Shree Kumar Maharjan, Ph.D. International Cooperation Studies

The film “Rock on” is nice to watch. There is no any boring scene throughout the period. The director focused the story focusing the youngsters who loved the music and they are eager to perform on stage and want to release their album. We can find similar cases in Nepal as well. Most of the youngsters are busy with guitars and other musical instruments and formed bands. I hope there are bands in each ward/tole in the urban areas. Mostly they are busy in these professions at the time of their college life only. After passing out from the colleges, most of them sidetracked from this profession and they become busy in other businesses. Many bands formed and dissolved after some times in musical arena. Some exists and some not. There may be different causes behind diverting the professions. Some may be due to misunderstanding or egoism between band members; lack of professionalism in the field; can not survive in competitive field; personal causes, unluckiness etc etc. One of the cause can

The film “Rock on” is nice to watch. There is no any boring scene throughout the period. The director focused the story focusing the youngsters who loved the music and they are eager to perform on stage and want to release their album. We can find similar cases in Nepal as well. Most of the youngsters are busy with guitars and other musical instruments and formed bands. I hope there are bands in each ward/tole in the urban areas. Mostly they are busy in these professions at the time of their college life only. After passing out from the colleges, most of them sidetracked from this profession and they become busy in other businesses. Many bands formed and dissolved after some times in musical arena. Some exists and some not. There may be different causes behind diverting the professions. Some may be due to misunderstanding or egoism between band members; lack of professionalism in the field; can not survive in competitive field; personal causes, unluckiness etc etc. One of the cause can

Khaptad National Park as it is one of the well known site for the tourists and residents of the far western region of the country. This is the national park, which is located in the high hills of far western region that covers an area of 225 sq. km. It challenges all trekkers and nature hikers with rewarding experience unlike any other protected area in Nepal, because of its remoteness the area has been kept untouched by the tourist. It is very famous for its religious vale as well as its natural beauty. Late Khaptad Baba lived here for 50 years, meditating and worshiping and became a renowned spiritual saint. Besides its religious importance the park is rich for its natural beauty from where you can see the Api and Saipal Himalayan ranges. I had a chance to visit this site on 2065-2-27, there is a huge Mela called Dash-hara Mela where lots of the tourists, nepalese, residents from Doti, Accham, Bajura and Baitadi comes to celebrate the mela. They showed their traditional dances over