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		<title>the famous club 27</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[And another artist joined the elite group. Amy Winehouse! I had always loved listening her songs! Shocking but a sad reality. RIP Amy!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And another artist joined the elite group. Amy Winehouse!<br />
<img alt="" src="http://www.frank151.com/files/winehouse-amy.jpg" title="Amy Winehouse" class="alignnone" width="500" height="514" /><br />
I had always loved listening her songs! Shocking but a sad reality.</p>
<p>RIP Amy!</p>
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		<title>म पत्रकार हुँ तर मेरो पिडा कसले बोलिदिने ?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[समयभन्दा केही ढिलो आइपुगे उनी । कतै सांसदको कार्यक्रम थियो रे । अब पत्रकार न परे कहाँ के हुँदैछ खबर त टिप्नै पर् यो नि । सांसद त समाचारका श्रोत थिए मसँग त खाली एउटा गफ गर्नु न थियो । तराईको तातो घाम अनि उखरमाउलो गर्मी । तापक्रम कति थियो खै मलाई थाहा भएन तर पसिनाको [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>समयभन्दा केही ढिलो आइपुगे उनी । कतै सांसदको कार्यक्रम थियो रे । अब पत्रकार न परे कहाँ के हुँदैछ खबर त टिप्नै पर् यो नि । सांसद त समाचारका श्रोत थिए मसँग त खाली एउटा गफ गर्नु न थियो ।</p>
<p>तराईको तातो घाम अनि उखरमाउलो गर्मी । तापक्रम कति थियो खै मलाई थाहा भएन तर पसिनाको धारामा म निथुक्र थिएँ । पत्रकारहरुसँग केही गफ गर्नु थियो मलाई उनीहरुको केही समस्या बुझ्नु थियो ।</p>
<p>गफ सकिसकेपछि उनी बसिरहे । निकै थकित देखिन्थे अघि गफमा पनि कम बोलेका थिए । मलाई लाग्यो सायद खुल्न चाहदैनन् वा कामबाट निकै थाकेर आएका हुनाले बोल्न मन नलागेको होला । सबै विदा भएर गइसकेका थिए बाँकी थियौँ ऊ म र मेरो एक सहकर्मी । उनको अवस्था देखेर फेरी एकपटक पानी पिउनको लागि आग्रह गरेँ । पानी पिए मज्जाले अनि विस्तारै बोल्न थाले सुरु परिचय बाट भयो अनि आफ्ना कुरा बोल्न थाले । कुनै समय उनी एक निजी बैँकमा काम गर्थे । महिनाको तलब राम्रै थियो । भर्खर २ वर्षको लागि बैँकसँग करार गरेका थिए र महिनाको तलब २० हजार सम्म हुने कुरा बैँकले बताईसकेको थियो । उनी खुशी थिए स्नातकमा लेखा (accounting) पढेको काम लागेको थियो । तर त्यही बेलामा उनको दाईको हत्या भयो । पत्रकार भएकै कारण र समाचार लेखेकै कारण उनको दाईले ज्यान गुमाउनुपरेको थियो । अपहरणमा परेको हप्तौ पछि उनको शव आयो । दाईको हत्या भएपछि उनले बैँकको जागिर छोडे आफ्ना सपनालाई चटक्क विसे्र र लागे पत्रकारिता पेशामा । उनको अब एउटै उद्धेश्य थियो: आफ्नो दाईको इज्जत र नामलाई अघि बढाउने ।</p>
<p>उनलाई निकै गाह्रो भयो रे सुरुका दिनहरुमा । समाचार लेख्न आउँदैन थियो घण्टौँ सम्म लेख्थे फेरी काट्थे अनि फेरी लेख्थे । कहिलेकाही निकै रुन मन लाग्थ्यो, के गरौँ कसो गरौँ हुन्थ्यो तर पनि लेख्न छोडेनन् । न उनीसँग पत्रकारिताको कुनै अनुभव थियो न त कहिले पढेका नै थिए न कुनै तालीम लिएका नै थिए । तर पनि हार खाएनन् उनले, लेखिरहे र लेखिरहे । जब मन अलि खुशी हुन्थ्यो आफ्नो लेखाईमा उनी हतार हतार आफ्नो समाचार पठाउथे काठमाण्डौँको एक टेलिभिजन च्यानलमा जहाँ कुनै जमानामा उनका दाई काम गर्थे । एकदमै मनलगाएर समाचार पठाउथेँ  कहिलेकाही महिनामा ४५ वटासम्म समाचार ।</p>
<p>एक्कासी मलिन अनुहार र भिजेका आँखाले म तिर हेर्दै उनले भनेः &#8220;अहिले मलाई यो पेशा घाँडो भएको छ । न दाईको सपना छोडेर यो पेशा त्याग्न सक्छु न त यो पेशामा अडिरहन मन छ ।&#8221;  आफ्नो व्यागबाट कापी कलम क्यामेरा माइक निकालेर मेरो अघि फाल्दै उनले भने &#8220;मलाई के दिएको छ मेरो मिडिया हाउसले ? खाली यी यो नोटकपी, यो माइक र यो पत्रकारको ज्याकेट दिएको छ । तलब नदिएको ८ महिना भयो । यो क्यामेराको ६५ हजार पर्छ । कतै घटना घट्यो भने पहिलो हुनुपर्छ समाचार दिनलाई ताकि टेलिभिजनले पहिला फ्ल्यास गरोस् । पहिलो हुन नसके कारवाही भोग्नुपर्छ । समाचार संकलन गर्नलाई गाडी वा बाइक चाहियो, पेट्रोल चाहियो क्यामेरा मात्र भएर पनि हुन्न टेप पनि चाहियो । म एउटा समाचार संकलन गर्न १ हजार खर्च गरेर जान्छु समाचार ल्याउँछु बदलामा मलाई टेलिभिजनले एउटा समाचारको भिज्वल सहित ४०० दिन्छु भन्छ तर नदिएको महिनौ भइसक्यो । यसरी मैले दिलोज्यान दिएर काम गर्दा पनि कारवाहीको धम्की भोग्नुपर्छ । दिक्क लाग्छ ।&#8221;</p>
<p>उनको यो कुराले मलाई मेरा एक साथीले भनेको कुरा याद दिलायो । उनले भनेका थिए &#8220;हामी पत्रकार अरुको दुःखको पिडाको खबर बनाउँछौ र अवस्था सुधार्नका लागि दवाव दिन्छौ । आवाज विहिनहरुका आवाज बन्छौँ तर हाम्रो आवाज बन्ने आवाज चाहि कहाँ होला ? कसले हाम्रो पिडाको बारेमा बोलिदिने होला ।&#8221;</p>
<p>यस्तो अवस्थामा पनि उनी आफ्नो संस्था छोड्न चाहदैनन् किनकी दाईको भावना जोडिएको छ त्यो संस्थामा । अन्य संस्थाबाट अवसरका अफर नआएका होइनन् तर उनी दाईले आफ्नो ज्यान दिएको संस्थाका लागि नै काम गर्न चाहन्छन् । यसरी दाईभाई दुवैले माया गरेका संस्था भने निकै अचम्मको संस्था रहेछ । भाईलाई तलब नदिएको ८ महिना भयो तर समाचारकै कारण हत्या गरिएका दाईको पनि २२ हजार दिन बाँकी रहेछ । अर्को संस्थाले पनि उनको दाईलाई २७ हजार दिन बाँकी रहेछ । कयौँ पटक गुहार गरे अनुनय विन्ती गरे तर अहँ संस्थासँग पैसा नभएर हो कि उनको पिडालाई बुझ्न नसकेर हो सहयोग त परै जाओस् दाईले गरेको मिहेनतको कमाई पनि पाएका छैनन् । म तिर रसिलो आँखाले हेर्दै भने &#8220;कहिले काही मलाई एकदमै पछुतो लाग्छ । घरखर्च चलाउन सकिरहेको छैन, के खाउँ के लाउँ हुने अवस्था आउन लागिसक्यो । फेरी समाचार लेखेकै कारण कति धम्की खप्नुपर्छ । भन्छन् दाईको जस्तै अवस्थामा जान मन छ । ३ ४ दिनसम्म दिमाख पनि चल्दैन । आफ्नै अघि दाईको हत्याराहरु छाती फुलाएर हिँडेको देख्छु, खोइ प्रशासनले मलाई न्याय दिन सकेको छैन ? डर लाग्छ मलाई पनि त्यस्तै गरे परिवारका बाँकी सदस्यहरुको हालत के होला ? तर फेरी मन सम्हालिन्छ दाईले गर्नुभएको त्याग सम्झिन्छु र ढृढ भएर अघि बढ्छु । दाईको मृत्युमा ठुलो आवाज निकाल्नेहरुले पनि केही सहयोग गरेनन् संस्थाको त कुरै छाडौँ । भतिजलाई आर्मी स्कुलमा भर्ना गराउन प्रधानमन्त्री देखि रक्षा मन्त्रीसम्म धाएँ । दाईले देशकै फाइदाको लागि समाचार लेख्नुभएको थियो र त्यही कारण ज्यान गुमाउनुभयो । लागेको थियो दाईको योगदानको कदर देशले कुनै न कुनै रुपमा गर्ला । स्कुलमा छात्रबृति दिनका लागि प्रधानमन्त्री र रक्षामन्त्रीले तोक पनि लगाइदिए तर स्कुलले यस्तो व्यवस्था छैन भनेर दिन मानेन । प्रधानमन्त्रीको पनि केही नचल्ने देशमा हाम्रो के चल्ला र भन्ने लाग्यो मन भारी बनाएर फर्के ।&#8221;</p>
<p>यति हुँदाहुँदै पनि अहिले आफ्नो भतिजलाई उनले काठमाण्डौमा पत्रकारिता पढ्न पठाएका छन् । उनले भने &#8220;बुबाको पदचापमा अघि बढोस् भन्ने मेरो इच्छा छ ।&#8221; समस्या कयौँ छन् तर पनि उनलाई विस्वास छ एकदिन यो सबै दुःखले सार्थक परिणाम दिनेछ । समाज परिवर्तनमा उनको सहयोग सबैले देख्नेछन् दाईका हत्यामा संलग्न हुनेहरुले कानुनसम्मत सजाय पाउनेछन् र उनको दाईको आत्माले शान्ति पाउने छ ।</p>
<p>उनी आफ्नो मनको भडास पोख्दै थिए । सायद उनीसँग यसरी मनको पीडा पोख्ने अरु ठाउँ थिएन होला वा मलाई मनको नजिक ठाने । उनको कुरा मेरो रेकर्डरले रेकर्ड गरिरहेको थियो तर उनको आँखाको खस्न लागेको आँसु कहि विसाउन नसकेको मनको पीडा उनको दृढता र विस्वास मेरो रेकर्डरले रेकर्ड गर्न सकेन । मेरो मनको कहि कुनै कुनमा यो सबै रेकर्ड भइरहेको थियो र मलाई भित्रभित्रै एक अनौठो पिडा दिइरहेको थियो ।</p>
<p>उनी गएको निकै पछिसम्म पनि मेरो मनबाट उनी हट्न सकेनन् । पत्रकारिता पेशामा लागेर उनले धेरै कुरा गुमाए । नचाहिने पिडा धम्की र दुःख पाए । तर यसका वावजुद उनी समाज परिवर्तनको यो लहरमा उभीरहेका छन्ः ढृड भएर । उनी जस्तै हामी सबै आफ्नो ठाउँबाट अघि बढे देश किन अघि बढ्न नसक्ला र  मलाई थाहा छ उनको विस्वासले एकदिन अवस्य स्थान पाउनेछ र वास्तविकता बन्ने छ ।</p>
<p>उनी जस्ता पत्रकारलाई सलाम ।</p>
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		<title>misery</title>
		<link>http://rabindragurung.com.np/2011/02/15/misery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 04:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just like a thundering bolt hits the ground without giving any warning I was hit by it. the misery]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just like a thundering bolt hits the ground</p>
<p>without giving any warning</p>
<p>I was hit by it.</p>
<p><em>the misery</em></p>
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		<title>counting honesty :)</title>
		<link>http://rabindragurung.com.np/2011/02/09/counting-honesty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes you come across an honest man, who doesn&#8217;t know how to do lappanchappan. I met a taxi driver whose meter was one of the best i have seen in my memories. Who drove following all the traffic signs and rules. He had never been handed ticket for violation of rule in his 5 years [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sometimes you come across an honest man, who doesn&#8217;t know how to do <em>lappanchappan. </em>I met a taxi driver whose meter was one of the best i have seen in my memories. Who drove following all the traffic signs and rules. He had never been handed ticket for violation of rule in his 5 years of driving career. And i liked what he said the most:</p>
<blockquote><p>Life is not about earning few hundred rupees more. Anyone can earn money but whether you earn by looting others or by being honest, that counts.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Birgunj and Bara from my lens: A photo Blog</title>
		<link>http://rabindragurung.com.np/2011/01/27/birgunj-and-bara-from-my-lens-a-photo-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kalaiya]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 510px"><a title="How many fishes are in there?" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5219/5392708610_ca5faf1eb2.jpg"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5219/5392708610_ca5faf1eb2.jpg" alt="How many fishes are in there?" width="500" height="375" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">How many fishes are in there? - Women looking at the pond at Kalaiya, Bara</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 385px"><a title="Swarm of mosquitoes" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5256/5392696296_7b7c38fab5.jpg"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5256/5392696296_7b7c38fab5.jpg" alt="Swarm of mosquitoes" width="375" height="500" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Swarm of mosquitoes that tried to attack me at Ghadi Arwa Pond: Birgunj</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 510px"><a title="Ghadi Arwa Pond and Sun temple" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5293/5392695178_56efe66f54.jpg"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5293/5392695178_56efe66f54.jpg" alt="Ghadi Arwa Pond and Sun temple" width="500" height="375" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Ghadi Arwa Pond and Sun temple - Birgunj</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 510px"><a title="Fruits seller" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5098/5392093047_51599780a0.jpg"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5098/5392093047_51599780a0.jpg" alt="Fruits seller" width="500" height="375" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Fruits seller at Mai Sthan Temple, Birgunj</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 510px"><a title="Morning shopping at Mai Sthan Temple" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5215/5392689724_8a637557aa.jpg"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5215/5392689724_8a637557aa.jpg" alt="Morning shopping at Mai Sthan Temple" width="500" height="375" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Morning shopping at Mai Sthan Temple - Birgunj</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 510px"><a title="Setting sun and Setting NOC" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5216/5392687190_bd315dc93c.jpg"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5216/5392687190_bd315dc93c.jpg" alt="Setting sun and Setting NOC" width="500" height="375" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Sun Set from Bara</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 510px"><a title="Ram temple at Bara" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5100/5392086349_d5455a2071.jpg"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5100/5392086349_d5455a2071.jpg" alt="Ram temple at Bara" width="500" height="375" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Ram temple at Kalaiya, Bara</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 510px"><a title="Cleaning the temple" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5256/5392683042_403c183d0a.jpg"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5256/5392683042_403c183d0a.jpg" alt="Cleaning the temple" width="500" height="375" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cleaning in Progress</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 510px"><a title="Small temples set up during Chath" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5257/5392078843_a460735875.jpg"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5257/5392078843_a460735875.jpg" alt="Small temples set up during Chath" width="500" height="375" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Small temples set up during Chath festival</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 510px"><a title="Mr. Thinker" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5299/5392675588_8365af57d0.jpg"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5299/5392675588_8365af57d0.jpg" alt="Mr. Thinker" width="500" height="375" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Thinking deep: a man at Kalaiya, Bara</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 510px"><a title="Again Ram temple at Bara" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5173/5392673540_360b06d0aa.jpg"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5173/5392673540_360b06d0aa.jpg" alt="Again Ram temple at Bara" width="500" height="375" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Again Ram temple at Bara</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 510px"><a title="Crouching cat: looking for something" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5291/5392671594_74d58c4305.jpg"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5291/5392671594_74d58c4305.jpg" alt="Crouching cat: looking for something" width="500" height="375" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Crouching cat: looking for something</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 510px"><a title="Papayas" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5136/5392070369_0facf7def6.jpg"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5136/5392070369_0facf7def6.jpg" alt="Papayas" width="500" height="375" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Yummy Papayas</p></div>
<p><a title="For animals only: watershed for animals" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5133/5392666730_3b5f927c9a.jpg"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5133/5392666730_3b5f927c9a.jpg" alt="For animals only: watershed for animals" /></a></p>
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		<title>Down with you NEA</title>
		<link>http://rabindragurung.com.np/2011/01/25/down-with-you-nea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[load shedding]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 4 days of trip powered by generator, I had forgotten that load shedding exists. Today&#8217;s load-shedding time was till 7 PM and I was hoping there would be power so that when I reach home I could read some emails or flirt with some people (alright later one is untrue). But there was no [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After 4 days of trip powered by generator, I had forgotten that load shedding exists. Today&#8217;s load-shedding time was till 7 PM and I was hoping there would be power so that when I reach home I could read some emails or flirt with some people (alright later one is untrue). But there was no power. My mom said that power came and went twice. Finally it came back and I opened the browser, typed <a href="http://www.gmail.com">www.gmail.com</a> and then again it went pop. No it hasn’t come back. My nephew came to me asking for telephone no. of Nepal Electricity Authority. When I asked for the reason he replied, &#8220;to scold them. They were supposed to give us power. Look over there, there in the tower like Eifel (he was referring to broadlink&#8217;s tower) there is always power. And we don’t have it. We need to scold them&#8221;.</p>
<p>I agree with him, totally. NEA you suck, you are embroiled in corruption and everyone knows it. Irony no one does anything to you.</p>
<p>I hear my sister cursing NEA, &#8220;At least give power when it&#8217;s our time to get power. What are you doing, just want to kill you&#8221; and my mom is saying, &#8220;it&#8217;s just like living at village, who says we live in Kathmandu, the capital&#8221;.</p>
<p><strong>Update: </strong>Now lights have come but the voltage is really really low. wtf, i don&#8217;t know!</p>
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		<title>gossip: here and there</title>
		<link>http://rabindragurung.com.np/2011/01/23/gossip-here-and-there/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 13:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you hear how system works in Nepal, your reaction would: Really, amazing! I got chane to talk with a person who is involved everywhere and when i mean everywhere, i really mean it. He is a journalist, HR activits, NGO activist, consumer&#8217;s right activist, political activist and god knows what. Even he admits he [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When you hear how system works in Nepal, your reaction would: Really, amazing!</p>
<p>I got chane to talk with a person who is involved everywhere and when i mean everywhere, i really mean it. He is a journalist, HR activits, NGO activist, consumer&#8217;s right activist, political activist and god knows what. Even he admits he is involved in 22 different organization: 22 can you believe it?</p>
<p>We were talking about how things work in Bara, he candidly told me one surprising story. Since he is also involved in consumer&#8217;s right, they raided various traders to test quality of products. Quality controller, local consumer right&#8217;s activitis and traders have made mutual agreement that the products will have imprint date of manufacturing date. But there will be stikcer with new dispacting date as manufacturing date while dispacting products to the market. They come up with this idea so that products could be sold in market easily and evade legal hassles if caught red handed. All of them, including government and consumer rights activits, were more concerned about traders than consumers itself and it&#8217;s surprising. Bad, Dabur used same techniques but still found itself in hot water with their real juice. Remember the fiasco?</p>
<p>When there&#8217;s some hassles with the quality of products, bucks (depending on people involved) would do it&#8217;s magic. Everyone gets their share and be happy: and we consumers would be the unhealthy and unhappy folks.</p>
<p>No wonder why we are one of the coolest people in the world as mentioned by CNN. Such practice go unchecked but still we are  happy and enjoying those products.</p>
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		<title>Happyness</title>
		<link>http://rabindragurung.com.np/2010/06/25/happyness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people complain, &#8220;Fuck, my life is ruined. Why can&#8217;t I be bestowed with happiness?&#8221; and this always leave wonder: what is happiness? Why people are not happy? If you ask to define myself, I would always say: I am just a happy-go-lucky one. I find happiness in every simple thing that is around me. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many people complain, &#8220;Fuck, my life is ruined. Why can&#8217;t I be bestowed with happiness?&#8221; and this always leave wonder: what is happiness? Why people are not happy?</p>
<p>If you ask to define myself, I would always say: I am just a happy-go-lucky one. I find happiness in every simple thing that is around me. Watching stars in the night, reading book, throwing away stuffs I don&#8217;t like, watching tv endlessly, losing self in imagination, chatting endlessly on same topic till I get tired, jumping on the bed, fighting with my nephew…. what doesn’t make me happy? You might hit back with long lists of problems but my solution is: one day or other day, problem will hit you anyway then why to be unhappy thinking about it now when I have to be sad that day anyway? Cherish life as long as you can.</p>
<p>Even when I am sinking in sea of misery, I find reason to cheer and smile. I always compare myself with worst scenario and I feel happy that I am not facing such worst case possible.</p>
<p>In my opinion, the key to happiness is living the moment. If you start worrying about tomorrow, the endless list will never end and you will be always sinking in and in. so STOP worrying about what will happen next but see what is happening now. Try to smile and enjoy the world. Then you will find your happiness because happiness is a state and it&#8217;s HAPPENING now.</p>
<p>In the meantime, go check out this blog: <a href="http://kastoramailo.wordpress.com/">http://kastoramailo.wordpress.com/</a> and be happy J</p>
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		<title>a waiting traveler.</title>
		<link>http://rabindragurung.com.np/2010/01/13/a-waiting-traveler/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[a waiting traveler., originally uploaded by Rabin Gurung. just want to pack my bags and leave away to far far away!! Sigh.]]></description>
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<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8838068@N04/4255807293/">a waiting traveler.</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/8838068@N04/">Rabin Gurung</a>.</span>
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just  want to pack my bags and leave away to far far away!! Sigh.</p>
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		<title>Those days!</title>
		<link>http://rabindragurung.com.np/2009/12/30/those-days/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paris from Eiffel 6, originally uploaded by srux2001. Just want to hide behind the chaos and greatness of Paris, again]]></description>
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Just want to hide behind the chaos and greatness of Paris, again <img src='http://rabindragurung.com.np/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /></p>
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