UTSAV POKHAREL

Ever since I have come to the Kathmandu valley, I have stayed in a small room which seemed to be the whole earth for me over several years, I mean for almost a decade. The regular routine used to be like waking up, doing homework and going to school and again returning to home from school. Then rest of the time playing games in mobile, eating and sleeping. The important phase of the day used to be completing school homework and playing outdoor sports with friends. But, in these daily activities, I was literally unaware about the surrounding and natural activities of the earth. I was totally unaware about the season change effects, wonders of rainfall, the fog of the winter, natural night that always comes after the evening which occurs at every date, etc. This unawareness remained for almost a decade until I shifted to a new place. I have shifted to current place previous year. Well, most of the time I talk with my mind (psyche). I don’t usually talk with other people for a longer pe...

“Don’t do suicide. It is done by weak people. It is done by those people who have given up already. It is done by cowards. It is done by those people who don’t want to face any troubles.” These are the advices or seem to be helpful phrases that are frequently said to those people who are going to do suicide. Similarly, after when a person does commit suicide then the people start to give another lectures to that dead body saying the following phrases, “What did you give your parents by committing suicide? Why did you commit suicide for those things that are not even worth your value or level? What did you gain by committing suicide? Did your parents raise you for this incident to happen? You gave nothing but a lot of shame and tear to your parents. You won’t get anywhere by committing a suicide but only you will get disrespect. Your life doesn’t even have any value nor will you get respect for your deeds from anyone.” We often hear the above phrases when someone commits a suicide. ...