दसैँ  हिन्दु धर्मावलम्बीहरूको महान्  चाड  हो । प्रत्येक वर्षकाे शुक्ल प्रतिपदाबाट सुरु हुने गर्छ । दसैँ १० दिनसम्म मनाइने गरिन्छ । दसैँको सबैभन्दा पहिलो दिन घटस्थापना हो । घटस्थापनामा हामीहरू जमरा राख्ने काम गर्छौँ। शुक्ल प्रतिपदादेखि दशमीसम्म दुर्गा भवानीकाे विभिन्न स्वरूपकाे पूजा गरी समापन गरिन्छ । अरूभन्दा विजयादशमीकाे दिनमा विशेष महत्त्व दिएकाे हुन्छ । राक्षसमाथि विजयप्राप्तिकाे दिन अर्थात् असत्यमाथि सत्यकाे विजय भएकाे अवसरका रूपमा लिई हर्षाेलास मनाउने दिन । 
यो वर्षको दसैँमा मैले एकदम रमाइलो गरेँ । मेरा घटस्थापनादेखि पञ्चमीसम्मका दिनहरू यतिकै बिते। पञ्चमीको दिनमा म बिहान उठेर मामा घर जानको लागि तयार भएँ । हामी नौ बजे बसपार्क पुगिसकेका थियाैँ । हामीले लगभग दुई घण्टाजति बस कुर्नु पर्याे । हामीले गाडी चढेर तीन घण्टाको यात्रा गर्याैँ । मलाई गाडीबाट हरिया ती वनजङ्गल डाँडापाखा हेर्न असाध्यै रमाइलो लागिरहेको थियो। मैले रमाइलाे अनुभव गरिरहेको थिएँ। जस्तै कि खोला बगिरहेका थिए, गाडी चलिरहँदा चिसाे हावा पनि चलिरहेको थियो। मैले बसमा एउटा कविता पनि लेखेकी थिएँ। मैले बसबाट विभिन्न प्रकारका मान्छेहरु देखेँ। मलाई यात्रा गर्न एकदम रमाइलो लाग्याे । तर, हामी मामाघर पुग्दा रात परिसकेको थियो। अर्को दिन हामीले आफ्ना आफन्तहरू भेटघाट गरेर एकदम रमाइलो गर्याैँ। चाडपर्वले गर्दा हामीले आफ्ना आफन्तहरूसँग भेट्न पायौँ। म मामाघरबाट पनि त्यहाँका डाँडापाखा, खेतबारी घुम्न गएँ। गाउँघर पुरै हरियालीले भरिएको थियो। काेही घर सिँगारपटार गर्न लागिरहेका थिए । काेही घर लिपपाेत गर्दै थिए । त्यो दिन पनि म मामाघरतिर  सबै ठाउँ घुमेर सकेँ । फूलपातीकाे दिन काेही विदेश गएका सबै फर्केर त काेही काठमाडौं तथा अन्य सहरबाट गाउँ आइपुगेका थिए। गाउँघरमा बालबालिका, बुढाबुढी तथा तन्नेरी सबैजनाले भरिएको थियो। बल्ल मात्र दसैँ लाग्यो जस्तो मनमा लागिरहेको थियो । म दिउँसो भाइबहिनीहरूसँग बस्ने गर्थेँ । मलाई ससाना भाइबहिनीहरूको खेल हेर्न एकदम रहर लाग्छ। मामाघरमा मैले रमाइलाेकाे लागि  तास पनि खेलेँ । भोलिपल्ट अष्टमीमा सबैजना बिहान उठेर नुहाएर पूजा गर्न थाल्यौँ । खुकुरी, हँसिया, तरबारजस्ता अन्य हातहतियार सबै राखेर पूजा गरियो। त्यसपछि हामीले खसी काट्याैँ । 

यसपालि दसैँमा एकदम पानी परिरहेको थियो। तर जाडोमा खसीको मासु खानुको रमाइलो पनि छुट्टै थियो। अष्टमी र नवमी पनि यत्तिकै बित्यो। मामा घरमा मैले सबै कुरा देखे पनि पिङ भने कहिले देखिन। गाउँमा इन्टरनेट नभएर होला मैले धेरै मान्छेसँग समय बिताउन पाएँ,नत्र मेराे समय माेबाइलमा नै बित्थ्याे हाेला तर मैले धेरै नयाँ मान्छे चिन्ने अवसर प्राप्त गरेँ । नवमीको दिन पानी परिरहे पनि हामी विभिन्न ठाउँमा  घुम्न गयाैँ । हामी सबै मिलेर एकदम रमाइलो गऱ्यौँ। त्यो दिन हामीले रातिको दुई बजेसम्म तास पनि खेल्याैँ। दसैँ आयो दसैँ आयो भन्दाभन्दै विजयादशमीको दिन पनि आयो टीकाको दिन बिहानदेखि नै पानी परिरहेको थियो ।परेको कारणले यसपालीको दसैँ अलि नरमाइलो जस्तो पनि भइरहेको थियो तर सबैजना तयार हुँदै हुनुहुन्थ्यो टीका लाउनका लागि तयार भयाैँ । पानी पनि रोकियो । टिका लाउने बेलामा हामी सबैले फोटोहरु खिच्यौं । एकछिन रमाइलो गऱ्यौँ र काठमाडौँ फर्किने विचार गऱ्यौँ । मलाई काठमाडौँ आउन खासै मन थिएन। तर हामी मामाघरबाट टिकाकै दिन फर्कियाैँ। मलाई काठमाडौँ आएपछि अलि खल्लो खल्लो जस्तो भइरहेको थियो। काठमाडौँ आएर पनि हामीले विभिन्न ठाउँमा टीका लगाएर ठुलाबडाबाट आशीर्वाद लियाैँ । र यो बर्षको दसैँ मैले सोचेभन्दा एकदम रमाइलो पनि भएको थियो। मौसमले चाहिँ हामीलाई साथ दिएको थिएन तैपनि हामीले एकदम रमाइलो गऱ्यौँ । यसरी रमाइलो गर्दागर्दै दसैँ मेरो २०७९ सालको दशै पनि सकियो। 
 

Car tuning is a modification made to the car to get the right amounts of variable needed for peak engine performance. An engine runs on the basis of 3 variables which are air, fuel and compression. Tuning a car means tuning the carburettor which is the part of the engine that mixes air and fuel before they are compressed by the piston. When too much air or fuel is present in the carburettor the engine will not run properly. A tuner is the mechanic who tunes cars and adjusts the timing of the ignition and the right amount of air and fuel needed to run the engine. Before, the tuners added new hardwares to make the car run faster and mixing the right variables was done manually but now they are done by computers and programming.

Back in the 70s and 80s due to the fuel crisis car manufacturers started making their engine more fuel saving which made the engines perform worse for more mileage. They also prevented owners from modifying their engine by mounting hardware that prevented them from tuning their cars and to make sure the air and fuel mix is efficient they used a technology called ECU (Electronic Control Unit). This is where the modern tuning comes in, due to the addition of ECU car tuners adjusting the air and fuel mix by hacking or reprogramming the ECU. Tuners calculate the air and fuel mix with the help of OBD (On-board Diagnostics).  Every car since 1996 comes with an OBD. An OBD scanner helps a tuner scan every variable to run an engine in detail.

There are different stages of tuning. These stages were mostly influenced by the video game Gran Turismo.  After the initial debut of the game, tuning companies started labeling their parts in stages. Although these parts are labeled in stages, these stages are not standardized. Which means different stages of different companies have different levels of engine performance although there is a common principle in these stages.

In stage one tuning, modifications which do not contribute much to an engine’s performance like exhausts or cold air intakes. These modifications can add more sound or features to the car but do not do much to the power of the car. In stage two, modifications which increase fuel or air intake can be done by slightly upgrading the car's hardware. Like different fuel injectors and turbos. In stage 3 of tuning, tuners add parts to the car to make the car perform better but when these parts are added to the car they should work with other parts of the car. For example when an additional hardware provides more air intake, the other should provide more fuel intake. To make these parts work together and smoothly we reprogram the ECU. There are different stages of tuning a car by software too. In stage one of tuning, the tuner selects the perfect variable of air, fuel and combustion of the engine. In the other stages of tuning tuners use a standalone ECU which helps them calculate the perfect variables for all the additional hardware they have added.

In conclusion, car tuning should be done by professionals or under supervision of a professional. If done incorrectly it may cause serious injuries to the mechanics or damage the car. 
 

Population growth is the increase in the number of people in a population or dispersed group. Population growth has been one of the most significant drivers of human development and economic growth in the last century. But over the next century, rapid population growth in Sub - Saharan Africa will have profound implications for health, the economy, and the environment. Population growth is one of the primary drivers of human development and economic growth. But over the century, rapid population growth in sub-Saharan Africa will have profound implications for health, the economy, and the environment. The world’s population is expected to reach 7.6 billion people by 2025, up from 7 billion today. That means we’ll have a lot of people to feed, shelter, and educate. Rising populations put a strain on the world’s resources, especially water, food, and land. But population growth is not inevitable. The population of the world is projected to soar to nearly nine billion people in 2019. That level of global population growth has serious implications for health, the economy, and the environment. Population growth has a noticeable impact on an individual’s quality of life. For example, a person may feel the strain of having a large family or raising a large family in a small space. Some of the fastest growing cities in the world are in Africa. Cairo, for example, which was once home to less than half a million people, now has more than twenty million residents. Cairo is only the most obvious example of this phenomenon. Africa is home to seven of the world’s ten fastest-growing cities. The impact of this rapid population growth on the economies, societies, and the environment has been profound. It has led to a strain on the limited resources of the region, such as land and water, and has put a huge pressure on the health systems.

With a rapidly growing population, it becomes difficult to manage the adjustments that accompany economic and social change. Urbanization creates such problems as housing, power, water, transport, etc.With the growth of the world’s population, the health needs of Africa’s growing population will increase, which will have significant implications for the ability of the region’s governments to meet the health needs of their populations. It has also led to a deterioration in the quality of life and potential for sustainable development. It has also led to concerns that the growth of the African population will have a negative impact on the environment, with the amount of food and water required to feed this population growing at an alarming rate. It has also strained the social fabric, as large families become more common, especially among the young. It has also strained the environment, most prominently water, which is becoming increasingly scarce in some areas. The population is growing so quickly that water quality will soon be a critical factor in the quality of life that families experience.

We can prevent rapid population growth if we promote family planning, make education entertaining, studies show that women with access to reproductive health services find it easier to break out of poverty, quality education for all, use of contraceptives, etc can help prevent rapid population growth.

Source:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/population-growth
 

रातको चिसो हेर कति धेरै रहेछ
चन्द्रमा त आकाशमा बसिरहेछ 
बाहिर जाँदा ताजापनले मन भरिदियो
तर पनि बाहिर जान खतरा धेरै थियाे  

बढ्दै गयो लकडाउन के पाेे गर्ने हो ?
जिन्दगी त पिँजराको चरा जस्तै भाे 
घरभित्रकाे बास  काम केही छैन
यता उता हेऱ्यो खाली भरी कतै छैन

बाच्नलाई पनि गाह्रो हुन थाल्यो अब
खानलाई पनि धौ धौ हुन थाल्यो अब 
जिन्दगीको पीडा अब भनु कसलाई
कसको सामु जाउँ अब पीडा पाेख्नलाई

लकडाउन भरी घरभित्र बसिरहे म 
काम नपाई माेबाइलमा खेलिरहेँ म
उकुसमुकुस मात्र भयाे कसाे गरी जिउने
न त शिक्षा न त राेजगार कसाे गरी जिउने  

मलाई किताबमा हराउन असाध्यै मन पर्छ।  
खै किन हो कुन्नि ? 
त्यसमा भएका पात्रहरूले हो कि, किताबको कथावस्तुले हो 
मलाई किताबमा हराउन असाध्यै मन पर्छ ।

ती भावनाहरू जुन आउँछन्
ती कथाहरू जसले मेरो मन छुन्छ
ती कल्पनाहरू जुन किताब पढ्दा मेरो मनमा आउँछन्
मलाई किताबमा हराउन असाध्यै मन पर्छ।  

ठुलो रहस्यमय समुद्रको कल्पनामा रहे जस्तै 
चारैतिर शान्ति छाएको अनुभूति जस्तै  
आहा कति रमाईलो अनुभव यो 
मलाई किताबमा हराउन असाध्यै मन पर्छ।

किताबमा हराउँदा मलाई कसैको बारे ख्याल आउँदैन
जीवनका दुःख, सुःख सबै भुलेर
कथामा नै मग्नमस्त हुन मन पर्छ 
मलाई असाध्यै रमाईलो लाग्छ।  
कहिले पात्रको खुसिमा रमाउँछु
त कहिले पात्रको दुःखमा रुन्छु 
कहिले आफैँ किताबमा डुबेर मग्नमस्त  हुन्छु
कहिले आफैँ पात्र भएर रमाउँछु
साँच्चै मलाई किताबमा हराउन असाध्यै मन पर्छ। 
साँच्चै मलाई किताबमा हराउन असाध्यै मन पर्छ।।

Oh water water there you are
Shimmering and flowing from here and there,
You neither have a size nor a shape
And neither a colour nor taste

Oh water are a lifesaver
Can’t live without you,
You are everywhere but nowhere
Can’t imagine life without you

Oh water you flow from river, from pond
It is nature’s law no cant stop you,
Imagine you being everywhere its so fond
You come frome land and sky too

You can be helpful but harmful too
You are also the reason for disasters too,
Oh water you helped a lot to me
I hoped that you could be free
 

दुःखी भएकाे थियाे याे मन 
आफ्नाे गाउँ र साथीभाइ भेट्न नपाउँदा 
साह्रै अनाैठाे लाग्छ याे सहर 
आफ्नाे घर भन्न नपाउँदा

अहिले लाग्छ आफ्नाे गाउँ अनाैठाे 
पहिले आफ्नै लाग्थ्याे 
अहिले खाेइ कसकाे कसकाे जस्ताे  
पहिले सँगै खेल्ने साथी 
अहिले भेट्दा अनाैठाे

सबैलाई लाग्छ याे सहर राम्राे 
सबैले साेच्छन् याे ठाउँ आफ्नाे 
तर कसैलाई थाहा छैन  याे मनकाे पीडा 
लगी देऊ मलाई मेराे गाउँ घर फिर्ता 

मेराे मन साह्रै खिन्न हुन्छ,  
जहाँ सबैले गर्छन् पर्यटकझैँ व्यवहार 
कहिले हाेला आफ्नाे गाउँ 
जहाँ आफ्नाे जस्ताे लाग्ने
पहिलेकाे जस्ताे लाग्ने

 

In today's cinema, visual effects are employed in practically all films. Visual effects, or VFX as they are often known, are typically added to films to increase interest while keeping costs down. It was initially employed by Oscar Rejlander in 1857, thus it has been around for a long time.

The market for film production has driven the need for VFX artists. You could be asking yourself why visual effects are required. Science has established that fun is just as essential as access to clean water, healthy food, a safe place to live, and a good education. Since physical sets cannot be reused and have been used for hundreds of years, it is bad for the environment and several sequences in the movie would be nearly difficult to make without the use of visual effects. It is also possible to use 3D modeling to visualize a building or other object. Additionally, it provides a secure working environment for actors and other creatives.

VFX equipment: The movie we know and love is created using a variety of VFX technologies. The following are some VFX tools:

Special effects are only a type of deception employed in movies, video games, and other media to replicate the authors' intended vision. Digital artists also employ special effects. The most famous special effects programs are Adobe After Effects, Apple Motion, Photoshop, etc.

Motion capture: mostly used in movement pictures to record and mimic human motion. A motion capture suit is utilized to record the motion of the actor portraying the part since the motion that is computer produced tends to be more mechanical than the human motion. The Hulk and Thanos from Infinity War are two famous examples of how this method is used frequently in superhero and action films.

Animating: The most used VFX method is animation. It has been in use for a while. Flip books and hand-drawn images are its roots.

In conclusion, it is important to recognize the effort that goes into creating a movie because it is a difficult task.

Swikriti, a high school student, was an average yet a hard-working student who was studying in a prestigious school in one of the cities in Nepal. In middle school, she was always the one securing good marks and taking part in different programs. But since high school began, she started to change. Both her parents and teachers saw that her behavior was changing, her study was degrading and she started to become less happy. But they never questioned why it was happening. Her parents were constantly worried about what was happening to her. There were some teachers who asked her about herself but she never actually opened up to them but few teachers on the other hand constantly criticized and complained about her getting worse grades day by day. One day in her senior year of high school, she didn’t return home. Both her parents and teachers were really worried about her. Her teachers noticed that she had left her school bag in her classroom. Just to check whether there was any information about her being lost. While searching for information, one of the teachers found her diary. Turning to one of the pages, he saw something that looked like a journal. The journal went like this:

19 June 2022

Dear Diary,
I feel extremely anxious today. I am having constant shortness of breath and also nausea. It doesn't feel good to me. I am writing this here just to vent my feelings because it's really difficult for me to share these things with others. We all know the fact that an adequate sleep of 7-8 hours is required for a person to function properly. I do remember that I had known this fact in elementary school. Previously, we were taught to sleep for at least 8 hours so that we could be in good health. But the more I got upgraded to a higher class, this fact actually stopped making sense to me. It is not because the fact is wrong but because the textbooks which previously taught us to sleep for 8 hours have been such a burden that we hardly even get 5 hours to sleep. This feels like an irony to me. I really don’t know whether it is the education system, school, or myself because of whom I am not able to handle things properly. But I just don’t feel okay. I feel nothing close to happiness and the major thing I don't feel happy with is what I have become. I know that my mental health is deteriorating day by day. I have started to get anxious and stressed out. Crying has been my daily routine because headaches are severe these days. I really don’t know where to start my work from. There is a pile of things I have left to do. I’ve not completed my Nepali homework for the past 2 weeks and I also have a bunch of research projects to do. Moreover, I have ongoing book reviews which are left to be completed too. SEE will happen by this year too. My admission to my senior high school will the majority be focused on the report I will gain from SEE. But I don’t understand the majority of the things that I have been taught in school. I know it is not as difficult as it seems but I cannot really focus on whatever is being taught in the class. Neither do I even get time to practice the things taught in the class because extra activities cover up the majority of the time. I have to constantly eat Paracetamol to ease my headache. I am always in my own world but it is the only thing that gives me happiness right now. I feel really disappointed in myself and what I have turned into. I wasn’t like this before but I feel very tired and unwilling to do anything. I stay up late until 2 o’clock to do my assignments and wake up at 6 o’clock to go to school. I know that my friends from other schools have to go to school from 6 am to 6 pm and life is more difficult for them than it is for me. I really blame the education system for this. SEE is like a normal exam but extreme coaching is given to the point that children can no longer have a good sleep. And only getting 5 or fewer hours of sleep, nobody’s body and mind can function properly. I can understand that everybody has their struggle but sometimes people tell me that their struggle is a struggle but whatever I am feeling is unreal and just exaggerated really makes me feel worse than I always have. Because of lack of sleep at home, I constantly yawn in class but even when I yawn, I am scolded by the teacher for being too lazy. How do I tell this that I am not being lazy but I didn’t get adequate sleep? I want to share this with everybody but I don’t want anybody to speak about this to me either. I just don't feel comfortable with anybody. I just want to be with me and alone to be precise. But this is not me. I don't like this version of myself. I wish I could just go somewhere else for at least a couple of months. I need a break; a break from this version of myself; a break from school. I am really confused about everything that is happening. I hope I will become okay really soon.

Thanks for listening to me,
Swikriti

‘मानवता’ 

हरेक कुरामा अगाडि बढ्याैँ हामी 
साेच भने चाहिँ बदलेन हाम्राे 
मानवता छैन यहाँ कसैसँग  
जाे मानवसँग हुनु पर्थ्याे

जीवनमा स्वार्थ अँगाले 
अरू सबै भुले 
वास्ता गर्न छाडे दाेस्राेकाे 
समाज, समाज जस्ताे रहेन 
मात्र रह्याे मानवता हराएकाे

आफ्नै दुनियाँमा हराए सबै 
अरूकाे मत्लव छैन कसैलाई
दुःखी, दुःखी हुँदै गएका छन्
मानिस छन् एक्लै 
वास्ता दिँदैन कसैले 

किन छैन मानवता अहिले 
सहयाेग गर्दैन कसैले
हरायाे मानवता 
खाेज्न जाने कता ?

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मैले आजको दिनसम्म थुप्रै पुस्तकहरू पढिसकेकी छु तर सबैले मेरो मन छुन सकेको भने छैन । मन परेका र मन छुन सफल भएका केही मात्र पुस्तकहरू छन् र तीमध्ये एक अङ्ग्रेजी उपन्यास ‘ब्रिज टु टेराबिथिया’ हो । ‘ब्रिज टु टेराबिथिया’ क्याथरिन प्याटरसनद्वारा लिखित एक सुन्दर उपन्यास हो । याे उपन्यास मुख्यत : मित्रता बन्धनमा आधारित छ । जेस र लेस्ली, उपन्यासका दुई मुख्य पात्र हुन् । ती मिल्ने साथी बन्छन् र साथी बन्ने बाटोमा एकअर्कासँग निकै विवादहरूको सामना पनि गर्छन् । उपन्यासको सुरुवातमा जेस पाँचौँ कक्षामा सबैभन्दा छिटो कुद्ने विद्यार्थी बन्न चाह्नथ्यो तर लेस्ली, जो नयाँ विद्यार्थी थिई, उसले दौड प्रतियोगीता विद्यालय आएको केही दिनमा नै जित्छे । यसै कारणले गर्दा जेसले पहिले लेस्लीलाई मन पराउँदैन । तर जेस र लेस्ली दुबैका अरू कोही साथी नभएकाले र एकअर्का छिमेकी पनि भएकाले साथी बन्छन् । जेसले वास्तवमा लेस्लीलाई साथी बनाउन योग्य सम्झेको हुँदैन किनभने ऊ केटी थिई । यसले हाम्रो समाजको एक नराम्रो पाटोलाई देखाएको छ । हाम्रो समाजले कहिल्यै पनि केटा र केटी साथी मात्र हुन सक्दैन भन्ने सोचलाई अघि सारिरहेको छ र केटा र केटीको मित्रताको मात्र सम्बन्ध भए तापनि मायासँग जोड्ने काम हुँदै गएको छ । उपन्यासमा मे बेले अर्थात् जेसको बहिनीको मिठाइहरू जेनिस एक बदमास् केटीले चोर्छे । यसलाई हाम्रो वास्तविक जीवनसँग जोड्न सक्छौँ । हामीले आफ्नो विद्यालयमा धेरै बदमास साथी वा विद्यार्थीहरू भेट्छौँ जसले आफूभन्दा सानाहरूलाई कुनै आफूसँग शक्ति भएको र आफू ठुलो हो भनेर देखाउनको लागि धम्काउने काम गर्छन् र बिनाकारण सजाय दिन्छन् । उनीहरूले साना भाइबहिनीलाई हेप्ने गर्छन् । धेरैजसो विद्यार्थीहरूलाई धम्की दिए तापनि आवाज उठाउन सबैले सक्दैनन् । तर वास्तविक संसारमा लेस्ली जस्ता विद्यार्थीहरू पनि छन् जो आफ्नो लागि र अरूको लागि पनि आवाज उठाएर बोल्न खोज्छन् । कथामा लेस्ली र जेस मिलेर जेनिसलाई सबक पनि सिकाउँछन् । उपन्यासको अन्तिमतिर जेसले थाहा पाउँछ कि लेस्लीको मृत्यु भयो। लेस्ली उसको एक मात्र मिल्ने साथी थिई जसले उसलाई साहसी र आत्मविश्वासी हुन सिकाएकी थिई । उसले त लेस्लीको मृत्यु भएको कुरा विश्वास नै गर्न अस्वीकार गर्छ तर बिस्तारै उसले यो कुरा सोच्दै र बुझ्दै गर्छ । भर्खर पाँच कक्षामा अध्ययनरत एक छात्रले आफ्नो साथी गुमाएकाे हुन्छ । जेसलाई मृत्युको बारेमा राम्ररी केही थाहा थिएन र उसले आफ्नो त्यति नजिकैको साथीको मृत्यु भएको थाहा पाउनु पऱ्यो । जेसको लागि मृत्यु भन्ने कुरा बुझ्न र वास्तविकतालाई स्वीकार गरेर अघि बढ्न साँच्चै नै गाह्रो काम थियो । ‘ब्रिज टु टेराबिथिया’ एकदमै पढ्न लायक र मन छुने पुस्तक हो र मलाई यो पुस्तक धेरै मन पऱ्यो । यो उपन्यास केही हदसम्म सत्य घटनासँग सम्बन्धित छ भन्ने थाहा पाएपछि मलाई साँच्चै नै भावुक बनायो र मैले जेस पात्रलाई महसुस पनि गरेँ । आफ्नाे  नजिकको मान्छे गुमाउनु भनेको कसैले महसुस गर्न चाहने कुरा होइन र मैले यस्तो पीडा पहिले कहिल्यै अनुभव गरेकी पनि छैन । तर यो किताब पढ्दा कस्तो लाग्छ भन्ने केही हदसम्म बुझ्न सकिन्छ । पुस्तकको सबैभन्दा राम्रो भाग निश्चित रूपमा जेस र लेस्ली बीचको मित्रता नै हो । यसले पाठकहरूलाई एक असल मित्रले आफ्नो जीवनमा कसरी सकारात्मक प्रभाव पार्छ भन्ने कुरा देखाउँछ । एउटा बालक जसको परिवारले उसलाई आफूले रहर गरेको र आफूलाई इच्छा भएको कुरामा कहिल्यै साथ दिएन, त्यो बालकले एउटा असल साथी पाउँछ जसले उसलाई जीवन जिउनु भनेको के हो भनेर महसुस गराउँछे र जब ऊ खुसी हुन थाल्छ र पहिलेभन्दा बढी आत्मविश्वासी हुन थाल्छ, उसले उसलाई एक्लै बनाएर संसार छोडेर जान्छे । यो साँच्चै दु:खद् कुरा हो र मलाई विश्वास छ कि यो पुस्तक  मैले मात्र नभएर अधिकांश पाठकहरूले मन पराएका छन् र मन पराउने छन् ।