Mindset

"Bhaiya! How much does the banana cost?", a women asked to a vendor. "It's 60 rs per dozen, didi!", replied the young vendor. After buying the bananas she went to the next vendor and asked, "Dai! How much does the apple cost?". "It's 100 rs per kg, didi!", replied the old vendor. The women was talking to those two vendors in totally opposite manner. One was referred as 'dai' while next was referred as 'bhaiya' but the language she used to communicate with both of them was same "Nepali". The one referred as "bhaiya" was way too smaller than the women. So, what was it that caused her to refer the young boy around her son's age as "bhaiya"?

Since I was born in kathmandu, I have spent 20 years of my life here seeing, observing and hearing the people of my surrounding calling every other guy from either 'Madesh' or 'India' as "Bhaiya". I was unaware  that I had also developed the same habit until one of my friend from Madesh made me realize this. After my realization, I tried to analyze my relatives, friends and their attitude towards the word "bhaiya". In Madesh as well as in "India" the term "bhaiya" refers to as "brother" but her in Kathmandu the word "bhaiya" is used as a tagline for every guy who belong to Madesh and India. Without even realizing whether the person is a small kid or an old man, people use the term "bhaiya" to call them.

Sometimes I even wonder whether people are aware that Madesh is a part of Nepal. Most of the people here think people of Madesh are people of India. Madhesh has been fighting since long for its identity and still people have such confusion. I really wish that the gap between madheshi and other people living in other region of Nepal gets reduced. The upcoming generation may realize and understand the proper use of term "bhaiya" and stop using it as a tagname. And also may all people have respect for each others identity, culture, language and hope the fragmantation disappears...

Now or never

Inspiration.. Motivation.. How important are these words in a human's life? It gives you the strength to see dreams, follow them and eventually  live them.

When I was in class 6, I had my first ever crush on a guy. Like, some of the perks of early teens, I even purposed him and got rejected. I was just a kid back then and had some difficulties coping up with the rejection. That was when my life had a major turning point. It was the time of World Cup 2010. Every other guy in my town  was excited about it. I had no interest in soccer nor in World cup events but until when could I save myself from it. Eventually, like my every other cousin I also choosed a team to support.

In those days, a name "Messi" was quite famous. I remember my brother talking about him to me and showing me his picture twice; once in a group picture with Barcelona team and the next a single pic in the world cup time schedule. Without any clue I had chosen Germany as my team for the World cup and it was that match in the quater finals with Argentina that gave me a life long inspiration. The match ended up in 4-0 with the victory of Germany but I was so impressed and attracted to Messi that I eventually became a football fan.

Since then I started following Football Club Barcelona watching each and every matches. I got so highly inspired that I forgot all about the crush and rejection thing. I started performing well in my academics and turned out to be a bright student. "Messi" became my rolemodel and the thought of seeing and meeting him inspired me to work hard everyday.

The World cup is passing one by one and the one that I am looking forward to is "World cup 2022". I have seen Messi playing all these years in Television and Youtube but I think this is my last chance to see him play for Argentina in front of my eyes. Messi has always inspired me to achieve my dreams and now I have a dream to see my inspiration play in front of my eyes. If I miss it, there won't be a second chance.

Smile!

"Life is not always a bed of roses". An old proverb which I had heard plenty of times during my school days. Maybe my every new English teacher interpreted it according to their own life experiences and now if I become a teacher I will intreprete it to my students as per my experience.

They say life is unfair and I too believed in it until today when my head was about to brust from pain and I had almost given up, I remembered my dearest friend. I had been observing him since last 3 years and today I  realize he is one of the most influential person in my life. Whenever I was in any bad situation I couldn't think of anything. I would rather cry or show anger to someone but he is so different. No matter how angry or sad he might be feeling from inside, he always has that smile in his face. That beautiful thing of him simply makes him the winner.

Our real exam is our life. No matter how many gold medals keep on hanging in our showcase, until and unless it can't help us deal with our real life problems, it's valueless. The education we receive must be useful while facing the real world. The years of education which has been invested on us must bring some real outcome. It took me 17 years to realize that all of my years of education has been a total waste. All these years I had been running after good grades while I was unknown about the real exam. Today remembering my dearest friend has helped me to put a step forward in trying to face every scenerio that life throws in my way with a beautiful and killer smile. Keep smiling !!