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Category: Commentary

Aug 23

आहत उपभोक्ता

सरकारको वाणिज्य विभागले गुणस्तरहीन सिमेन्टका छ ब्रान्डको उत्पादन र बिक्री रोक्का गरेर आम उपभोक्तालाई मुलुकमा नियमन निकाय पनि रहेको सन्देश दिएको छ। तर, गुणस्तरहीन उत्पादनको आतंकमा परेका सर्वसाधारणलाई जोगाउन यो पहलमात्र पर्याप्त छैन। ( Read more )

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Jul 12

स्मृतिमा एसएलसी

फेरि एसएलसी मेरो जीवनमा जोडिन आइपुग्यो। कहिले आफ्नै लागि कहिले सन्तानका निम्ति यो जीवनसँग जोडिइरहन्छ। छोरीको एसएलसी रिजल्ट हेरेर उनको फेसबुकको भित्तामा ‘तिमीलाई बधाई है, चियर्स’ लेखिसकेपछि मेरो मन भने आफूले एसएलसी दिएको २७ वर्षअघिको समयतिर फर्कियो।

एसएलसीको रिजल्टले जहिल्यै मलाई ‘नोस्टाल्जिक’ बनाउँछ। तर, यसपाला अलि बढी नै मैले त्यो समयलाई सम्भि्कएँ। अहिले मेरी छोरीको रिजल्ट निस्केको बेला र आफ्नो समयबीच मैले ठूलो भिन्नता महसुस गरेँ। एसएलसीको परिणाम आफ्नै पत्रिकाको न्युज पोर्टल नागरिकन्युजडटकममा हेरेर लगत्तै फेसबुकको भित्तामा लेख्न र सँगसँगै मोबाइल फोनबाट वधाई दिन मैले भ्याइसकेको थिएँ। ( Read more )

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Jul 06

SLC: 27 years later

“Dad, please check my SLC (School Leaving Certificate) examination result once it is published online,” my daughter sent me an SMS on Friday afternoon. I responded to her instantly. A couple of hours later, news portals posted the much-awaited result. I checked her result and wrote on her Facebook wall: Congratulations! You’ve passed in flying colors‼ Cheers‼! Simultaneously, I also called her. After a brief conversation, I hung up my phone.

My daughter is indeed lucky and privileged. There are many others like her who failed in the exam while a huge number of children her age do not even get a chance to attend schools.

The SLC result made me nostalgic. My memory traveled back 27 years when I was eagerly waiting for my SLC result like my daughter. However, the circumstance and education landscape then was vastly different. I was a little boy waiting for my result in a far-flung remote village. My daughter is in Kathmandu and has access to high speed broadband internet connection. She went to English medium school and I was not fortunate enough to attend such a school. ( Read more )

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Jun 04

It’s the law, stupid !

My flight landed at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu. What I missed in three months while I was in Singapore was the freedom to do whatever I liked.

Law enforcement is not our cup of tea. What we love most is lawlessness. I took a long sigh of relief because I had really missed my country a lot. More than that, I came back from Singapore without paying a single cent in fines. I was speaking in silence: Oh, Mother Earth, I’m here again!

In Singapore, the NO signboards always cautioned me. Here, everything is fine because there are no admonitory signs. If you’re powerful, especially as a member of any political party, then you’re eligible to do, literally, whatever you like. You’re foolproof when it comes to breaching the law. No one will come to you to correct, fine or cane you for your illegal act. ( Read more )

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Apr 12

सुनगाभामा आगो

नेपालीहरूबीच लोकप्रिय पर्यटकीय गन्तव्य थाइल्यान्डको राजधानी बैंककमा भइरहेको ‘लाल कमेजवाला’को आन्दोलन शनिबार दुःखद मोडमा पुगेको छ। अपेक्षाकृत शान्तिपूर्ण रहेको आन्दोलन शनिबार एक्कासि सुरक्षाकर्मी र प्रदर्शनकारीबीचको हिंसात्मक भिडन्तमा परिणत भयो। ( Read more )

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