tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672745341601836292024-03-13T19:03:49.328-07:00Sushil Adhikari's blog:: Raising voice, creating Awareness, informing people!A warmest welcome to my blog<br>
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<center>"Eyes can only provide the sight, but it's the heart that gives the insight."</center><br>
Wanna be connected with me? feel free to <a href="http://www.facebook.com/creative.sushil">add me up in facebook </a></p>sushil adhikarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14503559467628716967noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367274534160183629.post-59284241679870547732020-11-30T07:01:00.001-08:002020-12-30T07:04:57.751-08:002020 in a glancesushil adhikarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14503559467628716967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367274534160183629.post-43263141859248197122019-04-26T18:02:00.001-07:002019-04-26T18:02:48.948-07:004 Years after Earthquake: Road to Recovery is still Ongoing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It's been four years since the devastating Earthquake shook the hearts of Nepali and ruined Nepal very badly killing over 10,000 people, damaging massive infrastructures, priviate and public properties, and bringing so much transition and uncertainty in Nepal.<br />
Although we lost our homes, we never lost our hopes, we rose up, we did what we could, we dug with bare hands, we opened up our heart and we worked relentlessly to help each other at the time of terrible suffering! Let’s be united and do more for Nepal to make our country and communities greater, safer, better and barrier-free!<br />
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sushil adhikarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14503559467628716967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367274534160183629.post-46374437179876667512019-01-31T13:59:00.002-08:002019-01-31T13:59:44.134-08:00The first IT Challenge for the blind: Ideas into Innovation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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sushil adhikarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14503559467628716967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367274534160183629.post-47060274514516878672018-12-31T12:16:00.001-08:002018-12-31T12:16:59.070-08:00Celebrating the Abilities of People with Disabilities: a Chorus for the Change<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Many voices can generate a chorus, right? Yes, a chorus for the change has been formed as I am happy to co-ordinate 31 days of special activism campaign for the first time in Nepal starting from December 03 2018 to 4 January 2019! "Accessibility Matters" campaign through which we have been making it to different NGOs, INGOs, private sectors and giving the sessions on "understanding disability" to the staffs and board members of those institutions!!<br />
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sushil adhikarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14503559467628716967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367274534160183629.post-64261841996486127702017-01-04T15:16:00.000-08:002017-01-04T15:24:05.852-08:00My Super-Hero: Louis Braille<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="OLE_LINK23">6 raised dots with different patterns
spreading out on the paper, I could not figure out what they were and who made
that! My fingers kept hovering on the surface of paper not knowing what those
bumps really meant to me. Touching those dots like constellations for the first
time at the age of 12, indeed, changed my life forever!</a></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK23;">When Nature snatched
my sight at age 11, initially it was so hard for me to accept the New World
that I had to go through! I never thought that I could read and write as
quickly as others who would read by looking on the paper and write with pen. I
eventually learned that if one door of our life closes, the another door opens
enabling us to enter into the same world that everyone enjoys. Yes, knowing
braille and writing with Slate and stylus led my life from transition to
transformation, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>from my dark days into
the bright world where I could access the same "world of independence”
that Sighted counterparts would! Now I imagine, where I would have been today,
if there had been no Braille in my life! Indeed, Braille has become my life, my
eyes, my world and my success, which has made me possible to dodge the
difficulty in accessing the world of information.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK23;">Today
millions of visually-impaired people like me have become able to read and write
as quickly as others, express themselves as efficiently as other just touching
the dots on the paper. The super-hero who invented Braille and left his
groundbreaking contribution in the world was Louis Braille, who <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="OLE_LINK24">despite being himself blind, wrote a golden chapter for
millions of blind by inventing and developing Braille Codes unlocking the door
of opportunities and possibilities.</a></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK23;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK24;">Today on the occasion of 208<sup>th</sup> birth
anniversary of Louis Braille, the world’s greatest source of inspiration, I
express my infinite and heartfelt tributes to him. His story proves that if we
have strong </span>motivation and passion for something, we can definitely
achieve incredible things in our regardless of our physical limitations. Louis
Braille who helped us unleash our eyes through 'touch' perception by inventing “Braille”
Script, will always be remembered as the brightest and unsetting star in the
world! Happy Birthday Louis Braille! Your great deeds will never go unnoticed!</span></div>
<img border="0" src="http://bssnepal.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Braille-writing.jpg" height="180" width="320" /><br />
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sushil adhikarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14503559467628716967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367274534160183629.post-66871816867340772132017-01-02T17:30:00.004-08:002017-01-02T17:30:54.353-08:00Happy New Year 2017!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="OLE_LINK9"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="OLE_LINK10"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK9;">Now we are ready for our next journey for 2017
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2016 has been one of the most-incredible and memorable years
for me in many ways. If I slice the whole 2016 and metaphorically link my life,
I would say, Half adventures, half adversities, half turnings, half twists
filled with both bitter and better experiences. Although 2016 has been a great
year, full of changes, events and incredible projects, shaping my career more
clearly, “adventure” has become one of the major parts that taught and gave me
new perspective on life and world. I saw so much things in this year within my country
Nepal and outside. From the sorrow of Sindhupalchok to Development of DC, from
the magnificence of Mongolia to serenity of Spain, all the great things came
into my life making me more assertive to see the world through inner eyes.</div>
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sushil adhikarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14503559467628716967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367274534160183629.post-59138127849114995972016-12-30T16:58:00.001-08:002016-12-30T16:58:56.585-08:00A Year-long Journey with Asia Foundation: A Platform for Emerging Leaders of Asia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We are at the end of this year. 2016 is now about to wave
good-bye to us. This has been incredible time for me in many ways, among which today
I am going to share a really fantastic year-long journey with Asia Foundation
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In fact, early in this year, my life took a very important
turning when I received an E-mail from Asia Foundation stating that I got selected
as a fellow in the Asia Foundation Development Fellows program 2016 from the
very competitive pools of applicants. The news was undoubtedly exciting to me
and my family, yet it was equally challenging as it definitely added more
responsibilities in my shulder for the people and societies I was working for
from dawn till dusk in Nepal.</div>
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The year-long fellowship was full of learnings, sharings and
gaining different experiences and exposures. The moments I spent with 12 dynamic
emerging leaders across the different Asian Countries, who are passionately
working<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to shape the future of Asia, gave
me more energy and hopes that will never fade from my mind.</div>
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Over the two years, I got chance to travel to many countries
learning and sharing many things, advocating and studying the practice of “accessibility”
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and disability rights. During my quest
and adventures, I flew with many airlines, and all of them treated me well and
assisted to my solo travel with equality and fair treatment. However, in my
most-recent travel case, I had to face severe hardship with the people and the
system of Biman Bangladesh airlines.</div>
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Unfolding my story, I got an invitation to come to
Bangladesh for a conference as a special guest. Although I was working hard in
Nepal with many projects and campaigns, I was not pretty sure whether I was accepting
the invitation and making my way to Bangladesh or not. In early 2014, I got to
see Bangladesh when I cultivated the ever-lasting friendship with many
individuals, dove into Bangali culture and society. Having remembered all those
great memories of warmth and hospitality that Bangladeshi friends exhibited
towards me, ultimately, putting my works aside, I decided to get ready for the
trip to Bangladesh for few days.</div>
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Everything worked out well for me, I got visa, I packed up
everything. The final step I needed to do was to purchase plane ticket for the
round trip.</div>
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Just the day before I was intending to fly, in the morning, my
brain was about to explode when I heard from my travel agent that Biman
Bangladesh Airlines rejected my flight-booking to Bangladesh via their
aircraft. The reason was simply groundless and nonsense. They argued that I
wouldn’t be allowed to fly unless I would bring someone sighted or guide-dog.
After hearing this, I straightly went to the office of Biman Bangladesh and
told everything to the front-desk attendant. She was utterly unaware of my case
yet she treated me well. She was positive towards my case and led me to the country
manager . I, my brother and a friend of mine saw the country manager, Mr.
Mohammed Amrul Ques.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I introduced
briefly about me, my works and my adventures to him, and also I told him why I
was intending to go to Bangladesh. I asked him why Biman Bangladesh rejected my
booking and put some conditions which were totally out of the ground. He said
that he would love to help and he would treat passengers with all kinds with
equality. However, he repeated the same argument that the blind passenger must
be accompanied by a sighted person or guiding-dog. He, then, contacted Dhaka
head office and airport. He clearly told me that in the manuals of their
airlines, the rules have been coded that the passengers who are blind must be
accompanied by someone or have guide-dog with them to assist. I found these two
conditions were flatly discriminatory that was against our dignity and right to
travel. “Bringing sighted companion for whom paying extra ticket out of my
pocket is almost impossible, and having guide-dog in the context of Nepal is
not applicable.” I tried to convince him with this arguments and also told him
about my travel history and the right-based support that other airlines
provided me in my previous travels.</div>
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After the long conversation, he agreed to let me book my
flight and also informed me that he would be flying on the same day with the
same flight to Bangladesh. He said to me that he would assist me in the flight.
I was satisfied with his positivity, but still not satisified with the system
and the conditions of Biman Bangladesh airlines. He was willing to assist
himself only because he was flying with the same flight on the same date, but
what would happen if he was not flying? Would he be still willing to let me
book the flight? It was my serious concern, and I lastly repeated my argument
that the policy of the airlines should be changed in any case.</div>
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I agree that the country manager was positive, however my
struggle was neither against him nor with the staffs of Biman Bangladesh. My
concern was with the discriminatory policy of Biman Bangladesh and against
their unfair system which would not recognize the right of persons with
disabilities to travel independently.</div>
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As a youth and disability rights activist, I realized that I
had two choices: either to act and move my next step against their unfair
policy or just to give up, but ultimately chose the first option. I came back
home, wrote a post in facebook and also wrote the E-mail to Biman Bangladesh’s
higher authority. My Facebook post got huge public support with hundreds of
comments and shares which I thought would be effective to pressurize the decision-makers
of Biman Bangladesh to change their discriminatory policy for the passengers
with special needs.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
I was not talking about charity, I was not asking for their
pity either, but I just wanted to tell them about<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>our right to the same freedom of travel that
other people without disabilities would enjoy. </div>
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Now, the story is still unfinished. On the day of my flight,
At the airport, while I was trying to check in, the staffs at counters asked me
if anyone was travelling with me. When I said “no”, they tried to stop me
saying their airline’s policy and insisting the same thing that was told to me previous
day. I, then, told them that I had already talked to the country manager and he
would assist me, they were still treating me very rudely. Ultimately after a
while, they arranged wheelchair for me to escort up to the aircraft.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Later in the waiting area, I met their station manager and
later the country manager appeared, apologized and assured that the blind
passengers in future would not face the same problem and harsh treatment from
them. They also asked me to delete the facebook post that I wrote the previous
day assuring me that they would welcome blind passengers in their service and
they will treat and assist the travelers with special needs in future. I
traveled together</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
with country manager who assisted me throughout my journey
and held a great conversation on how they could better help the passengers with
disabilities</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
in future. He told me that in his 30 years of service
experience in Biman Bangladesh working in many countries, he had never faced
this sort of case before.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
He committed to make the service of Biman Bangladesh
accessible for all. He escorted me in the Dhaka Airport up to the exit. When I
met the person who was there to pick me up, I said good-bye to the manager.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Upon receiving such positive responses and commitment to
take action for equal access, I deleted my facebook post as a sign of gratitude
to their initiation.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
This is not the end of the story and the struggle. That day,
the country manager travelled with me and offered the great assistance by his
heart, but my question is with the unfair policy of Biman Bangladesh: how will they
make sure that the passengers like me who can’t see or who have some kind of
disability will receive fair treatment and be assisted and allowed to travel
via their aircraft? Obviously the country manager has positive heart, who
invited me in his office once I would return to Kathmandu, but my concern is that just like this time in future, he won’t
always be available personally to assist other passengers with disabilities every time who might travel to Bangladesh via Biman Bangladesh, right? So, what about the discriminatory policy
of this airlines which has negative perception towards blind/visually-impaired?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
If we don’t ask for our rights, the answer is always “no”. I
wish somebody from Biman Bangladesh would read my post, understand the rights
of persons with disabilities and change their discriminatory policy while
treating blind/visually-impaired passengers like me. This is indeed a very
unfair policy of Biman Bangladesh that has to be changed soonest the possible. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
If the business companies like Biman Bangladesh do not
consider us as their valued clients, then we will be compelled to take another
step to claim our rights. We should act for the fact and fight for the rights,
that’s all what I believe.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
I am raising the voice on this issue in the favor of justice
not because I faced hardship with this airlines but because I felt our rights
were taken away by the unfair system of Biman Bangladesh. I raised and spoke up
about this issue not only for me but for the future travelers with visual
impairments or other kinds of disabilities who might want to travel to
Bangladesh via their aircrafts. I really want to see the change in such unfair
system. Independent traveling is our right, which should be recognized and
respected and offered assistance whenever persons with disabilities would need!</div>
</div>
sushil adhikarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14503559467628716967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367274534160183629.post-87618575173935495492016-06-30T14:37:00.001-07:002016-07-04T15:48:35.180-07:00A Historical journey to United States: an adventure in the New World!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<br />
“What other can see, I can feel that! My inability to see
the things through my physical eyes does not mean the full-stop of my
existence! I'd love to go, explore, feel and enjoy the beauty of Nature, the
freedom of barrier-free navigation and the power of adventure all around!"<br />
<br />
In the cold February days, Exploring the big cities and many
other American sites all alone in the blustery weather, struggling with extreme
cold, I spent a month in United States from 7 February till 7 March 2016. Although
it was my second visit to the United States, it turned out to be totally a
series of new and unique experiences for me to enjoy the beauty of American
world.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />
exploring America was like the adventure in the “new world”!
America is the “new world” for me in many ways! Things are pretty different
than what I do experience in Nepal in terms of accessibility, universal access,
transportation system, people’s lives, cultures and many more. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />
As a matter of fact, America is the home of those who have
migrated from all over the world. One can find the cultural diversity and
heterogeneity everywhere in the United States. The super-managed development
ratio, consideration on the needs of people with disabilities, senior citizens,
children and other segments of societies and application of the strategies and
implementation of the propublic plans and policies are the most-notable aspect
of United States that I admire with my open-heart.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
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<br />
During my stay and exploration in America, primarily, I did
my best to make people better understand the situation of Nepal and Nepali
after the devastating earthquake. I not only attended a couple of conferences and
different meetings and discussion regarding our post-earthquake campaigns, but
also I had a self-exploratory trip to different cities all alone where I met
amazing people from different walks of life, gave a series of motivational
talks and shared my insights and vision for the rebuilding process of Nepal.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Indeed, prior coming to America, I and the team were unceasingly
having our post-earthquake campaigns in Nepal, by which Many months, we
dedicated to volunteer in the remotest hard-hit areas rattled by devastating
earthquake of April 2015, I saw many suffering, witnessed the pathetic stories
of people about losing their families and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>homes, being injured getting trapped in the rubble etc etc. The wounds
of earthquake and the bitter consequences that Nepali were going through was always
in my mind. Hence I was firmly determined to do more things for Nepal taking
the best use of my adventure in America, and now I think that I was successful
to do my best in putting enough efforts to help people understand and act for the
rebuilding process of Nepal.</div>
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<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="OLE_LINK4"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3;">Similarly, another mission of my America
adventure was to purchase the independent living tools and adaptive applications
as well as mobility aids for the persons with disabilities who got affected
from earthquake! So with the self-directed policy, “spend less and do more for
Nepal”, I bought assistive appliances such as white canes, magnifiers including
children’s games, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>toys and the useful
stuffs to donate for earthquake victims in Nepal.</span></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3;">Most-importantly, as earthquake made large number of people
including the victims living with disabilities massively dependent, my mission was
to seek partnership, collaboration <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and
networking support for the earthquake victims in making them independent
through entrepreneurship development. So I clearly put forward the issues and
the ways to accomplish the proposed ideas with the people whom I met there</span></span>.
To achieve those goals, I got chance to attend a couple of conferences in the
World Bank, held the meeting at National Federation of the blind Washington DC Chapter,
met the chairperson of World Bank Youth Group and wonderful American youth
activists, change-makers and Leaders who listened my ideas with great interest.
In fact, it was like a great networking opportunity for me to co-ordinate more
things for the rebuilding process of Nepal.</div>
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<br /></div>
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<br />
In addition to the things above, I cultivated the
ever-lasting friendship with so many wonderful souls, that I believe, will last
forever. And also, I met most of my friends whom I really desired to see. Despite
my initial struggle to adjust myself with time-difference, food difference and
weather difference, the entire exploration <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of East coast turned out to be a memorable momentum
that I will miss forever. I visited Washington DC, Virginia, New York City,<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> Buffalo city, Maryland, Boston <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and many more sites solo in the blustery
weather. Walking in the snow, enjoying the beauty of brisk-walking with friends,
meeting some relative and hanging out with them, visiting different
organizations including Perkins School for the blind, and getting to know
American culture and society more closely were really exciting things for me. The
exploration of Great Falls, Inner Harvor, Central Park of New York, Charles-River
site of Boston and so many awesome natural sites fascinated me a lot. More than
that The powerful Sound that I heard In Niagara Falls was super-amazing that
gave me lots of strength that I enjoyed the real beauty by hearing the sound
and feeling the entire atmosphere by heart.</div>
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<br />
Besides the formal and regular things, now, let me share
some of the interesting aspects of my America adventure.</div>
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During my stay in US, I found some extremely surprising
things to me: may be I was like the child, but those things were really
intriguing to me!</div>
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<br />
<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>As
my journey was in winter, everytime I went to restaurant, the waiter brought the
glass of water filled with ices. The question often came to my mind: Why do
they put lots of ices on the water since it was already so cold outside?
(Unknown answer by this time)</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Since
America bring lots of people from developing countries in the names of DV (Diversity
Visa/Lottery), exchange programs and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>miscellaneous
opportunities, but why are they not taking care of their own citizens? This point
here I am raising because I faced too many homeless people in the streets of
Washington DC who were shouting to me for foodd and money. I was little scared
with them sometimes while walking and exploring my ways around.</div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Punctuality
is one of the chief characteristics of developed countries like United States,
however, I experienced unbelievable delay with buses in America. I was
intending to go to Welmington DE from Washington DC. So I took the ticket which
said, the bus would leave at 2 PM. I and my friend, Jaleh Andria, waited until
4 PM just standing and talking outside hoping for the bus to come and get on. People
did not say exact reason, but ultimately we cancelled our ticket and trip for
that day. Next time also the bus delayed for an hour. I did not understand why
mega-buses delay so much in United States.</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>I
found the front doors in the buildings are so heavy in Amreica. I wonder why
doors are so heavy there! Sometimes, I could not pull or push as it needed a
lot of energy, haha.</div>
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<br />
Despite the above stated interesting and surprising facts,
questions and concerns of my observation, I really spent such a wonderful time
in United States, and learned a great deal of life and adventure as well.
<br />
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I was not only
visiting the different places and gaining surprising experiences, but at the
same time, I was also making a close-obsdrvation on American accessibility,
universal access and universal design. Having observed the best practice of “accessibility
and Universal Design”, I was blown away really. Things were pretty accessible
everywhere. I did not feel that I was not able to see. The systm and the rules
were so effective and disabled-friendly that we need to learn so much things from
America while applying accessibility guidelines and its principles in the developing
countries like Nepal.</div>
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Well, we can't
make Nepal like America overnight, but with patience, persistence and
perseverance, we can definitely localize our system and infrastructures</div>
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in the way to make the things
accessible, inclusive and barrier-free for all! Our future lies in our hands!
Let's go together, let's grow together! This is the message and the central
theme of my America adventure!</div>
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As I go to new places and meet up people, I often begin to
introduce who I am and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>what I do. Along
with my identity <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in youth and
disability-rights activism, social campaigning, media and technology, I mention
myself as a blogger! But my blogging world is not frequent these days, why?
Many people might have thought about it, right?</div>
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Well, this is indeed a genuine concern. Over the few months,
I was not able to come back and write to my blog. Things turned extremely
hectic, and I had to be far away from the frequent use of technology. Our post-earthquake
campaigns brought me to so amny remotest places where I had never been where
the access of the internet was utterely impossible. The massive power-cut problem,
more focus towards relief, rehabilitation and recovery works for the earthquake
victims kept me extremely busy that I merely could use internet for the
personal/professional communications: E-mailing and internet browsing!</div>
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Despite the gap and break in the blogging world, I have now
back here with much enthusiasm to disseminate more updates of my life, works
and our post-earthquake activities. Also, I recently came back from a
month-long adventure in United States filled with new insights, ideas and
concepts that I really would love to share.</div>
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Anyways, with the firm promise to make my blog up-to-date, I’d
like to let you know that the more interesting stuffs are on the way, which I
can’t wait to tell and share with you all!</div>
</div>
sushil adhikarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14503559467628716967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367274534160183629.post-64516414014322819012015-10-14T12:44:00.000-07:002015-10-14T12:48:40.331-07:00Need for Risk-free Mobility: World White Cane Safety Day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: NE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-number-form: default;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: NE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-number-form: default;">“Tip-Tap,
Tip-tap!”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: NE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-number-form: default;">“What is this?”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: NE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-number-form: default;">“This is ‘white
cane’.”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: NE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-number-form: default;">“What is White
cane?”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: NE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-number-form: default;">“It’s the eye of those who can’t see: a symbol of independence!”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: NE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-number-form: default;">Ok, the special
Day is here with us: the World<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>White
Cane Safety Day, October 15!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: NE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-number-form: default;">Well, for those
who are still wondering what really the what cane is, I am here to tell you
everything.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: NE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-number-form: default;">White Cane is a
special stick that blind and visually-impaired people use for<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>their day-to-day mobility.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: NE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-number-form: default;">Since I am also
a visually-impaired, I, of course, use white cane. It’s been an indispensable
part of my life, like my shadow, or like appendage! It’s been almost 13 years
since I started using white cane. Many people on the streets still do not know
the significance of the White Cane. </span>while<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>walking around, daily I have to face many
questions about white cane! Some people do ask if the cane shows the way where
we are intending to go! <span style="mso-number-form: default;">some wonder why
people with visual impairment use white cane as such</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: NE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-number-form: default;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: NE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-number-form: default;">In other words,
many times, people bump, knock into us and get tangled with our Canes, even
though we are walking calmly on our right ways! Now what all these ignorance’s
mean to us? I think the answer is straight-forward: lack of awareness, of
course! So, what can we do to generate and raise the public awareness about
white cane then? Definitely, among the several ways, observing White Cane
Safety Day and letting people know what in fact the white cane means are the
crucial things to do, right?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: NE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-number-form: default;">Thus, We
believe by celebrating the White Cane safety Day, it will raise the public
awareness of what the white cane symbolizes: independence, safety and identity of
blind and visually-impaired!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: NE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-number-form: default;">Taking this
best opportunity, I would like to request all of you that when you see a person
holding white cane or walking with a White Cane, recognize the person is blind
and cannot see you, so help him/her to cross the road, give way if you are
walking and slow down or stop if you are driving.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: NE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-number-form: default;">We all should
understand that it’s not the matter of pity, but it’s the matter of priority;
it’s not the matter of charity, but it’s the matter of opportunity!!! Helping
the persons with white cane for the independent mobility, indeed, is one of the
greatest help one can ever offer. Let’s assist blind and visually-impaired for
the risk-free mobility!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Now let’s talk a little bit about the history and background
behind the initiation of this day. According to te information given by
National Federation for the Blind (NFB) America, on October 6, 1964, a joint
resolution of the Congress was signed into law authorizing the President of the
United States to proclaim October 15 of each year as "White Cane Safety
Day." This resolution said: "Resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives", that the President, Lyndon B. Johnson, is hereby
authorized to issue annually a proclamation designating October 15 as White
Cane Safety Day and calling upon the people of the United States to observe
such a day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.” This groundbreaking
step germinated in United States, soon, got a universal form of global<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Day, by which many countries, one after
another, started to accept and observe this day annually in October 15 with
miscellaneous programs.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In Nepal, this day marks a special space in the entire
disability-related event. Under the leadership of Nepal Association of Blind,
(NAB), the big rally is organized with<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>series of speeches by prominent visually-impaired figures, awareness
programs on white canes such as street-drama, interaction with political
leaders and so on. Not only that white canes are distributed free of cost, and
blind/visually-impaired celebrate the independent and risk-free mobility.<o:p></o:p></div>
<br />
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The facts are intensely visible in Nepal that our roads are
not accessible, even in the urban areas including the capital city of
Kathmandu. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hence, these days, our main
lobby and advocacy are primarily concerned with pressurizing government to
adopt “accessibility” as an obligatory aspect and ensure the blind-friendly
roads and infrastructures in the country.<o:p></o:p></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: NE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-number-form: default;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: NE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-number-form: default;">Here, more
awareness are needed. The activities and the endeavors that we are focusing are
not enough. First we need to raise public awareness on the significance of
white cane and then we need to make government realize the importance of
accessible infrastructures in Nepal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: NE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-number-form: default;">Let’s hope for
the better situation for our barrier-free mobility. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sky is limitless, of course.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
sushil adhikarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14503559467628716967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367274534160183629.post-78840540586973687492015-10-14T10:43:00.000-07:002015-10-14T10:43:09.213-07:00Post-Earthquake days: Overcoming Obstacles and moving forward with helping hands to comfort the victims!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<br />
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The devastating Earthquake of April, that ruined Nepal
within a single minute, was one of the most pathetic catastrophes and
tremendous tragedies for Nepali that we ever experienced in the history. The powerful
Earthquake and the subsequent series of aftershocks caused the mournful crisis throughout
the country. Many lives were snatched brutally while many were trapped in the
rubble, many people got severely injured while many went missing whose
whereabouts is still unreported. It was so irreparable loss for Nepal that the
various cultural heritages including the tallest tower called, ‘Dharahara’, are
no more now as they are just in memories and photographs!<o:p></o:p></div>
<br />
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The few initial days turned out to be very gloomy for all of
us. Soon after Earthquake struck Nepal, people started to come out of the homes
to the open-spaces/grounds and spent many days in the tents. Situation was the
same for my family too. We had no electricity, no battery back up in the phones
and the communication channels were very fragile. Our home got severely cracked
and later it got red-stickered (sign of uninhabitable). The things went utterly
topsy-turvy that we were not sure what would be the next thing to do, how our
lives would be patched up and move towards the normal situation again.
Aftershocks were unceasingly striking our minds with fear and uncertainty, our
concentration was just moving to the news of Radio Nepal. The depressing news regarding
rising death toll and the deteriorating situation of earthquake-survivors excessively
saddened all of us. Personally speaking, I was experiencing a kind of numbness,
a weird state of senselessness and dizzy.<o:p></o:p></div>
<br />
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We, indeed, spent a week after Earthquake doing nothing,
just counting our days with deep despair lying on the dusty ground, being wet
from the drizzles and trying to comfort each other to minimize psychological
havoc and weariness.<o:p></o:p></div>
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What could we do more than this at that horrible situation?
There was no other way to subvert the loss and casualties. Only the thing we
could do was to have patience and resilient spirit to patch up our hearts and
to pull ourselves from the stresses. The reality was crystal-clear that everybody
was suffering, but only the degree differed. As for the Earthquake and the
power of the nature are concerned,nobody can avert the decree of Nature, and
the mystery and misfortunes brought by the natural calamity are completely
beyond our control or understanding.<o:p></o:p></div>
<br />
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Truly speaking, Suffering, whether near or far, has it’s impacts
all around us! The same thing happened to me as well. Many friends who are very
close to my heart contacted me from abroad, especially from United States and
asked how I and the family was, then even asked if they could do something through
us to help in Nepal for Earthquake victims. The amazing love, care and the
growing concerns of the friends from near and far warmed my heart in a great
way, and later, I, my brother Bashudev and the friends of our self-help group
decided that worry wouldn’t do much. We thought that God left us alive to do
something more for our country and communities.<o:p></o:p></div>
<br />
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Yes, we then made our minds up to do something, but from
where and how should we start? Again, there lied a bizarre state of confusion. After
a week later, we visited the different parts of Kathmandu especially,
Ratnapark, the central Area of Kathmandu, and to our extreme astonishment,
Kathmandu was calm and quiet, not like that of the past. This was the result of
huge number of people who immediately left Kathmandu city and returned their
nome towns/villages. However, we came to know about the youth’s initiative for
humanitarian response, relief and rescue. Learning and knowing that young minds
began to sow the embryos of humanity, we also got encouraged and driven to come
out with helping hands.<o:p></o:p></div>
<br />
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It is believed that trial and tribulations are not
permanent. Yes, this true statement united Nepali very quickly right after
Earthquake. Sharing the tents in the communities helped people strengthen the
friendliness relationship among neighbours. See, while people were sharing a
single tent collectively, there was no caste, no ethnicity, no gender, no
age-limits, no religion and no regional variation, the only things there presented
was humanity and unity among each other. This was really a remarkable note to
be highlighted after Earthquake.<o:p></o:p></div>
<br />
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Well, since Earthquake taught us a great lesson of humanity
and altruism, various youth-led groups started volunteering for Earthquake
victims to distribute relief and rehabilitation. And we were one of them!<o:p></o:p></div>
<br />
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While we were contacting our friends and circle of
well-wishers as well as relatives to know how they were and how their condition
was, we knew a sad news that the Sanjjiwani school, which is located in
Dhulikhel Kabre where I had learned braille and studied up to grade 6, collapsed
in Earthquake. We further were reported that the 18 blind and visually-impaired
kids there in the school were staying in very difficult condition. Having known
those distressing news, we intended to start our post-earthquake relief
campaign right from that school by providing food, blankets, clothes and
sanitation stuffs to the 18 visually-impaired students.<o:p></o:p></div>
<br />
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Actually, we, the group of friends who share the common sentiment
of social works, had firmed a self-help venture few years back with the main
objective of bridging the gap and empowering the persons living with
disabilities and bringing them into the main stream of national development. Through
this platform, we had been saving up some resources out of our own salaries/earnings.
Hence, when earthquake shook Nepal and when we were ready to move with our
helping hands, we used our already-saved own resources and funds instead of
asking other to join our cause.<o:p></o:p></div>
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When we started distributing relief packages to the
visually-impaired students in Sanjiwani school in Dhulikhel, some friends of
mine and some NGOs approached us and requested for collaboration. Dale Davis,
Sagar PrasainTilganga Eye hospital and many other supported our spontaneous
relief campaign.<o:p></o:p></div>
<br />
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Despite our own suffering, we travelled many remotest places
where we had never been before. We reached the various hard-hit places helping
people, listening their stories, witnessing their situation and giving our
helping hands to the best of our abilities!<o:p></o:p></div>
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The journey of life sometimes comes to be so difficult,
inaccessible<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and full of stresses,
however, accepting the reality, compromising witht the circumstances and
getting going ahead is what we all should learn and do by the hearts. Putting these
things in practice, our post-earthquake relief and rehabilitation campaign got
further momentum. Colaborating with Gwahali for Differently Able (GDAP), Blind
Rocks and Engage Nepal, we targeted our relief work especially focusing to the
persons with disabilities. We set up health camps in ore than 20 different places,
distributed food, clothes and sanitation kits <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in different 11 districts touching and
comforting the lives of the thousands of earthquake victims.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In the second phase, we came up with the mission of building
temporary homes and shelters for the most-affected families with disabilities
in the earthquake hard-hit districts. Monsoon was about to start, and the situation
of people who were staying in the tnets or under the open sky was getting much
deteriorated. Considering the hardships, together with Gwahali team and Engage
Nepal, taking the young volunteers to the spots, we began to build the shelters
in Sindhupalchok district. Completing more than 30 shelters in Sindhupalchok, we
never ceased to wrap up the rehabilitation campaign. As a result, by this time,
we have constructed 65 shelters in Kabre, Sindhupalchok, Dhading, Kathmandu,
Bhaktapur and Nuwakot. More shelters were still on the way of construction. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for pace
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Along with shelter-construction, we witnessed that Earthquake
made many persons physically-challenged that they were in the urgent need of assistive
tools while on the other hand, we saw many persons with disabilities lost their
assistive tools and devices such as wheelchairs, crutches and white canes in
earthquake. Seeing those needs, we collected those assistive tools, for which,
Help Nepal Network, provided us 120 white canes, Shiva-Shakti Sadhana centre
and Lhakpa Phuti Trust as well as Sagar Prasain helped us purchase wheelchairs
and crutches. Thus by collective efforts, so far, we have been able to
distribute 66 while-chairs, 69 crutches, 351 white canes and 18 hand-sticks to
the earthquake-affected persons with disabilities.<o:p></o:p></div>
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During our spontaneous relief and rehabilitation campaigns,
we encountered different bitter circumstances. Once we were on the survey for
shelter-construction in Sindhupalchok, we, the team of Bright Star Society,
Gwahali, Engage Nepal and Robotic Association of Nepal were heading to Thulo-Pakhar.
our vehicle got hit by a big truck, luckily, if our vehicle was not stopped by
emergency break, we would have fallen off the cliff! Oh, getting new life from
the accident, we sighed <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>with deep
breath! <o:p></o:p></div>
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In this way, despite many challenges, we have been able to
do something, just to contribute a little from our sides, more things are yet
to be done. Still our post-earthquake campaigns are going on with persistence
and innovative approach. Since Earthquake has made people largely dependent,
but we now want to do such thing by which people can be independent and be able
to stand on their own feet. For which we are now promoting local venture and entrepreneurship
via the cross-disability model. Let’s see how much we can do to accomplish our
goal! Together we can carry the greater load, can’t we? Together we can share
and lighten the burden of social responsibilities. I believe that if we light a
candle for somebody, it will eventually lighten our own path as well. So why
not doing something good and meaningful for our society?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Rome was not built in a single day, was it? Japan would not
have been today’s Japan if Japanese had not worked hard overcoming obstacles
that they had to face in the past. With these outstanding examples of the
world, I am pretty hopeful for the future of tomorrow’s Nepal, I see my
country, a new Nepal is waiting for us! If we all keep working hard with vibrant
courage and selfless spirit, this transition will not last long for sure!<o:p></o:p></div>
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sushil adhikarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14503559467628716967noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367274534160183629.post-41306460683266976812015-10-11T20:27:00.000-07:002015-10-12T07:12:30.216-07:00Remembering that horrible day: bitter Earthquake Experience as "the Rehearsal of the Death"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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"Saturday, April 25 2015", this is one of the unforgettable
dates that every Nepali will recall with chilling pain. Yes, this date
painfully reminds all of us that bitter moment when we experienced the most
powerful and devastating Earthquake and the series of aftershocks that ruined
Nepal killing more than 10 thousand people.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It was a pleasant Saturday dawn
when I rose from the bed a bit earlier as I had a meeting with one of my
friends at 7 AM. When I got out of the home, the weather was as cold as winter,
the chilling cold wind was blowing with unusual droplets. I was wondering why
weather altered all of a sudden since it was quite normal and there was no any
clear sign of rain as well before that morning!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Enjoying the drizzles, I reached
Bansbari, met Shittal Lama, and had a brief discussion regarding the
forthcoming campaigns and activities of our organization. After the meeting, I
checked the time, and it was just 7-15 AM. Since I had plenty of free time on
that day, and my hair was getting longer as well. So I decided to go to
New-Road in order to have my hair cut.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It was around 9-15 AM after having
my hair cut, I thought to return home and complete the pending works that I was
supposed to submit the office the next day. Hence, I got back to home, had nice
meal and took a rest for a while.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Every Saturday, my brother,
Bashudev, presents a comedy show on Grace FM 106.7 in Dhulikhel, Kabre. And
most of the time, we go to FM together, however, That day, he had gone to
present his radio show with a sighted volunteer, Chhavi Devakota, and I was
saying to Bashudev that I would listen to his show from home itself. Keeping
the radio set on, I started to work on my pending works of my office. In fact, at
that time, I was working for an NGO, called, “Action on Disability Rights and
Development” and we were producing accessible books for the blind and
visually-impaired as well as for the people with print impairment. Our target
was to produce 140 books into Digital Accessible Information System (DAISY)
format.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As I was giving my full
concentration on scanning the book of Health as an initial process of converting
that into accessible format, I was also thinking of my brother whose radio show
was about to begin in just few minutes from Grace FM. All of a sudden, Earth
began to dance so bitterly that we were shaken so strangely as if we were
swinging back and forth. That was completely distinct weird sound that I’d
never heard before! My mind went completely blank that I could not think
anything. Aghast! The stuffs began to fall nearby my bed, and I just thought
that we would be no more on this Earth. I was so flabbergasted that I even did
not care to turn off laptop and left all the scanned scattered pages aside and
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When the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>powerful
tremor got over, in fearful and haste condition, I including the whole family
ran down towards the open air, and in my semi-consciousness state, I quickly
dropped a post in facebook, “Oh howl! Big Earthquake ever experienced.. God
solace us”<o:p></o:p></div>
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It was like a dream, mind became
blunt, the series of terrible aftershocks kept terrifying us. We were just
uttering the names of Gods. Telephone network stopped working, we were
extremely anxious and tried time and again to contact the friends relatives and
specially to my brother, Bashudev, who was in Dhulikhel for his radio show.
After few minutes, we were able to contact Bashudev and knew that he was OK
there. Hearing his voice and knowing his condition, I was relieved but still
concerned that how he would return to home at that very terrible time. Tremor
was taking it’s momentum again and again, and we all were afraid to enter into
the home. Just desperately sitting on the ground without making any movement, we
were waiting for Bashudev’s arrival. News of Earthquake started to spread all
across the globe, my facebook timeline and e-mail were filled with posts and
messages from friends relatives and well-wishers, internet network was
fluctuating, and I could just see some of the posts from the friends. Meanwhile,
more terrifying news about damages, casualties started to be reported along
with ample of rumors. As time was heading towards dusk, my brother arrived
home, which made all of us content and we sighed with relief.<o:p></o:p></div>
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My brother Bashudev described his
Earthquake experience with distressing tone. When he was about to enter into
the studio for his radio show, he felt the big quake. The studio was on the
fifth floor. Everyone in the studio including Bashudev was perplexed on what to
do next. The Technician, Suraj Srestha and the volunteer, Chhavi Devakota led
Bashudev slowly and they attempted to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>step down towards the ground-floor. Building was still trembling, just
few meters ahead of them, the broken glasses of windows got dropped, luckily,
that did not touch them, and once they passed the pieces of broken glasses
while getting down, again, the broken glasses fell just behind them, they were
just untouched merely by very little distance. Eventually, they reached down
the ground, where road was almost calm and mournful. Vehicles were immobile and
they had to wait for a long time to find the bus to Kathmandu.
Finally Bashudev and volunteer Chhabi got the bus, which was already packed,
struggling to get on, they entered into the bus which dropped them in New
Baneshwor. The heart of Kathmandu, New Baneshor area, always sounded with crowd
of people and vehicles, that day, was very quiet. Bashudev waited for bus, but
he could not get for an hour. Later, he got a bus to Chabel and Chhabi returned
his home. From Chabel, my brother-in-law, Ramesh Neupane took him to home on
motor-bike.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This is how sharing each other
fearful moment that Earthquake hit us mercilessly, we spent the evening. We had
no appetite, just wondering what would happen next, we kept thinking the future
of the next days. <o:p></o:p></div>
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That day, whole night spent under the moon:( bitter, gloomy,
still the petty quakes were being experienced:( began to rain, we were safe
neither at home nor in the open sky.. It then felt chilling cold like winter:(
weather turned out to be foul, terrible, devastating, no electricity, no good
communication channel.. It was so heart-broken moments that I vividly remember
even today with the same fearful vibes. <o:p></o:p></div>
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It is, indeed, very difficult to describe that dreadful moment
in few sets of words. We had pre-Earthquake life, and we had post-Earthquake
life as well, but in between, that 40 seconds, for everyone, was the same<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>phase: The rehearsal of the death! whether
one was pauper or prosperous, everyone was in the same phase:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the state of powerlessness and fragility. <o:p></o:p></div>
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sushil adhikarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14503559467628716967noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367274534160183629.post-90785099422098442342014-12-03T18:00:00.000-08:002014-12-03T18:04:02.200-08:00Voice for Disability Rights: International Day for the Persons with Disabilities, today!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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didn’t fall from the moon either, just as you enjoy your human rights, I, too,
wanna exercise and help other exercise the rights with equality and dignity.
Yes, I can not see this physical world through my physical eyes, but my
inability to see is not my sickness nor is this my frailty to perceive the
things. I am, indeed, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>very proud of my
disability as I always view my disability, not as a problem, but as an indispensable
property.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: NE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-number-form: default;">Dear friends, be informed that
today is The 23rd International Day for the Persons with Disabilities. The
annual observance of the International Day for the persons with disabilities
was proclaimed in 1992, by the United Nations General Assembly resolution 47/3.
The observance of the Day aims to promote an understanding of disability issues
and mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being of persons with
disabilities. It also seeks to increase awareness of gains to be derived from
the integration of persons with disabilities in every aspect of political, social,
economic & cultural life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: NE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-number-form: default;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hellen Keller says, "disability is not
the matter of ability, but it's the matter of perception." Disability is
not sickness or frailty, this is, in fact, is the state of diversity. Indeed,
Disability doesn’t mean inability: a person can achieve almost anything
for-which he/she has unlimited enthusiasm, willingness and determination. So
any kind of impairment must not be a barrier for the enjoyment of the
unhindered participation, full-equality and dignified livelihood in every facet
of the society. Since disability rights are universal rights to be recognized
and promoted everywhere, we are striving to put an ongoing and tireless effort
in advocating and informing for the disability rights in Nepal.. Let me repeat
again that disability is neither a “full-stop” of existence nor do we want to
be considered as “Second-class Citizens”. </span>This is the time that we need
to have resounding voice for accessible, inclusive and barrier-free society!
Charity-based approach should be transformed into the right-based approach,
which is the need and our voice for the equality in every facet of social life.
Let’s not count today what kind of harvest we have now reaped, instead, our
concern should be on what kind of seeds we plant each day which would help us
grow, navigate and live the independent lives! <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: NE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-number-form: default;">So today, I’d like to re-express my commitment to act for the fact and to
fight for the rights from my place.. Now my dearest friends, let’s do our best
and move on together to remove/minimize barriers, to uphold disability-rights,
and to ensure the name, fame, identity and dignity of persons with
disabilities.. Friends, please express your commitment today so that everybody
will come to know that you are in favor of disability-rights, accessible
infrastructures, risk-free mobility & barrier-free societies.. Let us know
that you are and will be with us always.. Keep in your mind that you don’t have
to do big things for persons with disabilities, please treat them equally, understand
their sentiments and always remember that no matter wherever we live,
whatsoever languages we do speak, whatsoever religions we follow, and whichever
ideological convictions we do have, the language of humanity is universal and
understood universally!. May our journey for the quest of barrier-free society
and disability-related awareness campaigns instigate all of us to achieve the
flavor of inclusiveness.. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sushil adhikarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14503559467628716967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367274534160183629.post-14994562822358883842014-12-03T17:40:00.000-08:002014-12-03T17:40:59.956-08:00Back to Blog<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello Friends!<br />
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After the gap of some months, I am now back with more vibrant updates, news and views!<br />
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Please keep your eye on my blog! Tonnes of thanks to you all for your unceasing support and encouragement!<br />
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sushil adhikarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14503559467628716967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367274534160183629.post-52628571313810815552014-05-03T16:39:00.000-07:002014-05-03T16:39:33.237-07:00World Press Freedom Day today<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Friends, do
you listen/read/watch news everyday? Have you ever thought of those great
journalists who relentlessly work, explore, and even face threats,
challenges<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and series of obstacles <span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";">to bring daily news
to the public? Do you think you could feel comfortable without media/news-papers?
Dropping these questions for you, I’d like to inform you that today marks the
World Press Freedom Day 2014. This day is annually observed on May 3 to inform people
that freedom of the press and freedom of expression are fundamental human
rights. Not only that, this is a global observance that paves the way to </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-number-form: default;">celebrate the
fundamental principles of press freedom, to assess the state of press freedom
throughout the world, to defend the media from attacks on their independence,
and to pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the line of
duty. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">While talking about it’s history, World Press Freedom Day was proclaimed
by the General Assembly of the United Nations in December 1993 as an outgrowth
of the Seminar on Promoting an Independent and Pluralistic African Press. This
seminar took place in Namibia in 1991 and led to the adoption of the Windhoek
Declaration on Promoting Independent and Pluralistic Media.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The Windhoek Declaration called to establish, maintain and
foster an independent, pluralistic and free press. It emphasized the importance
of a free press for developing and maintaining democracy in a nation, and for
economic development. Thus, World Press Freedom Day is celebrated annually on
May 3, the date on which the Windhoek Declaration was adopted.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Although World Press Freedom Day has only been celebrated since
1993, it has much deeper roots in the United Nations. Article 19 of the 1948
Universal Declaration on Human Rights states that everyone “has the right to
freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions
without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas
through any media and regardless of frontiers".<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">According to the UN’s website, this year, the focus is given to
the three major inter-related thematic areas: the media’s importance in
development, safety of journalists in the rule of law, and sustainability and
integrity of journalism.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">To define “Press freedom” in simple words, it can be
worth-mentioning that press freedom is a condition of disseminating news,
views, write-ups, editorials and features via press or media freely and
independently without prior-restriction, fear or interference. In the context
of Nepal, the interim constitution, in it’s article 15, guarantees <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the freedom of press in the explicit way. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Today, the importance of press or media is so pervasive that we
can’t detach ourselves from the ever-growing influence of it in every facet of
our lives. Objectivity, accuracy, unequivocal flow of information, and balance
in opinion<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>always make the space of
press<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in the highest position. Happy
World Press Freedom Day!!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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sushil adhikarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14503559467628716967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367274534160183629.post-41223774272209456292014-04-19T17:09:00.000-07:002014-04-19T17:12:05.848-07:00Get inspired today: The Adhikari Brothers and how to change philantropy and social work paradigms<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Usually, everyone is engaged in some sorts of social works to contribute something in the society. In the same way, my passion for social work has made me much bolder in getting out of the limited social boundary and keep on battling with various social stigmas in Nepal. My brother Bashudev, who is also visually-impaired, is not only a real hero for me but also an unlimited source of inspiration in my life. Together we have been devotedly committed to bringing a series of impactful changes in the lives of Nepali visually-impaired through miscellaneous ways. We both are now immensely encouraged to have known that our efforts, our works, our untainted spirit for social-works have now been recognized and circulated through the awesome article. Simone Galimberti, Co-Founder of an outstanding social venture, ENGAGE Nepal: Toward the Volunteering Inspired Society, wrote an article about me, my brother Bashudev and our self-help group known as "Bright Star Society". To those who want to know us more closely, I think this article will be a great
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reference. Thinking that this article will immensely inspire the readers, I am now going to share the link where you can access and read this incredibly amazing write up.</div>
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<a href="http://sharing4good.org/article/adhikari-brothers-and-how-change-philantropy-and-social-work-paradigms#main-content"><span style="color: #1155cc;">http://sharing4good.org/article/adhikari-brothers-and-how-change-philantropy-and-social-work-paradigms#main-content</span></a></div>
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Indeed, we need to do something good for the people around gladly whatsoever our creed is. Yes, we can't do everything at once, but we can definitely do something, can't we? we are here to make a meaningful difference in the society. So let's get going and let's make a change in real sense! Hope you find this article somewhat inspiring and interesting in<br />
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sushil adhikarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14503559467628716967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367274534160183629.post-70596186472747208232014-04-13T12:44:00.001-07:002014-04-13T12:56:50.785-07:00The Greatest Nepali Glory, Nepali New Year 2071 today: extending my warmest greetings and best wishes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It’s a
wonderful Spring time, the time of regeneration, germination, the time of
novelty and the time of great joy. More than this fact, in Nepal, this is a
time of glorious<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>fervor and celebration
- the Nepali New Year, known to locals as Navavarsha or Naya Varsha today. the
entire Nepali hearts have now united with great enthusiasm to welcome our Brand
New Year 2071, a new starting point of the year. Happy new year 2071 my
friends!! This is a very important day to develop the new vision, new mission
and new beginning expressing some new commitments, vowing to avoid negative
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The Nepali
calendar of Bikram Sambat (or Bikram Era which is 56/57 year-ahead than English
Year) also runs for twelve months, however, the first month is Baishakh, which
corresponds with mid April (14/15 April) on the world-recognized Gregorian
calendar. Navavarsha is a immensely pleasurable time for those residing in
Nepal and those who are visiting the country in spring. Nepal boasts a large
number of festivals and religious events These occasions are always held with
high regard by the Nepalese people and everyone is eager to participate.. The
entire country comes to life with colorful celebrations, rejoicing and social
entertainment. On the day of Nepal's New Year, people typically get together
with family and friends for parties and picnics, however, people have their own
way expressing and exchanging the words of best-wishes among each other. Apart
from these, Navavarsha is also a day of religious importance to many,
especially to Hindu women. In the morning people long to make their way to
temple to perform puja, (worship), which means a ritual offering presented to
their gods/goddesses. Then the Nepalese walk around the temple in a clockwise
direction ringing the bells attached to the temple as they go. The entire
country is filled with cheerful smiles and merry-making spreading the best-wishes
among relatives, friends and well-wishers.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Likewise, Nepal's
New Year is accompanied by Bisket Jatra or the Festival of Bisket in Bhaktapur
district. This very important festival in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Nepal</st1:country-region></st1:place> is a commemoration of the
renowned battle of Mahabharata. A large wooden post is set up in the town
square and is representative of the victory gained in the battle. Frightening
images of local deities stand upon chariots. These gods and godesses are
worshiped with offerings of coins, flowers and blood. Images of Bhairab and
Bhadra are also hauled around the city on chariots so that they may enjoy a
view of the city. A tug-of-war takes place with residents from the lower part
of Bhaktapur competing against those from upper Bhaktapur. The group which wins
this event is said to be blessed with a wonderful year ahead. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Indeed,
tourists in Nepal during the Nepali New Year find the celebrations most interesting,
blissful, intriguing and enjoyable. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Well, my New
Year day has just started and I just wanted to share some of the information
about Nepali New Year to those who are non-Nepali interested to know about the
significance and the mystery behind our new-year celebration.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Now, without
further delay, I’d like to extend my best wishes and warmest greetings to
everyone reading this post on the auspicious occasion of Nava varsha 2071. May
our doors of success be always open to us. May we see opportunities in every
step we move forward. May the presence of the encouraging factors never hide
from all of us.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As a matter of
fact, for me, the year 2070 turned out to be a year full of struggle, ups and
downs, success, learning, sharing and unleashing my own leadership
potentials.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Frankly speaking, 2070 was
the year of data loss for me, my hard-drive got damaged and I had to lose lots
of important data, which was a sheer-headache that I experienced. Similarly, a
couple of weeks ago, I was pick-pocketted in Ratnapark and my mobile phone was
stolen, and also I had to face some trecheries from the friends whom I used to
believe. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But looking on the bright sides
of the things, I got to learn so many things about the world, nature of people,
life, and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>got to know lots of great
friends around! Yes, time, sometimes, becomes quite hectic, topsy-turvy and
full of stresses, yet, accepting the reality and compromising with the
newly-created environment as well as adjusting/adapting with the chaotic <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>circumstances really make us much bolder and
adventurous. I believe that we can live stress free even though we live in a
stress-filled world, but it might require some will-power, the power to
perceive the world with fair eyes, power to judge with wisdom and to think with
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In fact, it is not possible to change<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>everything in one day, one week or one year
even; this is a process, a journey to create a better world for us! Knowing
this fact is one thing, but taking the actions is totally different thing. So,
it’s a time to try some new and extra things, now it’s the time to take the
actions. Let us try to learn something from the every moment we spend.,
everything we do in our lives shapes our personality, and the friendship that
we cultivate and the time spent with the friends, family and great people are
always missable to a greater extent. Happy New Year 2071 once again. We’ll turn
a new unit with great interest. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Good luck and all the best!<o:p></o:p></div>
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sushil adhikarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14503559467628716967noreply@blogger.com0Kathmandu 44600, Nepal27.7 85.33333330000004927.5875385 85.171971800000051 27.812461499999998 85.494694800000048tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367274534160183629.post-22720831413240716192014-04-13T11:07:00.000-07:002014-04-15T08:18:19.876-07:00Getting Started with my Journey to the World of Blogging<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello, hi and Namaste! <span style="mso-number-form: default;">This
is me Sushil Adhikari from Kathmandu, Nepal. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-number-form: default;">Having unlimited passion
to make a difference in the world, I am a visually-impaired person dedicated myself
in advocating for the barrier-free society with the aim of contributing for the
impactful social change in Nepal, making people aware of disability-rights and
issues from dawn till dusk and empowering visually-impaired fellows through information
technology. At the age of 11, I lost my sight, but I never lost my <b>vision</b>. And
this vision has made me what I am today, and of course, my determination and my
vision led me today in starting this blog in order to disseminate my voice, to
share my experiences and to inform and inspire the people around! I am a
computer instructor, a sound editor, blogger, writer and social worker. Today,
on the auspicious occasion of Nepali New Year, I’d like to inaugurate my blog
with this first post. Through this blog, I am committed to bringing a series of
positive changes in the campaign of social transformation helping people
understand the lives of blind and visually-impaired in our society, the social
perception to the persons with disabilities, my experiences including my own
story of struggle, endeavors and success, my journey to the social work, my
personal stuffs, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and my unceasing words
on awareness-generating messages etc etc. In addition, for those, who want to know
and learn about Nepal, Nepali and our culture, I will do my best to make them
understand our context in explicit way. Thank you for visiting my blog. Please
stop by here often and leave your feedbacks, comments and suggestions that will
really function as encouragement to my entire blogging venture.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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