The Panama Canal was a huge project in Central America that took 10 years and 3 months to finish. It was a big deal because it raised ships on one side and lowered them on the other to move them through, which is pretty cool!

First, France tried to build the canal but faced big problems. About 23,000 workers got sick or hurt, and landslides and heavy rains made things worse. They started in 1881 but had to stop in 1894.

Panama is a country in South America, between Brazil and Costa Rica. It's beautiful, but ships had to go around it, adding 20,000 kilometres to their trip.

The Panama Canal made a big difference in travel time for ships. They started building it in 1904 and finished in 1914, taking 10 years. The canal works by lifting ships to the level of the next part and then opening gates to let them through one by one.

मातातीर्थ औँसीको दिनलाई आमाको मुख हेर्ने दिन पनि भनिन्छ । मातातीर्थ औँसी वैशाख कृष्ण पक्षको औँसीमा पर्छ । यो दिनमा हामी आमालाई मिठा मिठा खाने कुरा दिन्छौँ । आमालाई सम्मान गर्छौं । आमालाई उपहार दिन्छौँ । आमालाई माया गर्छौं । आमालाई लुगा पनि दिन्छौँ र खुट्टा ढोग्छौँ । यो पर्व हिन्दुहरूले मनाउँछन् । आमा नभएकाहरूले पनि आफ्नी आमाको  मुक्तिको लागि कामना गर्दै श्राद्ध गर्छन् । यस दिन मठमन्दिरमा गएर आमाको नाममा पुरेत बाजेहरूलाई दान गरिन्छ । मातातीर्थ औँसीमा मात्र नभई हामीले सधैँ आमालाई माया र सम्मान गर्नुपर्छ। 

नेपाल एक कृषिप्रधान देश हो । नेपालका अधिकांश मानिसहरू कृषि पेसामा आबद्ध छन् । यहाँ विभिन्न किसिमका धर्म, संस्कृति र चाडपर्व मनाइन्छ । नेपालको मुख्य कृषि उत्पादन धान, गहुँ र मकै हो । धान यहाँको मुख्य बाली हो । धानको रोपाइँ खासगरी वर्षाकाे समय अथवा असार महिनामा गरिन्छ । असार महिनामा धेरै पानी पर्ने हुनाले खेतको माटो राम्ररी भिज्नुका साथै  पशुपालनको लागि पनि प्रशस्त हरियो घाँस उपलब्ध हुने गर्छ त्यसैले कृषकका लागि असार महिना एक विशेश महिना हो । असारको मध्य अर्थात् असार १५  हामी नेपालीका लागि धेरै महत्त्वपूर्ण र रमाइलो दिन हो । यो दिनमा माना रोपेर मङ्सिरमा मुरी फलाउने काम हुन्छ  । याे हाम्रो परम्परागत चाड नै हो । यस दिन खास गरी घर परिवारका सबै जना खेतमा जाने, हिलोभित्र छिरेर धानको बिरुवा रोप्ने, हिलोसँग छ्‌यापाछ्याप खेल्ने, असारे गीत गाउने, दही, चिउरा, आँप, केरा आदि खाएर  रमाइलो गरिन्छ । हाल यस दिनमा स्वदेशी मात्र नभई विदेशी पनि सहभागी हुन्छन् । यस दिनलाई  हाम्रो संस्कृति जोगाउने मात्र नभई पर्यटन उत्सवका रूपमा पनि मनाउन थालिएको छ । असार १५ मा कृषि कार्यमा लाग्नेहरूका लागि भ्याई नभ्याई हुन्छ ।  यस दिन दही चिउरा खाने प्रचलन रहेकाे  छ  । असार महिनाकाे चर्काे घाममा खेतमा काम गरिरहेका किसानलाई चिसाे दहीले शीतलता प्रदान गर्दछ । नेपाल धार्मिक तथा सांस्कृतिक रूपमा प्रसिद्ध छ । हाम्रा आफ्नै माैलिक परम्पराहरू छन् । असार १५ सम्पूर्ण नेपालीहरूका लागि महत्त्वपूर्ण दिन हाे । असार १५ लाई नेपालभरि धान दिवसका रूपमा  मनाइन्छ ।

A hobby is an activity which we do in our free time. My favorite hobbies are playing football and chess. Football helps as a physical exercise. We play football in a field. It is played between two teams. In football, there are 22 players in total. In football the aim is to score goals and defend and not the opponent score goals. In football I like Messi, Mbappé and Neymar. 

Chess develops our knowledge. I play football in my free time and with my friends. I play chess during lunch break at school.   We play chess on a board. It is played between players. In chess the aim is to protect the king with other pieces then capture the opponent king. I like Magnus Carlsen.

I suggest you play football because it is a great workout from head to toe. It is a great form of exercise. I also suggest you play chess because it develops our knowledge. It makes us smart. 

Nuwakot is the best place in my life.

 I always want to go when I have time.

It’s my mother’s birthplace, also very beautiful. 

I love to visit Nuwakot and always feel joyful.

There is a nine-storeyed palace and two big rivers. 

It has fertile land for growing vegetables, fruits, and crops.

There are many trees and greenery that produce fresh air. 

I always go to the stone-tap to taste natural spring water.

There are two hydropower plants to generate electricity. 

Not so hot, not so cold, it’s just fertile and pretty.

I cannot come back without tasting fresh buffalo milk. 

The roads nowadays are so good, like silk.

I always love to visit Nuwakot, either in summer or

 winter. It’s my best place because there’s my Mama ghar.

राष्ट्रलाई चिनाउने चिह्न वा वस्तुलाई राष्ट्रिय चिह्न मानिन्छ। चिह्नहरू देश अनुसार फरक फरक हुन्छन् । हाम्रा राष्ट्रिय चिह्नहरू जस्तैः राष्ट्रिय फूल, राष्ट्रिय चरा, राष्ट्रिय जनावर, राष्ट्रिय झन्डा, राष्ट्रिय रङ र निसान छाप हुन् । हाम्रो राष्ट्रिय फूल लालीगुराँस हो। लालीगुराँस पश्चिम भेगमा पाइन्छ। लालीगुराँस रातो रङको हुन्छ। लालीगुराँस साह्रै सुन्दर देखिन्छ। हाम्रो राष्ट्रिय चरा डाँफे हो। डाँफे हिमाली भेगमा पाइन्छ। डाँफे नौरङ्गी चरा हो। हाम्रो राष्ट्रिय जनावर गाई हो। गाई विभिन्न रङ्गमा पाइन्छ । गाईको दुध पोसिलो हुन्छ । गाईको गोबर खेतबारीमा प्रयोग हुन्छ। गाईलाई तिहारमा पूजा पनि गरिन्छ। नेपालको राष्ट्रिय झन्डा अरू देशको झन्डा भन्दा फरक खालको छ। नेपालको झन्डा तीनकुने आकारको छ । झन्डाको माथि चन्द्र र तल सूर्य रहेको छ। झन्डाको किनारमा निलो र भित्र रातो रङ छ। चन्द्र र सूर्य सेतो रङको छ। हाम्रो राष्ट्रिय रङ सिम्रिक हो। यो पनि रातो हुन्छ। हाम्रो देशको सरकारले प्रयोग गर्ने चिह्नलाई निसाना छाप भनिन्छ । निसाना छापमा नेपालको नक्सा, सगरमाथा, राष्ट्रिय झन्डा र राष्ट्रिय फूल अङ्कित गरिएको छ ।

शिक्षा भनेको मानिसलाई सही बाटो देखाउने एउटा मार्ग हो । कुनै विषयमा ज्ञान लिनु वा दिनुलाई शिक्षा भनिन्छ । शिक्षा भनेको ज्ञान हो । शिक्षाबिना मानिस पूर्ण हुन सक्दैन । मानिसलाई आफ्नो जीवनयापन गर्नका लागि प्रमुख माध्यम शिक्षा नै हो । शिक्षाले हामीलाई ज्ञान दिन्छ । शिक्षा प्राप्त गरेको मानिसले धेरै कुरा जानेको हुन्छ । शिक्षा ग्रहण गर्नको लागि कुनै उमेर, जात, लिङ्ग, धर्म र संस्कारले छेक्न सक्दैन । मानिसले आमाको काखदेखि नै शिक्षा प्राप्त गर्छ । जन्मेपछि अनेक तरिकाले ज्ञान प्राप्त गरेको हुन्छ । शिक्षित मान्छे र अशिक्षित मान्छेमा धेरै फरक हुन्छ । कुनै वस्तु देखेर, सुनेर, छामेर पनि ज्ञान प्राप्त गर्न सकिन्छ । नेपालमा पनि शिक्षाको संस्थागत विकास हुनु पूर्व प्राचीन समयमा धर्ममा आधारित परम्परागत शिक्षा व्यवस्था थियो । अहिले शिक्षाको क्षेत्रमा धेरै विकास भएको छ । स्कुल कलेजहरू खुलेका छन् । सबैले पढ्न पाएका छन् । सबैले पढ्न पाउनुपर्छ । पढेकाे मानिसले धेरै प्रगति गर्छ । हामी सबैजनाले राम्राेसँग पढेर असल र सफल मानिस बन्नुपर्छ ।

I will always cherish the memory of my ninth birthday party. All of my close cousins and friends were invited to my birthday party. I have always attended my friend’s birthday party. And before going to every birthday party, my parents used to say that we will not be celebrating my birthday party. 

But when my birthday was near I asked my mom, “Can we do my birthday party at our house? By calling only five people for the party.” My mom said, “Well there are a lot of good friends of yours which is obviously more than five, not even five, maybe ten!” And I agreed with the disappointment, which made my mother feel really bad and she decided to organize a party for me. With the help of my lovely Dheeraj Uncle, we planned to organize a small party in his friend’s restaurant. It was happening in real life, I was very excited. The party was hosted in Double Decker Lounge at Durbar Marg. I invited my friends Ashwith, Aajanya, Anaya, Swopnil, Simrik, Chewang, Aashna, Bidhata, Medhanshi, Krishika, Aayuja, Reha, Prasoya and Tejaswi. And from my relatives grandfather, grandmother, sister, brother, uncle, aunt, etc. 

We had a lot of fun. We played, ate, danced, sang, etc. First we had popcorn and then mo-mo, pizza, french fries, chicken popcorn, veg pakoda, etc. We also hosted a little program of talent shows. Some of my friends danced, some sang, and some even did a quiz. We also did a gift opening session which was a lot of fun. The gifts that I got were Lego Technic, Toy Buggy, Squishy Pistol handmade, football, Cup, Gun set, clothes etc. After that we clicked some pictures in different poses, and cut a cake. When dinner was ready, we all sat together to eat. We had Chicken Biryani but some of my friends did not like it. I enjoyed it till my tummy was full. Since I was very hungry, I forgot to ask my friends if they had eaten properly or not. We also had ice cream after dinner and continued playing. Our party ended at 6 PM and every one returned home with their parents with a return gift which included disco pencil, creative pencil holder and a stamp. 

I would like to thank all my friends who came to the party, Double Decker Lounge, Dheeraj Mama and especially to my beautiful mamu and handsome papa.

You don't see a lot of garbage piled up in the streets of Kathmandu like you used to anymore. The stench that blew across your nostrils is not there anymore. So, you may ask "What changed?" Well, first, the garbage collectors come early in the morning and collect the trash before we go out on the streets. They do this regularly now. Second, our mayor has been looking into this issue personally ever since he became the mayor. The garbage that polluted our rivers and made people sick is taken care of. The garbage collectors take the garbage to a landfill site about 30 kilometres away from Kathmandu and dispose of it. That place is not near any human settlement so that people don't get sick easily. Diseases like cholera, hepatitis and diarrhoea spread through areas that have garbage piled up. It is an added burden to our healthcare system. Our hospitals are seeing less number of patients with infectious diseases in recent years.

Although we practice landfills and controlled tipping to get rid of our waste right now, we still have liquid waste (sewage) flowing into our rivers. The best way to deal with garbage is to separate the types of waste. You recycle what you can, you make compost from organic matter and dump the rest away from cities. Hopefully Kathmandu will be able to do all of that some day. 

जन्म दिने मेरी आमा 

माया गर्ने मेरी आमा 

गाली गर्ने मेरी आमा

फकाउने मेरी आमा

ज्ञान दिने मेरी आमा

 मेरो मुटु मेरी आमा

सबै थोक मेरी आमा

आमा तिमी नभए

मेराे जीवन अन्धकार छ

मेरी आमा दिनुभएकाेमा

भगवानलाई धेरै धन्यवाद छ॥

नेपाल धार्मिक तथा सांस्कृतिक रूपमा प्रसिद्ध  छ । म सानी छँदा म मेरो परिवारसँग मनकामना गएकी थिएँ । हामी केबलकार चढेर मनकामना मन्दिर पुग्याैँ । त्यहाँँ पूजा गर्ने भक्तजनहरूको लामो लाइन थियो । हामी पनि त्यही लाइनमा गएर उभियोैँ । साँझपख पूजा गर्ने पालाे आयाे । साँझ पूजा गरेर हामी होटेलतर्फ लाग्यौँ । होटेल राम्राे थियो । होटेलबाट वरिपरिका बस्ती , डाडाँ, हिमाल , बादल , छर्लङ्ग देखिन्थ्यो । प्राकृतिक सौन्दर्यताले भरिपूर्ण मनकामना मन्दिर वरिपरिका दृश्य जो कसैलाई पनि मन पर्न सक्छ । देवीको पूजा आराधानाले मेरो मन प्रसन्न भएको थियो । अझ साँझको आरती र घण्टीको मनमोहक वातावरणले मेरो मन आनन्दित भएको थियो । केही समय हामी मन्दिरको वरिपरि घुम्यौँ । फोटो खिच्यौँ । टीका , प्रसाद र फूलपाती किन्यौँ अनि केबलकार चढेर कुरिन्टार हुँदै काठमाडौँ फर्कियौँ ।

The state of being clean and free from germs, dirt and waste is called cleanliness. We should clean our environment and our surroundings. If we are clean we become healthy, wealthy and wise. By throwing the garbage in the proper place, our house looks neat and clean. We can clean our  environment by not spitting here and there, not throwing garbage, planting trees and conserving different animals. 

There are different types of pollution that are affecting our environment. Our air is polluted due to different harmful gases and smoke, our rivers are polluted by disposing waste in them, our land is polluted due to deforestation and our health is affected because of these reasons. If we focus on cleanliness, our surroundings will be clean and it will help us to develop our nation. 

In conclusion, maintaining cleanliness is very important. We should not just focus on cleaning ourselves but should also focus on the cleanliness of the environment. This will make the world a better place to live.