Ludwig Van Beethoven is a German composer born during the Classical era of music. As many musicians say till this day he was a musical genius. His pieces spoke emotions like no other musicians. Beethoven started composing when he was very young. He made his first composition when he was 8 years old and continued it to his deathbed. He was very good at playing instruments like piano, organ and the violin but he couldn't improvise like Mozart or have elegance in his music like other musicians in the classical era but he was a genius at conveying emotions through his music. 

At the age of 28 Beethoven started losing his hearing due to the exposure to lead. He used to hear buzzing sounds which made it difficult to make music with high pitches and resorted to using lower notes in his music. By the time he was 30 the hearing loss was getting worse. He was scared that this would cause the death of his career so he kept it a secret and told the people closest to him. After 15 years at the age of 45 he was still composing but he had completely lost his hearing so he was basically shooting darts blindfolded. As his maid stated he used to play his piano he used to go closer and closer to the speaker. Music meant everything to him as he spent all his life devoting his effort and time to music. So how did he still compose? As Beethoven spent 40 years playing instruments and composing he knew what everything sounded like. He still composed at the cost of the elegance in his music. We can hear the struggle in his music, even in his sheet notes we can see the frustration behind every line of his music with scribbles all over the sheet.  

As every musician does he released all his frustration in his music and that's how symphony no. 9 came to life. Symphony no. 9 symbolized the power and struggle that he had faced day and night due to his hearing conditions. In conclusion, Beethoven is a great composer and we should face and try to overcome our disabilities just like Beethoven did. 

आफूले चाहेका जनप्रतिनिधिको छनोट गर्ने विधि एवं प्रक्रिया नै निर्वाचन हो ।  निर्वाचनलाई चुनाव पनि भनिन्छ । नागरिकले देशको शासन व्यवस्थामा प्रतिनिधित्व गर्नका लागि आफ्नो गोप्य मत दिएर निर्वाचित गरेका प्रतिनिधिमार्फत  उनीहरू शासन व्यवस्थामा सहभागी हुन्छन् । निर्वाचन विधि र प्रक्रिया सदैव स्वच्छ, स्वतन्त्र र विश्वसनीय हुनुपर्छ । फरक देशहरूमा फरक फरक तरिकाले चुनाव गरिन्छ । विश्वमा मुख्यतः बढीमत, बहुमत, समानुपातिक प्रतिनिधित्व, मिश्रित र अन्य गरी ४ वटा निर्वाचन प्रणाली परिवारभित्र विभिन्न १२ प्रणालीहरू प्रचलनमा छन् । सबै निर्वाचन प्रणालीका आ–आफ्ना विशेषता छन् । निर्वाचन प्रणालीमा रहेको खास खास विशेषताका कारण मतको अवस्था उही रहे पनि प्रणालीअनुसार प्रतिनिधित्वको सङ्ख्या र स्वरूपमा भने फरक नतिजा आउँछ । संसारका सबैजसो मुलुकले राजनीतिक परिवर्तनको विशिष्ट अवस्थामा वा मुलुकले आत्मसात् गरेका खासखास मुद्दाको सम्बोधन गरी देशमा शान्ति, स्थिरता र विकाशका लागि निर्वाचन प्रक्रिया गर्ने गरिन्छ । 

नेपालकाे संविधान २०७२ मा नेपालमा प्रत्येक पाँच पाँच वर्षमा सङ्घ प्रदेश र स्थानीय तहकाे निर्वाचन हुने र जनप्रतिनिधि छानिने व्यवस्था छ । संसदकाे माथिल्लो सदन र तल्लो सदन दुवै सदस्यहरूको निर्वाचन हुने व्यवस्था नेपालकाे संविधान २०७२ अनुसार हुन्छ । नेपालको निर्वाचन गराउने काम नेपाल निर्वाचन आयोगले गर्छ। २०७९ वैशाखमा ७५३ स्थानीय तहकाे निर्वाचन सम्पन्न भइसकेकाे छ । नेपालमा ८ वटा प्रमुख राजनीतिक दलहरू छन् : नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी, नेपाली काँग्रेस,नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (माओवादी केन्द्र), नेकपा, जनता समाजवादी पार्टी र लोकतान्त्रिक समाजवादी पार्टी। 

अहिले निर्वाचित प्रतिनिधिहरूमध्ये कतिपय ठाउँमा स्वतन्त्र उमेदवाहरूले पनि चुनाव जितेर चर्चा कमाएका छन् । ती नयाँ र स्वतन्त्र उमेदवाहरूबाट जनताहरूले परिवर्तनकाे आशा पनि राखेका छन् । १८ वर्ष उमेर पूरा भएका नेपाली नागरिकहरूले मतदान गर्न पाउने संवैधानिक व्यवस्था छ । 

From being best friends of 13 years to being total strangers in each other’s life. This is a short story about Paxton and Maya. They were best friends for more than 13 years, were very close with each other and shared everything with each other. They would share every little thing with each other, things that are very close to us too. They were always there for each other, from helping each other even if it was midnight, they would sit there talking to each other or helping each other.

Soon they realized that they liked each other. Paxton confessed to Maya and soon they were both in a relationship. Paxton hated lies, everyone does but he extremely hated it. One day Maya lied to Paxton knowing that he hated it. It was not a small lie Maya told Paxton that her grandmother had stage three cancer and would not live. Reading this, people might think that it was Maya’s life. Why did Paxton even care? But lying about someone’s death would make anyone mad. Paxton figured it out through Maya’s friend and confronted Maya about it. When he confessed to her, she suddenly vanished. Paxton started worrying about Maya. Even if Paxton was mad at Maya he didn't want things to end. He still loved and cared about her. Maya came back after a week and talked about how he felt about him confessing to her and blaming him. Paxton was trying to fix things with her and Maya told him that she would never be able to see him the same way as how she used to but told him that she would try to make it as normal as before. And both of them decided to meet together in a park and sort things out but when they met it was all awkward between them and didn’t talk at all. And they went together without sorting out anything at all. But in the end, before leaving Maya made Paxton promise that he would not text her and she would text him but she never did. She was gone from her life completely and the bond they had was gone. Paxton started getting depressed and started smoking and taking drugs. He started getting happiness through it. Paxton wrote a letter for Maya to apologize for his mistakes and wanted to give it to him but didn’t know-how. Maya also had one other best friend named Riya but Maya never shared the same bond with her as she did with Paxton. Maya’s best friend Riya also didn’t know about her relationship with Paxton but knew they were best friends. So Paxton decided to talk to Riya about everything but he did not mention their relationship and they decided to go meet her. Paxton was hiding where Maya couldn’t see her but Paxton could see Maya. While Riya and Maya caught up Riya asked about Paxton and Maya said “ Please don’t talk about him in front of him. I don’t want to hear his name. I don’t care about his existence.” Hearing this Paxton was completely heartbroken. Right after saying that Maya saw Paxton and she was completely shocked and ran back home. Paxton returned home. He was struggling but in the end, he moved on slowly but surely he did but it took him years for him to truly move on. One day Paxton got his acceptance letter to a university abroad. He went to continue his studies there and was the happiest again. Whereas Maya moved on easily and found a new boyfriend. 

Paxton now believed in the old saying “Best friends are always meant to be friends.” Now she was just a chapter in his life that had a great beginning but the worst ending in his life.

हामी सबैलाई थाहा छ कि अहिले विश्वमा के भइरहेकाे छ ? एकछिन यता पनि है त, अहिले प्राणीहरूकाे वासस्थान रहेको ठाउँ (पृथ्वी) बेवास्ता गरिएको ठाउँ हाे । हामी आफ्नै संसारमा धेरै व्यस्त छौँ । हामी पूर्णतया बिर्सन्छौँ कि हामी बाँचिरहेकाे वास्तविक संसारमा के भइरहेको छ । के हामीलाई थाहा छ; अहिले के भइरहेको छ ?  हामी भन्न सक्छौँ, के चाहिँ  हुन सक्ला  ? हामी जवाफ दिँदा अक्क न बक्क भई बसिदिन्छाैँ । जवाफ दिनेहरूले नै पनि सजिलै भनिदेलान् आफूले देखे भाेगेकाे कुरा । अरू समस्या छाडेर युद्ध र महँगाइ पनि भन्न सक्छन् । तर के यही र यति मात्र भएको हाे ? वास्तवमा भइरहेको के हाे ?

विश्वमा युद्धको वर्तमान अवस्थाको गहिराइमा जाँदा सानो झगडालाई पनि युद्ध मानिन्छ । मध्यपूर्वी देशहरू, युरोपेली देशहरू र अन्य धेरै देशहरू अहिले युद्धको सामना गरिरहेका छन् । जसले प्रत्येक देशमा ठुलो मात्रामा आर्थिक नोक्सान पुर्‍याएको छ। आर्थिक समस्याकै कुरा गर्दा आर्थिक मन्दीबाट गुज्रिरहेको नेपालको वर्तमान अवस्था पनि हामीलाई थाहा नै छ । नेपाल सरकार र आम नेपाली जनताले आर्थिक सङ्कटकाे सामना गर्नुपरेकै छ  । नेपाली जनताहरू उच्च मूल्यवृद्धिको सामना गर्न नसक्ने अवस्थामा पुगिसकेका छन् । देशमा आयात बढ्दै जानु, निर्यात कम हुनु, सबै सामान विदेशबाट भित्रिँदा नेपालकाे व्यापार घाटा बढ्दै गइरहेकाे छ । कमाइकाे तुलनामा खर्च बढी भइरहेकाे छ । यो सबैका लागि चिन्ताकाे विषय हाे ।  नेपाल र नेपाली मात्र नभएर विश्वका अन्य धेरै देशहरूसमेत आर्थिक सङ्कटको सामना गरिरहेका छन् । सबैका आफ्नै पीडा र व्यथा छन् । 

मौसम परिवर्तन ?

पृथ्वीको तापक्रम छिटो छिटाे परिवर्तन हुँदै गइरहेकाे हामी सबैलाई थाहा छ । अहिले हामी कुन युगबाट कुन युगससम्म आइपुगेका छौँ भन्ने कुरा अनुभव गर्दा नै निकै गर्व हुन्छ । त्यसैले विज्ञानको यस्तो युगमा आइपुग्दा मौसममा यति धेरै  परिवर्तन हुँदै गएकाे थाहा पाउँदा पनि केही गर्न नखोज्ने हामी मानव जाति कस्ता हाैँ  ?   यसतर्फ कसले र कहिले ध्यान दिने  ? अब हामीले याे साेच्ने बेला भएकाे छ । हाम्राे सानो सानो प्रयासले नै सबै कुराहरू ठुला र सम्भव बनाउन सक्छाैँ । हाम्राे साेचाइ र गराइकाे कमीले मात्र सम्भव कुरालाई पनि असम्भव देखिएकाे हाे । यो विज्ञान र प्रविधिको युग हो । यस युगमा हामीले चाहेकाे कुरा पूरा गर्न सक्छाैँ । मात्र इच्छाशक्तिकाे खाँचाे छ ।  

The urge for acknowledgement is something every single person has. Whether it is a shopkeeper or a web developer. Although the urge to get acknowledged is common, I am really unable to overcome this wish. 

An astonishing thing for me was that I found out that I could sing only a few months ago. Even though I knew my throat wasn’t in good shape, I sang at all times and to be honest, I was terrible. Well, I am really fascinated with music and anything related to it. Even though I do repeatedly listen to pop music, I do listen to other genres too. I mean the only thing that I just can’t bear is rap music. There’s a good reason for it. I don’t hate rap, it's just that the beat of the music and the beat of the heartbeat synchronize and so I don’t feel well at those times. Music is just something that I refer to as support. May it be for entertainment purpose or emotional purpose. I am also interested in songwriting  and music composing. The main thing I am focusing on is singing as I think I have many flaws that are just too unignorable. Well even though I know I have many flaws I don’t really consider myself a person with a voice not suitable for singing. I think music is an inseparable part of my life as I just don’t have a day without it. If I don’t listen to music someday I just sing it. My life totally depends on how I see it. Even though I’m not bold enough to speak properly in front of people but I can assure anyone that I can sing well, at least  as long as  I'm not shy. Also I’m thankful to my school for hosting an Open Mic Session for people such as me to get an opportunity to perform and get an opportunity to know yourself. I am so excited to see how the programme ends. I am looking forward to attending open mic programme. As someone who wants to be a musician, I look forward to any opportunities that I see to sing. No matter what situation I am in, I am always ready to sing. Well sadly I mess up every time I’m recording so I can’t do what I normally would while recording. You probably can call it anxiety or nervousness.  The only thing that I regret is not knowing how to play instruments well.  The only thing I want to do right now is learn, Learn piano  and Guitar chords. 

Well I just know a few chords so I’m not good at it but I am ready to learn every time I get a chance.  My future journey is yet to start and I am still  preparing for it and even though I know I’ll have to be patient I can’t wait.

पृथ्वी जस्तो सुन्दर ग्रहमा बस्ने हामी जीवहरू भाग्यमानी छौँ । किनकि यस धर्तीले हामीलाई जीवन दिएको छ । हामीलाई घर,परिवार,जीवनको अनुभवलगायतका सम्पूर्ण कुरा दिएको छ । सायद यो ग्रह अहिले नभएको भए हामीले याे जीवन पाउने थिएनौँ । हामी बाँच्न पाउने थिएनौँ । यो धर्ती हामी प्राणीहरूको घर हो तर अहिले हामीले आफ्नै घरलाई सुरक्षा गर्नुकाे साटाे नष्ट  गर्दै गइरहेका छौँ । 

हामी मानवले याे सुन्दर धर्तीलाई अहिलेसम्म धेरै बिगारिसकेका छौँ । हामीले हाम्रो स्वार्थका लागि दिनप्रतिदिन वन जङ्गगलहरू नष्ट गर्दै गइरहेका छौँ । हामीले हाम्रो घर बनाउनका लागि अरूको घरलाई नष्ट  गर्दै छौँ । आखिर हामीसँग आफ्नै घर भए जस्तै जनावरहरूको घर वनजङ्गल हो । हामीले आफूलाई सबैभन्दा बुद्धिमान् प्राणी भन्दै अरू प्राणीहरूको घर बिगार्नु राम्राे हाेइन । मानिस बुद्धिमान् प्राणी भएकाे नाताले अरू प्राणीहरूको रक्षा गर्नुपर्छ । प्रकृतिकाे रक्षा गर्नु  र प्राणीहरूलाई बचाउनु मानिसकाे कर्तव्य  हो । घरविहीन मानिस बाटाेमा बस्दा उसकाे जस्तो अवस्था हुन्छ । वनजङ्गलविनाका जनावरहरूकाे पनि त्यस्तै अवस्था हुन्छ । आफ्नाे घर नभएपछि उनीहरू घरको खोजीमा ठाउँ ठाउँ घुम्न थाल्छन् । मानव बस्तीभित्र पस्छन् । जङ्गली जनावरहरूले मानव बस्तीमा हानि पुर्याउन सक्छन् । मानिसले आफ्नाे सुरक्षाका लागि ती जनावरहरूलाई मार्छन् । मानव प्रजातिकै कारण आहिले धेरै प्राणीहरू विलुप्त हुन पुगेका छन् । 

हामी मानिसहरू धेरै अल्छी छाैँ। हामी आफ्नो फोहोर जता पायो त्यता फालिदिन्छौँ । फालेको फोहोर फेरि टिपेर फाल्नु पर्ने ठाउँमा फाल्दैनौँ । यसले वातावरण प्रदूषित हुन्छ भन्ने कुरा हामी बुझेर पनि नबुझे जस्ताे गर्छाैँ । यस्ता फोहोरहरू कुहिन वा सड्न सयाैँ वर्ष लाग्छ । यस्ताे समस्या धर्तीमा मात्र नभएर नदी समुद्रमा पनि भएकाे पाइन्छ । समुद्रमा यस्तै फाेहाेर बढ्दै जाँदा समुद्रमा बस्ने सामुद्रिक जीवहरूसमेत यसकाे शिकार बन्न पुग्छन् । यसले समग्र जीव र प्राणीमा नकारात्मक असर पर्छ । त्यसैले विवेकशील प्राणी मानवले एकपटक साेच्नुपर्ने बेला आएकाे छ ।

प्लास्टिक र प्लास्टिकजन्य फाेहाेरले वातावरण कुरूप बन्दा मानिस आफैँ कुरूप बन्छ भन्ने कुरा मानिसले बिर्सनु हुँदैन । त्यसैले हामीले अहिलेदेखि नै केही गरेनौँ वा सचेत भएनाैँ भने हामी मानिसकाे अस्तित्वसमेत छिट्टै सङ्कटमा पर्छ । याे कुरा हामीले हाम्रा नयाँ पुस्तालाई पनि बुझाउनुपर्छ । वातावरण संरक्षणमा हामी एकजुट भएर अगाडि बढ्नुपर्छ । 

Harisiddhi jatra is the first mask dance of Nepal and it is also known as 12 barse jatra. As the name suggests it takes place once every 12 years but in different places. It was my first time attending this jatra. This jatra lasted four days and it was conducted by 4 newar castes from Dhulikhel i.e Deuju, Byanju, Makaju and Tusuju. The 1st day is conducted by Deujus’, second day is conducted my Byanjus’, third day is conducted by my caste Makajus’ and the last day is conducted by Tusujus’. There were about 135 or more than 135 Jalanis’ and 3 goddesses. This jatra is celebrated on the second day of Fagu Purnima. 

This jatra is quite different from the other jatras where there are vocal instrumental music and drama but in this jatra there are nothing of that sort. Due to my exams I was not able to attend the first day. This year it began on 17 Chaitra and ended on 20 Chaitra. I went to Dulikhel on 18 Chaitra and stayed a night there. My whole family, (I live in a joint family) we booked a hiace due to the huge number of people, almost about 17 in number. On the 2nd day we went there just to watch the jatra. It was the turn of Byanjus’ and all the people who belong to that caste had gone to puja wearing the same color sari and the men were wearing the same printed t-shirt. It is also called “Jaladeu”. We all enjoyed it a lot. There was mela as well. People were selling all the stuff at such a low rate price. My family and I also went for a picnic at Devithan. After the puja the main thing of the jatra started the goddesses started to dance the dance as well as the music were so much different than the one I had been hearing and seeing. Shortly after the dance, 5 goats and one buffalo was given as a sacrifice. The deuta drank the blood of the sacrificed animals. The jatra was held until 6 pm. I did not return to Kathmandu that day and day after tomorrow was our day to conduct the jatra. My mom went to Harisiddhi to keep the puja and my dad mother and brother went to worship all the goddesses but due to some reasons I was not able to worship the goddess or go to the puja (Jaladeu). After that all the people who belonged to the caste Makaju went in a line to do puja before that they went to Harisiddhi temple to worship as Harisiddhi is our Kuldeuta. The puja nearly took 4 hours to finish and after that we all went to see the dance and after that goats, ducks and other animals were given as sacrifice.

I just found this jatra completely different from other jatras with no use of Dhime. I enjoyed and knew a lot about my hometown and culture and the saddest part is we all have to wait 12 years again to celebrate this jatra. The hype of people in this jatra was the best. All of them are standing in the sun for 3 hours just to worship god and this shows the importance of god and culture. 

फुटबल मेरो सानैदेखि खेल्ने रहर
खेल्छुभन्दा सबै भन्छन्; लेखपढ गर् ।
मेरो चाहना फुटबलका लागि खट्ने
घरमा भन्छन्; छोडिदे सबै स्कुल गएर पढ्ने ।

फुटबल नै हो मेरो ठुलो सपना
सपनालाई मैले बनाउनु छ विपना ।
देशभरि चिनाउनु छ आफ्नो नाम
देखाउनु छ गरेर मेरा लागि ठुलो काम ।

फुटबल नै मेरो जीवनको सार
यसैमा लाग्छ छ  मेरो पहिचान
बन्नु छ साना नानीहरूको प्रेरणा
मनमा राखेकी छु यही धारणा

कोही भन्छन्,
के देखेकी छ्यौ;  फुटबलमा ?
म भन्छु;
“मेरो सपना हो फुटबल
मेरो जीवन हो फुटबल
मेरो रहर हो फुटबल ।”

Inflicting harm upon an animal physically, emotionally or even killing the animal mercilessly can be called animal abuse. Animal abuse can also be called as animal cruelty. There have been many laws made for the protection of animals but we humans have been ignoring it and are still abusing them. Animal abuse is illegal and we can even go to jail for it. Everyone has abused an animal once in their life even if that is a small scolding or physical hurt. Even as I’m speaking right now some animal in some part of the world is being bullied and killed. While we don’t need a specific reason to abuse an animal, the main reason for why a person abuses an animal is because the owner is not capable of taking care of the pet properly and as the owner is not able to fill the pet's necessities. The pets are often locked into cages not given food and water. The main reason why an animal is killed is for clothing and food purposes as for food meat is one of the most eaten food products in the world right now and as for clothing we kill animals for leather, wool, fur and make new clothes out of it and sell it to people. It is really sad to hear that millions of animals are being killed each day and we do not care about it and billions of animals each year. Pollution is also one of the main causes for which an animal is killed because due to pollution the animals get various types of diseases which can transmit from one animal to another animal. We should protect animals instead of abusing them. For example if we see a hurt animal we should take the animal to the vet and give them shelter, food and water. If we neglect animals we won't be able to create a better world in which animals and humans live together. Only pretending to help animals to post in social media is not actual help so we should also stop faking these scenarios as it doesn't help the animal but only you (your ego). If we see someone abusing the animal or killing the animal we should immediately complain that to the police. Over 10 million animals are killed in the US alone each year. Asia is the continent with the most animal abuse and kill rate. The most abused animals in the world are chickens for food purposes. An estimated 50 billion chickens are slaughtered for food every year. If we see animals getting abused then we should help them. We should spread awareness about animal abuse to people. Animal abuse is pretty common because people do not really care about animals. This is very wrong and people should realize it. No matter what happens animal abuse is not an excuse.

We have all been hearing about our economic condition everywhere, be it on media, social media or even our school/college. We also have been hearing false rumors about these too. Even though we might say it doesn't really matter, it somehow does. We should keep up with the information and updates of where we live, right? It’s the country where we live in, so it is really an important job to keep up with what is going right and wrong. It is a responsibility being a citizen to avoid the rumors as well as warn others about the facts about critical subjects going on in the country. 

But it really is confusing in a way because we get to hear everybody's perspective in this scenario. For example; we hear people saying it is going to be fine but at the same time some people say it is going to get big. People are sharing about how they think Nepal is going to reach the situation of Srilanka’s. 

According to the public’s eye, Nepal is definitely moving towards Sri Lanka's situation, while the others believe that it might get better. Although the central bank has stated that Nepal has been showing steady movements in terms of economy, the finance minister has stated that there is no economic crisis. Plus, Nepal Rastra bank said that Nepal's inflation or economy has reached its highest position in the last 67 months. But still following the central bank's report, Nepal is convinced about its economic crisis and the government has made several areas for the improvement of the crisis but it might've turned into a bad thing too as the nepalese started experiencing high price hikes. Also due to the ongoing clash or war between Ukraine and Russia the price of petroleum products has increased too and it is to be bought and sold at a high price. Members of CNI (Confederation of Nepali Industries) have stated that the condition is really not like Sri Lanka so there is no need to worry a lot, the condition is not fine but it is not the worst either. Also keeping in mind that Sri Lanka and Nepal are completely different countries having different histories. 

What more might've been the reason behind the crisis?

First thing that comes to our mind is covid, it restricted a lot of tourism practices in Nepal. It managed to shoo away many factors of the tourism industry with its sudden wave. And of course, the remittance rate. It also has been decreasing quite a lot. 

So is there any hope for change?

Yes there is, because you know the tourism crisis that grew because of covid is starting to get better slowly. Plus officials also say with the use of electricity we can make few changes by using inductions and electrical products. Nepal still has some foreign currency to keep up so there is a chance for hope. And so to decrease or work with the crisis  a little, Nepal has started to avoid the import of luxurious items, which are definitely not so important in daily life but are expensive. Many margin lines of price and import have been made and it has started to be implemented as well. 

गत माघ १६ गतेकाे कुरा हो । म छतमा बसेर बदाम खाइरहेको थिएँ । तलबाट आमाले सन्जोग ! सन्जोग !! भनेर बोलाउनुभयो । म मेरी आमालाई तलतिर हेर्न थालेँ । त्यति नै बेला म छतबाट ३ तला तल खसेँ । केही समयसम्म म होसमै थिएँ । नजिकैबाट थाल खसेको आवाज आयो । आमाले सन्जोग  सन्जोग भन्दै रोइरको अहिलेसम्म याद छ। अनि एकै छिनमा कानमा ट्याङ्ङ्ङ् आवाज आयाे र दृष्टि कालो भयाे । 

केही समयपछि मैले आफूलाई मरुभूमिको बिचमा पाएँ । केही समयपछि टाढाबाट एउटा मोटर बाइकको आवाज आयो । ए फुच्चे ! यता के गरिरहेको ? भन्दै एक जना मानिस मोटर बाइकबाट उत्रियाे । म डराएँ र मैले मेरो नाम भनेँ । त्यसपछि उनले मलाई सहरसम्म पुराइदिए । बाटाेमा जाँदै गर्दा उनले आफ्नाे नाम डा. सुरेश भनेर चिनाए । उनले मलाई गङ्गापुर नामकाे सहरमा छाेडिदिए ।  मोटर बाइकबाट उत्रिएपछि म टोलाएर बसिरहेको देखेर डाक्टर साबले मलाई आफ्नाे घर लिएर गए । डाक्टर साबको घर धेरै नै फोहाेर थियो तर आधुनिक थियो । आत्तिदै म डाक्टरसाबलाई आजको मिति सोधेँ । अनौठो जवाफ आयाे १६ माघ ३००१ ।  मैले डाक्टरसाबलाई मेरो पुरानो जीवनको बारेमा सम्झेँ जति सबै कुरा भनेँ । डाक्टरसाबले मलाई गँजेडी ठानेर झन्डै घरबाट निकाल्न आँटेका थिए तर मेरो आँखाभरि आँसु देखेर डाक्टर साबले मेरो कुरा साँचाे ठाने। डाक्टरसाब उठेर छिटो छिटो अनुसन्धान गर्न थाले। डाक्टरसाबले सोफाको पछाडिबाट एउटा बोतल निकाले। केही समयपछि डाक्टरसाबले रक्सीको नशामा आफ्नो पीडा पाेख्न थाले । डाक्टर सुरेश पहिले धेरै धनी र सफल मान्छे रहेछन् । उनी डाक्टर भएकाे ३ वर्षपछि उनको अस्पताल जलेछ । अस्पतालमा ४० जना मान्छे घाइते भएछन् । ३ जना मानिसकाे मृत्यु भएछ । अनि यो सबै दोष डाक्टरसाबमा थाेपरियाे । उनलाई दिनका दिन मानिसहरूको हेपाइ खान थाले । उनकी श्रीमतीले हेपाइ सामना गर्न नसकेर उनलाई छोडेर गएकी रहिछन् । डाक्टरले आफ्नाे कथा भन्दै गर्दा उनी निदाए ।  

भोलिपल्टदेखि फेरि डाक्टरले अनुसन्धान गर्न थाले । अनुसन्धान गर्दै जाँदा ४ महिनापछि डाक्टरसाबले एउटा पुरानो किताब भेटे । त्यो किताबमा मेरो जस्तै कथा लेखिएको थियो । किताबमा लेखिएअनुसार मैले सुकुम नामकाे पहाडबाट एउटा हिरा लिनुपर्छ भनिएको थियो । डाक्टर साबले पहाड चढ्न भने । डाक्टरसाब र म पहाड चढ्न तयारी गऱ्यौँ । हामीले एउटा योजना पनि बनायाैँ । सुकुम नमकाे पहाड चढ्न थाल्याैँ । पहाड चढ्दै गर्दा मैले डाक्टरसाबलाई सोधेँ, "तपाइँले मलाई सहयोग गरेर के पाउनुहुन्छ ?" डाक्टरसाबले हाँस्दै भने, "बाबु मेरो पनि एउटा छोरा थियो "  अनि हामी पहाड चढ्न गयाैँ । केही समयपछि पहाडमा मैले हिरा देखेँ । हिराको छायाँमा मैले मेरा आमाबुबालाई देखेँ हिरालाई छुन जाँदा मेरो कानमा फेरि ट्याङ्ङ्ङ् आवाज आयाे र आँखाको दृष्टी कालो भयाे।

मेराे कक्षा ९ काे वार्षिक परीक्षा सकिएपछि केही समय म फुर्सदिलाे भएँ । याे समय मेरा लागि आफन्त भेट्ने र घुम्ने थियाे । केही पूजाआजामा सहभागी हुने अवसर पनि जुर्याे । मेराे बुवाको माइजूको नातिको व्रतबन्धमा गएँ । उसकाे बसाइ अष्ट्रेलिया थियाे । केही समय बिदा मिलाएर उनीहरू नेपाल आएका    रहेछन्।

व्रतबन्ध गर्ने घरमा ३ दिन जुठाे परेकाले हाम्राे घरमा सेलपुरी आदि राेटी बनाएकाे बनाएका थियाैँ । हाम्रो घरमा मान्छे पनि बाेलाएका थियाैँ । व्रतबन्धकाे केही तयारी हाम्राे घरमा पनि गरिएकाे थियाे । मेरी हजुरआमाकी दिदी पनि अमेरिकाबाट आफ्नो परिवारसहित नेपाल आउनुभएको थियो । व्रतबन्धकाे दिन धेरै रमाइलाे भयाे । व्रतबन्ध मेराे घर नजिकै राम मन्दिरमा भएको थियाे । व्रतबन्धमा धेरै मानिस आएका थिए । व्रतबन्ध सकिएपछि पार्टी थियाे । पार्टी भनेपछि सबैका लागि रमाइलाे हुने ठाउँ हाे । म पनि पार्टी भनेपछि निकै रमाउँछु । पार्टीमा मीठा मीठा परिकार खानका लागि राखिएकाे थियाे । पार्टीमा आफूलाई मन पर्ने मीठा मीठा खानेकुरा खाइयो र  रमाइयाे पनि । 

यसरी नै मेरो बिदाको पहिलो हप्ता बितेको थियो । व्रतबन्ध सकिएपछि म मेरी फुपूको घर दुवाकाेट गएँ । काठमाडाैँकाे सडक सामान्य अवस्थामा पनि जाम हुने गर्छ । साँझ पर्न आँटेकाे थियाे । हामी ट्याक्सी लिएर फुपूकाे घरतर्फ लाग्याैँ । बिचबिचमा जाम पर्याे । फुपूकाे घर पुग्दा रात नै पर्न आँटेकाे थियाे ।  त्यस रात त्यहीँ बसियाे । फुपूका २ वटा छोराहरू छन् । एउटा छाेराकाे बिहे भइसकेकाे छ । उहाँकाे १६ महिनाकी एउटी छाेरी पनि छन् । उनी सानी भए पनि अलि अलि बाेल्न सक्ने भएकी छिन् । उनी मलाई काका भन्छिन् । फुपूले घरमा २ वटा कुकुर र एउटा कछुवा पनि पाल्नु भएकाे रहेछ । एकछिन बसेर कुराकानी गरेपछि खाना खाएर सुतियाे । मैले नयाँ वर्ष  त्यतै मनाएँ । म फुपूकाे घरमा एक हप्ता जति बसेँ । त्यसपछि म मेरी मम्मीको दिदीकी छोरीको पास्नीमा गएँ । त्यहाँ मैले मेरा नातेदार पनि भेटेँ । त्यसदिन पनि रमाइलाे भयाे । अर्काे दिन त्यतैबाट पार्कतिर घुम्न गयाैँ । जे हाेस् बिदामा रमाइलाे गरियाे । यसरी मैले मेराे बिदा मनाएँ ।