खै, जागिर पो होला कि नहोला
दुईहजार सन्ताउन्न साल साउनको कुरा — “हाउ मालदाइ, केयुमा भ्याकेन्सी खुल्या’ छ है। राम्रो संस्था भन्छन्, कि ट्राइ मार्ने हो”? हातको पत्रिका देखाउँदै मेरो भूतपूर्व रूमपार्टनरले सुनायो। रजिष्ट्रारको नाममा जारी…
Art, Audacity, Opulence
Writing is an art. Readers experience the artistry. No writer is fully satisfied because s/he knows something was missed. Sometimes interesting ideas click when the work has gone out of…
Classroom Tidbits
Passion and Obsession Passion is a natural instinct for something, which generally stays permanent. For instance, your love for music, art, flowers, traveling or entertainment does not die. Obsession is…
जीवनको पाठशालाबाट
सत्र वर्ष भयो यो भ्याण्डोल र बखुण्डोल बिचको डाँडामा वर्तमान र भविष्य बाँचेको। भूतकाल सम्झिनु पर्दा लाग्छ, हिजोमात्र यो ठाउँमा पाइला टेकेको हुँ। हिजोमात्र बनेपाको गान्धीभवनको आवासघरबाट सुलसुलेबाट भाग्दै केन्द्रीय…
More Probing Pupils
I have continuously asked students to email me questions and tried to answer most of them when there is time. The questions are supposed to be wise and probing no…
Sweet Seventeen
August 11, 2000 (2057-04-27) “A tiring journey to Kathmandu University along with Prem – to apply for the post of a teaching assistant. Useless it was! They want one to…
The Probing Pupils
As learners, we spend most of our lives answering others’ questions and least through finding the answers to our own. As teachers, we reiterate to our students most of the…
Answering Students-I
One of my recent activities with students has been to communicate in emails. I assigned one student from each class to send me three questions, and answered them in detail.…
Answering the Students-II
From a class three years ago. Outcomes of an interactive email assignment. Not irrelevant yet. In what quality was Yudhisthira different from his brothers? Yudhisthira could wait/pause to study the…
Answering Students-III
As a part of learning how to write inquiry emails, I ask students to ask me questions. They can ask me whatever they would like to know about the course…
Literacy, school and stories…
My literacy began with my being able to speak, and when what people said began to make sense to me. And it began with listening verses from Mahabharata and Ramayana.…