दसैँ पर्व नेपालको सबैभन्दा ठुलो चाड हो । नेपालभर हिन्दु धर्मावलम्बीहरूले दसैँ मनाउने गर्दछन् । यो पर्व मानिसमा खुसी ल्याउने र पर्व हो । दसैँ सामान्यतया नेपाली महिना आश्विनमा पर्दछ। दसैँमा घटस्थापनाका दिनदेखि नै विशेष अनुष्ठान र गतिविधिहरू देखिन्छ । घटस्थापनाका दिन मानिसहरूले आफ्नो घरको पवित्र कुनामा धान मकै र जौको बीउ रोपेर जमरा उमार्छन् । 
दसैँ पर्वको पहिलो नौ दिनलाई नवरात्री भनिन्छ। यस अवधिमा देवी दुर्गाको पूजा गरिन्छ। सातौँ दिनलाई फुलपाती भनिन्छ । फुलपाती देखि ९औँ दिनसम्म मानिसहरूले बोका, हाँस, भैँसी र अन्य चराचुरुङ्गीहरूको बलि चढाउँछन्। तिनीहरू देवी दुर्गाको प्रतिमाको पूजा गर्छन्। उनीहरूले शक्ति र समृद्धिको लागि उनको आशीर्वादको कामना गर्छन् । टीकाको मुख्य दिन अर्थात् । दशौँ  दिनलाई विजया दशमी भनिन्छ। 
दशमीका दिन मानिसहरूले निधारमा टीका शिरमा जमरा लगाई आफूभन्दा ठुलाकाे हातबाट सुस्वास्थ्य, सुख र ,उन्नतिकाे आशीर्वाद लिने गर्दछन् । उल्लासमय वातावरणमा मानिसहरू नयाँ लुगा लगाउँदै रमाउँछन् । आफन्तहरूलाई भेट्न र स्वादिष्ट खानाको आनन्द लिन्छन्। परिवारका सदस्यहरू भेला भएर रमाइलो गर्छन् । मानिसहरू आफ्ना चिन्ताहरू बिर्सन्छन् र भोज र आनन्दमा व्यस्त हुन्छन् । यस समयमा विद्यालय, कार्यालय, सङ्घसंस्था आदि बन्द रहन्छन् र टाढा टाढाका मानिसहरू चाडपर्व मनाउनका लागि आफन्तजनसँग घर फर्किन्छन्।
तिहार हिन्दुधर्मावलम्वी नेपालीहरूकाे दोस्रो ठुलो चाड हो । यो पाँच दिनसम्म मनाइन्छ र नेपालको परम्परागत सांस्कृतिक विशेषताहरू प्रदान गरिन्छ। तिहारलाई यमपञ्चक पनि भनिन्छ । पाँच दिनसम्म मनाइने हुनाले यसलाई यमपञ्चक पनि भनिएकाे हाे । तिहारको पहिलो दिन कागको पूजा गर्ने गरिन्छ । मानिसहरू प्रायः कागको लागि मिठा खानेकुरा दिन्छन् । तिहारको दोस्रो दिन  कुकुरलाई पूजा गरी माला लगाएर मिठा खानेकुरा दिइन्छ । तेस्रो दिन माता लक्ष्मीको स्वागत गर्ने गरिन्छ । घर घरमा लक्ष्मी माताकाे भव्य पूजा गरिन्छ र सुख र वैभवकी देवी लक्ष्मीलाई भित्र्याइन्छ । चौथो दिन गाईलाई पूजाआजा गरी माला लगाएर मिठामिठा खानेकुरा खान दिइन्छ । पाँचौंँ दिन दाजुभाइलाई दिदीबहिनीहरूले र दिदीबहिनीहरूलाई दाजुभाइले सप्तरङ्गी टीका लगाइदिने र उपहार दिने गरिन्छ। यसरी नेपालमा दसैँ र तिहार मनाउने गरिन्छ ।
 

Traditional art represents the history, customs  and tradition of the country; they also represent the life style, environment of the society. Painting is an art of expressing an object or idea in the form of a picture. In a painting a person can express their idea, feeling, knowledge etc. the paintings which are made in Nepal are based on the  religion of our country. The traditional art of Nepal is based on the culture, lifestyle etc of the country. Paintings can be made on the walls, palm leaf, paper, clothes etc. the  paintings found in Nepal are divided into three types: book painting, scroll painting and wall painting.

Book paintings are those paintings which are found in different books. Book paintings are the oldest type of painting among the Nepalese paintings. It is believed that book paintings were used to write and copy sacred scripts.  Palm leafs, bank of tree, copper plate etc were used for writing scripts on. The book paintings consist of design or paintings on the middle or at the edge and writing on both sides.  This type of painting is also called grantha chitra

Scroll paintings are those paintings which are drawn on cloth. Scroll painting is also called paubha chitra.  It is classified into two types: pata and mandala. In pata painting the picture of the main god is drawn at center with other gods around the main god. In mandala painting an object like a swastika is made in the center and other gods are made around it.

Wall paintings are those paintings which are made in walls of houses, temples etc. Wall paintings are also called bhitti chitra. In this painting different symbols of god are made on the walls. It is believed that if we have this kind of painting then devils and bad spirits can not harm us. Eg: Picture or painting of naag is also pasted on the door every year, on the auspicious day of Naag panchami.
 

Annelies Marie Frank was born 12 June, 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany. She was a young Jewish girl who became the victim of Nazis. She became popular and gained fame in 1947 with the publication of “The diary of a young girl”. In her diary she mentions her life in the secret annex, fearing for their lives.

As she lost her citizenship in 1941 and became stateless. The Franks were trapped by May 1940 in Amsterdam, after that they went hiding in concealed rooms. Anne had a diary with her which she had received as a gift, she used to update her daily life and wrote short stories in it. The franks were transferred to concentration camps.

Following the arrest of Anne's family, Miep (one of the Dutch office workers) finds Anne's diary hoping that she will return it to the owner which is Anne after the war. Anne's father survived the Holocaust and after he received confirmation that Margot and Anne, Miep handed him Anne's diary. Father Otto Frank was confused on whether he should publish Anne's thoughts which she wrote in her diary. Father knew about Anne's wish and dream to be a writer. He afterward decided to publish. Anne became famous because of her diary. “The diary of a young girl” was then translated into many different languages and gained a lot of popularity. 

In that diary, she wrote about the experiences, feelings, observations, fear, hopes, and dreams she had including her family and friends. That diary was the only dearest friend she had so she expressed innermost thoughts in her diary. She also wrote about the love she has for her father. She was 13 when she, along with her family went into hiding. Her diary made a strong impact on the world as she has humanized the lost lives of the Nazi regime. 

डेबिड बेनेट विश्वका पहिला त्यस्ता व्यक्ति हुन् जसको शरीरमा अहिले सुँगुरको मुटुले काम गरेको छ । मुटुका रोगका गम्भीर बिरामी ५७ वर्षीय पुरुषमा आनुवंशिक रूपमा सुँगुरको मटु प्रत्यारोपण गरिएको छ । मानिसमा सुँगुरको मुटु सफल प्रत्यारोपण गरिएको यो पहिलोपटक  घटना हो । यो शल्यक्रिया गर्न चिकित्सकलाई ८ घण्टा लागेको थियो । युनिभर्सिटी अफ मेरिल्यान्ड मेडिकल सेन्टरका चिकित्सकले अमेरिकाको बाल्टिमोरमा सुँगुरको मुटु प्रत्यारोपण गरिएका डेबिड बेनेटको स्वास्थ्य  अहिले सामान्य रहेको छ । 
प्रत्यारोपण गरिएको मुटुले धड्कन र रक्तचाप सिर्जना गरेको छ।  शल्यक्रियामा संलग्न चिकित्सक डा. वार्टले ग्रिफिथका अनुसार प्रत्यारोपण गरिएको मुटुले काम गरेको छ। यो सामान्य देखिएको छ। “हामी अत्यन्त खुसी छौँ तर भोलि के हुन्छ भन्ने हामीलाई थाहा छैन।” भन्ने कुरा चिकित्सकले बताएका छन् । चिकित्सकका अनुसार   यस्तो प्रत्यारोपण यसअघि कहिल्यै भएको थिएन ।
मानिसको शरीरले स्वीकार नगर्ने सुँगुरको मुटु बनाउन वैज्ञानिकले पछिल्ला केही वर्षदेखि अथक प्रयास गर्दै आएका थिए । यसका लागि सुँगुरमा आनुवंशिक सम्पादन र क्लोनिङ प्रविधिको मद्दत लिइएको थियो। केही महिनाअघि न्युयोर्कमा चिकित्सकले आनुवंशिक रूपमा परिवर्तन गरिएको सुुगुरको मिर्गौला एक ‘व्रेन डेथ’ भएका बिरामीमा सफलतापूर्वक प्रत्यारोपण गरेका थिए।
मृत्यको संघारमा पुगेका बेनेट प्रयोगात्मक उपचार (सुँगुरको मुटु प्रत्यारोपण) का लागि तयार भएका थिए। बेनेट मानव मुटु प्रत्यारोपण थेग्न नसक्ने अवस्थामा थिए । अन्य उपचारले पनि केही काम नगर्ने स्थितिमा उनी पुगेका थिए। बेनेटको अवस्था आगामी दिनमा कस्तो होला भन्ने कुरा कसैलाई पनि थाह छैन। किनभने यो पहिलो र नौलो प्रयोग पनि हो । उनी अहिले पनि मुटु र फोक्सो जोड्ने बाइपास मेसिनको सहारामा छन् । तर प्रत्यारोपण गरिएको नयाँ मुटुले काम गरेका कारण एकदुई दिनभित्रै बेनेटलाई यो मेसिनबाट बाहिर निकाल्ने तयारी भइरहेको कुरा चिकित्सकहरूले बताएका छन् । 
विश्वमा एकपछि अर्को गर्दै दिनानुदिन स्वास्थ्य क्षेत्रमा पनि निकै नौला नौला प्रयोग र परीक्षण भइरहेका छन् । विकसित देशमा यस्ता अनुसन्धान परीक्षण हुँदै जाँदा नेपालमा भने कोरोना महामारी बढ्दै जाँदा सर्वसाधारण जनताले सिटामोल पाउन पनि गाह्रो छ।
 

Covid started 2 years ago and due to it we are living a different life right now. We were not able to go school and only one option left was online school. Staying home and taking online classes was a great experience. This pandemic made me learn so many new things. Our life was completely changed. Not being able to go outside, our parents used to scold us because we were using electronic devices a lot but due to this pandemic we were forced to use these electronic devices. Without these electronic devices we were not able to study. We were forced to put on a mask but now if we don’t wear a mask it feels like something is missing. Studying online classes for more than 8 months and after that we had our physical education. Going to school after more than 8 months felt something new seeing my friends only from the screen and meeting them after 10 months felt special. Due to loneliness Covid also made many people's mental health really bad. Parents who didn't save money had a really tough time. Many people died due to hunger, many people died due to covid. Covid has really changed our life in a way where we had nearly spent most of our time inside our house alone using our device only. For some people life was easier but it was not easy at all. Many people's businesses went into loss. Covid hampered the lives of many people, hampered the life of students due to online classes and physical exams and which made the government cancel the exams. Many people lost their few years of study. Many people were not able to go abroad and had to stay here jobless and were not able to continue their studies. Lockdown became different for so many people. Some were having a great time with their families and some were starving from hunger. Many street animals were also starving. No one expected these things to happen covid became worse many people lost their loved ones. Covid’s 3 rd wave is found now. Covid made many people homeless. Covid made a huge loss of many peoples. Covid changed many lives and many people made their career through games. Online games were hyped and that made the people make their career. Due to lockdown many students were also not able to join the online classes because they didn't have electronic devices, a proper internet. Life was complicated. We had a new experience in our life. These technologies made our lockdown easier and due to covid we were and we still are living this life. 

ओइ!  माया घर फर्की आमा भान्साबाट कराउनुभयो । रात छिप्पिइसकेको मायालाई थाह नै भएन । साथीहरूलाई ल “म घर जान्छु है !” भन्दै माया घरतर्फ लागी । दैनिकी जस्तै हातखुट्टा धोएर एक छिन बसेपछि खाना खान भान्साकोठामा छिर्दा आज आमाले मायाका लागि खाना नै पस्कनुभएको थिएन । माया अचम्म मान्दै आमालाई आमा ! “मलाई खाना खान दिनुन” भनी । उसले  आमा सुतिसकेको देखी । भर्खर आमाले उसलाई घर आऊ भन्दै कराउँदै हुनुहुन्थ्यो । यति छिट्टै आमालाई गहिरो निद्रामा देख्दा माया छक्क परी । आमाले नदिएपछि आज माया खाना नखाई सुत्ने भई । अहिलेसम्म पनि बा घर नफर्केकाले ऊ बाको प्रतीक्षा गर्न थाली । आठ बजिसकेको थियो। रात क्रमशः छिप्पिदैँ गयो बा अझै आएनन्। माया आत्तिन थाली । आमा पनि उठिनन् । मायाले आमा !आमा !!  “किन नउठ्नु भएको ? उठ्नुहोस् न” भन्दै आमालाई उठाउन थाली । लाखौँ प्रयास गर्दा पनि आमा उठिनन् । लौन मेरी आमालाई के भयो ? मेरी आमालाई के भयो ? अब बसेर चिच्याउन थाली । मायालाई आमासँग रिस उठ्न थाल्यो। छिमेकीको घर जान उसलाई आँट पनि आएन । कुनै जनावरले आमालाई केही गर्‍यो कि ? कतै आमाले विष सेवन त गरिनन् ? माया छट्पटाउन थाली । आमासँग तर्सिन थाली ।
आमा सबेरै उठेर पूजापाठ गर्न थालेकी थिइन् । अचानक जोड जोडले माया निद्रामै रोइरहेको र आत्तिएको देखेर आमाले मायालाई उठाउन थालिन् । माया तिमीलाई के भो छोरी उठ ! मायाले आँखा खोली । आमा उसको अगाडि थिइन् । माया झटपट उठेर आमाको काखमा बसी र आँसु पुछ्न थाली ।
 

Helen Keller was a famous author, a speaker and a political activist. She has given many motivational speeches about the condition of people with disabilities. Helen Keller was born on June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. When she was nineteen month old she lost her hearing and sight. Later when she reached the age of seven she met her teacher, Anne Sullivan who taught her reading and writing. After she attended Radcliffe College of Harvard University, she became the first deafblind person to get a degree of Bachelor of Arts.

At the age of eleven Helen wrote a book named the frost king. Later at the age of twenty two, Helen wrote her autobiography “The Story of My Life”. She wrote her autobiography upto age twenty one. In 1908 AD she wrote “The World I live In” which let the readers know how she saw the world. Later on Keller became a famous author and was also a voice for the people with disabilities. She went to many countries and gave many motivational speeches. She also founded the Helen Keller Organization. It is also known as the HKI organization. The priorities of HKI organization is to save the sights of people, sharing knowledge, to treat malnourished people, etc. She also used to give many speeches about women's rights and she also used to talk about how war affects people lifes. In 1924 AD Helen joined AFB “American Foundation for the Blinds”. It is an organization which works to help people with vision loss. Her reputation helped AFB to collect many funds from wealthy people which helps to treat people with vision loss. She worked in the American Foundation for the Blinds for more than forty years and also helped collect many funds for the organization after she left AFB.

Because of her work she has been awarded many times. The story of Helen Keller has motivated people with disabilities like how a deafblind girl became a world famous author, political activist and a speaker. In 1961 AD Helen suffered strokes and later she spent the rest of her life at her home. She later sadly passed away in her sleep on June 1, 1968 at the age of eighty seven. Even after her death people with disabilities keep on getting motivation after they learned about her life.

सधैँ पढ्नुपर्छ,हामी किताबकाे ज्ञान
किताबकाे ज्ञानले दिन्छ, हामीलाई मान। 
ठुलादेखि साना सबै हेर बाबु नानी
शिक्षक पनि भन्नुहुन्छ, पढ्ने राम्राे बानी।।

धेरै किताब खाेजी खाेजी पढाैैँ,
कथा,कविता, जीवनी अनि उपन्यास 
जुनसुकै किताबले दिन्छ हेर ज्ञान 
किताब पढ्दा राम्रोसित दिनुपर्छ,  ध्यान।

किताब नै हो हाम्रो साथी,
किताब नै हो हाम्रो सहारा। 
यसले बाच्न सिकाउँछ हामीलाई 
जीवन जिउन सघाउँछ हामीलाई ।।

किताबलाई माया गरौँ,
किताब धेरै पढौँ, 
किताबले ज्ञान दिन्छ, 
पढ्न सधै अघि बढौँ  । 
 

लक्ष्मी माध्यमिक विद्यालय भौतिक रूपले सुविधासम्पन्न र महङ्‌गो विद्यालय थियो । यस्तो सुविधासम्पन्न विद्यालयमा पढ्न आर्थिक स्थिति राम्रो भएकाे हुनुपर्थ्यो । अर्थात् यस विद्यालयमा धनीमानीका छोराछोरीहरूले मात्र पढ्न पाउँथे । वरपरका सबै मानिस सकेसम्म यही विद्यालयमा पढाउन चाहन्थे ।  विद्यार्थी मिहिनेती र लगनशील भएर हो कि विद्यालयको वातावरण नै त्यस्तो भएर हो यस विद्यालयमा पढेका विद्यार्थीले कुनै न कुनै रूपमा सफलता प्राप्त गरेका थिए ।
विद्यालयमा कक्षा १० मा अध्ययनरत अति मिल्ने साथी साथी थिए - रीमा र निर्मला । उनीहरूको अध्ययन पनि राम्रो थियो । उनीहरू कक्षामा क्रमशः प्रथम र द्वितीय हुन्थे। प्रथम रीमा हुन्थी भने द्वितीय निर्मला हुन्थी । धेरै जसाेले उनीहरूलाई दिदी बहिनी जस्तै मान्थे। रीमा अत्यन्त अनुशासित सामाजिक सरल र मिलनसार पनि थिई । निर्मला अलि बढी रमाइलो गर्न खोज्ने जिस्किने प्राय हँसिलो स्वभावकी थिई।
रीमा निर्मलाको हरेक गतिविधि नियाल्थी । यति मिल्ने साथी हुँदा हुँदै पनि कता कता निर्मलाको रीमाप्रति ईष्या भाव थियो । रीमाभन्दा निर्मला अलि सम्पन्न परिवारकी थिई । रीमाको घरको अवस्था मध्यम भए पनि ऊ यो विद्यालयमा छात्रवृत्ति पाएर अध्ययन गर्दै थिई । निर्मला भने सम्पन्न पारवारकी भएकी हुनाले उसले विद्यालयमा सहजै भर्ना पाएकी थिई ।
समय बित्दै गयो । उनीहरूको परीक्षा नजिकिँदै गयो । रीमा कम्मर कसेर पढ्न थाली । निर्मलालाई पढाइ र परीक्षाको खासै चिन्ता थिएन । उसले खासै महत्त्व पनि दिदैनथी । सबैसँग हाँस्ने बोल्ने स्वभावकी निर्मलामा साथीप्रति भने केही नकारामक भावना पलाए जस्तो लाग्थ्यो । रीमा यसै पनि निर्मलासँग बोल्न कम गर्दै गएकी थिई।
परीक्षा सकिएर नतिजा प्रकाशन भयाे । यसपाली निर्मला पाँचाै भई ।आफूले पढाइमा धेरै समय नदिएर नतिजा खस्केकाे कुरा उसले मनन गरी । धनले मात्रै अध्ययन राम्राे हुने भए आज कैयाैँ धनीमानीका छाेराछाेरी कुलतमा फस्ने थिएनन् भन्ने कुरा उसले राम्ररी बुझी र फेरी मिहिनेत गरेर पढ्न थाली । 
 

Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906), the most famous suffragist of her period, has become a symbol of the women's suffrage movement. She gave speeches across the country, helped to build local women's rights organizations and circulate petitions.

Anthony was born in the Massachusetts town of Adams. After relocating to Rochester, New York in 1845, the Anthony family got involved in the antislavery effort. Antislavery Quakers met practically every Sunday at their farm, with Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison occasionally joining them. Later in the Kansas territory, two of Anthony's brothers, Daniel and Merritt, were anti-slavery campaigners.

Susan B. Anthony was a teacher in Canajoharie, New York, in 1848 when she became involved with the teacher's union after learning that male instructors were paid $10.00 per month while female teachers were paid $2.50. Her parents and sister Marry were among those who attended the Rochester Woman's Rights Convention on August 2, 1848.

Anthony's involvement with the teacher's union, temperance and antislavery movements, and Quaker background prepared him for a career in women's rights reform. The career would kick off with a meeting with Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Amelia Bloomer met Elizabeth Cady Stanton on a street corner in Seneca Falls in 1851, and Stanton later recalled the encounter: "There she stood with her good earnest face and genial smile, dressed in gray silk, hat and all the same color, relieved with pale blue ribbons, the perfection of neatness and sobriety." I really liked her, and I'm not sure why I didn't invite her over for supper right away."

Although meeting Elizabeth Cady Stanton sparked her interest in women's rights, Lucy Stone's address at the 1852 Syracuse Convention is credited with persuading Anthony to join the women's rights movement.

Anthony spoke at meetings, collected signatures for petitions, and lobbied the state government in support of women's property rights in New York State in 1853. Anthony disseminated petitions advocating for the property rights of married women and women's suffrage. In 1854, she spoke at the National Woman's Rights Convention, urging greater petition drives. "I know slavery is the all-absorbing concern of the day," she wrote to Matilda Joslyn Gage in 1854, "but we must push forward this big basic question, which underpins all others."

By 1856, Anthony had joined the American Anti-Slavery Society as an agent, organizing meetings, giving speeches, hanging posters, and distributing flyers. She was confronted by violent mobs, armed threats, and objects hurled at her. Her image was dragged through the streets of Syracuse, where she was burned in effigy.

Anthony sat on the business committee of the 1856 National Women's Rights Convention, where he spoke about the importance of disseminating printed material on women's rights. She identified The Lily and The Woman's Advocate and stated that they were selling documents on the site.

By 1869, Stanton, Anthony, and others had created the National Woman Suffrage Association and were working on a federal suffrage amendment. Anthony and her three sisters voted in the 1872 Presidential election in an attempt to test suffrage. She was arrested and tried at Canandaigua, New York's Ontario Courthouse. The court gave the jury instructions to find her guilty without discussion and issued a fine of $100. Because Anthony declined to pay a $100 fine and court fees, the judge did not sentence her to prison, thereby ending her appeal. The suffrage campaign would have been able to take the issue of women's voting rights to the Supreme Court if they had won an appeal, but that was not to be.

Anthony collaborated on the History of Woman Suffrage with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Matilda Joslyn Gage from 1881 to 1885. The Nineteenth Amendment was renamed the Susan B. Anthony Amendment as a final tribute to Susan B. Anthony. In 1920, it was ratified.
 

हावाको चिसो सिरेटोले मेरो मुखमा हानिरहेको छ । पुराना कुराहरू बारे सोच्दा मन भावुक त हुन्छ तर, एक प्रकारले सोच्दा म आफैँमा गर्व गर्छु । लगभग १२ बर्षपछि म यो स्थलमा आएँ । मैले १२ बर्ष अगाडि आफ्नो लागि मात्र सोचेर बसेको भए,  यो गाउँ याे अवस्थासम्म आइपुग्दैनथ्यो होला । पहिलेको अवस्था र अहिलेको अवस्था देखेर कोही पनि विश्वास गर्दैनन् होला कि यो त्यही गाउँ हो । हरेक बाटोमा खाल्डाखुल्डी थिए । हरेक घरमा नकारात्मक सोच्ने मान्छे हुन्थे । सबै मानिसको सोच एकैनासकै थियाे होला । 
नमस्कार, म सारा हुँ । यो मेरो कथा हो जब म १४ वर्षकी थिएँ मेरो गाउँको अवस्था देखेर केही योगदान दिने र केही गर्ने सोचेकी थिएँ । मेरो पुरानो गाउँ डाँडागाउँ हो । त्यतिबेला त्यो गाउँमा कुनै सुविधा थिएनन्। कुनै पनि सडक राम्रा थिएनन्, खानेपानीको पनि सुविधा थिएन । पानीका लागि मानिसहरू  दिनहुँ टाढा टाढा जानुपर्थ्यो ।  त्यो गाउँमा जीवन साँच्चै गाह्रो थियो । म त्यतिबेला १४ वर्षको थिएँ र मनमनै मलाई त्यो गाउँको बारेमा निकै दुःख लागिरहेको थियो । मैले त्यो गाउँँकाे विकास कसरी गर्न सकिन्छ भनेर दिनहुँ सोचिरहन्थेँ ।

एक दिन मैले मेरी आमासँग केही पैसा मागेँ तर उनले दिन अस्वीकार गरिन् किनभने हामी पनि त्यती बेला आर्थिक रूपमा कमजोर थियौँ । त्यो रात म गाउँको विकास गर्न के गर्न सक्छु भन्ने योजनामा बनाउन ​​रातभर बसेँ। त्यसकै ठिक भोलिपल्ट म गाउँ पालिकाका प्रमुखलाई भेट्न गएँ । मैले गाउँको हरेक समस्या सुनाएँ र वहाँले तत्कालै काम गर्ने बताउनुभयो । म खुसी थिएँ किनभने मैले कम्तीमा मेरो गाउँको लागि एक कदम चालेकी थिएँ । भोलिपल्ट मैले केही कामदारहरूलाई पानीको पाइपलाइनमा काम गरिरहेको देखेँ। र केही समयमै उनीहरूले पाइपलाइनको बिस्तार गर्नुदेखि लिएर बिजुलीका पाेल तथा तारका कामहरू  पनि गरिसके । यस्तै प्रकारले काम हुँदै जाँदा ५ वर्षपछि गाउँ पूर्ण रूपमा विकसित भयो । त्यस गाउँका मानिसले अहिले इन्टरनेट चलाउन थालेका छन्। सडकमा नयाँ सवारी साधन चलाउन थालेका छन् र विभिन्न उपलब्धि पनि हासिल गरेका छन् । मैले वहाँहरूलाई हरेक परिस्थितिमा मद्दत गरेकी थिएँ। र अब यो गाउँ फर्केर हेर्द म निक्कै भावुक हुन्छु । 
अन्तत: म के भन्छु भने यदि हामीले केही गलत भइरहेको देख्यौँ भने, अरू कसैले त्यसको समाधान गर्ला भन्ने  भाव राख्नु हुँदैन । यदि त्यस्ता काम  कुरामा हाम्रो नजर पर्‍यो भने हामीले गएर त्यसको समाधान खोजी हाल्नुपर्छ ।  
 

Yuri Kochiyama, a Japanese-American activist, died of natural causes in Berkeley, California, at the age of 93. According to her family, the lifetime advocate for civil rights in the black, Latino, Native American, and Asian-American communities died quietly in her sleep Sunday morning. Akemi Kochiyama, her granddaughter, verified her death. Mrs. Kochiyama was a daughter of Japanese immigrants who had settled in Southern California, has experienced discrimination since she was a young girl. She spent two years in an internment camp for Japanese-Americans in Arkansas during WWII, a harrowing experience that also exposed her to the Jim Crow South's prejudice.

Kochiyama was born Mary Yuriko Nakahara in San Pedro, California, a small hamlet south of Los Angeles, where she spent her early years. She and her family were compelled to relocate to internment camps with tens of thousands of other Japanese-Americans months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. At the Jerome Relocation Center in Arkansas, where she spent two years, she met her late husband, Bill Kochiyama, who served with other Japanese-American troops in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. After WWII, the couple married and settled in New York City to start their family. Her interest in the civil rights struggle was sparked by her experiences living in housing projects with black and Puerto Rican neighbours. Kochiyama hosted weekly open houses for activists at her family's apartment, where she hung newspaper clippings on the walls and stacked flyers on the kitchen table. Her eldest daughter, Audee Kochiyama-Holman, said that their house felt like it was in motion 24/7. Her association with Malcolm X, whom she met for the first time in 1963 even though briefly, influenced her advocacy. Kochiyama began focusing her work on black nationalism and was present when Malcolm X died. She raced near Malcolm X and cradled his head on her lap minutes after gunmen opened fire on him at his final address in New York City in 1965. Kochiyama is shown in a black-and-white photo in Life magazine staring worriedly at Malcolm X's bullet-riddled body through horn-rimmed glasses.

Through the Civil Liberties Act, which President Ronald Reagan signed into law in 1988, she and her husband lobbied for reparations and an official government apology for Japanese-American internees in the 1980s. Her ongoing commitment to social problems inspired new generations of activists, particularly among Asian-Americans. Kochiyama's second cousin Tim Toyama, who wrote a one-act play about her friendship with Malcolm X, said, "She was not your normal Japanese-American person, especially a nisei," or second-generation Japanese-American. "She was clearly ahead of her time, and we were able to catch up with her."