How does one talk to a person who has lost his father ?
The concerned person is my mama (my mother’s brother) who lost his father on the 26th night.
I spoke to him last evening, but it didn’t go very well with him and also with me as I don’t know the way a person should converse in such situations.

Our brief conversation unfolded in such a manner:
Me: Pranam Mama. Aap kaise hain? (How are you, mama?)
Mama: kaisa hunga ? (how do u expect one to be?)

After a minute of speechless conversation, he hung up and I was left astonished and sheepish; embarrassed by the way the conversation turned out to be.

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I have always linked Humans to Global Warming eversince I understood what it was, but never expected livestock and cattle also to be active contributors to global warming !

A few facts listed below will make things clearer to you:

* The world’s 1,530 million cattle contribute more to global warming than its 900 million cars and commercial vehicles.
* The gas from livestock flatulence and manure is now estimated to contribute to 27 per cent of global warming
* The high methane content is reported to be 23 times more “warming” than carbon dioxide.
* The urine has high concentrations of ammonia that contributes to acid rain.
* 900 litres of water is required to produce one litre of milk.
* India accounts for over 18 per cent of the worlds cattle, i.e approximately 5 per cent of the global warming is caused by the Indian livestock.

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There’s so much to learn from a tree, so much to understand. Its purpose on this beautiful planet is not only to form the basis of all life forms on Earth but also to teach us to lead beautiful lives.

The colour Green teaches us of ‘oneness’ - everyone’s equal.

The roots and the stem teaches us to be strong and brave.

The many battles’ it faces fighting natures apathy teaches us of perseverance and patience.

The branches teach us of kindness, of purity and unselfishness.

Its immobility teaches us of dedication, of having a clear understanding of your goals and working towards achieving them.

These are just a few that I have learnt in all these years and I know there are many more which I am yet to learn.

My aim in writing this post is to do my bit by returning the kindness and helping the world become a cleaner and a greener place. For every 20 comments left on this blog, I will plant a tree.

So please help me in my quest and I would be very grateful if u could become a part of it too.

Regards.

I look up at the starry sky, it’s so different compared to what I get to see back home in Kathmandu. The sky is filled with them, you get to see more of the white twinkling dots compared to the darkness which serves as the background. But here, its different. The dark background is more prominent. One has the liberty of counting the number of stars on his segmented fingers.

This is one of the differences between Home and Pune. I sit and wonder at times, what has gone wrong with my land? Shed a tear, but what use of the tear if it cannot be given a reason or any justice. Do I have the fist, the fury, the rage to change the state of my troubled and pain stricken land? 22 years in this world and all that I have achieved are grades and marks. How long more before I can take charge knowing that I have another 40 years in me?

Time is running out, it’s just one lifetime, and there’s so much to do. So much to achieve. Because I know, I am here for a reason. I know I am special. The reasons have to be manifested. I have to hone and fertilize my strengths, respect my weaknesses because its ‘mine’, love myself; because it is the source of the solutions to all my problems.

When you face a problem, turn your attention to solutions. Be the source of a solution to the problem rather than become its victim.

Bright prospects for the kingdom:
Vishakha Dugar, Anish Sanghai, Vedant Sarawagi, Tarak Nand Joshi, Manit Upadhaya.

Still to know more about these people, but they still make it to this page:
Piyush Tater, Gaurav Sarda, Minakshi Jha, Shraddha Manandhar, Pawan Agarwal, Vaibhav Dugar.

tags: Nepal | Prospects for Nepal

Why is it that we always think about our sorrows and sulk,
but never remember the times when we laughed are hearts out?

tags: Laugh | Cry

I am an ardent blogger. Have been blogging since quite sometime.
But nothing has been permanent until I found this blog and also this host.
While checking other blogs (through blogexplosion.com, which also gives me my hits)
came across this amazing blogging software called Flock.
It makes blogging very easy and even more fun, giving you more reasons to get
addicted to blogging.

So, what are you waiting for. Take the next step to blogging !

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