Have you ever heard of a country where there is no nighttime occurrence? There is a country with no darkness. What if we lived in a world where it never gets dark, even when it's already nighttime? At first, it may sound very interesting, because you would have more time to do the things you want; but gradually, you would start cherishing all the darkness. The place where it is bright 24/7 during the summer season is considered to be the "Land of Fire and Ice." It is one of the few spots on the planet where homosapiens have settled. It is also one of the few places where you may see the incredible "Northern Lights"; so which country do you think it is?

Yes, you are correct if you have guessed, it is Iceland. Iceland’s location on earth brings no night during the summer season. Even after the sun sets, it never gets dark: imagine being able to go to late night parties during the day! Sounds amazing, right? But as we experience this 24/7 daylight, people realized an important lesson that goes way beyond: they realized, that we actually need darkness.

Darkness is more than just a reminder that the day has come to an end. It also serves as a reminder to stay at home and spend time with our loved ones. It tells our bodies that it is time for us to take some rest. Darkness is also everything else in our life that we don't realize how much we should be valuing it until it is gone. We do not appreciate many things in our daily life because we don't value them; and people just like us aren’t too grateful for so many things in our lives. But when the night is gone, and, more crucially, when the people we love are gone, we start realizing and understanding how much we needed them and how much we loved them. But then it becomes too late. Similarly, we need a little darkness in our lives too.

I myself had a great wake-up call when my grandparents were in a really bad state in the hospital. My Grandpa, who I've known my entire life, disappeared in a jiffy… Ever since then, I have never taken his existence for granted. And so, may the story of Iceland remind you that too often we take things and people for granted. As you lie in your bed, preparing to fall asleep, close your eyes for a moment and think of all the things and people you may be taking for granted, including the darkness of night itself…
 

I wish I had a unicorn,
That could always play with me-
I wish I had a unicorn,
That in the dreams, I always see.

The horn it has is magical,
That stick out from its head-
Cures people around the world 
With that horn, so magical on its head.

Sharing, laughing, playing, 
And having lots of fun,
The unicorn eats a lot of tasty food-
Just like the cream puff.

I wish I had a unicorn, 
That could fly around with me,
I wish I had a unicorn,
That comes and plays with me.
 

बालबालिका काँचाे माटा जस्तै हुन्छन्,
यिनीहरू आकार पाए जसरी बढ्छन् ।
त्यसैले यिनीहरूलाई ठिक आकार देऊ
यिनी सुन्दर मूर्तिकला बन्न सक्छन् ।

बालबालिका ऐना जस्तै हुन्छन्,
जब मनमोहक तस्बिर देखाइन्छ,
तस्बिरलाई मस्तिष्कमा सजाउँछन् 
अनि, भविष्यकाे सुन्दर संसार सिर्जना गर्छन् ।

बालबालिका सिसा जस्तै हुन्छन्,
कसैले प्रहार गरे सजिलै फुट्न सक्छन् ।
बालबालिका कच्चा हिरा जस्तै हुन्छन्,
चम्काउनु अघि नै चम्किई सकेका हुन्छन् ।

बालबालिका हिउँ जस्तै हुन्छन्,
शुद्ध, स्वच्छ र निर्दोष दाग नभएका ।
बालबालिका डुङ्गा जस्तै हुन्छन्, 
जहाँ तैरिएको पानीकाे बहाबमा अडिन्छन् ।

बालबालिका सबैभन्दा नजिकका रूप,
सुनाैला भविष्य र देशका सुन्दर सपना 
जब हुर्कने छन् यी कोपिला
फक्रिने छन् सुन्दर विश्वमा ।

 उमेर थियाे सानै तर चाेर खाेई चाेर खाेई ?
भनेकाे राम्राे याद छ मलाई
छाेरीले नाम कमाउँदिन
बुबाआमाले पालन गरे याे भनाइ ।

जन्मिदै बाेझ भनेर नामाकरण गरियाे
म दुधे सानाे बालकलाई
दुःखका बादल आकाशमा जब भरिए
फाल्न हतारिए मलाई

विद्यालयबाट लिन पाइन ज्ञान 
सबै आमाले भनेकाे पत्याएँ
सबै कुरा साँचा नहुने रहेछन् 
उमेर पुगेपछि थाह पाएँ ।

आँखा तल, टाउकाे झुकेकाे
अनुहार दन्किँदा पनि चुप बसेँ
सातै वर्षकाे उमरमा तेराे भाेलि विहेभन्दा
मजाक सम्झेर हाँसे, पछि मात्रै चाल पाएँ ।

बुबाकाे उमेरका पुरुषहरू घरमा
बन्दी जसरी कटाउन थालेँ, दिनहरू
भन्नका लागि मात्र थिएँ म बुहारी 
दास भनी जिस्काउँथे नन्दहरू ।

People nowadays have the freedom to decide for themselves and to follow the paths that they find fitting and fascinating. Numerous options and ways of living are simple to notice and adopt. Nevertheless, despite this advancements that contemporary society has already made, not everyone is prepared to accept the idea of the transgender communities. Transgender people continue to experience a variety of difficulties that compromise the effectiveness of treatment despite extensive efforts to eradicate prejudice. The discrimination that is still present in many healthcare facilities is the first obstacle. They have a lot of obstacles in their life. In countries like Nepal, people have a different outlook towards transgender people. The first and foremost fundamental step to affirm and establish one's identity legally is gender recognition. In spite of the fact that transgender people in Nepal experience discrimination in every aspect of their lives, there are currently no clear legal protections to shield them from suffering abuse just for being in the community of transgender. Even though there is absence of effective legislative measures, Nepal continues to be known as a transgender-welcoming nation, and all rights for transgender people are protected there, ‘at least legally’. To address the disparities now experienced by the trans community in Nepal as well as the larger PoMSOGIESC(People of marginalized sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics)  group, a comprehensive review of the law and the language of the law is still required.

There are many Cases of discrimination and violence against LGBT people in Nepal and some are as follows:

A lesbian from Kathmandu named Neelam has been residing with her family. Her family members learned about her sexual orientation after she and her female girlfriend were found together. Her family members made numerous attempts to persuade her to change, used threats and emotional blackmails on her. She consequently experienced emotional tension. She and her other pals stopped going to see her girlfriend. She had to deal with a variety of issues as a result of her family's demands. Later, she made the decision to leave; and today she resides outside of Nepal. Her family continues to put pressure on her on many matters, though.

Likewise there is another case: A transman named Manish Yadav and his wife were ejected from the Maoist army in 2006. Since then, they have begun cohabiting. After 11 years of dating, both of them realized that they are now capable of going for a child because their families were looking for a baby. In their dreams, they were a family with a child. They learned about the ‘test tube baby’. Then they both decided to have a child; they went to a hospital in Biratnagar, and had a ‘test tube baby’. The wife gave birth to a girl on May 10, 2017. They are both really happy right now. However, when Manish went to a local government to register the girl's birth, the officials instructed him to produce his citizenship card according to his gender identification, along with his wife's citizenship card and their missing marriage license. He was unable to register the birth of his child as a result.

We have many such cases: I think there must be proper rules and laws which must be followed by everyone and living in a Nepalese society they must feel comfortable where they are and they should be accepted in their families.  

Reference:
https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CEDAW/Shared%20Documents/NPL/INT_CEDAW_NGO_NPL_30008_E.pdf
 

सम्बन्ध त्यति कमजाेर छ त ? आज यसो सोचे सम्बन्ध  भनेको के चाहिँ रहेछ अनि मैले मेरो हजुरबा हजुरआमालाई सम्झेँ । मेरो हजुरबा ९३ वर्षका हुनुहुन्छ । मेरी हजुरआमा ७९ वर्षकी हुनुहुन्छ । जसकाे १६ र ९ वर्षको उमेरमा झुक्काएर बिहे भएकाे रहेछ । जसलाई माया के हो भन्ने कुराको केही ज्ञान थिएन । त्यसो हुँदा पनि मेरो हजुरबा र हजुरआमाको सम्बन्ध एकदम सुमधुर छ । अनि सोचे  माया भन्ने चिजले सम्बन्धलाई टिकाइरहेको छ । अहिले मानिस एउटा सानो झगडाको कारण सम्बन्ध बिच्छेद गर्छन् । झगडा त सबैको हुन्छ होला । मैले पनि मेरो हजुरबा हजुरआमाको झगडा देखेकी छु । उहाँहरू आफैँ भन्नुहुन्छ जति झगडा  गरे नि मेरो बुढेसकालको साहारा यही नै हो । यसबाट के बुझाैँ म अन्योलमा छु । साँच्चै सम्बन्ध त्यही बलियो हुन्छ । जहाँ दुवैलाई एक अर्कालाई गुमाउने डर हुन्छ । तर आजकल त एउटा गए अर्को आउँछ भन्दै सम्बन्ध टुटेको मैले नजिकैबाट देखेकी छु ।  यो देख्दा मलाई एकदमै नराम्रो लाग्छ । 
एउटा मायाको चिनारी पाउनको लागि आमाको निःस्वार्थ भावनालाई हेर्न जरुरी छ । अनि बाबा  जसले  ज्याला मजदुरी गरेर भए पनि मेरा हरेक इच्छा, चाहनाहरूलाई पूरा गरिदिनुहुन्छ । अनि साँच्चै एउटा बाबाआमाले गरेको गल्तीलाई  सम्झेर जिन्दगीभर उहाँहरूले गरेको दुःख बिर्सिन्छ  भने त्यो सायद  स्वार्थ मात्रै हुनेछ । मेरो एउटा साथी जसले भाइ, मामुलाई एकदम माया गर्छिन् अनि बाबालाई खै  किन के कारणले मन पराउँदिनन् । खै के गल्ती गर्नु भएको छ मलाई थाहा छैन, तर उसको त्यो कुराले मलाई सधैँ कहीँ कतै न कतै नराम्रो लाग्छ । अब कारण नै थाह नपाई यति धेरै नराम्रो लाग्छ भनेपछि मलाई बाबा र मामुप्रति कति आदर छ त्यो भन्न सक्दिनँ । खै किन थाहा छैन । तर, मलाई कसैको पनि बाबासँग वा मामुसँग झगडा भएको सुन्नेबित्तिकै पुरै संसार नै उजाड छ जस्तो लाग्छ । सायद म मामु र बाबाको त्यस्तो नजिक नभएर पनि होला । के त्यो गल्ती माफीको लायक नै छैन होला त सोच्छु । के त्यो साथीले भने जस्तै ऊ कहिले पनि त्यो गल्तीलाई माफ दिँदैन होला त ? मलाई त्यसैले भावनाले भरिएका सम्बन्ध आफूलाई कमजाेर बनाउने हतियार जस्तो लाग्छ । 
माया भन्ने शब्द नै मलाई अचमको लाग्छ । अझ मलाई लाग्दैन यो शब्द प्रेमीप्रेमिका बिचको सम्बन्धको लागि मात्र जरुरी छ । भावनाले बनेका सम्बन्धहरू पनि एकदम बलिया हुने गर्दा रहेछन् । मैले एउटा साथीलाई माया गर्छु भने त्यसलाई मेरो प्रेमिका भन्नुपर्छ भन्ने लाग्दैन । म एउटा मान्छेसित बोल्छु भने त्यो मेरो प्रेमी वा प्रेमिका नै हुन जरुरी छैन ।  तर जस्तोसुकै सम्बन्धको  होस् त्यसमा  व्यवहारले ठुलो प्रभाव पर्दो रहेछ । यदि सम्बन्ध तिम्रो तर्फबाट छैन भने सिधै भन्न सक्नुपर्छ नत्र तिमीले गरेको त्यो झुटो नाटकले अरूले सबै सम्बन्ध झुटो हो सोच्छन् । त्यसैले मेरो विचारमा सम्बन्ध  यत्तिकै कमजाेर हुँदैनन् । सम्बन्ध कमजाेर हुनुमा दुवै पक्षको दोष हुने

Stephen Hawking is a great Theoretical Physicist and Cosmologist of all times. He was born on the 8th of January, 1942, in Oxford, England. He graduated in 1962, and joined Trinity Hall, Cambridge for PhD in Cosmology. He was a member of the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge in 1968. He discovered the second law of Black Hole dynamics and he proposed the four laws of Black Hole mechanics. He was awarded the Dannie Heineman Prize, the Maxwell Prize, etc. He was even appointed as a professor in gravitational physics in 1977 and he received the Albert Einstein Medal and an honorary doctorate from the University of Oxford.  
 
We all know that Stephen Hawking is a great scientist; he made some very dangerous predictions about the end of the existence of human civilization on earth. According to him, humans will be responsible for the end of the existence of human civilization from the earth because humans themselves are trying to make human civilization more advanced.

Two of his main and very dangerous predictions about the end of the human civilization are as follows:

Alien Contact:
The multiverse is a term that scientists use to describe the idea that beyond the observable universe, other universes may exist as well. According to the research of Stephen Hawking, we are not the only ones who exist in the multiverse. There are lots of galaxies in the universe where the possibility of life exists. There are many more civilizations in the multiverse with which we haven’t been able to communicate yet. Those that live in other galaxies or on other planets are known  as Aliens in our language. Nowadays many space research centers are sending signals to space in order to find Aliens and use their new technologies to make our technologies more advanced. We are thinking in a positive way but, what if they are really more advanced than us and at the same time very aggressive? What if they really don't want to make good relations with humans? They could attack on earth; they could try to dominate humans like we dominate other living beings on the earth. They could destroy the earth or clearly they could even want to remove  the existence of human civilizations from earth. So, in my opinion, we shouldn’t send signals to the aliens. This, as a result, may lead to the end of the human civilization from earth…
 

Nuclear war:

Nuclear war refers to the war among countries with the help of nuclear weapons. According to Stephen Hawking, if humans really want to prevail with their existence on earth then we should destroy and stop making nuclear weapons because in contemporary society, we mostly hear news about the conflict between two countries and their war updates. Sometimes, a small war also tries to cause massive destruction. We can take the example of WORLD WAR II (WW II). In the Second World War, two atom bombs were launched by America on two beautiful states of Japan, Nagasaki and Hiroshima. It is believed that the radiation of the atom bombs are still found in the newborns who still happen to have some kind of disability due to it. Nowadays, science has developed even mor: nuclear weapons are also updated with more destructive power. Most of the countries in the world produce nuclear weapons which are very dangerous for the existence of human life. So we shouldn’t promote nuclear war and must stop making nuclear weapons; we have more advanced weapons these days to cause even more harm than what happened in the past. It is believed that the nuclear weapons  of the contemporary period are 3333 times more powerful than what they were before; so, we should think about it and must be careful about producing nuclear weapons.
 

केही वर्ष अघि म मुस्ताङ भ्रमण गर्न गएको थिएँ ।  त्यहाँको बाटो एकदम नराम्रो र डर लाग्दो थियो । मुस्ताङ पुग्न धेरै पहाडहरू कटेर जानुपर्थ्याे । हामी पोखरा बाग्लुङ हुँदै मुस्ताङ गएका थियाैँ ।  त्यहाँको बाटोमा धेरै धुलो धुँवा थियो ।  म्याग्दीकाे सीमा पार नगरुन्जेल बाटाेकाे अवस्था राम्राे थिएन । जब मुस्ताङ सुरु भयाे त्यसपछि त्यहाँको बाटो राम्रो थियो । 
पाेखराबाट हिँडेपछि हामी बेलुकाको खाना खाएर हामी तातोपानी भन्ने ठाउँमा बस्याैँ ।  ताताे पानीमा तातो पानीकाे पाेखरी थियाे । जसमा ताताे पानी आउँथ्यो ।  हामी सबै जना त्यहाँ  गयाैँ । अनि त्यहाँको त्यो तातो पानीमा नुहायाैँ । अनि हामी मुस्ताङतिर लाग्याैँ । मुस्ताङको चिसाे हावा र त्यो त्यहाँको टुप्पोबाट देखिने दृश्य मनमाेहक थियाे ।  मुस्ताङ स्याउ विशेष खालकाे थियाे । त्यहाँकाे मार्फा रक्सी पनि एकदम प्रसिद्ध रहेछ ।  
मुस्ताङमा धेरै जाडो थियो किनभने त्यहाँ नजिकै हिमाल थियो । मुस्ताङमा प्रसिद्ध मुक्तिनाथकाे एउटा मन्दिर रहेछ ।  त्यो मन्दिरमा १०८ ओत धाराहरू पनि रहेछन् ।  मुस्ताङमा मिठो मासु पनि खान पाइने रहेछ । मुस्ताङमा धेरै जसाे विदेशी पर्यटकहरू साइकल चलाएर आएका थिए।  त्यहाँको वातावरण राम्रो थियो ।  हामी मुस्ताङमा २ -३ दिन जति बस्याैँ ।  त्यहाँ धेरै बस्दा र घुम्दा धेरै रमाइलाे भएको थियो । त्यहाँको चिसाे माैसममा तातो चियाको त मजा नै बेग्लै  त्यहाँका मानिसहरू पनि एकदम राम्रा थिए । पहिलो दिन हामी मुस्ताङ पुगेर होटेलमा बस्याैँ । अनि त्यहाँ दर्शन गरेर १०८ धारामा नुहायाैँ । अनि खाना खाएपछि त्यहाँका अरू ठाउँहरू घुम्याैँ । हामी सबै जना त्यहाँ दिनभरि थरि थरि ठाउँमा घुम्याैँ । अनि त्यहाँका घरहरू काठमाडौँको जस्ता थिएनन् । त्यहाँका घरहरू माटाका थिए। त्यहाँका मानिसहरू आगोमा खाना बनाउँथे । त्यहाँक मान्छेहरू एकदम फुर्तिला । तेस्रो दिन हामी सबै जनाले मुस्ताङ भ्रमण गरिसकेका थियाैँ । हामी सबै जनाले आ-आफ्नो समानहरू मिलायाैँ र  सबै जना पोखरामा बास बसेर काठमाडौँ फर्कियाैँ ।

The latest defeat of India in the semi-final of the T20 World Cup has cricket fans scratching their heads: has the IPL which started back in 2008 really revolutionized their T20 cricket or has it just been the opposite of that? Since the IPL started, India hasn’t won any imajor ICC T20 tournament and that has been an area of discussion for many cricket enthusiasts.

Let us start with England first; the current, two times limited-over champions. After the humiliating defeat in the 2015 ODI World Cup, they planned to innovate a form of cricket where they did not just rely on the senior pros who were just in the team for their names, but also, they brought in some young fresh faces into the group. They started a brand of fearless cricket. They groomed their players from the beginning to play a simple and natural form of cricket, and to express themselves in every way they could. Suddenly, after this change, they started getting results. They became a formidable side in limited-overs. The team who were knocked out by Bangladesh in the group stage of the 2015 World Cup were scoring more than 400, which seemed almost impossible in the cricketing world. Suddenly, they had match winners in everyone. Each player on the team could have won the match on any given day. They groomed their all-rounders in the domestic circuit and were the only team to have batting down to number 11; and,  in many ways, this change in their side helped them to play a brand of fearless cricket leaving other teams behind and gaining an elite level.

Now, let's talk about India, a country where cricket flows in everyone's veins. They have facilities, enough money, and every possible cricket infrastructure that we could imagine to play cricket. Even with all of this, they are still thirsting to get their hands on a T20 trophy! So, what is the relationship between IPL and India not winning? The simple reason could be, they are not thinking and utilizing their resources in players from the IPL. IPL has undoubtedly produced a lot of young talents in the country and has set a high standard for players to play a professional brand of cricket. And that has helped in building players, but not teams. The Indian Cricket Team is based on names, not on young players who can actually perform. They are still playing that old-fashioned cricket where they rely heavily on some players and are not performing as a team. The players produced by IPL are way good enough to play professionally, but they are still behind the line of players of the past which has resulted in their underperformance. IPL has been just seen as a money-making tournament rather than a team-building tournament. Even with the new players coming forward, they are not allowing them in the national team and are still stuck with the old goats, which when you compare with England, they have done just the opposite of that. Also, the players from other nations are participating in this tournament thinking to build them professionally, and they are reaping a lot of rewards on the international stage whereas sticking with an old-fashioned form of cricket that has hurt India in recent years.

All in all, IPL has been wonderful for teams and players who are looking forward to improving themselves and playing a new brand of cricket. And in contrast, it has been a money-making business that has left those teams suffering in their pool of wealth. 
 

धेरै मान्छे भेटेको छु मैले
तिमी जस्तो देखेकाे छैन,
माया के हो जान्न खोजेँ  मैले,
भेटिनँ केही सत्य पहिले र अहिले।

साँच्चै  माया के पो रहेछ 
थाह नै नपाई मानिस किन 
अरूको  प्रेममा किन भुल्दाे रहेछ
मान्छे किन अरूकाे प्रेममा डुब्दाे रहेछ

एक्लै हिडेँ  म  उत्तर खोज्न
एक्लाे थिएँ म बेसाहारा जस्तै
तिमी मसँग भेटिएपछि
एक्लै हिँड्ने विचार मेटेँ।

सायद तिमीलाई उत्तर थाहा छ,
वा तिमी नै मेरी उत्तर हौ।
माया के हो खाेज्दाखाेज्दै,
आफ्नो आखाँमा मलाई डुबाउँदै छ्याै ।

तिमीसँग बिताएँका केही पल,
केही सम्झना र केही खुसी
म आजैबाट मेटाउँदै छु ।  
अब  तिम्राे जवाफ चाहिँदैन मलाई।
जान थाल्याै  एक्लै छोडेर तिमी
मायाको झिल्को  नफुकी जलाई।

“It is in Apple’s DNA that technology alone is not enough—it’s technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the results that make our heart sing.” - Steve Jobs 

I’ve seen aspiring scientists getting motivated seeing a picture of Stephen Hawkings, a picture of Richard Feynman and so on; I’ve also seen artists getting inspired seeing a picture of Curt Cobain, Taylor Swift or an image of Aruna Lama. But personally, I have this feeling for this one picture where Rabindranath Tagore and Albert Einstein stood together and it is as if they are radiating some positivity towards me. The following article is based on this feeling of positivity from the junction of sobriety of Science and the beautiful and fragile essence of arts: 

Just like the way I believe that there should be completely scientific people and some other people completely affiliated with social sciences, I also believe that there should also be people with a blend of both of these subjects: My point is that such people should learn and develop the skills of understanding scenarios. To know where to speak on a factual basis, be it all in terms of pure logic or mathematics; theories and laws get priority, where paradoxes and conjectures also deserve some attention. Myths deserve the least of our concerns. Saying this, such people should also know where to wander and get lost in the realm of poetic and artistic avenues where for a certain time everything negates logic and defies the laws of physics. 

Knowing the ‘gravity’ of gravity in different equations, knowing the gravity of words in poems, knowing the gravity of details in paintings and knowing the gravity of nuances in acting and many more, I can state that Gravity itself becomes a great deal in both science and liberal arts. I made the above statement improvising from the things that my physics teacher once said which I enthusiastically agree with: We have to understand the weightage of the very small trivial importance of subjects or we may say quanta elements that make up the field of artform or branch of sciences that we are working on. 

Sometimes only algebra cannot really take us where we want to go, so we have to introduce  calculus. I think there should be a switch of paradigms for a successful product. For an album to be made, I can't always pull off the whole album to be covered in one particular standard tuning: I could play it  in so many different tunings!

To be where I want to be, I know myself that I need both algebra and calculus to solve my inner equation. In the journey, I might even find a different branch of mathematics compatible with Arpan’s life equation. Or also, I can say that I need to change various modes, scales , keys and chords in order to produce quality music to compose and give a proper conclusion to my life’s music album…