Another plane crashed in Nepal this week

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Post by Prasanna Dhungel

We are all very sad that another aircraft crashed in Nepal this week. 19 innocent passengers died on their way back from the Everest flight. I can only imagine how excited they must have been to see Mt Everest.

Three years ago, I was with my family on this same Buddha Air mountain flight. It was an unbeatable sight to fly through the majestic Himalayas. We were ecstatic when we returned to Kathmandu after seeing the breathtaking views. That day, our flight could have hit the side of the mountain in Kathmandu and I could have died, just as the passengers in the fatal Buddha Air flight that hit the mountain on Sunday.

Honestly, it can be any of us who flies in the domestic airlines in Nepal. There have been so many crashes over the last few years in Nepal. We become very sad when we see pictures and videos of the burned bodies and mourning family members. On one fatal flight a few years ago, the pilot was a year senior to me in St Xavier’s and I vividly remember his face to this day. The government sets up

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नेपाली भन्ने कि नेपाली बन्ने ?

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एकचोटी सोच्नुहोस् त, तपाई आफुलाई नेपाली भन्दा के बुझ्नु हुन्छ?
“संयोगले म नेपालमा जन्मेको थिएँ त्यसैले म नेपाली हुँ ?”

के यत्ति हो त हाम्रो नेपालीपनको पहिचान? कहिल्यै हामीले नेपाली भनेको यति मात्र होईन होला जस्तो लाग्दैन?   कहिल्यै आफुलाई नेपाली ‘भनेर’ मात्र होईन ‘बनेर’ देखाउनुपर्छ जस्तो लाग्छ?

लाग्छ भने अाउनुहोस् नेपाली बनेर देखाउनुहोस् । नेपाली बन्ने भन्या के होला भनि सोच्नुहोला।
यी नेपालीपन झल्कने गूणहरु तपाईमा छन् भने म चाहिँ तपाईलाई नेपाली बनेको मान्दछु।

  1. “नेपाल हाम्रो घर हो, डेरा होईन” यो कुरा प्रश्ट बुझ्ने
  2. “धर्तीमा एक चोटी आएपछि केहि गरेरै जान्छु” भन्ने अठोट लिने
  3. राम्रो काम गर्ने जो कोहिलाई पनि तुरुन्तै धन्यवाद दिने
  4. “अहिले नगरे कहिले, मैले नगरे कसले” दिनहुँ यहि मन्त्र जप्ने
  5. दुष्टताको हाँगो भाच्नु सट्टा त्यस्को जरै उखेल्ने
  6. अरुले गु खायो भन्दैमा आफु पनि खान नलाग्ने
  7. ‘आफ्नो घर आफै सफा गर्नुपर्छ नत्र छिमेकी अाई अाफ्नै तरिकाले सफा गरिदिन्छन्” देशको यो यथार्थ छर्लंङ्ग बुझ्ने
  8.  ‘यस्तै हो, के गर्ने ?’ यस्ता बिखालु बानीलाई ‘मेरो देश, मेरै जिम्मेवारी’

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How to help your country?

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Zizhang searched for Confucius throughout China. The country was going through a time of great social upheaval, and he feared there could be bloodshed. He found the master sitting beneath a fig tree, meditating. ‘Master, we urgently need your presence in the government,’ said Zizhang. ‘We are on the brink of chaos.’

Confucius continued to meditate. ‘Master, you taught us that we must not stand idly by,’ Zizhang went on. ‘You said that we were responsible for the world.’ ‘I am praying for the country,’ replied Confucius. ‘Later, I will go and help the man who lives round the corner. By doing what is within our reach, we benefit everyone.’

By merely coming up with ideas about how to save the world, we do not even help ourselves. ‘There are a thousand ways of getting involved in politics; there is no need for me to be part of the government.’

linked from an article here.


beautiful song about what it means to be a Nepali

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क्यारुँ ‍ = क्या गरुँ = के गरुँ ‍= what shall I do?

क्यारुँ म यो देश निमित्त, क्यारुँ
नाचुँ कि गाँऊ कि गला मिलाऊँ,
शहरशका ति शिर नै चडाऊँ
या श्वास जम्मै यसमै मिसाऊँ…

क्यारु …

यो देश हेरे जति हुन्छ हेरुँ
बयान लेखे जति हुन्छ लेखुँ
यो देश हेरे जति हुन्छ हेरुँ
बयान लेखे जति हुन्छ लेखुँ

माया खन्याए जति झन् खन्याऊँ
सम्मान गाए जति हुन्छ गाऊँ …….

क्यारु….

यो देशमा जाग्रिती भातिँ भातिँ
उठाँऊदैछन् शिर माथि माथि
पिडी युवाको अब चुप छैन
छाँजो र बाँझो नमिली हुदैँन

को आर्य मंगोल र को किराँति
हामी सबैको अब एक जाती
को आर्य मंगोल र को किराँति
हामी सबैको अब एक जाती

एउटै पिहाणमा हावा र पानी
एउटै बनेको रँग-रुप बानी

क्यारुँ….

मान्छे यहाँका दिलदार हुन्छन्
बाँचे पराधिन भै बाच्छँन्
स्वतनत्रतामा जब आँच लाग्छ
आगो बनेको यसको कथा छ

हामी सबैको बलबुद्धि

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Help us, by not helping us now

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Dear friends from neighboring nations, aid workers, donors, dignitaries, fellow social servers who care about Nepal, Here’s a humble request from yet another Nepali.

“Do help us, by not helping us now!”

No, this is not trying to make a mockery out of you or to slight you, It is but a serious proposition! A cry for help.

Your help day by day is making us addicted. It is NOT your fault. It is ours. We have become greedier because of your generosity. We want more now, but by doing less and less now.

We have become lazier because of your wealth distribution, for we know it is easier to ask (or loot) from you, than to earn it in a dignified way on our own. It is getting harder to convince youths to work for “hard-earned money” when “easy money” is handed nearby. Why do we have the most educated youths opting for the tens of thousands of NGO’s (non profits) littered around the country? Why do you think almost all our parliamentarians are traveling abroad and doing anything but  building the right policies? You know most of their trip expenses or their salary comes from your “aid” right ?

(So let

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