READING HABIT

Different people have different hobbies as per their interest & personality.It can be in various forms like reading,writing,playing & so on.I think reading habit is a constructive pastime that I frequently do.
Reading may include newspapers,magazines,novels,short essays & stories.It's a leisure that helps your mind to be creative.

It's true that doing something is better than doing nothing as an empty mind is a devil's workshop.It's not possible to read each & every articles that make no sense.What you decide to read purely concerns with the areas you are interested in though sometimes it might be a compulsion to be known to a certain topic as for project works .Never read just for the sake of reading.Read a book or paper only if it contains significance or else it won't make any difference.
It is also essential to check for the meaning of the words that you can't get.Looking up in dictionaries always broadens your concept & uplifts vocabulary & language.Reading a newspaper also gives you a general idea of what's going in & around the world that's rapidly changing.While reading magazine is mainly for entertainment purpose like music,film,travel,food,people & so on.Reading novels & stories is also beneficial particularly because it gives you an image of fact or fiction & further sub-genres like romance,horror,supernatural,detectives & scince fiction.

If you are keen on reading but somehow get bored as you start to imply then it is advisable to start from short article to longer ones.A person with reading habit understands a comprehensive passage in fewer glances.Last but not the least, students should not forget to read course books.



-Sushovan Khadka

THE BEST ONES!!........DOGS

Dogs, these 4 legged living beings are no lesser than a human companion. ‘Actions speak louder than words’, though they don’t speak or talk to us, their behavior and attitude says it all.

          From until that day I entered this world I am living with a dog by my side. Unfortunately, since dogs very short living life period compared to us, two of my companions have left me till now. Though they have passed away, still, all those memories of my childhood with them will remain with me forever. I still remember the day when I was 4 and I lost my first pet who was there to welcome me the day I was born. I cried the hell out. So my sister and dad brought me the same pup with the same name as my earlier pet. Recently after 15 years of togetherness I lost him too. That was a very difficult day for me.

          The reason of me writing this article is to strictly convey to all those who read this that dogs are not dangerous. They are like people, if you respect and love them, they return the same thing back to you as well. Also taking good care of them is a must whether they may be your house pet or any other street dog. I feel proud to be a pet lover and an owner, seeing them wake up along with me in the morning while I go to college and greeting me when I return back home safe and sound. This is one way they express their love and respect to us!

-RIWAZ MANANDHAR

KTM ROCKS!

Kathmandu is the place where my family originated and so did I. It’s been about 18 years since I’ve stayed in Kathmandu. Though I have travelled to other places of Nepal or abroad, the only place I feel most comfortable and safe is here, in KTM. Over the years, drastic changes have taken place all over Kathmandu; some positive some negative. The roads, buildings, houses, people, cultures and every other smaller thing in and around it have changed.

          When I travel inside Kathmandu valley, I feel familiar with every place and people I come across. There is no difficulty for me to roam around KTM, wandering all day long or at night. This is my home place and I live my fullest in it. It may be New York, California, Milan or any other place that I may travel to someday but at the end of the day I want to settle in KTM no matter what its status may be in the near future. Though KTM has been crowded and there has been shortage of different basic needs like electricity, water, roads, I hope this would soon end and also hope for KTM to be urbanized and well managed in the upcoming days.

-RIWAZ MANANDHAR

ELECTRICITY AND LOADSHEDDING

Electricity is the most convenient and the chief source of water. Petroleum is found in a few countries of the world. Its price has been raised so much that developing and underdeveloped countries find it very difficult to obtain it to meet their needs. Electricity is also not abundant. Electricity that is generated in Nepal is much below or need. It is generated in two ways-one is by burning coal. This power is called the normal power. The other is by using water power. It is called hydraulic power. It is also obtained by splitting atoms.

       As a result of the low production of electricity, the production in mills and factories is suffering much. Our industries can’t develop as much as we want. For want of proper supply of electricity production suffers. Besides its use in mills and factories and irrigation work it is used for domestic purposed –for light, fans, cooking, heating and ironing. Its low production had led to load-shedding. It affects production and causes great suffering to people. Now a day we all are familiar with expression “load-shedding”. Even a child cries out ‘load-shedding’ when the light is off. This load shedding is caused by the low generation of electricity. Here ‘load’ means the current supplied by a dynamo or generating station at any given time. Shedding means reducing the load or amount of electricity. So load shedding means that the supply of electric current has been reduced. As a result the supply is cut off in some area and there is load shedding there.

       Load shedding causes great loss, discomfort and inconvenience. A load shedding is harmful to the students because they have to study and to their assignments. Load shedding in the evening is very bad because we feel darkness in the time of light making. Sudden load shedding makes darkness and we must find matches, which is difficult. If we have not managed the matches in proper place darkness makes us crazy. The production of our mills and factories and small industries suffer much. Agriculture is also affected and pumps can’t work to supply water from the rivers, canals, ponds and wells to irrigate agricultural land. Office work suffers much as lights and fan are off. Trolley bus service does not work, Electric buses, trains, etc. stop anytime and passengers should wait for more time.

      A load shedding affects domestic life very much. Students suffer most as it hampers their studies, especially during the examination time. People are put into great inconvenience and they feel boring during sleeping time because fan and lights are stopped. We have seen that load shedding causes national loss and inconvenience as well as discomfort.

     As regards the generation of more electricity, more power plants need to set up. Every year more and more money is being spent for the erection of power plants. We hope to have sufficient electricity in the future for the development of industries, if more plants are set up.

AASHISH SUBEDI

HOLI..........

Holi is the festival of Colours which is celebrated by Hindus in various parts of the country. Holi is celebrated in various other countries like Nepal, Pakistan, South Africa, United Kingdom, wherever Hindu population is present. The festival is celebrated with vibrancy and vigour. It is celebrated on full moon day of lunar month of Phalguna, according to the Hindu calendar. It generally falls in the month of February/March according to modern calendar. The festival has a religious origin but there are no rituals followed while celebrating Holi. However, bon fire is lit up in several parts of the country on the eve of the festival. This is known as Holika Dehan or Dulhendi. There is a mythological story behind the holika dehan.

Prahlad was the son of King Hiranyakashyapa and was an ardent follower of lord Vishnu. But his father didn’t like his son’s devotion towards Vishnu and created several plots to kill Prahlad. But his all efforts proved futile. Then Hiranyakashyapa’s sister, Holika offered to help him in killing Prahlad. She had a natural gift of being resistant to the flames of fire. She took Prahlad in her lap and sat in the fire. But the result astonished everyone. Holika was burnt alive and Prahlad came out without any injury mark or burn. The moral of the story depicts that truth and faith is always powerful. And the good always wins over the evil.

Holi is the most expressive and effervescent festival. People exchange colours in the form of gulaal and abeer and distribute sweets. Squirting water over each other personifies the joy and mirth. This festival also dilutes all boundaries of class, creed or gender. After getting their faces painted by myriad colours and splashes of water, it becomes hard to differentiate the class and cast. Hence it also signifies the equality of being human.

-Sanim amatya

LOADSHEDDING!!!

Burning issues of our country is crises of electricity. This have become the most significant issues for the country ‘s economy to deal with. . Electricity shortage and load shedding is a phenomena that is not new to we Nepali  as well. We have been fighting to this  problem of  load shedding  since long back and  still  the condition does not seems like improving.

 Country having a power potential of 83,000 mw, which is equivalent to the combined installed hydroelectricity capacity of Canada, U.S and Mexico is providing hours of power cut every day. This might sound unrealistic to the people of some other nation but it is true.  As a matter of fact this has been the reason for the decline economy of our country. This is not an individual problem but it has become a national crisis.

During crises it is not wise to blame anyone but it will be wise in finding out the alternatives for crises. The development of hydropower projects is impossible without the help of FDI's and joint ventures because it cost around 100 million-200 million for 1mw depending on the projects. In this case, it will be difficult for Nepalese financial institutions to provide loans for big projects. So, we have no other choice than to join hands with other nations.

It is high time for Ministry of water resources and NEA (Nepal Electricity Authority) to come up with new policy so that it will have positive impact on domestic as well as foreign investors. New policy should be designed in such a way that their should be a win-win situation to both the parties. i.e. Investors and NEA.

 This severe threats of the depleting power and energy has to be solve as soon as possible for the smooth  economical growth. It is a well known fact that the demand of electricity never goes down but the demand goes higher as the economic activities increases.


-Dawa Dolma Lama

                                                                                                                                                

                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                              

love

Some people say love is life, some say it’s the beautiful feeling in the world, some say its like air you can’t see it but only can feel and is all around us. Some say this, some say that but in real no one can define it exactly what it is? Everyone has felt it once. It starts when we are not even born. Our family loves us from the day they get the news that we are coming to life. Our mom and dad love us with all their heart and so our bros and sis do. It is said to be unconditional and pure form of love that we could ever find it. Then comes our friend love very essential for life. We can find this love very strange and very essential for life they say friend love is what makes us what we are and how we behave. Their love makes us special, gives power when we are weak, makes us smile when we are sad and help to discuss things when we can’t talk to our parents. This love is fun and enjoyable. Then comes the love that everyone waits for love filled with passion and attraction. It connects two people hearts in such a magical way that everything feels special and everything seems beautiful. Those who get success in this love are luckiest person and consider this love thing best in the world and for them who fail to complete this love turn their love into hatred and jealousy. And it hurts when you fail in this love.

-Bibek Chaudhary