Nationalist appeal in “ A Mother’s Dream ” by Gopal pd. Rimal

-          Krishna Prasad Bhusal

“A mother’s dream byGopal Prasad Rimal  is a dialogic poem that conveys the nationalist theme. The poem is all about an abstract character ‘he’, a futuristic man who will expected to come and rescue the society from being spoiled. The poem starts with the son’s question to his mother that whether he would come. Then throughout the poem the mother describes what he would be like and she tell her son that she has thought that the ‘he’ would be her son himself. The mother uses lots of figuration with simile and metaphors to glorify the outlook of the man to come. ‘He’ in the poem is compared with morning sun, the snow, the fire and the tempest. Use of these sort of metaphors show that he is not an ordinary man rather he is someone vigorous, powerful, energetic, and having zeal to fight for the nation and to lead the nation toward peace prosperity and development. The poem shows the contrasting worldview of older and younger generation.

In the poem there are two visible characters, the mother and the son. The mother represents the older generation and the son represents the younger generation.  ‘He’ is the invisible, abstract character but have influential power. He is the ideal character, that according to the mother her son should be. Thematically speaking, the mother’s dream is the dream of older generation that is yet to be fulfilled, and expected to be fulfilled by younger people. This poem is mostly written in mother’s point of view i.e. the instruction to the younger people given by older one. The significantly quotable line from the poem is

                “My youthful dreams constantly hoped ,

     That you shall be he.” (18-19)

This line suggests the dream and the hope of older people to the younger one. But the son’s question makes her disappointed because she is looking toward her son to fulfill her dream whereas the son is looking  not within himself but somewhere else to find ‘he’. This line is repeated at last, this signifies that the mother still hopes that the son will be he.  The pronoun ‘he’ is repeated several times, and he according to the mother will come like a morning sun with dangling sword.  He is taken as someone divine and symbolic character as if he has power to do anything.

                The mother’s dream is not the dream to be fulfilled by herself but to be fulfilled by her son, but even the son on the other hand is not going to fulfill the dream. This is the realistic and symbolic depiction of the contemporary Nepali society where the society needs the leader but each individual is looking for the other. The poet perhaps is signaling the contemporary Nepali political scenario where despite having millions of population the country lacks the leader. Older people can’t fulfill the dream and expect younger people to fulfill, but that is not what happens. Younger people too look for new youngs and this continues. The poem indirectly blames younger people for not fulfilling the dream of their parents and not addressing the country’s problem. But young people are indeed innocent, the country’s problem can not be addressed by young people only. We should not see dream to be fulfilled by others, nobody is ever going to fulfill your dream.  We should contribute the nation whatsoever our age is. 

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Rental Problem of Students in Kathmandu

                                                                             Krishna Prasad Bhusal                                                                                                

                        Thousands of students enter Kathmandu valley each year to complete their higher education and to acquire university degree. They have a dream of acquiring degree, dream of enhancing their career and having better future. But their journey of acquiring degree starts from, finding a rented room around their desired area. In first approach it is very hard to find a room, and if found it is more likely that the room is either dark, small, having scarcity of water or very expensive to afford. Since most of the students have financial pressure, they forcefully and deliberately choose room having very less facilities. The time they spend searching room, the room they rent and the rent they have to pay make them disappointed and compel them to think of things other than education. Renting room is indeed the first step and also the non-academic step of academic career, which most of the students have to undergo. There are lots of rental problems, finding room is one of the hardest jobs one has to encounter at first. Maintaining academic and friendly environment in and around the room is another challenge, paying expensive rents on regular installment is their next challenge. Inhumane treatment of house owner is also the burden to the students.

Since the geo-political situation of the country is centralized on Kathmandu valley, most of the academic institutions, colleges and universities are centered on Kathmandu. Because of this, population of students too is overflowed here, and it somehow caused the rental problem. But most importantly, this problem is caused by poor management system. Colleges and universities are becoming indifferent to students’ problem, so do student unions and even the government. This is the problem that affects so many things. When students’ mind is full of domestic rental problems how can they accelerate their studies? How can they do well in their education? This problem is responsible not only for hampering student’s potentiality but also for college drop outs. This is one of the problems, which is why students leave college and either return back home or go abroad. Few days back, I have taken a survey on around two dozen students of Tribhuvan University living in Kirtipur. I asked all of them that what actually is the problem they are currently facing. Some of them said they are searching best suitable rooms, some said they are going to transfer rooms, and some said they are running out of money in the verge of last of the month. Very few people replied that they have a problem that is not associated with rental problem. I concluded that whatever the problem is, in most of the cases it is about rent.

                        Not only students but 99% of tenants have been suffered or victimized from respective house lords in different aspects. Ninety nine percent land lords do not issue contract papers to individual tenants. So they wish to increase the fare and ask to vacant any time without prior notice. The lives of tenants are as gift or mercy of landlords. They do not bother to follow State’s existing rules and regulation regarding rent as they are feudal. They impose any thing any time to any tenants whatever they wish. They do not care whether tenants need conducive airy house/flat or room with adequate light, water, electricity, free from noise, dust, air, and water pollution. The house lords do not pay tax to government or concerned authorities. Even if they pay, they pay nominal manipulating to the concerned tax officials in respective offices. Land lords may ask money without any rationale like water supply, electricity, charges of using court yard, waste collectors, donation to beggars, various cultural groups like Deusi bhailo, Holi , Shivaratri etc.

Neither tenants are united or have union against the anarchism of land lords nor there is any rights protected of tenants by Law. But who cares? As if the concerned authorities are not aware. Whom to blame? Only house lords? Is it not a responsibility of the concerned Ministry especially of House and Physical Planning? Ministry of Local Development and its local bodies? offices and officials for not a proper access and good roads? Ministry of Water Resources for not adequate water and electricity supply? Policy makers and University graduate engineers for haphazard construction of houses day by day for inviting disaster? Of course politicians are at the center to be blamed since everything is guided by politicians ruling and or opposition. If you can buy justice from different departmental stores of Kathmandu or any place why do you hire an expensive lawyers? Why one reads in class? When one gets desired distinction without attending a single class or appearing in exam? Do not the concerned authority know the required quantity of water, electricity, vehicles, roads, cycles and footpath lane to meet the basic need of 4 million people of Kathmandu valley?

Hitherto I discussed on the problem, its causes and its effects, now it’s time to think of the resolution which is how the problem can be resolved. One of the best solutions I can propose is to enhance the capacity of the hostels of each and every college and to provide boarding facility to students within college premises. The state can play the creative role in doing so, it can subsidies the colleges which can offer boarding facility to all of its interested students. Rental problem is directly associated with students’ financial problem, and this too can be resolved simultaneously. If students are kept in hostels, in one hand they can do better in their educations and on the other it become cheaper one. Students can even be employed for some hours a week, which will ease the task to be done and will reduce the financial burden of university students. A number of recommendations can be made to the concerned authorities:

·        Implement strictly the existing legal provision by the state;

·        follow strictly the prevailing legal provisions on the discussed issue of rental problems;

·        enact immediately required legal framework legislation that deals hearing and disposal petition or the issues related to tenant and land lords through fast track system within twenty four hours;

·        provide full compensation to the victims (tenants) in mishandling or misbehaving so that none of other house lords dare to repeat inhumanity or unnecessarily troubles; National Planning Commission should immediately inspect and provide demolition authority to concern municipal or VDC officials which have not met the earthquake free standard;

if tenants are not getting the required basic facilities like water, electricity , transportation and pollution free environment like land lords then fix the number of houses and people can stay in Kathmandu as per the carrying capacity of the valley or the concerned places of Nepal then there should be the provisions to emigrate or rehabilitate such population; necessary instruction to different engineers association like Society for Nepalese Archaeologists, Nepal Engineering Association, FNCCI, Department of Population and various government agencies and non-governmental agencies can be helpful in this regards. In this proposal I have incorporated some of the problems regarding rental issues, discussed on some of the causes and some effects of it. I also proposed some of the solutions to be taken, that will help students  reducing problem of renting room and paying the rents.

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8 tips for becoming a true leader

By Jeff Wuorio

On the surface, the difference between a step and a stumble seems obvious.
But in business, plotting long and hard to climb into a leadership role often is indistinguishable from inadvertently falling into one. The fact is, whether you take a deliberate step toward an objective or immediately trip on a shoelace, you may end up in the same spot. Put another way, many people who have a laser focus on getting to the top make it there no faster than those who have a leadership opportunity thrust upon them.
Yet knowing the difference between thoughtful business leadership and the kind that happens seemingly by accident is critical—not only in your ability to grow and develop as a leader, but to establish a pattern of success that's deliberate, not miraculous.
Here, then, are eight attributes that separate genuine leadership from leadership that's more a matter of chance:

1. Real leadership means leading yourself. Passing out orders is as easy as passing out business cards. But a prudent leader also knows how to lead himself or herself—not merely to provide a genuine example to others, but to become a working element of the overall machinery of your business. "It's important that leaders have the ability to focus and motivate themselves as they motivate others," says Larraine Segil, an author and consultant who teaches executive education at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

2. Don't be a monarch. Thoughtful leadership likely means you already have a talented work force in place. That's terrific. But be careful not set up a throne room in the process. Accidental leaders often inadvertently establish a system of guidance that's unnecessarily restrictive. Guide employees, but don't implement more parameters than are absolutely necessary. "It's important to influence the people with whom you work," says Segil. "Don't see your business as a hierarchy."

3. Be open to new ways of doing things. One potential land mine of a prosperous operation is to repeat anything that proves successful. It's hard to argue against that, but an inadvertent leader will put far too much stock in sticking with what always works. By contrast, thoughtful leadership acknowledges success but also recognizes there are always ways to do things better.

4. Remember that white males are fast becoming a minority. Statistics show that white males now make up only a small fraction of the workplace population. Couple that with growing partnerships across borders, and it becomes obvious that blending a variety of cultures and backgrounds in a work environment is an essential leadership skill. A thoughtless leader will try to cope with this as best as he can. One with more vision will work to take advantage of differences. "Competition—the constant push for faster, better, cheaper — mandates that we learn to effectively deal with differences in the workplace," says career consultant Susan Eckert of Advance Career and Professional Development in Brightwaters, N.Y. A company that weaves an appreciation of diversity into its cultural fabric will make itself "unbeatable," Eckert says.

5. Establish a genuine sense of commitment. I must admit this is a personal sore point with me. I've seen too many company slogans and catch phrases whose import is no deeper than the paper they're written on. Want to be "committed to superior service"? More power to you, but a genuine leader will see that as words and little else. Instead, put some meat on those bones—establish how to quantify excellence, design a cogent plan to achieve it, and set a reasonable but real timetable for its completion.

6. Finish the job. Many business leaders yak about their complete game, but how many actually finish what they say they're going to start? A thoughtless leader who never genuinely finishes anything loses the confidence of clients and customers. That lack of follow-through isn't going to be lost on his or her employees, either. Instead, set goals and establish pragmatic, accountable measures to actually finish what you start. "The ability to complete things is critical," Segil says. "Nothing's useful unless you actually complete it."

7. Show genuine appreciation. Thoughtless leaders must have forearms like Popeye's, what with all the back-slapping they do. That's fine, but good performance requires a more substantive response. Leaders with an eye to the future hand out praise but augment it with real rewards: promotions, raises, bonuses, and other tangible tokens of appreciation. That motivates your people, not only to apply themselves with enthusiasm but to stick around your company longer than they might otherwise.

8. Know that leadership skills come from learning, too. Far too may business executives believe leadership skills stem from some sort of wondrous epiphany or other such flash of insight. Sure, great ideas can come to any of us, but being a bona fide leader also means study. Read books on effective leadership, attend seminars, and pick the brains of colleagues to see what works for them. It can be a long education, but one with rewards that multiply with the more knowledge you have under your belt.

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I've learnt many things from my friends.

I've learnt many things from my friends.
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They taught me d tricks 4 stupid
activities.
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They gave me money when i was empty
in canteen.
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They taught how 2 laugh without any
reason.
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They gave me d trick 2 pass without
studying.
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They taught me how 2 stand smartly
while being scolded...
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But stil I hav a complaint.
n wats dat ??
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They didn't teach me how 2 live without them

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