सोसल नेटवर्किङ साइट मार्फत ब्लगका पाठक कसरी बढाउने?

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फेसबुक अहिलेको समय मा सबैभन्दा धेरै चलाइने र धेरैले चलाउने ‘सोसल नेटवर्किङ साइट’ हो । साथीभाइ विच फेसबुक बाट नै सूचना को आदानप्रदान हुन थालेको छ । कैयौँ फोटो र भिडियोहरु ‘भाइरल’ भएर सबैको फेसबुकमा पुगिरहेकाछन् । फेसबुकमा लेखिएका अधिकांश कुराहरु मा साथीहरुले ‘कमेन्ट’ गर्ने, ‘लाइक’ गर्ने आदि गर्छन् । जस्तोसुकै कुरा किन नहोस्, फेसबुकमा राखिसकेपछि कुनै न कुनै व्यक्तिले जरुर हेरिरहेको हुन्छ ।

फेसबुकको लोकप्रियता सँगै, ब्लगहरु पहिले को जस्तो रहेनन् भनेर भन्नेहरु धेरै भेटिएकाछन् भने, ब्लगर साथीहरु पनि, आफ्नो ब्लग भिजिट नहुने, कमेन्ट नआउने कुराहरु गर्न थाल्नुभएको छ । भिजिट नहुनु र कमेन्ट न-आउनु अलग कुरा हुन् । कमेन्ट आएको र नआएको आधारमै यो ब्लग हिट भयो, यो ब्लग हिट भएन, कसैले पढेनन् भन्ने कुरा हुँदैन । राम्रो ब्लग छ भने, कुनै कमेन्ट नै नभएपनि, उक्त ब्लग हिट हुनसक्छ,  साथीहरुको फेसबुक र ट्विटरमा उक्त ब्लग ‘सेयर’ भइरहेको हुनसक्छ । साथीहरुको स्टाटस र ट्विटबाट नै तपाईको ब्लगमा मौन पाठकहरु आइरहेकाहुन सक्छन् ।

कसैले पढ्दै नपढि या भनौँ सरसर्ति हेरेर “साह्रै दामी पोष्ट” भनेर प्रतिक्रिया लेख्नु भन्दा, कसैले ब्लगमा प्रतिक्रिया नै नलेखि “फेसबुक” र “ट्विटर” जस्ता ‘सोसल नेटवर्किङ साइट’ मा ‘सेयर’ गर्छ भने, त्यस कुराले विशेष महत्व राख्दछ । अप्रत्यक्ष रुपमा यसले ब्लग को पाठकहरु बढाउन सहयोग पुर्याइरहेको हुन्छ । अत: कमेन्टले ब्लग यति हिट छ भनेर भन्न सकिँदैन । प्रतिक्रिया भनेको कसैले लेख्छन्, कसैले लेख्दैनन् । मेरो पहिलो सुझाव, ब्लगमा कमेन्ट नै आएनन् भनेर आत्तिनु पर्ने अवस्था छैन, ब्लग कति हेरियो भन्ने कुरा अन्य कुराहरु ले जाँच्न सकिन्छ ।

सोसल मिडिया, फेसबुकको पर्यावाची झैँ लागेपनि, सोसल मिडियाले अन्य धेरै साइटहरु पनि समेट्छ ! यस ब्लगमा भने हामीले फेसबुकलाई समेट्ने प्रयत्न गरेका छौँ ।

ब्लगमा “सोसल सेयरिङ बटन”हरु राख्नुहोस्

जति राम्रो ब्लग लेखेपनि, यदि ‘मार्केटिङ’ पक्ष साह्रै कमजोर छ भने, तपाईले लेखेका कुराहरु कसैसामु पुग्दैनन् । ‘फेसबुक’ र ‘टविटर’ को लोकप्रियता सँगै “सोसल मिडिया” भन्ने शब्द खुबै प्रचारमा रहेपनि, “सोसल मिडिया” अन्तर्गत फेसबुक र ट्विटर मात्र नभइ, ब्लग, युट्युव (भिडियो) र अन्य सोसल नेटवर्किङ साइटहरु पनि पर्छन् । अत: तपाईको ब्लग पनि “सोसल मिडिया” नै हो ।

तपाई को पहुँच जति धेरै सोसल नेटवर्किङक साइटहरुमा पुग्छ, ब्लग को प्रचार प्रसार गर्न त्यति नै सजिलो हुन्छ । अत: ब्लगमा विभिन्न सोसल मिडिया का साइटहरुमा सजिलै सँग ‘सेयर’ गर्न सकिने ‘बटन’ हरु राख्नुहोस् । यसबाट पाठक ले तपाईका राम्रा लागेका ब्लगहरु सजिलै ‘सेयर’ गर्न सक्छन्  । हाललाई फेसबुक, ट्विटरको ‘सेयर बटन’ राखे पुग्छ । त्यसका अलावा गुगल प्लसको “+१” बटन पनि सबै ब्लग को लागि जरुरी भइसकेको छ । “+१” बटनले सेयर गर्ने मात्र होइन, तपाई को ब्लगको र्याङ्क मा पनि प्रभाव पारिरहेको हुन्छ ।

फेसवुकको हक मा “लाइक बटन”, ट्विटरका लागि “ट्विट बटन” र गुगल प्लस का लागि “प्लस वान” बटन राख्न सकिन्छ । “गुगल” गरेको खण्डमा ती बटनहरु कसरी, कहाँ राख्ने भन्ने कुराहरु सजिलै थाहा पाउन सकिन्छ ।

फेसबुक “नोट्स” नलेख्नुहोस्

ब्लगर साथीहरु भन्नुहुन्छ, फेसबुक नोट्समा यति धेरै प्रतिक्रिया आयो, सबैलाई ट्याग गर्न सकिन्छ तर खै त्यही ब्लगमा कमेन्ट गर्ने चाँही कोहि हुँदैनन्, ब्लग नै हेर्दैनन् । यस कुराको लागि तपाई नै दोषी हुनुहुन्छ भन्दा फरक पर्दैन । जब ब्लगको सबै कुरा तपाई नोट्समा नै लेख्नुहुन्छ (अटोमेटिक नोट्समा इम्पोर्ट गर्नुहुन्छ) त, किन कसैले तपाई को ब्लग खोलिरहोस् । अत: मेरो सुझाव भनेको “फेसबुक नोट्स” भनेको लेख्दै नलेख्नुहोस्, त्यसको सट्टामा ब्लग लिंक सेयर गर्नुहोस्, स्टाटस मा सेयर गर्नुहोस् । बरु कसैलाई हेर भन्नै पर्ने छ भने, त्यही सेयर गरिएको लिंक र, स्टाटसमा अरुलाई ट्याग गर्नुहोस् तर भुलेर पनि ब्लग को कुरालाई नोट्समा ‘सेयर’ नगर्नुहोस् । फेसबुक नोट्स ले तपाई को ब्लग का पाठकहरु घटाइरहेको छ, भन्ने कुरा बुझ्नुहोस् । फेसबुक मात्र होइन अन्य साइटहरुमा पनि लिंक मात्र सेयर गर्नुहोस् ।

ब्लग को फ्यानपेज बनाउनुहोस्

धेरैजसो ब्लगहरु अहिले पनि ब्लगको लागि फ्यान पेज बनाउनु भन्दा, ब्लगको लागि फेसवुक प्रोफाइल बनाइरहनु भएको छ । ब्लग मात्र नभनौँ, नेपाल मा अधिकांश संघ संस्थाहरुले फेसबुक पेज बनाउनु पर्ने ठाउँमा फेसबुक प्रोफाइल बनाइरहेका छन् । फलस्वरुप जति जना को बिचमा ब्लग पुग्नुपर्ने हो, पुगिरहेको छैन । फेसबुक पेजमा लाइक गर्दा पुग्छ तर पनि धेरैजसो व्यक्तिहरु पेज बनाउनु भन्दा पनि, प्रोफाइल नयाँ बनाएर, नयाँ फेसबुक ग्रुपहरु बनाएर साथीहरु ‘एड’ गरिरहनु भएको छ । र यो सरासर गलत तरिका हो, यस तरिकाले तपाई को ब्लग पाठक बढ्न सक्दैनन् । फेसबुक पेज को महत्व बुझ्नुहोस्, ब्लग को लागि छुट्टै फ्यानपेज बनाउनुहोस् र ब्लगका बारेका अपडेटहरु फ्यानपेज मार्फत सेयर गर्नुहोस् ! (फ्यान पेज कस्तो हुनुपर्छ, कसरी चलाउनु पर्छ, भन्ने कुरा कुनै अर्को ब्लगमा चर्चा गरौँला! ) साथिहरुलाई आफ्नो फ्यानपेज ‘लाइक’ गर्न आग्रह गर्नुहोस् । जति धेरै फ्यान भए, त्यति धेरै ब्लग धेरैमाझ पुग्छ भन्ने कुरा भनिरहन नपर्ला ।

फेसबुक पेजको महत्व बुझेर नै, “गुगल प्लस” ले पनि चाँडै नै गुगल प्सलमा “बिजनेस पेज” ल्याउने भएको छ । गुगल प्लसमा ‘बिजनेस पेज’ आउने बित्तिकै गुगल प्लसमा पनि पेज बनाउन नबिर्सिनु होला ।

कमेन्ट सिस्टम मा ध्यान दिनुहोस्

ब्लगरको आफ्नै कमेन्ट सिस्टम खासै सजिलो छैन,  र यो झ्याउलाग्दो पनि छ । वर्डप्रेस ब्लग र अन्य प्लाटफर्मका ब्लगहरु मा भने कमेन्ट गर्न केही सजिलो छ । तर ब्लगमा भएका ‘डिफल्ट’ कमेन्ट सिस्टम ले खासै नयाँ पाठक बढाउन सहयोग गरिरहेको हुँदैन । अत: कसैले ब्लगमा कमेन्ट लेखोस् भन्ने लाग्छ भने आफ्नो ब्लगमा राखिएको कमेन्ट सिस्टम सजिलो राख्नुस्, अझ कमेन्ट मार्फत नै ब्लगका पाठकहरु बढाउने इच्छा छ भने, फेसबुक कमेन्ट सिस्टम राख्नुहोस् । त्यसबाहेक, ‘डिस्कस’, ‘इन्टेसडिवेट’ लगायतका कमेन्ट सिस्टमहरु पनि राख्न सकिन्छ । हामीले यो ब्लगका लागि ‘डिस्कस’ कमेन्ट सिस्टम राखेका छौँ । ‘डिस्कस’ मा कमेन्ट गर्न सजिलो छ, साथै यसबाट क-कसले ट्विट गरे पनि थाहा पाउन सकिन्छ, यसैबाट फेसबुक मा पनि सेयर गर्न सकिन्छ ।

तर सिधै पाठक बढाउन को लागि हो भने, “फेसबुक कमेन्ट” प्रयोग गर्नुहोस् । कसैले तपाई को ब्लगमा आएर कमेन्ट गर्यो भने, कमेन्ट उसको फेसबुक प्रोफाइलमा पनि देखिन्छ, अनि अर्को ले पनि क्लिक गर्न सक्छ ।

अटोमेटिक फिड को नियन्त्रित प्रयोग गर्नुहोस्

तपाईहरु आफ्ना ब्लगहरु प्रकाशित हुने बित्तिकै फेसबुक र ट्विटरमा ‘सेयर’ होस भन्ने चाहनुहुन्छ भने, ट्विटरफिड,डेलिभर, फिडबर्नर, नेटवर्कब्लग आदि सेवाहरु प्रयोग गर्न सक्नुहुन्छ  । तर कृपया भनिएका मध्ये कुनै एक सेवा मात्र प्रयोग गर्नुहोला । एउटै कुरा एकै पटक ३-४ वटा बाट अटोमेटिक सेयर नगर्नुहोला, कारण जुनसुकै अटोफिड प्रयोग गरे पनि, सेयर हुने तपाई को फेसबुक र ट्विटर मा नै हो । एउटै कुरा, एकै समयमा बारम्बर सेयर भयो भने, अरुलाई तपाई को ट्विट र स्टाटस देखेर दिक्क लाग्न सक्छ। अत: अटोमेटिक फिड को नियन्त्रित प्रयोग गर्नुहोस्

Where there is will there is way

An old man lived alone in Minnesota. He wanted to spade his potato garden, but it was very hard work. His only son, who would have helped him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and mentioned his situation:
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Dear Son,
I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won’t be able to plant my potato garden this year. I hate to miss doing the garden because your mother always loved planting time. I’m just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. If you were here, all my troubles would be over. I know you would dig the plot for me, if you weren’t in prison.
Love,
Dad
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Shortly, the old man received this telegram: ‘For Heaven’s sake, Dad, don’t dig up the garden!! That’s where I buried the GUNS!!’

At 4 a.m. the next morning, a dozen Secret agents and local police officers showed up and dug up the entire garden without finding any guns.

Confused, the old man wrote another note to his son telling him what had happened, and asked him what to do next.

His son’s reply was: ‘Go ahead and plant your potatoes, Dad . It’s the best I could do for you, from here. ’

MORAL: NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN THE WORLD, IF YOU HAVE DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING DEEP FROM YOUR HEART, YOU CAN DO IT. IT IS THE THOUGHT THAT MATTERS, NOT WHERE YOU ARE OR WHERE THE PERSON IS

It takes courage

During World War II, many people gained fame in one way or another.

One man was Butch O’Hare. He was a fighter pilot assigned to an aircraft carrier in the Pacific. One time his entire squadron was assigned to fly a particular mission.

After he was airborne, he looked at his fuel gauge and realised that someone had forgotten to top off his fuel tank. Because of this, he would not have enough fuel to complete his mission and get back to his ship. His flight leader told him to leave formation and return.

As he was returning to the mother ship, he could see a squadron of Japanese Zeroes heading to attack. And with all the fighter planes gone, the fleet was almost defenceless.
His was the only opportunity to distract and divert them. Single-handedly, he dove into the formation of Japanese planes and attacked them. The American fighter planes were rigged with cameras, so that as they flew and fought, pictures were taken so pilots could learn more about the terrain, enemy maneuvers, et cetera.

Butch dove at them and shot until all his ammunition was gone, then he would dive and try to clip off a wing or tail or anything that would make the enemy planes unfit to fly. He did anything he could to keep them from reaching the American ships.
Finally, the Japanese squadron took off in another direction, and Butch O’ Hare and his fighter, both badly shot up, limped back to the carrier.

He told his story, but not until the film from the camera on his plane was developed, did they realise the extent he really went to, to protect his fleet. He was recognised as a hero and given one of the US highest military honour. The O’Hare Airport was named after him.

Prior to this time in Chicago, there was a man called Easy Eddie. He was working for Al Capone. Al Capone wasn’t famous for anything heroic, but he was notorious for the murders he’d committed and illegal things he’d done. Easy Eddie was Al Capone’s lawyer and he was very good. Because of his skill, he kept Al Capone out of jail. To show his appreciation, Al Capone paid him very well.

Easy Eddie had a son. He loved his son and gave him all the best things. But one thing he couldn’t give his son was a good name, and a good example. So, he went to the authorities in order to rectify the wrong he had done. In order to tell the truth, it meant he must testify against Al Capone, and he knew that Al Capone would do his best to have him killed.
But he wanted most of all to try to be an example and to do the best he could to give back to his son, a good name. So he testified.
Within the year, he was shot and killed.

These sound like two unrelated stories, but Butch O’Hare was Easy Eddie’s son. -Agencies

Timeless legacy

A young man learns what’s most important in life from the guy next door. It had been some time since Jack had seen the old man. College, girls, career, and life itself got in the way. In fact, Jack moved clear across the country in pursuit of his dreams. There, in the rush of his busy life, Jack had little time to think about the past and often no time to spend with his wife and son. He was working on his future, and nothing could stop him.

Over the phone, his mother told him, “Mr Belser died last night. The funeral is on Wednesday.”

Memories flashed through his mind like an old newsreel as he sat quietly remembering his childhood days. “Jack, did you hear me?” “Oh, sorry, Mum. Yes, I heard you. It’s been so long since I thought of him. I’m sorry, but I honestly thought he died years ago,” Jack said.

“Well, he didn’t forget you. Every time I saw him he’d ask how you were doing. He’d reminisce about the many days you spent over ‘his side of the fence’ as he put it,” Mum told him. “I loved that old house he lived in,” Jack said. “You know, Jack, after your father died, Mr Belser stepped in to make sure you had a man’s influence in your life,” she said.

“He’s the one who taught me carpentry,” he said. “I wouldn’t be in this business if it weren’t for him. He spent a lot of time teaching me things he thought were important… Mum, I’ll be there for the funeral,” Jack said.

As busy as he was, he kept his word. Jack caught the next flight to his hometown. Mr Belser’s funeral was small and uneventful. He had no children of his own, and most of his relatives had passed away.

The night before he had to return home, Jack and his Mum stopped by to see the old house next door one more time. Standing in the doorway, Jack paused for a moment. It was like crossing over into another dimension, a leap through space and time. The house was exactly as he remembered. Every step held memories. Every picture, every piece of furniture… Jack stopped suddenly.

“What’s wrong, Jack?” his Mum asked.

“The box is gone,” he said.

“What box?” Mum asked.

“There was a small gold box that he kept locked on top of his desk. I must have asked him a thousand times what was inside. All he’d ever tell me was ‘the thing I value most,’” Jack said.

It was gone. Everything about the house was exactly how Jack remembered it, except for the box. He figured someone from the Belser family had taken it.

“Now I’ll never know what was so valuable to him,” Jack said. “I better get some sleep. I have an early flight home, Mum.”

It had been about two weeks since Mr Belser died. Returning home from work one day Jack discovered a note in his mailbox.

“Signature required on a package. No one at home. Please stop by the main post office within the next three days,” the note read.

Early the next day Jack retrieved the package. The small box was old and looked like it had been mailed a hundred years ago. The handwriting was difficult to read, but the

return address caught his attention. “Mr Harold Belser” it read.

Jack took the box out to his car and ripped open the package. There inside was the gold box and an envelope. Jack’s hands shook as he read the note inside.

“Upon my death, please forward this box and its contents to Jack Bennett. It’s the thing I valued most in my life.”

A small key was taped to the letter. His heart racing, as tears filling his eyes, Jack carefully unlocked the box. There inside he found a beautiful gold pocket watch. Running his fingers slowly over the finely etched casing, he unlatched the cover.Inside he found these words engraved: “Jack, Thanks for your time! Harold Belser.”

“The thing he valued most…was…my time.”

Jack held the watch for a few minutes, then called his office and cleared his

appointments for the next two days. “Why?” Janet, his assistant asked.

“I need some time to spend with my son,” he said. “Oh, by the way, Janet…thanks for your time!”

via-ANONYMOUS

Against Nostalgia (Steve Jobs Special)

If we view him unsparingly, without nostalgia, we would see a great man whose genius in design, showmanship and stewardship of the tech world will not be seen again in our lifetime

STEVE JOBS was an enemy of nostalgia. He believed that the future required sacrifice and boldness. He bet on new technologies to fill gaps even when the way was unclear. He often told the press that he was as proud of the devices Apple killed— in the parlance of Silicon Valley, he was a master of “knifing the baby,” which more squeamish innovators cannot do because they fall in love with their creations— as the ones it released. One of the keys to Apple’s success under his leadership was his ability to see technology with an unsentimental eye and keen scalpel, ready to cut loose whatever might not be essential. This editorial mien was Mr. Jobs’s greatest gift— he created a sense of style in computing because he could edit. It would be fascinating to know what Mr. Jobs would make of the outpouring of grief flooding the developed world after his death on Wednesday. While it’s certain he’d be flattered, his hawk-eyed nature might assert itself: this is a man who once called an engineer at Google over the weekend because the shade of yellow in the second “O” was not precisely correct. This is a man who responded to e-mails sent by strangers with shocking regularity for the world’s most famous C.E.O. His impatience with fools was legendary, and the amount of hagiography now being ladled onto his life with abandon would undoubtedly set his teeth on edge. Many of Silicon Valley’s leaders regularly ask themselves “What would Steve do?” in an almost religious fashion when facing challenges, and it is a worthy mental exercise for confronting the fact of his death. I think Mr. Jobs would coldly and clearly assess his life and provide unvarnished criticism of its contents. He’d have no problem acknowledging that he was a genius—as he was gifted with an enormously healthy ego—but he would also state with salty language exactly where he had fallen short, and what might be needed to refine his design with the benefit of hindsight. Mr. Jobs leaves behind a dominant Apple, fulfilling his original promise to save the company from the brink when he returned in 1997. Because of its enormous strength in both music sales and mobile devices, Apple has more power than at any time in its history, and it is using that power to make the computing experience of its users less free, more locked down and more tightly regulated than ever before. All of Apple’s iDevices—the iPod, iPhone and iPad—use operating systems that deny the user access to their workings. Users cannot install programs themselves; they are downloaded from Apple’s servers, which Apple controls and curates, choosing at its whim what can and can’t be distributed, and where anything can be censored with little or no explanation. The Steve Jobs who founded Apple as an anarchic company promoting the message of freedom, whose first projects with Stephen Wozniak were pirate boxes and computers with open schematics, would be taken aback by the future that Apple is forging. Today there is no tech company that looks more like the Big Brother from Apple’s iconic 1984 commercial than Apple itself, a testament to how quickly power can corrupt. Apple’s rise to power in our time directly paralleled the transformation of global manufacturing. As recently as 10 years ago Apple’s computers were assembled in the United States, but today they are built in southern China under appalling labor conditions. Apple, like the vast majority of the electronics industry, skirts labor laws by subcontracting all its manufacturing to companies like Foxconn, a firm made infamous for suicides at its plants, a worker dying after working a 34-hour shift, widespread beatings, and a willingness to do whatever it takes to meet high quotas set by tech companies like Apple. I have traveled to southern China and interviewed workers employed in the production of electronics. I spoke with a man whose right hand was permanently curled into a claw from being smashed in a metal press at Foxconn, where he worked assembling Apple laptops and iPads. I showed him my iPad, and he gasped because he’d never seen one turned on. He stroked the screen and marveled at the icons sliding back and forth, the Apple attention to detail in every pixel. He told my translator, “It’s a kind of magic.” Mr. Jobs’s magic has its costs. We can admire the design perfection and business acumen while acknowledging the truth: with Apple’s immense resources at his command he could have revolutionized the industry to make devices more humanely and more openly, and chose not to. If we view him unsparingly, without nostalgia, we would see a great man whose genius in design, showmanship and stewardship of the tech world will not be seen again in our lifetime. We would also see a man who in the end failed to “think different,” in the deepest way, about the human needs of both his users and his workers. It’s a high bar, but Mr. Jobs always believed passionately in brutal honesty, and the truth is rarely kind. With his death, the serious work to do the things he has failed to do will fall to all of us: the rebels, the misfits, the crazy ones who think they can change the world.

Source The New York Times

Faces of Nepal (Photo Blog)

Amazing water color and oil painting by Kamal Gurung “Lalitkala Creations”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bone freezing thirty seconds of my life

It was 18^th September 2011, evening, I have just returned from my job place in tired and little exhausted mood, for this reason I usually hop in to small tea shop to take rest before I unlock my room door. Tea was ordered to tea vendor, and I logged in to Facebook from my mobile hand set to check the status, I guess it was 1826 PM when I first felt the wave, but I couldn’t think of quake. As soon as my chair and table start trembling, two water bottles which were placed were floor away. It was the moment when I was damn sure about the natural quake, at the very first moment I felt like dizziness, heard the people out crying “BHUICHALO, BHUICHALO” means “EARTHQUAKE, EARTHQUAKE” and drift away (forget the tea: D) to nearby school compound to save myself.

It was really nerve-jangling 6.8 magnitudes shake, I could not recompose myself for an hour to ensure myself that me myself and dear and near ones are safe. People simultaneously keep trying to make phone calls to get the connection but it stroke with network jam, which defiantly couldn’t bear over capacity (that would have been the problem if there had been major destruction).  Twitter, Facebook and other social networking start buzzing with the same incident and my friends want to get the constant updates about the casualties and destruction at other parts of the country.  Mysansar.com was the first blog to update about the shake, while big media portals fail to do that in mean time. That night I could hardly sleep as I was aware about the aftershock or foreshock, later on I went asleep with the hope of awaking safe and sound. Thankfully and fortunately we people were able to see the peaceful morning

Earthquake itself doesn’t harm anyone but our structure does so. Let’s be prepared for future tremor because we can’t be lucky all the time.

Dressing for success

In many cases dress has apparent influnce in the organizaiton. However some employee hardly understand the code of dress, their boss always tend to uniformatity in organization. Its like being loyal and dediacted towards job and the organization.

In the sameway we are tend to have proper dress. What can be the dress attaire for both HE and SHE?

SHE:

• Solid colour, conservative suit
• Coordinated blouse
• Moderate shoes
• Limited jewellery
• Neat, Professional hairstyle
• Tan or light hosiery
• Sparse make up and perfume
• Manicured nails
• Carry a portfolio or briefcase

HE:

• Solid colour, conservative suit
• White Long sleeve shirt
• Conservative Tie
• Dark Socks, professional shoes
• Very little jewellery
• Neat, Professional Hairstyle
• Go easy on the after shave
• Neatly trimmed nails
• Carry a portfolio or a briefcase

Dress up is your first skin  

कर्णाली ब्लुज

यो उप्न्यास पडी सके पछी एक किसिम को ह्यङ ओवर जस्तो भयो, कता कता मैले क छुटे जस्तो भान भयो । बुद्धिसगर ले लेखेका हरेक कुरा मेरो मानस्पट्ल्मा फ्न फ्नि घुम्न थालयो ।

निकै सरल भाषा मा उन्ले प्रस्तुत गरेका छ्न आफ्नो बल्यकाल का घटनाहरु । पर्दै जदा आफ्नो बल्यकाल पनि याद आयो । मैले ३ दिन मा सके र सकी साके पछी मैले बिर्ष बहादुर लाई मिस गरे ।

लेखक का बाबु ले जसरि आफ्नो परिवार का लागि २ ठाउ बसाई साराई गर्नु पर्ने अवस्था, ३ ठाउँ को अवस्था र मान्छे हरुमा समय सगै आउने परिवर्तन का कुरा हरुलाई राम्रो सँग उजागर गरेको पए ।

कती ठाउँ म खित्का छोडेर हसाका छ्न भने कती ठाउँ म मान पोल्ने गरी रुवाक छ्न । सम्ग्र्मा युवा लेखक बुद्धिसगर को कर्णाली ब्लुज पड्नु पर्ने नेपाली उप्नयास मा मैले लिन्छु । अर्को उप्नयास को कुराइ सँगइ शुभकामना दिन चाहन्छु ।

TEN Reasons to Invest in Nepal

Many aggressive companies are staying away from Nepal, thanks to poor security situation. The power majors are considering of huge investment in Hydropower sector to export power to the power hungry states of India and China, and this is good news for Nepal. A country with very high hydro-power potential has one of the costliest energy, which simply is not acceptable. Nepal needs to reform the energy sector and prepare the base for development.

While the companies like Samsung, Kodak, LG, Kia etc have entered Nepal, their performance has not been very good in the past. The things are likely to change when Maoist are in the government. Many more companies are likely to follow the investment in this Himalayan country provided the early movers succeed. There are multiple reasons why companies would like to invest in Nepal:

1. Favorable Location: Nepal is a country between India and China, two fastest growing economies globally.

2. Power Sufficiency: Nepal is power rich (hydropower potential is more than enough for any future growth in economy).

3. Pleasant Climate: Nepal has one of the best climate on the world. The valley cities of Kathmandu, Pokhara, Surkhet and Dang are the front runners for this. Eastern city Dharan and western city Butwal are other places with comfortably moderate climate in the likes of Indian Silicon Valley, Bangalore.

4. Untapped Qualified Manpower: Nepal has very high unemployed and poorly employed qualified manpower. In terms of salary, the best man power can be got with almost half the amount in India and China. Nepal produces around 10 thousand qualified Engineers and other IT Graduates annually, and due to the lack of opportunity in Nepal most candidates make their way to US, UK, India and Australia. These candidates can be tapped by the early movers.

5. Extravagant Public: Nepal is a economy run by remittances. Nepal has poor government (comes in LDC) but the people does not seem to be poor. From Pajero to Mercedes, all vehicles are quite common in Nepalese roads. The public of Nepal are so fun loving and extravagant that it has one of the best developed liquor industry.

6. Easy Capital: Almost all the IPOs have been oversubscribed in Nepal by more than 100 times for last 5 years. It itself justifies the ready cash for the companies looking for expansion. Also, the corporate loan is available at the annual interest rate of 4-5 percent while it cost more than 10 in India. The banks in Nepal are facing excess liquidity while their Indian counterparts are struggling for getting every single deposit.

7. Hospitable Public: Nepalese people are regarded as the most hospitable public globally. Due to the emergence as a tourist destination for many decades, the people are Nepal welcome everyone who enter their homeland. They give more love than they charge for the service, the tourist say so. May be you can test it yourself, if you get some leisure before planning next investment project.

8. Everything to enjoy: Rafting in rivers, boating in lakes, mountaineering in the Himalayas, visiting Buddha’s birth place Lumbini or Sita’s birth palce Janakpur, having a Helicopter sight-seeing of the Mount Everest, tracking to the Jungles in the National Parks etc., all these are available in Nepal and all these within a few hundred kilometers. Nepal can just be the home for Nature Lovers to Religion and Culture Scholars.

9. Cheap and Quality High Class Hotels: Hotels are pretty cheap in Nepal and they have all the facilities that anyone in the World has. From Casino to quality Pubs, from well facilitated rooms to good view, swimming pools to the Billiard boards etc. everything is available in much cheaper rates, thanks to low maintenance cost. The Hotel insiders say they don’t have to spend on Air conditioning (its naturally cool). The occupancy rate is low in Nepal (due to earlier political tension) and the competition is intense, which has too contributed to lower cost.

10. Lower Interest Rate and Flexible Capital Flight Norms: Nepal has lower tax than China or India, and Nepal government has declared to make the capital flight easier for both National and International companies. This is in discussion in the council of ministry and it is likely to pass soon.

All these calls are for the companies to go and invest in Nepal.