Nowadays everyone has a busy schedule and are always caught up in some work. We barely get any free time for ourselves. When we finally get any free time we like to spend it doing the things we love. Hobbies are refreshments for our physical and mental health. Hobbies keep us entertained during our free time. I have different hobbies, recently I have discovered my new hobby which is listening to podcasts.
Listening to podcasts is like therapy. It is fun yet very useful in various ways. It is a great way to complete your assignments without getting bored and distracted. It has different advantages like we get to know about new things, our knowledge on certain topics expands, it can also improve our grammar , vocabulary and many more. There are thousands of podcasts available on the internet that can genuinely motivate us and help us get on track. There are podcasts of your favorite artist talking about his/her life. There are podcasts to know more about the world, life, and many more. It inspires us to become better people. It lets us see things from different perspectives, and tends to change our point of view regarding a certain topic from positive to negative and vice versa. We also get to know about the way of thinking of different people. Our thinking varies from person to person. If everyone had the same thinking then this world would be a better place than ever. Because of the differences in thinking we have to go through different arguments, conflicts, misunderstanding, and many more. Recently, I got a chance to listen to a podcast where they talked about menstruation. There were two people talking in the podcast and there were two different views about this topic. Women are not allowed to go to the kitchen and are restricted on doing many things during menstruation so, the two different perspectives discussed on the podcast where it's good because women should have proper rest during that time because women are always engaged in their household and professional works at the same time so during menstruation they should rest. And it's bad because it's like getting tortured mentally and physically. So, listening to podcasts makes us realize the varieties of thinking people can have on just one simple topic. Listening to podcasts also helps to calm our minds. It has not been very long since I have started listening to podcasts but just in this short span of time, it has expanded my knowledge to a great extent. I was never interested in listening to people talk but now that's what I do when I get any free time.
So, it's a great idea to add listening to podcasts on our hobbies list. This is not only entertaining but also very helpful for us. It helps us to gain knowledge on different topics and enhance the knowledge we already have. It’s a great way to utilize our free time.
लक्ष्मीप्रसाद देवकोटा नेपालका कवि, निबन्धकार तथा लेखक हुन् । नेपाली साहित्यमा उनलाई सुनौलो हृदयका कविका रूपमा चिनिन्छ र महाकविको उपाधि दिइएको थियो । उनलाई नेपालका सबैभन्दा ठुला र प्रसिद्ध साहित्यिक व्यक्तित्व मानिन्छ । मुना मदनका साथै सुलोचना, कुञ्जिनी, भिखारी र शकुन्तला उनका सबैभन्दा लोकप्रिय कृतिहरू हुन् ।
लक्ष्मीप्रसाद देवकोटाको जन्म वि. सं. १९६६ कार्तिक २७ धोबीधारा, काठमाडौँमा भएको थियो । उनका बाबुको नाम तील माधव देवकोटा थियो र आमाको नाम अमर राज्यलक्ष्मी देवी थियो । उनका बुबा संस्कृतका विद्वान् थिए त्यसैले उनले आफ्ना बुबाको निरीक्षणमा प्रारम्भिक शिक्षा प्राप्त गरे । उनले दरबार हाइ स्कुलबाट आफ्नो आधिरिक विद्यालयीय शिक्षा सुरु गरे र त्यहाँ उनले संस्कृत व्याकरण र अङ्ग्रेजी दुवै सिके । १७ वर्षको उमेरमा पटनामा आफ्नो म्यट्रिक परीक्षा पूरा गरे र पटना विश्वविद्यालयबाट निजी परीक्षार्थीका रूपमा स्नातक गर्नुअघि कला र कानुन विषयमा स्नातक अध्ययन गर्न त्रिचन्द्र कलेज गए । उनले परिवारको आर्थिक अवस्थाका कारण स्नाकोत्तर पुरा गर्न सकेनन् ।
उनको विवाह १५ वर्षको सानो उमेरमा नै भएको थियो । उनले उनको पहिलो कविता स्कुलमा हुँदै लेखेका थिए । उनी एक शान्त, मिहिनेती विद्यार्थी थिए, जसका कारण उनी पढ्न र लेख्न रमाइलो गर्थे । उनले आफ्नो कक्षाको अगाडि आफ्नो कविता सुनाए भन्ने विश्वास गरिन्छ । र उनका सहपाठीहरूले उनले ती कविता लेखेका हुन् भन्ने विश्वास गरेनन् किनभने ती कविताहरू धेरै राम्रा थिए । उनले भारतमा देखेका पुस्तकलयहरूबाट प्रेरित भएर काठमाडौँमा पुस्तकालय स्थापना गर्ने अनुमति माग्दै राणा प्रधानमन्त्रीलाई पत्र लेखे । उनलाई जेल सजाय सुनाइयो र उनका कार्यहरूको परिणामस्वरूप ठुलो जरिवाना तिर्नुपर्ने थियो ।
उनले पढाइ सकेर भारतबाट फर्किएपछि जीविकोपार्जनका लागि निकै मिहिनेत गर्नुपरेको थियो । यसै क्रममा उनले प्रसिद्ध पुस्तक मुना मदन लेखे । मुना मदन झ्याउरे लयमा भनिएको लोककथा हो । यो एकदम नयाँ अवधारणा थियो, जुन राम्रोसँग प्राप्त भएको थियो । प्रकाशन भएको सात दशकभन्दा बढी समय बितिसक्दा पनि यो धेरै बिक्री हुने लोकप्रिय कृति बनिरहेको छ । दुई वर्षभित्रै उनले आफ्ना बाबुआमा र नवजात छोरी दुवै गुमाए, जसका कारण देवकोटा पुरै ध्वस्त भए । यस अवधिमा उनले पागल लेखे, जसलाई नेपालको उत्कृष्ट कविता मानिन्छ ।
उनी नेपाली, संस्कृत, हिन्दी र अङ्ग्रेजी भाषामा छिटो कविता लेख्न सक्थे । तीन महिनामा उनले आफ्नो पहिलो महाकाव्य शाकुन्तल समाप्त गरे । दस दिनमा उनले सुलोचना र एक दिनमा कुञ्जिनी लेखे । महाकाव्यका साथसाथै उनले धेरै निबन्ध, नाटक, लघुकथा, उपन्यास, समालोचना र अनगिन्ती कविताहरू सिर्जना गरे । उनका निबन्धहरू लेखकीय शैली र विषयका कारण धेरै प्रसिद्ध छन् । उनले नेपाली साहित्यलाई नयाँ उचाइमा पुर्याएका छन् । उनीबाट नेपाली लेखकहरूका धेरै पुस्ता प्रभावित भएका छन् र धेरैले उनको अनुकरण गर्ने प्रयास गरेका छन् ।
देवकोटाले जीवनभर मिहिनेत गरे । उनी सन् १९४६ मा त्रिचन्द्र कलेजमा प्राध्यापक भए । पछि सन् १९५७ मा नेपालको शिक्षामन्त्री भए । उनी असाध्यै दिने व्यक्ति पनि थिए । खाँचोमा परेका जोकोहीलाई आफूसँग जे छ, त्यो उनी दिन्थे भनिन्छ ।
उनलाई सन् १९५८ मा क्यान्सर भएको पत्ता लागेको थियो र सन् १९५९ मा ५० वर्षको उमेरमा उनको निधन भएको थियो ।
म उल्लु हुँ,
तिमी मजस्तै हुन
खाेज्दै छाै,
तिमी पनि उल्लु हाै ।
थाहा छ ?
उल्लु अँध्याराेकाे राजा हाे,
उज्यालाे मन पर्दैन उसलाई
उल्लु सिकारी हाे,
मुसा किरा फ्ट्याङग्राकाे ।
हाे,
यहाँ उल्लु मात्र छन्,
सिकार मात्र गर्छन्,
अँध्याराेमा बसेर
कयाैँ अस्तित्वकाे ।
उल्लुहरूकाे बथानमा बस्ने
चिल पनि उल्लु नै कहिन्छ,
अब कसरी भनूँ
म उल्लु हाेइनँ ?
म उल्लु भएर
अलिकति उज्यालाे खाेज्दै छु,
सम्भवतः कुनै दिन
उल्लुहरूकाे साम्राज्यबाट
भागेर उज्यालाेमा
पखेटा फट् फट् गर्दै
फट्फटाउने छु ।
Frankenstein is a gothic novel written by Mary Shelley in the year 1818. The novel is also known as ‘The modern prometheus’ and it stands on the rating 4 out of 5. This novel contains a lot of difficult words as it is set in the early 1800s. Frankenstein is the most popular novel of Mary Shelley, it is a gothic fiction novel with a hint of romance and science fiction. This novel was set in the early 1800s in different parts of Europe i.e ; Switzerland , France, England , Scotland and the north pole. The characters in this novel are Victor Frankenstein, Henry Clerval, Robert Walton , Elizabeth Lavenza, The Monster , Alphonse Frankenstein , Justine Moritz and Beaufort.
The story starts with 4 letters which were written by Robert Walton to his sister Margaret . Robert is a captain of a ship which is heading towards the north pole. In the letter robert writes
that he and his crew discovered a body in the iceberg and the body was of a man named Victor Frankenstein. Victor shares his story with Robert and in this way the story starts. Victor starts his story from his childhood , he lived in Geneva , Switzerland. His family adopted a girl named Elizabeth and Victor had a younger brother named William. When Victor turned 17 he was planning to go for the university at Ingolstadt. But sadly his mother died due to scarlet fever. After that Victor goes to the university and there his interest starts to grow on the subject of philosophy and science. He started questioning himself, “what is life? , who was the creator of life?What is the secret behind life?.” He tried to find the answer to these questions and tried different ways to create life. Professor Waldman also encouraged Victor’s interest in chemistry. Professor Waldman had a profound influence on Victor Frankenstein because of his extensive knowledge and kind support of Victor in his scientific activities.
Victor worked day and night to complete his passion. He was an ambitious man who devoted himself to the study of science. He read a lot of books by famous scientists and started working on his passion. He collected the bones of the dead and made a creature out of it, he did his experiments on him and made him alive but disappointingly the creature looked horrible and terrifying. As he worked so vigorously he felt ill for months, his friend Henry Clerval took care of him during these tough times. During this he got a letter which said that his younger brother was murdered. Victor believed that the monster he made killed his dear brother. The whole family suspected that the maid , Justine, had killed William. Soon after Justine was sentenced and for all this Victor felt guilty. So to forget this tragedy Vicor went on a vacation.
Suddenly , one day the monster appears in front of him. The monster was not there to hurt Victor but he insisted Victor listen to his story , Victor agreed and the monster then started to recite his melancholy. He mentioned that due to his big terrifying look he was not accepted in the society , everyone was scared of him. Then he went to a cottage where he stayed hidden. He only got out at night so that the people would not see him. He learned the language of humans by observing for a long time. There he learned to read too, he also read a book which he found in the jacket.. He complained that wherever he went everyone judged him by his outer appearance and no one saw his inner kindness and decency. Then the monster requested Victor to make a female companion as he was lonely. Victor denied at first but afterwards he agreed. Then he went to an island , where he started the preparation to make a female monster. One night he realized that he was stepping towards the destruction of human beings. Here he finally realizes the consequences of going against nature and taking science against it. Then he destroyed the female monster. The monster was burning from anger, hatred and the feeling of revenge. He swears that he would come back to take revenge on the night of his wedding.
Soon After , Victor finds out that his good friend Henry was brutally murdered. Victor was so devastated that he felt ill. Then Victor came back home to Geneva and there he married the love of his life , Elizabeth and as the monster promised he killed Elizabeth exactly on the night of their wedding. After the death of Elizabeth Victor’s father died too. Victor was all alone in this world so he decided to take his revenge. He tracked the monster and reached the north pole , in the process of finding the monster due to the cracking of ice Victor was buried underneath, where captain Robert and his crew found him. And Robert was telling all this story to his sister through letters.
In the end Victor dies after completing his story and the monster arrives after Victor’s death and cries beside the dead body. The monster had no purpose in life now his creator was dead so he killed himself too, in this way the story ends.
In actuality, a wormhole is a circular or spherical hole that connects two points by bending and twisting spacetime. It's like a portal through which you may go to other areas of the cosmos in a couple of seconds. Wormholes are consistent with Einstein's general theory of relativity, but their existence remains a mystery. Many scientists believe wormholes are just projections of a fourth spatial dimension, much like a two-dimensional human may only perceive a piece of a three-dimensional object. So the issue remains: do wormholes exist, or are they merely magic disguised as physics and arithmetic.
Einstein Rosen Bridge are links between regions of space that may be treated as vacuum solutions to Einstein's field equations and that are now believed to be essential components of the maximally extended form of the Schwarzschild metric characterizing an everlasting black hole with no charge and no rotation. Einstein Rosen Bridges, describes every blackhole as a wormhole connecting different parallel worlds.
In two dimensions, when spacetime bends in response to things above them, some objects may be dense enough to break spacetime itself, resulting in a blackhole. A one-way barrier arises in the center of the singularity, trapping anything that enters it. However, according to the wormhole theory, instead of singularity, there could be another side of the universe that is identical to ours but mirrored upside down, with time running backwards, meaning that in our universe, things fall into blackholes, whereas in that universe, the blackhole spills things out like a big bang, resulting in a white hole. This idea has one flaw: this wormhole cannot be bridged since crossing to the other side would take an endless amount of time. So instead of getting to the other side, we'll just perish crossing it.
Let's take a look at what spacetime is before we go into the wormhole. Spacetime is a four-dimensional mathematical model that integrates the three dimensions of space and the one dimension of time into a single four-dimensional manifold. Consider spacetime to be a great stage on which the universe performs its dramas. Unlike our man-made stages which are sturdy and don't change, we discovered that spacetime fluctuates and is not the same everywhere thanks to Einstein's theory of relativity. The body on that stage has an effect on it, causing it to stretch. It's similar to a trampoline. So there was an idea that this bending spacetime might be ripped apart to create a wormhole.
In two dimensions, our spacetime resembles a flat sheet bent in such a manner that it overlaps two spots, and tearing it at just the right angle may provide a channel connecting those two locations, allowing us to travel faster than light itself. It's only a hypothesis, and no one has ever discovered a wormhole. Though Einstein's theory of relativity suggests that a wormhole may exist, this does not imply that it should. Many wormhole theories exist, and some of them are even conceivable.
Wormholes, in summary, are circular or spherical holes that connect two places by bending and twisting spacetime. It's like a doorway that allows you to go to different parts of the universe in a matter of seconds. Spacetime is a four-dimensional mathematical concept that combines three dimensions of space and one degree of time into a single four-dimensional manifold. Our spacetime in two dimensions resembles a flat sheet twisted in such a way that it overlaps two areas, and tearing it at exactly the right angle may build a conduit linking those two sites, allowing us to travel faster than light itself, forming a wormhole.Einstein Rosen Bridges are connections between regions of space that can be treated as vacuum solutions to Einstein's field equations and are now thought to be essential components of the maximally extended form of the Schwarzschild metric, which characterizes an eternal black hole with no charge and no rotation. Every blackhole, according to Einstein Rosen Bridges, is a wormhole linking distinct parallel universes. This opens up a lot of possibilities for wormholes, but it has one flaw: it can't be traversed since it would take an endless amount of time to do so.
विद्यार्थीहरूलाई विभिन्न आधुनिक उपकरणहरूको प्रयोगबाट रचनात्मक र प्रयोगात्मक कार्यहरू गराई प्रदान गरिने सिपमूलक, उत्पादनमूलक र अनुसन्धानमूलक शिक्षालाई प्राविधिक शिक्षा भनिन्छ । यो पारम्परिक शिक्षाभन्दा अलग प्रकारको हुन्छ । यसले व्यक्तिलाई व्यावहारिक ज्ञान र कौशल प्रदान गरी आफ्नो योग्यता र क्षमता अनुसारको रोजगारी उपलब्ध गराउँछ । यो हिजोआज जनमानसमा अत्यन्त लोकप्रिय बनेको छ । प्राविधिक शिक्षालाई सफल नागरिक उत्पादन गर्ने चेतनामूलक वा रोजगारीमूलक शिक्षा पनि भन्न सकिन्छ ।
आजको विश्वमा हरेक क्षेत्रमा प्रविधिको प्रयोग भइरहेको छ । आधुनिक प्रविधियुक्त उपकरणहरूको प्रयोगबाट कुनै पनि कार्य छिटो छरितो र सजिलोसँग गरिन्छ । यसले मानव विकासलाई गतिशील बनाएर सफलताको उच्च विन्दुमा पुर्याएको छ । कृषि क्षेत्र, शिक्षा, स्वास्थ्य, व्यापार, पर्यटन, यातायात आदि सबै क्षेत्रको विकासमा प्रविधिको महत्त्वपूर्ण भूमिका रहेको छ । यसका धेरै फाइदाहरूका साथै केही बेफाइदाहरू पनि छन् । यसका फाइदाहरूबाट अधिकतम लाभ उठाउने र बेफाइदाहरूलाई न्यूनीकरण गर्दै लैजाने काममा मानव जाति सचेत रहनुपर्छ ।
हाम्रो देश नेपाल प्राकृतिक स्रोत र साधनमा धनी भए तापनि यसको उचित प्रकारको उपयोग हुन नसकेका कारण यहाँका बहुसङ्ख्यक मानिसहरू अझै पनि गरिबीको रेखामुनि नै छन् । त्यसकारण हामीलाई यस्तो युवा जनशक्तिको खाँचो छ, जसले देशमा भएका स्रोत र साधनको पहिचान गरी त्यसको सही तरिकाले उपयोग गर्न सकोस् । यस प्रकारको जनशक्ति उत्पादन गर्ने एक मात्र विकल्प भनेको प्राविधिक शिक्षा नै हो । यसले मानिसहरूलाई स्वरोजगार बनाउँछ । बेरोजगारीको अन्त्य भई उत्पादनशिलता बढेर देशको अर्थ व्यवस्था राम्रो बन्ने छ ।
रिस हाइपोथालामसलाई उत्तेजित गर्ने एमिग्डालाले गर्ने डरको प्रतिक्रियाजस्तै हो । थप रूपमा प्रिफ्रन्टल कोर्टेक्सका भागहरूले पनि क्रोधमा भूमिका खेल्न सक्छन् । मस्तिष्कको प्रिफ्रन्टल कोर्टेक्सका भागहरूले पनि क्रोध प्रतिक्रियाको नियमनमा योगदान दिन सक्छन् । मस्तिष्कको यस क्षेत्रमा क्षति भएका मानिसहरूलाई कहिलेकाहीँ उनीहरूका भावनाहरू, विशेष गरी क्रोध र आक्रामकता नियन्त्रण गर्न गाह्रो हुन्छ ।
वैज्ञानिक रूपमा रिसलाई यस रूपमा मानिन्छ र यो कुरामा असहमत हुन पनि मिल्दैन । राम्रोसँग व्यवस्थित रिस एक उपयोगी भावना हुन सक्छ, जसले तपाईंलाई सकारात्मक परिवर्तनहरू गर्न उत्प्रेरित गर्दछ । अर्कतर्फ रिस एक शक्तिशाली भावना हो र यदि यसलाई उचित रूपमा व्यवस्थापन गरिएन भने यसले तपाईं र तपाईंको नजिकका मानिसहरूका लागि विनाशकारी परिणामहरू पनि ल्याउन सक्छ । अनियन्त्रित क्रोधले तर्क, शारीरिक झगडा, शारीरिक दुर्व्यवहार, आक्रमण र आत्महानि निम्त्याउन सक्छ ।
रिसलाई व्यवस्थित रूपमा नियन्त्रण गर्न सकिएन भने याे हाम्रो ठुलो दुस्मन बन्न सक्छ । याे विश्वमा रिस गर्न धेरै कुराहरू छन्, जस्तैः कसैले कुरा मानेन भने रिसाउनु, कुनै काम बिग्रिएमा रिसाउनु, कसैसँग कुरा मिलेन भने रिसाउनु र यस्तै थुप्रै कारणहरूले हामीलाई रिस उठ्न सक्छ भने व्यवस्थित रिसले हामीलाई मद्दत पनि गर्न सक्छ । रिसले हामीलाई नकारात्मक भावनाहरू पोख्न मद्दत गर्छ र समस्याहरूको समाधान खोज्न उत्प्रेरित गर्छ । त्यसैले रिस भनेको हाम्रो साथी पनि बन्न सक्छ भने हाम्रो शत्रु पनि त्यसैले रिसलाई काबुमा राख्नु एकदमैै आवश्यक छ । स्वस्थ तरिकामा क्रोध व्यक्त गर्ने उपायहरू यी हुन्ः
यदि नियन्त्रणबाहिर महसुस गरेमा अस्थायी रूपमा स्थितिबाट टाढा जानुपर्छ, जबसम्म रिस हराउँदैन ।
Inspiration feels like motivation about doing something, it also helps to grow. In this world, we are just inspired by doing something in life. The way people think is very different from others, like if someone wants to be a businessman they will be inspired by a businessman, if someone wants to be a bodybuilder he/she will be inspired by a bodybuilder who has given their life to achieve a feat in bodybuilding, they will look for hard work and dedication they did for winning or becoming the champion. We always dream about having a good life. This is also an inspiration because this motivates us to achieve it.
Talking about today’s scenario, we all need some motivation to do something so that we can be better than our past. Inspiration is in one sense an abstract idea as it is not solely confined to one object or idea.Some people get inspiration from philosophies, books, and many others can be from movies, media, music, games, and many more. People get motivated and be an inspiration for someone. We need to be inspired by someone. By becoming inspired we can be even more creative and more successful.
We need to get inspired and have the power to do something and be someone who can set an example for others. To be an inspiration for someone we have to do something that can motivate them to achieve that feat. We need to be the same as a superhero or something like that. We might think that superheroes are real and we behave like them after watching, which can be also said as inspiration.
Lying passive in the heart
They make me feel alive.
Don't know when it began,
but I've lost all of them as it began.
It's like a foundation of life
as it makes us humans rather than robots.
It's like a inseparable thing
but disappears without us knowing.
If we don't understand it,
it makes life similar to death.
It's the most painful
but at the same time most enjoyable
it causes depressions,
but the same thing causes anxiety.
It seems pretty weird,
so I find it hard to understand emotions.
लिङ्ग भनेको जैविक रूपले फरक फरक मानिस अर्थात् पुरुष र महिलाबिचको भिन्नतालाई
परिभाषित गर्ने जैविक शब्द हो । जब हामी समलिङ्गी विवाहको बारेमा कुरा गर्छौं,
यसको मतलब याे समान लिङ्ग भएका दुई व्यक्तिहरूबिचको विवाह हो । समलिङ्गी विवाह दुई महिला वा दुई पुरुषबिच हुन सक्छ । हाल विश्वका २९ देशले मात्रै समलिङ्गी विवाहलाई
कानुनी मान्यता दिएका छन् ।
समलिङ्गी विवाह कुनै प्रचलन वा पश्चिमाको प्रभाव होइन । समलिङ्गीबिचको
आकर्षण पुरातन समयदेखि चलिआएकाे अवस्था देखिन्छ तर याे विषयमा खुला रूपमा छलफल गरिएको थिएन र यसलाई निषेधित कार्यका रूपमा लिइन्थ्यो । धेरै देशहरूमा समलिङ्गी आकर्षण र विवाहलाई अझै पनि वर्जित मानिन्छ र समलिङ्गी जोडीहरूले अझै पनि धेरै भेदभावको सामना गर्छन् । जनतामा चेतनाको कमी र समलिङ्गी सम्बन्धमा
जनताको पुरानो मान्यताका कारण यो भेदभाव अझै पनि हाम्रो देशमा छ ।
हाम्रो देश नेपालमा एलजिबिटिक्यु (LGBTQ) अधिकार भए पनि हाम्रो देशमा समलिङ्गी
विवाहलाई कानुनी मान्यता दिइएको छैन । समलिङ्गी विवाह अन्य विवाहभन्दा
फरक छैन । यसकाे पनि रीतिरिवाज र परम्परा विषमलिङ्गी विवाहकाे जस्तै हो । फरक यति मात्रै हो कि समलिङ्गी र विषमलिङ्गी विवाहप्रति मानिसहरूको मानसिकता ।
आफ्नाे इच्छाअनुसार विवाह गर्न पाउनु हरेक मानिसको मौलिक अधिकार हो । एलजिबिटिक्यु (LGBTQ) समुदायबाट यो अधिकार खोस्नु ठिक होइन । समलिङ्गी विवाहलाई कानुनी मान्यता दिनुपर्छ र समलिङ्गी जोडीलाई समान अधिकार दिनुपर्छ । आगामी पुस्तालाई उचित यौन शिक्षा र समलिङ्गी र एलजिबिटिक्यु (LGBTQ) समुदायजस्ता अन्य विषयहरूका बारेमा ज्ञान दिनुपर्छ । समलिङ्गी विवाह सामान्य हो र यस विषयमा मानिसहरूलाई उपेक्षा वा भेदभाव गर्नु हुँदैन ।
आमा यस्तो शब्द हो, जसले सबैलाई भावनाले भर्छ । आमा पक्कै पनि सबैको जीवनमा सबैभन्दा महत्त्वपूर्ण मानव हुन् । आफ्नो सन्तानका लागि आमाको माया पक्कै पनि केहीसँग तुलना गर्न सकिँदैन । उनको क्षमाको स्तर अतुलनीय छ । आमा कुनै पनि गल्ती क्षमा गर्न सक्षम हुन्छिन् । एउटी आमाले आफ्नो सन्तानका लागि आफ्नो सुख त्याग गर्छिन् । आमाले गरेजस्ताे आफ्ना सन्तानको हेरचाह अरू कसैले गर्न सक्दैन । एउटी आमा महान् हुन्छिन् र याे कुरामा थप व्याख्या आवश्यक छैन ।
आमाहरूले निश्चित रूपमा बच्चाको पालनपोषणमा धेरै महत्त्वपूर्ण भूमिका खेल्छन् । सबैभन्दा उल्लेखनीय कुरा के छ भने बच्चाको मनोवृत्ति निर्धारण गर्नमा आमाहरूले ठुलो भूमिका खेल्छन् । भविष्यमा बच्चा असल हुने कि खराब भन्ने कुरा आमामा भर पर्छ । आमाले सिकाएको नैतिक मूल्यमान्यताले सायद ठुलो भूमिका खेल्छ । व्यक्तिहरूले प्रायः बुढेसकालसम्म आमाको मूल्य सम्झन्छन् । तसर्थ समाजको कल्याणका लागि आमा जिम्मेवार हुन्छिन् । समाजको भविष्य मूल रूपमा आमाको शिक्षामा निर्भर हुन्छ ।
आमाहरूले आफ्ना बच्चाहरूसँग गहिरो सम्बन्ध बनाउँछन् । यो सम्बन्ध निश्चित रूपमा अरू कसैसँग मिल्न सक्दैन । बुबाहरू पनि बच्चाहरूसँग त्यस प्रकारको समझ स्थापित गर्न असफल हुन्छन् । यस सम्बन्धको उत्पत्ति बाल्यकालदेखि नै हुन्छ । सबैभन्दा उल्लेखनीय कुरा के हाे भने आमाले आफ्नो शिशुकाे कुरा सञ्चारबिना पनि बुझ्न सक्छिन् । यसले निश्चित रूपमा आमा र बच्चाको बिचमा बलियो भावनात्मक सम्बन्ध विकास गर्दछ । यो बन्धन वयस्क जीवनसम्म जाने देखिन्छ । एउटी आमाले हामीलाई भोक लाग्ने समय सधैँ बताउन सक्छिन् जस्तो लाग्छ । आमा छिन्, र त हामी छौँ, त्यसैले सबैले आमाको सम्मान गर्नुपर्छ र सबैले आमालाई माया गर्नुपर्छ । आमाको बारेमा जति बयान गरे पनि कम हुन्छ । उनले हाम्रा लागि गरेको दुःख हामीले कहिले बिर्सनु हुँदैन ।
When I had first heard the title of the book “The Alchemist”, I thought that it would be some kind of science fiction book with fantastical elements. The protagonist would be a scientist that would run experiments around in a lab. The lab would not have any windows. The source of light in the lab would be a single candle lit in the center of the room. The room would have constant dripping of chemicals from one vial to another. Most of the story and plot progression would take place inside the laboratory. That was what I thought when I first heard “The Alchemist”. I was completely wrong. That is not what happened in the book at all. Contrary to what I thought, the book and its story were not confined within a small, dingy laboratory. The book was about adventure and going on a journey to get what you wanted. The focus on the journey rather than the end makes this book special. The ending was also wrapped up nicely. The closure given to the characters was done nicely.
The book starts with the protagonist Santiago sleeping under a sycamore tree where he dreams of finding a treasure. Santiago is a shepherd that wanders around the plains of Andalusia raising his sheep. He travels around the plains with no place to call home. He often sleeps under the moons and stars. He became a shepherd because he liked traveling. He is curious to learn about many things and, to the surprise of those around him, literate. He goes around cities selling wool from his sheep. He liked a merchant’s daughter from a city where he went to sell wool some time back. When returning to the same city to sell wool, he goes to a Gypsy’s dream reading store where he is told that the dream is actually true and that he would find the treasure that he dreams of. As for the payment, the Gypsy asks for 10 percent of the treasure. While waiting to sell wool, Santiago meets a king and talks about omens as well as the fact that he knows where Santiago’s treasure is, Santiago decides to go and hunt for the treasure that might not exist. For payment, the king asks for 6 of Santiago’s sheep. The next day, Santiago sells all his sheep to gather money and gives the 6 sheep to the king. The king gives him two stones, Urim and Thummim.
The part of the story where the king and Santiago talk about each other. They talk about people’s destiny and its fulfillment. Many people have things that they want to do and goals they want to fulfill. Most people do not live up to their destinies of fulfilling their goals and rather live a normal life because of the inherent risk of fulfilling their destinies. There are many other things that they need to consider and not just their destinies. People have other things to take care of like the people around them, their parents, children and spouses. Going to fulfill their destinies is too much of a risk that many people are not willing to take. Santiago did not have much to lose and decided to go on the journey to find the treasure.
On his journey, when Santiago crosses the sea to reach Africa, he loses all the money he had to someone and starts regretting leaving everything and coming to an unknown land to search for a treasure that may not even exist. In order to raise money to return, he goes to a crystal shop and starts working. He works in the crystal shop for nearly a year where he helps to grow the crystal shop’s business. When working in the crystal shop, he learns that the merchant is a Muslim and his greatest goal in life is to go to Mecca. He never went to Mecca even though he had the money to travel because that is the only thing that motivates him. Once he fulfills his goal, there is nothing to live for anymore. The merchant does not want to take any risks so he has not changed the ways of his shop once it started losing profits. Once Santiago starts working for the crystal merchant, he suggests the crystal merchant take some risks to help grow the business. They both learn about each other during the year when they work together to grow the crystal shop. By the end of the year, the crystal shop has a tea stand that serves tea in crystal cups and two additional workers. The crystal merchant is a symbol of the people that do not take risks of fulfilling their personal destinies. The life he leads is an example of the kind of emptiness that a person feels when they do not attempt to fulfill their destinies. The life led by the crystal merchant serves as a warning for Santiago later on in the story when Santiago has to leave the oasis in order to search for the treasure. Santiago almost does not leave the oasis because he already had his lover, Fatima, who he did not want to leave.
The book has a lot of messages for the readers to apply. The book talks a lot about people’s personal destinies and the choices they make to lead their lives. The people that pursue their destinies and the people that do not pursue their destinies. The risks taken by the people that pursue their destinies are not always fruitful. More often than not, the people who take risks fail. And the people that do not take the risks of fulfilling their destinies live a secure life without many self-inflicted hardships.
This is a book I would recommend to anyone that asks. The messages given by the book as well as the story of the book is amazing. The book is also fairly short and easy to read. The interest that the book garners from the reader is strong and the book can easily be completed in a couple of hours. This is one of the best books I have read in recent times.
