ANA 30th Convention side event
NRN Women Forum:
“NRN Women, Gender Equality & Their Contribution to the Society”
June 29- July 1, 2012

Venue
Hilton Anatole Dallas
2201 North Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Texas 75207
Tel: 1-214-748-1200

Event Coordinator
Bishnu Maya Pariyar
Founder
Empower Dalit Women of Nepal (EDWON)
Massachusetts, USA
www.edwon.org/ www.AdwanNepal.org

Event Intro:

The NRN Women Forum will explore the issues of NRN women who have been facing challenges of their identity, integrity and balancing act of running a family and their career path. The event also focuses on gender equality in terms of global and Nepal’s prospective.

NRN women have the key advantages such as better economic access & favorable social environment than their counterparts in Nepal. So the NRN women can achieve a lot and contribute to their society in a short span of time with significant impact.

Come, join us. Be part of the better half of our society !

Change is possible.

Sincerely,

Bishnu Maya Pariyar
Coordinator, NRN Women Forum
bishnump@gmail.com | 617-320-9768

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After fours years of dillydallying and very casual efforts of discussion in the Constituent Assembly (CA) in the name of drafting the statute of the country, that should be completed by the period of 2yrs time, as per the public mandate, the chieftain/s of the large political parties including the United Communist Party – Maoist (UCPN-M), leader Mr. Puspa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda) with all the unbelievable and unpredictable clues, logics and pleadings, were now in trouble, because there are hardly 11 days to go to complete the fourth time extended life of the Constituent Assembly (CA). By the period of 4yrs time, the CA members were reportedly assembled hardly for 8 to 10 such meetings in which the issue of drafting the new constitution of Federal Democratic system was discussed? More than 7 billions of rupees were reportedly consumed so far in the name of drafting the new constitution. But the CONSENSUS for the purpose, the only assignment given by people to 601 representatives is yet to expect. Will it be really drafted in time and the final constitution will be given to the people?

Mr. Madhav Kumar Nepal, former Prime Minister and the leader of UML-N, another left party and 3rd largest part in CA was still hopeful of extending the life of CA by 44 days more. The CA will keep in work till July 14, 2012 (31st of Asadh, 2069), he predicted.

Now the Constitutional Court:
The chieftains of all the political parties in the CA were now happy for they have compromised in a point at setting up of the Constitutional Court (CC) of the country. The United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) proposed that the Court should be established with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court as the head of the CC. And the term of the Court will be for five years. The chieftains have taken it as their big adventure so far achieved in their 4yrs of dillydallying efforts. They believe that the Constitutional Court will help solve all the disputes related with big five issues like Federalism, Forms of Government, Election system, Judiciary and Citizenship. The number of members in the body of CC will be decided later and the appointment of the members will be apolitical, the proposal claimed.

Several concepts and ideas about the nature, rights and activities concerned of CC have still being flowed in the discussion held in CA meetings. The largest party has become more than happy for their intension to keep the SC away from the CA affairs would be successful. Similarly, they might be successful even in forming the Government with the President and the Prime Minister of their own being directly elected from the public and the Parliament as per their political gimmicks.

Why the CC?
The Constitutional Court could be a substitution of the Supreme Court (SC), or the Judiciary, one of the three autonomous bodies of the Government. After the last request (the 5th one) for extension of the term of CA filed by the Prime Minister, Dr. Babu Ram Bhattarai and the Chairman of the CA, Mr. Subash Chandra Nemwang, was rejected by the SC, the CA members were not happy with the SC. They were in mood even to impeach the judges of the SC. Thus the biased CA members with the Judiciary had tried to keep the SC almost defunct in the State of Affairs. Unfortunately, they could not do it with. Therefore, the CC has become a best outcome of their cunning ideas, the experts believed. In other words, the CC could be a product like a Test-tube baby of the Maoist leader/s. The CC was supposed to deal with all the concerns of the State Affair that the SC used to look for. They (CA members) wanted that the Legislature should be the only supreme autonomous body of the Government. And the Prime Minister was the only supreme body, who could be accountable to all the affairs took place in the Parliament as per his decision. The Judiciary, the SC wouldn’t be concerned any more for whatever may the Legislative Body does.

Federalism:
There are hardly 11 days to go to complete the term of CA. The President, the Prime Minister and all the political party leaders and the UCPN-Maoist leader, Mr. Prachanda have assured the people to bring the Constitution of Federalism by 27th of May 2012. But CA meetings have been prolonged and prolonged without any conclusion on fixing the numbers of the provinces of the Federal State. The country which is supposed to belong to 7 or 8 or 11 provinces has yet to be concluded even after more than ten similar meetings held last weeks. Whereas, in other hand, the Federalism itself is yet to be cleared well to the people including the 601 CA members themselves and it wouldn’t be possible unless the statute was promulgated.

More Dillydallying:
The new agenda in the Parliament to add a post of a Commandership in the army has come as an another untimely issue at the time when the Constitution writing itself, has no more time even, about 11 days hardly. In the meantime, another new proposal of reintegration of army has been tabled, whereas, the integration work has just being done and more than 6000 Maoist fighters (2/3rd of the remaining total strength of Maoist fighters, as per their claim) have been self retired and other were just integrated in the army.

Safe Landing:
Dr. Babu Ram Bhattarai, the Prime Minister has become successful to form a new Government, reportedly now with consensus of all the political parties. The new Government include four Deputy Prime Ministers all representing each the Maoist party, Nepali Congress, UML-N, another left party and Madhesi Front. He has also achieved the consent of all parties but a few to form 11 provinces/states in the country and a provision to add certain powers for new President of the Country. The observation was made that the present cabinet and the Constituent Assembly was now very much in safe side to promulgate the new constitution and to introduce the Constitutional Court. The new Government could also conduct the elections for the President and the Prime Minister as well, the new proposal stated.

New Constitution:
However, since the top brass have been assuring the people to promulgate the New Constitution, the new constitution could be introduced, no doubt. The new Deputy Prime Minister representing the Nepali Congress in the Cabinet Mr. Krishna Sitaula believes that the new Constitution would be introduced even before the 27th May. The observers, in the meantime believe that the expected new constitution as per assurances made by top brass will not bother to borrow any effort from the related CA members. Because of the time shortage, Constitution writing botheration will go to certain group of experts, no matter whether they are Nepalese or foreigners. The constitution writing could be a part of trade. It would certainly cost a good amount of money.

Last but not the least; Nepali will get the new Constitution! But no one knows what the Constitution will be like?

Editor’s Note: *Dwarika Pd Shrestha is a senior journalist from Nepal, who contributes to www.TexasNepal.com with blogs. Please follow his other blogs at dipeesh.blogspot.com

It’s as clear as crystal that we’ve been hit by a new wave of Nepali movies lately which is definitely a great thing because let’s face it, exclamations like “Oh, I can’t wait for it to release!” and “Man, that was really good” were either meant for Hollywood or Bollywood cinemas.

Yes, we have witnessed a series of locally produced films with fresh concepts and unconventional style of directions but at the same time, we can’t say all of them have managed to impress the audience, although their effort is appreciable. After all, change is a steady process and we can’t expect things to be absolutely different overnight. Anyway, I recently happened to discover a trailer for one of the upcoming films and its title should definitely have you interested. It’s called Facebook.

Supposed to be based on the popular social networking site, Facebook has been produced by Sunil Kumar Thapa and directed by Suraj Subba. The film, which was shot partly in Kathmandu and partly in Singapore, features Rajesh Hamal, Jharana Thapa, Subash Thapa, Wilson Bikram Rai, and Anurag Man Singh Kunwar among others and is set for nationwide release on Shrawan 15. When I caught its poster for the first time, I was kind of very excited because it looked promising. So it got me really expectant and I couldn’t help but watch its trailer. And let’s just say, it didn’t quite meet my expectations.

From the video clip, you can figure out that there’s a bit of love story going on and then alongside it’s also an action/crime thriller which is a staple of almost every Nepali picture. However, I was left wondering to myself, “Where the hell does the FB part come in?” Yeah, there’s actually no sign of the FB thing in the trailer so we can only hope that they’ve saved it in the movie itself. But my main concern is the ditto logo of FB they’ve used. I hope they won’t get in any sort of trouble, even though there isn’t much chance of it.

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Her career has spanned in different countries from Nepal, United Kingdom to Republic of Ireland. Already very popular and established designer in Nepal, she was the official designer for Miss Nepal beauty pageant for many years until she came to England to pursue her fashion degree. In United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, the height of her success is reaching its peak. Even though she is based in London, she still contributes a great deal to Nepalese economy as the fibres used for her collection are imported from Nepal.  We managed to interview  her who we found is a very humble and quite busy lady. Let us witness her journey to the stardom together.

1. How was your journey from Nepal to UK in terms of breaking into both fashion markets. What difference did you find between these two fashion market?

Breaking in both markets was not easy but naturally, it was more obvious that breaking into international market was not easy at all especially when you are in a new country with no connection to the fashion field, you need to pave the way for your career.

2. What inspired you to get into fashion designing at the first place?

My passion for art and design.

3. You have previously designed in Miss Nepal, if you get offer to design for Miss Nepal again would you consider designing for them?

Yes, I will.

4. Lakhotia Institute and London College of Fashion is where you studied for your fashion designing. Can you briefly talk about what you managed to grasp and learn from each academic institute?

I studied in both as I did diploma from Lakhotia Institute and degree from London College of Fashion. I guess in Lakhotia, I learn to crawl in the fashion world and in London College of Fashion I learn to walk. It was a natural growth.

5. Did you face any difficulties/hardships during your time in London studying and trying to break into the bridal market?

I guess I chose a long voyage where hardship is part of it. Breaking into international industry is certainly not easy. Many hurdles came but my objective would be just following my path that keeps my journey happy and meaningful.

6. What inspired you into designing bridal gown and head gears?

I have been always passionate about bringing inner beauty of woman through my design. I believe designing for brides is very fulfilling as you tend to become the important part of someone’s lifetime dream.

7. Your whole brand is focused on eco credentials and is USP for your brand. Do you believe people buy more eco-friendly products than non-eco-friendly products at the moment ?

I believe the more people are aware about the benefit of having eco-friendly products than man-made chemically treated products and its impact to our earth and oneself, the growth is inevitable.

8. The materials you use for your clothes do you get them from Nepal?

Yes indeed. Most of Organic and fair-traded natural fabrics like Organic cotton and bamboos, Nettle, hemp, banana fibres are hand-woven in Nepal

9. Talking about Nepali fashion industry, do you feel that there have been any improvements in the industry?

Yes, I can see many emerging talented designers in Nepal and the models. Our Nepali fashion industry will surely grow.

10. What do you like to do in your usual time?

Just to be with my husband and share dreams.

11. Your favourite fashion designer

Late Alexander McQueen & Valentino.

12. Your inspiration

My family!

13. Any plans to go back to Nepal?

Many plans!! Actually I am always up and down in Nepal and UK.

14. Your favourite food

Momo.

15. Any advise to young people aspiring to become fashion designer?

Learn your skill, study hard and try to find a fashion related apprentice work. Get ready for all hurdles that you may find on your way but remember determination, perseverance and believing own self is a key to a goal.

Finally, be prepared that being a fashion designer isn’t glamorous all the time!

The designer herself with one of the awards she received

Image credit for catwalk images: White Gallery London

Editor’s Note: Sarita Chamling Rai, a London-based fashion blogger is the author of this post who contributes to the weekly Fashion Friday segment on TexasNepal Blog. To read more of her blog posts please visit her personal blog at fashionbeautybug.com.

If you LOVE to spell, then come on board, Captain!

This summer, ANA 2012 is proud to host the Children’s Spelling Bee! Come along and have a BLAST spelling words and hanging out with friends! On top of all this excitement, there are GRAND prizes! Interested?

Here are a few rules you want to read over:

There will be two Spelling Bees.

The Little Bee will be held from 10-12 AM on June 29. Age restriction: 1st Grade to 4th Grade.

The Big Bee will be held from 12-2 PM on June 29. Age restriction: 5th Grade to 8th Grade.

(Your grade is the one you will attend in August, not the one you just graduated from!)

If you would like to participate, please register at anatexas.org as soon as possible! You must register by: [insert deadline here]! Within a week of registering, we will send an email with the word list according to the Bee you or your child applied in. These will be the exact words that will appear on the actual Bee.

Most of all, get ready to have a TON of fun!

Thank you,
Bhabika Joshi
Spelling Bee Coordinator
Email: spellingbee@events.anatexas.org

When this inspection process started, the authorities didn’t have the device i.e. breathaliser or breath analyser. They used to make people breathe out right in front of traffic policemen’s face to smell the stench of alcohol. They now say since it wasn’t healthy, they got the device. So my question here is, if they knew the procedure was unhealthy already, how could they start it in the first place? How could they show concern of the public safety while putting their own personnel in duty at risk? Okay, to shed more light on, I’ll explain a scene of a general pre-breathaliser DUI inspection. You ride/drive up to a MA PA SE checking point, then a traffic policeman will ask you questions like “Kaha gayera aunu bhako?” and “K kaam garnu hunchha?”, you know queries that are not really of their concern and carrying out a conversation so that they can get a sniff of your alcohol-inflicted breath. I heard some even took the interrogation to a funnier extent asking “Bhaat khanu bhayo?” or something…LOL

Talking to reporters, MTPD says that once they’ve caught someone drunk driving, the driver is asked to call someone they know to fetch the vehicle and drive it to the respective destination. But that only happens when the driver’s alcohol consumption level is too high and is really not in a conditional to drive. However, in the case of lower levels, they just seize your legal documents and let you go. So if the person is able to drive home safely after drinking a little amount, why impose them of DUI and cause sheer inconvenience? It’s a torture as well when you go to collect your licence the next day. Imagine intolerably long queues for paying the fine as well as to collect your document.

In a country where consuming alcohol is not only about means of socialising but also a part of culture and tradition, although not in a greater amount, to impose a zero-limit is absolutely unjustifiable. Perhaps this zero tolerance can be explained. From the fine collected from every DUI case, personnel get a certain percentage of commission. Even if it’s just a small amount, just imagine how huge it will be after summing up the fines retrieved from all the drunk drivers. While the authorities are getting richer with their share of commissions, restaurants and pubs are facing a loss of millions of rupees because the people are too scared of the MA PA SE to drink. And although the number of road accidents has decreased a lot, it feels like the police are giving unnecessary hassle in the name of our safety.

Oh, BTW, I googled if there were other countries with zero tolerance DUI. Turned out there were but the only difference between those nations and Nepal was of “development”. Maybe MTPD should start catching up on that too?

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We are happy to announce that the ANA Editorial Team is working on the next issue of SOUVENIR for 2012.

At this moment, we are soliciting short stories, articles, essays, poems in Nepali and English in about 1000 words from interested writers. Please email your typed submissions to souvenir@events.anatexas.org by Thursday, May 31, 2012. There is no theme for writing but preferences will be given to the ones that touch bases with ANA – ANA Conventions or revolves around the Nepali lifestyle in the US or abroad.

SOUVENIR 2012 will have multiple pages dedicated to the memories of ANA conventions since 1983 under “ANA Flashbacks”. If you have any cherished pictures from any past ANA conventions, please share it through SOUVENIR for everyone to enjoy. Also provide a little description of the photo (like ANA year, ANA venue, any anything memorable) and email the scanned copy to souvenir@events.anatexas.org by Thursday, May 31, 2012. Your name/s will be included and printed for photo courtesy.

Articles will be edited for space and clarity. Acceptance and printing of articles will be at the discretion of SOUVENIR Editorial Team. Any articles/photos submitted to souvenir@events.anatexas.org and any materials published in SOUVENIR 2012 will be the copyrighted property of ANA SOUVENIR 2012.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

With sincere regards,

Binita Joshi Shrestha
SOUVENIR Editorial Team
Phone: 817-805-1318

For more details about the Supernova Talents Show, future auditions and online auditions for out-of-state participants, please visit the Supernova Talent Show page at anatexas.org/talentshow.

Contact the Supernova Events Team: supernova@events.anatexas.org.

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Episode 24
Host: Pradip Giri
Photo on the video: Art by Anita Maharjan
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[via Pradip Giri]

बुद्ध मलाई माफ गर ,
तिम्रो सम्झना मलाई बर्ष मा एक दिन मात्र आउछ,
तिमी छौ भन्ने कुरो पात्रो ले मात्र सम्झाउछ ,
के गर्ने बुद्ध म साह्रै स्वर्थी भको छु ,
तिम्रो याद मलाई जयन्ती मा मात्र आउछ ।

म पापी हुँ
तेइ भएर मेरो मन मा तिमी छैनउ
तिम्लाई हिन्सा मन पर्दैन ,
म त पैसा तिरेर हिन्सा हेर्न जान्छु
तिमी कुटिलता जान्दैनो
म त बर्षइ भरी कुटिलता पालेर बस्छु
एल्लाई कसरी पछाडि पारु ?
एस्को खुट्टा कसरी तानु ?
यो भन्दा अगाडि म कसरी बढु ?
म त मेरो समय अरु को कुभलो मा बिताउछु ,
तेइ भएर त म पापी हुँ र त तिमी मेरो मन मा छैनउ,
बुद्ध तिमी कहाँ छौ ?

मैले सुनेको लुम्बिनी बाट तिमी हिंडि सक्यौ रे ,
लुम्बिनी हिजो आज मधेस र थारु को युद्ध मा चौपट छ रे ,
त्यो देखेर तिमी लुसुक्क कसैलाई नभनी राती हिंडेउ रे
बुद्ध तिमी त्यहाँ बाट भागी सक्यौ रे !

तिम्लाई काठमाडौं मा देखे भन्ने पनि भेटे मैले ,
बौद्ध र स्वयम्भु मा देखा परेउ रे ,
पहेलो बस्त्र मा तिमी मन्त्र जप्दै थेउ रे,
अनी एक्कासी बम को आवाज ले तिमी झस्केउ रे ,
अनी फेरी तिमी त्यहाँ बाट पनि बेपत्ता भएउ रे ।
तिम्लाई शान्त चाहिन्छ तर त्यहाँ शान्ती छैन ,
तिम्लाई प्रेम चाहिन्छ तर त्यहाँ प्रेम छैन ,
तिम्लाई अहिन्सा चाहिन्छ बुद्ध तर त्यहाँ बम बाहेक केही छैन,
तेइ भएर तिमी सबै को प्यारो राजधानी छोडेर हिंडेउ रे ।
बुद्ध तिमी कहाँ छौ ?

मैले बोध गया मा नि बुझे,
त्यहाँ तिमी कहिल्यै फर्केनौ रे ,
तिम्रो जन्म स्थान नै नक्कली बनयो भनेर दु:ख मानेउ रे ,
तिम्ले तेसो गर्न नहुने पो थियो कि भनेर अशोक लाई नि भनेउ रे
तर अशोक हिजो आज ब्यस्त छ ,
उ अग्नी को परिक्षण गर्दै छ ,
उस्लाई धर्ती मा बसेर आकाश को मिसाइल खसाउनु छ ,
त्यहाँ केबल घृणा छ , तेइ भएर तिमी त्यहाँ छैनउ ,
बुद्ध तिमी कहाँ छौ ?

मैले सुनेको तिम्लाई अमेरिका लगेर बेचे रे ,
कुन पापी ले तिम्लाई झुक्याएर बेहोसी मा अमेरिका लगेर -
टाईम वार्नर को ठुलो घर मा लगेर लीलामी गर्‍यो रे,
बजार को बिकाउ बस्ती जस्तै तिमी मा मोल चढाई भयो रे,
तिम्लाई त अमेरिका मा सामान सरि बेच्न राखे रे ,
बुद्ध तर मलाइ थाहा छ तिमी त्यहाँ पनि छैनउ ,
अमेरिका त आँफै मा आतंक हो ,
हिन्सा को परीभाषा हो ,
बिनासकारी हो ,
अनी तिम्लाई त बिनास मन पर्दैन ,
हिन्सा तिम्रो कतै छुदैन ।
कुनै खरबपती ले आफ्नो घर मा सजाउन राखेको बाकस बाट सुटुक्क निस्केर हिंडेउ रे ,
किन कि तिमी स्वतन्त्रता मा विश्वाश गर्छौ कुनै सिसा ले तिम्लाई छेक्दैन रे ।
तेइ भएर तिमी त्यहाँ छैनउ रे ,
बुद्ध तिमी कहाँ छौ ?

शायद मैले ग्रन्थ मा पढेको ,
मेरा बा ले भनेको सुनेको ,
तिमी कतै ठुलो आकाश मा तीन तारा भनेर बसेको छौ होला ,
तिम्लाई चाहेको जस्तो शान्ती त्यहाँ मात्र छ ,
किनकी त्यहाँ मानब छैन ,
तेइ भएर त त्यहाँ शान्त छ ,
तर कैले सम्म थाहा छैन ,
कुनै दिन मानिस ले फेरी प्रगती गर्ला
ठुलो मा ठुलो हतियार बनाउला ,
तिमी बसेको तारा पनि झार्ला
अनी फेरी तिमी कहाँ जान्छौ बुद्ध
तिमी अर्को बास्स्थान खोज्दै गर है ,
मानब दानब भैसक्यो भन्ने कुरा याद राख है ,
बुद्ध तिमी फेरी अर्को ठाउँ खोज है ।

Editor’s Note: Sarita Chamling Rai, a London-based fashion blogger is the author of this post who contributes to the weekly Fashion Friday segment on TexasNepal Blog. To read more of her blog posts please visit her personal blog at fashionbeautybug.com.

अन्तर राष्ट्रिय कविता महोत्सब – २०१२ सम्बन्धि प्रतिष्ठानको औपचारिक सुचना

नेपाली साहित्य प्रतिष्ठान – उत्तर अमेरिकाले आफ्नो स्थापनाको पहिलो बर्ष देखिनै गर्दै आएको अन्तर राष्ट्रिय कविता महोत्सब यो बर्ष संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाको एक प्रमुख सहर डालासमा हुन् गइ रहेको छ । सधै झैँ यो बर्ष पनि ए. एन. ए. माहाअधिबेसनकै अवसर पारेर टेक्सास राज्यको, डालासमा हुने अन्तर राष्ट्रिय कविता महोत्सबलाई धुमधाम संग सम्पन्न गर्नको लागि बिभिन्न महादेशको प्रतिनिधित्वो हुने गरि प्रतिष्ठानको तदर्थ समितिको सदस्य श्री सुन्दर जोशीज्युको संयोजकत्वोमा एक अन्तरराष्ट्रिय कविता महोत्सब – २०१२ आयोजक समितिको गठन भै सकेको छ । यो बर्ष बिस्वभरि बाट प्राप्त कविताहरुले तिन चरणमा निर्णाएकहरुको सामना गर्नु पर्ने छ ।

यस अन्तर राष्ट्रिय कविता महोत्सबमा प्रथम, दोश्रो, र तेश्रो पुरस्कार तल उल्लेख गरिए अनुसार रहेको छ ।

प्रथम परस्कार – हेम सरिता पाठक भानुभक्त काब्य पुरस्कार एक हजार यू एस डलर र प्रमाण पत्र
दोश्रो पुरस्कार – शर्मा मुडभरी मोतीराम काब्य पुरस्कार तिन सय यू यस डलर र प्रमाण पत्र
तेस्रो पुरस्कार – बसुन्न्धरा गणेश रोक्का देबकोटा काब्य पुरस्कार दुइ सय यू एस डलर र प्रमाण पत्र

प्रतियोगितामा आफ्नो रचना पठाउन चाहनु हुने कबिहरुले पालना गर्नु पर्ने सर्तहरु निम्न रहेका छन्

1. कबिहरुले आफ्नो कविता आफ्नो छ्यत्रको संयोजकको ठेगानामा इ-मेल मार्फत पठाउनु पर्ने छ । आफ्नो छ्यत्रको छ्यत्रिय संयोजक नभएको अवस्थामा विश्वको कुनै पनि भूभागमा रहनु भएको कबिहरुले आफ्नो कविता सिधै केन्द्रीय संयोजक र उप संयोजकको इ-मेल ठेगानामा पठाउन सक्नु हुने छ ।
2. कविताको शब्द सिमा अधिकतम २०० तोकिएको छ । त्यो भन्दा बढी शब्दका कविता पहिलो चरणमै स्वत अस्वीकृत हुनेछन ।
3. कबितामा कुनै पनि राजनीतिक पुर्बाग्रह र गाली गलौज छ भने, साप्रदायिक भावनालाई प्रोत्साहित गर्ने बिचारहरु र अस्लिल शब्दहरुको प्रयोग भएको छ भने त्यस्ता कविताहरु पहिलो चरणमै स्वत अस्वीकृत हुनेछन ।
4. कविताको बिषय बस्तु, कविताको स्वरूप ( गध्य या छन्द ) को बारेमा कबि हरुलाई स्वतन्त्र छाडिएको छ ।
5. अंग्रेजी र नेपाल अधिराज्य भित्र बोलिने कुनै पनि जनजातिको भाषामा लेखिएको कविताले पनि प्रतियोगितामा प्रवेश पाउने छन तर त्यस्ता कविताको नेपाली रुपान्तर पनि साथमा संलग्न हुनु पर्ने छ ।
6. कविताहरु कान्तिपुर, प्रिती या मंगल फोन्टमा मात्र पठाउनु पर्ने छ
7. कविता नितान्त नयाँ र मौलिक हुनु पर्ने छ र कविले आफ्नो रचना संग आफ्नो छोटो परिचय र ठेगाना सहित पासपोर्ट साइजको फोटो पनि पठाउनु पर्ने छ ।
8. प्रतियोगिताको लागि प्राप्त कविता कुनै पनि साहित्यिक संजालहरुमा सम्प्रेषण भएको पाइएमा स्वत अस्वीकृत हुनेछन ।
9. प्रतियोगिताको लागि प्राप्त कवितामा अरु कसैको कविताको केहि अंस या पुरा नक्कल भएको पाइएमा स्वत अस्वीकृत हुनेछन ।

अन्तर राष्ट्रिय कविता महोत्सब – २०१२ को आयोजक समितिको पुर्ण स्वरूप र सम्पर्क ठेगाना

प्रमुख संयोजक – सुन्दर जोशी sahityapratisthan@gmail.com,
उप संयोजक – निलम कार्की ‘निहारिका’ sahityapratisthan@gmail.com,
संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका संयोजक – गोबर्धन पुजा goberdhan_pooja@yahoo.com
संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका संयोजक – प्रजेश न्यौपाने pneupane@soulnooks.com
क्यानाडा संयोजक – ऋषि बस्ताकोटी sahityapratisthan@gmail.com
नेपाल संयोजक – विश्वबिमोहन श्रेष्ठ bishowbimohan@hotmail.com
भारत संयोजक – मनप्रसाद सुब्बा manprasads@gmail.com
दक्छिन यसिया संयोजक – टंक सुब्बा tankasubba@gmail.com
मध्यपूर्व संयोजक – दिप्स शाह deepssanu@gmail.com
अस्ट्रेलिया संयोजक – भीमसेन सापकोटा sahityapratisthan@gmail.com

केहि नया छ्यत्रको छ्यत्रिय संयोजक थपिने सम्भावना भएकोले एस सम्बन्धि सुचना र अन्तर राष्ट्रिय कविता महोत्सब सम्बन्धि सुचनाहरु र ताजा खबरहरु प्रतिष्ठानको फेस बुक पेज मा हेर्न सक्नु हुनेछ ।

The band comprises of five members viz. JIndabaad Rohit Shakya (vocals/guitars/electronics), Rajan Shrestha (Bass/vocals/guitars/electronics), Sunny Tuladhar (Guitars/vocals), Kiran Shahi (drums/percussion/electronics) and Abhisek Bhadra (Keyboards/synth/electronics).

Video Credits
Music: JINDABAAD
Lyrics: Rohit Shakya and Astha Tamang-Maskey
Album: Plastic Heart
Produced by: JINDABAAD, Fuzz Productions and Octillion studios
Director: Prasiit Sthapit and Rohit Shakya
Editor: Rajan Shrestha

Cast:
Prometheus: Deep Chhetri
Psychiatrist: Rohit Shakya
Wrestler: Abhisek Bhadra
Receptionist: Rajan Shrestha
Serial killer: Kiran Shahi
Patient no.4: Sunny Tuladhar

Music Video Credits
Artist: KB
Video by Nep-UK Production
Beat: Micky Montz
Starring: Pasang Sherpa
Director: Bishal Shrestha
Producer: Shekhar Karmacharya
Editing: Kabin Shrestha (KB)

Credits:
Artist: Cornerstone
Record/Mix: Narayan Malla
Actors: Sushil Dewa Shrestha/Leena Subba
Editor/Director: Pracash Chhetri
Music video by A Nep-Yorkers Production.

कार्यक्रम अरु कार्यक्रम भन्दा पृथक शैलीमा प्रस्तुत गरिएको थियो भन्ने कार्यक्रममा संचारकर्मीहरुलाई बिशेष सम्मान जनाईएको थियो ।उक्त कार्यक्रममा बिभिन्न लब्ध प्रतिष्ठित व्यक्तित्व ,समाज सेवी ,बिभिन्न संघ तथा संस्थाका प्रतिनिधिहरुको गरिमामय उपस्थिति रहेको थियो ।कार्यक्रममा महामहिम ज्युलाई बिशेष सम्मानार्थ एक संदेश पत्र प्रदान गरिएको थियो ।कार्यक्रममा यसको उदेश्य र भावी योजना सम्बन्धमा मेरोदेशटिभी डटकम समुहका सूचना प्रविधिका ज्ञाता जितेन्द्र शाह ज्युले जानकारी गराउनु भएको थियो ।

मेरोदेशटिभी डटकमका संचालक त्रय रबि लामिछाने ,जितेन्द्र शाह र राजेन्द्र सनमको सयुक्त प्रयासमा सन्चालनमा ल्याईएको जानकारी गराईएको थियो ।यसको उदेश्य सूचना ,मनोरंजनमा मात्र सिमित नभै विकास पनि रहको उल्लेख गरिएको थियो ।बिभिन्न संघ तथा संस्थाका पदाधिकारीहरु क्रमस : रोशन प्रताप राणा,एन टिभी का पुर्व कर्मचारीहरु ,संचारकर्मी तथा विभिन्न संघ तथा संस्थाका प्रतिनिधिहरुले शुभकामना ब्यक्त गर्दै सबैले उत्तर उत्तर प्रगतिको कामना गर्दै आफुले सक्ने सहयोग गर्ने बचन बद्दता व्यक्त गर्नु भएको थियो । कार्यक्रम प्रस्तोता तथा मेरोदेशटिभी डटकमका रबि लामिछानेले यस बिषयमा धेरै सारगर्भित मन्तब्य ब्यक्त गर्दै सबैसंग सहयोग लागि अनुरोध गर्दै सकारात्मक सुझाब र सल्लाह प्रदान गर्नु हुन् समेत आग्रह गर्दै सबै संचारकर्मीहरु एक जूट हुनु पर्ने अहिलेको आवश्यकता हो भन्दै सानो तिनो कुरामा संचारकर्मीहरुले अलमलिनु नहुने कुरा जिकिर गर्नु भएको थियो ।

कार्यक्रमको प्रस्तुति पनि अत्यन्तै आकर्षित ढंगले प्रस्तुत गर्न सफल भएको थियो भने उक्त कार्यक्रमका प्रमुख अतिथि महामहिम राजदूत शंकर प्रसाद शर्मा (पी एच डी ) ले यसले लिएको उदेश्य पुरा होस् भनि आफु र नेपाल सरकारको तर्फबाट शुभकामना व्यक्त गर्दै नया प्रस्तुति भएकोमा खुशी व्यक्त गर्नु भएको थियो र त्यसै सेरो फेरोमा रही संचार माध्यमको भूमिका र यसले पर्ने असर बारे उल्लेख समेत गरि नेपालको समसामयिक बिषयमा समेत उदाहरण प्रस्तुत गर्दै सारगर्भित मन्तब्य राख्नु भएको थियो ।

उक्त कार्यक्रममा रास्ट्रपति राम वरण यादबको बिदेशमा बस्ने युवाहरुले नेपाल प्रति देखाएको सद्भाव र ममता प्रति गरेको कार्यले खुशी व्यक्त गर्दै शुभकामना पत्र पढेर सुनायिएको थियो र भने कार्यक्रम संचालक जय प्रकाश रिजालले ब्यबसायिक रुपमा शालीन शैलीमा गरि सबैको मन जित्न सफल हुनु भएको थियो ।

Its a strange world we live in. If you have a broken leg, you call 911. You can go see a doctor, who can help you. You can see the broken leg, so there are many measures you can take. But if you have a broken heart, there is no one you can call, no one who can come and help, no one who can heal the pain. There is no doctor who can fix it. Your heart can cry and bleed all that it wants, there aint nothing you can do coz you just cant see it. Since everything that can be seen and touched has more value then anything else. How nice would it be, if anything unseen didn’t exist at all. There would be no pain.

Why do people go through the pain they don’t deserve? There are all sorts of tools that answers every kind of questions, however there aint no tool that will answer my question. I wonder sometime, if there was actually a law that would punish people for breaking hearts and hurting others, many hearts would probably be alive today. Its the good heart that usually gets hurt, its the bad people who always does wrong. I think people are what they are, they dont have to try hard to be bad or good. Are we been wrong all this time? Is this a world of evil? What if being good is actually a bad thing? Can good still try and be bad? I actually have an answer to this. And the answer is “No”. A good can be hurt million times, a good can cry hundred of rivers, yet a good can never be bad. But I still wonder, Is there a 911 that handles a broken heart case? If evidences are required, evidences do exist. Its just that they are Invisible.

Nisha Pradhan

08/07/2011

Music Video Credits
Singer: Deepak Ghimire
Album: Poise
Lyrics: Nisprabh Saji
Music: Nyhoo Bajracharya
Producer: Amit Shrestha
Models: Ashishma Nakarmi, Prateek Karki
Camera: Nima T, David Greyson
Editor/Director: Bhupendra Bhattarai

The video should promote 30th ANA Convention 2012 scheduled to be hosted in Dallas, Texas from June 29, 2012 through July 1, 2012.

Winner Selection

Videos submitted for the competition will be uploaded to ANA Texas Chapter’s YouTube channel. Each video will be embedded on ANATexas.org where people can vote by clicking Facebook like button. Public voting will be open from May 1, 2012 through May 31, 2012. The top 5 videos receiving most public votes (until midnight of May 31, 2012 CST) will be judged by a panel of judges from ANA Texas board and the winner will be announced in the first week of June. The winner will receive cash prize of NRs 1,00,001 or equivalent amount of currency based on the location of the participant.

Video submission deadline – May 20, 2012

ANA Promo Video Competition Guidelines

1. Open contest to anyone of Nepali origin (either born in Nepal or has family ties to Nepal).
2. Only one video allowed per participant/group.
3. Length of video must be 5 minutes or less.
4. Language – Nepali and/or English.
5. Category/Theme – OPEN. Be creative! The video must promote ANA Convention 2012 and the various events planned for the convention like sports, talent show, spelling bee, quiz contest, cultural shows, ANA forums and so on. Please find details on the events page at anatexas.org/events.
6. Video submitted must be original work of the participant – video will be immediately removed from the competition if any copyright claims are made regarding content of the video.
7. Video must be made exclusively for the upcoming 30th ANA Convention 2012. The video must never have been released or premiered anywhere.
8. By submitting video for the competition, the participant grants ANATexas.org permission to republish the video on our YouTube channel, our social media pages (Facebook, Twitter and Google+) and on our website at ANATexas.org.
9. Video must be approved by ANA Texas Chapter approval council before being accepted for the competition.
10. Five top videos will be selected by public voting (Facebook likes on video page).
11. Voting will be open from May 1, 2012 through May 31, 2012.
12. Winner will be selected from the Top 5 videos by judges assigned by ANA Texas Board. The decision of the judges will be FINAL.
13. Winner will be announced via ANATexas.org on the first week of June 2012.
14. ANA Texas Board reserves the right to remove any video at anytime with/without notice.

Video Format

Final video file can in any format and size/resolution as long as it is supported by YouTube. For more details please refer to Supported YouTube Formats.

How to Participate?

Submit your video file by May 20, 2012 via online file sharing services like Dropbox, Google Drive, SkyDrive, ADrive, etc. or send us your video file saved in a DVD or a flash drive.

Online submission – share your file to admin@anatexas.org

Mailing DVD or flash drive:

ANA Texas Chapter
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Bedford, TX 76022

If you have any questions or concerns about the competition, please email us at admin@anatexas.org or call us at 214-699-1460.

We are looking forward to seeing your masterpiece!

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आमा विष्णुमाया Photo courtesy: eKantipur.com

Update – Thank you everyone for your generous donation. We were able to collect a total of $1030.50. The fund has been wired to Nepal. It will be deposited into Suresh Karki’s account in few days.

Update: View List of donors

“Not just kidney, I can give every organ on my body to save my son”, says 51-year-old Bishnu Maya who has already donated one of her kidney to her son Suresh.

Please read the article below (extracted from eKantipur) to learn more about the hardship Bishnu Maya is facing to save her son.

We were able to contact Suresh Karki over the phone. He has provided us with his bank account number in Machhapuchchhre Bank (Acc# 15-40-524-094738-01-8).

Anybody willing to help him, please use the paypal button below to send us donation which will be collected and deposited to Suresh’s account in Nepal.

Each penny counts, please donate for this noble cause!

Anybody willing to speak to Suresh Karki and his family can contact them at +977-9806742965.

Update: Donation link removed, please view the table below for list of donors.

The names of donors will be updated on this page everyday. Please email us at info@texasnepal.com if you do not wish your name to be listed here publicly.

Below is the article by Prem Nepali, published on Kantipur, describing how Bishnu Maya Karki is struggling to save the life of her only son Suresh Karki.

‘मृगौला मात्र होइन, शरीरै काटेर दिन्छु’
प्रेम नेपाली (कान्तिपुर)

पोखरा, चैत्र २३ – ‘सास भइन्जेल आस लाग्दोरहेछ, दिनरात छोरालाई कसरी बचाउने भन्ने चिन्तामात्र लागिरहन्छ’ दुवै मृगौलाले काम नगरेर छोराको जीवन संकटमा परेपछि चिन्ताले व्याकुल बनेकी ५१ वर्षीया विष्णुमाया कार्कीले दुःखेसो पोखिन् ।

धन कमाएर परिवार पाल्न मलेसिया पुगेका २९ वर्षीय छोरा सुरेश उल्टै थलिएर घर फर्केपछि उनीहरूको होसहवास गुमेको हो । विष्णुमायाको परिवारले उनको उपचारका लागि अन्न खाने खेतबारी पनि सके । पाखो बारीले नपुगेपछि ऋणधन पनि गरे । दुवै मृगौलाले काम नगरेर सिकिस्त छोरालाई बचाउन विष्णुमायाले आफैंलाई संकटमा राखेर एउटा मृगौला दिइन् । वीर अस्पतालमा ०६६ सालमा मृगौला प्रत्यारोपण गरेपछि स्वास्थ्यमा सुधार भए पनि सुरेश एकाएक पुनः थला परे । नाक, मुख र दिसाबाट रगत बगेर सिकिस्त उनलाई वीर अस्पतालमा लगेर देखाउँदा फेरेको मृगौला पनि बिगि्रएको चिकित्सकले बताउँदा विष्णुमाया छाँगाबाट खसेजस्तो भइन् ।

‘खाने बारी बेचेर बल्लबल्ल मृगौला दिएर बचाएको छोरा फेरि उस्तै भयो,’ सामान्य खेतीकिसानीबाट गुजारा गर्दै आएकी कास्की भलाम २ की विष्णुमायाले भनिन्, ‘डाक्टरले फेरि मृगौला बिगि्रयो भन्छन्, छोरा बचाउन भएको एउटा मृगौलामात्र होइन सबै शरीर काटेर दिन्छु भन्दा मिल्दैन भने ।’

उनले मृगौला प्रत्यारोपण गर्दा दुई रोपनी बारी बेचेर १० लाख रुपैयाँ जुटाए पनि अहिले ७ जनाको परिवारका लागि ओत लाग्ने सानो घरबाहेक केही नभएको उनले बताइन् । ‘श्रीमान्को आम्दानी छैन, बुहारीको पनि त्यस्तै छ,’ बिरामी छोराको दस महिनाको बच्चा भएको बताउँदै उनले भनिन्, ‘उपचारमा सबै सम्पत्ति सकियो, एउटी छोरीले पनि पढ्न नपाएर होटलमा काम गरेर परिवारको पेट भर्दै आएकी छ ।’ खर्च अभावले ११ कक्षामा पढ्दापढ्दै बीचमै पढाइ छाडेकी छोरी सम्झना पोखराको एक होटलमा वेटरको काम गर्छिन् ।

०६२ सालमा मलेसियामा काम गर्न पुगेका सुरेश चार वर्षपछि ०६६ मा थलिएर घर फर्केका थिए । अस्पतालमा जचाउँदा मृगौलाले काम नगरेको भनेपछि हेमोडाइलोसिस र अन्य औषधि उपचारमा अलिअलि कमाएको पैसा सकिएको थियो । मृगौला प्रत्यारोपणपछि सामान्य घरायसी काम गरेका छोराको मृगौला बिग्रेर फेरि जीवन संकटमा परेपछि विष्णुमाया सहयोगको खोजीमा भौंतारिएकी छन् । सातामा दुईपटक हेमोडाइलोसिस गर्दा लाग्ने ५ हजार जुटाउन नसक्दा उनी चिन्ताले व्याकुल छिन् । ‘हेमोडाइलोसिस गरेमा यसो उठेर बस्छ,’ खर्च अभावमा यो गर्न नसक्दा रगत छादेर सिकिस्त पर्ने दुःखेसो पोख्दै उनले भनिन्, ‘आफ्नो ज्यानको भन्दा बढी छोराको माया लाग्छ, तर के गर्ने पैसा नभई केही हुँदोरहेनछ, आफ्नो भन्ने केही छैन ।’

कान्तिपुरमा प्रकाशित मिति: २०६८ चैत्र २३ (http://www.ekantipur.com/nep/2068/12/23/full-story/345531.html)

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