Jitendra thapa

जितेन्द्र थापा  काठमाडौँ  । च्यातिएको त्रिपाल, मलिन अनुहार । टाउकोमा रुमाल । सेतै कपाल र गालामा खुम्चिँदै गरेका धर्काले बुढेसकालले छोएको प्रष्ट देखिन्थ्यो  । त्यही त्रिपालमुनी टोलाएर बसेकी थिइन् थिइन् दुनी अर्थात दुनी शाही । उमेरले ५५ वर्ष पुगेकी उनी हुन् दक्षिण एसियाको एक मात्र घुमन्ते फिरन्ते जाती राउटे समुदायकी एकल अनि एक्ली महिला हुन्   । शाहीले कर्णाली प्रदेश आसपासका जंगलमा डुल्दै फिर्दै फिरन्ते जीवन बिताउँदै आएको ५५ वर्ष भयो । समुदायमा उनलाई सबैले १४ सन्तानकी एक्लि आमा भनेर चिन्छन्  । १४ सन्तानकी एक्लि आमा सुन्दा अनौठो लाग्ला तर, यो यतार्थ हो । १४ सन्तान जन्माएकी उनको साथमा सन्तान छैनन् । सन्तानको मृत्युसँगै उनको साथमा अहिले नत श्रीमान छन् नत छोरा या छोरी नै छन् । सबैले उनको साथ छोडेर उनलाई एक्लो पारेर गएको झझल्को आइरहने उनी बताउँछन्  । सबैले साथ छोडेर गए’,आँखाको डिलमुनी आएको आशुलाई छेउकुना लगाउँदै भनिन्, ‘१४ सन्तान जन्मिए । कोही जन्मिदै मरे कोही हुर्किदै संसार छोडे त कोही सन्तान तन्नेरी अवस्थामै संसार छोडे अहिले एक्ली छु ।’ सन्तानसँगै राउटे समुद...

Jajarkot,  “Earthquake destroyed the house in the middle of the night. The loss of family and friends broke the heart. My brother is gone, my son is gone, what a calamity has happened”, Bhadra Bahadur laments looking at the torn house. Bhadra Bahadur Vick of Nalgad Municipality 1 Chiuri of Jajarkot faced a big disaster. He lost his brother-in-law and son in the earthquake that happened on 17th Kartik. The voice of the brother-in-law, who was affected by the earthquake, "Bachau Bachau" still resonates in Bhadra Bahadur's psyche. The brothers-in-law who were trapped in the earthquake could not be saved while trying to rescue them. Remembering this, Bahadur Brother cried remembering his sister-in-law's family. As a result of the earthquake, the houses built by laborers for years in different streets of Himachal Pradesh, India, are in a dilemma of how to survive after the earthquake collapsed. Bhadra Bahadur said, "Those who died in the earthquake died while we survi...

  कस्तो हुन्छ होला जब आफ्ना प्यारा दाइभाउजू र भतिजाभतिजी घरमूनि पुरिएका छन् र गूहारगूहार भन्दै चिच्याइरहेका छन्, हातले खोस्रिदाखोस्रिदै उनीहरूको आवाज मुधुरो हुन्छ र अन्त्यमा लाश मात्र भेटिन्छ। त्यही भोग्नुभएका नलगाड चिउरीका भद्रबहादुर विश्वकर्माको आँखा अझै ओभाएका छैनन्।    मध्यरातमा भूकम्पले घर भत्कायो। घरसँगै आफन्तको वियोगले मुटु चिरा चर्कियो। दाइभाउजू रहेनन् छोरा रहेनन् यो कस्तो विपत्ति आइलाग्यो”, चिरा परेको घरलाई हेर्दै टोलाउँदै बरबराउनु हुन्छ, भद्रबहादुर। जाजरकोटको नलगाड नगरपालिका १ चिउरीका भद्रबहादुर विकलाई ठुलो विपत्ति आइलाग्यो। कार्तिक १७ गते गएको भूकम्पमा परेर दाइभाउजू र छोरा गुमाए। भूकम्पमा परेका दाइभाउजूले बचाउ बचाउ भनेको आवाज भद्रबहादुरका मानसपटलमा अहिले पनि ताजै बनेर गुन्जिरहन्छ। भूकम्पमा परेर छापिएका दाइभाउजूलाई उद्धारको प्रयास गर्दा गर्दै बचाउन सक्नुभएन। यो सम्झेर भद्रबहादुर भक्कानिँदै डाको छोडेर रुनुहुन्छ। भूकम्पले गर्दा भारतको हिमाचल प्रदेशका विभिन्न गल्लीहरूमा वर्षौँसम्म ज्याला मजदुरी गरेर बनाएको घर भूकम्पले चिरा चिरा भएर ढलेपछि अब कसरी बाच्ने भन्ने पिरमा...

Jitendra Thapa.  The Raute community is one of the last nomadic tribes in South Asia. This community lived a nomadic life roaming in the forest and had a separate world. They used to earn their livelihood by eating fruits produced in the forest, such as monkey prey and tuber root. Even though they were in the forest, they were happy and strong. They were not greedy. The last and only surviving community of nomadic tribes was the separate identity of the Raute community. He lived within the rules of his own king, his own government. They became self-sufficient by producing wooden utensils in the forest and exchanging them for grain in nearby villages. He was neutral in his behavior, customs and speech. This community is a community that has been living a wandering life in the forests around Karnali and Sudurpaschim and Lumbini provinces. The Raute community, which is almost the last nomadic tribe in South Asia, is in crisis recently. This community, which has grown up in the quiet, ...

Jitendra Thapa.   A tooth in one hand. A green handkerchief on the head. And Hira Rawat of Vadapokhara is busy cutting vegetables in the garden with scissors in her other hand. Rawat, who has reached the age of 35, reaches the field near the house without light. Dailekh's Dullu Municipality-2 Ward Pokhara's Hira Rawat's life has been like this. Most of his time is spent between making vegetable Godmel and sleeping. From early morning till late in the evening, he seems to be busy with the work of plucking vegetables, picking the fruits, applying water and sowing the seeds. Four years ago, he started cultivating vegetables on a small plot of land for his own food. Sosec Nepal, a leading non-governmental organization in solving the problems of the backward communities, finding out the problems of the rural communities, has changed Hira's daily life after teaching them to produce vegetables together with agricultural materials in vegetable production. Hira, who planted veg...

  Jitendra Thapa.  In the early morning, the sleepy eyes open. In the blink of an eye, the journey to greenery and dense forest begins. When walking from the house, the sun is shining on the terrace, and the steps are stuck in the green thickets around. Looking at the surrounding scenery, the mind does not know that it has reached a new heaven. When the heat of the sun hits the whole body through the eyes and ears, it feels as if it has fallen from heaven to earth. Chirvir Chirvir Chirvir Chirvir chirruping with the sound of the birds walking up and down the path of the forest is not known. The forests around Barekot seem to have fallen from the heavens as the sounds of animals reverberate. Gobind Singh of Barekot in Jajarkot reaches the Pakha Pakhera, Kholsakhulsi, Deurali Bhanjyang and pearly mountains of those forests. He is a wildlife and bird conservationist. On one side of the waist, a sickle in the hoof is tightly fastened like a belt. Tripod with camera on shoulder and...

  Jit endra Thapa.  The journey from shore to shore reached Nabhishthana. Where Raute had made his abode only a short time before. It was very exciting to reach the village. The Raute community, which has been living a nomadic life around Karnali and Sudur Paschim Province, has recently started to continue its occupation. Some women of the community were cleaning the yard. Some were busy building temporary houses. Other Route men were seen busy making various wooden materials. Route youth of the community reached the forest and carried firewood to the settlement and were relieving their fatigue. The route girl was coming towards the village with water from the nearby river on her head. The scene is Bhairavi Rural Municipality 1 Navisthan of Dailekh. In the Raute community, who used to drink alcohol and lie here and there as soon as they reached the settlement, recently they seemed to be trying to return to their old self. The Raute community, which used to indulge in alcohol f...