New Nepal…

This ( both text and photos) are from an email attachment forwarded to me ( in the form received). I don’t know the original creator of the mail so am unable to give any credits here. ( You can name the creator if you know the name ). A very Interesting read. Enjoy.

नमस्कार, आज २०७५ साल असोज २२ गते आइतबार । नेपालमा गणतन्त्र स्थापना भएको आज ठीक दस वर्ष पुगेको छ । त्यतिखेर मानिसले कल्पना नै गरेका थिएनन् कि केवल दस वर्षमा नेपालमा यति धेरै विकास होला भनेर । पूर्व काँकडभिट्टादेखि पश्चिम धनगढीसम्म साढे चार घन्टामा पुगिने बुलेट रेल सेवा ‘एकता एक्सप्रेस’को सञ्चालन होस् वा दार्चुलादेखि ताप्लेजुङ जोड्ने पहाडी हाइवेको स्थापना होस्, दुवैको निर्माणबाट केवल दस वर्षमा नेपालमा चमत्कार भएको छ । ल्हासाबाट खासा हुँदै काठमाडौंसम्म बिछ्याइएको पेट्रोल पाइपको कुरो होस् वा रोल्पामा खुलेको संसारकै सबैभन्दा ठूलो जडीबुटी उद्योग होस्, दस वर्षपहिले मान्छेले देखेका यी सबै सपना अहिले पूरा भएका छन् ।

यी सबै सपनालाई पूरा गराउने देशका सबै राजनैतिक दल, नागरिक समाज र प्रतिबद्ध नागरिकलाई अहिले विश्वका देशले बधाईका सन्देशहरू ओइर्यागइरहेका छन् । अरू त अरू, अहिले यो कार्यक्रम ‘नेपाल-निर्देश’ काठमाडौंस्थित नेपाल टेलिभिजनको १२५ तले भवनको तीसौं तलाबाट सञ्चालन गरिहेका छौं । अब हामी यस विषयमा कुरा गर्दैछौं, दस वर्षदेखि निरन्तर रूपमा नेपालको प्रधानमन्त्रित्व सम्हालेका नेपालका प्रधानमन्त्री पुष्पकमल दाहाल ‘प्रचण्ड’सँग ।

अजयकुमार- आरामै हुनुहुन्छ ?
प्रचण्ड- राजनैतिक रूपमा आराम गरेर बसेको भए अहिले जुन विकास देख्दै हुनुहुन्छ, त्यो दस वर्षमा सम्भव नै हुँदैनथ्यो भन्ने मेरो ठम्याइ हो ।

अजयकुमार- दस वर्षअघि नेपाली राजनैतिक पार्टीका नेताहरू विदेशी राजदूतहरूलाई भेट्न निवेदन हाल्ने गर्दथे । तर, आज दस वर्षपछि विदेशी राजदूतहरूले नेपाली नेतालाई भेट्न पाऊ भनेर निवेदन हाल्ने गरेका छन् । यो परिवर्तनलाई कसरी हेर्नुभएको छ ?
प्रचण्ड- कुरो के हो भने त्यतिखेर हामी सबैका कमीकमजोरी थिए । हामी सबैको विवेकमा खिया लागेको स्थिति हो । समग्र देशको भन्दा पनि व्यक्ति, पार्टी र गुटको हितलाई मात्रै अगाडि ल्यायौं । तर, विस्तारै हामीमा एकता, सहकार्य र सहमतिको जुन वातावरण बन्यो, त्यसले देश, जनतालाई यो अवस्थासम्म पुर्याीयो भन्ने हाम्रो ठम्याइ छ ।

अजयकुमार- हिजो तपाईंसँग अमेरिकी राजदूतले भेटेछन्, के कुरा भयो तपाईंहरूबीच ?
प्रचण्ड- मने, अमेरिकामा गत सेप्टेम्बरमा जुन समुद्रीआँधी आयो, त्यसले त्यहाँको अर्थतन्त्रलाई नराम्रो धक्का लाग्न पुग्यो । नोभेम्बरमा फेरि आतंककारी हमलाका कारण अमेरिकामा भोकमरी सुरु भयो, यस्तो विपत्तिमा नेपालले पनि अमेरिकालाई सहयोग गर्नुपर्योल भन्ने कुरा राजदूतले राखे । हामीले पनि मानवीयताका आधारमा अमेरिकालाई नेपाल सरकारका तर्फबाट एक करोड डलर सहयोग दिने वचनबद्धता प्रकट गरिसकेका छौं ।

Just another blog entry

The room is neat except for the table. Its crammed with Boost, a digital camera, a bottle, one torch, one pencil sharpener, A Thousand Splendid Suns, Cadbury Nutties, a cap, two pen holders and newspapers. I just replayed the song “Closer” in my new cell phone ( I plan to write an entry for the dependable old one). Lately I’ve only been listening to songs chosen or mailed to me like this one. It is a song by Travis from their album with an interesting name “ A Boy with No Name” which for no reason reminds me of Kamlesh ( Where are You Now??). And I’ve been enjoying this experience. I replayed the song. I am hearing it for the third time in a row. There’s a reason for it. My new Samsung Cell Phone only has one song in it and I can’t play songs in this laptop as my Ubuntu problems are yet to be solved……lean on me now..lean on me now.…the music goes on….I already know that I will listen to it for the fourth time as well!

Everyone else is busy making Momos for dinner. And I am alone in my room typing in this computer, a perfect living example of “ Swade jibro, alchi tigro”. Shamelessly, day in and day out I live on without learning how to cook or work for that matter. Nevertheless, I’m the sweeper of the house. Its my new job. And I’m always telling myself “the house doesn’t maintain itself, you have to maintain it”while I am doing my job. I feel better doing menial jobs, no need to think, just take a broom and sweep. What a nice break from the so called ‘Changing’ the scene sort of things. I work because that is what I am supposed to do. I have no passion, no drive, no impulse nor any ideas lately ( actually its always been this way).

“ I’ve had enough of this parade… I’m thinking of words to say..” The song which is being played for the 6th time in a row, just says it all. The dispassionate person I am, somebody’s words are repeatedly making me think too. “ You don’t think of people other than when you meet them”. The first thing that struck me listening to it was, “Who thinks of people when they are actually meeting them?” So, the sentence sounded utterly foolish to me. Now that I keep wondering what the words actually meant, it doesn’t. And all of a sudden I don’t want to think of it now. I just want to close my eyes and listen to the song for the 7/8th time……………and not think of people once again…( not that I ever do that according to the statement) ha ha ha …some things, some people never change …… And maybe its better that way when you think of the percentage of thoughts that actually materialize into actions, hoina ta?

I am listening to the song for the 12th time now. Addicted.

Unusual combination

Lately there has been nothing interesting going on in life. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday : nobody’s changed their names. Home, office, home: my day schedule hasn’t changed either. Nor has anything or anyone around me. But then something interesting happened yesterday. I got a mail which said : your work in IPRs is sexy. Intellectual Property Rights and Sexy? Has anyone ever thought of something like that? Well, I never even thought that one could have the word IPR and Sexy in the same sentence!So, I had a smile of surprise on reading the mail like this But who knows the Americans might give a patent for ‘appearing’ sexy in a certain manner too. They seem to give IPRs for swinging the swing in a certain way too ( for some 5 year old)!! So there is no telling. Hope Obama brings some ‘change’ in the way IPRs are ‘misused’ too !

It’s been quite sometime I thought of IPRs though. In fact, I don’t even want to think of them. Who wants to? They’re complex. And it gets more complex as you start digging into it. Only months ago remembering the full form of TRIPS was the hardest thing to do! ITPGRFA followed but now I can tell the full form of both in one breath hehehe somebody please tell me, I’ve accomplished a lot! Pleaaseee.