Women Rights in Nepal

Women in Nepal are not enjoying their rights. THe women who are uneducated or illiterate feel that they are not so capable as men. They feel themselves weaker. They depend on male members of the family. They cannot enjoy any rights and freedom. Some of the conscious and educated women enjoy different modes of freedom and rights.
We can realize discrimination between men and women. They enjoy and practise different modes of freedom and rights. All the rights can be classified into social and legal. We can see greater discrimination between men and women in social rights. For example, a mother cannot be the head of the family. She cannot make any decision for her family. She is socially compelled to depend on her husband. Our society views that polygony can be practised but not polyandry. In some particular rituals, women are prohibitited to be involved. Our society does not permit a widow to get married, but a wodower is welcomed to get married.
Legally many rights are provided to women. For example, they are provided with the right to be candidate in the election. They can go anywhere freely to get jobs. They are equally welcomed in all the sectors. They can go any academic institutions to study.
'Women rights in Nepal' cannot be said miserable. The status of Nepalese women is improving. Our society has also reformed the evil traditions and social practices. The social values and norms which are not fair have been changed.

The Festival of Chhath

The People of Terai region of Nepal celebrate many festivals. Different festivals are connected with different cultural and religious significance. Particular gods and goddess are worshipped in distinct festivals. In chhath, the sun is worshipped.
During this festival, people worship the sun for their good health. It is said that a king was suffering from leprosy and T.B. in the ancient time. A great learned man of that time advised the king to worship the sun. The king did what he was advised. He worshipped the sun regularly for five years. Then he forget complete recovery. Since then a particular festival, which is called Chhath has been celebrated worshiping the sun as the god.
The festival of Chhath is celebrated for two weeks. The festival begins from Shukla Panchami. On the first day, a woman cooks rice in milk in the evening. The rice is offered to the sun. The rest of the rice is called Prasad. It is distributed to all the members of the family by her. All of them have it as Prasad with great respect to the sun. She prepares the required oferings and ritual items and keps them in a small basket. They are usually Thakuwa, Bhusuwa, rice, coconuts, fruits, flowers, incenses, lamps etc. Then she goes ro the river of a nearby pond for the worship. She stands wait-deep water and worship the seting sun with the ofering. Most of the devotes stay on the bank of the river of pond for the whole night. In the next morning, al of them worship the sun and go back home, with Prasad. Everybody has the Prasad with respect. It is also distributed to the neighbours. Thus, the festival of chhath is celebrated worshiping the sun for good health.
It is said that the main aim of this festival is to teach the people the importance of sunbath. It is good to worship the sun because the power, heat and light of the sun.

The Holi Festival

Holi is a famous festival of the Hindus. Very simply, it is called the festival of colours because colours are hioghly used during this festival. It is generally falls in the month of March. In Nepal, it is mostly celebrated in the Terai; nowadays it is celebrated all over the country.

This festival has cultural and religious significance. It is connected with the story of Parhlad. He was a great devotee of God Bishnu but Prahlad's father did not like it. He tried to kill his son, Parhlad several times but he could not once he ordered his sister Holika to burn him to death. She took Parhlad in her arms and sat on a great burning fire. She was once blessed not to be harmed by a fire, but that time blessing did not help her. She was killed in the fire but Parhlad was safe. Here, Holika stands for destructive evils and Parhlad signifies a true devotee. Holi festival has been celebrated as the symbol of victory of devotion and virtue over evils.

It is celebrated with great joy and enlightment. People prepare sweets and enjoy them. They also worlhing gods. Everybody puts kon new clothes . Small and young boys manage small parties, sings and dance. People smear their faces with different colours. Yhey throw coloured water on one another. In order to create fun, they also exchange and crack funny jokes. Everybody forgets sorrows and feels complete happiness.

We can say as the conclusion that this festival is really advantageous although it has some disadvantages. People should reform it in order to avoid unpleasant and unwanted behaviour. It is expected that the educated people of the societies should play a leading role to reform it. Then it kills evil thoughts and behaviour.

Mountaineering in Nepal

Nepal is a mountainous country. We can see many snow-capped lofty mountainous. The highest peak in the world, Mt. Everest, attracts many tourists. Many people climb other mountains, too. Many Nepali Sherpas are employed in the field of mountaineering. They scale the mountains for two purposes; firstly to gain fame and secondly as the profession.
Mountaineering has promoted tourism in Nepal. Many foreign tourists visit Nepal to climb mountains. Especially, they want to scale Mt. Everest. It was first scaled by Tenzing Hilary in 1953. Since then, it has been an adventure for the mountain climbers. Mountaineers must possess the sprit of adventure. They have to face with many problems and dangers while climbing mountains. It is an organized sport. There are many training centers throughout the world to train the mountaineers. They are taught how to accomplish the heroic task safely. Because of lofty mountains, mountaineering has been flourished in Nepal.
The sport of mountaineering has many merits in Nepal. It has uplifted tourism by luring tourists. We can earn foreign currency from tourism. Thus, mountaineering helps us to earn foreign currency.
Many Nepalese are employed in the field of mountaineering. They do not have to face with the problem of unemployment. Our country Nepal has been known to all the parts of the world because of mountaineering. The tourists who visit Nepal once get fascinatd to visit again. They also express their views with their friends nd relatives. The mountaineering helps us to gain foreign currency, to solve the problem of unemployment and to make Nepal known all the workd.
Mountaineering can cause some demerits. It is a risky job. Unfortunately, some mountain climbers are killed while climbing mountains. It also causes environmental problems. The mountaineers throw cans, bottles, plastic etc. On the way, they pollute the environment.
Mountaineering is very important in Nepal.It certainly boosts up the economic status of the country. The drawbacks of it are nomial. It should be promoted appropriately. The sectors concerned are expected to pay a complete attention to gear it up.

Poverty Elimination in Nepal

Nepal is a developing country. Many people are poor heere. Their main problem is to find food, cloth and shelter. They work from the morning to the evening. Their income is very low. Generally, most of the poor people are ignorant. They are not adequately aware. In order to reduce and eliminate poverty in Nepal, some measures have to be implemented.

Poverty is an great and challenging problem in Nepal. It results social disasters, crimes and rains. Some poor people are complled to be involved in crimes such as theft, robbery, smuggling and prostitution etc. The poor can be united and start destructive struggles for their survival. Such struggles certainly cause destructions. Poor people cannot compete with the rich people in various opportunities. As a result, the gap between the poor and the rich gets wider and wider. The poor people are likely to be oppressed by the rich. It results holtiling and hatred between the rich and the poor. Ultimately, unity among the people cannot be built up. Therefore, it can be said that poverty invites social injustice disasters and ruins in the society.

Poverty can be reduced and eliminated by providing all people with appropriate education. Educated people can play the prime role in maintaining social justice. Educated farmers can apply modern farming technologies, improved seeds and suitable fertilizers in the farms. They can sell their products in the markets. In order to raise the ststus of the poor, special programmes should be implemented to distribute the fertile land properly among the farmers. The problem of unemployment can be solved by establishing many factories and creating job opportunities.

The problem of poverty can be reduced and eliminated by educating people, establishing factories and creating job opportunities. If all the people are employed, povety will be automatically reduced and eliminated. The government should make a concrete plan for this purpose.

Water Resources in Nepal

God has been very kind to our country to provide her unlimited natural resources. Nepal is the second richest country in water resources in the world. We can see many rivers, rivulares, brooks, streams, fall, lakes and small springs. Among them, rivers are the most important water resources in Nepal.

The major rivers in Nepal are Mechi, Koshi, Bagmati, Narayani, Gandaki, Kanali and Mahakali. Among them, the Koshi is the largest, the Narayani is the deepest and the Karnali is the longest rivers in Nepal. The major lakes are Mahendra Tal, Phewa Tal and Begnas Tal. Similarly there are innumerable brooks, streams and springs. Snow-capped mountain peaks are the permanent water resources of rivers, lakes and rivulates.
Our life is closely related to the water resources. All of them play a vital role in the development of the country. We have produced hydroelectricity in many places using the water of the rivers, rivulates and streams. We use water for irrigation, cooking, washing and drinking. They are also important for transportation and entertainment. Nowadays, many people enjoy rafting in rivers and booting on lakes. Rivers also play the role of regional and national boundries of the country. The agriculture of Nepal can be improved by providing adequate irrigation.
Speciallu the rivers which floe through or near the cities are getting polluted. Similarly, the lakes and small stream have got polluted because of the different activities of human beings. Urbanization and industrialization are the main causes of pollution of water resources. We can see that 'Phewa Tal' in Pokhera is getting polluted. Nowadays, the Bagmati and the Bishnumati in Kathmandu are no more rivers; rather they seem to be dirty drainages. The resources of water are getteing badly affacted. Because of rapid deforestation, water amount in rivers has been decresing.

Wild Animals in Nepal

The animals which live in the jungle are called wild animals. Some of them are tigers, lions, leopards, foxes, monkeys, deer, squirrels and so on. They can be categorized into various species and groups. Some of them are carnivorous, some are herbivorous and some others are omnivorous. Most of them are directly or indirectly advantageous fpr us.

The animals that live on land are known as terrestrial animals. They are elephants, tigers, lions etc. The other kinds of animals are arboreal such as monkeys, squirrels, chameleon etc. They spend most of their time on trees. Generally, birds are called aerial animals. They can fly in the air. The animals which live in water are cartegorized as aquatic animals. They are fishes, crabs, dolphins etc. Similarly the animals such as alligators, tortoises, ffrogs etc. are called amphibians. Thus the animals are categorized as terrestrial, arboreal, arial, aquatic and amphibian according to their living places.

The animals can also be categorized on the basis of what they eat. The animals which feed on (live on) grass and plants are called herbivorous animals. They are goats, cows, buffaloes, sheep and so on. The animals that feed on only flesh of other animals and birds fall under the category of carnivorous. They are tigers, lions, foxes etc. The animals that live on both plants and flesh of other animals are known as omnivorous.

Nowadays most of the wild animals are declining. Some of the animals are endengered. An animal can not survive if its habit is destroyed. The jungle, the living place of wild animals, is fast being destroyed because of diffrent activities of human beings. People clear the jungle for agriculture and settlement. They cut down the trees for firewood, timber and buildings materials. Furthermore, people kill the wild animals for various purposes. The main cause of their disappearance is uncontrokked and over-population growth. We can preserve wild animals by preserving the forest, running afforestation programmes, opening wildlife reserves and national parks and marketing strict rules to ban the hunting of the wild animals and birds.

Wild animals are absolutely advantageous for us. Firstly, to preserve them, we have to preserve the jungle. If we preserve the jungle, the natural calamities such as flood, landslides, desertification and soil erosion etc. can be redued. We can preserve other natural resources too. Similarly, we can lure foreign tourists if we provide them opportunities to see the wild animals. By the result, we can earn foreign currency from them. Our ecology and enviromment can be kept in balance by preserving wild animals.