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Her birthday gift

She bid me farewell and waved. She did not say me a word, but it was what I realized her inner heart wanted to utter. She just kept smiling, standing at the edge of her front yard. I waved back, but said nothing, just as she did. Kanchi, as they called her, was a pretty little girl of 9. I met her in Bhumidada, a village situated in Karnali district. I was there, along with three other friends to collect different data of students from the village schools. All of us loved social works. With the motto of serving people, especially from remote villages, we had assembled together, back in 2005, to establish a social service organization. On my journey to Bhumidada, I was fed up with the hassles that had come into my way. But, as soon as I got there, I found it to be a picturesque place, so I helped myself take its photo saving it into my heart. The scenes had made an impression on me. Something more impressive was unnoticed in the villagers by me. Their hospitability was compelli...

Where folks spend Rs 500 just to pay electricity tariff of Rs 80

DILIP POUDEL BAGLUNG, Aug 10: How do you feel if you have to buy a two-way bus ticket that costs around Rs 500 just to reach the district headquarters to pay monthly electricity tariff of Rs 80? Thousands of people, especially from villages such as Kushmishera, Binamare, Damek, Sarkuwa, Arjewa, Jaidi, Chhisti, Rangkhani, Raydanda, Amalachaur, Narayansthan and Painyupata VDCs in southern remote belt of the district, are compelled to live with this irony- as the Nepal Electricity Authority has no revenue collection centers in the region. The residents of Kushmishera VDC, the southernmost part of the district are affected the most as they are compelled to pay up to Rs 500 to reach the district headquarters just to pay the bill. And if they do not make it on time-that is before the NEA´s revenue counters close-they will have to bear the extra burden of lodging and food. The Secretary of Kushmishera VDC Durga Prasad Sharma complains that their repeated appeals to the state-run au...