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"ए डोल्पाको तपाईंहरु !" :  ‪#‎ धुर्मुस‬ म: "हजुर दाई ! हाम्रो गाउँ त अझ सदरमुकामबाट पनि चार पाँच दिन हिड्नु पर्छ!"  #धुर्मुस: "ए, तेस्तो बिकट छ है !... खै फोटोहरु छ डोल्पाको ? उ कस्तो राम्रो रहेछ, आहा !!! ल शूटिंग को लागि जानु पर्यो एकचोटी ! एकचोटी औन्छौ हामी! ल धेरै धेरै धन्यवाद यसरी आएर सहयोग गरिदिनु भयो राष्ट्र निर्माणको निमित्त" "Oh, you guys are from Dolpa!": Dhurmush  I: "Yes. Our villages are atleast four to five days away from the district headquarter, Dunai." Dhurmush: "Oh, that's how remote your region is!!!... Do you have photos of Dolpa? (after showing some) See, how beautiful the place is, aahhh!!! Ok, have to go for the shooting once there! We will come there once. Ok, thank you very much for coming here and helping us voluntarily in the state making work".  Those are the last conversations we, three of us from Dolpo, shared with Dhurmush dai (out of respect for what he has been doing). Dhu...

हालै केहि दिन अगाडि मात्र नेपाल सरकारको पुरातात्विक विभागले झण्डै हजार वर्ष पुराना बुद्ध मूर्तिको रु ५० हजारको मूल्याँकन मात्र गरिदियो । धो तारापको गाकार गुम्बाबाट मन्दिरको पुजारीलाई बन्दुक तेर्साइ लुटिएको थियो त्यो मूर्ति । तर डाँकाहरुबाट झण्डै एक फुटको बुद्धको १५ औं शताब्दीको मूर्ति बाहेक अरु मूर्तिहरु बरामद गर्न असफल डोल्पाको डीएसपीको रोहबरमा काठमाडौंको पुरातात्विक विभागमा मूल्याँकनको लागि ल्याइएको मूर्तिहरु थियो त्यो । तर, स्थानीय वासिन्दाका अनुसार उक्त मूर्तिहरु कम्तीमा १ करोड सम्म पर्ने भनाई रहेको छ । त्यहाँ कुरा पैसाको मात्र थिएन, त्यहाँ सामाजिक मुल्यमान्यता र सांस्कृतिक धरोहरको पनि थियो । त्यहाँ कुरो थियो, डोल्पोहरुको हक, अधिकार, आस्था र विश्वासको पनि । राज्यको वहिष्करणमा पारिएको १०,००० भन्दा बढि डोल्पो वासिन्दाहरुको एउटा पिडा पनि थियो भन्दा अतियुक्ति नहोला । पक्कै पनि डोल्पोले हिमाली भेगका पूर्वको शेर्पा देखि पश्चिम बाजुराको भोटेको पनि प्रतिनिधि गर्छ भन्दा पनि खासै फरक नपर्ला ।      उत्तर अवस्थित डोल्पो अहिले कर्णाली अंचलको डोल्पा जिल्ला वा नेपालकै सबैभन्दा...

Continued from the previous blog piece:  http://dolporises.blogspot.com/2016/05/aalay-may-nay-dhayn-day-ka-lay-kha-reyd.html The villagers came together to form Dolpo Locals Help Association ( http://www.tenzinnorbu.com/projects.php ) while succeeding to raise NPR 5000 each by both Kunga and Norbhu and NPR 20,000 by Anne Lelong. The association was formed in Tinje VDC for the management of the school, ‘Shree Siddhartha Kula Primary School’. Kula denoted the local pilgrim site.                                                                  Pic: Tenzin Norbhu and Kunga Lama Before the official formation of the association, they also faced the technical difficulties. To make a code of conduct (Bidhan), they had to pay NPR 5000. Kunga busted into laughter when he told me that what he collected was instan...

                          I thought about this a lot but then, I could not stop myself from writing this. Dear Ishan, no-doubt what you have tried and how you have been trying to excel your ‘Satyagraha’ protests are exemplary. Your abilities to inflict pain upon yourself without harming others for the united and 'harmonious' Nepal will always be appreciated. Yet I would therefore always motivate you and your strong will to challenge the state, even if I could only show my indirect involvement by sharing your status and by conveying my wishes via this blog. As one of your well-wishers, I felt that I should also share my few concerns. I must let you know that these concerns might further cement your political willingness to built our Nepal by accommodating diversity. I would like to apologize for my naivety if you find any.   First , why do you think that the present head of the state should apologize when the N...