छैंटौ रोपाईं महोत्सव चाउथेमा

यहिनै हाम्रो गाई र खेत किसानको संसार मानो लाएर मुरी उब्जाउने आयो है असार .....रिमि र झिमि पानीमा पर्‍यो, रसायो मुल पनिकिसानलाई भनि उर्लेर आयो असारे भेल पनि ......नेपाल पर्यटन परिषदले आयोजना गरेको छैंटौ असारे महोत्सवमा वडा. नं १४ का समाज सुधार तथा महिला उत्थान आमा समूहको असारे गित सँगै पोखरा वडा.नं १४, चाउँथेमा शुरु भएको सारे महोत्सव गएको वर्षहरुमा भन्दा केहि भब्य सु सम्पन्न भएको छ । छोरेपाटनको मिरुवा फाँटमा शुरुको दुइ वर्ष गरे पछि , लेक साइडको खहरे, सेदीको वगर, लेखनाथको खुदीमा र हेम्जामा गरेपछि अहिले चाउँथेमा गरेको छ । असारे महोत्सव पर्यटन परिषदलेनै किन गर्‍यो त - " अहिले मानिसहरु खेतवारी बेचेर गाडी किन्नमानै वढि लालायित देखिन्छन् । बरु गाडी बेचेर खेत किन्नु पर्दछ भन्ने भावना यहाँको जनतामा चेतना जगाउनु अनि जति सक्दो पर्यटकहरुलाई यहाँ समावेश गराएर हाम्रो देशको खेती किसानीको वारेमा विभिन्न मुलुकमा हाम्रो पहिचान पुर्‍याउनु उद्देश्य महोत्सवको हो ।" नेपाल पर्यटन परिषदका अध्यक्ष बच्चुराम तिवारी भन्नु हुन्छ म सबै कृषकहरुलाई खेतवारी जोगाई राख्न अनुरोध गर्दछु । खेती राम्रो हुने ठाउँको जग्गा नबेच्न, बेच्नै परे पनि खेति अयोग्य जमिन बेच्न म अनुरोध गर्न चाहन्छु । आफ्नै ठाउँमा, आफ्नै जमिनमा उब्जेको जस्तो मिठो अनि पोषिलो वाहिर किनेको हुँदैन । त्यहि भएर आफ्नो जग्गा जमिन नवेच्न म सबै किसानहरुलाई विनम्र अनुरोध गर्दछु । पहिलो पटक आयोजना गर्दा मानिसमा त्यति उत्सुकता थिएन तर अहिले सबैमा निक्कै उत्सुकता भएको छ ।
धेरै भन्दा धेरै आन्तिरिक पर्यटनले महोत्सव अवलोकन गर्न आउनु भएको छ । वहाँले यसो भनि रहँदा त्यहाँ लगभग दुइ हजारको हाराहारीमा मानिसहरु रोंपाई महोत्सव अवलोकन गरि रहेको थियो । मानिसहरुको आउने जाने क्रम पनि निक्कैनै थियो । पर्यटकको क्षेत्रमा अब कृषकहरु पनि सहभागी बनाउनु पर्दछ भन्ने हाम्रो मान्यता हो । पर्यटक भित्रयाउनु मात्र ठुलोकुरो होइन । उनीहरुलाई खाना दिन सक्नु पर्दछ । जुन ठाउँमा उब्जनीहुन सक्दैन त्यहाँ घर बन्नु पर्दछ जहाँ उब्जनी हुन्छ त्यहाँ खेती गर्नु पर्दछ। वीउ सबै उखेली सक्यो व्याटे गरा भो खालीकुनामा हली, छेउमा बाउसे, विचमा खेताली........पोखरा सबै मौसमका लागी भन्ने हाम्रो मुल नारा लाई लिएर महोत्सव शुरु भएको हो । " यो अहिलेको सिजन भनेको पर्यटक आउने सिजन होइन तर जुन सुकै मौसमको लागि पोखरा उपयुक्त छ भन्नको लागी यो महोत्सवको आयोजना गरिएको हो ।" अध्यक्ष तिवारीको भनाई थियो । "अबका दिनहरुमा यी यस्ता कार्यक्रमहरुको जानकारी हामीले वेब साइडमा राखेर पहिलेनै यस्तोकुराहरुको जानकारी दिने सोंच बनाएका छौं । जसले गर्दा पर्यटकहरु रोपाईं महोत्सवकै लागि भनेर आओस् ।" छैंटो असारे महोत्सबमा अमेरीकन प्रोफेसरहरुको समूह लगायत अन्य ठाउँवाट गरेर लगभग ३५ जनाको त्यहाँ उपस्थिति रहेको थियो ।
कार्यक्रमको सभापति बच्चु राम तिवारी, प्रमुख अतिथि स्थानिय १०१ वर्षीय दधिराम विश्वकर्मा, विषेश अतिथिमा रबिन्द्र अधिकारी, सि.डब्लु.एसका प्रमुख डग्लस रहेको थियो । श्रीलाल सुवेदीको स्वागत मन्तव्यसँगै सुरु भएको उक्त कार्यक्रममा दधिराम विश्वकर्माले हलो जोतेर उद्घाटन गरेका थिए । कार्यक्रमको प्रमुख आर्कषणको रुपमा रहेको रसी तानी महिला तर्फ समाज सुधार तथा महिला उत्थान आमा समुह वडा.नं १४ प्रथम, पुरुष तर्फविष्णु दवाडी वैदाम समुह प्रथम, खेत सम्याउनेमा सुरेन्द्र लामिछाने प्रथम, भक्त के.सी दितिय, दुर्गा वानिया तृतिय, महिला दौडमा पार्वती थापा प्रथम, सरला खड्का दितिय, विष्णु वि.क तृतिय, पुरुष तर्फ शम्भु थापा प्रथम, वुद्धि भण्डारी दोस्रो, अमृत कार्की तेस्रो, भएको थियो । पर्यटन दौडमा माइकल (अष्ट्रेलिया ) प्रथम, डेनियर (जर्मनी) दोस्रो, इन (वेलायत) तेस्रो, चार्ली (अष्ट्रेलिया) चौथो, मेलियम (जर्मनी) पाँचौ भएको थियो । असारे गीत र रोपाइमा संकल्प आमा समुह विरौटा प्रथम, शिवशक्ति आमा समुह छिने डाँडा दोस्रो, र समाज सुधार तथा महिला उत्थान आमा समुह वडा.नं १४ तृतिय भएको थियो । " धर्ति आमा हो । आमालाई नबेच्नुस, नेपाल साह्रै राम्रो देश हो । यहाँको भुमि ज्यादै उर्वरा रहेको छ । यहाँ धेरै उब्जनी हुन्छ । यहाँको खेतहरुमा रसायनिक मल हालेर वाली नउब्जाउनुस् । रसायनिक मलले यहाँको माटोलाई विगार्छ । अहिले नेपालमा बढिमात्रमा प्लटिङ गर्ने होड चलिरहेको छ । त्यो साह्रै नराम्रो हो । त्यो ठाउँमा त धान, मकै, रोप्ने हो जसले हामीलाई खाना दिन्छ । यहाँ यति धेरै जग्गा जमिन छ, आफैंले उब्जाएर खानु पर्दछ किनेर हैन । " सि.डब्लु.एसका प्रमुख डग्लस को भनाई हो यो । नेपाली भाषामा अत्यन्त राम्रोसँग बेलेका डग्लसको भनाईलाई र्समर्थन गर्दै उपस्थित सबैले ताली बजाएर वहाँको कुरामा सहमती जनाएको थियो । हो हो माले हो हो हो हो तारे हो हो हरियो डाँडा माथि हालो जोत्ने साथी जनकवि केसरी धर्मराज थापाले रचेर गाउनु भएको यो गीत कम लोकप्रिय छैन नेपालीहरुको माझमा । नेपालमा ८० % जनताहरु कृषिमानै आश्रीत रहेको छ । मानो लगाएर मुरी उब्जाउने किसानहरुको यहि वेला हो । यसरी रोपाई महोत्सवको आयोजना गरेर नेपाल पर्यटन परिषदले किसानहरुलाई गुन लगाएको छ । यो मानेमा कि किसान भनेको अन्नदाता हो भन्ने कुरा देश विदेशमा पुर्‍याउने जमर्को यो संस्थाले गरिदिएको छ । निधारमा रातो टिका, कानमा फूल, गलामा माला अनि हातमा धानको विउ सँगै स्थानियहरुको नौमती बाजाको ताल अनि भजनको तालसँगै स्वागतमा रमाई रहेका विदेशी पर्यटकहरुले उक्त महोत्सववाट निक्कै मजा लिई रहेको थियो । पोखरामा धेरै किसिमको महोत्सवहरु भई रहन्छ । सबै आ आफ्नै किसिमको हुन्छ जसले व्यक्ती वा संस्थालाई मात्रा फाईदा पुर्‍याउछ । तर यो यस्तो महोत्सव हो जसले किसानहरुलाई फाइदा पुर्‍याएको छ । व्याक्तिगत अनि संस्थागत स्वार्थ भन्दा माथि उठेर यो संस्थाले जनताको हितमा काम गरेको छ । यो कामको लागि उनीहरुलाई र नेपाल पर्यटन परिषदलाई धन्यवाद दिन करै लाग्दछ ।

source http://www.pokharacity.com/

By: Bhupal Gurung/ Picture : Ram Gurung (Pokharacity.com)

MY TRIP TO NEWYORK

Its been a great pleasure to be here in Washington DC right now. Its kind a cold but I am really loving this weather now. well I started my holiday from DFW Airport Texas. then i flew to Georgia Atlanta and from there to Dullas Washington DC.
I was very excited to see my brothers and sister and my lovely bhanjee. We had fun in Newyork. Its a great place to see lots of things ans views. We had a beautiful experience in METRO TRAIN which is way faster in the croded city like Newyork. After the long trip to newyork, we were heading towards Dallas TX, we went to Georgia Atlanta. I with my Ashish dai, had delicious food in atlanta for that we drove about 4 hours . We drove about 26 hours to Dallas but we still had fun.

CHANGE and Our HOPES.

CONGRATULATIONS ! to all the supporters of OBAMA including me for the victorious success of the CHANGE we need now and ever. I was up late last night watching CNN, suddenly it showed 299 electrol votes, which was one of those moments which was mostly awaited by most of the Americans and the rest of the world who wants CHANGE. Thousands of people in Chicago got the golden oppertunity to see their first African American president elected for the first time in the history of the united states.
As I remember that Martin Luther King Jr. mentioned in he LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL that they has been waiting for the rights and the change for more than 340 years then. I was really impressed by the letter he wrote and the speech he made called I HAVE A DREAM. Junior on that letter was inspiring every oppressed citizen to fight for their rights and civil liberties.
I was satisfied and glad that united states's first statement for thanking all the voters including, african-american, latinos, and ASAINS. Offcourse, he must not forget that he was supported by majority of the immigrants and lower middle class americans no matter white, brown, black, or yellow.
As soon as OBAMA was elected, meaasges from different corners of the world started coming congratulating him. China is ready to talk to him and for the further relationship. He has been suported by most of the world excluding PAKISTAN. There is also a reason behind it, we will probably see after January 2009 I guess. Minister for Foreign Affairs of NEPAL also congratulated him through BBC NEPALI SEWA. that is a good signal of the international relationship.
Now I am living in TEXAS right now and I can tell that people are angry here in TEXAS. It is a republican place, most of the people whom I am associated with voted for McCAin and shocked last night by the result. As a whole it was not suprising nor shocking for me because I was guessing him as next president of one of the POWERFUL nations in the world. Hopefully he will do his job in favour of most of the people in the USA and offcourse we people living in the usa as immigrants. WE really wants some of the reforms that WE ARE PAYING 3 TIMES OF THE TUTION FEES THAN AMERICAN FOR THE SAME EDUCATION. Here I don't mean free but atleast he should cutoff some thing so that we could easily afford to survive in this expensive economy in the world. AND THE OTHER THING IS THERE IS NO OTHER WAY THAT PEOPLE COULD SURVIVE WITHOUT WORKING IN THIS ECONOMY. AS he has been saying let's see the real CHANGE.

SILENT R MY LIPS

SILENT R MY LIPS, BUT THE EYES R WET,
WHEN I REMEMBER THE DAYS WE MET,
NOTHING SEEMS GOOD THESE DAYS FOR ME NOW,
I DON'T HAVE ANY CLUE TO LIVE THIS LIFE HOW,
IT'S HARD TO GIGGLE WITH OTHERS WHEN U R DOWN
WAVES OF TEARS ARE MOVING TOWARDS MY TOWN,
EXPRESSING MYSELF TO OTHERS R HARDER THESE DAYS,
THRIVING MYSELF TO GET TO U IN ANY WAYS,
WHENEVER I FEEL ALONE, I FEEL U BESIDES ME,
TOGETHER HOLDING OUR HANDS, WE WALK DOWN THE SEA,

WHENEVER MY EYES R CLOSED, I ONLY SEE YOU,
THEN CURSE MY DESTINY, COZ R MEETING WERE SO FEW,
INEXPRESSIBLE R MY FEELINGS TOWARDS U DEAR,
WILL I LOOSE U IS MY ONLY GREATEST FEAR,
CAN'T MOVE ON LIKE THIS ON THIS RAZOR SHARP KNIFE,
ONLY ANTHEM I SING IS "WITH U IS MY LIFE, WITH U IS MY LIFE"
SILENT R MY LIPS, BUT THE EYES R WET,
WHEN I REMEMBER THE DAY WE MET,
LIFE IS LIKE HELL WITHOUT U IN IT,
DON'T HAVE ANY CLUE, WHEN WE R GONNA MEET,
DON'T HAVE ANY CLUE, WHEN WE R GONNA MEET,

POET; DIPESH KHATTRI, CHAUTHE POKHARA, NEPAL. NOW LONDON UK

दशैं आयो खाउला पियुला ..

दशैं आयो खाउला पियुला ..... कहा पॉला ? WALMART जौला ..क्रेडिट कार्ड घोत्तौला.......धत मत BURGER खादै बसूला .येस्तै छन अमेरिका माँ बसने नेपाली का दशैं उक्क्ति .हामी नेपाली संसारको जहा भयेपनी दशैं को महत्तो कहिले बिर्सिनाऊ र ३ डॉलर खर्चा गरेर भये पनी माटो ल्याएर जमरा रखने गर्चौ दशैं को लगी .well, its been said, we nepalese are celebrating our biggest festival here in the USA as far as possible. I am glad that we live in Texas where we are living with many Hindu communities from south India.We can visit our nearest hindu temple called hindu temple of Irving. We can get goat meat in our nearest market as well as can get a whole goat from nearby farm. I am a lucky guy that I know lots of people in this country from Nepal or I have many relatives here to celebrate with. We are planing to have a family picnic to Joo pool lake in Texas.
I still remember that we used to organize a dashain program back in Nepal where I was an active member of two of the youth clubs of pokhara, Youth for change Nepal, and JanaEkta Youth club Chauthe pokhara. I really enjoy working with my collegues in a club being an active member of a society. In 2006 I was the coordinator for the marathan competition organized by Janaekta Youth club pokhara. At that time we collect some funds with media coverage as well as lots of youth support and appreciations. I never forget the moments I spent involving myself in a social youth clubs. I am also a member of Phi Theta Kappa here in the USA which helps me for the schlarship in the University.
Getting back to Dashain, I have 20 years of celebrating moments in my heart and my mind that reminds my culture and the tradition being a Hindu. Here I am trying myself to convience that I am still following the same tradition in a different conditions and different environment. The point here I am trying to make is that we in the USA we do not get holidays in Dashain. I am working this thursday, which means I have no time to follow my tradition because work is important here and we are minorities here in the USA. We nepalese have to request, send e-mails, and convience by providing google information to our college professor that we are observing our biggest festival and could not attend the class this week.
As you all, residing outside Nepal, I am also missing my family and relatives in this wonderful moment, the blessings and the moments of sharing love and care with our love ones. the moments partying with my buddies, the moments watching the people enjoying in fares and the moments we see the crowd in the street, keeps on hiting my mind to realize myself to be a part of my own society after getting a degree in education and stand by myself economically in future.
After all, we are here for a purpose, that we should not forget and the most important thing that we should not forget is that we are also the part of our traditional society. As a matter of fact our culture and tradition relies on our obserations and followings during these fesivals. So, I hope and request all the nepalese society residing outside Nepal to celebrate Dashain with great respect, joy, fun, and love. We are the responsible parts of our society, it doesnot matters whereever we live in. lastly I pray Goddess DURGA to bless you all with wealth, power, and fame. Have a great DASHAIN.

A Long Trip to The United States

It was the second week of January when I left my native country of Nepal to come to America to further study. I was excited to visit a new country and also excited about the new people, their culture, and traditions. At the same time, I was feeling uneasy and sad to leave my family as I could clearly see the tears in their eyes when I was leaving my country at the Tribhuwan International Airport.

I left my country on that Friday night at around nine o’ clock and flew for about six hours to Dubai, the capital of Qatar. This was my first international trip, so I was feeling nervous and different at the airport. Although I was traveling with friends from Nepal, we had a hard time finding the right terminals. After a few hours, the plane took off and landed in Paris. I had a very difficult time at the airport understanding their language. We were tired of walking with our heavy loaded luggage and of asking people where to go. One lady officer from India helped us. I was tired and feeling sleepy, but I could not find a comfortable seat because the airport was so crowed. Eleven hours later, I finally landed at the Houston airport in Texas.

At the port of entry in the Houston airport, there was a big line and we only had one hour left until our next connecting flight to Louisville, Kentucky. I was tired of taking off my shoes, belts, and jackets at every security checking. The security personal asked several questions and we kept answering them. One of my friends got into trouble and was chased by a security dog. They opened his bags and found shampoo, toothpaste, and body sprays in his carry-on bag. They took all liquids from him because of the recent liquid bomb scare in London.

After we crossed the security check, I got lost somewhere in a terminal. My next connecting flight was in Terminal B, but I was somewhere in Terminal E. I had only forty-five minutes left to report for the next flight. I was walking around and looking for the terminal while carrying one hundred pound of extra weight. I decided to use the Terminal train, but I was unable to find Terminal B. I was nervous and afraid of missing my connecting flight because the International Office at Campbellsville University Louisville, Kentucky would be expecting me at the pre-arranged time. I anxiously checked my watch until twenty minutes before my flight and luckily I met one gentleman from my country and he helped me.

When I reached the Terminal gate for my departing flight, I asked that my other four friends get paged over airport’s loudspeaker. The gate agent replied, “Do you want to stay or go?” I was totally disappointed and compelled to board that flight. I was alone on the flight and missing my friends. I went to Campbellsville, KY alone and my friends arrived one day later.

I arrived at the campus one week after the spring semester started. I really enjoyed the countryside, lakes, and natural beauty of Kentucky. People were really nice there and they were ready to help others. After the spring semester, I planned to transfer to Northlake College in Dallas. Again, I flew to Dallas without the previous airport problems as I have already gained some travel experiences.

Religion in My Life

Religion has a significant impact on one's life. I grew up in a Hindu
tradition and formed Hindu beliefs. As a child I learned Hindu culture
in my family and my community. I believe in Hinduism and it has much
influential effect in my life. Similarly many aspects of Buddhism,
Confucianism, and Christianity are applicable in my life.
I believe on polytheistic belief of the Vedic faith and I pray to the
multiple deities of Hindu gods and goddesses. I feel like god is
looking at my every activity and he will punish or reward according to
our karma, all action good or bad produce effect in the future do
participate in most of the Hindu and Buddhist rituals, festivals, and
celebrations. Sometimes I do fasting in the name of the God who
created us and did many things for us. I remember the name of the holy
God most of the time .I believe he saves me every time when I gets
into a trouble. He shows me the right path to get success.
Buddhism is similar to Hinduism as Siddhartha Gautama was born and
raised in Hindu tradition. The four noble truth of Buddhism is mainly
applicable in my life. Whenever I am in trouble, I remember the word
"suffering" and it's true that it exists and there is a reason for
that. We can solve our problem if we could find the reason for the
suffering. After all, the eightfold paths or Nirvana is the actual
solution to the sufferings. The eight spoken wheel is the absolute
solution to the suffering exists in our life.
The deliberate tradition of Confucianism explained by Confucius is
most important to me. I respect myself and my family. They are
everything for me. I am really thankful to my family and especially to
my parents that they brought me up in such a great home environment.
This is explained as Jen and Chun- Tzu in Confucianism. The five
constant relationships he explained are the most important
relationships to maintain peace and harmony in our life. Similarly Li,
Te, and Wen are also the inspiring factor in my life.
In Christianity, I like the relationships with the holy God as our
creator and savior. The trinity explained as the father, the son, and
the Holy Spirit which I believe is the most important aspect of
Christianity. The forgiveness, prayer, and the relationship with the
God are really applicable in my life.
Although there are many differences, the similarities among the major
world religions help to maintain religious tolerance around the world.
The most important aspect of religion is that unifies and bonds people
and controls their actions. The religious laws help people to be
social and practice moral values. Finally, the similarities between
these world religious beliefs help people to be united and live
peacefully in society.