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As you can see from the excerpt of an old entry below I was super excited about voting and about the election process back in 2008. It was because I believed, as I do now- sort of, those were the ‘historic’ elections for the CA. If same thing happens in exactly about five years, it can’t be as historic as it was the first time, I think. Okay, I am excited today as Nepal votes for a second Constituent Assembly. But I was super excited back in 2008 when the country voted for the first Constituent Assembly. Read a paragraph from my 2008 Election Day entry: It was a thrilling experience to vote after so many years. I came to this computer a few minutes ago after casting my vote in the historic elections of Constituent Assembly this morning. I had reached at the polling station in Gandhi Adarsha High School, a minute of walk from my home in Gothataar village of Kathmandu constituency 2, at 6:20 AM. That was 40 minutes ahead of the opening of the voting time at 7 AM. There were already about 50 people in the line! One guy came behind me with his identification card saying: I was eagerly waiting for the morning. My hand is itching. I want to vote! I will be voting after 16 years. After standing in the queue for 40 minutes I went inside the polling station. There the lines got divided into three sections (six in total for males and females). As a result of this division I found myself standing in the third position! Cool! Seems like the decline in excitement level was a slow process. It happened over the time- slowly. As things remained the same more or less around my life- as a citizen, politically speaking. For example, In 2011 while registering with the Election Commission I was a bit more excited than I was today and a less excited than I was in 2008. Here’s an entry that I wrote detailing my experience of registering myself with the Election Commission in 2011. Got myself registered with the Election Commission of Nepal this afternoon. They needed my (Nepali) Citizenship Certificate and some additional information that are not printed in nagarikta. I was required to be present at the EC registration office in my village so that the Logitech 1.3 MP web camera attached to a Dell laptop could take my photo. This photo will be printed on the voter ID card that they will give me in near future. A digital fingerprint scanner took my right hand thumb- and index fingerprint. I am not sure when will I get a chance to vote because the country is not sure about the date of the next election. It should have already happened by now. But the Constituent Assembly- elected to draft and promulgate the constitution that everyone is talking about- is still struggling to reach a consensus that will allow it to bring out the statue and take the peace process to the logical conclusion. I was very enthusiastic when I voted in the CA election back in 2008. The frustrating delay and deadlock hasn’t dampened my spirits. I will repeat here what I told a representative of National Endowment for Democracy last week: Despite all the disappointment in the public Nepali political class has achieved a lot over the past couple of years. True that people want more to be done but that will take time. At the time of writing the above entry in 2011 I seem to be fairly spirited and moderately hopeful about the electoral process and its result. It’s true that I was eager to vote. But not for another Constituent Assembly. I firmly believe that the ‘constitution-drafting’ shouldn’t be a fulltime career for some people. The task should not take ages as it seems to be taking in Nepal. I don’t want to talk about the changed scenario and atmosphere in which these elections are taking place (as opposed to the 2008 ones). But ultimately the worthiness of these elections will be proved only if Nepali people can get substantial benefit as a result of these elections. I don’t want people to agree with Bhupi Sherchan (the poet, see his poem below) in his conclusion that “I am just a vote.” A clear day in Kathmandu Noticed a tweet from Ambassador Peter Bodde? It was a great day with clear view of the mountains from Kathmandu valley. Vehicles were off the roads thanks to the restriction put in place by the election commission on the voting day. Here are some photos– म एक पुत्र एक पति र एक पिता हुँ एक न्वारान एक विवाह र एक चिता हुँ म एक होटल एक बोतल र एक प्याला हुँ म एक श्रम एक उत्पादन र एक ज्याला हुँ म एक इन्टरभ्यु एक लामो क्यु र एक क्यान्डिडेट् हुँ म एक खाली बिल एक खाली विभाग र एक खाली पेट हुँ म एक सभा एक श्रोता एक वाह र एक ताली हुँ म नेताजीको एक गीत एक भाषण र एक गाली हुँ म एक जुलूस ए उफ्र्याइँ एक नारा र एक झण्डा हुँ १० म एक आवश्यकता एक माग एक विरोध र एक डण्डा हुँ ११ म केवल एक जुत्ता एक सुरुवाल एक कमीज र एक कोट हुँ १२ बस म केवल एक क्रान्ति एक प्रजातन्त्र एक चुनाउ र एक भोट हुँ केवल एक भोट हुँ ।
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In Chandanpur village, a grandma looks for lice in her granddaughter’s hair. मैले अाफू घुम्न अाएको भन्दा सुन्नेले पत्याउन सजिलो थिएन । त्यो अनकन्टार गाउँमा काम नपरी वा कतैबाट सरूवामा नपरी किन पुग्ने । कुरा ठिकै हो । धेरै ठाउँमा त्यसरी नपत्याइएको स्थिति मैले सामना गरेको छु । तै पनि म “हो, घुम्नै अाएको हुँ” भन्न छाड्दिन । एकछिनपछि मान्छेहरू पत्याएजस्तो गर्न थाल्छन् । अनि मलाई वेवास्ता गर्दै उनीहरू अाफ्नै तालमा गफिन थाल्छन् । होअोअो… त्यो क्षण । उनीहरूको बीचमै रहेर पनि उनीहरूले मलाई ध्यान नदिएको त्यो क्षण म उनीहरूका अनुहार हेर्दै ध्यानपुर्वक उनीहरूका गफ सुन्न र मनमनै कुराकानीको लवज अठ्याउन रूचाउछु । तर अाजको यो साँझ साहुनी अामै (माथि तस्वीरमा नातीनीका जुम्रा हेर्दै) ले मलाई वेवास्ता गर्न छाडेकी रहिन छिन् । म त्यो हुटेलका बेन्चीमा जम्मा भएर बात मारिरहेका पुरूषहरूको गफ सुनिरहेको बेला उनले मेरो अनुहारमा हेर्दै अनि मलाई छक्क पार्दै भनिनन्- “मैले चिने तपैलाईं ! तपै पत्रकार बनेर अाउनुभएको थियो हैन ?” त्यसो भन्दा उनी अाखिभौं उचाल्दै मुस्काईरहेकी थिइन् । सौर्य बत्तीको मधुरो प्रकाशमा उनले मलाई घोरिएर हेरीरहेकी थिइन् । म लगभग पक्राउ परेको अवस्थामा पुगेको थिएँ । त्यो किन भने मैले उनीसँगको अलि अघिको कुराकानीमा अाफ्नो परिचय दिएको थिइन । Continue reading → Like this: Like Loading... सानो (माइक्रो) बस चढेर ठूलो साझा बसको फेरी थालिएको सेवाको गाडी चढेर उद्घाटन गर्न पुगेका मुख्य सचिव लिलामणी पौडेलसँग हात मिलाउदै बसका अध्यक्ष कनकमणी दीक्षित । तस्बिर राजेश केसी । उनन्सत्तरीमा सबैभन्दा जनपयोगी काम काठमान्डूमा बर्षको अन्तिम दिनमा भए जस्तो लाग्यो । सहरमा सार्वजनिक बस सेवा साझा यातायात पुनर्जागृत भयो । अहिलेलाइ १६ वटा बसले दुईवटा रूटमा सेवा दिने भनिएको छ । तर आशा गर्न सकिन्छ सेवाको विस्तार हुन्छ- शहरभरी, देशैभरी र विदेशसम्म पनि । सञ्चालकहरूले पनि त्यो प्रतिज्ञा गरेका छन् । साझा यातायातको सेवा विस्तारबाट भन्दा ठूलो आशा मैले यो प्रयासले नेपालमा रही आएको नीजि यातायात सेवालाई ‘राम्रो हुन’ प्रेरणा र दबाब दिने छ भन्ने हो । एनसेलको आगमनले एनटीसीलाई कसरी प्रेरणा र सकारात्मक दबाब मिलेको छ भन्नेकुरा सहरमा हालै खुलेका एनटीसीका सेवा केन्द्रहरूले प्रष्ट्याउछन् । काठमान्डूमा सार्वजनिक यातायातको दुर्दशाको चित्रण/बर्णन गरी के साध्ये । निकै अगाडीको एउटा लेख र केही अगिको एउटा ब्लग इन्ट्रीमा मैले त्यो प्रयास गरिसकेकोले अहिले दोहोर्याउदिन । त्यो दुर्दशाबाट अलिकति भएपनि मुक्ति पाइएला भन्ने आशा भएकैले अहिले यति लेख्न जाँगर चलेको हो । हाम्रो देशमा अहिले सबैभन्दा ठूलो समस्या भनेको प्रबन्धनको हो । स्रोत, साधन, जनशक्ति र ज्ञान नभएको हैन । तर उचित प्रबन्धन क्षमता अलि कम भएको देखिएको छ । माइतीघर-तीनकुने सडक विस्तार हुनथालेको महिनौं भइसक्यो । पैसा नभएर काममा ढिलाइ भएको हो ? कि बेरोजगारीहरूले िभत्ता रंगाएको यो सहरमा त्यो सडकखण्डमा काम गर्ने मानिसको कमी भएर ? यसअघिका प्रमले प्राथमिकतामा राखेको सडक विस्तार कार्यको सबैभन्दा सुरूवाती प्रयास यति धीमा गतिमा चल्नुमा प्रबन्धन क्षमतामा कमजोरी देख्छु । अपेक्षा के हो भने साझाको व्यवस्थापन र प्रबन्धन कुशल र चुस्त छ अनि त्यसले साझा बसमात्र चलाउदैन नेपाली सार्वजनिक यातायातको सुधारमा प्रेरणा, दबाब र योगदान दिने छ । हिजोको कान्तिपुर को लेखमा साझा सहकारी यातायातका अध्यक्ष कनकमणी दीक्षितले पनि त्यस्तै गर्ने योजना रहेको उल्लेख गरेका छन् । दीक्षितको प्रसंग आइहाल्यो अबको भाग उनकै बारेमा । यो लेख तल निरन्तर छ । तपाईँलाई इमेलमै पछिल्लो ब्लग, लेख र तस्बिर पठाउँदा म खुसी हुनेछु । बाकसमा आफ्नो इमेल ठेगाना हाल्नु होला । धन्यवाद 🙂 थुप्रै नेपाली र नेपाललाई नजिकबाट चिनेका विदेशीले समेत उनलाई पत्रकारकारूमा चिन्छन् । साझाप्रति मेरो यति धेरै उत्साह र अपेक्षाको मुख्य कारण त्यो प्रयासको नेतृत्वमा यी पत्रकार (पत्रकार) को सहभागिता नै हो । हुन पनि कुन बस सेवाका प्रमुख कोलम्बियाका ग्य्राजुएट छन् ? हो काठमान्डूमा बस चलाउन आइभी लिग डिग्रीले खासै अर्थ राख्दैन र दीक्षित काठमान्डूका सार्वजनिक बसहरूका यात्रु पनि होइनन् । हुन त गरिवी निवारण गर्न गरिबै हुनुपर्ने पनि हैन । त्यसैले म बसमात्रै चलाउदिन सहरको सार्वजनिक यातायात प्रणालीमा सुधार पनि ल्याउछु भन्ने लक्ष्य राख्नुले केही न केही अर्थ राख्छ । Continue reading → Like this: Like Loading... जीतमान घर्ती मेरो मध्य पहाड यात्रा जर्नलका कतिपय पन्नाहरू यहाँ प्रकाशित हुनै बाँकी छन् । तिनमा तस्बिरहरू पनि थप्न बाँकी छ । तर जीवन अगाडी बढीरहेको छ । यसैबीच मैले त्यही यात्राबाट संश्लेसित दुइ जर्नलहरू पत्रिकामा प्रकाशन गरिसकेको छु । एउटा “रुकुम-रोल्पा एक्स्प्रेस” शीर्षकमा अघिल्लो साता र अर्को “शान्तिको लामो सास” शीर्षकमा यो साता । ती दुबै टुक्रा मैले रोल्पाको लिबाङस्थित एउटा साइबर क्याफेमा बसेर लेखेको हुँ जसमा मुख्यत शान्तिकालमा गाउँले जनताको “परिवर्तित” जीवनीका केही झलकहरू प्रस्तुत छन् । तस्बिरमा देखिएका यी जीतमान कमरेडसँगको त्यो दिनको यात्रा रमाइलो भएको थियो । मैले चाहि दिनभर खुट्टा खोच्याउदै हिड्नु परेको थियो देब्रे घुँडाले धोका दिएपछि । यिनको एउटा गधाले मेरो सात किलो जतिको झोला बोकिदिएको थियो । अन्यमा मैले उनको गधाले भारी बोक्ने दर अनुसारको पैसा दिन खोज्दा जीतमानले लिएनन् । यिनी कुनै जमानामा माओवादी “पीएलए”मा भर्ती भएर केही आक्रमणमा सामेल भएका थिए । “उतिबेला पार्टीका पछाडी दौडीइयो, अहिले गधाको,” एउटा सन्दर्भमा उनले भनेका थिए । दसैंमा गाउँ लुकुममा मेला आयोजना गर्न उनले वाइसीएललाई १२ सय रुपैया चन्दा दिएको बताए । युद्ध सकिएपछि पनि पार्टिले सेनामै रहन दिएको दबाव नकारेर खच्चडमार्फतको व्यवसाय थालेका उनले पार्टीप्रति अझै सहानुभूति भएकाले त्यो चन्दा दिएको बताए । “काङ्ग्रेस, एमालेले मागेभने पनि दिनुहुन्छ त ?” मैले सोधे । “दिनुछु,” उनले भने । “१२ सयै त दिन्न तर दुइचार सय दिन्छु किनकी गाउकै मान्छेहरुले केही गर्ने खोजेर माग्न आए दिन्न भन्न कसरी मिल्छ ?” जीतमानको थप कथा (र तस्बिर) यहाँ छ । अनि त्यो दिनको मेरो पीडादायी हिडाईबारेको विवरण (अंग्रेजीमा) चाहि यहाँ छ- Limping all day long with a Donkey caravan to reach Rukumkot Like this: Like Loading... दिनेश वाग्ले हालैको एक साँझ चिसो हावा चलिरहदा बडो रोमान्टिक मुडमा म काठमान्डूको तीनकुनेबाट नयाँ बानेश्वरतिर लम्किरहेको थिए । लाग्यो म निकै फुरूङ्ग परेको छु । मै मात्र हो कि बाटोमा हिडिरेका अरु पनि खुसी छन् ? ‘ए बाजे,’ मैले मिनभवनमा हिडिरहेका एक बृद्धलाई आफ्नो परिचय दिएपछि सोधे । ‘कत्तिको खुसी हुनुहुन्छ ?’ कतिबेला कसले रोकेर गफ थाल्ला भनेझैंको मुडमा रहेका खिलानाथ बाँस्तोलाले जवाफ दिए- ‘खुस्सी छु बा ।’ उनी मुस्काए । Continue reading → Like this: Like Loading... One of the two western entrances of the Constituent Assembly building in New Baneshwar, Kathmandu. Political class has given strong signals that the constitution may not come by Jestha 14, 2068 (28 May). And there was: Khabardar! 74 Days to Draft Constitution in Nepal Posted from WordPress for Android Like this: Like Loading... New Baneshwar, Kathmndu.6:41 pm NST. Posted from WordPress for Android Like this: Like Loading... for voter identity card Got myself registered with the Election Commission of Nepal this afternoon. They needed my (Nepali) Citizenship Certificate and some additional information that are not printed in nagarikta. I was required to be present at the EC registration office in my village so that the Logitech 1.3 MP web camera attached to a Dell laptop could take my photo. This photo will be printed on the voter ID card that they will give me in near future. A digital fingerprint scanner took my right hand thumb- and index fingerprint. I am not sure when will I get a chance to vote because the country is not sure about the date of the next election. It should have already happened by now. But the Constituent Assembly- elected to draft and promulgate the constitution that everyone is talking about- is still struggling to reach a consensus that will allow it to bring out the statue and take the peace process to the logical conclusion. I was very enthusiastic when I voted in the CA election back in 2008. The frustrating delay and deadlock hasn’t dampened my spirits. I will repeat here what I told a representative of National Endowment for Democracy last week: Despite all the disappointment in the public Nepali political class has achieved a lot over the past couple of years. True that people want more to be done but that will take time. Public expectations are high with every sector but what we should understand is that the society as a whole is also evolving slowly. When the society itself is going through a transformation it can’t expect only a part of to change/act faster. I am looking forward to vote- like I did in 2008. for voter identity card Like this: Like Loading... This shaded trail leads to the central offices of one of the most controversial and inept government entities (corporations) of Nepal. Seen today. No, they were not staging sit-in protest to demand efficient fuel supply in the country. Attached to this is a key government office where hundreds of people flock every day (during office hours). Posted from WordPress for Android Like this: Like Loading...