Recently, we have seen some disturbing cases of suicide involving people who work in transport and are responsible for taking passengers safely to their destinations. A few months ago, Ganesh Nepali, a Pathao rider, set himself on fire. A few days ago, a bus driver whose identity is still unknown set himself and his bus on fire and died.
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In the last decade, Nepal cricket has leaped far ahead in world cricket. Although it has not won major tournaments, the team has established itself as the “cardiac kids.” World cricket is talking about them.
But what about football? It was once deeply rooted in Nepal. Where is Nepali football now? A few questions often come to my mind: Where is our football going? Why don’t we have spectators in our leagues or tournaments anymore?
Let’s go back to the early 90s, the days when I started playing, watching, and following football. If you go through my old blogs, you will find how football has been a part of my life. Even today, I try to take some time to play futsal at least once a week.
In my childhood and youth days, we had many prominent players who ruled football in Nepal—players like Ganesh Thapa, YB Ghale (I heard his name but never got to watch him play), Mani Shah, Dhirendra Pradhan (who was once praised for his game in China), Raju Kaji Shakya ( I miss his long throw in) and Ajar Adhikari.
In 2008 I wrote a blog on the land of Bagmati Where is the land of the holy River Bagmati – All about photography, travel in Nepal | Sangesh Shrestha ), it took 16 years for my prediction to be true. People like me can foresee but the people who are supposed to predict such incidents and are in the right place neglected it.
In one of the talk shows former minister Mr. Prakash Chandra Lohani said that during panchayat there was a plan to save the Bagmati civilization, but just before its implementation we had B.S. 2046 political change which brought parties to powers.
One of the iconic monuments of Kathmandu Valley, Rani Pokhari was also damaged by the 2015 A.D (2072 B.S ) earthquake. It took 5 years to renovate, and there were too many obstacles during the renovation.
When FIFA announced the goal projects for Nepal, I had thoughts that Nepal’s football will just turn upside down in a blink of an eye. That was what my initial thoughts and Mr. Ganesh Thapa was the president of ANFA. I had some crazy thoughts after that, at least Nepal will be a powerhouse of South Asia in a decade or so as I felt Nepalese love football more than any other south Asian country besides Bangladesh.
The first Prime Minister that I know was Late Mr. Marich Man Shrestha. It was during my primary school days that one of the teachers ask us “who is the Prime Minister Of Nepal” and the class said, Mr. Marich Man Shrestha. At his time we saw blockade from India. I still remember staying in the queue for kerosene, sugar, and salt.
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It’s been more than 2 months we are in lockdown. I got the opportunity to visit Bhaktapur this time. Whenever I introduce Bhaktapur, I call it “Living History” as I see the traditional house and still old people wearing a traditional Newari dress.
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I support Local Empowerment. So, I’m sharing this Everest Base Camp Trek to promote a new way of trekking where trekkers can empower the local service providers like lodges, guides and porters by booking services directly through them. #empoweringthehimalayas #freetriptoeverest
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