Petition: British Museum should have clear signage about Buddha’s birthplace

Posted by Ram Kumar Shrestha on April 16, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Mr. Neil MacGregor,
Director, British Museum
Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3DG

Re: British Museum should have clear signage about Buddha’s birthplace

Dear Mr. MacGregor,

After British Museum notice on its Facebook wall “In light of recent comments about the Buddha’s birthplace, we would like to reassure you that the Museum does not state that the Buddha was born in India. We state that the Buddha was born into a small kingdom that flourished in north-eastern India in about 500 BC. The kingdom covered a reasonably wide area in the northern plains, along with several others of the time. When the Buddha’s mother was expecting, the family decided that she should proceed north to the hills to give birth. This she did, but gave birth along the way, in Lumbini at foot of the Himalayas. The site of Lumbini is in Nepal about 20 miles from the modern border with the Republic of India. If you are aware of an instance where the incorrect information is written or posted please let us know where so we can look into it. You are welcome to leave comments about this subject on the main wall but please note that comments about this subject on unrelated posts will be deleted as they are off topic. Please see further information about commenting in the info tab.” on 4th of November, 2011 there was flood of comments.

“In the spirit of clarity, the British Museum wants to be unambiguous and accurate on this issue – the Buddha was born in Lumbini which is in Nepal. The Museum is always seeking to find the clearest way to put past history into understandable statements in the Museum, on our website and in our online records. Thank you for your feedback. Please be assured this is an important issue to the Museum and has been passed on to our curatorial team to establish where further clarity in the Museum and online may be required.” – this was another notice from British Museum on 7th of November, 2011 on its facebook wall after flood of dissatisfied comments on its notice. 

Sushanta Khadka gets NASA award

Posted by Ram Kumar Shrestha on April 16, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

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KATHMANDU, APR 14 - Sushanta Khadka, a twelfth grader from the Sanga-based Nepal Police High School in Kavre, has won the second place in space settlement contest organised by National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Five months ago, the Nasa announced the contest calling for concept papers for space settlement globally in which Khadka’s Gaganpur, the Sky City bagged the second award in the individual group. This is the first time a Nepali student has won the annual competition co-sponsored by Nasa Ames and for 6-12th graders (11-18-year-olds) from anywhere in the world. Individuals, small teams of two to six, and large teams of seven or more (often whole classrooms with teacher leadership) had participated in the contest. Grades 6-8, 9-10 and 11-12 were judged separately, except for the grand prize.

भृकुटी बन्नु पर्नेहरुले नै टाउको लुकाएपछि

Posted by Ram Kumar Shrestha on February 10, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

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गरीब देशबाट धनी देशमा आएर सिकेको र बुझेको धनी देशको कामप्रतिको यो संस्कार, यो मानसिकता र यो मान्यता आफ्नो देशमा भित्र्याउन भृकुटीको भूमिका निर्बाह गरेर देशमा सकारात्मक वातावरण सिर्जना गर्नु पर्नेहरु आँफै टाउको यसरी लुकाएर उल्टो दिग्भ्रम सिर्जना गर्छन् भने धनी देशको पैसा त भित्रिएला नै, तर न त यस्ले ‘बिदेशमा त पैसाको बोटै हुन्छु भन्ने जस्तो सोचाइंले ग्रस्तहरुको आशे बानीलाई सुधारेर आफ्नै हैरानी कमी गर्न सकिन्छ न त देश बिकासको लागि आवश्यक पर्ने एउटा नयाँ संस्कारको विकास गर्न नै ।

By रामकुमार श्रेष्ठ

मेलबर्नको एउटा ठूलो निर्माण कम्पनीको कार्यालयमा अफिस समयपछि सफा गर्ने काम जिम्मा पाएको ब्यक्ति एकदिन अफिस समयपश्चात पनि डाइरेक्टर कोठैमा भएको थाहा पाएर ढोका ढकढक्याएर पस्छ । कोठामा पस्ने बित्तिकै डाइरेक्टरको बोली उस्को कानमा पर्छ, ‘आज मैले ठूलो गल्ती गरेकोमा क्षमा गर मित्र’ । उक्त दिन डाइरेक्टरको टेबल वरिपरि भुइंमा च्यातिएका थुप्रै कागज छरपस्ट भएकोले उनको भनाइ त्यसप्रति नै लक्षित हो भन्ने बुझ्नमा उसलाई कठीनाइ भएन ।

 क्यारी स्वास्थ्य क्षेत्रमा काम गर्ने बिभिन्न संस्थाहरुमा बिभिन्न स्तरका स्वास्थ्यकर्मीहरु पठाउने अस्ट्रेलियाकै ठूलोमा गनिने एजेन्सीको मेलबर्न शाखामा काम गर्ने दुई युनिटका प्रमुख थिए र त्यही संस्थाबाट प्रदान गरिने तालिममा कहिलेकांही तालिम दिने काममा पनि शरिक हुने गर्थे । त्यो एजेन्सीमा कामको सिलसिलामा आउनेहरुको लागि नि:शुल्क रुपमा खाना उपलब्ध गराउने राम्रो क्याफे पनि थियो । क्यारी कहिलेकांही सो क्याफेमा पनि काम गर्थे र आफ्ना बिद्यार्थी र कर्मचारीहरुले खाइसकेको प्लेटहरु उठाउन पनि ब्यस्त देखिन्थे ।

मेलबर्नको एउटा ठूलो नर्सिङ होममा काम पाएको केही दिनमा आफ्नो यूनिट मेनेजरले सामान राखिएको ट्रली ठेल्दै गरेको देखेर अबिकसित देशबाट आएका एकजना नयाँ कर्मचारी सघाउन जाँदा यूनिट मेनेजरले आफूलाई कुनै समस्या नभएकोले आफ्नै काम जारी राख्न भने । केही समयपछि उसले अर्को कुनामा नर्सिङ होमका मेनेजरले एउटा बिरामीलाई खानेकुरा ख्वाइरहेको देखे ।

हामी जे जस्तो संस्कार र मानसिकताग्रस्त समाजमा छौं यसलाई माथिका वास्तबिकताहरुलाई विश्वास गर्न र स्वीकार्न हम्मे हम्मे पर्छ । यसको अर्थ के होइन भने बिकसित देशको सबै कुरा राम्रा छन र अबिकसित देशका नराम्रा । अबिकसित देशबाट पनि बिकसित देशले सिक्नु पर्ने कुराहरु धेरै छन । कामप्रतिको हाम्रो दृष्‍टिकोण सामाजिक बिषमता कायम गर्न र विकास कार्य अगाडि बढाउन बाधकको रुपमा देखा परेकोले विकसित देशमा पाइने यस किसिमको मान्यता भित्र्याउन सकिएको खण्डमा यसले विकास कार्यमा सकारात्मक भूमिका निर्बाह गर्ने कुरामा सन्देह छैन ।