Nepal yesterday administered a nationwide polio immunization campaign. Many polio vaccine centers were setup for easy access of polio drops to the general public.

There are a few basic things that everyone should know about polio:

• Polio is a highly infectious viral disease through Poliomyelitis (polio).
• Polio mainly affects children under five years of age.
• Poliovirus is mainly passed through person-to-person contact.
• There is no cure for polio, it can only be prevented through immunization.
• Until and unless polio is eradicated, the polio drop has to be given.

Poliomyelitis or simply “polio” is a highly infectious viral disease, which mainly affects young children. The virus is transmitted through contaminated food and water, and multiplies in the intestine, from where it can invade the nervous system. Many infected people have no symptoms, but do excrete the virus in their faeces, hence transmitting infection to others.

Initial symptoms of polio include fever, fatigue, headache, vomiting, stiffness in the neck, and pain in the limbs. In a small proportion of cases, the disease causes paralysis, which is often permanent. Polio can only be prevented by immunization.

Who is most at risk of polio?

Polio mainly affects children under five years of age. However, immune and or partially immune adults and children can still be infected with poliovirus and carry the virus for long enough to take the virus from one country to another, infecting close contacts and contaminating sanitation systems. This could facilitate transmission especially in countries where sanitation systems are sub-standard.

A child being administered a polio vaccine

How can polio be prevented?

There is no cure for polio, it can only be prevented through immunization. Polio vaccine, given multiple times, almost always protects a child for life. Full immunization will markedly reduce an individual’s risk of developing paralytic polio. Full immunization will protect most people, however individuals can still contract the disease due to the failure of some individuals to respond to the vaccine.

Though people from all corners of the globe has been fighting against the polio virus there has been cases which has let to few cases of polio cases in certain parts of the globe which includes Nepal as well. Reports say that there has been a few number of cases of polio in Nepal as well. So, Let us all work together and eradicate polio from the face of the earth.

More links on polio:

• WHO
• Wikipedia

Being the student and young they are supposed to be the energy to build something, do something but all we see is just the opposite. Regardless of what qualifications you have everyone is doing the same: beating the weak, breaking someone’s property in the name of protest. But how will this change a thing. Does this affect the government or the person you are protesting for or against? It just harms and hurts the next person who is another Nepali like you, a brother in a wider sense. He might have his own problems and situation that he is fighting for just to meet the ends. But who cares. The party says or the leader of the student union is unhappy about something; now guess what; band, without any prior notice what do you expect someone to do at that moment, they can’t just simply disappear on your mood for Bandh and then be visible back aging when the situation changes.

Here I would like to address the whole young generation in universities and colleges that are linked with the union do you ever question your leader and does your leader ask the explanation to the party. I believe its negative and you all are right who does care as long as the destruction goes on without harming you; let go the unknown. But if we are to look at this scenario; how right are we to do this; why not take a proper action; writing a complaint letter and making sure issues has been addressed and wait for the response after that do the protest but make sure it hampers the government but not the public or the nation.

The country should run without any interference of the protest which will then be supported by whole nation with full strength. If the things doesn’t run this way then make it happen you are the youth, you are the leader don’t tell me you can’t and give me the alternative to destruction. You are there so we could have some kind of peace and justice not the violence. Make politics the effective way to govern rather than the excuses for everything and choose the path of band.

Why don’t we try the new approach on this? How about we take the few facilities that we grand our leaders; just for the counter check if they are there to enjoy the power or really do the creative work. But again to get the job done; we need to train our leaders first; as they are only used to vandalism and riot is the only common friend they have. So probably the best way to do is to take an aptitude test, behavioral test, administrative knowledge test, attitude test and the background test. If these things are not clear then they can’t compete and be involved as a leader in any political parties. This will bring the clean and fresh generation with a can do attitude which is what we need at the moment.

This recent incident of Pokhara Bandh and the vandalism of the Janapriya Multiple Campus demanding resignation of campus chief is a shameful act of the educated fools. There should be a proper channel to go through for all this process not just the vandalism on every single occasions and then strike with Bandh making everyone cripple in the society just because you didn’t find the right way to do it or any reason. The society suffered every time they made their irrational decisions without consideration for anyone. Anyway who gives them right to vandalism; does our constitution say it’s legal to do so if you are unhappy about something. Then why do they never get charged with vandalism and make them pay for the damage and send them off with warning that they could be jailed if they were caught next time. I think this action will stop all this mess. If only one is caught and made him pay for what he destroyed I don’t’ believe there will be anyone who would love to do it again just to pay the damage later on. At least they will think once before they act; if they could afford it. It’s a national property not an individual. They break it we suffer we have no desk in the classroom no facilities in the laboratory or the documents lost it’s an unthinkable damages for which charges must be laid.

Why destroy anyone’s vehicle if you are unhappy with PM go and destroy his car, make him take the public transport and let him learn what you are going through. Make him uneasy, not me; I am also the victim of the same bureaucracy as you are. By your act it’s just I am suffering more.

All these unnecessary and unwanted behaviors have consumed our student union and party leaders so bad that this is going to take a while to make everyone aware but the time is all we don’t have to play the waiting game. Hence if these acts are made illegal; hope it already is; make them repay for all the damage or else keep them in jail and use the labor until that amount is met which might exceed the life time expectancy of the person but what needs to be done needs to be done for the shake of the change. Just make sure your dissatisfaction is heard and conducted in proper way.

Administrator’s note: This is a guest post from Mr. Anup KC who is currently in Sydney, Australia.

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Indrajatra, one of the major Jatra (festivals) celebrated in the Kathmandu valley is a major occasion for any Newar residing in the valley. All of us belonging to different religions have festivals of our own and celebrate and rejoice them. Any festival celebrated in the country is seen with equal respect. Even the government has announced public holidays for many of the festivals celebrated by people from different clans.

The significance of Indrajatra need not be described to any one, be them be residing inside the valley or not. It is one of the major festivals celebrated in the valley for several days; with chariots of Ganesh, Kumari and Bhairav being taken around many city areas. There had always been a system in which a small amount of budget had been allotted for the occasion.

We like to address our country as one with many diverse and rich in our culture and traditions. Our country has so much rich culture, among which Newari culture and tradition is also an important one. Delegates from Nepal often introduce our country using the names of such traditional aspects such as Living Goddess- Kumari, Lakhe, different temples, etc. This is a good thing that our cultures are not only alive; it is also reviving our country’s existence in the world scenario.

Now going to the decision of our Finance Minister, it is contrary to the much significance which is given to our culture. We want to bring up our country in world scenario with the help of our culture… agreed. We want to keep our culture going and alive… agreed. So, how does the decision of cutting down of the budget for such festival help justify? Budget is just a small aspect of what keeps the festival going. The Newars have many festivals which are still going without any budget from government. And this festival can and will go on at any cost, with or without the support from the government. But this abrupt cut off shows the negligence of the policy makers towards the norms and values of the general public. This issue is an immediate concern for the Newars, but it is not just limited to Newars, if we give it a thought. Today it was Indrajatra. In the days to come, it can be Dashain or Lhosar or Idd.

It is a belief of the Newari culture that the festival should always go on the normal schedule with the dates to be fixed by our Guruju’s. Disturbance of any kind would mean a bad omen as per our belief. With all the confusion created beforehand and to add up on that, some smart leaders of our country, gave it a thought and decided that taking away the Lingo (Pillar) of Indrajatra, making it into pieces would suppress all the dispute. Let all such smart leaders be clear that this Lingo is meant to be taken safely to Bagmati and float it in it, and that way the festival is supposed to end. But many factors have not favored for the festival to be conducted and ended as per rituals.

We Nepalese have always been a unity amongst diversity (Anekata ma Ekata); so this is a moment to join hands. Every Nepalese who wants to keep our culture alive should put effort in his/her own personal level to stop anything which will devour our traditional norms. Let us all be proud of our culture and save it.

Administrator’s note: This article was submitted to us from one of our regular viewer Dr. Shrijana Manandhar.

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His eyes used to be silent and attractive, attractive in the sense of having tendency to make curious about he. He, 20-year-old, became emotionally blinded and got fall in love with 40-year-old woman having her two daughters too. Now-a-days, after this event, I in my imagination only seeing waves and tides of emotions in his silent and peaceful eyes.

What made him to take that decision ? He, a student, dependent on family, took such a decision which is totally wrong for a guy like him. To marry at that young age is itself wrong, here he not only did marry but to a woman having her own family and highly aged. In the response of “why” , he just do answer…..”It’s the love my friend , just love”.

But in my opinion, it’s the emotion that bound him to walk in that way where he will found no any way. Emotion wrapped his eyes and in blindness he choose such a wrong and unsuitable decision.

A simple analysis of my own shows that whenever a lady do suicide, it’s EVENT that made her to do that while in man case, it’s the EMOTION that excites him to take such action.

The writer’s own analysis (he may be wrong too)  forced him to write that emotion doesn’t have power to easily disrupt male mind but if it got a chance, then it disrupts more than any female mind. Female by crying and doing whatever (which suits them) controls the emotions but in male case, it overlaps all surrounding and make a dark environment to him, consequently, in blindness he use to choose a wrong path like my actor (real) took in above.

Moral

Each one has feeling and emotion.  Emotion regarding male, I found more dangerous than female. Male are too poor to handle it if it got a chance to capture one’s mind in comparision to female because god has given a special power to play with emotion in nice manner to lady while in male , I think they are not so luckly.

The initial Damage and Emergency Need Assessment carried out by Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) has shown that more than 54,000 people living in the eastern belt of the Saptakoshi River have been displaced so far as the river changed its course through densely populated human settlements on 18 August 2008. According to the assessment, 8 Village Development Committees (VDC) are badly affected, and some others are still at risk of flooding.

Displaced persons are currently being accommodated in schools and campuses with relatives or in other open buildings. A significant number of affected people are unwilling to leave their houses and belongings and are thus staying in the affected area where security forces continuing to rescue people. Currently, 26 temporary shelter camps have been established in schools in Inaruwa. More than 17,000 displaced have been supported with the most necessary relief goods. As there is need to support the displaced people outside the camps, the NRCS regional warehouses located at Biratnagar and Birgunj have also dispatched tarpaulins to support emergency shelters for the affected population staying in the both eastern and western sides of the Saptakoshi River.

Thousands of displaced people are taking shelter in the camps setup in the area. However, official fear that an epidemic might break in these camps as hundreds of people are already suffering from pneumonia and high fever. It is also reported that two of them have already died with more than two dozen in critical condition. Making things worse, according to Kantipur (news daily), women at flood-victim camps are facing risk of sexual harassment and exploitation. Pregnant women and nursing mothers in the camp are not getting nutritious food and are compelled to sleep in the cold and wet floor. According to doctors, lack of safe-drinking water, sanitation, bedding, food, and inadequate medicines is triggering the hazard inside the camps.

Furthermore, bridges and culverts have collapsed. Land and mobile phone networks have been out of service for two days and are only gradually being repaired. Drinking water and electricity supplies, schools and public buildings are destroyed. Local reports state that thousands of people are still located in the inundated area and waiting for rescue.

In this situation, people from many different fields have donated for the flood victims. But we can see many different groups asking for money or other stuff. But we should be aware that we donate to the right person so that our donation reaches the needy people in the Terai region. We must be aware that we donate to the right organization like the Red Cross.

Note: We will be updating this article with latest news and updates; and also adding up the bank account numbers where from you can donate to the flood affected.

Following the election at the CA in New Baneshwor, CA Chairman Subash Chandra Nemwang announced Dahal’s victory after the proposal for his election as Prime Minister was supported by 464 CA members. While Dahal’s rival and former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, a Nepali Congress candidate, who had became the Prime Minister three times earlier, garnered only 113 votes in his favor.

Before even the votes were cast, all factors had already indicated that Maoist Chairman Puspa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, whose party emerged as the single largest party in the Constituent Assembly (CA) after the April 10 elections, would win the race and become the new Prime Minister.

Following the election, Nemwang said that the CA session will now remain suspended till another decision.

Related news in international media:

• BBC, August 15, 2008
• Associated Press (International Herald Tribune), August 15, 2008
• Xinhuanet, August 15, 2008

Who is responsible for the stray animals in busy streets of Kathmandu: Farmers, locals or the municipality ?

Until the yester days, finding stray dogs in streets and gallis of Kathmandu was not an unusual scene. No proper solution of this has emerged yet. To add up in this, we now see stray livestock in the busy streets of Kathmandu.

Animals, which are sometimes chewing the cud amidst heavy traffic, some being shooed away by the traffic police or the drivers and finally some heartless driver brutally hitting the animals. Death would mean freedom for the innocent animals but what if they survive? Will the hit ill animals get any medication? Let alone medicine, will they have anything to eat?

Farmers usually have a trend of throwing away any unproductive animals. Financially this may seem correct to them. But, being the most civilized animal in the society, isn’t it our duty to help our lower contemporaries?

Our municipality has been upgraded to Metropolitan and sub-metropolitan cities for considerable number of years now. What is the real impact of this upgradement? If they can’t do anything about the animals, can they at least shift them to the sub-urbs. They have a right to live; not amidst heavy traffic but somewhere they won’t be hit by vehicles or shooed away to nowhere….

Administrator’s note: This is a guest post from Mr. Anup KC who is currently in Sydney, Australia.

It’s just pretty sad to see and a tragic too when people can’t see what’s happening around them and in their society and the country itself. So, blind by their arrogance and hypocrisies, self contained and f%#@ing blaming attitude of Nepalese that their blind and dumb politicians of present Nepal could do nothing but to lead the country to astray; as they are not fit for this 21st century. They are too old, crippled and outdated.

They have got no idea of what so ever is happening besides there 3 km radius which is why they all (including all ranas, kings, and all political parties) believe that country is running smoothly and performing well and all we need is stability. STABILITY is what you say we need and all we do is sit stable, quiet in our house dreaming of future turning blind eye to what is happening today in country without realizing; today makes tomorrow. Hence, your no effort to do anything today will lead to nowhere tomorrow.

Now the people (president) who justifies as our vice president did that, regardless what we wear or dress or speak we are Nepalese for most and got to remain like that but why say so if u can’t just be a Nepali from your heart and mean what you say and do something. Doesn’t anyone know the difference of having this kind of opinion in your house, and in the house of parliament makes a huge difference? It is not where you party and show how harmonious and friendly you are with the other origin and species of people. This is where you represent your country not yourself. Thank you Mr. Stupid President.

It’s the sovereignty, dignity, individuality, culture, glory of a country that has its own language (national), culture, and everything which needs to be flashed out every time it comes in media as this is watched by everyone in the world and which helps the international public and media to carve the image of the county itself. Here we could hence say, any country’s sovereignty and language is more important than what a president or vice president thinks. Now, no matter what the vice president speaks and wears that is what he can do when he is at home not at the media or when he is doing something regarding to represent the country of my own not his alone. If he can’t understand this he can go to hell.

It is the country that he is representing not himself to justify that his one of the most beloved language is Hindi and not Nepali and would love to speak as it suits, fit to him then why not just leave the country and go to hell where he likes. Or else justice must be done; example must be set. So we could opt for extreme option as to jail him for whole life or expel him form the country to where he gets to exercise his beloved language “H” or sack him forever to take any political move in the country. This is no joke what he has done now for every Nepalese to understand as something like this is never to happen again. He must be punished or else if nothing like this is exercised no one will ever learn a lesson, no one will ever think twice before they act and speak and will keep on doing what they want and all we will be doing is protesting and this will take us nowhere.

Having your interest and likes is not what you bring in the media when you are doing something to represent Nepal and Nepali. If u can’t just understand that then mate I believe that he/she should never be allowed to stand before the Nepali people and media as he so blind by his won stupidity that he is just unable to come out of it. You see Why not just punish him for his act who still thinks he hasn’t done anything wrong when he has challenged the sovereignty of Nepal staying at the position where he should be guarding it with his life. It is a matter of laugh if even today Nepalese can’t understand it and go for strike and destroy the public property. Instead just grab his neck and kick him out of the country and set and example what happens when you play with Nepalese heart and try to provoke. I say shoot that son of a bitch. And let the entire politician have a respect for the law and learn how to behave.

Look all around us what has they done and gave to us. Since the democracy came to Nepal in 1951 all they did was what they saw rana was doing fighting for the status and power. They spoke against rana so they could give the power to people and look after them but is that really what they did or just the opposite.

Haven’t we really gone back to time? I’m not in favor of rana, king or have a dislike of politicians. I just love Nepal and being Nepali I can’t take this shit anymore and live dying everyday seeing country going to astray.

Long live Nepal and Nepali but just mere saying and doing nothing will do nothing. As we all know there needs to be some input to generate output. All we have done is sit and watch, protest and destroy public property. Why not change that strategy for a while and think calmly and rather stand that culprit politician who lies to justice and punish them. No excuse not at all to them. They are no just a simple Nepali; they are the representative of the Nepalese people and Nepal. Not a joke mate, not a joke. If they are simply unable then let them resign or else let’s demand for the result and the things they have promised. Wouldn’t that be proper democracy and proper way dealing things?

And one for thing before I stop for today if anyone has noticed before election it was parchanda who was going to be the president of Nepal but as soon as the elections was over and politician decided to shift power from president to prime minister how quickly he swapped his position without any shame and guilt. How could one be so shameless and represent country and promise to do something for the countrymen when we all can see that all he is doing is running for power and seat as the congress and UML and rest are doing. A bunch of shameless, old and gay are ruling our country and us just looking at the act for free not realizing we are paying our life and country’s sovereignty for this.

News about protest in international media:

• yahoo.com
• boston.com
• xinhuanet.com
• foxnews.com
• nzherald.co.nz