विदेशी देशको सपना देख्दा,

आफ्नै देशको माटो छोड्दा

आफ्नो घर र आँगन छोडेर,

विदेशी भूमिमा पाइला टेक्दा

ठुलो कमाउने सपना थियो,

सुखी बनाउने परिवारलाई आशा थियो।

तर परदेशको यात्रामा,

अन्जान संसार, कोही नचिनेको ठाउँ

दिनभर कामको थकानले,

साँझ पर्न साथ एक्लो मनले ।

मनमा गह्रौँ भारी बोकेको छ,

आफ्नो देश सम्झी रोएको छ ।

रोजगारको खोजीमा आएका हामी,

विदेशी भूमिमा बाँच्ने हामी ।

तर हृदयमा बस्ने सधैँ,

देश हाम्रो नेपाल भन्ने ।

Have you ever dreamt of being the perfect person in the whole world? Well Jamie does.

She dreams of being the best in what she does. She does dream… but let’s say she can’t... won’t work for it.She dreams of being a great artist. But is dreaming only enough?

“Soo.. I presume you got my introduction, yup I am Jamie or just call me Jaz that you guys just heard about. You know it’s a pain to dream but it is interesting, also. Sometimes I just wonder while I sleep.”

“Why do we all have dreams about our future? Seems like a pretty basic question. I dream because I want to have an image in my mind of what I want to live up to. I want to have a goal in my mind so I can work for it. But I am somewhat lazy. I work, and I know I am more than anyone else. But, like people always say, no matter what talent you have, even if you have a brain that can think better than anyone has ever been on the earth, if you don’t bring it to play, it’s better off not existing.”

She walks up to a place where she dreams. Her consciousness. Her land of peace. Now, I want you to imagine her land of consciousness, it’s pretty common for a person to think that a person’s consciousness or a place where they dream must be somewhere they find peace, an image of their room. An image of nature? An image of..? Her consciousness consists of nothing except noises, and emptiness. An image every time she imagines. 

“Do you ever get the feeling when someone wins, that should have been you? Well, I get that almost always, I think it’s pretty common though. It’s pretty normal for people to want to get the glory and the respect but I have to agree, I have never been touched this bad ever. I know why they won, or do I? They won but that should’ve been me. I should have been the one to win that glory. I know that practice and working the same thing again and again is important, and I know they worked hard… But they just seemed not deserving of it. You know, sometimes you just get the feeling that they worked but, they just seem not deserving. It may just be my toxic trait.”

Here she lies in her own beliefs of what’s right and wrong for others, but she doesn’t see herself.  People are always stuck up in what others got and why they got it, but they never seem to look for themselves, “Have I worked like they have to get that high.” Right? It’s the right thinking, right? Guess I will leave that question for you all to answer to yourself.

“People fight, but most people fight without knowing why they fight. You must have a reason to fight. Right? But somehow I am always fighting, but later when I think, “Hey Jazz? Tell me just why are you fighting by the way?” And then I remember, “Ahh, I remember, I fight for… me. I fight so that when I look back in my past, I know I fought for what I got. I fight so I can live a life I can feel proud of. I never ever looked that not working or fighting right now will have any effect on me. But after seeing people run before me, run faster than me, faster and higher. I feel if I don’t fight now, I may never have a chance to do so.. Ever…”

And here she lies again in the end, a person who dreams without dreaming for it. A person who fights without fighting. Finally, got a push to fight with all they can. A question is for everyone, “When you dream, dream first then question it. You will then truly know why you dreamt of it. If you question first, it won’t be YOUR dream. It would be your concept’s dream.”

Harry Potter is a very popular book among the ages of all people around the globe, while Percy Jackson is also a very popular book but mostly read by a younger audience. They’re both book series which are filled with magic and mystery, one written by J.K Rowling (Harry Potter), another written by Rick Riordan (Percy Jackson).

There are 5 books in total in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series while there are 7 books in the Harry Potter series. Percy Jackson is a book based around a 12 year old boy who finds out he is a demigod and the son of the Greek god of the sea, Poseidon. He slowly finds out about the powers that he had inherited from his parent and uncovers more about the greek mythology as his journey moves forward, whereas Harry Potter is a book where our protagonist, Harry Potter, discovers that he is a wizard at the age of  11 and with the help of his friends, he tries to discover more about the mysterious death of his parents and digs more into the past of the magical world.

There is a huge controversy among both the books as to which book’s storyline and characters are better. People constantly bring up the plots, character development, and the crossover of both of these books to compare it to one another. While I love the storyline and plot of both of these books, Percy Jackson is just better. If we think hard about Harry Potter for over 10 minutes, we will see all the holes and gaps in there. There are things like time travel that aren't truly explained properly and are really just seen in one book used by a girl to be able to attend all her classes. Other questions like how did they truly manage to keep the magical world filled with wizards and witches all a secret for such a long time? How is this world not known by ordinary people when muggleborns exist? Just like that, there are many more holes in the story line. In the Harry Potter series, all the other characters’ lives also seemed to revolve only around Harry but in Percy Jackson, it seemed as if all the characters had their own lives and their own problems to deal with. While the series Percy Jackson and the Olympian also had few plot holes, it wasn’t as confusing as Harry Potter as there were a lot of queries in that series, it was also never properly explained on how Lily, Harry Potter’s mother, protected Harry Potter from Voldemort. 

The Harry Potter series had a world built around a singular kid whereas in the series Percy Jackson and the Olympians, one kid was thrown into a world that was already built. If we look at both the series in a way, if we took Harry Potter out of the story, everything would fall apart whereas if we took Percy Jackson out of the series, everything would remain the same. All the characters had their own significance and importance to the story which helped the book’s plot to be better. This also shows that Rick Riordan could write Harry Potter but J.K Rowling couldn’t have written Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

कुनै एउटा गाउँमा उमेरले २५ वर्षकी रीता विद्यालयकी प्र.अ. शिक्षिका बन्ने ठानेकी थिइन् । आफ्नै पाठशालामा शिक्षक बन्ने आकाङ्क्षी थिइन् । तर, उसका आमाबाबुले उनको विवाह विनाेद नामक मानिससँग गर्ने यो ठूलो निर्णय गरे।  यसकारण, रीता धेरै चिन्तित थिइन् । उनले आफ्नो घर छाडेर आफूले नचिनेको व्यक्तिसँग बिहे गर्नुपर्‍यो । उनले आफ्ना आमाबाबुसँग बिन्ती गरिन् । उनीहरूलाई आफ्नो पढाइलाई निरन्तरता दिन भनेर बिन्ती गरिन् । तर तिनीहरू जिद्दी गर्थे कि कम उमेरको विवाह एउटा परम्परा हो जुन पालना गर्नुपर्छ । रीताले धेरै बिन्ती गरेपछि उसलाई केवल १ हप्ताको लागि विद्यालय जान दिए । रीताका अविभावकले बिहेको सबै व्यवस्था गर्न थालिसकेका थिए । जसमा उसको विहेको योजना गरिएको थियो । रीताले विद्यालयमा कसैलाई पनि उसको विवाहको बारेमा भनिन् । उनी सधैझैँ सामान्य तालले विद्यालय जान्थिन्, पढ्थिन् र फर्किन्थिन् । उसका केही शिक्षकहरूलाई उसको बिहेको बारेमा थाहा थियो र रीतालाई देखेर धेरै दुःखी थिए ।

उसको विज्ञान शिक्षिकालाई उसको बिहेबारे केही थाहा थिएन । उनको विवाहको दिन रीताले सुन्दर विवाहको पोसाक लगाएकी थिइन् । उनी डराएकी थिइन् विवाहपछि, रीतालाई विनाेदको घरमा लगियो । जुन उनको लागि जेल जस्तै महसुस भयो । उनले घरको काम गर्ने र विनाेदको हरेक आवश्यकताको हेरचाह गर्ने उसलाई गरिएको थियो। विनाेदको स्वभाव निकै नराम्रो र अशिष्ट थियो ।   रीतलाई कामै मात्र लगाउँथ्याे । रीताप्रति धेरै क्रोधित थियो ।  रीता त्यो घरमा एक मौन दसा थिइन् । उसले बोल्दा घरका सदस्य झर्किंन्थे ।  शिक्षा पाउने रिटको सपना हरेक दिन घट्दै गयो ।  एक दिन रीताको शिक्षिकालाई रीता किन कक्षामा नआएको भनेर चिन्तित भइन् । त्यसैले उनले रीताका अभिभावकलाई सोधिन् । थाह पाएपछि उनलाई दुःख लाग्यो । उनले अभिभावकलाई रीतालाई फिर्ता ल्याउन आग्रह गरे तर उनीहरूले नाइ भने । तर उनीहरूले शिक्षकलाई विनाेदको परिवारसँग कुरा गर्न दिए । उनले विनाेदको परिवारसँग पनि कुरा गरिन् र उनीहरूलाई बालविवाहबारे कुरा बुझाइन् । आफू शिक्षिका हुनुमा कत्ति खुसी भएको र बालविवाहबाट जोगाएकोमा उनीप्रति धेरै आभारी भएको बताएकी थिइ्न् । यो देखेर शिक्षक निकै खुसी हुनुभयो । 

बाल विवाहले अहिले पनि ग्रामीण क्षेत्रका ससाना बालबालिकाहरू पीडित छन् । बालविवाहले बालबालिकाको बाल्यकाल खोस्छ । उनीहरूको स्वास्थ्यलाई खतरामा पार्छ । २० वर्ष नपुग्दै विवाह गर्ने केटीहरू घरेलु हिंसाको सिकारसमेत हुन्छन् र निरक्षर हुन्छन् । उनीहरूको स्वास्थ्य अवस्था उनीहरूको उमेरका अन्य व्यक्तिहरूको तुलनामा खराब हुन्छ र उनी मानसिक तनावले पीडित हुन्छन् । जुन उनीहरूका आफ्नै छोराछोरीमा जान्छ । यो प्रक्रियाले मानिसको जीवन र देश दुवैलाई बर्बाद पार्छ । त्यसैले हामीले बालविवाहबारे जनचेतना फैलाउनु पर्छ। 

गर्छन् कल्पना युवावर्गहरू

सुखसयल जीवनको

लाग्छ उनीहरूलाई सुख विदेशमा छ

स्वदेशमा छैन । 

भौँतारिन्छ त्यही सुखको पछि

खोज्दैनन् सुख आफ्नो देशमा । 

बिर्सन्छन् आफूलाई आर्विभावन गर्ने नेपाली आमा

विस्मरण गर्छन् आफ्नो अस्तित्वमा सहिदहरूको योगदान

पानी छ जस्तो लाग्छ विदेशमा

मरूभूमि ठान्छन् देशमा । 

सुखको पछि भाग्दा यति आलस्य बन्छन् 

कर्तव्य र जिम्मेवारी चटक्कै भुल्छन् । 

आक्षेप लगाउँछ नेतालाई

देख्दैन ऊ आफूलाई । 

जब ऊ विदेश पुग्छ,

केही क्षण दुग्धधारा देख्छ

त्यसपछि पानी देख्छ

र उही आलस्य जीवनको भोग गर्छ । 

अन्त्यमा साँच्चै मृगतृष्णाको सिकारी बन्छ

नहोस् नि कसरी ?

प्रकृतिको काख नअँगाली बासना जो अँगाल्छ

त्रि-रत्न नदेखी कृत्रिम रत्नको पछि जो लाग्छ । 

अन्त्यमा बन्दछ ऊ मृगतृष्णाको सिकारी 

भर्दछ उसमा पश्चात्तापको भारी ।

Social media is a dangerous place. I know that because I am one of the bats that live there. I like to think of social media as a huge cave full of bats. I don't like bats, I find them strange. Every user is a bat and there are different types of bats. Sweet bats, helpful bats, popular bats, attractive bats, bullying bats, evil bats, scamming bats, they just keep on going. These bats have their own way of using social media. Popular or attractive bats use it to showcase how their life is better than everyone else's . Some bats are helpful and help friends and other misguided bats in the cave and then there are the evil bats. 

No one likes the evil bats.

The evil bats bite, they are ugly it has no fur and they can't fly properly but one thing they can do is bite. They can bite the other bats and make them feel bad. Even though they’re clearly worse they point out the flaws in other bats. Broken wing, crooked teeth, sad eyes etc. These evil bats love making other bats hate them. Even though the bats are told not to mind they can’t help but mind about what others think of their wings or teeths. Now an average bat is turned into a self-conscious anxious bat . 

No one likes the evil bats.

Cyber bullying is when an internet user threatens, bullies or makes fun of other internet users via social media apps. Cyberbullying is extremely bad because it hurts people's feelings and minds, and sometimes even their bodies. In today's digital world, where we spend a lot of time online, this kind of bullying can invade someone's personal space and make them feel really terrible. It not only makes people feel bad about themselves but also makes them scared and unsure about their safety, which can lead to serious problems like feeling very anxious, depression and, in some cases, even thinking about hurting themselves. Also, cyberbullying can leave a permanent mark online, which can damage a person's reputation and their chances for a good time in the future. It's super important that we understand how serious cyberbullying is and do our best to make the internet a kinder and safer place. Now, anything that the user finds offensive or rude can be classified as cyber bullying, even simple rude comments can emotionally scar a person’s life. Of course some people assume everyone will just take their side and use cyber bullying as a medium to frame someone.

So, the effects of social media, how can it be useful but first let’s take an easy approach imagine that you just logged in into your favorite social app and get greeted by a few good morning dms from your friends and positive posts on your screen, they all make you see these social media sights in a better light and even I admit social media can be a really great way of sharing news, information or just having fun with friends. There also are some people that are just trying to help you, sharing their daily life in an app. But there is one thing they do tell you. Cyber bullying. Not everyone gets  treated with respect. They get shamed for their body and imperfections. That leaves people to anxiety and depression or even suicidal thoughts. It is not funny, bullies need to know that. And It's 10 times worse than bullying. There is one permanent thing that you cannot do in social media browsers that you can do in non – virtual life. That is minding your own business. Even if someone does something that goes against your religion or your beliefs it's not a reason to shame or demoralize them for it . You should simply say “well I disagree” and carry on with your day, even if you want to make a comment you should keep in mind that respect should be given to everyone regardless of their beliefs .

Bullies make your life a living hell if you don’t do something about it. There is a block button but that button will only be able to block your conversations. Not the feelings they hurt of yours. Apps have different ways of bullying. When you were little you were told not to talk to strangers, but we can just throw it out the window because we all use social media and the social media is full of strangers commenting on your post. And the bad thing is small children who cannot differentiate between friends or strangers share their personal emotions and talk to these people and that leads to spoof hacking, they can even harass you on chat. That’s a reason why children shouldn't access Social Media , social media holds just a small fragment of the real world which can overwhelm or traumatize children. Children shouldn't know about racists or pedophiles, but on the internet, they swarm like bees around suspected youngsters. 

When I say social media is dangerous I mean it. There is a chance people might stalk you and find out information about you until they know much to blackmail you. We always have to be careful. One wrong text and your private information are leaked. Let’s take an example of Colleen Ballinger, an internet star who was recently under fire for her leaked text messages with her fans who are mostly children. She asked weird and peculiar questions to young fans and even asked them to share their personal info. The Internet is full of evil bats like that. It's your call if you want to be a good bat or an evil bat.

There are celebrities who went through that stage of their life when people would bully them and threaten them. There are some talented people who just cowered down because  the thought of bullying scared them. Cyber bullying is not funny and people who went through it need immediate supportive help. Finally, I would like to say that we should all agree on one thing that cyberbullying is not funny or comedic in any way and those who partake in it should be heavily punished . “ No one likes evil bats”

Mentality and physicality are the most important elements of the body. They play a significant role for the well being of a person. Physicality refers to the attributes and physical traits like appearance, health, fitness, strength, agility, etc. Mentality states the quality of someone's mind, thoughts and attitude. A better physicality influences a person's better physical activities and better health. But, a better and suitable mentality influences one’s behavior, interpretation of World and even physicality. If we don't have a better mentality, we will never have the will to have superior physicality. People nowadays only try to improve their physicality while some ignore both and stay on their lowest levels. They have lost the significance of mentality from their mindset. 

Many of the people nowadays are adapting negative, fixed and victim mentality. Negative mentality affects us by making us expect negative results in every action. This type of mentality stops us from many opportunities and challenges. Thinking negatively could also lead us to execute negative and non-acceptable activities. To fix our negative mind we should focus on positive aspects of life. Even meditation and exercise helps release the negativeness from our mind. Fixed mentality is the state of mind which binds us to a limit and makes us believe we should be fixed on the ability we could do. This mentality results in discouragement in ourselves and failure. We should try to get out of our comfort zone and try something new. Life is all about new experiences so, a fixed mindset just covers us from knowledge, happiness and success. Victim mentality is also equally terrible as it makes us feel defeated even if any minor incident happens. This type of mentality reduces our self confidence and motivation. This type of mentality leads us to failure and depression. 

We should adopt a very strong and stable mindset. It helps us to recover from any loss or failure. It reduces the chances of downfall due to frustration and also maintains a healthy life. So, we should maintain a positive, strong and winning mentality in life for better living. A person can be visibly changed with change of his mindset so we should always maintain a positive mindset. It makes our thinking process, action and mission easier and achievable. Mental state of mind also improves our physicality by maintaining our overall health and keeping us in shape. We all know that victims of mental diseases like depression, frustration and trauma are increasing day by day. It is all because of a weak mentality and not giving care to mental health. We all can relate that depression occurs due to losing our loved ones or other serious heartbreaking incidents and also monotonous life schedules or other traumas. But, we should try to revive from the dark phases by arousing a strong mentality. We all can see the example of it in society. We hear that people are giving up on life and losing hopes even on small problems while some are still motivated and live with a smile on their face. The difference is not the problem, the difference is mentality. 

Hence, mentality depends on a person's well being and action. If a healthy mental state meets with excellent physicality, a person is likely to be more successful and on the top. Maintaining a healthy mental state is as equally significant as maintaining our health. I would like to end the article with a quote - “Your reality is a reflection of your mentality” - Aaron Bell. 

नेपालको सुदूरपश्चिमी भेग डोटी, बैतडी, डढेलधुरा आदि ठाउँहरूमा देउकी प्रथा प्रचलित छ । यी ठाउँहरूमा परम्परागत रूपमा नै यो प्रथा चलिआएको छ । देउकी प्रथामा महिनावारी नभएका बालिकालाई देवतालाई चढाइन्छ । त्यही केटी बच्चालाई नै देउकी भनिन्छ । यसरी देउकी चढाउनुमा भगवान् खुसी भएर परिवारको हित हुन्छ भन्ने कुरामा विश्वास गरिन्छ । 

आर्थिक अवस्था कमजोर भएका अभिभावकले छोरीलाई धनी मानिसलाई बेच्छन् र ती धनी मानिसले आफ्नो परिवारको हितका लागि देउकी चढाउँछन् । गरिबीको कारण आमाबुबाले छोरीको पालनपोषण र विवाह गर्न नसक्ने अवस्था भएका हुनाले देउकी चढाउने पाइन्छ । जुन नेपालकाे कानुन विपरी हाे र मानव अधिकारको हनन पनि हाे । देउकीको रूपमा चढाइएका केटीहरूले आफ्नो पालनपोषण मन्दिरमा चढाइएको खानेकुरा र पैसाले मात्र गर्न पाउँछन् । उनीहरूले शिक्षा पाउँदैनन् र सिप नहुने भएकाले आफ्नो जीविकोपार्जनलाई केही पनि गर्न सक्दैनन् । देउकीले विवाह गर्न पाउँदैनन् र आफ्नो जीवन मन्दिर सफा गर्ने, देवीदेवताको पूजा गर्ने, मन्दिरको कममा सघाउने जस्ता काममा बिताउँछन् । त्यसैले देउकीले आफ्नो जीवनमा आफ्नो इच्छा तथा सपना पूरा गर्न पाउँडैनन् । उनीहरू समाजबाट वञ्चित भएर मन्दिर तथा भगवान्को सेवा मात्र गरेर बस्नुपर्ने हुन्छ । यसले गर्दा खराब नियत भएका मानिसहरूबाट बलात्कारको सिकार पनि हुन्छन् साथै अफ्नो जीवन पाल्नका लागि पनि यौनकर्मी बन्ने गरेको पाइन्छ। 

देउकी प्रथामा धार्मिक अन्धविश्वास छ । कन्या देवतालाई चढाउदा पुण्य कमाउने अन्धविश्वास गरिन्छ । केटीले पनि देवताको सेवा गर्दा पुण्य हुने तथा जीवन सर्थक हुने विश्वास गर्छ्न् । छोरी देउकी चढाएमा छोरा सन्तान जन्मिन्छ भन्ने अन्धविश्वासले पनि छोरीलाई देउकी बनाएको देखिन्छ । अर्काे कारण भनेकाे गरिबी हाे । गरिबीले गर्दा सन्तानको पालनपोषण गर्न सक्दैनन् र त्यसैगरी धर्मको नाममा देवातालाई देउकी चढाएको पनि देखिन्छ। धनी मान्छेलाई आफ्नो छोरी देवतालाई चढाउनका लागि दिएर आफू ऋण मुक्त हुने वा पैसा लिने पनि  गर्छन् ।

अशिक्षाले गर्दा जनचेतना नभएको देखिन्छ त त्यसको फलस्वरूप, शिक्षाबारे अनविज्ञ हुन्छन् । शिक्षाको अभावका कारण देउकीले आफ्नो हक अधिकार माग्न सक्दैनन् र देउकी प्रथा विरूद्ध हुने कानुनीकारवाहीबारे सचेत नभएकाले पनि यो प्रथा अझै कायम छ । जनचेतनाको अभाव समाजलाई देउकी प्रथा एक अन्धविश्वास हो र यसले महिलाको अधिकार हनन गर्दछ भन्ने कुराबारे जानकारी नभएकाले यो प्रथा कायम रहेको देखिन्छ । त्यसै गरी कानुनी कारवाही तथा दण्डबारे सचेत नभएकाले पनि यो प्रथा अझै समाजमा कायम रहेको छ। यसले मानिसकाे स्वास्थ्यमा असर गरेकाे छ । गरिबीका कारण देउकीहरू बसोबास गर्ने ठाउँ र खानपान राम्रो हुदैँन र यसले गर्दा उनीहरू विभिन्न रोगका सिकार हुन सक्छन्। समयमा नै उपचार गर्न नपाएकाले देउकीहरूको स्वास्थ समस्या वा मृत्यु भएको पनि देखिन्छ । देउकीले आफ्नो इच्छा तथा जीवनको लक्ष्य पूरा गर्न पाउदैनन् र सधैँ देवी देवताको सेवामा लागि रहनुप र्छ। उनीहरू सुरक्षित पनि हुँदैनन् । जीविकोपार्जनमा पनि कठिनाइ हुन्छन्। यसको कारण उनीहरूलाई मानसिक तनाव हुन सक्छ। 

त्यसैले देउकी प्रथा महिलाप्रतिको दुर्व्यवहार पनि हो र कानुनले देउकी प्रथालाई अपराध मान्छ। अहिले देउकी प्रथामा प्रोत्साहन गर्नेलाई कानुन बमाेजिम सजाय दिने गरिन्छ । अन्त्यमा भन्नुपर्दा देउकी भनेको एक कुप्रथा हो र यस प्रथाको बारेमा चेतना फैलाउनु पर्छ र यदि यी प्रथाहरू त्यसपछि पनि प्रचलनमा छन् भने त्यसको विरुद्धमा कडा कानुन ्बनाई लागु गर्नुपर्छ । 

नदीको बगरमा बसेर जीवनका

अनगिन्ती सुन्दर सपनाहरूकाे

यादमा हराउँदै

फूलको बगैँचामा सुस्ताउँदै सुन्छु,

हावाको गतिसँगै गीतका यादहरू

तारामा आकाशकाे शून्यता 

रातको गहिरो रहस्य।

चन्द्रमाको शीलता र चहक

जीवनमा प्रेमको आगमन

मनको कुनामा बसेर सोच्छु,

आशा र सपनाका गीतहरू

दुनियाँको रङ्गिन चित्रमा 

सजाइएका सपनाहरू कहाँ हराए ?

नेपाली माटोमा सुगन्ध फैलाएर 

सपना सजाउने  हरेक चाहना

थमाैती राख्दै कुरिरहेछ दिनप्रतिदिन

 नयाँ चाहना र प्रेरणा रुमलिएकाे जीवन,

अन्धकारमा हराउन खाेजिरहेछ ।

Cause life is an eternity-long run,

as far as you go, the more you will know,

walk as long as you can,

and you will never be alone.

Cause life is fun, cause life is fun,

keep on running, to make it better,

find your goals, to make it better,

achieve your dreams, to make it better.

Life may be bitter but never give up,

write a letter to your dreams, 

the railway to success, 

ride the train of hope and never give up.

Keep on running till the end of time,

because while death may be certain but,

you still have to survive,

so live life.

In recent years, the field of education has undergone many dramatic and effective transformations, which has been largely a cause of rapid advancement in technology. As we begin to navigate through the digital revolution and the modern world, the role of teachers has evolved significantly too, as teachers are adapting to new challenges and embracing new and fresh opportunities in today’s world. This transformation has been further advanced by global events such as COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused many education institutions and teachers to move towards online learning. The teaching profession is changing in contrast to these digital developments and is affecting the educators and students equally.

Normally, teachers were often seen as the primary source of knowledge, as they delivered information to students in a one-directional way. However, in the digital age, this tradition has transformed. With vast amounts of information easily available online, teachers are no longer expected to be the experts. Instead, the teachers’ role has transformed into that of a facilitator or just a guide. 

Modern educators now focus on teaching the students and learners how to navigate through the information available to everyone and how to use it effectively. They help to develop critical thinking skills, teaching students how to analyze and evaluate their sources, differentiate fact from fiction and to scrape information from multiple sources and resources. This transformation emphasizes on the importance of teaching students how to learn rather than simply teaching them what to learn. 

The integration of technology into education has opened up new opportunities for teaching and learning. Interactive whiteboards, educational apps like Byjus, Khan Academy, virtual reality experiences, and online communication tools like slack and google chat, have become a common place in many institutes for teachers and students to connect and discuss different topics. In the digital age, it is felt that teachers are expected to be proficient in using these technologies to enhance their teaching and lessons, helping students in new ways and through new means. 

This technological advancement allows for more personalized learning experiences for the educator and the student too. Learning softwares can help teachers to identify topics and ideas where individual students may be struggling, which allows for targeted help. Meanwhile, online platforms and the same learning software helps students to learn at their own speed, reviewing the available material as needed or learning more about the topic when ready. 

While technology offers many advantages, it also presents challenges. One of the most important roles of teachers is maintaining a balance between the digital tools and preserving human creativity and connections. Face to face interactions, empathy and emotional intelligence still remain the crucial aspects of education that technology cannot entirely replace. 

Teachers must find ways to emphasize on these personal skills even in digital environments. This might involve tasks like initiating group discussions in virtual classrooms, encouraging students for peer-to-peer learning or simply being available for students who may be struggling. 

The role of teachers in the digital age is still evolving. While technology has change many aspects of education, the fundamental importance of teachers for people to learn still remains unchanged. Their ability to guide, teach and support students to learn about new things and overcome their problems still is as crucial as it was before. As teachers and students continue to navigate through the digital age and advancements in technology, the most effective teachers will be those who can apply the diverse landscape of technology while still maintaining the fundamental human emotions and the effectiveness of one-to-one learning. 

By applying these changes and overcoming new challenges, teachers are not only adapting to the digital world but are also actively shaping the future of education and the future of our world. This evolving role of teachers and the balance between technology and education is preparing students for success in the rapidly changing world. 

मुनामा बितेकाे बर्ष,

पुराना शीर्षक हर्ष।

संस्कृतिका बिचमा

दिइएकाे म बानी हुँदै बढ़्छु यात्रा।

आफ्ना परम्परा, भाषा हाम्रो गर्व,

सारा विश्वलाई देखाउँने आफ्ना स्वरूप।

सुन्दर भूमि, पुरातात्विक सुन्दरता

संस्कृतिका मोहमा भएका हामी नेपाली

भक्तिमा लिपिएका कथाहरू,

बोल्दै नाच्दै गरेका देवीहरूका चित्रहरू

संस्कृति छ धन, आनन्दका सागर,

हाम्रो अभिमान, हाम्रो गर्वको बीचमा।

विराजमान हुन्छाैँ, आफ्नो संस्कृति

रमाउँछाै आफ्नै भेषमा, आफ्नै देशमा ।