नेपालका धेरै जसो ठाउँमा अहिले पनि महिला वा नारीहरूलाई समान व्यवहार गरिदैँन । कतै दाइजो नल्याएको निहुँमा त कतै बोक्सी लागेको आरोपमा महिलालाई शारीरिक यातना दिने, कुटपिट गर्ने जस्ता काम दिन प्रतिदिन भइरहेका छन् । खासगरी यस्ता घटना नेपालका सबै ठाउँमा हुने गरे पनि तराईमा यो समस्या बढी मात्रामा देखिन्छ ।
यो भनेको महिलामाथि बढ्‌दै गएको हिंसा हो । आजको समयमा मानिसमा चेतना बढ्दै गए पनि हिंसाका घटना रोकिएका छैनन् । नारी र पुरुष बराबरी भने पनि व्यवहारमा यस्तो बराबरी वा समानता पाइँदैन । पुरुषले घर बाहिरको काम गर्छन् । घरभित्र र घरबाहिर काम गर्ने महिलाले गरेको काम समाजले देख्दैन । हरेक दिन घरलाई राम्रो बनाउन काम गर्ने भनेका महिला नै हुन् । कतिपय ठाउँमा महिलाले चाहँदा चाहदै पनि महिलालाई घर बाहिर काम गर्न दिइँदैन । महिलाले आफूले पाएको अधिकारको प्रयोग गर्न पाएका हुँदैनन् । पुरुष सरह पढ्न पाउने, आफूलाई मन परेको काम वा पेसा छनोट गर्ने उसको अधिकार हो तर यसमा समाज र परिवारले महिलालाई बन्देज लगाएको हुन्छ । केटी मान्छेले पढेर के गर्ने हो ? केटी मान्छे भएर त घरको काम गर्नुपर्छ भन्ने सोचाइ अहिलेसम्म पनि नेपाली समाजमा रहिरहेको छ । यो देशका हरेक महिलाले आफ्नो अधिकारको सही उपयोग गर्न पाउनुपर्छ । महिलाले घरको काम मात्र गरोस् भन्ने पुरुषको र परिवारको सोचाइ कहिले हराउला ?
महिला र पुरुष दुवैमा देशका लागि केही गर्न सक्ने क्षमता हुन्छ । त्यसैले महिलालाई पनि पुरुषसरह खुला आकाशमा उड्न दिनुपर्छ। महिला भनेकी यस्ती शक्ति हुन् जसले आफ्नो भन्दा पनि आफ्ना पनि परिवार र सन्तानको चिन्ता गर्छिन् । आफ्ना व्यथा लुकाएर मुस्कुराउँदै अरूको खुसीमा रमाउँछिन् । परिवार र सन्तानका लागि दिनरात खट्छिन् । त्यसैले महिलालाई सम्मान र समान व्यवहार गर्न सिकौँ ।

At a night full of stars, she was all I saw
She was my hope, she was my dream
She was my life, also my hope to live
Now she’s gone, in the midst of this mist.

A life without her is not a life at all
Fighting with myself all night long
Crying, sobbing and dealing with drugs
These pain killers are just not enough.

My biggest mistake was loving you too much
Waste of time was all it was
I wanted you to love me
But all you ever did was hurt me.

Faking your love was all you ever did
Our times together do you remember?
Those golden moments in our memories forever
All I ever wanted was for us to be together.

छ अच्चाम्मको संसार यो 
घट्छन् निकै घटना यहाँ 
सबै छन् आफ्नैमा 
उसको छैन कोही यहाँ

अच्चम्म लाग्छ मलाई 
देख्दैन कोही मानवता 
अर्काको सहयोग गर्नु परेको कुरा 
खुट्टा पो तानछन् उल्टै

के कमी छ र यहाँ ?
अरूको वास्तै नगरौँ 
समय छ महत्त्वपूर्ण यहाँ 
हतार छ सबैलाई

समाजको छ डर 
डर बोक्दै हिँड्छौ 
कहिले बदलिएला संसार 
कहिले पाउने आजादी

खोजीमा यो आजादीको 
यो संसार बाट टाढा 
आफ्नै संसारमा 
आनन्द र शान्तिको।

This feeling of happiness struck in my head
The feeling of success
After passing the test
I knew that I had tried my best.

Oh! The bright smile on my face
Oh! This Adrenaline rush in my veins
All the nervousness on my face
Had finally faded away.

I felt thankful for my life 
My parents gave
Then reality kicked in and
I woke up in my bed.

The feeling of failure hit me again
The word failure struck my head
Oh that bright smile I had on my face
When I felt the feeling of success.

मेरो जीवन सुखमय बनाउन
प्रकृतिले मसँग केही लिएको छैन ।
तर  मैले प्रकृतिलाई संरक्षण
गर्न केही काम गरेकी छैन ।

खुसीले मक्ख हुन्छ मेरो मन 
जब म पाउँछु प्रकृतिको माया 
मेरो हृदय हरपल भन्दछ 
खोज्छु म प्रकृतिको छाँया ||

जन्मेदेखि प्रकृतिको काखमा 
हुर्केको मेरो सानो ज्यान |  
प्रकृतिले नै मेरो मन र मस्तिष्कमा 
बढाउँदै लगेको छ ज्ञान॥

प्रकृतिविना हुन्छ अधुराे
मेरो जीवन अधुराे  
प्रकृतिको संरक्षण गर्न
गर्छु म मेरो कर्तव्य पूरा।।

सोचेको पनि थिएन
जीवनमा कोही यस्तो महत्त्वपूर्ण हुन सक्छ
त्यो नम्र बानीले मलाई अझै  
सम्मान दिन बाध्य बनाउँछ ।

याद आउँछ सँगै बिताएका पलहरू
ती बगेका खुसीका आँसुहरू
लाग्छ म छु साह्रै भाग्यमानी 
अरूले चिन्न नसकेको तिमीलाई चिन्न पाउँदा

व्यक्त नै गर्न सक्दिनँ 
त्यो खुसी
तिमीलाई पहिलो चाेटी भेट्न पाउँदा 
अपरिचित भए पनि पहिलो चोटी तिम्रो अँगालाेमा बाँधिएको बेला 
सुरक्षित महसुस भएका मेरा भावनाहरू अझै झल्किन्छन् आँखामा

उत्प्रेरित नभएको बेला तिम्रो त्यो सङ्गीतले 
मलाई सहयाेग गर्ने गर्छ 
त्यसैले त तिमीलाई भन्ने गर्छु मेरो 
सबै थोक हाै  तिमी ।
 

This is a story of the past. In a village, there lived an elderly couple. They always wanted a son, but instead got a daughter. They tried numerous times in hopes for a son, but it never happened. They dressed up their daughter as a boy, changed her name to a more “manly” name and told everyone that they had a son. This lie wouldn’t last for too long and everyone found out that they had a daughter. They left their daughter to die at the age of 5. The small girl was chased away from her village by her relatives. She ended up in a completely different village where she didn’t know anyone. Without any food and shelter, she had to live on the streets. One day she was found by a stranger and was handed over to an orphanage. The orphanage provided everything from delicious food to clothing and shelter, but it lacked good education. As a result, the small girl only had a decent education and didn’t know english. She grew up around other orphan children like her and loved to play with them.

One day, a couple came to the orphanage and adopted her. The couple were unsuccessful in having a child and had to adopt instead. The girl’s new parents told her that she would be treated like a queen. But, this wouldn’t last for very long. They took care of her for a few weeks, after which they realized how difficult it was to take care of a child. They tried to return the girl back to the orphanage, but they wouldn’t accept it. They kept the girl in their house for a couple of years, and when she turned 13, her parents abandoned her. She returned to her old village and one of her neighbors recognized her and asked why she had returned to the village. She told the whole story and her neighbor told her that she had a brother who was living in Kathmandu. When she asked why her parents abandoned her then. Her neighbor replied that her brother had feminine traits since he was born and her parents sent him to live in Kathmandu to hide it from others.

The girl had no money to go to Kathmandu, so when she asked the neighbor to take her to Kathmandu, he agreed. The girl was looking for her brother in Kathmandu. Her neighbor had told her that her brother's name was Abhinav, and when she looked for him in this big city, she never found him. But one day, police reported to Abhinav that a little girl was looking for him. He didn’t know who it was, the little girl explained to him that she was his sister. But, Abhinav was not agreeing to trust her. At the end of the day, he let her into his house and soon Abhinav felt that she was telling the truth. Abhinav had changed over time and had a wife. Abhinav, his wife and the little girl lived happily ever after.

In the year of 2000 I was born in a countryside village to a farmer household. I had 2 brothers and 1 sister. My parents loved everyone in our family and I had a normal childhood. But one day my oldest brother and my younger sister tragically died in a school bus accident when I was in the 5th grade. My elder brother and I had not gone to school that day because we had caught a huge fever and I thought I was going to die. All of us were devastated after finding out about the deaths of their children. They cried a lot and it took them a year to partially recover.

Then life started moving on normally, when I was in 8th grade when a major incident occurred. It was the beginning of the year and like normal I was heading to the class. I was an average student. I was not particularly good in any subjects and I had average student friends with whom I spent time with after school. They were not bright students but were good friends and they supported me in every incident imaginable. My friends and I entered the classroom and we went to our desks. She was our previous class teacher and this year as well. Then a new boy entered the classroom. He was a handsome boy, I saw him and my chin dropped and I fell in love with him at first sight and immediately imagined marrying him but reality struck and I realized that I was a boy and had romantic feelings for another boy later I come to identify myself as gay. Then the teacher told him to introduce himself. Then he started speaking, “My name is Jack. Nice to meet all of you”.

Then the days began to go by and each day the love for him began to grow. Then on our last day of school I confessed my love for him, after a very nervous talk and to my surprise he reciprocated them. Then I started spending time with him. Jack’s parents were superstars and had a lot of influence on the internet. I was in 11th grade when my life went downhill. By that time I had fully come to terms about my sexuality. Then one day some of our classmates caught Jack and I kissing, they took a pic sneakily and leaked it on the internet. Jack's parents upon seeing the photo were shocked, they called the guard, got me beat up and thrown out and we were forbidden to see each other. The photo that was leaked went viral and I had a lot of haters and my parents also kicked me out because I was gay even my brother who admired me looked at me in a disgusting way. My parents began cursing me and they yelled that they wished I had died in the  rash and not my other siblings. It hurt a lot. I had a hard time living and starved most of the days because I didn't get food. I could get a job but that was tough because of that leaked photo. Everyone knew me in that photo and they used to beat me up to a plump just because I was attracted to the same gender. Then I met an old lady who ran a tea shop she accepted my request and when she learned  I was gay she just laughed and encouraged me not to give up in life I was very inspired from her words and I had just financially managed to survive then one day our President Joe Biden declared that June was the month of LGBTQ+ which was know as the month of pride.

After declaring that many people from whom I got hate comments from apologised and I naturally forgave them. One day while I was working in the tea shop I got a phone call from my brother, he apologized to me and he told me that my parents both died due to heart disease and after hearing that I dropped my phone and I started crying. My parents died with hate in their heart for me or maybe not, who knows. But I will never be able to live a full life knowing I was unable to make amends with them before they departed this world.

नेपाल कला र संस्कृतिमा धनी हाे । नेपालमा बसोबास गर्ने धेरै मानिसहरू विभिन्न धर्म र संस्कृतिको पालना गर्छन् । यहाँकाे धर्म र संस्कृतिले नेपालको विविधता झल्काएकाे छ । हाम्रा राष्ट्रिय सम्पदाहरूले हाम्रो देशमा पर्यटकहरूलाई आकर्षित गरेका छन्।
राष्ट्रिय सम्पदाहरूले देशको आर्थिक स्थिति र प्राकृतिक सौन्दर्य बढाउन मद्दत गर्दछन् । हाम्रा राष्ट्रिय सम्पदाहरूले हाम्रो पुरातन समाजका साथै हाम्रा गौरव संस्कृति र परम्पराहरूलाई विश्वमा चिनाउने काम गरेका छन् । पर्यटकहरूले हाम्रो सम्पदाको प्रशंसा गर्छन् । मन्दिर, गुम्बा, मस्जिद ,चर्च आदि हाम्रा धार्मिक सम्पदाहरू हुन् । हाम्रा भाषा, पहिरन, कला, जीवनशैली हाम्रा सांस्कृतिक सम्पदा हुन् । त्यसैगरी हिमाल, ताल, नदी, झरना, राष्ट्रिय निकुञ्ज हाम्रा प्राकृतिक सम्पदा र राष्ट्रिय सम्पत्ति हुन् । पशुपतिनाथ मन्दिर, हनुमानढोका दरबार स्क्वायर, पाटन दरबार स्क्वायर, भक्तपुर दरबार स्क्वायर, चाँगुनारायण मन्दिर, लुम्बिनी, बौद्धनाथ मन्दिर, स्वयम्भूनाथ मन्दिर, चितवन राष्ट्रिय निकुञ्ज र सगरमाथा राष्ट्रिय निकुञ्ज हाम्रा विश्व सम्पदा सूचीमा उल्लेख छन् । हाम्रो वेषभूषा, लोक सङ्गीत, चाडपर्व, परम्परा, नृत्य पनि हाम्रा सांस्कृतिक सम्पदाहरू  हुन् ।
राष्ट्रिय सम्पदा भनेका हाम्रा चिनारी हुन् । हामीले हाम्रा सम्पदा जोगाउनुपर्छ । आजकाल हाम्रा सम्पदाहरूकाे उचित संरक्षण भएकाे छैन ।  हामीले हाम्रा सम्पदाहरूलाई संरक्षण गर्नुपर्छ । हाम्रा सम्पदाहरू दिनप्रतिदिन फोहोर हुँदै गएका छन् । हामीले यसतर्फ ध्यान दिनुपर्छ । हाम्रा सम्पदाहरूले पर्यटकलाई आकर्षित गर्छन् । जसले गर्दा धेरैभन्दा धेरै पर्यटकहरू नेपाल घुम्न आउँछन् । पर्यटकहरूले आआफ्नाे देशमा हाम्राे देशकाे प्रचारप्रसार गर्छन् । पर्यटकहरू नेपाल घुम्न आउँदा हाम्राे देशले  विदेशी मुद्रा आर्जन गर्छ  र त्यसले देशविकासमा  सहयाेग पुर्याउँछ । 

It had been seven years since Ramesh left his home, as a teen who had been left to fend for himself, only he knew how hard it was to survive. He used to live with his younger brother Suresh and mother Ramisha. The only thing Ramesh remembered about his mother is that he and his mother used to fight regularly. Suresh was 2 years younger than Ramesh so it was a bit of pressure for him to take care of his younger brother when his mother used to go out and work. Suresh had just entered his teen phase, he was confused as it is and found it very strange that he was not attracted towards girls but rather he was attracted towards boys. Suresh studied a bit more about why he was attracted to boys while every other boy was attracted to girls. He later found out that he was gay. Suresh who lived in a middle class family was unaware of the conequences that could occur for identifying as a gay person.

After 3 years of hiding his sexuality from people he was frustrated and felt like telling his family regardless. A case of an LGBTQI+ community was just registered so he had gained a little bit of confidence about opening up his sexuality to his family. He had to think for a long while and with a bit of courage, he went to his brother and confessed. At first, his brother took the statement as a joke but after several moments he was a bit worried. Now that Suresh had shared about his sexuality, he was worried about how his mother would react. His brother said was normal and nothing to be ashamed of. After hearing such pleasing words Suresh was happy and said the same thing to his mother but this time it was different. After the first seconds of silence between Suresh and his mother, Suresh stated that he liked guys rather than girls. His mother was shocked and burst into tears. She started screaming and scolding Suresh as if he had committed a crime confessing about his sexuality. This time he was a bit scared and was on the verge of beating him. After hearing his mother scream like crazy, Suresh’s brother came to check what had happened but after finding out what the case was, Suresh’s brother tried to explain that it wasn’t Suresh’s fault and it is completely normal. Suresh’s brother explained that ignoring a person or discriminating a person because of the person’s gender is not the right thing to do as gender does not matter in case of rights and respect. Suresh’s mother stopped screaming and apologized to Suresh and hugged, comforting him. But she admitted that she could never accept him for who he was and she kicked him out.

Looking back, Ramesh knew in his heart that his mother loved him, but not enough to be there for him. All he could do was bury the hurtful memories deep in his heart. Afterall, not all children are fortunate enough to have loving and supportive parents.

करिब छ महिना अघिपुस १२ गते मेरो बुबा विदेश (माल्दिभ्स) जानुभयो । उहाँ जानु भएको दिन मेरी आमा धेरै रुनुभयो किनभने उहाँ मेरो बुबाबाट टाढा हुन लाग्नु भएको थियो तर मैले आफ्नो जिम्मेवारी पहिले नै बुझेकोले म रोइनँ । बुवा जानुभन्दा अगाडि अँगालो हाल्दा मेरो आँखामा आँसुका थोपा झरेका थिए तर मैले आफ्नो भावना व्यक्त गरिनँ किनकि मलाई थाहा थियो यदि, म पनि रोएँ भने मेरी आमा झनै दुःखी हुनुहुनेछ । हामी सबैलाई धेरै दुःख लागेको थियो । म र मेरी आमा अनि हजुरआमा दुःखी थियाैँ तर मेरो भाइले त्यसमा कत्ति पनि चिन्ता गरेन । सायद ऊ त्यस्ता कुरा बुझ्न सानै थियो । त्यतिबेला मेरो घर पनि मर्मत भइरहेको थियो । घरमा बुबा नहुँदा त्यो बेला साँच्चै गाह्रो थियो । हामीले समानहरू यताउता यताउता गरिरहनुपर्थ्यो । मेरी आमा र मैले त्यस समयमा सबैभन्दा बढी काम गर्यौँ । त्यसबेला मेरो ठुली आमाले पनि हामीलाई धेरै सहयोग गर्नुभयो । बुबा विदेश जानाले धेरै गारो भयो । उहाँ एक्लैले सम्पूर्ण परिवारको हेरचाह गर्नुपर्छ । उहाँले हामीलाई खुवाउनुपर्छ । मलाई र मेरो भाइलाई स्कुल पठाउनुपर्छ । भाइलाई स्कुलबाट ल्याउनुपर्छ । उहाँले मेरी हजुरआमाको पनि हेरचाह गर्नुपर्छ । त्यसैले उहाँलाई धेरै गारो पर्याे । त्यसैले पनि मैले मेरी आमालाई सकेसम्म मद्दत गरेँ।
बिस्तारै दिन बित्दै गयो र बुबा घरमा नभएको बानी पर्यो । त्यही पनि हाम्रो मेसेन्जर वा भाइबरमा कुरा भइरहन्छ । बुबाले मलाई सधैँ आमालाई मद्दत गर्नू, उहाँको हेरचाह गर्नू, भाइलाई उसको पढाइमा मद्दत गर्नू, मेरी हजुरआमाको हेरचाह गर्नू भन्नुहुन्छ ।  बुबाका यी कुराहरूले मलाई प्रेरणा र हौसला दिन्छन् । मलाई मेरो परिवारलाई मद्दत गर्न प्रोत्साहन गर्छ । जसले मलाई परिवारप्रतिको जिम्मेवारी महसुस गराउँछ ।
बुबा गएका महिनौँपछि हजुरआमा बिरामी हुनुभयो । म निकै डराएको थिएँ । म, मेरी आमा, ठुलो बुबा मेरी हजुरआमालाई लिएर हतार हतार हस्पिटल गयौँ । मलाई हजुरआमाको हेरचाह गर्नू भनेर मेरो बुबाले भनेका शब्दहरू मैले सम्झिएँ । बेलुका ८ बजे अस्पताल गयौँ र बिहान ५ बजेसम्म बस्यौँ । डाक्टरहरूले केही परीक्षण गरे र हामीले थाहा पायौँ  कि उहाँलाई थाइराइड भएकाे रहेछ । हामी धेरै डरायौँ । बिहान ५ बजे निकै थाकेर घर पुग्यौँ । म र मेरी आमाले मेरो बुबालाई यसबारे बताइसकेपछि उहाँ पनि धेरै छक्क पर्नुभयो  र डराउनु भयो । मेरो बुबाले हामीलाई हजुरआमालाई के खुवाउने भनेर  बताउनुभयो किनभने उहाँले अब थाइराडलाई असर नगर्ने चीजहरू मात्र खानुपर्छ । 
बुबा घरमा नहुँदा यति धेरै गाह्रो हुन्छ भन्ने मलाई थाहा थिएन । हाम्रो हातमा धेरै काम र यति धेरै जिम्मेवारी पर्छ भन्ने कुरा मलाइ पत्तै थिएन ।  त्यसपछि मैले आफ्ना बुबाआमा विदेशमा काम गर्ने साथीहरूको बारेमा सोचेँ। कति गाह्रो होला उनीहरूलाई  र उनीहरूका अभिभावकलाई भनेर । साँच्चै मैले त्यस्तो जिम्मेवारी कहिल्यै पाइन र त्यस्ता कठिनाइहरूको सामना कहिलै गरेको थिइनँ ।  

कुनै एक राज्यमा हरेक ५ वर्षमा भोट हाल्ने नियम थियो । गाउँकाे जनसङ्ख्या खासै धेरै थिएन । गाउँमा करिब ६००० जति मतदाता थिए । धेरै जसो युवाहरू गाउँभन्दा बाहिर कामकाे सिलसिलमा विदेश गएका थिए ।  गाउँ बाहिर गएका युवाहरू गाउँ हत्तपत्त फर्किदैनथे । कमाएर घरमा ल्याउने परिवार पाल्ने जिम्मेवारी युवाहरूकाे काँधमा थियाे । 
हरेक ५, ५  वर्षमा हुने चुनावमा एउटै मात्र विजेता हुन्थ्यो । ऊ चाहिँ उमेरकाे हिसाबले ७० वर्ष कटिसकेको थियो । उसलाई त्याे ठाउँबाट  सबैले भोट गर्थे तर ऊ चाहिँ भ्रष्ट नेता थियो । गाउँकाे विकास गर्दैनथ्यो । त्यही गाउँमा रामकृष्ण नाम गरेकाे अर्काे मानिस पनि बस्थ्यो । ऊ चाहिँ पुग नगुग ३० वर्षकाे जत्तिकाे हाेला । ऊ चाहिँ युवा विदेशमा गएर अध्ययन गरेकाे थियाे । उसलाई गाउँकाे विकास कसरी गर्ने भन्ने तरिका थाह थियो । उसले गाउँका अरू मानिसहरूलाई पनि सक्दाे मद्दत गर्थ्यो । गाउँ फर्कँदा उसले केही विकास देख्न चाहन्थ्याे । गाउँका मानिसलाई सोध्याे । गाउँलेहरूले उसलाई आफ्नाे ठाउँका नेता भ्रष्ट भएकाे र गाउँमा कुनै विकास नभएकाे बताए ।  

उसले अब राजनीति गर्ने र विदेश नजाने साेच बनायाे । चुनाव आउन एक वर्ष जति बाँकी थियाे । समाजमा राम्रा काम गर्दै जान थाल्याे । असहायलाई सहयाेग गर्दै जान थाल्याे । गाउँलेहरूले उसलाई मन पराउन थाले । उसले गाउँलेहरूकाे मन जित्दै जान थाल्याे । अन्ततः एक दिन चुनावकाे दिन आयाे । चुनाव पनि सकियाे, भाेट गनेर पनि सकियाे । ऊ विजयी भयाे । त्यो ५ वर्षमा उसले गाउँमा धेरै विकास गर्याे । थुप्रै सामाजिक काम गर्‍यो । गाउँटाेलकाे सरसफाइदेखि खानेपानी सबै सुविधा उसले जनतालाई दियाे । गाउँमा स्वास्थ्य चाैकीकाे स्थापना गर्याे । स्वास्थ्य चाैकी स्थापना भएपछि सामान्य उपचारका बिरामी टाढा जानु परेन ।  विद्यालयकाे रेखदेख गर्न थाल्याे । विद्यालयमा राम्राे पढाइ हुन थाल्याे । शाैचालयकाे राम्राे व्यवस्था भयाे । बाटाहरू बन्न थाले  जनताहरू निकै खुसी भए । जनताकाे सेवा गर्न पाएकामा ऊ पनि निकै मख्ख थियाे ।