Sandhya Thapa

Like every year, BBC announced 100 influential women for 2020 from around the world on 23 November. It's indeed astonishing and a matter of great pride to all the Nepalese to find Nepali girl, Sapana Roka Magar on the list. The list includes women from diverse professions. It is a commemoration of women who inspires and influence other women around the world. This year a woman who is leading to change and making a difference during these turbulent times is declared inspiring and influencing.   Who is Sapana Roka Magar? She is 18 years old girl from Mangala, Myagdi. Currently, working at Pashupati as a crematorium technician. She doesn't do it as a social service but for her own peace of mind. She thinks homeless and abandoned people across the world deserve a proper ritual of cremation. Despite women are forbidden from doing the final ritual by the Nepalese culture, she has been doing it for quite some time. She has so far cremated 272 unclaimed bodies.  How she made to t...

 Santosh Shah, a participant of Master chef, UK is shining bright. He is competing to be the best Master Chef. The competition looks tough yet he is setting a remarkable appearance as he enters the semi-final.  He is 35 years old. Most of the Nepalese feel great about his presence at an international platform like Uk's MasterChef: The Professionals. Because he is the Nepali chef participating in the remarkable culinary show. He seems to be like going to be a key to take Nepali cuisine into an international arena in an interesting way. He says in an interview with The Kathmandu Post: " If I am not specifically required to experiment, I am planning to cook only Nepali ingredients for most of my dishes. MasterChef has a wide audience worldwide, and I am planning to make the best use of this exposure. Apart from the hopes of introducing Nepali cuisine to the global audience, I also hope to inspire young Nepali chefs to follow their dreams and to not give up." He used to watc...

1. What is the meaning of the following statement? (2) a. a messenger or representative, especially one on a diplomatic mission - b. the state or quality of being worthy of honor or respect - c. harm done to someone in response to harm-  d. a person who holds extreme views in political or religious matters-  2.  What do the abbreviations U, OPP, pl, and sth stand for in the dictionary? (2)  U-  Opp-  Pl  Sth-   3.  Put the following words in alphabetical order (2) Anecdote, anchovy, android, anchor, ancillary, ancestral 4. Answer the following question 3*2=6  a. Why did the speaker receive thousands of good-wishes cards and gifts from all over the world? b. In what sense is peace necessary for education? c. What is the main message of Malala's speech? 5.  Classify the underlined words into different word classes. (5) a. The man who is  wearing  glasses is  my  uncle’s friend. b. I bought a  round table ...

 Let Them Drink Water!               Daniel Engber According to Daniel Engber,  soft drinks include excessive amounts of sugary ingredients which is a real cause of obesity so sodas and energy drinks should be taxed and highly charged yet more other appropriate policy should be implied to minimise the eating habit of drinking soft drinks. The rise of obesity is one of the serious problems of America as Obama has stated time and again. He argues that the government should be discouraging Americans by increasing taxes on such beverages and decreasing on healthy items. However, see value in stressing the notion that foods are addictive, and believes that the drug-like effects of certain foods would be helpful in getting the public to see their true dangers. Engber asserts that fat tax is a solution to encourage people to lead healthy lives. Junk food and sodas are as addictive as drugs. In spite of the fact that it's difficult to draw a line bet...

 The Meat Market                Alex Tabarrok Picture Source: https://fee.org/people/alexander-tabarrok/ In this essay Alex Tabarrok argues that the skill to save lives of people lacks innovation which why people are dying. He specifically covers the issue of organ donation and shortages of donor organs. The drawbacks of proper medical treatment have made donation of organ a risky business. There is no such meter to measure the line of life and death. The lack of precise agreement on the matter of declaration of death can cause problem. The great paradox lies in the line of life and death. There is no agreed-upon way of determined answer to declare the death state. So the process of donation from the deceased one is a controversial topic. The paradox is significant because it keeps medical person in the risk of persecution.  In 1968, the criteria for brain death was published. It reduced crime and better automobile safety have led t...

 No Pay? Many Interns Say, "No Problem"                  - Jennifer Halperin Halperin talks about unpaid college internship and opportunities the students receives through college credit exchange program. She mentions there is an interesting debate among people on unpaid internship. Yet it doesn't dissuade students from applying to the internship program. The inductively structured essay is concluded after bringing series of reviews on the topic. According to Halperin the factors that make internships attractive to college students and recent graduates are:                  Internship gives them opportunity to get an exposure to professional world                      It offers them to gain useful professional skills and experience. She is surprised  by the results because paid internships don't always attract the most candi...

 Make a decision in following remarks. 5  1.I am getting much too fat 2. I am fed up with my job. 3. She seems very friendly. 4. I am a bit tired tonight. 5. I really must try and get rid of this cough. (Perhaps, May be, I think+I will) What are the intentions of following people?  1. Roger has decided that he doesn't earn enough money. 2. Wendy has decided that her life is not exciting. 3. Rami has decided go to America. 4. Janet has bought 100 kg of cheese. 5.Alex is asking money with his parents. Planning to, Intending to, Thinking of, Going to Make requests  1.Tapping his/her foot 2. Blowing smoke in your face 3. Speaking English 4. Snoring 5. Interrupting (Could you, Would you, Would you mind...ing?, Do you think you could? Make Offers,  He looks thirsty He looks bored. He hasn't seen much of your town. He has left his suitcase at the station. He hasn't done his assignment.  (Shall... I, Would you like...? Would you like to...? Would you like me to? I ...

1.  Rewrite following sentences using “being” or “having” .  5 Having +Object+V3 Being+ V3 a.  I like people admiring my clothes. b.  I don’t mind journalists following me about. c.  I enjoy people taking me to expensive restaurants d.  I love people bringing my breakfast to my room. e.  I adore people giving me expensive presents. Change the following nouns into adjectives: [5] Religion, strength, patience, hunger, noun Join the following pairs of sentences using ‘too’ as shown in the example. [5] Example: He can’t run, He is very weak. He is too weak to run. a. She arrived late. She could not get a bus. b. Don’t get married yet. You are too young. c. Don’t eat that cake. That is stale. d. She talks very fast. I can’t understand her. e. Don’t sit on the ground. It’s muddy. Write two sentences using when and while. 5 Example: Meet my old friend/ I go to bazzar. I …………exa…………….. I met my old friend while I was going to bazzar. I was going to bazaar when...

  धित नै मर्दैन मेरो , तिमी साथ हुदाँ  चाहना अधुरो रहन्छ, तिमी टाढा हुदाँ  त्यो अंगालोमा अनुभब बेग्लै बन्छ  तिम्रो अँगालोको न्यानो घर बुन्नु छ  हुनुछ  एक, कुनै बिडम्बना बुझ्नु छैन  तिमी बिना एक्लो हुने मन छैन मलाई क्षितिजमा आकृति हाम्रै कोर्नु छ  एउटा सुन्दर यात्रा बनाउन, पाइला तिमी संगै चाल्नुछ  साथ दिनेछौ, मलाई थाहा छ कहानी हाम्रो आजको मात्र होइन सदाको लागि बनाउनु । 

 The Wife - Beater- Gayle Rosenwald Smith Smith shows the modern days fashion sense and relates it to the issue of domestic violence. She is astonished at a business strategy that promotes domestic abuse. She claims wearer under 25 does not get disturbed by the logo "The Wife- Beater" but she is surely very much disturbed seeing people flaunting style that promotes domestic violence. The T-shirt carries a stereotypical harmful message. That's why she is disturbed. She seems to be worried about its influence over normal youngsters. Her concern is justified throughout her writing as she keeps making sense with the meaning of wife-beater and statistics of women violence. The term is being used so lightly. Her major concern is to inform the wearer below the age of 25 about the impact of the term and activities like wife-beater.  The name alone is not the issue for Smith but the name worries her a lot which she has mentioned explicitly in paragraphs 3 and 11 because it represe...

  सजाउन मन छ, जीवन तिमी संगै  पल -पलको चाहाना तिमी नै  रम्न मन छ तिमीसंग  तिमीलाई पाउछु आफु भित्र  पर क्षितिजमा देखिने सुन्दर आकृति  हाम्रै बनाउन मन्छ , स्पर्श तिम्रो लाग्छ खास  माया नै तिमी बाट आश  दौड धूपमा अल्झेको जीवनमा  आनन्द खोज्छु तिम्रो काखमा  साथ मात्र खोजेको छु मैले बिछोड नहोस हाम्रो कहिले

 शिमलको भुवां झैँ उड्छ मेरो मन आज  भिड या होस् एकान्त खोज्छु तिम्रै साथ अबुझ बेखबर तिमि जहिले आफ्नै तालमा  अल्लारे मन मेरो छ बेहाल  साउती मर्ने यी हावा  लाग्दैछ सुनाउदै छ तिम्रो कुरा  सुन त ! बुझ्योउ  बुझाउन बाकि मेरा कुरा  बेचेन छन् सिमलको भुवा  यहाँ बिचरा मन भित्रका कथा  गुम्सिएर एक्लै बन्दैछ बेथा 

जोडिञ्छु  तार झैँ गिटारको उड्छु भुवां झैँ सिमलको  तिम्रो साथमा छुट्टै बन्छु  महसुस हुन्छ खै कस्तो कस्तो  सपना भन्दा सुन्दर हुन्छ जीवन  भए तिमी साथमा मेरो  मन छैन बस्न सम्झना संगाली  सबै कुरा भुल्नुछ तिमीलाई अंगाली