Again, this is another regretful incident in academic institution in a row. Hari Prasad Parajuli, a campus chief at Tri-Chandra College, was beaten by cadre of Young Communist League (YCL) inside the college premises. A group of YCL cadre entered the college and beat him with chair accusing him help police leading to the arrest of two of their cadre who involved in the college shooting spree. Everyone including all political parties should condemn this heinous act and pledge not to repeat it again. Now a days, beating professors and doctors are becoming a part of our culture. We are losing our morals. We must bring to the end of this situation. No one is above the law; culprit must be severely punished and we must end impunity. We are human being and should always be above any political ideology or groupism in order to create civilized society...
Monday, August 3, 2009
Saturday, July 18, 2009
My Thought on Controlling Population Migration from Rural to Urban Areas in Nepal
Migration of people from village to
city is becoming an epidemic problem in Nepal. With a lack of proper urban
planning, mass migration of people creating a serious housing problem in cities
and livelihood issues in rural areas. Eventually, unplanned population
migration adversely affects economic development of our nation. Danchi (団地), a housing system implemented in postwar
Japan could be a good model for Nepal to manage the influx of people in urban
and sub-urban areas. Danchi is a multi-unit apartment complex and Kathmandu is an excellent candidate for this housing
system. Similarly, development of residential areas in villages make easy to
develop infrastructures and provide basic needs to people living in rural
areas.
We have to
revolutionize our agriculture practice for sustainable development of rural
areas in order to minimize population migration from village to city .
Currently, our agriculture practice is still in a pre-medieval stage. People in
village spend their time just keeping one cow and couple of goats (this is just
a typical example)...or planting some small plots of land. This is just waste
of time and their efforts. In order to increase productivity, agriculture
practices should be done in large scale with modern equipment and
technology. The increase in productivity and availability of basic
services--housing, water, electricity, education, health etc., inspire them
stay where they are, and eventually, help improve national economy.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
मेरो प्रतीक्रिया: विधवालाई बिहे गरे आधा लाख, दलितलाई गरे एक लाख पाइने
आज दिउसो साथीहरु संग यसै बिषयमा हल्का कुराकानी पनि भयो। माई संसारको लेखअनि कमेन्टहरु पनि पढे। तर दु:ख लाग्दो कुरा हामी धेरै नेपालीहरु, यसमापनि शिछित बर्गमा, अझैपनि छुवाछुत जस्तो रुडीवादी सोचाइबाट ग्रसितमानसिकताले जरा गाडेको पाए। शिछित बर्गमा पनि माथिल्लो जात भन्ने सन्कुचितभावना अझै बिधमान रहेको महशुस गरे। पाक्कै पनी सामाजिक सुधार आन्दोलनमा योसानो आर्थिक सहयोग पर्याप्त नहोला तर पनि यसले दलित केटा वा केटि अथवाविधुवासंग बिवहा गरेको निहुमा घर र सामाज बाट तिरस्कृत हुनुपेको नबबिवाहित दम्पतिका लागि एउटा जीवन सुरु गर्ने आशा बन्न सक्छ।
सम्पन्न नेपाल अनि सभ्य नेपाली समाज निर्माण गर्न छुवाछुत जस्तो रुडीवादीसंस्कारको अन्त्य हुनै पर्छ। यस कुरामा कसैको पनि दुई मत नहोला।निश्चयपनि, वर्तमान समस्याको दिर्घकालिन निधानको लागी नेपालीको सामाजिकचेतनाको स्तर उकास्ने काम अनि दलितहरुको शैछिक स्तर तथा शिप अभिबृद्दीसाथै विधुवाहरुकोलागि सीप आर्जन र रोजगारीको अवसर आदी विषयहरुमा योजनाबनाई कार्यन्वयन गरिनु पर्छ। साथसाथै, छुवाछुत प्रर्थालाई बडुवा दिने रविधुवा विवाहलाई हतोत्साह गरिने बिरुद्द कडा कानुन को निर्माणगरी कडाइकासाथ लागू गरिनु पर्छ।
मलाई लग्छ, अन्तर जातिय विवाह, विशेसत दलितसंगको विवाह साथै विधुवासंगविवाह गर्नेहरु सामाजिक कुरिती बिरद्द जुद्दने नायक नायिका हुन। उनीहरुकोसम्मान अनी संरक्ष्यण गरिनु पर्छ। जसरी असल विधार्थी तथा चुनैतिपुणअनुशन्धानकर्तालाई स्कलरशिप या रिसर्च ग्रान्टले सहयोग गर्छ, त्यसैगरी यसप्रकारको आर्थिक सहयोगले ति दम्पतिहरुलाई नया जिवन जीउन सहयोग गर्नेछ। वर्षौ देखि अपहेलनाको जातोमा पिसिदै आएको पिडा, अन्तर जातिय विवाह गरेरतिरस्कृत हुनुपेको वेदना, जनयुद्ध या अन्य कारणले बेलैमा सिन्धुर पुछिएकाचेलीहरुको वेदनामय धरातलमा उभिएर हामी सबैले एक चोटी सोचने हो की!!!!!
सम्पन्न नेपाल अनि सभ्य नेपाली समाज निर्माण गर्न छुवाछुत जस्तो रुडीवादीसंस्कारको अन्त्य हुनै पर्छ। यस कुरामा कसैको पनि दुई मत नहोला।निश्चयपनि, वर्तमान समस्याको दिर्घकालिन निधानको लागी नेपालीको सामाजिकचेतनाको स्तर उकास्ने काम अनि दलितहरुको शैछिक स्तर तथा शिप अभिबृद्दीसाथै विधुवाहरुकोलागि सीप आर्जन र रोजगारीको अवसर आदी विषयहरुमा योजनाबनाई कार्यन्वयन गरिनु पर्छ। साथसाथै, छुवाछुत प्रर्थालाई बडुवा दिने रविधुवा विवाहलाई हतोत्साह गरिने बिरुद्द कडा कानुन को निर्माणगरी कडाइकासाथ लागू गरिनु पर्छ।
मलाई लग्छ, अन्तर जातिय विवाह, विशेसत दलितसंगको विवाह साथै विधुवासंगविवाह गर्नेहरु सामाजिक कुरिती बिरद्द जुद्दने नायक नायिका हुन। उनीहरुकोसम्मान अनी संरक्ष्यण गरिनु पर्छ। जसरी असल विधार्थी तथा चुनैतिपुणअनुशन्धानकर्तालाई स्कलरशिप या रिसर्च ग्रान्टले सहयोग गर्छ, त्यसैगरी यसप्रकारको आर्थिक सहयोगले ति दम्पतिहरुलाई नया जिवन जीउन सहयोग गर्नेछ। वर्षौ देखि अपहेलनाको जातोमा पिसिदै आएको पिडा, अन्तर जातिय विवाह गरेरतिरस्कृत हुनुपेको वेदना, जनयुद्ध या अन्य कारणले बेलैमा सिन्धुर पुछिएकाचेलीहरुको वेदनामय धरातलमा उभिएर हामी सबैले एक चोटी सोचने हो की!!!!!
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Kathmandu – Hetauda Fast Track Highway: A Viable Alternative for Sustainable Transportation Network
This presentation was made on Saturday, 29th March, 2009 in First International Conference on "Development Issues, Challenges, and Strategies for Nepal" organized by Nepalese Student Association, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, U.S.A.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Hangdewa Landslide, Taplejunung, Eastern Nepal
I am going to post my email reply about Hangewa landslide to Badri Vinod Dahal, who is working in Taplejung in the field of Natural Resource Management. Badri jii wanted to know more about the landslide for its long term management. Since, my last field visit was in 2001, my knwoledge on Hangdewa landslidle is not up to date. Nonetheless, I hope this posting would help provide basic information about the Hangdewa-Hireba landslides.
Landslides in both Hangdewa and Hireba rivers are huge scale and very complicated. Types of mass movement are complex. The mass movement type varies in different parts of the slide area. In fact, these landslides are formed by the combination of various individual slides. Therefore, these landslides are very unique in its nature. Most probably, it provides typical example of complicated landslide in the world. An important parameter in landslide control is its depth of slip surface. In both Hangdewa and Hireba landslides, depth of slip surface varies from shallow to very deep. In some areas, it could be exceed 10 meters whereas in some areas, the slip surface simply represents the soil rock interface
Landslides in both Hangdewa and Hireba rivers are huge scale and very complicated. Types of mass movement are complex. The mass movement type varies in different parts of the slide area. In fact, these landslides are formed by the combination of various individual slides. Therefore, these landslides are very unique in its nature. Most probably, it provides typical example of complicated landslide in the world. An important parameter in landslide control is its depth of slip surface. In both Hangdewa and Hireba landslides, depth of slip surface varies from shallow to very deep. In some areas, it could be exceed 10 meters whereas in some areas, the slip surface simply represents the soil rock interface
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| Figure: Landslide distribution map of Hangdewa - Hireba watershed (2001) |
First international symposium on “Development Issues, Challenges, and Strategies for Nepal
Nepalese
Students’ Association (NeSA) at New Mexico State University (NMSU) organized
its first international symposium on “Development Issues, Challenges, and
Strategies for Nepal.” Keynote
speaker, Dr. Alok Bohora, Professor of Economics at University of New Mexico,
highlighted the “smart village” concept of economic e-development in Nepal
while addressing the current political transitions in Nepal. Similarly, the
invited speakers Rachel Stevens, Associate professor at NMSU recounted her
5-month long research on Nepalese Arts and Sculpture of Patan, Lalitpur and Dr.
Rajat Rajbhandari from Texas Transportation Institute, El Paso, delivered a
talk on growing traffic congestion in Kathmandu and possible solutions via
information technology.
The
program was chaired by Dr. Ram N. Acharya, Asst. professor at NMSU and
facilitated by NeSA President Hikmat Bahadur B.C. The symposium coordinator,
Mr. Sonyok, in his concluding remarks said “The first symposium has been
acclaimed as a huge success in addressing development issues at the outset of
reconstruction and political transition in Nepal.”
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Prof. Dr. Alok Bohara, University of New
Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
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Associate Prof. Dr. Ram Acharya, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
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Associate Prof. Rachel Stevens, New
Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
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Dr. Rajat Raj Bhandari, Texas
Transportation Institute (TII) , El Paso, TX
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Desh Raj Sonyok, Program Coordinator,
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
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Friday, March 20, 2009
Presentation Schedule
Nepalese Students’ Association, New Mexico State University
Presentation Schedule
Development Issues, Challenges, and Strategies for Nepal
Saturday, March 21, 2009
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
10:45 – 11:00 Registration (O'Donnell Hall # 111, NMSU)
11:00 – 11:10 Welcome and Opening Comments
President: Hikmat BC
Advisor: Ram N. Acharya, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Session Chairperson: Ram N. Acharya, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
11:10 – 11:35 Decolonizing ESL Minds in Writing: Student Voice and Resistance as Power
Marohang Limbu, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas, El Paso
11:35 – 12:00 Rachel Stevens and Sulav Studios: Art and Friendship in Southern Patan
Stevens Rachel, Associate Professor, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
12:00 – 12:25 Educating Nepalese Children and Youths: For Equity, Social Justice, Subjectivity and Creativity
Binod Gurung, Ph.D. Student, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
12:25 – 13:10 Lunch Break
Session Chairperson: Hikmat BC, Ph.D. Student, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
13:10 – 13:55 Creating Smart Villages Using Smart Design
Alok Bohara, Ph.D., Professor, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
13:55 – 14:20 Synopsis of Growing Urban Traffic Congestion in Nepal
Rajat Rajbhandari, Ph.D., Texas Transportation Institute, El Paso
14:20 – 14:45 Kathmandu-Hetauda Fast Track Highway: Viable Alternative for Sustainable Transportation Network
Desh R. Sonyok, Ph.D. Student, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
14:45 – 15:00 Break
Session Chairperson: Shiva Prasad Pokharel, Ph.D. Student, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
15:00 – 15:25 Electricity in Nepal: Problems and Proposed Solutions
Suresh Gautam, Ph.D. Student, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
15:25 – 15:50 Public Health Problems and Burden of Disease in Nepal: Challenges and Prospects
Kiran Sapkota, MPH Student, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
15:50 – 16:15 Heart Disease in the South Asian Countries
Saran Rai, MPH Student, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
Closing: Vote of Thanks by Program Coordinator, Desh Raj Sonyok
Contact for further detail:
Program Coordinator
Desh Raj Sonyok
Email: sonyok@gmail.com
Presentation Schedule
Development Issues, Challenges, and Strategies for Nepal
Saturday, March 21, 2009
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
10:45 – 11:00 Registration (O'Donnell Hall # 111, NMSU)
11:00 – 11:10 Welcome and Opening Comments
President: Hikmat BC
Advisor: Ram N. Acharya, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Session Chairperson: Ram N. Acharya, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
11:10 – 11:35 Decolonizing ESL Minds in Writing: Student Voice and Resistance as Power
Marohang Limbu, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas, El Paso
11:35 – 12:00 Rachel Stevens and Sulav Studios: Art and Friendship in Southern Patan
Stevens Rachel, Associate Professor, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
12:00 – 12:25 Educating Nepalese Children and Youths: For Equity, Social Justice, Subjectivity and Creativity
Binod Gurung, Ph.D. Student, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
12:25 – 13:10 Lunch Break
Session Chairperson: Hikmat BC, Ph.D. Student, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
13:10 – 13:55 Creating Smart Villages Using Smart Design
Alok Bohara, Ph.D., Professor, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
13:55 – 14:20 Synopsis of Growing Urban Traffic Congestion in Nepal
Rajat Rajbhandari, Ph.D., Texas Transportation Institute, El Paso
14:20 – 14:45 Kathmandu-Hetauda Fast Track Highway: Viable Alternative for Sustainable Transportation Network
Desh R. Sonyok, Ph.D. Student, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
14:45 – 15:00 Break
Session Chairperson: Shiva Prasad Pokharel, Ph.D. Student, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
15:00 – 15:25 Electricity in Nepal: Problems and Proposed Solutions
Suresh Gautam, Ph.D. Student, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
15:25 – 15:50 Public Health Problems and Burden of Disease in Nepal: Challenges and Prospects
Kiran Sapkota, MPH Student, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
15:50 – 16:15 Heart Disease in the South Asian Countries
Saran Rai, MPH Student, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
Closing: Vote of Thanks by Program Coordinator, Desh Raj Sonyok
Contact for further detail:
Program Coordinator
Desh Raj Sonyok
Email: sonyok@gmail.com
Friday, February 20, 2009
Development Issues, Challenges, and Strategies for Nepal
Call for Papers
March 21, 2009You are invited to submit paper to symposium on Development Issues, Challenges, and Strategies for Nepal, organized by Nepalese Students’ Association (NeSA) at New Mexico State University. This conference will focus on current as well as future prospect of development strategies, policies, and related issues for the making of new Nepal
Important Dates
Abstract submission deadline: March 17, 2009
Notification to authors: March 19, 2009
Symposium date: March 21, 2009 (9:00 AM – 5:00 PM)
Call for Paper Details
Scope
Nepal is a recently declared federal democratic republic country after a decade long political turmoil. Nepalese people over threw more than two century long monarchy and also brought Maoist insurgent into political mainstream peacefully last year. Now, the country is in a verge of great social, cultural, and political transformation through the writing of new constitution. People are desperately looking for the making of prosperous new Nepal. However, development issues, challenges, and strategies are not yet clear. For example, Japan’s development strategies were based on industrial development and growth first strategies, while Nepal’s development strategies appears to be based on agricultural development and the priority of promoting equal living conditions but not yet clearly defined.
This one day symposium will provide opportunity to invitees and participants who have had closer look at the problems of Nepal, to focus on current state of development and the future strategies, issues, and challenges. Development in Nepal, as a nation of unique socio-cultural diversity with delicate geopolitics, is a complex phenomenon involving an interaction of economic, social, cultural, and geopolitical factors. Given the multidisciplinary and collaborative nature of study, NeSA welcomes contribution from different walk of life having interest in the development of Nepal, such as community, student, academia, scientists, engineers, politicians, etc.
Subject areas
This one day symposium will cover major issues, challenges, and strategies for national development including education, politics, infrastructures, economics, and environment. The symposium will be divided into the following four sessions:
- Development of health and education sector
- Infrastructures, environment, science, and technology
- Economic development strategies
- Socio-politics and cultural transformation
- Presenter required to submit 200 – 500 words abstract. Two member review panel will review the abstract and recommend for acceptance with or without modification of the paper.
- NeSA’s Research and Academic subcommittee reserves the right to accept and deny the paper based on the opinion of review panel.
Submission Guidelines
Length of presentation
Each presenter will be provided total 20 minutes of presentation time and 5 - 10 minutes for discussions depending on availability of time.
Abstract submission and review panel
- Each presenter required to submit 200 – 500 words abstract. However, extended abstract will also be accepted.
- Two member review panel will review the abstract and recommend for acceptance with or without modification of the paper.
- NeSA’s Research and Academic subcommittee reserves the right to accept and deny the paper based on the opinion of review panel.
Submission
Send your abstract to nesa.nmsu@yahoo.com
Authors interested to submit papers are advised to visit this link for the preparation of presentation: How to prepare a presentation
Location
Colfax (210), Corbett Center
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM 88003
We look forward to meeting you in New Mexico State University in March 2009.
We look forward to meeting you in New Mexico State University in March 2009.
Organizer
Nepalese Students’ Association
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM
Desh Raj Sonyok
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