Another great festival Tihar-festival of light and flowers

I want to make an invitation card for Tihar. Tihar is another great festival after Bada Dashain/Subha-Vijayadashami.

 

It’s a great festival, the festival of lights, flowers, Sell roti and Bhaitika among others.

 

I celebrated Dashain in Home in Nepal but my Tihar will be in Hyderabad, India. It’s okay what I can do. This time I was planning to cook Sellroti but unfortunately gas is over and in India, it is not easy to procure cooking gas. I do not know whether my plan will be executed or not. It all depends if Gas Corporation of Hindustan Petroleum (HP) provides us gas at anytime soon.

 

I have some Dashain Videos made in our home and I am planning to put them in Youtube or Nepali tube. This Dashain was in home, so, you can see there Home Video!! 🙂 but I have seen some of the photos and videos sent by my friends who stay outside Nepal and it was great to watch their video.

 

One of my friends’ Dashain video celebrated in Germany was very funny and I just could not laugh watching that. You may watch that in Nepalitube if he has already uploaded it. It makes a good laugh.

 

Every week, I talk about changing myself. I pondered a lot over this question ‘how to change myself’. I did slowly and now, started reading a bit more than before. I hope to keep this pace.

 

N all the readers, I am passing out you a Happy Diwali/Dipawali/Tihar Subhakamana. Wish you a great Tihar. If some friends are going home after a long time to celebrate Tihar, want to say you guys that enjoy a lot there.

 

If I can make a card for Tihar, I will post it here. Till then, keep enjoying in this festival of lights and flowers.

Dashain and journey back to India

It feels good when I write. That’s why I am writing here, after a short break. It feels great writing something after a grand celebration of Dashain. If you have read my earlier post, you may be knowing that I was in Nepal this year during Dashain and was supposed to be back on 14th Morning. Now, I am back in Hyderabad, India but I reached here on 15th Morning instead of 14th because of delay in train. 

I am not going to tell you that story in detail what happened and how I missed my second connecting train because of late movement of first train but entire journey was horrible. The rush in HOWRAH Railway Station (Kolkata/Calcutta) was horrible to say the least. It is the most disorganized Indian City I have ever seen and getting train from this station is really a hard job. The immense Platforms and then, multiple old and new buildings of Railway Station does not help either to locate from where to get a train. 

I had a confirmed train ticket from Kolkatta to Hyderabad but when I missed my train, then, I had no ticket for the second train. It took almost four hours for me to get idea about another train and measures to get ticket. Finally after gap of 6 hours in railway Station, I got on extremely crowded Chennai Mail and somehow, reached Hyderabad. This story is all for now. I have taken some photos by using my Nokia 6300 Mobile’s 2 Megapixel Camera. You can have a look here to know how Indian Train looks like. Since Mobile camera does not have that great resolution, you can excuse me for these blurred images.

 

 

 

Can you see the head of my train? I mean on which I was travelling, is travelling on curvy track.

 

 

Now, back to my life in Nepal, Dashain was good. I was in home during Dashain after 5 years and felt great to receive Tika, Jamara and Aashivaad (blessings) from my grandmother, father and mother.

When I went Nepal from India, I had a plan to go to my maternal grandparents’ home in Chandragadhi, Jhapa but these old folks disappointed me and us, all the family members. They decided that they will not offer Tika because of some of their relatives died some 9 months back. I know who had died and I knew that the relationship was some distant brother but I really did not understand why they refused to offer Tika. It would be even greater feeling to receive Tika from my maternal grandparents after years of muglan. But, that was not going to happen. It disappointed us but we did not let it destroy our festive mood. 

In home, we were three brothers- mahilo, sahilo and Kanchho. My Kanchho Bhai came from Kathmandu and crossed Saptakoshi from Chatara, Nepal by using boat propelled by machine. He told that the journey was not that difficult but people in Kathmandu did not know that the facility was such an easy one. It was great to see him in home.

Another great aspect of Dashain is Mar Hanne (Khashi Katne-it is Nepalese tradition to eat meat of goat, buffalo, pig etc. during Dashain depending on our own choice and caste and people generally cut animal in their own home and consume lots of non-veg food depending on their reach.). We also cut a goat in home. I was the one there to catch rope from head side. My Bhanij Bhai, Binod, caught legs and Maldaju cut that goat’s head. Of Course, it was not that great sight to see and explain in the blog but what I did was the first time. After that, we kept on eating non veg food many many days till I left Nepal. 

This time in Dashain, after being disappointed with my maternal grandparents, we went to my dad’s mama’s home (my dad’s mom’s brother’s home), there we received a nice treatment-Tika and Jamara and Asshirvad and some money. This we received on Vijaya Dashami’s day. Next day, on Ekkadashi, we went to my uncle’s house (my dad’s younger brother’s home) and received Tika. That’s all about My Dashain Celebration. Some years back, I had written a blog post saying, “Dashain aayo ani gayo pani”. This year I shall write, Dashain aayo ani ramrari nai gayo” 

I am waiting for another big celebration- Dipawali/Diwali/ Subha Tihar.

See you all soon in another blog post.

 

Dashain 2008:CB welcomes you!(CB in Home soon!)

I was thinking that I will write a sad story whenever I write another post in this blog. Here was already planned ‘sad story’ and I was ready for it to face it and to place before you, my venerable readers. I was thinking that I will write that I will write that sad story elaborately and pour my heart for the last time to end one chapter of my blog and of my life. Sadly, that did not happen, and my sad story has become very obsolete. What a sad ending!!

 

But, that’s good. I am happy. The sad story was not what I wanted but I was just thrown by tides of times, on the shore of my life and was compelled to write something sad.

 

Fortunately, another tide took me inside that ocean and now, everything seems great, very great and happy in life.

 

To start a great good and happy story from my side, I am coming/going home on 2^nd October, to Jhapa, Nepal and will be back to Hyderabad, India on 14^th.

 

After the five consecutive absence in Dashain for the last five years from 2003-07, I am elated this time to be in home. I am happy to receive Tika and Jamara with auspicious blessings from my parents, from my paternal grandmother, and from my maternal grand parents.

 

When I look back, I feel that I received Dashain ko Tika long time back. Now, I do not even remember how that Dashain was for me. It was a time when I celebrated my Dashain after coming back from Kathmandu where I went to be a Doctor or Engineer. Sadly, I could not be both and I was feeling so low that I did not want to be in Home in Dashain. I was so ashamed to show my face to my parents and brothers who sent me to Kathmandu to accomplish the mission and they used to send a good amount of money but again sadly, I do not remember how I blew them up. So, there was a kind of indignation in me. I was just feeling that I can not be anything in my life if I can not be doctor or Engineer but my every attempts in Entrance examination was not taking me even near to waiting list.

 

At that time, my father understood the kinds of thought in me and used to calling me almost everyday if I booked Tickets to come home in advance as there will be huge rush at the last moment. Sometimes, I told him that I am not getting tickets and finally booked tickets for the day of MahaAsthami, the eighth day of Dashain, Generally, before that year, Dashain meant us from the very first day, from Ghatashthapana. Our School and even Colleges remained close for 15 days and the year of 2002 was the first time when I reached home lately feeling so low in life. I reached home around 3 PM in the afternoon and everyone was waiting for me, especially my dad had not eaten anything and was waiting for me. That moment is still in my head from that day.

 

That year, I did wait for Tihar and immediately after that, I returned Kathmandu. Now, it seemed that being a Doctor is not on my fate, I joined TriChandra College, Kathmandu. I found that college so disturbing that I somehow felt there is no future for me studying there and started running somewhere for any excuse. Meantime, I got a chance to come to India to study Law; I just grabbed it and ran to India without considering any consequences. And the rest of my good and great years I spent in Hyderabad, India. I graduated this year with B.A; L.L.B (Hons.). In the last Dashain I celebrated, I was clueless about my life and no where near my destiny and this year I feel that I have realized my worth and has clear vision and a degree which gives me enough confidence to compete anywhere.

 

A job on hand and some money to put on mother’s hands are bonus for me for this Dashain. I will be heading home on 2^nd October and reach there on 4^th morning and will be back by 14^th as only limited leave available.

 

I wish all of you, who read me, a happy Bada Dashain and Vijaya Dashami.

(To be continued in next post……………)

Random Feelings without dream

I have NO Dream
Sounds pessimistic? Right. Of Course, let’s talk about pessimism sometimes. Let’s talk about dark things in life. Life is not only spring; it passes through many many cold winters. You tell me, are not you felt bored, sad, unhappy, and angry in life? You have man, you must have. Then, why do not you talk about those things?

Something politically motivated!!!!

I have not written anything in my blog so many days. So, feeling like I have missed out something.
I am somewhere far from my temporary-but-usual place. People call it Hi-Tech City. Yes, Hi-Tech City of Hyderabad. Flooded with fancy buildings, fancy offices with fancy names. It has given job to many, status to many, and of course, quick bucks to many. Hi-Tech City in Hyderabad is a part of changing Hyderabad to Cyberabad.

A Nepali Gazal-Just a try.

If you are reading my blog for quite a long time, You know that how happy I could be if I write or read Gazal in Nepali. I love my language, literature and specially Gazals written in Nepali Language. It’s not my first attempt to write Post in Nepali.

THE LAST ONE TO INCREASE VISIBILITY

[I have Copied this Article from Asis’ blog wothout any prior PERMISSION. I hope that he will permit me to do this one and I hope that he will not comment here to remove this Article from here. I am not totally convinced about this viral Tag stuffs and do not really know how it will work. But, I hope that it works nevertheless. This is the fourth and the LAST ONE in this series of increasing viewers. My Blog can not consume more than this. I will be back with my own usual stuffs within few times. Please visit Blog pages of my friends Sajiva and (Ashish) http://alapot.blogspot.com/ as well and cerainly , do not forget to drop some comments here.

India and NEPAL……

I have exams, I am too busy in preparation and I have no time to update my blog. This is quite clear but still, I am going to write something today taking some time off from my study. There is a News Paper in India Called THE HINDU, very much biased to leftist ideology like me. I am fan of this News Paper. Remind you, I am not fan of anything in this world, not even of music, actors, actresses, and sportspersons. But, I am fan of this paper THE HINDU. Though it presents very much biased news, it does not play dirty journalism. What is dirty journalism? I will be writing about this sometimes later when I have very much free time than this. This News Paper has some sorts of coherence and consistency while presenting news and there we can find very many analytical and balanced critiques on relevant local, political and global issues. That makes this paper very much readable. You can check online Edition of this paper here: http://www.thehindu.com/ which has recently started its amazing digital e-paper too.

I buy this News Paper everyday. Hawker Sinu everyday, throws a paper before my door before I get up and later when I get up, I collect it and put inside and read it later. I never read it immediately because I have no times. I will be delayed to reach my 5 minutes far classroom if I start reading paper considering the fact that everyday; I get up at 8.30 AM except some exceptional situations. I carry paper in my bag and read in classroom sometimes later when we have each 5 minutes break after each one hour class. If it happens that classroom is boring or if I get seat at the back row, sometimes, I read even in the class while teacher will be explaining some nonsense dicta and juristic verbose. But, this happens rarely.

Now a day, because of exams, I am unable to read this paper everyday. I just see front page, see some photos, read some captions on those photos published there, and go directly to almost last pages where there are some news about sports. After that, I have to throw them. It’s sad but it’s the truth. During exams, I have to keep other stuffs in my priority list than reading Secular The Hindu.

Now, the main story of the day- I was trying to throw some of the papers from my room, One story caught my eyes. I threw all the old papers except one The Hindu of Tuesday, October 24, 2006, Hyderabad Edition, and page 12. This page is named as VARIETY. Under VARIETY Section, The Hindu always publishes “This Day that Age”. In this section, there will be news from The Hindu published 50 years back. So, one of the News is there “Assurance to Nepal” from the pages of THE HINDU dated October 24, 1956. This is a small piece but I find it quite interesting. I will be reproducing here.

 

“Assurance to Nepal

Speaking at a banquet given in his honour in Kathmandu by King Mahendra on October 22, the President, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, said India had no territorial ambitions and none need fear any aggression from her. “We do not wish to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries,” he declared. In what is regarded as the most important public pronouncement of his present four-day visit to Nepal, the President said that any threat to peace and security of Nepal was as much a threat to peace and security of India. “Your friends are our friends and our friends yours.” He expressed the hope that the links binding India and Nepal from time immemorial would bind the two countries forever. “Your country and mine follow a policy of peace and friendship towards all. India does not believe in military alliances and military blocs. We believe in the methods of peaceful negotiations to solve international conflicts.” Proposing a toast on his own behalf and on behalf of his Government and people to the health and long life of Dr. Rajendra Prasad and the ever-growing prosperity of India, King Mahendra said that the President’s visit would go down in history as an event of significance to both Nepal and India.” (Copyright is vested in Original Paper THE HINDU, Please Do not copy for any unfair USE and remind you here that What I am doing is only for fair dealing.)

I have a general policy of not to copy from any other blogs or papers and fill in my blogs, as many bloggers in this world do, but this situation is different here and I think that this gives some view points to readers to know Indian Foreign Policy of 50 years back. Of Course, what leaders say may not be done by them in practice and many people may not believe but it must have historic relevance to know what the then Indian President told at that time. And now both the people, the then Indian President and Nepal King are away from this mundane planet, it may be even more interesting to know what happened at that age.

During the era of cold war in the global arena, and somewhat cold relationship China backing Nepal and India, this {mere} assurance must have some significance. Think about it!!!!!!See you soon in my next entry.

Holiday Blog

Ok, I am back again in my blog after a gap of some days. Nothing much to write here but it is necessary to write something when Blog is made. Let’s start with some events that took place in world in last week and before that.

As you remember that I was updating with the events that took place in International scenario last week when North Korea became Nuclear Korea. I was thinking what may be the reaction of Nepal Government. Sadly, it is quite insignificant what Nepal says in International Scenario about any important events but being a sovereign and an independent government, something is expected from the government and may be a bit later but press release was issued by the Nepal Government with expected remarks condemning such tests. Let’s see what happens the stand of China and Russia in imposing the sanctions against Korea. Till the time this Blog was typed, I could read the news that China and Russia have taken a bit soft stand as compared to US. One thing they are clear that any military action against North Korea will not provide any solution and other economic sanctions are the best means to teach the lesson. But, whatever they do should not ignite the fire of nuclear war….that is what general people around the world feel.

One more thing is going to happen soon. Ban Ki Moon (what a BANKI pareko Name!) seems to be elected unopposed as a Secretary in United Nations. There was Sashi Thooror as another candidate from India but he withdrew later after getting some negative votes in preliminary rounds. I am just wondering how Nepal would have responded. Expected Result is that Nepal would second India in that matter for India assisted a lot to re-establish Democracy back in Nepal. But, anti-India sentiments in Nepal must have played little role to deviate Government’s stand had such situation arisen. Let’s not conjecture at this stage.

Now, Coming back to my country, it seems that negotiations between parties and Maoists is going to take some shape but still there are a lot of dissents among them. They need to fill the gap and move ahead with the common motto of eliminating feudal monarchy. Let’s hope they can do it. I have nothing much to write here now. I will be back soon with new entries on coming days. Just take very much great care of yourself.

 

Sensible Talking

My earlier post “if you can see something, your are Lucky” was absolutely crap. In that post, I had tried to show you the photo slides that I prepared with the help of Rockyou.com but I failed. This wordpress blog did not support these codes. If you have Hi5 account, you can visit mine also where you can see some of my photos though I agree with you that what a crap face I have. So, if you have little time you may visit http://www.1whocandie4u.hi5.com

Now, after long days, I am blogging again. Blogging in the true sense. I am trying to write something here. I had 5 days nice holidays and I could do and write anything but who will wins over laziness. I also was defeated by my laziness. Today is the last or 5^th day of holiday and still no plan of preserving these moments and utilizing. Life is simply moving in its own speed and dragging me with it. Let it go.

Looking back at these 5 days, what I did. Essentially I did not do anything substantially but still there are some points that I must mention. Now, Bill Clinton is campaigning for his first Presidential Election. You might be surprised but hold on yourself. I am talking about Bill Clinton’s Biography My Life. I started reading it some days ago and I crossed the journey of almost 400 pages and equally same amount of pages are yet to read. I find Biography interesting to Read and Clinton’s My LIFE is not less interesting. By these four hundred pages, we know his childhood and his elections for the post of Arkansas Governor. A Law graduate of Oxford and Yale University, his life is really thrilling.

Being a Law Student, I also dream about, sometimes going to Oxford, Haward and Yale Law Schools but when I think about the geographical and social Background from where I come, I see these dreams a mere dream, a distant dream. Let’s see what happens in life and when I talked about these things with my one friend in Nepal, She was quite optimistic that I will reach there. Her kind word to help in anyway she can, were very lovely words to hear, enough to console my heart for a time being. In future, Jo ho jayega, dekha Jayega.

In various interactions with the people around the world, I can see everybody’s anxiety about education and getting good job shaping good career. I see and understand the competitive mind of people who are in Japan, UK, USA studying and doing various works. After I have been selected in International Working Committee Member of Worldwide Nepalese Students Organisation (http://www.wnso.org),

My interaction has increased with the people from various walks of life. I hope these interactions with these learned people will help me to shape and start my journey from these third world countries to some Advanced University of the West. We are planning to integrate Nepalese Students around the world and In India especially, we have a lot of challenges because of scattered and less interested youth because they can at any time, can switch their journey back to Nepal. What more, it’s very difficult to imagine the situation of country where we lack quality education and good infrastructure. We can understand the people’s anxiety over opportunity and work. There are always problems hovering around us in the matter of providing enough opportunities in this world and in our country’s case, which is even more difficult. First some years after the peace, we have to spend in the reconstruction of damaged infrastructures in that bloody civil war. With a lot of optimism, I conclude my Post.

Absolutely Nothing……..

It’s so good not to go class, no regular lectures and not much pressure of academic works. We have 5 days holidays and almost 3 days have elapsed here without doing any substantial fruitful works but that does not affect my happiness quotient. I am feeling good and there is nothing to regret in life and nothing to worry. Very few friends are here in Hostel and I hardly get company to talk with them but Music is with me as usual.

 

I have downloaded some Nepali good remix numbers and some even LOK GEET (folk lore). I hardly like them—these so called business-oriented LOK GEET—but this time, I have decided to save them for some days before deleting them. Let’s have a different taste for some days.

 

Now, I am talking about life, Good life. My life, I think, is pretty good. I am really enjoying and good thing about me and people like me is hardly any thing can disturb their course of actions normally. So, if I have a glass of wine on my hand and Jazz playing in Background like Pink Floyd, hardly your Metallica vibes can affect my enjoying environment. You got it….let me enjoy in a way I like and you go ahead with what you like. Simple.  But, most of the people show stimulus otherwise. Mostly, among girls, they have fear of losing. Just happened to chat with one of my friends from Kathmandu, she told how much she was shattered because of her break up, how much she feels like crying. But, why? When you know that there is no mutual understanding between each other and if he or she does not understand your feelings, what is the meaning of loving or pretending as if you love him/her forever. This is amazing about love, and at least I never had this problem. I can not laugh at them nor intend to do so, but easily feel pity on them for not trying to understand the situation. They are not trying to understand not because they are incapable of doing so, but because they want sympathy from people. It’s simply unbecoming character because by doing so, you are weakening yourself and when one day, some situation comes where you have to strengthen yourself, may be you lose the war.

That’s why I simply love the noble philosophy of Existence in vacuum. Whether you care or not, I am happy with myself doing whatever I like and get pleasure without harming others. If you are unhappy and frustrated with life, Just simply adopt the philosophy of simply being happy………………

And one more thing, I do not have anything to write here but request you to follow the given link and join there as a member and participate in the discussion. http://www.wnso.org

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Law, Literature and HUMOUR

Law, Literature and HUMOUR

I just attended Prof. Vepa P. Sarathy’s Lecture in Law, Literature and Humour. It was so interesting. It was organised by Constitutional Law Society of our University. About Prof. Sarathy, He is 91 years old……….!!!Yes, 91 years. He just celebrated his 90^th Birthday some days ago, and we all the students were invited there in his home for birthday Party. age 91, but still energetic like a young man in his 20ies………Comes to University everyday and takes at least 3 to 4 classes. He taught us Transfer of Property Act in second Year, Law of Evidence and Code of Civil Procedure in Third Year and Now, Interpretation of Statutes in 4^th Year. He can teach almost any subjects in the University and he is expert on all the subjects. Even the Other Professors will refer his name and consult Prof. Sarathy in case they have any doubt. More than 30 years of practicing in Indian Supreme Court and conferral of title of Senior advocate of Supreme Court of India are other things that I can say about him. Mr. Sarathy was educated in Oxford University, when?, I guess before World War II, i.e before 1945.

In fact, this is not the post dedicated to or about Professor Vepa P. sarathy but I think as a respect to him, this much, at least, was required.

Now, I go to the true point and discussion and contents of this post. As I already said there was a lecture and I have even mentioned that he is so energetic that he and we feel that he is still in his twenty. Today, he told some jokes related to laws and quoting various literatures and he showed that he is still young. His almost more than 95% jokes and comments were related to SEX…….Yes, sex but preety decent.

I will be posting some interesting quotes from him after some time or later in the evening. But, before I conclude this post, One joke that he said:(almost all are related to law)

Once a man was accused of being a father of a child of a woman with whom he married just four months ago. She delivered a child after 4 months of marriage and filed a case in the Court saying that the man with whom she married was the father of the child. In the Court, she confessed that before marriage, she never met that man and she did not have any physical affairs with that guy before her marriage. The man was quite sure that Court will accquit him but court decided that he was the true father.

He was surprised and asked the Judge, “How can you decide like that”?

Judge answered, “See Gentleman, I am expert in commercial Laws and not in matrimonial cases. But, Today, Chief Justice told me to sit on this bench and asked me to decide. And I had to deliver justice but I did not know any things on the subjects. I tried to consult some Books but I had only Commercial Law Books……I thought that they would help me, when I went pages after Pages, I saw the solution there from Negotiable Instrument Act. On the basis of its principle, I decided this case.

The man asked, “How was written There”?

Judge replied, “Unless the true maker is known, the last endorser will be presumed to be the Actual Owner.” So, U are the last endorser of the lady by marrying her and u will be the father of the child…………

Rest of the some beautiful jokes, I will post later……….keep on browsing the Blog.