Negative Vibes
Dec 21, 2014
I know this is something bad, but maybe again I regard it
something natural and normal thing – Negative Vibes.
There are times, when
negative vibes surround me, and I feel myself valueless creature in the world.
I feel feeling of being lonely, and again I regard myself as burden.First Things First
Dec 4, 2014
Place big stones in an empty pickle jar. Fill up the jar so that there is no room to put in more stones. Now insert pebbles in the jar so that the spaces between the big stones no longer exist. The jar is not yet filled. Now, put sand in the jar so that it is completely full.
Finally, pour water into the jar. Could you have put in the big stones if you had put sand in the jar before? Or if you had put in the pebbles earlier?
Enemy
Nov 20, 2014
Enemy
Note
that ‘enemy’ does not limit up to a person. It can be anything, that has been
creating hindrance in your life. Your laziness could be your enemy, your ego,
your pride.
Nabin K. Bhattarai: Removes Cap and also Acts!
Nov 9, 2014
Nabin K Bhattarai has been classic singer, and all time listening singer of lot of us. These two songs are equally good too. And, I found it interesting because, in one video he removes his cap, and in the other we get to see Nabin K Bhattarai acting of his own.
Featured Post
Nov 4, 2014
I am just very new to bubblews. It is one different, but
similar platform where you need to write in your thoughts in at least 400
characters. It is like posting your tweet in twitter, or posting status in
facebook, it is kind of similar to them, but all the difference it has is, you
have to make it 400 characters.
Better late than never
Nov 1, 2014
Whenever a festival season starts, there are many road accidents resulting in death and injury to travellers. So we have to hear sad news during every festival season. The higher the number of people’s movement, the higher the chances of accidents. This year was no exception.
Celebrating Uganda's Independence Day!
Oct 9, 2014
Uganda got independent from Britain on 9th
October 1962. I had no idea regarding this, however, today my Ugandan friends
invited me to their program. They talked about their history and then talked
about their independence. I had never been to any such Independence Program
before. Couple of months back, I was attending Indian’ Independence Day, and
today I was at Uganda’s.
My Schedule
Sep 6, 2014
My load shedding separated Group is Number 3.
I need to wake up at 4 am on Sunday, because the power goes off at 5 and i have to check out the e-papers. After I return back from college, I need to cook my dinner and then I have to take a nap till it is 8.30 because power comes at that specific time.
I need to wake up at 4 am on Sunday, because the power goes off at 5 and i have to check out the e-papers. After I return back from college, I need to cook my dinner and then I have to take a nap till it is 8.30 because power comes at that specific time.
Include Them
May 14, 2014
Disability is a long term physical or mental ‘impairment’ that substantially limits one or more life activity of a person. One billion persons with disabilities in the world face physical, social, economic and attitudinal barriers that exclude their participation as equal member of the society. The sad fact is people with disabilities are world’s poorest people. They lack equal access to basic resources such as education, employment, and healthcare along with social and legal support systems.
Let’s imagine a situation. In a policy-level meeting a man using wheelchair is invited in the name of inclusion. He may need to go to the toilet but the door is less than 30 inch wide. Due to it he could not answer the call of nature. Even if fortunately he gets in, the height of the urinal creates trouble for him. The only option for him would be to rush home ignoring the meeting’s agenda.
By creating this scenario, I’m trying to make people understand that we lack disable-friendly environment and infrastructure. The infrastructure is rarely built considering people with disabilities. How many disable students do we see in our class? Does this not indicate that disables are not excluded?
Disables have minimum access to a lot of things. A person using wheelchair can easily handle phone calls, perform computer operations but s/he is not given the job just because s/he is disabled. Before hiring an employee there is a trend of condescendingly enquiring, ‘Are you disabled?’ Employers never ask, ‘How can we support you on your job once you are employed?’ There are people with stumps who can type fast and write well with leg. Their abilities are, however, never considered. So far, Nepali society has failed to include people with disabilities in almost all social activities. For example, a person using a wheelchair won’t get access to Movie Theater and s/he won’t get to see live match in the stadium.
Famous disables like Stephen Hawking, Stevie Wonder or Frida Kahlo have shown their mettle to the world. Disabled friendly environment promotes them, supports them and motivates them to work their best. Basically, educational institution needs to be accessible for people with disabilities. Building ramps would be easy for people using wheelchair and plain roads would be easy for visually impaired person. Lack of these basic things proves the building disabled rather than a person. Accessible toilets and roads need to be built for disables.
Even developed countries have failed to include disables in a meaningful way. It is too ideal to expect the same in our context. It takes time to change. Things would fall into place for disables only when the “normal” people’s perception towards them changes. When everyone understands that ramps are not just for the person using wheelchair but even for able-bodied to carry suitcases, infrastructures would get modified. It is not just in hospital that we require ramps; we need them in shopping malls, educational institutes and every public place.
Modification takes time and budget but acceptance requires only vision. Only when employer visualizes the capability in a disabled employee, s/he will be accepted. There is no reason to reject visually impaired person for telephone handling task or a person using wheelchair for a receptionist. Employers should not get shocked seeing a disabled facing an interview.
At the individual level, use of correct language is best way to support disables. Always asking if they require help is best way to support them without being too officious. Let us invite disables to our work in our team and let them live with dignity. Let us include them!
The author is a management student and likes to write on social and cultural issues
dwaipayan.regmi@gmail.com
Published in Republica's Oped dated 14th May 2014
www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=74700
Let’s imagine a situation. In a policy-level meeting a man using wheelchair is invited in the name of inclusion. He may need to go to the toilet but the door is less than 30 inch wide. Due to it he could not answer the call of nature. Even if fortunately he gets in, the height of the urinal creates trouble for him. The only option for him would be to rush home ignoring the meeting’s agenda.
By creating this scenario, I’m trying to make people understand that we lack disable-friendly environment and infrastructure. The infrastructure is rarely built considering people with disabilities. How many disable students do we see in our class? Does this not indicate that disables are not excluded?
Disables have minimum access to a lot of things. A person using wheelchair can easily handle phone calls, perform computer operations but s/he is not given the job just because s/he is disabled. Before hiring an employee there is a trend of condescendingly enquiring, ‘Are you disabled?’ Employers never ask, ‘How can we support you on your job once you are employed?’ There are people with stumps who can type fast and write well with leg. Their abilities are, however, never considered. So far, Nepali society has failed to include people with disabilities in almost all social activities. For example, a person using a wheelchair won’t get access to Movie Theater and s/he won’t get to see live match in the stadium.
Famous disables like Stephen Hawking, Stevie Wonder or Frida Kahlo have shown their mettle to the world. Disabled friendly environment promotes them, supports them and motivates them to work their best. Basically, educational institution needs to be accessible for people with disabilities. Building ramps would be easy for people using wheelchair and plain roads would be easy for visually impaired person. Lack of these basic things proves the building disabled rather than a person. Accessible toilets and roads need to be built for disables.
Even developed countries have failed to include disables in a meaningful way. It is too ideal to expect the same in our context. It takes time to change. Things would fall into place for disables only when the “normal” people’s perception towards them changes. When everyone understands that ramps are not just for the person using wheelchair but even for able-bodied to carry suitcases, infrastructures would get modified. It is not just in hospital that we require ramps; we need them in shopping malls, educational institutes and every public place.
Modification takes time and budget but acceptance requires only vision. Only when employer visualizes the capability in a disabled employee, s/he will be accepted. There is no reason to reject visually impaired person for telephone handling task or a person using wheelchair for a receptionist. Employers should not get shocked seeing a disabled facing an interview.
At the individual level, use of correct language is best way to support disables. Always asking if they require help is best way to support them without being too officious. Let us invite disables to our work in our team and let them live with dignity. Let us include them!
The author is a management student and likes to write on social and cultural issues
dwaipayan.regmi@gmail.com
Published in Republica's Oped dated 14th May 2014
www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=74700
Granny's Sweet
May 12, 2014
to steal the
sweets she made
and stored in the
box inside a room.
while she was
sleeping in her bed.
We were anxious
and afraid,
Mouth watering
sweets on one side;
while there were
scolding on other
from her and we had to hide!
However, I went
inside,
while my brother
stood to check at door.
Soundless, I
opened the box,
Took out sweets,
tasted, and held even more.
He locked the
door,
and we ran up to
the terrace.
With oily hands,
we ate gradually,
laughing and
looking each other's face.
Maybe we stole a
bit more,
More enough even
for next day.
Now we had to
store them safe,
Packing them, we
hid under the hay.
When she woke up,
She entered into
the room.
She stayed there
pretty late,
We felt sweats, though
it was not noon.
After while, she
was out,
we were peeping
from the window lane.
She looked
worried,
and we could feel
the pain.
We tried to get
away from her,
But had to face
her when she made a call.
It was to wash an
apple anyway,
We bowed down, and
she was tall.
We were back to
normal then,
She should have
known we stole her sweets,
because she again
cooked it after a day,
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