हावाको चिसो सिरेटोले मेरो मुखमा हानिरहेको छ । पुराना कुराहरू बारे सोच्दा मन भावुक त हुन्छ तर, एक प्रकारले सोच्दा म आफैँमा गर्व गर्छु । लगभग १२ बर्षपछि म यो स्थलमा आएँ । मैले १२ बर्ष अगाडि आफ्नो लागि मात्र सोचेर बसेको भए,  यो गाउँ याे अवस्थासम्म आइपुग्दैनथ्यो होला । पहिलेको अवस्था र अहिलेको अवस्था देखेर कोही पनि विश्वास गर्दैनन् होला कि यो त्यही गाउँ हो । हरेक बाटोमा खाल्डाखुल्डी थिए । हरेक घरमा नकारात्मक सोच्ने मान्छे हुन्थे । सबै मानिसको सोच एकैनासकै थियाे होला । 
नमस्कार, म सारा हुँ । यो मेरो कथा हो जब म १४ वर्षकी थिएँ मेरो गाउँको अवस्था देखेर केही योगदान दिने र केही गर्ने सोचेकी थिएँ । मेरो पुरानो गाउँ डाँडागाउँ हो । त्यतिबेला त्यो गाउँमा कुनै सुविधा थिएनन्। कुनै पनि सडक राम्रा थिएनन्, खानेपानीको पनि सुविधा थिएन । पानीका लागि मानिसहरू  दिनहुँ टाढा टाढा जानुपर्थ्यो ।  त्यो गाउँमा जीवन साँच्चै गाह्रो थियो । म त्यतिबेला १४ वर्षको थिएँ र मनमनै मलाई त्यो गाउँको बारेमा निकै दुःख लागिरहेको थियो । मैले त्यो गाउँँकाे विकास कसरी गर्न सकिन्छ भनेर दिनहुँ सोचिरहन्थेँ ।

एक दिन मैले मेरी आमासँग केही पैसा मागेँ तर उनले दिन अस्वीकार गरिन् किनभने हामी पनि त्यती बेला आर्थिक रूपमा कमजोर थियौँ । त्यो रात म गाउँको विकास गर्न के गर्न सक्छु भन्ने योजनामा बनाउन ​​रातभर बसेँ। त्यसकै ठिक भोलिपल्ट म गाउँ पालिकाका प्रमुखलाई भेट्न गएँ । मैले गाउँको हरेक समस्या सुनाएँ र वहाँले तत्कालै काम गर्ने बताउनुभयो । म खुसी थिएँ किनभने मैले कम्तीमा मेरो गाउँको लागि एक कदम चालेकी थिएँ । भोलिपल्ट मैले केही कामदारहरूलाई पानीको पाइपलाइनमा काम गरिरहेको देखेँ। र केही समयमै उनीहरूले पाइपलाइनको बिस्तार गर्नुदेखि लिएर बिजुलीका पाेल तथा तारका कामहरू  पनि गरिसके । यस्तै प्रकारले काम हुँदै जाँदा ५ वर्षपछि गाउँ पूर्ण रूपमा विकसित भयो । त्यस गाउँका मानिसले अहिले इन्टरनेट चलाउन थालेका छन्। सडकमा नयाँ सवारी साधन चलाउन थालेका छन् र विभिन्न उपलब्धि पनि हासिल गरेका छन् । मैले वहाँहरूलाई हरेक परिस्थितिमा मद्दत गरेकी थिएँ। र अब यो गाउँ फर्केर हेर्द म निक्कै भावुक हुन्छु । 
अन्तत: म के भन्छु भने यदि हामीले केही गलत भइरहेको देख्यौँ भने, अरू कसैले त्यसको समाधान गर्ला भन्ने  भाव राख्नु हुँदैन । यदि त्यस्ता काम  कुरामा हाम्रो नजर पर्‍यो भने हामीले गएर त्यसको समाधान खोजी हाल्नुपर्छ ।  
 

Yuri Kochiyama, a Japanese-American activist, died of natural causes in Berkeley, California, at the age of 93. According to her family, the lifetime advocate for civil rights in the black, Latino, Native American, and Asian-American communities died quietly in her sleep Sunday morning. Akemi Kochiyama, her granddaughter, verified her death. Mrs. Kochiyama was a daughter of Japanese immigrants who had settled in Southern California, has experienced discrimination since she was a young girl. She spent two years in an internment camp for Japanese-Americans in Arkansas during WWII, a harrowing experience that also exposed her to the Jim Crow South's prejudice.

Kochiyama was born Mary Yuriko Nakahara in San Pedro, California, a small hamlet south of Los Angeles, where she spent her early years. She and her family were compelled to relocate to internment camps with tens of thousands of other Japanese-Americans months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. At the Jerome Relocation Center in Arkansas, where she spent two years, she met her late husband, Bill Kochiyama, who served with other Japanese-American troops in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. After WWII, the couple married and settled in New York City to start their family. Her interest in the civil rights struggle was sparked by her experiences living in housing projects with black and Puerto Rican neighbours. Kochiyama hosted weekly open houses for activists at her family's apartment, where she hung newspaper clippings on the walls and stacked flyers on the kitchen table. Her eldest daughter, Audee Kochiyama-Holman, said that their house felt like it was in motion 24/7. Her association with Malcolm X, whom she met for the first time in 1963 even though briefly, influenced her advocacy. Kochiyama began focusing her work on black nationalism and was present when Malcolm X died. She raced near Malcolm X and cradled his head on her lap minutes after gunmen opened fire on him at his final address in New York City in 1965. Kochiyama is shown in a black-and-white photo in Life magazine staring worriedly at Malcolm X's bullet-riddled body through horn-rimmed glasses.

Through the Civil Liberties Act, which President Ronald Reagan signed into law in 1988, she and her husband lobbied for reparations and an official government apology for Japanese-American internees in the 1980s. Her ongoing commitment to social problems inspired new generations of activists, particularly among Asian-Americans. Kochiyama's second cousin Tim Toyama, who wrote a one-act play about her friendship with Malcolm X, said, "She was not your normal Japanese-American person, especially a nisei," or second-generation Japanese-American. "She was clearly ahead of her time, and we were able to catch up with her."
 

‘स्वार्थलिप्सा’ कवितामा नेपाल आमाको महाकालीको सिमाना मिचिंदा, नेपालीहरूलाई परेको पीडाभाव व्यक्त गरिएको छ । कलियुगमा मानिसहरूमा धन, सम्पत्ति इत्यादि  कुराको स्वार्थ हुन्छ र त्यसको कारण आफ्नै दाजुभाइ र आफन्तजनहरू बिच छलकपट हुनु एक साधारण कुरा भैसकेको छ। विगतमा राणाशाशन कालमा सत्ताका लागि आफ्नै दाजु भाइको हत्या गर्ने चलन थियो र वर्तमानमा पनि राजनीतिमा छलकपट साधारण रूपमा लिइन्छ; जसले नेपाललाई भित्रदेखि खोक्रो बनाइरहेको छ । हाम्रा पुर्खाहरू विकसित सुनौलो नेपालको सपनाको भारी बोकेर देशभक्तिको नारा लगाउँने गर्थे, ती सपनाहरूलाई अर्काको पसिना लुटेर धर्मी बन्न खोज्ने मानिसहरूले भुलेको भाव कविले यस कवितामा उतारेका छन् ।
यसरी नै शिखरिणी छन्दमा रचित ‘मूर्ख  चरित्र’ नामक कविताले एक मूर्ख  पात्रको वर्णन गरेको छ जो आफूलाई सर्वाश्रेष्ठ ठान्दछ । पुर्खाका वचनको अनादर गर्दछ र कुनै प्राणीको पनि सेवा गर्न जान्दैन। कविका अनुसार, यस्ता मानिसहरू अरूका विचार, उपदेश सुन्दैनन्, र असल मनले केही पनि काम गर्दैनन् । आफू  नै जान्ने छु भनी, आफूलाई नै पुज्ने मानिस मूर्ख  हुन्छ र यस्ता मानिसहरू  अरूको अर्तीलाई स्विकार्दैनन् । घमण्डी स्वभाव भएका र अरूको विचार नसुन्ने मूर्ख  मानिसहरूले ज्ञान प्राप्त गर्न सक्दैनन् र  जीवन व्यर्थै बिताउँछन् । त्यसैले कविका अनुसार संसारभरको शिक्षा, ज्ञान र धीर मनले मानिसलाई शिखरको चुचुरोमा पुर्याउँछ र उसको जीवन व्यर्थ खेर जाँदैन ।

‘हाम्रो देश अपार’ मन्दाक्रान्ता छन्दमा रचिएको कवितामा कविले नेपालको प्राकृतिक सुन्दरता, भौगोलिक विविधता र नेपालीहरूको एकताको बारेमा वर्णन गरेका छन् ।  नेपालमा भिन्न भूगोल रहेको र पुर्खाहरूको मेहेनतले नेपाललाई स्वर्ग झैँ बनाएको छ । यहाँका नदीमा सफा पानी कलकल गर्दै बग्छन् र हरिया वनजङ्गलमा चराचुरुङगीहरूले चिरबिर गर्दै आनन्द छर्छन् । यहाँ जातीय र सांस्कृतिक विविधता छ। मानिसहरूमा एकता रहेको छ र यस्ता कुराहरूले हाम्रो देशलाई अपार बनाएको कुरा कविले कवितामा गौरवका साथ लेखेका छन् ।
यसैगरी ‘लाजनीति’ कवितामा कविले राजनीतिलाई लाजनीति मानेर, ती भ्रष्टाचारी नेताहरू विरुद्ध आवाज उठाउन खोजेका छन् । जो राष्ट्र र जनतामाथि आफ्ना स्वार्थका लागि अत्याचार गरिरहेका हुन्छन् । सत्ता र शक्तिको लोभमा, गरिबजनहरूलाई ती नेताहरूले लुटेका छन् र देशलाई राजनीतिको नाममा भ्रस्टाचारको रोगी बनाउँदै छन् । लोकतन्त्रको दुरूपयोग गरेर दु:खी, गरिबलाई सताएर नेताहरू आफू धनी भैरहेका छन् र उनीहरूको नियत स्वार्थले भरिएको छ । त्यसैले कविका अनुसार हामी चेतनशील नागरिक देशको  इज्जत राख्न र देशको प्राण धान्न जाग्नुपर्ने कुरा कवितामा व्यक्त भएको छ ।   
‘राजधानी’ कविता शार्दूलविक्रीडित छन्दमा रचिएको छ । यस कविता कविले नेपालको राजधानी काठमाडौँबारे लेखेका छन् । राजधानी भएपछि सबै सुविधाहरू  प्राप्त गर्न सकिने, विश्वभरका सामानहरू  पाइने, जातीय विविधता पाइने आदि त हुने नै भयो तर राजधानी भए पनि काठमाडौँमा मानिसले दु:ख, पीडा  नभोग्ने हुँदैन । यहाँ मानिसहरू सुख, सुविधाका लागि आउँछन् तर लाखौँ मानिसका बिचमा पनि यहाँ एक्लो महसुस गरिन्छ । यहाँ पैसा नभए जीवित रहन सकिँदैन । यहाँ बस्ने मानिसहरूले धेरै दु:ख गर्छन् र उनीहरूसँग दु: खका कथाहरू  पनि धेरै हुन्छन् । पीडा  मै भए पनि मानिसहरू  यहाँ हाँसेर बस्न खोज्छन् भन्ने भाव प्रस्तुत  कवितामा व्यक्त भएको छ ।         
विश्ववेदना कविता सङ्ग्रह कविको वेदना हो ।  यसमा कविले नेपाल आमाको वेदना प्रस्तुत गरेका छन्। देशमा भइरहेको गतिविधि, कमजोर शासनप्रणाली, बेथिति, बढ्दै गएको भ्रष्टचारको वेदना कवितामा पोखिएको छ। यसका साथै नेपालको प्राकृतिक सुन्दरता र स्रोतले भरिपूर्ण यस देशमा कविले अथाह सम्भावना पनि देखेका छन्। लोकतन्त्रमा खोक्रो आडम्बर भएको, सच्चा देशभक्त नेतृत्काे कमी भएकाे कुरा यहाँ कविताका माध्यमद्वारा मार्मिक ढङ्गले प्रस्तुत गरिएकाे छ । यस सङ्ग्रहमा प्राय जसो कविताहरूमा कविले देशको दुर्दशादेखि लिएर देशको गौरवका कुराहरूलाई पनि समेटेका छन् । मलाई यो कविता सङ्ग्रह निकै रमाइलो लाग्यो किनभने यहाँबाट मैले नर्कुटक,पञ्चचामर, तोटक जस्ता नयाँ छन्दहरू कसरी वाचन गर्न सकिन्छ भन्ने कुरा  सिकेँ। यो पुस्तक पढेर मैले देशको भविष्यलाई उज्वल बनाउन, देशका जनता र देशका शासकहरूको के महत्त्व हुँदो रहेछ भन्ने कुरा पनि जाकारी पाएँ ।    
 

Previously there were only a few influential women in Nepal but now it is totally different as many women have stepped forward and done remarkable things all over the world. Among all the incredible women out there in Nepal, Uma Devi Badi is also one of them. Uma Devi Badi is a human rights activist and also a leader. She was born in 1965 in Salyan district of Nepal. She started her career as a sex worker at a very young age as that was the only profession available to women of the Badi caste at that time. When she was 21 years old she got married to a boy named Prem Bhatta, a Brahmin. Their inter-caste marriage caused a big controversy at that time because the Badi caste was considered one of Nepal's lowest castes. Uma Devi is a single mother but she raised two of her sister's sons as her own. 
Ever since she was a child she had to face many obstacles in her life. She had gone through many problems. She was treated unfairly and discriminated against as she was a sex woker and also because she had married Prem Bhatta who was a Brahmin. But she had been working to change society. So she decided not to follow society's expectations for women of her caste, and instead, eventually, quit life as a sex worker and started working for a better future for her and also her society. At the age of 40, She became head of the local Community Support Group and opened a hostel for 25 Badi boys and girls in Tikapur. The children were kept there and taken to the local school, where they would receive extra help for their studies. The success of this project had led to the establishment of an even bigger project that would eventually help around 100 kids.  In 2004 when the protesters' demands were ignored she removed her upper part clothes and hung them at the entrance of Singha Durbar, the seat of government. And then the government agreed to work with her. 
After seeing her many women followed her. Women saw her as an example and spoke up for themselves and for their rights. In her village women were forced to work as sex workers because they had no other choice. There was no other job for women except dancing and performing at festivals and programs. In her village, they were not even given basic rights. But she wanted to change the system. She wanted people to know that women are strong and need to be treated equally. That's why she worked hard and worked to end untouchability and prostitution. Uma Devi Badi has earned admiration for her persistent hard work and continuous dedication to the country's betterment.
 

‘विश्ववेदना’ वीरेन्द्र नेपालद्वारा रचित कविता सङ्ग्रह हो । यस कविता सङ्ग्रहमा  ५१ वटा कविताहरू छन् । यस कविता सङ्गग्रहमा प्रचलित छन्दभन्दा भिन्न प्रकारका नौला छन्दहरूमा रचिएका कविताहरू  रहेका छन् । शार्दूलविक्रीडित, पञ्चचामर, शिखरिणी, नर्कुटक, अनुष्टुप, मालिनी, इन्द्रवज्रा, चित्रमाला,मन्दाक्रान्ता, तोटक, भुजङ्गप्रयात, वसन्ततिलका, इन्दिरा, वंशस्थ, उपजाति, स्रग्धरा जस्ता छन्दहरूमा कविता रचिएका छन् ।

विश्ववेदना कविता सङ्ग्रहभित्र  कविले धेरै जसो कविताहरूमा देश र जनताको  भविष्य  अनि विकासप्रति ध्यान दिँदै आफ्ना भावनाहरूलाई व्यक्त गर्न खोजेका छन् । यहाँ नेपालको विगतमा भएका विभिन्न इतिहासलाई वर्तमानको राजनीतिसँग जोडेर लेखिएका धेरै कविताहरू  छन् । कविले देशलाई भ्रष्टाचारबाट मुक्त र विकाससँग पहिचान गराउने उद्देश्यले ‘विश्ववेदना’ नामक कविता सङ्ग्रह लेखेका हुन् ।    
यस कविता सङ्ग्रहभित्रको पहिलो कविता ‘भूमिको आवाज’ रहेको छ र यसमा कविले नेपालको युवा जनशक्तिले आफ्नी नेपाल आमाको साथ छोडेर परदेशको चरणमा गएको कुरालाई जोड दिँदै, ती दक्ष जनशक्तिलाई स्वदेशमै आफ्नै घर फर्किएर श्रम गर्न आह्वान गरेका छन् । यो कविता शार्दूलविक्रीडित छन्दमा रचिएको छ । कविले युवाहरूलाई स्वदेश फर्कन आग्रह गर्दा बाँझो खेत खनेर, गुन्द्रुक ढिंडो खाँदै आफ्नो परिवारसँग समय बिताउन नयाँ जीवनको अध्याय सुरु गर्न आग्रह गरेका छन् । यो कविता पैसाको पछि दौडिएर आफ्नो परिवार र देशलाई पनि पछि छोड्न तयार हुनेहरूप्रति समर्पित छ। 
त्यसैगरी यस कविता सङ्ग्रहमा ‘साहस’ शीर्षकको कविता पञ्चचामर छन्दमा रचिएको छ । साहस कवितामा कविले हाम्रा वीर पुर्खाले युद्धमा पराक्रमी भई शत्रुको सामना गरेका थिए भन्ने भाव व्यक्त गरेका छन् । आर्थिक रूपमा कमजोर हुँदाहुँदै पनि आफ्नो देशको रक्षाका लागि केटाकेटी, बुढाबुढी र जवान युद्धमा होमिएका थिए । देशभक्तिको भावनाले ओतप्रोत भएका उनीहरू आफ्नो ज्यानको प्रवाह नगरी युद्धमा होमिएका थिए। यस्तै भावलाई कविले सुन्दर कविताको रूपमा प्रस्तुत गरेका छन् ।
यसैगरी, ‘विश्ववेदना’ कविता सङ्ग्रहको ‘विश्ववेदना’ कविता कविता नर्कुटक छन्दमा रचिएको छ । यस कवितामा कविले वर्तमानमा देखिएको समस्या प्रदूषणलाई कम गर्दै पृथ्वीको सुरक्षा गर्न अनुरोध गरेका छन् ।  मानिसका स्वार्थी कामले प्रकृतिको विनाश भएर पृथ्वीलाई रुवाएको छ र प्रकृतिसँग खेलवाड गरेर हामी मानिसहरूलाई प्रकृतिको कहरले त्रसित बनाएको छ । प्रकृतिले पनि मानिसहरूलाई उनीहरूको जीवन खतरामा परेको, गतिलो जवाफ दिएको छ । त्यसैले कविले यस कविताको माध्यमबाट हामी सबै मानिसलाई सँगै अघि बढौँ र अवनि रक्षामा जुटौँ भनेर शिक्षा दिन खोजेका छन् ।
यसरी नै ‘कामना’ कवितामा कविले आफ्ना जीवनेइच्छाहरूलाई उल्लेख गरेका छन्। कविलाई यस धर्तीमा साहसी बनेर, दुख पीडा भोगेर, सपनाहरू  बुन्दै संसारमा महिमा छर्न मन लागेको कुरा व्यक्त भएका छन् । कविको असल साधारण नेपाली झैँ, राष्ट्र गीत असल मनले गाउन र देशलाई विश्वमा परिचित बनाउने सपना भएको अनुमान लगाउन सकिन्छ । यस्ता इच्छाहरूलाई लिएर कविले यो मन्दाक्रान्ता छन्दमा मिठो कविता लेखेका छन्। उनको शिखरको चुचुरोमा पुगेर ज्ञान छर्ने, गरिबजनहरूको पीडा बुझेर, उनीहरूलाई सहयोग गर्ने जस्ता असल कामना पनि यहाँ व्यक्त भएको छ । 
क्रमश:

There once was a small village near a jungle. It was  a peaceful and small village. People of the village were also very helpful and co-operative. There also lived a boy named Sam who was 15 years old. He was good in his studies and always used to finish his assignments on time. He had a goal to make robots and be acknowledged by everyone. One day he talked about how he wanted to make a robot to his parents and they also thought it was a good idea and gave him money to buy the necessary raw materials  needed for a robot.

He started to make a robot and it was completed after a month. But it didn't go the way he wanted. It did not function and that made him very disappointed. He was planning to quit but his parents encouraged him that he should not quit and work harder. After hearing from his parents he decided that he would not quit and work even harder. Then he again started making something. He told his friends about his idea and the friends decided to help him. They all worked together and made a remote controlled car. It took them 3 months to make it. They were happy when the car functioned. 

Then Sam decided that everything is possible and he started to make robots on his own. Days passed and  he started making more developed robots until the day he was acknowledged by everyone. The moral of the story is that we should never give up on our dreams and keep moving forward.

हाम्रो समाज एउटा परिवार 
गरिन्छ, यहाँ सबैलाई सम्मान 
देखिन्छ यहाँ, गरिन्छ यहाँ,अनेकाैँ कुरा 
गरिन्छ, यहाँ दु:खले आफ्ना  चाहना पूरा 
आफ्नै छ,  भाषा आफ्नै छ , धर्म  
जुट्दछौँ हामी यहाँ गर्नलाई कर्म  ।

समयसँगै हिँड्न सक्ने हाम्रो बानी छ 
गरी अनेकौँ दु:ख जिउने बानी छ। 
मान र सम्मान गर्छौँ, हामी गर्दैनौँ असमान  
आजको खुसी बिर्सेर हामी गर्दैनौँ अपमान  

संसार आज तछाडमछाड अनेकौँ  प्रयास 
गर्दै छन्, आफैँ चिच्याह कलह सरमागरम 
गर्दै छन्, सबै धन र जन शक्तिकै चेलखेल 
आफूलाई ठुलो देखाउनालाई हो कि यो जालझेल।

खुलेर बाँच्ने जिउने अधिकार छ सबैलाई
सत्ता र शक्ति रहँदैन सधैँ नहेप कसैलाई 
मानिस मानिस सबै एकै हो भन्ने सम्झनु 
आफ्नो सम्झे सबै आफ्नो नसम्झे  के गर्नु ?
 

Once there were two best friends, Jack and Harry. They were really close to each other. They were like brothers. Jack was a type of person who was well mannered. He respected everyone, he talked politely with everyone. Everyone really liked him. But due to his kindness he used to get bullied a lot in school and Harry was the one who always saved him from the bullies. Harry was a type of person who was not well mannered. He did not respect anyone except Jack. He used to talk rudely with others. And this was all the fault of his parents who did not care about him. They wished that he had not been born at all. They only cared about their other daughter Cynthia. They thought of Harry that way because he was good at nothing except fighting and doing naughty things. Harry really hated his parents.

Whereas Jack’s parents were really good and kind just like Jack, Harry also used to respect them a lot. One day Harry got into big trouble. He had broken a boy’s nose. His parents had to pay for all the medical expenses of the boy and after that they were so angry that they kicked Harry out the house. Harry decided that he would work really hard, he would start studying. He decided to change. So he asked Jack for help. Jack was ready to help. Jack asked Harry to make a promise to him that from now on he would behave well, talk politely and will not fight. Harry agreed to that. From that day on Harry really was changing. Although he still got into minor troubles everyone could see the change in him. His grades were going up so the teachers were really happy with him, he also started behaving properly. And soon Jack and Harry had the same characteristics. Both were really kind, both were equally good at studies and sports.

After a few years they completed their studies and started working. Jack became a very high ranking police officer and Harry was a CEO of a bank. Their hard work really paid off. One day Harry’s mother and father were there to see Harry. He was so angry at them that he did not want to see them but they were the parents that gave birth to him so he decided to meet them. They said that they had no money with them. They were at a huge loss. They had many loans to pay. After Cynthia got married she stopped sending them money so they were facing a big problem. Even Though Harry wanted to help he couldn’t, he remembered how they used to treat him, how they threw him out of the house. So he said he was not willing to help them.

Harry shared this incident with Jack. Jack told Harry that whatever they did to you in the past was not good. It was very bad for a parent to do something like that to their child but they are his parents. You should not do the same thing that they did to you. Otherwise what would be the difference between you and them? This question moved Harry.It touched his heart. So the next day he called his parents and cleared all of their loans. He also said that he would send some money to them monthly. Harry’s parents moved to tears after that. They told him that they were so glad and happy that Harry was their son and they were really really sorry for what they did to him in the past..
 

मलाई मेरो जीवनमा सबैभन्दा मनपर्ने शब्द भनेको भाइ हो । म यो धर्तीमा आएर जान्ने र बुझ्ने भएपछि मेरो एउटा भाइ होस् जसलाई मैले खेलाउन र ऊसँग खेल्न पाऊँ भन्ने ठुलो चाहना थियो । जब म मेरा साथीहरूलाई देख्थें उनीहरू आफ्ना भाइसँग खेलिरहेको देख्छु । भाइसँग मनको कुरा गरेको देख्छु; भाइलाई साथी बनाएको देख्छु; यो देखेर मलाई भित्र भित्र जलन हुन्छ वा इष्या हुन्छ के भनौँ ।
अरू बेला त जसोतसो मन बुझाउन थाल्छु जब भाइ टीका आउँछ तब म एक्लै रुन थाल्छु । साथीहरू आफ्ना दाहभाइलाई टीका र माला लगाइदिँदा म कता हुन्छु के के सोच्छु थाह हुँदैन। मेरो पनि भाइ भइदिएको भए ? मेरो मनमा यो प्रश्न बारम्बार आइरहन्छ । अनि मनले भन्छ; म पनि भाइलाई टीका लगाइदिइरहेकी हुन्थेँ । 
मेरा बाबा आमा काममा जानुभएको बेला पनि म भाइलाई सम्झिरहन्छु । म र भाइ खेल्थ्यौँ । संँगै विद्यालय जान्थ्यौँ र आउँथ्यौँ अनि खाजा खान्थ्यौँ। म यही कल्पनामा हराइरहेकी हुन्छु । यस्तो लाग्छ ‌‍‍‍‌भगवान्ले सबैलाई सबै चाहेको कुरा दिनु हुन्न होला, त्यसैले मलाई पनि दिनु भएन होला । म साथीको घरमा जाँदा साथीको भाइलाई देखेर एकछिन उसँगखेल्न मन लाग्छ । समय भएसम्म खेल्छु पनि । अनि फेरि मनमा उही कुरा खेल्न थाल्छ, मेरो नि भाइ भएको भए ………..।
म भाइको खोजीमा हुँदा मैले स्कुलमा एउटा भाइ भेटाएँ । पछि थाह भयो कि रगतको नाताको मात्र भाइ हुँदैन ।आत्माले भाइ भनेर स्वीकार गरेपछि टाढाको मान्छे पनि नजिकको भाइ बन्दो रहेछ । राखी बान्दैमा, भाइ टीका लागाउँदैमा दाजुभाइ दिदीबहिनीहरूको सम्बन्ध बलियो हुन्छ भन्ने पनि छैन । अहिले मैले जसलाई भाइ बनाएकी छु, उसले मलाई सुख दु:खमा साथ दिन्छ । एक अर्कालाई साथ दिन्छौँ । भाइ पनि मलाई दिदी बनाउन पाएकामा खुसी छ । रगतको सम्बन्ध नभए पनि हाम्रो सम्बन्ध रगतको नाताभन्दा  नजिकको छ । भगवान्ले मलाई भाइ नदिए पनि मैले आफैँ भाइ बनाएकी छु ।
 

Neelam Karki Niharika born April 9, 1975. She is a Nepali poet, novelist and story writer. She is best known for  Beli, Hawaan, Cheerharan and Yogmaya which are some of the novels, poems and stories she has written. She published her first novel in 1994. Karki's book Cheerharan has become a best seller in Nepal in July 2016. She is a well-respected novelist in Nepal and her novels are sought after by many information networks and she is also famous in Nepali communities beyond Nepal. She writes mostly about the problems prevalent in some places of Nepal like cast discrimination, gender discrimination, male-dominated society, etc. her idle or inspiration was Parijat. Her novel “Yogmaya” won the Madan Puraskar. Yogmaya is based after Yogmaya who was a feminist, a religious leader. She was an activist born in Bhojpur who fought against the dreadful Rana regime. Her writing skills have added a new dimension and enriched Nepali literature. Her contribution to the social and political changes in Nepal cannot be exaggerated. She has written a lot of novels describing women’s rights being taken away. She has gone to many tv channels of Nepal to talk about her book like chirharan where she explains how Yogmaya was not only a feminist and it would be injustice towards yogmaya if we said that she only supported women but in actual truth, she was trying to change the whole view of the society which is a big task. She also talks about the research she did to uncover the truth about the things Yogmaya had done to change society. In 1994 she published a novel named Maun Jeevan then again she published another book on 1997 named Niyatiko Khel then she published a story collection in 2006 named Hawan she also published a long poem in 2006 named Brain Fever then she again wrote some more story collection on 2006, 2007, 2012 named Neelam Karki Niharika Ka Kabita, Kagaj Ma Dastakhat, Beli respectively then she wrote Cheerharan which won the  Padmashree Sahitya Puraskar in 2016 then she again won the Madan Puraskar with the book about Yogmaya and named after Yogmaya. Her latest book is named Trichalish Katha (43 Katha) . It is a story collection and it was published in 2019.
 

विश्वभर फैलिएको कोरोनाको कारण विद्यालयलगायत सम्पूर्ण क्षेत्र ठप्प भए । हामी पनि अनलाइन कक्षा लिन बाध्य भयौँ  । जब विद्यालय खुल्यो तब हामी भौतिक कक्षा लिन  विद्यालय आयौँ। धेरै समयपछि  विद्यालय आउँदा निकै रमाइलो भयो। साथीहरूसँग भेट भयो अनि  विद्यालयका शिक्षकहरूसँग पनि प्रत्यक्ष भेट भयो। एक कोहोरो घरमा बसेर पढ्दा  दिक्क लागेको थियो।  जब   विद्यालयलमा हामी भौतिक कक्षा लिन थाल्यौँ । 
अहिले विद्यालयमा भौतिक कक्षा हुँदा पढाइको चाप बढ्दो छ । अनलाइन कक्षा हुँदा तीन ,चार ओटा कक्षा मात्र हुन्थे। अहिले दैनिक सातआठ ओटा कक्षाहरू भइरहेका छन् । अनलाइन कक्षामा शिक्षकहरूलाई प्रश्न सोध्दा पनि राम्ररी नबुझिने र सोध्न पनि धक लाग्थ्यो ।  आफूले जाने बुझेका कुराहरू साथीहरूसँग सोध्न र बुझाउन पनि धेरै सजिलो भएको छ। भौतिक कक्षामा अनलाइन कक्षामा जस्तो इन्टरनेट तथा मोबाइल र ल्यापटप पनि नचाहिने हुनाले धेरै सजिलो भएको छ ।  हुनत अहिलेसम्म पनि कोरोना हराएको छैन । भौतिक कक्षा हुँदा कोरोना लाग्ने डर पनि त्यतिकै छ । 
नेपाल सरकारले अहिले १२ बर्षमाथिका सबैलाई खोप दिने निर्यण गरिसकेको छ। १२ वर्ष उमेर पुगिसकेकाले खोप लगाउन थालिससकेका छन् । अमेरिका, क्यानाडा, जापान,अस्ट्रेलिया लगायतका देशहरूमा आठ वर्षभन्दा माथिकालाई   खोप दिन थालिसकेका छन् । नेपालमा पनि बिस्तारै यो क्रम चल्दै जाने छ। अहिले देखापरेको ओमिक्रोन भाइरस पनि विश्वभर फैलिँदै छ। यो भाइरस तुलानात्मकरूपमा त्यति डरलाग्दो देखिएको छैन । जे होस् हामी अझै सावधान भने अवश्य पनि हुनुपर्छ। 
अब धेरै मानिसले खोप लगाइसेका कारण बिस्तारै कोरोनको प्रकोप कम हुँदै जाला । भौतिक कक्षाको पढाइ पनि निरन्तर बढोस्।  कोरोनाको कारण  फेरि विद्यालय बन्द नहोऊन् । हामी सबै सचेत बनौँ । 
 

Once there was a girl named Alisha. She lived in a small village in Morang. She loved dancing. She was studying in a small village school. There she met her dance teacher whom she called gurumaa. Alisha had a dancing class in school where she would learn dancing. She loved dancing very much. Everytime she got free time she would dance. One day while returning from school she saw a huge crowd. She saw a girl with medals and a garland. People were appreciating her and putting her garlands and tika on her. Alisha was very surprised. From a stranger from the crowd she got to know that the girl had won the best dancer competition. She had become the winner from the village and made her parents and village proud so everyone was showering her with love and appreciation. Alisha was very surprised to hear that. After that incident she was very surprised and now she had dreamt to be in that place every day. Every night she always used to think how it would feel being in that position. After that day dancing was not just for fun to her it became  her passion.

Her guruma helped her with dancing. Her parents were supportive too but the villagers never believed in her. they never praised her for her good dancing instead they always used to taunt her and her parents. They said that they would regret not listening to them. Their daughter would never succeed. Many villagers used to say that but she always ignored them and practiced day and night whenever she got the chance to do so. Her parents also always supported her. One day her teacher introduced her to the upcoming dance competition. Alisha was very excited and she had practiced hard for the competition. They both went where the competition was being held. She danced very well but the judge was not satisfied because of her performance. They said that her dancing style was very old. She was very sad and returned home. The villagers were laughing at her failure. But she didn't give up. She practiced very hard. She went to a dance academy to learn new steps and styles of dances. There she met one judge who was teaching dance. She requested him to tutor her and told him about how badly she wanted to win. He was very touched by her words. He agreed to teach her. After that day she had a new mentor. Her teacher was very touched by seeing her dedication to dance. She learned many new steps. She focused on dancing as well and her studies. After many months of practice she went to that competition again. There she gave her hundred percent.

Everyone was very shocked to see a huge change in her. She was selected and obviously after a few months there was a finale where she was able to reach. Many villagers supported her but still some of them still thought she wouldn't make it. It was the time to announce the winner and there it said, the winner is “Alish!”. She was very happy. Her parents were proud of her. Her dance mentor was very happy. Those villagers who didn't support her had come to put garland at home. Coming home surrounded by everyone appreciating her putting tika and garland on her, she was very happy. Her dream came true. She remembered the girl who was standing in the same place where she was currently standing. She was proud of herself and her dedication.