The Five Pence Shilling The Missouri river breeze was mild like any month of the year in a small village where the Mandan Tribe reside. Zomi, a well-built young man of about 19, is all set to make a trade of horses for gun with the new inhabitants from Europe at Gettysburg. Zomi is a confident young lad who has a business mind since a very young age. He has been with his father to these trade trips since he was five, the farthest he has travelled to being Westfield, north east of the Mandan village. It has been already 10 years since the first American Industrial Revolution, and America has been home to many dwellers from Europe thanks to its alluring resources and growing economy. The people of the Mandan tribe are gifted hunters but they have started preferring gun over arrows to hunt antelopes for their tusks–which pays a good price at the local market in Hayes, south of river Missouri. The traders of the Mandan village buy salt enough for the fortnight and with the money left–d...

Right feel Charlie Musselwhite, an American electric blues harmonica player better known as the “white bluesman” quotes on his fellow musician ,“When Big (Walter) was in the right mood, he could be the most ferocious, the most inventive, the most dangerous harp player I ever heard.” Being at crest on a chore­­­­ in the right feel­–would entail most of us since it is a consequence of mood swings which in turn is an outcome of hormonal changes. What would be the best start to your day? Well, for me it would be a warm cup of coffee slitting down my throat in a mild breeze of air near the window listening to  Guns N' Roses in the   mise-en-scène . This brings in me a different premonition than anything else does, and sets me right in the mood to kick start my day. The day when I miss this Ambiance, I am the not just the same Guy. I get busy but alas not productive enough! We already might have known by now that we can’t always get things going our way; the comfort zon...

Renewable Energy in Nepal, its Prospects and Challenges           How much are you worried about global warming and climate change? As of 2017, there is about 59.8% (8161 mega ton equivalent) use of primitive nonrenewable oil and coal, which is certainly going add to your worries [1].   17.1% (2334 mega ton equivalent) is the consumption of renewable energy worldwide including nuclear energy as of 2017, which is 3.9% greater than the 13.2% (806 mega ton equivalent) consumption of renewable energy as of 1973. Keeping in mind the world population in 1973 to be 3.915 billion as compared to 7.550 billion in 2017, nearly 4% increase in world total primary energy supply (TPES) is in itself a big deal that clearly states that world is in favor adopting the renewable energy. With more than 20,000 of the deaths worldwide due to carbon emissions, clean energy has been undoubtedly the necessity of today’s world. [2]     ...

Walking Alone Not only children but even adult Nepalese seem to depend on each other to visit the washroom. I’m pretty sure we’ve encountered those people who seek company simply to go to washroom. You may be wondering what’s so peculiar about this. But it’s only one of those things that makes us aware of the extent to which we are dependent on someone else. In fact, it is these small instances that lead to bigger ones. The problem is not in being amicable and accompanying ones who are close to us but in being too contingent and clingy upon someone else, which stimulates us subconsciously to be prone to emotional ordeals when we later become desolated. When was the last time you took a serious decision about your life or did something productive and who were you with back then? Perhaps you took the decision alone and certainly not amongst a crowd. You probably took the decision as a consequence of hours of comprehension. We must have felt for at least once that at the end ...

Living In The Moment I am old enough now, I can be on my own,” I vividly remember saying before leaving for my college dorm to pursue for my Bachelor’s degree. I was pretty excited about moving to Dhulikhel and being on my own—to experience being an adult. Why wouldn’t I be excited? It was my first time away from home. I felt it was about time that I leave my parents’ nest and start afresh. The first few days were the best days. I enjoyed making new friends and wasn’t homesick at all. Everything was new and exciting, and I was basking in that ‘newness’. Slowly, my life slipped into  a routine and monotony clouded my days. It was    then that I began missing home. I used to drag myself through the week waiting for the weekend and catch the earliest bus home every Fridays. I was rushing to be an adult, but I now realised what it really meant. According to Niharika Dugar, a content developer at Grade Up, to be a man means to be mature and act your age...

Hope Gloomy am I or really so weak? I believe I ain’t so lazy-just out of fuel to be at peak. Up and running? Well, it’s been hell of a time since my days became so reek; Amidst the crowd, I struggle to find where actually I leak from within! It feels I’m drowning deep incessantly, like a plunge into the silence desperate for help. It’s like a race I would like to finish not an ace. I know I’m my own guardian angel but this monotony! Why is it at such pace? Oblivious to the goings-on at times, Motivation seems more elusive than ever. But desolation has never room in battle, And I know I’ll pull this off because Nothing lasts forever even the cold November rain. I have so far believed that poem isn't my cup of tea. This is one of the first on my blog. Should i be writing more of it? Good day ;)

Great Expectations How much of a social butterfly are you? Or “How big is your friend circle?” I’m pretty sure it must be a big one if not so small. With communication being more affordable than ever; thanks to new network service providers and social networking sites, people are talking more than ever. But with more and more people talking, hearts are heavier than ever.  According to the data from Moment an activity-tracking app, it shows that it is possible for light social-media consumers to be happy. Nearly 63% of Instagram users and 59% of Facebook users report being miserable, and they spend an average of nearly an hour per day on the app and the ones who are happy spend on average just over half as long. “Will you be okay, if you get bad in return for the good that you give?” I’m sure most of us, even I won’t be okay. But that’s one of the main reasons behind the remorse. Dr. Steve Maraboli once said “Expectation feeds frustration. It is an unhealthy attachment to...