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Moon - Pratichya Dulal |
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I
miss you moon
and hope to see you soon
but its just an hour past noon
yet another long wait I moan
until then I am destined to be alone
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doom room groom loom joom maon
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you know it doesn't become u
to…..
all I am asking is to renew
I long for the cloudless night
when the sky dazzles with your light
and I will be by your side
days have passed
and months have gone
d dreams have crashed
and still I long
for that smile
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mile , nile rile dial mine shine, dine
and and hey yes bile too rhymes but
rhyme alone doesn't make poem . So this
is the sate of my mind at the moment. I
have loads of things to
say............... and thousands
thoughts are residing on my mind and yet
I fail to find the method of expressing
it. From where I am right now it doesn't
look as though this poem will be
completed. But if it ever does will let
u know.
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Changes within - Pratichya Dulal |
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It's amazing how our tastes and
preferences change with time and most of
the time we are not even aware of the
fact that we have changed. I am sure
most of you can relate to the experience
of suddenly finding out that you somehow
no longer have same opinion about things
you did only recently. I too had such an
encounter recently. It was this
experience with Tequila I had
that made me think about such changes in
me. There was a time when it was one of
my favorite drinks but nowadays, while
going through the drink list I feel my
face cringing when my eyes land up on
the tequila. I have no Idea how this
change came over me neither can I say
the exact date the change came over me.
Had anyone asked me a year ago about my
preference for these fiery drink it
would have toped the list of favorites.
I clearly remember those days when my
eyes would light up at the prospect of
having a couple of Tequila shots. Then
the feel of that fiery liquid going down
my throat and the dizziness that came
after it simply was out of this world.
Every thing connected with Tequila was
heaven indeed. From the container to the
glass, even the salt and the lemon
tasted different with it.
Since it would be totally insane to say
that the Tequila has changed I guess it
is me who's been on the changing end.
Surprisingly I have no regrets about it.
These days I like to with a glass of
whisky or better still wine. Taking
small sips at a time and feeling the
effect of every sip. Gone are the days
when I would compete with my friends and
feel proud of myself on the occasions I
outnumbered the number of shots taken in
the group. Gone are those days leaving
only the memory behind because I am sure
I will never enjoy Tequila in the future
like I did in during those green days.
Now there is no competition and I am
only interested in enjoying myself. I
guess age or rather maturity plays a
role in determining our choices. As
there is nothing else I can think of
that could bring about these changes.
This is only one example of the changes
I have found within me. I clearly
remember a time when I things were
either good or bad, right or wrong and I
was unaware of the term middle of the
road. Suddenly now everywhere I look
black and white has disappeared and grey
has replaced it. These changes are far
more difficult to come to terms with in
comparison to the change in my drink
list.
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Happiness is just around the corner – Pratichya Dulal |
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The
story of the pictures (Kabita's
comments) dates back to a few months ago
when Dikez and I were talking about
what could be done to increase the
visitors as we were worried about the
decline in the visitor's graphs.
We were extremely short of articles (we
still are), and were trying to come up
with something to hold our visitors
attention. Form experience we knew that
a lot of people who log on to sites do
not read the entire text. Those who do,
go through the entire text usually look
for solid stuff, which we know we have
not been able to provide. Hence we
decided to feature models.
With no resource of any kind we were
left to search specifically for those
pictures we could get for free.
And guess what suddenly after the
addition of the model section we had a
huge increase in our visitors list. A
small part of me was happy with the
increase of the viewers, as this is
definitely good for the site. In fact we
have slowly been progressing and with
each passing weeks been able to go a few
places up in the chart of the Nepali
sites.
This other side of me is extremely
annoyed with the way the pictures have
shadowed our write-ups. Not wanting to
believe this fact I have argued a number
of times with Dikez telling him that may
be the idea of featuring those pictures
was not so good as we have yet to
receive a comment about those pictures.
To this Dikez usually replied – 'those
who surf the net for pictures do not
write down comment.'
Then came Kabita's comments criticizing
us for opting the easy way out. My joy
on reading Kabita's comment was immense
to say the least. Never before had I
been happy to be accused of being wrong.
Thank you Kabita for encouraging us to
stick to our articles. Which we will
definitely do. And may I take this
opportunity to ask people like you to
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Drinkers Delusion – Pratichya Dulal |
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Dear
friends, I have a confession to make and
since I am too ashamed to say it in
front of you all I decided to write it
down so that you know everything without
me blushing in front of you all over
again. Here goes my confession - I
got
drunk and made a mess of things a while
ago. This incident to be exact happened
a month ago. Along with two of my
colleagues
I had gone to a restaurant near my
office. You see, we had a bottle of rum
that had come all the way from Goa. We
wanted to
share it. The rum however was a little
too strong for me to my liking so I gave up after
the second round. Until then I was fine.
In
my case two glass/ peg is no big deal.
But the taste of the rum wasn't to my
liking. Moreover I wasn't in the habit
of going
out with these colleagues, It was the
third time we had gone out to drink and
in all those time I had always made sure
that I
did not lose my cool in front of them.
Always ending the evening even when I
was sure I could take a couple more.
.. And on this fateful Sunday too, I was
fine, absolutely fine till the time we
exited. It was at the parking place I
threw
up, everything that I had eaten that
day. You can only guess the state I was
in. Throwing up in front of these two
men only
after consuming a couple of glasses.
Something I had never done. No matter
how many bottles I had emptied. I could
feel my
pride too coming out of my mouth and
landing falling in the ground for
everyone around to see. The shame I felt
then knew no
limit, it ran to the extent that lacking
the courage to face the two of them I
did not go to work the next day.
Yes I kept this incident in the dark for
a month but what could I do I was so
ashamed of the whole thing. I just
couldn't
tell you in the face. I tried time and
again to get over it but simply
couldn't. You see I prided my self on my
drinking
abilities, well yes I agree a stupid
thing to be proud of, and one I can't
even claim anymore. Nevertheless I was
proud of
the fact that I knew my limit and never
crossed it, I used to call my self - a
sound drinker. One who knew never
created
scene after consuming alcohol? Always
returned home, steady on my feet. And to
have this reputation go in such a
shameful
manner was too much for me.
I almost have a drinking phobia now. Not
more than a week after the incident I
had a weeding party to attend. My friend
was
getting married, an occasion be
celebrate with a drink, I had wanted to
drink a glass or two of wine, toasting
on her
happiness but I simply couldn't.
This weekend I went out with an old
friend and even here I couldn't drink
even half a glass. I sipped a little
every now and
then pretending to enjoy it. But pretend
was what I was doing. How could I do
anything else with the memory of myself
throwing up coming to my mind with every
sip I took?
Well that's the long and the short of my
story. Writing it wasn't as tough as I
had thought it would be. I only wish I
could
enjoy a couple of glass every now and
then just like the way I did before this
incident. At the moment I am in a no
man's
land, wanting to enjoy a glass or two
and being unable to.
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The only way out - Pratichya Dulal |
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Situation-
A girl went to a disco party.
Action- One of the daily papers shot and
a picture of her dancing with her
friends.
Reaction- Life at home became difficult
hence she went to the publication with a
letter to the editor saying that things
had
got worst at home due to the
carelessness of the publication.
The picture was published on the Boxing
Day, captioned youngsters celebrating
Christmas.
As you might have guessed from the
earlier lines this girl had gone to the
party without her parents permission. In
fact
according to her she is not allowed to
go to these event as they are strictly
forbidden at home. The paper according
to her
had shot and published the picture
without her consent.
This is a familiar situation to many in
our society. I can still remember the
same incident happening to my classmates
a
couple of years ago. On that occasion
their picture had been published on the
front cover as well as the inside page
of a
leading magazine of the country. On
finding out about it they had been
simply grounded for a week.
I know of lots who suffer form this
problem. Many of them even feel guilty
about having to lie to their parents and
still
they go. But wouldn't their life be so
much easier if they simply had a nice
conversation with their parents, telling
them
how things had changed and that youths
of today like to have fun differently.
Believe me this will solve a lot of your
problems.
And there simply is no other way out in
the long run. For who long do you think
will you be able to lie to your parents.
Please keep in mind the saying- you can
fool some of the people some of the time
but cannot fool all of the people all of
the
time.
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