Tuesday, December 29, 2015
जुँङ्गाको लडाईमा पुर्खाको स्वाभिमान लिलाम नगरौ ॥
Saturday, December 19, 2015
॥ जनकपुर नगरीमा सिता कै मानको अपहरण भएको छ ॥
Saturday, May 23, 2015
Where to Go During an Earthquake
EXTRACT FROM DOUG COPP'S ARTICLE ON 'THE TRIANGLE OF LIFE'
My name is Doug Copp. I am the Rescue Chief and Disaster Manager of the American Rescue Team International (ARTI ), the world's most experienced rescue team. The information in this article will save lives in an earthquake.
I have crawled inside 875 collapsed buildings, worked with rescue teams from 60 countries, founded rescue teams in several countries, and I am a member of many rescue teams from many countries. I was the United Nations expert in Disaster Mitigation for two years, and have worked at every major disaster in the world since 1985, except for simultaneous disasters.
The first building I ever crawled inside of was a school in Mexico City during the 1985 earthquake. Every child was under its desk. Every child was crushed to the thickness of their bones. They could have survived by lying down next to their desks in the aisles. It was obscene -- unnecessary.
Simply stated, when buildings collapse, the weight of the ceilings falling upon the objects or furniture inside crushes these objects, leaving a space or void next to them - NOT under them. This space is what I call the 'triangle of life'. The larger the object, the stronger, the less it will compact. The less the object compacts, the larger the void, the greater the probability that the person who is using this void for safety will not be injured. The next time you watch collapsed buildings, on television, count the 'triangles' you see formed. They are everywhere. It is the most common shape, you will see, in a collapsed building.
TIPS FOR EARTHQUAKE SAFETY
1) Most everyone who simply 'ducks and covers' when building collapse are crushed to death. People who get under objects, like desks or cars, are crushed.
2) Cats, dogs and babies often naturally curl up in the fetal position. You should too in an earthquake. It is a natural safety/survival instinct. You can survive in a smaller void. Get next to an object, next to a sofa, next to a bed, next to a large bulky object that will compress slightly but leave a void next to it.
3) Wooden buildings are the safest type of construction to be in during an earthquake. Wood is flexible and moves with the force of the earthquake. If the wooden building does collapse, large survival voids are created. Also, the wooden building has less concentrated, crushing weight. Brick buildings will break into individual bricks. Bricks will cause many injuries but less squashed bodies than concrete slabs.
4) If you are in bed during the night and an earthquake occurs, simply roll off the bed. A safe void will exist around the bed. Hotels can achieve a much greater survival rate in earthquakes, simply by posting a sign on the back of the door of every room telling occupants to lie down on the floor, next to the bottom of the bed during an earthquake.
5) If an earthquake happens and you cannot easily escape by getting out the door or window, then lie down and curl up in the fetal position next to a sofa, or large chair.
6) Most everyone who gets under a doorway when buildings collapse is killed. How? If you stand under a doorway and the doorjamb falls forward or backward you will be crushed by the ceiling above. If the door jam falls sideways you will be cut in half by the doorway. In either case, you will be killed!
7) Never go to the stairs. The stairs have a different 'moment of frequency' (they swing separately from the main part of the building). The stairs and remainder of the building continuously bump into each other until structural failure of the stairs takes place. The people who get on stairs before they fail are chopped up by the stair treads - horribly mutilated. Even if the building doesn't collapse, stay away from the stairs. The stairs are a likely part of the building to be damaged. Even if the stairs are not collapsed by the earthquake, they may collapse later when overloaded by fleeing people. They should always be checked for safety, even when the rest of the building is not damaged.
8) Get near the outer walls of buildings or outside of them if possible - It is much better to be near the outside of the building rather than the interior. The farther inside you are from the outside perimeter of the building the greater the probability that your escape route will be blocked.
9) People inside of their vehicles are crushed when the road above falls in an earthquake and crushes their vehicles; which is exactly what happened with the slabs between the decks of the Nimitz Freeway. The victims of the San Francisco earthquake all stayed inside of their vehicles. They were all killed. They could have easily survived by getting out and sitting or lying next to their vehicles. Everyone killed would have survived if they had been able to get out of their cars and sit or lie next to them. All the crushed cars had voids 3 feet high next to them, except for the cars that had columns fall directly across them.
10) I discovered, while crawling inside of collapsed newspaper offices and other offices with a lot of paper, that paper does not compact. Large voids are found surrounding stacks of paper.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015
who you are to me?
How can I show you
Who you are to me,
how can I show you
How can I show you
You are the song of my heartbeat
You are the music of my life
You are my life,
you are my devotion
You are my light,
you are my freshness
You are my every happiness, you are my love
You are my affection, you are my soul-mate
You are in my eyes, you are in my memories
You are in my breath, you are in my sighs
You are in my sleep, you are in my dreams
You are in my every word
You are in my days and nights
You are in dawn, you are in dusk
You are in my thoughts, you are in my work
For me, gaining is you
For me, losing is also you
For me, laughing is you
For me, crying is also you
And waking and sleeping are also you
Wherever I go, wherever I look
You are there, you are right there
How can I show you
Without you I am nothing at all
How can I show you
Who you are to me
This beauty of yours
It is life's sunshine
Your body is chiseled from sandalwood
In which a flame is wavering
This loveliness, this intoxicating quality
You have gotten from the winds
Your hair you have gotten from the clouds
Upon your lips buds have blossomed
Your eyes have become lakes
On your face are beams of moonlight
In your voice is melody
Your body is like glass
Your color is like flowers
Your gait is like a river
What elegance, what a condition
The colorfulness of your body
Is like thousands of butterflies
The roundness of your arms
The oases in your scarf
These are the cities of dreams
How can I show you
The condition of my anxious heart
How can I show you
Who you are to me
How can I show you, how can I show you
How can I show you
For me, you are law
For me, you are conscience
You are my prayer
You are my desire
You are my wish
That which I look at every moment
You are that picture
You are my fate
You are my star
You are my sight
You are in my battles
As if you are shielding me
You are in the east, you are in the west
You are in the north, you are in the south
You are in my entire life
You are in every moment, you are in every instant
For me, you are the road
For me, you are also the destination
For me, you are the ocean
For me, you are also the shore
I only see you
I only think of you
I only know you
I only believe in you
You are my very recognition
How can I show you
You are a goddess to me
You are God to me
How can I show you
Who you are to me
How!
Translated Version- Kaise Bataon Main
Lyricists : Javed Akhtar
Movie : Wajood
Source: lyricsmasti(dot)com
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
'गोठालो'
अरब आउने सबै भेंडा चाराउन आएको बुझ्ने नेपाली मनोबृती भएहरुकोलागी यहि शब्द ठिक होला । 'गोठालो' आ'को नौ बर्ष पुरा भएछ आज । २८ जनवरी २००६ मा अरबको मरुभुमी टेक्नु भन्दा एक दिन अगाडी पनि बेलुका आठ बजे सम्म पुरानै ठाँउमा आफ्नो जिम्मेबारी बहन गरि रहदा कहिले काँहि मन भारी हुन्छ । त्यो अमुल्य क्षण परिवारजन संग बिताउनु भन्दा पनि दायित्व निर्बाह गर्न तिर लागे । खोक्रो सानो/लामो दुरीको यात्रामा सहयात्री संग हुने सहानुभुती सम्म हाम्रो देशमा काम गर्दाको क्षण, कथित साथीहरुसंग नहुँदाको तितो अनुभव बोक्नु परेको छ ।
भाई/भतिजाबाद वा जात/धर्मको कुनै सरोकार थिएन । मेरो आफ्नै नाताको संस्थापक/निर्देशक हुँदा पनि केहि अनाबश्यक महत्वाकांक्षा बोकेका लोभीहरुको झुण्ड हावी थियो, नेपालको धेरै जसो प्राईभेट कम्पनी जस्तै । न त अप्राईजल पाईन्थ्यो न दाम । केहि चोरहरु मिलेर पार्सियल बोनस समेत रिसिप्ट कपी गरेर मेरो भागको खाए । मन मर्यो जसरी नि जालबाट बाहिर निस्कनु थियो ।
पहिलो दशकको देशप्रेम भन्दा पछिल्लो दशकको परदेश गमन उपल्बधीपुर्ण देखिन्छ । पारिवारीक मनोकांक्षा र चाहना पुरा गर्न सकेकोमा र गर्न सक्षम भएकोमा मन उत्साहित छ ।
Thursday, January 15, 2015
"मकर सकरांति"
आजको तिला सकरांति (मकर सकरांती) 'जातर/तिल मिक्सड क्र'सण्ट' खाएर बिताए, अब नयाँ लाग्दैन बर्षौ भइसक्यो यसरी नै चाँड/बाँड टारेको, तर पुरानो दिनहरु याद भने पक्कै आउछ ।
'जतेकऽ डुबकी, तै'टा तिलबा'
घर अगाडीको पोखरीमा नुहाउनु पर्ने, माघको जाढो, स्वेटर समेत फुकाल्न गाह्रो भएको बेला पोखरीमा "मकर स्नान" पापै पो गरेथ्ये कि जस्तो लाग्थ्यो तर तिलबा (तिलको लड्डु) को संख्या त्यै नाक थुनेर लिने 'डुबकी' मा भर पर्थ्यो । तिलबा (तिलको लड्डु), लाइ (मुरै/भुजाको लड्डु), चिल्लौर/चुरलाइ (भुटेको च्युराको लड्डु) यिनैको लोभले यो ज्यान तातिन्थ्यो र फाल हालिन्थ्यो पोखरीमा, नाक थुन्यो चप्प डुब्यो १, २, ३, .... ६, ७ बस । थाहा हुन्थ्यो अब जति डुबकी लगाऐ पनि एक दिनमा ६-७ ओटा भन्दा बढी लड्डु घरमा दिदै दिन्नन् । पचाउन नि सक्नु पर्यो नि ।
'तिलाने लवाने जुराने नहाने' भन्थे बुढा-पाकाहरु, तिलाने – मकरसकरांती, लवाने – मंसिरमा पहिलो घान भित्रयाउने दिन, जुराने – जुडशितल, बैशाख सकरांती । यो तिन दिनमा ननुहाउने मान्छे सबभन्दा पापी हुन्छ ।
हामीलाई धर्मले अनुशासनमा कसरी बाँधेको हुन्छ त्यो धर्मको चिरफार गर्ने ले अध्ययन/अनुसंधान गर्दा यस्तै परम्परागत चांड/पर्वलाई केन्द्रमा राखेर गरे हुने ।
नुहाउने बितिकै फेरी खान पाउने होइन, आफ्नो रिति-रिवाज अनुसार पुजा-पाठ सिद्धिए पछी, अक्षता/तिल/घ्यु आदी मिसाएर बनाएको मिश्रणलाई आगोमा होम गर्नु पर्थ्यो । ठुला/बडाले दिएको तिलको प्रसाद खाए पछी मात्रै आफ्नो भागको पाईन्थ्यो । तिल खाएको एक अर्थमा ऋण खाएको किबदन्ती छ । तिल खुवाएको मान्छेको ऋण हुन्छ, जसले बा/आमा प्रती छोरा/छोरीको आजिबन निर्बाह गर्ने कर्तब्यबोधको ज्ञान दिन्छ ।
एउटा कथा छ – मैथिल कबी कोकिल महाकबी बिधापती (१३५२-१४४८) को बारीबाट पार्बती जीले तिलको फुल टिपेर ल्याउदा महादेव स्वंय ऋणी भई उनको धरमा नोकर हुन आउनु भयो । यो कथा ठाँउ अनुसार फरक फरक प्रचारित छ, अली लामै पनि छ कुनै दिन जाँगर चलेमा बिस्तृतमा लेखौला ।
मांसकोदाल राखेको खिंचडी माथी कडकाएर (तताएर) ख्नयाएको शुद्ध घ्यु, तारेको खमहाउर (तरुल), पापड, दहि घाममा बसेर खाएको सम्झना बाहेक केहि रहेन । समयक्रममा सायद सरजाम पाईएला तर गाँऊको त्यो बाताबरण, बालकालको त्यो उमंग, त्यो उत्साह सम्झनामा मात्र रहिरहनेछ । सबैको शुभ होस ॥