In Tribute to Senator Kennedy By ANA & GBNC

We, the Nepali Americans and friends from Massachusetts and across U.S, are saddened about the loss of the lion of the U.S. Senate, Senator Edward Kennedy. Senator Kennedy was a great friend of immigrants and those who needed help. In his unending quest to provide many services, the great American, influence many lives and touched their hearts. As chairman of Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP) he brought on about many domestic achievements. He was responsible for increasing the minimum wage, expandingcivil rights, and for promoting health care and many more.

We, ANA and GBNC, mourn his passing and send our heartfelt condolences to the grief stricken family, friends, and well wishers. He is gone but his work abides.

” For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dream shall never die.”- Senator Edward Kennedy 1932-2009. May his soul rest in peace.

Association of Nepalis in the Americas (ANA) is an organization of the people of Nepali origin in the Americas and international friends of Nepal. ANA was founded on July 1983 in New York and Incorporated in Washington DC in 1983 as a nonprofit tax exempt organization. Since its inception ANA has grown steadily as an international organization attracting a diverse membership that includes resident Nepalis in the Americas and many other international scholars, scientists, outdoor enthusiasts, and philanthropists who share an interest in the Nepali Culture.

The Greater Boston Nepali Community (GBNC) is a thriving association of Nepalis and friends of Nepal living in and around the Boston area. Over thousands people comprise this diverse group of students, professionals, families and workers. GBNC had its roots in the pro-democracy movement of 1990 and has been organizing community with many activities and has accomplished much.

Jangbu Sherpa, President, GBNC;
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Sirish Bhojpure, Information Director, ANA

Greater Boston Nepali Community and Association of Nepalis in Americas

August 26, 2009

~आरोह अबरोहको आठौ श्रृंखला सुन्नुहोस~

आरोह  अवरोहको  आठौ   शृंखलामा स्वागत छ.   अनीता आज   तीजको सेरो फेरोमा रहेर बिभिन्न व्यक्तित्व संग कुराकानी गरेर  यो कार्यक्रम प्रस्तुत गर्दै हुनु हुन्छ .श्रोता साथीहरु  आफ्ना प्रियजन,साथीभाई,र परिवारलाई सम्झेर गीत अनुरोध गर्नु हुनेहरु दिन प्रतिदिन बढ्दै हुनुहुन्छ .हामीलाई नियमित गीत अनुरोध इमेलबाट पनि प्राप्त हुने गर्छ… न्यू योर्क   शहरबाट तयार पारिएको नेपाली सांगीतिक कार्यक्रम आरोह अबरोहमा सहभागी बन्नुहोस!

फ़ोन गरेर गीत अनुरोध र सम्झना रेकॉर्ड गर्नुहोस .आफ्नो आवाज रेकोर्ड गर्नुहोस १ २०६ ९८४ २७८४

कार्यक्रम प्रस्तोता  अनीता
ईमेल

anitachhetri@gmail.com

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Have a Happy Listening!
NepaliOnline Radio Team
New York
www.nepaliradio.org

अंतरास्ट्रीय नेपाली साहित्य सम्मलेन कबिता संग्रह भाग १ सुनौ

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Have a Happy listening!

~१०९औ श्रृंखला सुन्नुहोस~

हिमाली स्वरहरुको १०९औ श्रृंखलामा स्वागत छ.यो श्रृंखलामा समाबेश सामाग्रीहरु यस प्रकार छन.

आफ्नो सल्लाह र सुझाबहरु लेख्नु होला  र कार्यक्रम आफु पनि सुनेर अरुलाई पनि सुनाउनु होला
Have a Happy Listening!
NepaliOnline Radio Team
New York
www.nepaliradio.org
email:nepaliradio@gmail.com
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Teej festival in New York Songs & Dance

जीबन यात्रा अनुभबमा डा.शिव गौतमलाई सुनौ

जीबन यात्रा अनुभबमा डा.शिव गौतमलाई सुनौ
जीबन यात्रा अनुभबमा अबका केही सात हामी प्रा.डा.शिव गौतमको जीबन यात्रा अनुभब सुनने छौ.आजा सुनौ उहाको जीबन यात्रा अनुभबको पहिलो भाग.

Shiva Gautam is Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Biostatistics Director of General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Previously, he was Associate Professor in the Division of Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine at Vanderbilt University. He has extensive teaching experience and administrative experience in Nepal and is a consultant to the Kathmandu University Medical School (KUMS), designing, developing materials, and teaching a biostatistics course. He has successfully applied for and administered grants. He has taught biostatistics in the U.S. for more than 10 years and was Director of the Biostatistics Program of the Digestive Disease Research Center at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Gautam coordinated volunteer faculty from Vanderbilt University to provide assistance to KUMS, shipping microscopes, slides, and books for the medical school.

Source: http://www.anmf.net/anmf/organization/board/ShivaGautam.htm

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Have a Happy Listening!
NepaliOnline Radio Team
New York
www.nepaliradio.org

~१०८औ श्रृंखला सुन्नुहोस~

हिमाली स्वरहरुको १०८औ श्रृंखला सुन्नुहोस !
आजको कार्यक्रममा समाबेश सामाग्रीहरु यसप्रकार छन.

— आफ्नो सल्लाह र सुझाबहरु लेख्नु होला  र कार्यक्रम आफु पनि सुनेर अरुलाई पनि सुनाउनु होला
Have a Happy Listening!
NepaliOnline Radio Team
New York
www.nepaliradio.org
email:nepaliradio@gmail.com

The International Nepali Literary Society (INLS) Convention

Disrespect to Nepali language, literature and Nepali speaking people

The International Nepali Literary Society (INLS) Convention which was held in New York on August 15, 2009, with or without intention made Nepali language speaking people feel disrespected. In spite of the efforts are on the way to cover up the disrespect shown by the INLS to Nepali language, literature and Nepali language speaking people, the blunders cannot be corrected unless sincerely accepting the weaknesses and offering an apology. Let me put some of the blunders made by the INLS and the Convention organizers in chronology:

1. From the very start of the inception of the INLS Convention, it proceeded with lies. Nobody spoke how the idea of the convention was generated. One who knew about it tried to get credit for herself. Selfishness from the start prevailed. A few Convention organizers lied to other important members in the middle who tried to help make Convention successful. At the end, the organizers could have offered an apology for the inconvenience and for the inexperience that might have calm down the audiences and second-hand listeners they lied again as if the Convention concluded with grand success. All liars in INLS? Can liars protect and promote Nepali language and literature? Can liars defend the attacks on Nepali language, literature and the interests of the Nepali language speaking people?
2. Convention without National Anthem or Song- how come it is International Convention on Nepali literature? It looked like family oriented small business party to raise 2000-2200 dollars. What a great achievement? Is Nepali language worth just for such an amount?
3. People came to listen there on the evolution of Nepali language and literature, but nobody could listen even 15 percent of what the speakers said. What a management? It would have been better if the Convention would have taken place at the picnic spot and named that as ‘Poetry Picnic’.
4. All MCs showed sheer negligence and complete childish behavior, completely incompetent and they were enjoying as if they were handling DJ Nites with beers and liquors. This is disrespect to Nepali language and literature.
5. Members were shouting for something from the hall instead of passing their words in small paper. It looked they wanted attraction for their dresses and get ups. The ladies did not realize that the program was not for their cheap fashion. Nobody cared the value of Nepali language and literature.
6. Organizers worked just for the names and credit without considering the importance of Nepali language, the only remaining tangible tenet of the unity of Nepal and Nepalese.
7. The management side was very weak, wrong choice of the MCs, irritating sound system, choice of venue in the basement for the Nepali language and literature, noises, no initiative to attract the audiences who were chatting throughout the program out of frustration. Many of them were also reading newspapers. Some of the organizers were chatting outside of the hall at the corridor.
8. Organizers exhibited zero knowledge on protocol service. The Permanent Representative of Nepal to UN, His Excellency Ambassador Mr. Madhu Raman Acharya has been called on the stage as an ordinary guest when he should have made the Chief Guest as per the status he enjoyed. It is the tradition that the Chief Guest extends the awards or prizes. However, the Chief Guest himself received the award. How funny? The MC made the blunders while taking the name of His Excellency Ambassador. He also made himself as laughing-stock when he made Mrs. Basundhara Bhusal, Nepal’s one of the popular artists stand in the middle of the crowd and asked her name. It was not necessary to take her name in that fashion which is an insult to the renowned Nepali artist. Another popular artist, Mr. Hari Bahadur Thapa (Mangale)’s presence was reminded from the hall as if the organizers are competing to each other to show that they have better artist as guests.
9. One of the speakers spoke on independence of India rather than on the development of Nepali language and its constraints. He did not feel proud to be Nepali language speaker but expressed his happiness to speak on the independence day of India which coincided the date of INLS Convention.

Outcome of INLS Convention:

There is no positive outcome from the INLS Convention. Just holding the convention is not the outcome when the message of the convention sent the wrong signals. The INLS Convention failed not due to the lack of efforts of the organizers who were entrusted to hold the convention but because the wrong advice they received from under the table. However, the organizers are blamed for keeping the details in secret as if they were to hold political events. The organizers are blamed for failures because they worked for the name and fame under the cover of INLS and the INLS itself was exposed for its wrong doings from the past several years. Openness, clarity, changes in INLS by-laws should be done at the earliest to tackle the flaws of INLS. Otherwise, it will definitely see the competing organization or even stronger and reliable organization having similar purpose with clean intention very soon. Many people have already planned to start creating new organization that will promote and preserve Nepali language, literature, arts, culture, paintings (lalitkala), and sculptures. I would definitely like to suggest those friends to have an institution called ‘Diaspora Academy for Nepali Arts, Culture, Language and Literature’ to help save Nepali heritage, the foundation of our identity and survival.

Missed opportunity:

INLS Convention missed to consider many important aspects. Among them:
1. It should have sent the Constituent Assembly the note that INLS as an authoritative and representative body wishes to have Nepali language as only official and median language of Nepal.
2. It should have requested the Government of Nepal to consider some of the Diaspora writers’ workings in the curriculum of the Tribhuvan University.
3. It should have requested the Nepal Academy to establish a branch that could foresee the developments of Nepali language and literature in Diaspora.
4. It should have considered establishing a permanent office and library instead of running from the home which shows that INLS is a family oriented organization.

Finally, I personally feel the INLS must offer kind apology to the public for the mismanagement even though it had more than a year. Covering up the blunders that have already exposed before the public will generate more questions and credibility of INLS. Putting distorted stories in newsmagazines and publishing book trying to make the failed program as grand one will only put suspicion that INLS is for something else and not for the development of Nepali language and literature. I request the INLS not to disrespect Nepali speaking people by dishonoring Nepali language and literature. The office bearers must realize that Nepali language and literature has a direct link to the survival of Nepal and the Nepali people. Its importance exceeds the INLS, its office bearers and behind the curtain advisors.

Bishal Shah
bishalshah@yahoo.com

INLS Conference and Poem on the video

अंतरास्ट्रीय नेपाली साहित्य सम्मलेन न्यू यॉर्क

सम्मेलनको राम्रा पक्ष्यहरु
१. नेपाल, रुस(१, जना) जापान(१जना,) क्यानाडा(१ जना) र अमेरिकाकै बिभिन्न शहरबाट साहित्य प्रेमीहरु बृहत कार्यक्रम होला भन्ने आशमा न्यु योर्क मा जम्मा हुनु भो..
२.नेपाली भाषा र साहित्यमा केहि गरौ भन्ने भाब सबैमा देख्न पाइयो..
३.कविता,गीत,र गज़लहरु सुन्न पाइयो
४.अपरिचितहरु संग परिचित हुन् पाइयो.. सर्जक स्रस्टा संग भेट्न पाइयो
५.कार्यक्रम आयोजकहरुले केहि गरेको जस्तो देखियो…साहित्य छेत्रमा
६.न्यु योर्कको व्यापार व्यवसायमा थोरै भए पनि आर्थिक सहयोग पुग्यो
सम्मेलनका केही कमजोर  पक्ष्यहरु.
१.अन्तरास्ट्रिय सम्मेलन भनीए पनि सम्मेलनमा सम्मेलन भने जस्तो अन्तरास्ट्रिय थिएन.
२.कार्यक्रमको ब्यबस्थापन पक्ष्य फितलो भएकोले कार्यक्रम समयमा सुरु भएन
३.संचालकहरुमा सामान्य ज्ञानको कमि देखियो.स्वम सेबक जो नाम दर्ता गर्न बसेका थिए उनीहरुलाई पाहुना संग कसरी बोनु पर्छा भन्ने पनि ज्ञान थिएन..
४.कार्यक्रम को तालिका अनुसार कार्यक्रम अगाडी बढेन पुर्ब निर्धारित कार्यक्रम स्थगित गरियो.
५.भाषा सम्बन्धि कार्यपत्रको कुनै मूल्य भएन ..बिषय बस्तु महत्व पूर्ण भए पनि अमेरिकामा तेस्तो कार्यपत्र प्रस्तुत गरेर दर्शक को ध्यान तान्न सकेन. भाषा सम्बन्धि १०औ पृष्ठको पत्र प्रस्तुत गर्नु भन्दा…साधारण किसिमले नेपाली भाषा मा प्रकासित पत्रिका र रेडियोको बारेमा जानकारी दिएर भाषा सुनौ वा पढौ भनेको भए बढी राम्रो हुन्थ्यो…
यो कार्य पत्रको अबधिमा कसैको पनि मन प्रतुती तिर गएन प्राय प्राय जसो आपसी कुरा कानी..हल्ला र खल्लामा बस्त थिए.
६.सम्मेलनमा कविताले मात्र बढी प्राथमिकता पायो…बरिस्ठ र पुराना कविहरुको रचना सुन्न पाइएन..
७.अर्को देश जस्तो कि क्यानाडा बाट यसै कार्यक्रमको लागि भनि आएका पाहुनाले केहि प्रस्तुत गर्न पाएनन

अन्तरास्ट्रिय सम्मेलन भने पछी अन्तरास्ट्रिय बनाउने प्रयास गर्ने
साहित्यको सबै विधालाई समेट्न सकेको भए राम्रो
कार्यक्रमको मेनु बैज्ञानिक ढंगबाट बनाउनु पर्यो न कि भद्रगोल शैलीबाट
कार्यक्रम सहभागी मुलक(बिसेष गरेर बाल बालिका),बनाउनु पर्थ्यो ..
यो कार्यक्रम राम्रो भए पनि येस्मा केहीको व्यक्तिगत स्वार्थ प्रस्ट देखिन्थ्यो..व्यक्तिगत स्वार्थकै कारणले न कार्यक्रम राम्रो हुन्छ न संस्था नै राम्ररी संचालन हुन्छ..
आर्थिक पक्ष्यको बारेमा पर्दा पछाडी कुरा चलेको सुनियो..
एस्तो कार्यक्रम आयोजना गर्दा जहिले पनि नेपालबाट आउने पाहुनाको चर्चा हुने गर्छ बिबिध कारणले…
यी सबै कुरा हरु स्वतंत्र ब्याखा गरे झनै  राम्रो!