News Agencies:
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was shot dead Thursday at a political rally by an attacker who then set off a blast that left 20 others dead. In a year of increasing violence in Pakistan, Bhutto returned home from exile in October to contest parliamentary elections.
Bhutto, 54, survived explosions at her homecoming rally in Karachi that claimed the lives of around 140 people, and there were several reports that she was on militants’ hit lists. She had just finished addressing a rally, was shot in the head and neck before a suicide bomber blew himself up near her vehicle, according to reports from the scene.
Bhutto's assassination could fuel further violence and instability.Her supporters turned violent when she was taken to a hospital in Rawalpindi, chanting slogans like “Killer Musharraf” and smashing vehicles in the area. Musharraf lives in Rawalpindi, a satellite city of the capital Islamabad that hosts the army headquarters.
If the elections proceed, whether Bhutto's Pakistan People’s Party will be able to capture a sympathy vote is debatable.
This is the second time, the minister belonging to Nepal Sadhbhawana Party (NSP) made detested decision hiking petroleum product price. New price menu effective from last night is Nepalese rupees eighty (80) per litter. When I am informed through news over Kantipur Television I sent 'SMS' below to my friends and collogue;

CONGRATULATION SATHI HO! ABA BIKE THANKYAU, PAIDAL HIDOU! PETROL 80 RUPAIYA???

The replies I got from are;

Toya : Kuli

Harihar; Gafai ta ho ni, 2 din pa6i bhau badheko birsin6. ani bike chahin6. Entices 60der tyamke dada farkine bhaye po bike 6odnu.

Anu: Tehi bhanya dai; aba yahi barsa 100 puryaula jasto 6.

Jaya: Ho aba ta 11 number nai jindabad bhannu parla jasto chha!

Dipendra: Petrol 80 rupe! Aha! Aba hitar ko byapar ghattne bho. Hidnus jyan tataunus, yasmai6 maja.
Nepalnews said that, at least 13 people, including four children, have died and scores of people – some unconfirmed reports claiming up to 600 - have gone missing when a suspension bridge on the Bheri River at Mehalkuna in Surkhet district collapsed Tuesday afternoon.
The people had plunged into the river when the bridge collapsed due to overload at around 13:45 pm. The bridge was overcrowded as hundreds of people were passing through it to participate in a local fair nearby.
Rescuers have recovered 13 bodies so far and the search for other missing people continues. Eight dead bodies were found at the incident site and four others were found on the riverbanks some three kilometers away.
Rescue teams helped some 40 people swim ashore while other 150 are said to have swum on their own. Reports say 20 injured persons have been taken to Surkhet hospital for treatment.
Officials of the Nepal Army, Armed Police Force, Nepal Police and Nepal Red Cross Society along with the local people have been mobilised for rescue works. An army helicopter has also been put on standby for rescue works.
nepalnews.com mk/ia/sd Dec 25 07
Laughing is a celebration of the good, and it's also how we deal with the bad. Laughing, like crying, is a good way of eliminating toxins from the body. Since the mind and body are connected, you use an amazing amount of muscles when you laugh.

"If human life did not have laughing, that would be boring. Laughing is what makes life fun."

My one friend, a couple of day ago, told me that a child made laugh often more than 1 hundred times in a day, teenager 17 times in a day and when one made laugh at least once in a day its a sign of being older. Identify ownself where you are.
Ishaan Awasthi [Darsheel Safary] is an eight-year-old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate; colors, fish, dogs and kites are just not important in the world of adults, who are much more interested in things like homework, marks and neatness. And Ishaan just cannot seem to get anything right in class. When he gets into far more trouble than his parents can handle, he is packed off to a boarding school to 'be disciplined'. Things are no different at his new school and Ishaan has to contend with the added trauma of separation from his family. One day a new art teacher bursts onto the scene, Ram Shankar Nikumbh [Aamir Khan], who infects the students with joy and optimism. He breaks all the rules of 'how things are done' by asking them to think, dream and imagine, and all the children respond with enthusiasm, all except Ishaan. Nikumbh soon realizes that Ishaan is very unhappy and he sets out to discover why. With time, patience and care, he ultimately helps Ishaan find himself. On face-value, TAARE ZAMEEN PAR looks like a kiddie film, but as the story unfolds, you realize that the story peeps into the mind and heart of a kid, his interests, his hobbies, his strengths and weaknesses. The director opens the cards at the very outset, when you realize that the kid is just not interested in books/studies. And his interaction with his stern father, doting mother and lovable brother is straight out of life.

Go and see the movie................
There are remarkable grough in not-for-profit and private radio in Nepal since 1997. More than two hundred FM stations have granted licence from Ministry of Information & Communication so far and above hundred among them are in operation. Local people have easy access to voice their concerns through using the medium radio.
Who inspires whom in what extend? It really does matter in every human life. I used to write something when I was in school and campus. I have few friends in Kathmandu. I shared the room with one friend though we were from same village. My writing habit stopped when I got an opportunity to work with FM station just because of I had to spend almost my time with official activities. I got married in six years ago. Since then I forgot to write because I spent my every moments with my wife and rest time in office.

A couple of days ago, my one friend requested me to see the poem. It was in English. It was on relation of life and death and really beautiful one. I inspired by the way of writing. Then I could not stop me to write the poem on "DEATH". My colleagues at office loved that poem. I shared it with some of my good friends. They posted me their comments over email. The poem has been uploaded in my blog as well. Reading the poem I am still receiving encouraging feedback from my colleagues, friends and relatives as well.

I don't think I am a good writer. But thinking about INSPIRATION. Being inspired by other is not easy. But the poem that my friend wrote inspired me to write.
Dear Kale,

I m writing this because I scared last night thinking about the conversation we had at office among the production team. We were in technical training and practical session on studio was conducted during the course of action. We went there. Binayak asked me to go inside along with Jaya ji. We sat just in front of the microphone and started chat as if we were conducting the live presentation. It was just for the practice but we made enough noise and we made all outsider laughing since the topic of our conversation was not other than the single word "DEATH".

As you know about me that I was quite out of scene in any type of creative writing SINCE we got married. The reason you must know behind this was I spent my life with you, I enjoyed with you and I tried my best to make you happy in every moments. Now I am recalling the date we had met first time in Biratnagar when you were taking part the training as "trainee" whereas I was a representative of FM station that was about to start and I was there to looking for potential candidate for the FM and finally we selected you as a key member of FM. Meeting you took a new turn when we decided to get married. It has almost 6 years completed we married and though we have our son I felt alone for the first time in my life last night.

I was at the office as usual and my one fried requested me to read the write up, it was poem in regards to the relation of 'Life and Death". I read through it again and again and then I wrote a poem on the topic "Death". Upendra and Jaya, both told me that it was really good one and then Jaya requested me to talk about my poem on studio while we are doing the practical exercise on how to place the microphone properly. We discussed on the the theme death. We made us laugh and other as usual.

But when I reached to home at night at around 7:00, I thought why we did this today? Is the death matter of discussion in that way? Don't you scare from death? Then I scared that what happen if you or me or our son will...... I could not sleep in well manner. I just think about you and son, but the reality was that I was alone, no one was in my room except Television set and a music was playing on FM set. What was that song you know? Yes It was 'Thorai Thorai Risa Ani Dherai Dherai Maya, Risma Pani Dekhirahanchhu Mayako nai Chhaya..." .. the only one song so that we are together.

Love u n punte n miss u both a lot
Congratulation for your nice poem
Really as you said life is all about death at any time in life.
Difference is that some leave for heavenly peace at young age some little bit latter
All we know is death is enevitable and all mighty
isn't it?
But selfless contribution to the society and the nation is one and only way to remaining living even after the death
Let's choose the path
for our future after death.
And lastly, thanks for serving nice phographs
prabhakar
मृत्यु कटु सत्य हो टार्न सकिदैंन
मृत्युले सधैं जित्छ हराउन सकिदैंन
अनि यो पनि सत्य हो
मृत्युबाट जति भागे पनि भाग्न सकिदैंन
तर यसो भन्दैमा मृत्यु अँगाल्न पनि सकिदैंन

मृत्यु त्यो हो जसलाइ न देख्न सकिन्छ
न त स्पर्श नै गर्न सकिन्छ
न त सुघ्न नै सकिन्छ
मृत्यु बोलाएको बेला आउँदैन
न त चाहिएको बेला बोलाउन नै सकिन्छ
मृत्यु एउटा सत्य हो
तर अँगाल्न नसकिने सत्य
पत्याउन कठिन हुने सत्य

एकदिन अँगाल्नैपर्ने सत्य

यसकारण मृत्यु मेरो पनि हो
मृत्यु तपाइको पनि हो
मृत्यु उसको पनि
किनभने
मृत्यु
सबैको हो।
त्यसैले त मानिस भ्रममा बाँच्छ
यसरी बाँच्ने क्रममा मानिस कहिले नमरिकन मृत्यु अँगाल्छ
त्यस्तो मृत्यु जहाँ उसले अाफूलाइ चिन्न सक्दैन
आफ्नो क्षमता बुझ्न सक्दैन
अनि उ जिउँदै मर्छ ।
तर मृत्यु देख्नेहरू आशामा बाँच्नुपर्छ
किनभने
मृत्यु भविष्य हो

भविष्य सधैं सुन्दर बनाउने कल्पनाले नै मानिस बाँच्ने भएकोले म त भन्छु
मानिस मृत्यु अँगाल्नकै लागि सधैं आशामा बाँच्छ
अनि
संसार जित्छ
तर एकदिन उ हार्छ
त्यो हार सिर्फ एउटा सत्य हुन्छ
मृत्यु ।
विजी, पुस २, २०६४
काठमाडौं ।
How would you feel in the event you fell off from the raft in the deadly rapid and went under the surface of water for not less than 5 minutes and then came back to the surface? 'Waw............., its adventure, life time experience, .. have never ever skilled'! Exactly the same happened in my life when I was doing the rafting over Sunkoshi, the river of the gold, in listed in top ten rivers in the world for rafting with members of Equal Access Nepal. The program was organized by EAN on the occasion of annual retreat program on 13 October 2007. The day long rafting has begun from Dolalghat and supposes to be ended in Nepalthok. Our raft met an accident at Jyamire in which we were 8 people including raft guide Amit, as soon as we had lunch break. But we all 7 were found safe and rescued successfully. Anu, her right arms bone is dislocated and had to admit in hospital. Now she is well. What lesson we learnt by doing this challenging game is that it is not the business of us and office has to discourage to happen this kind of activity on the ocassion of retreat!!!.
I am grateful to the god!!!!
Bhedetar is popular among the teenagers and lovebirds, located in beautiful hill station of eastern Nepal in the boarder of Sunsari and Dhankuta. If you feel the weather is hot don't worry go to Bhedetar and you could get many restaurants and hotels in Bhedetar in which you can enjoy at seeing beautiful Creation of nature. Here are some photos I have taken from different corner.

What is Constitution Assembly and why it is going to be held? Why inclusive state system is necessary? How is the discussion going on in city and capital about the issues on re-structure of state? Taradevi Hitan of Shree Nagar Chhatyaldanda,Mugu wants to talk on that sorts of issues. She knows little bit on that but Radio Program “Naya Nepal” that broadcast from world space radio receiver, has became her friend to know about her curiosity. What world space radio is? How did she know about it, who sometimes listens to the Radio Nepal? Have you seen the second part of Hindi picture “Munna Bhai MBBS” or “Lage Raho Munnabhai” just think that in these film how does the voice of actress listen to by Sanjay Dutta on a radio that radio is World Space Radio. Is this radio set available in the Nepali market? No. So how does it reach in a remote Karnali zone? Said Tara Devi, “It is given by local organization.” This radio receiver is brought to Karnali Rural Development and Research Centre by NGO named Equal Access.

The program Naya Nepal, Saathi Sanga Man Ka Kura, Kama Ka Kura, Desh Pardesh, Kheldai Sikkadai, Kura Khasra Mitha can be heard on that World Space Satellite Radio in 40 communities of five districts in Karnali. Inhabitants of Karnali Zone, who are far away from the Radio Nepal and local FM, now they are feeling aware on after getting to listen useful program in satellite radio. Bale BK a resident of Tadi vdc in Kalikot feels happy to listen about contemporary issues in simple way on that radio. Says, “We only listen about Naya Nepal from leaders and whatever they said, we had to believe but now we believe whatever radio said. Youths of Jumla,Jatebhid have kept the radio in a house that is located in the top of the village then they listen to the program Naya Nepal. They say “By making the voice loud, we listen to the program sitting in a house, while teaching in school, working in the field and grasp. The program provides important as well as useful information. It has made us cleverer than before.”

This technology had reached in Karnali one year ago. This radio has reduced the hunger of information to Karnali’s inhabitants reaching the remote village of 5 districts. According to Dhan Bdr. Gautam, a resident of Gautambada,Jumla ,after listening these program, locals have got advantage taking the knowledge about debatable issues. He says, “There is the rise of spirit of unity after listening to the program in groups.” All the villagers openly discuss about women rights, child rights and peace process.”

This radio program is brought to by the joint collaboration with UNDP in 2000 A.D. According to the director of Equal Access, Michael Boshi, the program is being broadcasted with the mentality to rise the living standard of geographically back warded community after receiving right information in a easy way.

Upendra Aryal, is being happy who once a time is popular from Radio Program “MirMire Bhaka” broadcasted from Radio Sagarmatha, to take the responsibilities to give equal access and equal information to Nepalese. “My voice is rooted on a nationwide, before it was used in a limited place.’ Aryal, who is the co-ordinator of radio program’s content.

After knowing the knowledge about its positive impact on community, Nirmal Rijal, who after completing his study on engineering, took an interest to work on the field of communication for development, feels satisfaction. “We not only spread out the message in remote 40 community of Karnali zone but also collecting local knowledge and understanding to their local voice, we are broadcasting to other parts of the country through Radio Program.
(published in Kantipur daily on April 5,2007)
These photographs have been taken in Kathmandu during the second training of Peace leadership that was held from April 1 until 4 at Hotel Marsangdi Thamel. That was jointly organized by Karuna Center for Paecebuiding USA and ICPD Nepal. That was the second of this type and remaining two are scheduled to be held on July and October.




All photos are taken by Binaya Guragain@2007
Recently the group of students of Kantipur City College has visited the Martin Choutari the resource center for the media students. After the formal session has over we have taken some photographs at premises of Martin Choutari and at the tea shop. Here are some;

How have you been coped with your emotions and feeling if you are attempting to sleep at midnight your baby starts crying and shows nonsense activities? Have you ever experienced? Though this is the moment of tension but I feel happy to care my son even in midnight he wants to play with me. He has come to this earth on 7th of March 2007. Being parents is the most happiest moment we are feeling.

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