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  World Suicide Prevention Day A recent  Instagram post from WHO  reveals that “Every 40 seconds, someone dies by suicide, this results the stats that close to 800,000 people die by suicide every year. Suicide is the  second  leading cause of death among 15–29 years old.” Global Health Observatory (GHO)  data states that “ The global Male:Female ratio of age-standardized suicide rates was 1.8 in 2016, meaning there were more male suicides than female suicides” per 100,000 population. The report of  World Population Review  2020 shows that the eastern European country of Lithuania ranks first with highest toll of death by suicides that is 31.9 suicides per 100,000 population while Antigua and Barbuda ranks the last i.e the 183rd position with 0.5 suicides per 100,000 population. Nepal rests at rank 81 with 8.8 suicides per 100,000 population. In Nepal, the male suicide rate is 9.7 and the female suicide rate is 7.9 per 100,000 population that resul...

No they aren't Romeo and Juliet.  She likes to eat junk, his lifestyle is rather focused on fitness. She likes the privacy of their relationship, he'd rather want her to confess.. No, they aren't alike. But don't they say that the opposites attract? She likes to cuddle and sleep, he wants a peck of kiss. She likes to read novels, he loves to watch movies. No, they aren't the perfect couple. But don't they say that the perfects distract? She likes to talk and dance and sing and eat, he looks at her, all imperfections he sees. She likes to take pictures abstract, he prefers portraits as he strikes a pose on his seat. No, they don't just express love for each other always. But didn't you say love fades as you adapt?  They are like Tom and Jerry. They are like "Hum" and  "Tum. They are like rainbows and rain. Crying together but smiling at the end as they forget the pain. Oh yes! They have one thing is common, they both like to dance and both ...

 Here I sit today.. Soaking up the sunshine.. With my eyes closed.. The sun making my cheeks red like that of tinted rose.. As I wonder looking at these clouds.. What am I doing with my life.. Thinking if the purpose of my life yet have I found? As I think about the sun that stays there.. As the clouds wover around.. I find myself surrounded my people like these, but to them am I that profound? For I never had problem with them coming to me when in need.. But being walked upon, being bullied, being used and being deceived, it has definitely planted a seed.. A seed that now makes me hard to trust people.. A seed that now reaps endless questions with no answers coming from anywhere.. A seed that is growing leaves that make me hustle and rustle and question everything about you.. Yet my little heart doesn’t hate them and nor seeks revenge.. For maybe this is what makes me “Me”.. Me as I look myself in the mirror today, I see someone’s who rose from the ashes.. Who has managed to smile...

Wow! So the Government of Nepal proposed that women under the age of 40 and are unmarried can't travel out of the country unless we get permission from parents and the ward office. But she doesn't need any permission once she is married? Why? 1. Because most of the girls travel without the permission of the parents and her husband 2. Because there's no security of women employment and other facilities abroad 3. Because of girls trafficking 4. Because of several other reasons? Or 5. Because policies are made by misogynist MEN aged 50 or above who are the maniacs of the patriarchal society that we live in. Does getting approval solve all these problems? Well, at least I don't think so. Why don't these people at policy making level think rationally? Don't they understand that it lies in the mentality of a man to chose the way they behave with a woman. why don't they make their rescue policies better? Why don't they make a policy where the consultancies an...

Disclaimer: This post is not created with the intent to hurt anyone's sentiments. Every word that is penned down is just a perception. I extend my sincere apology to anyone who is hurt through the post. I am not a Newar, but I've lived most of my life in Patan. I've lived in the Newar community and have many friends who are the Newars. Yes, I've been to the Bhojs and Nakthyas. More than anything I respect the sentiments and their thrive to save every little part of their culture. I've seen the Jatras and also understand the sentiments attached to it. I saw several posts that flooded on my social media feed, numerous memes that were made, and read several Newar and other communities blame game, the hatred people spill out on each other's ethnicity, culture and tradition. Hey you! Yes, you! I heard that you were craving to go to Lahana ever since the lockdown begun to satisfy your cravings for the delicious chhoila and chyang! Oh, not to mention your love for the ...

In a nation where the Goddesses are worshiped and the women are severely assaulted or killed or raped or harassed or eve-teased or are effectively acid-attacked, nobody, I believe, not even me, I accept have ever been liberated from provocation,harasment or eve-teasing.  From the very beginning we are educated to hold ourselves, to be careful and aware about individuals around us, to get back home before the sun sets and "dress cautiously". It isn't so much that our folks don't confide enough on us, they do, yet they don't trust the society we live in. Just few days back, I saw a post by my friend when her parents politely asked her to not go for a morning walk because of the newspaper and magazine reads that have been filled out with rape and the acid-attack cases. While a girl’s parent are constantly worried about the safe being of their little girls, are the parents of the young men similarly concerned?  Today, let’s take a look at what the men of a society lik...

 Disclaimer: Through this post, I do not intend to hurt any cultural or personal belief. The post simply highlights my perception about the Rishi Panchami Puja. No, I've never performed a Rishi Panchami Puja. Nor did my mother ever made me do it. And specially ever since, I've learnt of what it embarks, it has made my conscience clear of not performing a Rishi Panchami Puja. Rishi panchami puja, this very day is performed   to please the  सप्तऋषि along with the eighty eight thousand सौनकादी ऋषिहरु and the other ज्ञात अज्ञात ऋषि, condemning of any "mistake" or गल्ति, that a woman has done during her menstrual cycle or while she was on her periods- रजस्वाला! Well, रजस्वाला is a physiological or let's say a biological process which marks that a woman is blessed to conceive a life within her or is able to give birth to new life. Previously, the "untouchability" during रजस्वाला did not exist. Woman were given a time off to take rest because of the pain that s...