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Social Behaviors

The current state of human civilization can greatly be credited to the ability of human beings to alter their lifestyle according to the demand of time. The plasticity of human brain, as I would like to call it, must be one of the greatest gifts that mankind has received from the hands of nature. Adjusting oneself to the environment has been one of the most prized asset of the mankind, however, one of the most prominent character of human has been reluctance to the change in social behaviors. I am talking about how reluctant we, human beings, are towards change in everyday activities such as fooding, lodging, languages, and gestures. I think it is basic intuition that human beings want to live in an environment where daily chores are almost similar to their usual activities and the ideologies are almost supporting. It is relatively easier for ourselves to get on with our life in this sort of environment. We do not want to live with someone that has contradictory ideas to ourselves....
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Hike to Kalinchowk, Day 3

At least the previous day’s sleep was blissful, I slept peacefully. Woke up at around 4 am, freshened up. We were heading towards Dolkha Bhimsen temple that was about an hour from there. At around 5 am everyone was ready. The environment there was calm and peaceful. The chill air energized everyone. Me, Paritran and Sajan were a bit ahead and trusted on Google map for direction. Not that Google map was wrong but we took wrong trail by mistake and were almost 15 minutes off the track, then we took the main road. I and Paritran were ahead after this and we reached Dolkha Bhimsen Temple ahead of others. After everyone arrived we worshipped the shrine there, took photos obviously and headed towards bus stop. We had breakfast at the nearby tea shop. There Manish was in highlight once again. He was complaining about gastritis as if it were severe and the owner of the shop gave us home-made remedy for curing it. She told us combination of ginger, dubo , and co can prevent gastritis effect...
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Hike to Kalinchowk, Day 2

Tired and exhausted, and a little bit of drink, to give my body some sort of relaxation and to give my mind some sort of serenity; I thought that I would fall asleep fairly easily and quickly; but alas! How misled I was! The constant aching in the calf region of both legs was bearable but was just enough to cause distress and prevent my sleep. The constant but sudden awakening of Manish, the loud snoring of Bikram did no good at all. The bed was bit cold and not that comforting at all. A constant trepidation that the whole night would pass awake with pain and ache was all over me. Maybe I slept for a couple of periods of one and half hour, I guess. The sleep early in the morning, from around 4 am to 6 am, must have been the sweetest, and I was in no condition to wake that early, but as soon as I heard that weather outside was so, so beautiful I could not just lie in the bed anymore. I dragged myself away from the relative comfort and warmth of the bed and the room to notice how mesme...
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Hike to Kalinchowk, Day 1

As usual I woke up at 5:00 am, freshened up and did a little bit of stretching. I then checked my bag to see that I was optimally packed (just some clothes, water bottles, snacks)! The only thing I was waiting now was the clock to indicate 6:45 am. Excited and rejoiced about the trip I departed from my home hoping to reach Suryabinayak at 7:15 am where I would take the bus to Charikot. All my excitement temporarily ceased when I had to wait for almost half an hour in Suryabinayak as the bus was delayed due to certain circumstances. However, first step inside the bus and the greetings from friends, Sajan Bhandari and Paritran Shakya, rekindled the joyous spirit within me. The bus ride until Dhulikhel was ordinary, as it was my usual route to classes. Three more friends, Bikram Khadka, Manish VK and Durga Kandel, got on the bus in Dhulikhel. Not much eventful journey primarily because the ambient temperature was not so pleasing; at least not for me. It’s in my genes that I can’t tole...
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The Silhouette

It was an ordinary day; waking up early in the morning, a little bit of exercise, the regular breakfast, the rush to the work, the same boss, colleagues and apprentices, the constant struggle between the desire to work and desire to slack. Anyway the day had been spent as usual. I had dragged myself to the finish line for the day and as usual was returning home. The waysides were as usual calm and comforting with quiet hedge at the edges. Vehicles were moving smoothly as always with no intension of disconcerting the state of my mind, they had somewhere to be and so did I. Small groups of people passing by or sitting contentedly on the benches had their own life and no intensions of sharing that with me and I did not cared for them either. It was a lonely walk from work back home as usual. Maybe it was few minutes to my home, I noticed something beside the hedge some meters ahead of me and it was strange because normally there would be nothing noticeable other than the calm and quie...
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Fine line between Science and Religion

One of the most discussed topic among friends, or family members, or even some random strangers must be the struggle between science and religion. In every instance of our life we can distinguish the groups of people, one believer of religion and other group that defies religion. Even in the state of solitude our own opinions are in a constant struggle with the ideas of religion and science. I have been a believer of science since my early childhood. My family, as always, has been a religious one; one that believes in the philosophy of Gods and Goddesses. My concern is not that they believe in Gods and Goddesses, but is the fact that they, and everyone who share similar philosophies, credit each and every activity to the supreme power. As a believer of science, I have always been fascinated by the process of interpretation of any phenomenon only after some analysis or case-study. Even the everyday activities, I believe, must be analyzed before crediting its certainty. ...
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Music, A Case of Perception??

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It is a no brainer that music is an integral part of our life. To me, a day without listening music is nearly impossible; even having a slightest thought of spending a day without music gets to my brains. Music is the soother that keeps me fresh, energized, and motivated. Quite frankly to me, it is not just an integral part of my life, but rather it is my life itself! I have been listening to songs and music of various genres all my life. I think the first sorts of music that I was exposed to must be the lullabies that my parents used to sing to me, to soothe me, to get me to sleep, and probably to make me smile but I do not think that I know much deal about it. Next, probably the religious songs, or bhajans. The indulgence into songs about deep faith of some supreme power surely energized the whole body and mind; but somehow I (and am sure most of us) cannot listen to these songs and music quite as often as the commercial songs. The first songs that I loved must be from Nepa...
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