Drug addiction has become a global issue, particularly among youth. Many young individuals become addicted to a variety of narcotics and stimulant medicines, which have a narcotic effect. Addicts' lives are ruined in every way because they lose contact with their families and live in a parallel universe. They spend a lot of money on drugs and then look for illicit ways to get money. According to NIDA International, more than 90 percent of the total drug addicts in Nepal have started using drugs prior to the age of 16. The large numbers of drug addicts have been found to be between the ages of 16 to 20  Drug usage has resulted in the spread of HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B, and other sexually transmitted diseases, as well as drug addiction (STDs). It has been shown that heroin addicts and other intravenous drug users (IDUs) are more prone to getting these disorders. The number of IDUs is believed to be 20 thousand among 60 thousand drug addicts. Sixty-eight percent of these IDUs have HIV, and the majority of them take multiple drugs.
Adolescents are particularly prone to drug and alcohol abuse. They're in a stage of life where pushing limits and testing boundaries is normal. Teens are also subjected to a great deal of stress as a result of their developmental stages. Their bodies are changing at the same time as their brains are developing. Anxiety and social awkwardness are frequently caused by a difference between the two. Teens may be encouraged to try drugs by their peers, have easy access to drugs, use drugs to rebel against their families or society, or take an illicit drug because they are curious about it or the pleasure it provides. Teenagers exist in a grey zone between childhood and maturity. As a result, kids grow up with significant feelings of stress, uncertainty, self-doubt, pressure to succeed, and other concerns. There are many causes for teenagers having contact with drugs. Indirect pressure is when someone sees everyone around using drugs. Even if a person had no intentions of using drugs one might do it just to be considered "cool" by their friends or peer pressure. Just as teens do, parents have their own images of what someone with a drug problem looks like, and it can be as extreme as the child’s view. These preconceived notions help parents stay in denial of a potential problem. Parents are usually chained with societal stereotypes, according to the older mental reference toward drugs is “ biggest taboo in our society”. But it should not be taken very leniently and should not be dealt with in solidarity.

Youths are referred to as moldable clays and can be shaped in desired shapes. In the same way, young people are heavily influenced by western culture and Hollywood cults. Mostly the drugs were from the west and they spread with cultural exchange and also with western dominance all over the world. There are many more drugs in variations being sold. But the police don’t have that note regarding it. But to create a healthy environment we need to make youths clean and the country and society prosper.
 

सामाजिक सञ्जालका साइटहरू यस्ता ठाउँ हुन्, जहाँ मानिसहरू अन्य मानिसहरूसँग सामाजिक रूपमा जाेडिन सक्छन् । यहाँ मानिसहरूले आफ्ना रुचि, गतिविधिहरू, तस्बिरहरू वा आफ्नो जीविका साझा गर्न सक्छन् । हामीले यी सामाजिक सञ्जालहरू हाम्रा मोबाइल, ल्यापटप, कम्प्युटर आदिबाट प्रयोग गर्न सक्छौँ । सामाजिक सञ्जालका केही उदाहरणहरू फेसबुक, इन्स्टाग्राम, टिकटक आदि हुन् । पछिल्लो समय सामाजिक सञ्जालको प्रयोग बढ्दै गएको छ । लगभग हरेक व्यक्तिले कम्तीमा एक सामाजिक सञ्जालकाे साइट प्रयोग गरेको छ । 

आजकल हामी देख्न सक्छौँ कि कानुनी रूपमा उमेर नपुगेका बच्चाहरूले पनि यी साइटहरू प्रयोग गरिरहेका छन् । सामाजिक सञ्जालले बच्चाको मानसिक स्वास्थ्यमा फरक फरक प्रभाव पार्न सक्छ । सामाजिक सञ्जालका साइटहरूमा राम्रो र खराब दुवै सामग्री हुन सक्छन् तर साना बच्चाहरूले तिनीहरूबिचको भिन्नता बताउन सक्दैनन् त्यसैले यो तिनीहरूका लागि खतरनाक हुन सक्छ । बालबालिकाहरूमा सामाजिक साइटहरूको नकारात्मक प्रभावका केही उदाहरणहरू छन् । बच्चाहरू साइटहरूको लतमा पर्छन्, उनीहरूले हेर्ने र सिकेका सामग्रीले उनीहरूको बढ्दो मस्तिष्कमा प्रभाव पार्न सक्छन् । सामाजिक साइटहरूमा धेरै बालबालिकाहरू हिंसात्मक वा यौन सामग्रीको सम्पर्कमा छन्  । यसले बच्चाको मानसिक स्वास्थ्य, आत्मसम्मान आदिमा नकारात्मक असर पार्न सक्छ । सामाजिक साइटहरूमा धेरै बच्चाहरू साइबर बुलिङको सिकार पनि हुन सक्छन् । सामाजिक साइटहरूमा केही अपराधीहरूले बच्चाहरूलाई पनि लक्षित गर्छन् र उनीहरूलाई उनीहरूका व्यक्तिगत जानकारीहरू, जस्तैः फोन नम्बर, ठेगानाहरू आदि साझा गर्न लगाउँछन्, जुन बच्चाका लागि खतरापूर्ण हुन सक्छ । 

यी सबै समस्या आमाबाबुको सरल निगरानीद्वारा सजिलै समाधान गर्न सकिन्छ । अभिभावकहरूले आफ्ना बच्चाहरूलाई कुनै उचित दिशानिर्देशबिना सामाजिक साइटहरूमा छोड्नु हुँदैन । यदि बच्चाहरू जवान छन् भने आमाबाबुले आफ्ना बच्चाहरूले साइटहरूमा के गर्दै छन्, तिनीहरू साइटमा कोसँग कुरा गर्दै छन् वा उनीहरूले ती साइटहरू कति समयसम्म प्रयोग गरिरहेका छन् भन्ने कुरा थाहा हुनुपर्छ ।
 

हालकाे समयमा हेर्नुपर्दा नेपाल अरू देशकाे तुलनामा धेरै पछाडि रहेको छ तर भविष्यमा गएर नेपालको गति के होला त ? यो राम्रो प्रश्न हो । विशेष गरी आजकलका युवा पिढीलाई यो एउटा चिन्ताको विषय हो किनेभने उनीहरूको भविष्य के नेपालमै सीमित होला त ? कोही सोच्छन्, ‘नेपालमा भविष्य नै छैन’, त कोही भन्छन्, “म नै नेपालको भविष्य हुँ ।” वर्तमानको नेपालको हाल हेर्ने हो भने पहिलो सोच राख्ने व्यक्तिहरू पनि गलत होइनन् । विगत १० वर्षलाई हेर्ने हो भने नेपालले प्रगति अवश्य गरेको छ तर धेरै व्यर्थका कारण नेपाल अझै पनि विकासको गतिलाई समात्न सकिरहेको छैन तर भविष्य भविष्य हो । पछि गएर के हुन्छ, हुँदैन कसैलाई थाहा छैन । त्यसैले दोस्रो सोच राख्ने व्यक्तिहरूको सोच राम्रो छ तर जोखिमपूर्ण छ । परिवर्तन ल्याउने सोच राम्रो हो तर नेपालजस्तो देशमा टन्नै घुसखाेर व्यक्तिहरू बसेका छन्, जो पैसाका लागि जे पनि गर्न तयार हुन्छन् त्यसैले सही ढङ्गमा हिँडेर नडराई सबैलाई साथ लिएर अघि बढ्ने हो भने हो, आजका युवा नै भोलिकाे नेपालका भविष्य हुन् ।

नातावादका कारण पनि नेपालको भविष्य जोखिममा देखिन्छ, जसको शक्ति उसैको भक्तिजस्ताे चलन नेपालमा अझै पनि गएको छैन । यो लाजमर्दाे कुरा हो । विश्वका अरू देश आफ्नो झन्डा चन्द्रमामा फहराउन थालिसके तर नेपालले भने अहिले पनि गरिबीमा आफ्नो जीवन काटिरहेको अवस्था छ । दोष आखिर दिने कसलाई ? के देश चलाउने नेतालाई ? कि त देशमा बस्ने जनतालाई ? म भन्छु, यो एक आर्कालाई दोष दिने बानीले गर्दा नै नेपाल अघि बढ्न नसकेको हो । यदि देश चलाउने नेता र देशमा बस्ने जनता दुवै मिलेर अघि बढ्ने हो भने नेपालले विकासको गति समात्ने छ र अरू देशलाई चुनौती दिने छ तर आखिर यो भाव आउने कहिले त ? विकास त पहिलाभन्दा ठिकै भएको छ नेपालमा । हवाइजहाजहरू ठुलाे सङ्ख्यामा उड्न थालेका छन् । ठुला ठुला घरहरू बनिरहेका छन् र यस्ता थुप्रै कार्यहरू भइरहेका छन् तर पनि देश पछाडि नै परिरहेको छ, किन ? किनकि जेजति पनि विकास भएको छ, त्याे विकास कसैले पनि देशका लागि गरेनन्, सिर्फ आफ्नाे स्वार्थपूर्तिका लागि गरे । 
नेपाल एक सुन्दर ठाउँ हो । पुर्खाहरूको नासाे हो हाम्रो यो देश नेपाल । महापापी त उनीहरू हुन्, जसले हाम्रा पुर्खाहरूको सम्पत्तिलाई बेचेर सम्पत्ति थुपारे । यस्तै सबै आवस्थाहरूका कारण नेपाल अघि बढ्न नसकेकाे हाे । के कमी छ र नेपालमा जसले गर्दा विकास हुन सकेन ? प्रकृतिको साथ छ नेपालमा, जनताको साथ छ, विभिन्न देशको साथ छ तर पनि नेपाल निकै नै पछाडि छ । कहिले को प्रधानमन्त्री त कहिले को । जो जो कुर्सीमा बस्छन्, सिर्फ आफ्नो स्वार्थ हेर्छन् । भएभरका जनताकाे पैसा लुटेर आफ्नो र आफ्ना नातेदारको पेट भर्छन् ।

गलत कुराको एक दिन अन्त्य हुन्छ नै । चाहे ढिलै होस् तर नेपालको विकास अवश्य हुन्छ । कहिले त भन्न सकिँदैन तर जबसम्म नेपाली जनताको साथ छ, तबसम्म आस छ, तबसम्म नेपाल कहिले पनि अरूको अगाडि झुक्दैन र एक दिन नेपालको झन्डा गर्वले लहराउने छ । 
 

No matter what crime others have committed against you,
It is better to forget it for yourself.

Rights are not obtained silently,
nor are they given from above, 
They are obtained from the pressure of the common people.

If anyone lives in the same city or village, 
no matter who is ten years old,
That friend is the same.
Man is free ,
He who can stand alone in life is powerful.
The origin of the child,
the upbringing of the offspring ,
the daily observance of folklore 
are  gifts of  women.

Patience increases memory, 
diligence and wisdom increase memory.

Keep hope, my friend.
Keep hope till the end.
 

Friendship, a simple word, yet it carries a very deep meaning when you connect it with someone you are especially close with. Friendship is such a bond that you can have it with anything. May it be a Human, Animal or even in some cases some inanimate objects. As much as it is obvious from the title, here I am gonna talk about the special bond, a friendship that Humans tend to share with animals.

Wikipedia says, “Interspecies friendships often form between humans and domesticated animals through mutualism in which the human gains something beneficial from their pet and the pet gains something beneficial from the human.” I would like to disagree with what wikipedia has described about the special bond. You don’t deem friendship with benefits, that is just a mutual deal and well, a sort of business relationship. Friendship is that bond which makes you spiritually connect with that being who you feel safe with and trust the most.

Getting back on topic, most of all may or used to have pets. I suppose all the people who have raised a pet from its birth or just 1-2 months of birth may have noticed how, if you make it feel safe or at home, the pet starts to warm up to you very fast. This is a type of instinct which makes even wild animals feel you are their close one even if you are genetically different.Time to time we get to hear or see news regarding the “loyalty” of pets, especially dogs, towards their owners. Instead of “Loyalty”, it should be deemed as friendship because loyal are those who treat you like their superior not equals.

Anyway, we hear how a dog chases after an ambulance after it takes away its owner due to some medical emergency. Some news also have amazing scenarios like how the dog was let in the ambulance to stay beside the owner, or how the dog waited outside the hospital the whole time. It is sad enough even to make a grown man cry…

Recently I learned of a gorilla named Kwibi, who seemed to be actually a famous animal celebrity of his time, and his caretaker, Damian Aspinall. The story starts with how Damian raised Kwibi from when the gorilla was just a little being. But Damian knew that one day he had to release Kwibi in the wild. Five years later, Damian wanted to go and see how Kwibi was doing in the wild, though he was warned not to approach the gorilla as now he had become a wild animal and there were reports of Kwibi attacking two humans. Still, Damian knew that he wanted to see Kwibi one last time.

As you may have already guessed, Damian got to meet Kwibi after five long years, after he spent hours in the river alongside the jungle Kwibi was calling out for the gorilla. At first, Kwibi was kind of vigilant but after spending some time with Damian, Kwibi refused to let go of Damian and introduced his Wife to his caretaker.“I cannot describe the love and affection that was sipping out of his eyes when he finally knew it was me”, Damian said. The most amazing thing is not this, when the time came to part ways with Kwibi once and for all, Kwibi and his whole tribe followed the boat on which Damian was sailing and spent the night alongside Damian in his camp refusing to let Damian leave his sight.

Again, it's sad enough to make a grown man cry. Such friendships and bonds are rare, but they are not too much to be surprised about. It can happen between a tiger and a human, a lion and a human, Not all animals but fairly most animals.
 

भागेर जाऊँ कि सहर छोडेर ?
तर जाऊँ कहाँ ?
असल व्यक्ति पाउन गाह्राे छ हजुर,
मान्छे जता पुग्छ, भ्रष्टाचार पुग्छ त्यहाँ ।

बिन्ती गर्दछु, रोक भ्रष्टाचार,
फैलन्छ महामारी जसरी कोरोनाको के डर ?
खाइसकेको छ यसले कैयौँ घरबार,
कोरोना त हटी जाला तर भ्रष्टाचारले खान्छ पुरा गाउँ र सहर ।

अरूको के कुरा गर्नु हजुर ?
जे देख्छौँ, त्यही सिक्छौँ,
देश चलाउने नेता नै घुस लिन्छन्,
अनि हामी सामान्य जनता पनि बिक्छौँ ।।
 

पुतलीझैँ उड्न चाहन्छु, 
जब समस्याले सताउँछ, 
तब हार नमानीकन अघि बढ्न चाहन्छु ।

कठिन समयले जब जिन्दगी मेरो ढाक्छ,
जब समस्याले मलाई होच्याउँछ,
तब पुतलीझैँ आफ्ना पखेटाका लागि 
प्रयास गर्न चाहन्छु ।

परिवर्तन गाह्राे भए पनि 
आफ्नो पुरानो स्वरूपबाट अघि बढ्न गाह्राे भए पनि 
म आफूलाई स्वीकार गर्न चाहन्छु,
पुतलीझैँ अझै सुन्दर बन्न चाहन्छु ।
 

The Omicron is the mutation of coronavirus ,which is reported in more than 60 countries, and poses a very excessive worldwide threat,the World Health Organization says. Omicron, first detected in southern Africa on 24 November 2021 whose mutations may additionally cause higher transmissibility . The WHO said there have been early signs that vaccinated people would no longer build sufficient antibodies to push back contamination from Omicron, resulting in high transmission costs. It is unclear whether or not Omicron is contagious than the globally dominant Delta version, the WHO said. Omicron is much less risky, as stated by WHO.There has been a great impact on the life of peoples after the pandemic. If the virus goes on spreading rapidly like before the world’s economy would crash.The world has faced a lot after this virus .In recent news,there were 2 people infected with a new variant in Nepal. So the Nepal Government has decided to stop the facility of Nepal Tourist Visa on Arrival for the passengers of nine different countries.
The Nepal government has decided not to do a lockdown. Rather than doing a lockdown they are trying to find solutions to prevent it from spreading within the country. Nepal has not been really affected with omicron  variant till today.We should not be carefree and roam here and there in crowded areas.The Omicron has  32 mutations on the spike protein .WHO has said that there would be more deadly virus than this if it would  mutate.Many countries are being conscious about this virus and started lockdown in many places.To prevent it from spreading everyone is using Mask and sanitizer, initiating social distancing.It will help reduce the increase of virus.More and more research  are going on the clarification of virus.Vaccines are being provided like Pifzer to reduce it from going on wild.So we should be careful form this virus and wear double mask if needed to protect yourself.
 

Is being a loser such a bad thing? The answer depends on what your definition of a ‘loser’ is. Like all things the definition of a loser is subjective and varies from person to person. Generally however being a loser means not having a lot of wealth, fame, influence and being unpopular among your peers. Ancient Greeks argued that the things that define your success like Wealth, Fame and Influence are meaningless in comparison to things that are truly worth living for and can be found within. Chasing the above mentioned things require external validation from others and when a person's happiness depends on others and what they feel about you then what comes with that validation can never be fruitful. Fame, Wealth and all materialistic things withhold from attaining the real important things in life. The Greeks believed that the ability to not care and not change one behaviour based on the ever-changing outside circumstances including others opinions is the only way to attain inner peace.

We’re so afraid to be seen as losers that we’re willing to suffer for other people's approval, what a sad state to live in. By being dependent on others’ opinions we gamble away our chances to be happy. Epictetus, a Greek philosopher, suggests we focus on our opinions about ourselves rather than others. Epictetus argues that inner peace, self-love and a state of tranquillity is more important compared to things we are not the masters of, like others opinions and feelings towards us. If letting go of these lesser things makes us total losers in the eyes of others then that’s a price with paying. Being seen as a loser doesn't have to be a bad thing, quite the contrary actually, Once already been labelled as a loser you no longer have to care about others validation and opinion and you can focus on things that matter like tranquillity and harmony. Being seen as a loser gives you the ability to be transparent and not be poisoned by the burden of others' opinions.
 

जता हेरे पनि कालो धुवाँले यो आकाश भरिएको छ । जता गए पनि दिमागमा अनेक आवाजहरू सुनिन्छन् । यी आवाजहरूलाई केही गर्न सकिँदैन ।

“कता जाऊँ ? कता लुकूँ ?”

जीवनमा अघि बढ्न गाह्रो छ, यदि मस्तिष्कमा मृत्यु मात्र छ भने । कसले बुझ्छ होला ? कसले मेरो कुरा सुन्छ ? सबले मलाई पागल भन्छन् तर के थाहा तिनीहरूलाई एक सिपाही जीवन ! भत्किएका घरहरू, घाइते भएका परिवारहरू, ढुङ्गामुनि दबेर मरेका मानिसहरूका दृश्य हेर्दा मन दुःखी हुन्छ । आँखा आँसुले भरिएका हुन्छन् तर केही गर्न सक्दिनँ । मनमा एउटा कुरा उठ्छ, "किन यी निर्दोष मानिसहरूलाई बचाउन सकिनँ ?"
 
आँखामा आँसु भरिए पनि देखाउन सक्दिनँ । मन दु:खी हुँदा पनि पोख्न सक्दिनँ । जब म लाशको थुप्रो देख्छु, रातमा दुःस्वप्न आउँछ र दिनभरि विचारमा हराउँछु । आफ्ना साथीहरू मरेकाे देख्दा आफू पनि यही संसार छोडेर जान मन लाग्छ । शिरमा बन्दुक राख्छु तर चलाउन सक्दिनँ । पछुतो हुन्छ तर कसैअघि पोख्न सक्दिनँ । एक्लै छु, कसरी बिताउने हो यो जीवन ?

“कोही छैन मलाई आफ्नो न्यानोपन दिनलाई ? आफ्नो माया मसँग बाँड्नलाई ?”

मान्छेहरूले सुख, शान्ति र सद्भाव खोज्छन् तर यी सुख र शान्ति बचाउने मानिसकाे कसैलाई याद हुँदैन । हामी एक वीर बन्छौँ तर केही समयका लागि कसैले तिम्रो बारेमा सोध्दैन । कसैले तिमीलाई हेर्दैन । कोही पनि तिम्रा लागि रुँदैन । बाँचेर फर्किँदा मरेको जस्तो हुन्छ, सबैको यादमा मन बेचैन हुन्छ । मर्दा पनि राम्रोसँग अन्तिम संस्कार गर्न सकिँदैन ।  कसैको शरीर घर फर्किन्छ तर कसैको एक अङ्गमात्र घर फर्किन्छ । कसैको मृत्यु पूर्व नियोजित हुँदैन । कसैलाई पनि थाहा हुँदैन तिनीहरूको मृत्यु कहिले हुन्छ भन्ने । दोष कसैको हैन तर हामी यो सब भगवान्‌माथि राखिदिन्छौँ ।

“हामी लडेका छौँ, केका लागि ? दिनरात मार्दै छौँ, केका लागि ?”

मधुरो हुँदै गएको छ मेरो दृष्टि । यता सुन्दा गोलीको आवाज आउँछ, अर्को ठाउँ हेर्दा आफ्ना साथीहरू ढलेकाे देख्छु । दिमागमा मरेका मानिसहरू एकअर्कामाथि थुप्रिएको कल्पना आउँछ । बिस्तारै मेरो अन्तिम समय आउँदै छ, दु:खी छु किनभने पछुतो छ मैले याे सुन्दर जीवनमा केही गर्न सकिनँ । मलाई आशा छ, यो संसार परिवर्तन हुने छ । यहाँ भएका सबै सिपाहीहरूकाे बलिदान खेर नजाओस् । यही एक आशा रहेको छ, सबै सिपाहीको मनभित्र । 
 

रोप्छौ अन्न तिमी यहाँ
दिनरात भुली जहाँ,
असारे गीत गाउँदै तिमी
लाग्छौ सिँगार्न खेती तिमी ।

बग्छ लतपत खोला पसिनाको
रोप्दै बाली त्यो अन्नको
सम्झिन्छ त्यो भूमिले तिमीलाई
जहाँ रोप्यौ अन्न आफ्नो जीवन लगाई ।
 

Video games are often disliked by parents believing it as time-wasters, and even worse. Some  experts believe that videogames corrupt the brain. Generally, Video Games are referred to those  games which are played electronically by manipulating images produced by a computer program on a monitor or other display. Some people believe that violent video games are the main reason for children being violent and aggressive these days. But that's certainly not the case. While some people believe it makes kids violent, some people believe video games are actually good and have certain benefits. Some of the benefits of video games are:-

Quick thinking and decision making: The study suggests that playing action shooting video games primes the brain to make quick decisions. While playing games like Fortnite, Call of duty, Counter strike, you never know what your opponent is upto. You have to react quickly in order to keep up.

Pattern recognition and memory: Campaign games such as Uncharted series, Farcry series have internal logic and sets of pattern. Players have to crack those challenges to further proceed.

Accuracy and reflexes: Playing shooting games definitely increases accuracy and reflexes. Having high reflexes has a  lot of benefits in our daily life.

Teamwork and cooperation: Many online multiplayer games such as Team Fortress 2 involve cooperation with other players in order to win. These games require teamwork and cooperation in order to win the game.

Health benefits: Playing video games also has a lot of health benefits. Virtual games can be taken as mind exercise in one way. It has also been proven that video games have cured mental problems.

Though video games have benefits, spending too much time on them hampers our formal life and  health. Everything has its limit, staying under it always has better results.