scattered paan-stalls every ten steps you took, and colorful posters of cheap Hindi films.

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तिमी म र समय ...

By: Binaya Neupane

जीबनको सुरुवात …
पढाए लेखाए‌‌‌‍ र लाएक वनाए…
अन्दकारवाट उज्यालोतिर डोराए...

माया ममता र सीप जगाए...
दुधे वालकलाई लक्का बनाए...

जीबनको मध्यमा …
जानयो बुज्यो र सक्छ्यम बन्यो...
मन मनै साथी चुन्यो...

घुम्यो फिर्यो र घर वनायो...
ऑखा भरी सपना सजायो...

जीबनको अंततह …
गुन्यो बुन्यो अनी माया ☻बसायो...
ह्रदय भरी लास जलायो...

के पायो के गुमायो...
अब मनलाई ब्रम्हनालमा सुतायो...

♀ ♂ ?☺

तिमी म र समय ...
कहाँ पायो र के गुमायो... ?
अब मनलाई ब्रम्हनालमा सुतायो...

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Bhangeri blues

By: heretic (Aashish Dutta Koirala)

Well, I've been feelin' so down
Feelin' like a stranger in this town
I was doin' okay but now I think I was born to lose
Don't know what to do, I got the bhangeri blues

This was a game that I never played
I didn't care and that way I would have stayed
It got the best of me; I got burnt, bloody rouge
Can't go on like this, I got the bhangeri blues

I paid the price, buddy, I got it so cold
Now I'm dying inside, lord, I feel so old
As my nights drag on, I find hard to let it loose
Got nothing more to say, I got the bhangeri blues

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Leaps of faith

By: heretic (Aashish Dutta Koirala)

My labor is no easier, but now I know I'm not alone
I find new heart each time I look upon that windy day
And if one day she comes to you, drink deeply from her words so wise
Take courage from her as your prize and say hello for me
- "Lady in Black", Uriah Heep (1971)

Fear is undoubtedly the most universal of all human traits. It plays a big part in all of our lives, and it has played a huge one in mine. There are countless things that I have held back on -- things that I have really wanted to do, and I am sure that doing them would make me much happier and hurt no one in the process. Most of the time, however, I have been unable to take that first step. I have got used to attributing this to laziness or me "just being this way". As a result, all the chances I missed, all the things I let go of, and all the people I let slip away have all gathered up over the years to contribute to my discontent.

This year has been different. This year has been eventful. This year, for me, has been about leaps of faith. It was truly amazing. I went to bed afraid and I woke up with new-found courage, or faith, rather. I have been "taking the plunge" in many scenarios ever since, and it feels phenomenal. Things don't turn out the way want them to (and that is perhaps what breeds the fear in the first place), but just "doing it" is worth all that is put into it. There are truly no rewards without risk. Fear was put into us for a number of reasons, and one of them is for us to conquer it and truly "live" in the process of doing so.

I feel I am a better person altogether than I was a month ago, or six months ago. I feel like I am getting better everyday. I know I still have a long way to go, but now I look forward to it. I had been "existing" all my life. I have been "living" this year. For anyone who has been thinking of doing something (ANYTHING), but has been afraid to take that first step, at the risk of sounding cliché, I say "just do it". You will feel better and as a result, you will live better. If things work out, you will obviously feel great. If they don't, you still feel great for simply "having done it". On the long run, no one really has anything to lose.

We all stand on a cliff as high as all our fears combined. Come, people; let us leap together.

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Are you getting married ???

By: Saurav Thakur

“Are you going to get married or not!!” a question that every individual is bound to answer when s/he reaches a certain age, that varies from one person to another. Before going any further and on top of most, ‘who’ and ‘when’ need to be answered. ‘Who’ and ‘When’ are like synonyms in this context. For some “When to marry” is more important than “Whom to marry” while for others the reverse holds true. Moreover matching these questions perfectly weighs more than answering both correctly.

The world we dwell in is expanding and so are the expectations and desires of individuals. More often than not, we are caught up in vicious circle of career goals and ambitious quests of moving up the corporate ladder that we forget to match or even answer this basic question. However it is not the worst case as there are friends and family to answer the big question for you or you can even ask the big WWW to find the right piece to solve the jigsaw puzzle.

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Memories of Days Past – II

By: Rudra Pandey

After my second grade exams, I went back to my village. Back then we used to do sugarcane farming. Sugarcane harvesting would start sometime in December and would continue till February/March. For those two or three months, we used to stay overnight in the farm. We slept in the farm house (a temporary cottage, of course). It was just like a long camping. I used to love staying in the farm overnight. It was hard work – go to bed early in the evening and wakeup early in the morning (sometimes as early as 3 a.m.). Processing sugarcane is a complicated process: we had to squeeze the raw sugarcane, boil the liquid until it became very thick, and then we poured the liquid into a hole dug on earth. The thick liquid would become solid raw sugar (call sakhar in Nepali) after letting it cool off. Even in the tranquil of the farm house though, memories of Kathmandu would scare me. I would vividly remember the awful days I spent there. I was not ready to go back to Kathmandu. But I had to go.

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BUS no 392, was a wrong bus!!!

By: Saurav Thakur

Bearing a confused mind and to fulfill my mother’s wish to meet my relatives, my journey started, thinking more about the people I am going to miss and trifle about the ones I am going to meet.

Weighing both time and my pocket status, I decided to take the cheapest means of travel, bus, which eventually would prove to be the worst decision of the day. I was headed towards Noida which is about 60 km from our office at Gurgaon. What is your expected time to cross a distance of just 60 km when you have all means of Transport? – one hour, 2 hours or lets say two and half hours in the worst case. I was prepared for the worst case but even in some cases preparing for the worst in not enough.

It had already started to rain by the time I reached a bus stand near our office, after 15 minutes of walk. There was no single trace of a bus in sight and as the time passed by with still no sign of any bus, I started to rethink the decision to commute by bus. Some time I would eye the highway for a bus and in next moment the sky in a hope that it would stop raining. Finally to put my anxious anticipation to rest, a lonesome bus made a screeching stop in the bus stand. I was not sure whether to take that bus or not. But a beggar can never be chooser; there was no other option so I had to go where-ever it took.

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गजल

By: Mabi Singh

पछि लाग्दा भाग्ने छाया जस्तो चाला !
भाग्दा पछि लाग्ने छाया जस्तो चाला !

बल्दा सम्म ताप्यो साथ रह्यो पनि
खाक हुंदा त्याग्ने छाया जस्तो चाला !

गढी बस्यौ मन भित्र यति सारो
सोच्ना साथै जाग्ने छाया जस्तो चाला !

आर्का माथी भर पर्दै कति बाँचु ?
जिजी-बिषा माग्ने छाया जस्तो चाला !

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Herbal Hankering

By: Sanjib Chaudhary

Meeting Chunni Lal was an incident that led me to write this piece of information. My grandmother is an old lady in her seventies and she tries her best to avoid allopathic medicines. And to my amazement, she knows a lot of people who are proponents of their own ready-made concoctions from locally found herbs. She had called one of the Vaidhyas who had a vast knowledge of Ayurveda, Vaastu and Astrology. We had a formal introduction and we talked, discussed and argued. We talked about my grandmother's illness and he popped up the cure – wrote down a concoction of herbs with weird names. I had heard names of just one or two among them. The good thing about him was that he told me the place and name of the merchant from whom I could buy those herbs – Rajbiraj and Chunni Lal.

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Keep Talking

By: Ritesh Khanal

As those eggs were boiling just out of curiosity I asked, “Hey auntie, how do these eggs get inside the chicken in the first place?” I was 8 then. The answer I got didn’t help my curiosity but at least I understood I should never ask how eggs get inside chicken. It wasn’t somehow similar to asking my dad “What’s beyond the end of universe?” where he would sit there for hours and try to explain about infinity.

I used to love scary movies, especially Hindi horror movies. I wasn’t very much specific about Hindi or English movies, I just loved any scary movie; but most of the English scary movies started with a big 18 plus sign and that meant I couldn’t watch that movie. “Time for you guys to go to bed” Dad would say. We never asked him why and he never bothered to explain either.

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Bloom in your own colors

By: Dovan Rai

Teenage self doubts, commercialism of beauty, imposition of beauty as compulsion for women, and due to my own modest genes, I had insecurities over my looks.

Given that Bollywood Caucasian heroines and Hollywood blondes were the stereotypes, I, an average, middle class, Mongolian Nepali girl had complaints over my height, hair, complexion, and almost everything else.

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गजल

By: Mabi Singh

मबि सि

श्रृंगार बिहिन छालाको रङ्ग गुलाबी देखियो ॥
लक्षण भन्नु मात्र रगत मै खराबी देखियो ॥

हर एकमा चिर्ने शिल्प अति किताबी देखियो
र त मेरा अङ्गहरु बाटोमा जथाभाबी देखियो ॥

बदली नहुंदै बाढी र डुबानको त्रास देखाई
पानीबाट माछा बचाउछु भन्ने दाबी देखियो ॥

ग्रहणको प्रभाबले मेरो राज्य अझै अध्यारो
ताराको समेत उज्यालो चोर्नेको हाबी देखियो ॥

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गज़ल

By: Mabi Singh

भरे नियत बिगारि कठोर हुन सक्छु !
तर अहिले बिश्वस्त जोर हुन सक्छु !

पछिल्ला क्रिडाका दाग सुक्दा नसुक्दै,
एकै क्षणमा फेरी फोहोर हुन सक्छु !

फलामै भैसकें या आकारको उग्र आशा,
पोलिदा अझ हर्षले बिभोर हुन सक्छु !

लुकीछिपी गर्दाको मीठो अनुभब छ ,
मौका दिने बित्तिकै चोर हुन सक्छु !

हांक र हिसाबहरुका हेक्का हूंदा हुंदै
कहिले धेर कहिले थोर हुन सक्छु !

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Need for Judicial Accountability and Reforms

By: Ishwar Khatiwada

Several recent decisions by the special judicial court on corruption related cases in favor of notorious corrupt political leaders reveal Nepal’s inefficient and frequently biased judicial system. Such decisions call for immediate reforms to reinvigorate the present legal system to deliver justice and create a corruption free, efficient and fair society, which will aid in Nepal’s economic development. A modern economy requires judicial system of such a nature. Every study undertaken by a reputable international research body of Nepal’s judiciary system has pointed out that Nepal’s judicial system, except the Supreme Court, is mired in corruption and is grossly inefficient and often unfair in delivering justice. These studies also have consistently revealed that lawsuits and criminal cases in Nepal’s courts have piled up for years without any timely decisions, raising the cost to the society. The business community in Nepal frequently complains about the courts inability to ensure the enforcement of contracts.

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To the breeze

By: heretic (Aashish Dutta Koirala)

There is a strange fantasy I have that stems from a recurring dream that I have been having for the last six years. In the dream, I am standing on the edge of a cliff. The sun is just about to set and therefore the clouds are glowing red. There is a cool breeze flowing that is “heavenly” – for the lack of a better word. I can feel the presence of another person beside me. At this very moment, I feel as good as I will ever feel; for if such a thing as “the one you are meant to be with” exists, I believe this person is she. As I turn around towards her so as to reveal her face, the dream ends abruptly.

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Through her eyes

By: Ritesh Khanal

Childhood memories are one of the root causes for all our dreams, our sub-conscious thoughts and Sigmund Freud coming up with a pretty thick book called the “Interpretation of Dreams”. After reading his book, anyone who has had a normal childhood, will thank all the gods; I did too. I thanked my granny for a better than normal childhood.

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A Radical Vision

By: Rudra Pandey

It is infuriating to see how national budgeting is done in Nepal. Nothing visionary is implemented. The people are seldom filled with optimism about the future of the country. What Nepal needs is a radical measure which can transform the face of the country. With this in mind, I have presented a hypothetical case.

Nepal is a nation of about 27 million people. Let us say about 9 million of them are between the ages of 16 and 35. And let us assume that one third of the nine million are unemployed or partially employed. So we have three million young people looking for work.

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The Plague of the White Sun

By: Daulat Jha

“Look,” I said. “The sun gets paler everyday.”

She lifted her head to look at the sky, glanced at the waning white sun, and uninterested, put her head back on her knees.

I tried to crawl towards her. I dug my fingers into the hard frosty soil, and nudged my body an inch further. Then my strength gave away. My body was wet with cold sweat, and darkness closed in on my eyes.

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Let's bridge the ditch before it broadens into an abyss

By: Sanjib Chaudhary

Have you ever imagined, how would you feel if you didn't have a computer and Internet connection? Might be you would not get the instant information you are seeking, or you end up asking your friends and seniors about the thing you are so anxious to know. Might be you had something in mind and you forgot it. You scratch your head but don't retrieve the piece of information. You can imagine how frustrating the moment is. But we all have the super tool with us – the search engines, forums, chat rooms where you can find the answer to your queries instantly.

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Smile

By: Shammi Shah

It all started with a smile, yes that little curvature of the lips made all the difference. I was watching the world cup football, Brazil Vs. Australia. Cafu was booked by the referee and then Cafu smiled, even shook hands with the referee after he got booked. The commentator said, “ Cafu is shaking hands with the referee as if he is almost thankful for being booked”. This simple gesture brought a smile on my face. And then I began to think of all the simple things in life that makes us smile, that makes us happy and that makes us wonder at times. When was the last time I smiled, I began to remember. I know most of the people tend to think about this when they are themselves. And many find it quite hard to figure out when. We are lost in this chaos and disorder, we hardly get time to unravel and actually think of things that matter to us.

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Random Notes

By: Gyanu Lamichhane

A Day in Kathmandu: The Day of Shiva Ratri - 2062

Kisan is already late to meet his friend Ujwal in Baneshwor. They start walking to Pashupatinath temple as bikes or any other forms of motorized vehicles were not permitted beyond Battisputali on the day. Both Ujwal and Kisan enjoy outdoor activities and were expecting the afternoon to be full of adventure. The crowd was extremely thick in Gaushala, perhaps around 10 people per square meter. Yet they dug their way through, pushed a few people as necessary and got pushed like-wise.

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Vibes of Ramdev

By: Administrator

(Jointly contributed by Anil Prasain, Jyoti Khatri, Pranisha Shrestha, Samyukta Rupakheti and Swechha Ghimire, KUSOM, Fall 2005)

What if we declare - “AIDS, Cancer, and Diabetes can be permanently cured without any medication!” You would probably call us ‘insane.’ That we have lost the state of our mind. But this is what exactly Swami Ramdev affirmed in 2002. He guaranteed that by merely following pranayama yoga, one could achieve what has been the deadliest disease for humankind. Leave alone criticism, the announcement was so powerful that millions have followed his words (India and Nepal). Many of them had no such disease, but all wanted to look fit and fine. Some vied for mental relaxation while others wanted to get slim. Pranayama (a simple breathing exercise) was the solution to all these problems.

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Cheers to the little guys

By: heretic (Aashish Dutta Koirala)

The match between Tunisia and Saudi Arabia (football, World Cup 2006, for the sake of context) has just ended in a draw (2-2). I missed Spain's match today because I had to work late. As I sat down to watch this one, I was pretty reluctant, not to mention tired and sleepy. Since both teams were underdogs, I wasn't expecting much from the match (and it stayed that way for the early first half). Right now, I am really glad that I stayed and watched it, because to date, this was the most entertaining match in the tournament by far.

So far, the general consensus is that Germany, England, France and Brazil have all disappointed the audience. I wonder if I should stick to the underdogs, at least for the early stages of the tournament. In any case, this match has certainly woken me up. I will definitely stay up to watch Germany take on Poland. It's only about an hour away. It's midnight already. I just hope I can get to work on time tomorrow.

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A Stupid Son

By: Rudra Pandey

There once lived a man who was a multi-millionaire but had an extremely stupid son. The father himself was very entrepreneurial and believed in working hard, being creative, taking risks and not squandering money. Though the father tried hard to instill the same values in his son from early childhood, his son somehow chose a different path, being influenced more by his spoiled friends than his father’s teachings. Gradually, as the son went through high school and college, the distance between him and his father grew further. After the son graduated from college, he got a job which paid reasonably well. His salary would have been more than enough to manage a family of three even at an upper-middle class standard. But the son would spend his salary in its entirety in the first week, and then go to ask his father for pocket money for the rest of the month. The son was also a free loader in his father’s house. The father was worried, but the mother did not care much. She boasted about her son’s lavish ways when she was with other housewives. She loved talking about her son’s “prince-like” lifestyle which made her feel like royalty. The dad felt sick every time he heard the mother and son talk.

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Economic Consequences of Maoist Extortion

By: Ishwar Khatiwada

Recent closures of some vibrant businesses and industries in many parts of Nepal attributable to excessive extortion by the Maoist group raise serious questions about the qualities of the group's leadership. Such actions indicate either a lack of basic economic sense or a complete disregard about the future implications of such actions. The economic consequences of such immoral and unjust actions, including destruction of infrastructure, excessive extortion that forces business closures, cripple the country's already beleaguered economy. Furthermore, the personal mental trauma and negative psychological fear of extortion go above and beyond the monetary costs that can be quantified more easily.

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Memories of Days Past

By: Rudra Pandey

It is Sunday evening. I have returned from a hiking trip that began from Mata Tirtha and ended at Pharping after six straight hours of enjoyable walking. I was hiking with my colleagues from D2 Nepal. During the hike, we talked about many things ranging from politics to dating. Many of my colleagues at D2 are still bachelors, and spending time with them makes me feel 25 years old again. They are amazingly smart and friendly. They have great sense of humor, and I find myself laughing all the time when I am with them. I have immense respect for them.

Walking through the hills can often make you contemplative. As I was hiking, I had the opportunity to think about my past. I am really proud of my past. I had the opportunity to experience both village and city life. I was born and grew up in a lower middle class family (which, according to the UN definition of poverty, would be a poor family). Growing up like that, I did not know what to dream of. My elders never taught me how to dream and what to dream for. I was totally empty.

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Reflections on Human Resource Management

By: Rudra Pandey

The most valuable asset of a company is human resource. It is all about employees in the company and every employee matters. Someone who does not matter should not be in the company. Hiring and keeping great ones, converting even mediocre ones to great ones, and firing those who do not matter help a company build a great team. A company which sticks to the mantra that every employee matters and takes care of each of them will prosper and grow year after year and continually beating competitors. Companies that ignore the rank and files thinking that only super-stars and senior managers matter will gradually lose market share and will start going downhill rapidly. This raises the important question about who comes, who stays and who should go. Very simple – keep the ones with a “winning” attitude and let losers go.

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Bliss in the attic

By: heretic (Aashish Dutta Koirala)

Very recently, I went to the Shah Dynasty museum in Basantapur. I have lived in this city for twenty three years now (all my life, in other words), and this was the first time I had been there. There are people who find museums fun and edifying; and there are people who find them boring. As far as Basantapur's museum is concerned, I have one word that describes it: pompous. As I walked through the museum, I heard voices echoing in my head. This is what the voices said:

Look, mere commoner, and be amazed. This is why you and your loved ones work hard all day and pay your taxes – so that we can live like THIS.

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Aboriginal Awakening

By: Dovan Rai

A designer inside me that would creep out as careless doodles, crafty cards, and amateur projects got chance to get professional only after a sweet co-incidence.

It is not ironical but obvious that today when the world is getting inside the storm of design, here design is still not a serious career option in schools.

Today, internet is a common arena and everybody competes with everybody.
This is a great chance and an equal challenge.

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Why only Saturday night gossip?

By: Rudra Pandey

I was attending a small gathering last Saturday evening. Bunch of Nepali friends either working or studying in Boston area were present. You know what goes on when Nepalese get together for a couple of drinks - Men talk about politics and women, they have nothing else to talk about but shopping, their boyfriends or husbands. Sometime, I see some bozos being praised by their women like they are the messiah or winner of all times. Good for them. And there are some women who always want some more from their men. They are too ambitious and nothing is good enough for them. You can guess which one of them you are and which one you want to be. Good luck in figuring this out. Let us switch gear to men as I am not woman psychologist and I consider woman as the most complex creature in the world. Like all other Nepalese men, I want to talk about politics. Talking politics and doing nothing about it and letting bums lead and destroy the country seem to be in Nepalese blood. Like my Saturday night friends, many of us love to talk about nation development and politics and criticize those in the leadership stereotypically. Each one of us considers himself to be the best. We think if we were given opportunities we would lead the country like FDR led the post-depression United States. It is always easier said than done. Maybe, we should analyze why our leaders have have failed time and again. Is it because the job is too difficult? Is it because leaders are really bums? Or is it because the very political system we have in our country is crappy?

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A tribute to empathy

By: heretic (Aashish Dutta Koirala)

I am currently twenty-three; and for most of the short life that I have lived, I have considered myself as being or at least wanting to be cold and emotionless – driven by extreme focus and hard, rational logic. Human emotions, I have held, were what our species was cursed with during genesis. For some reason I cannot fathom, I have always disliked humanity as a race and thought of it as pitiful at best. Consequently, I have been steering away from people in general. I have always been fascinated, however, by human behavior and the way the human mind works. I have never admired it, though.

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Horses and pessimism

By: heretic (Aashish Dutta Koirala)

As far as day-to-day life is concerned, I would like to think of myself as an optimist. I am a follower, however, of the philosophy of pessimism. This means that on the global or universal scale, I am a hardcore pessimist. I do not believe the major problems that the world faces today will ever be solved. I firmly believe that things, on the whole, will get worse; and that the human race was doomed right from the moment it was created.

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Anger in the Streets, Once Again

By: Daulat Jha

It hasn’t been long since the historic moment when an autocratic despot kneeled down before the people. But the streets are aflame once again. This time it is the political parties who are the target of the anger.

It is frustrating to see that with the sacrifice of the thousands injured, 22 dead, and 38 disappeared people (all official estimates), once again we seem in not much of a better position than where we began.

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Let us set God free

By: heretic (Aashish Dutta Koirala)

No one can trace the history of human civilization so minutely that we can conclude exactly when it was that people, as a race, decided that they would trust a very smaller group of people to tell them how to lead their lives. Ever since that moment in time, however, the human race stopped being a marvel of nature – a climax of evolution. Ever since that moment in time, people stopped being God's creatures. People became sheep – herded ever so easily by a select few with the might to do so. One event in human history that stands as both a cause and an effect of this phenomenon is the birth of religion. That being said, the object of this text is not to denounce religion, or God – but to call for disassociation of the former manmade concept from the latter natural presence.

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Why Politicize the CIAA?

By: Ishwar Khatiwada

It is disheartening to know that some of our recently re-instated members of parliament are demanding removal of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority’s (CIAA) chief Surya Nath Upadhyay. These are the same political leaders who were indicted with massive corruption and irregularities and brought forward for prosecution by the CIAA. Political leaders ill-conceived motive is simple- replace Mr. Upadhyay with their henchman, come out unscathed from the previous corruption charges and enjoy a new, lavish political life with illegally amassed means. It is a matter of less concern of who will replace Mr. Upadhya in the agency, but a fundamental concern on politicization of CIAA for personal and political gains. Such acts from any responsible side- the government bureaucrats, judicial, and the police, not only severely weaken our institutions but also threaten our national liberty. Besides, these are the same leaders, who during 2000/2001 voted to give CIAA more power and autonomy. If they have had a full-knowledge that their own creation would go after their crimes in the future, most of them would not have voted in favor of empowering the CIAA then.

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Silent Tihar

By: Shreeya Shakya

I had written the following article about 2 yrs back and am posting it here as the emotions still stand firm even today..

The government prohibiting crackers and deusi after six this Tihar was indeed a welcome gesture amidst the deafening chaos smiting the nation lately. Though deprived of the excitement of firing crackers and playing deusi, Tihar this year was dedicated in remembering all the ‘bhai’s lost in the battle both from ally and rival side, in peace. Though intermittent crackers were heard around the valley, this year Tihar incandescent with diyos and adorned New Road with its aura filled with enchanting incense was a silent affair. Without an exception, my Tihar was also silent. However the cause of silence was not the government prohibition but rather a biological phenomenon considered as a taboo. I was having my monthly menstrual cycle during Tihar and I was deprived of the excitement that Tihar brings to us just once a year.

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Deconstructing Girija

By: Rudra Pandey

I am infuriated by the appointment of Ram Sharan Mahat as the finance minister. By appointing a person who has miserably failed thrice in the most important portfolio of the country, Girija has insulted the Nepali people. It is a clear example of Girija’s inability to break the circle of bad guys who unequivocally bow down to him. He does not seem to have courage or the interest to give an opportunity to a newer generation that has radical ideas.

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I Want to be Proven Wrong

By: Rudra Pandey

I haven't been very optimistic about the possibility of the Maoists joining the multi-party democratic system. If they do, I will be the first one to salute them despite their past actions. However, I also want them to apologize to the people of Nepal who suffered so much due to their cruel and inhuman acts. I am pleased by the announcement of the three months truce offered by the Maoist. Could it be another Maoist ploy as they very much expect the seven-party government to reciprocate immediately? We can’t ignore that.

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A Nepali Reenactment of a Spanish Fairy Tale

By: Daulat Jha

On February 23rd, 1981, the Spanish parliament was stormed by 200 armed troops of the Civil Guard, a paramilitary group within the army. The soldiers fired in the air and held about 350 MPs hostage for 18 hours. They wanted King Juan Carlos to assume absolute power.

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Notice Me Not...

By: Shammi Shah

The spring flower is saddened at the season’s end.

For none had thought to stop and smell her.

The breath of life, sparsely remembered still causes the hearts of all to beat

Yet most often is remembered not… lest she is shallowed or lost.

When night kisses day and day embraces night…Sunrise…Sunset;

But quick is their love and few but seem to notice.

A drunkard swaying to an fro; aware only of the blurred images before him,

Speaks the truth that most care not to hear.

I stand ...Notice me not...

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