Sangeeta’s Graduation: A Journey into My Mind By Sagun Basnet “Yoo-hoo! Bravo!” I was screaming hard when Sangeeta received her graduation certificate for Master’s in Public Health degree at Johs Hopkins University. The feeling of attending a graduation ceremony to applaud for someone was brand new to me. Being present to cheer for her attainment [...]
Archive for February, 2010
Sangeeta’s Graduation: A Journey into My Mind
Posted in Write Ups, tagged graduation, life philosophy, sagun basnet on February 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
You and Me
Posted in English, Poetry, tagged colonization, love poem, sagun basnet on February 21, 2010 | 2 Comments »
“You came you saw you conquered” What had I to combat…? I loved and hated you at the same time A sincere parody of dichotomy You and me, The colonizer and the colonized My thoughts, actions and words Reflect you That’s what i hear every where… Even, though… I wanted to put down the shutters [...]
Women and politics Is voting enough?
Posted in Write Ups, tagged nepali women, sagun basnet, women and politics, women's rights on February 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Women and politics Is voting enough? By Sagun Basnet The euphoria over the larger participation of women voters in the recent CA poll has pervaded dailies for quite some time. No doubt, women’s participation as voters or candidates bolsters politics with a myriad of alternative perspectives. However, is counting the participation in quantitative terms and [...]
मूग्लान
Posted in Nepali, Poetry, tagged diaspora, nepali diaspora, nepali literature, nepali poem on February 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
मूग्लान यात्रा कठिन, थ्यो, घाम को पोलाई रुख खोज्न थाले, शितलो लाइ रुख को नि घामले, गरेछ बिनासै नदि सम्म पुगी, रहे म प्यासै घोत्लिए कस्तो भाग्य अनौठो जा’ पुग्छु त्यहिँ हुन्छ किचलो गर्नु कोसंग, गरे गुनासै नदि सम्म पुगी, रहे म प्यासै (http://justcuriouscouk.wordpress.com/) न पिउनु आँसु , लागे तिर्खा पनि न चुस्नु ढुंगा, पानी [...]
इच्छा
Posted in Nepali, Poetry, tagged love poem, nepali literature, nepali poem on February 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
लामो सास तानेर, तिम्रो सामु, बहहरु बिसाउन मन छ । मलाई छट पटिएको देख्दा, मेरा आसुँ हरु बगेको देख्दा, अनायासै मलाई अङाल्न पुग्ने तिम्रो छाती मा मुख लुकाइ भक्कानो छाडी, मलाई, रुन मन छ । लामो सास तानेर, तिम्रो सामु, बह हरु बिसाउन मन छ । आज को साझ, एकपटक तिमी, मसँग नै बिताउ, भन्न [...]
मीरा
Posted in Nepali, Poetry, tagged devotion, love, love poem, nepali literature, nepali poem on February 15, 2010 | 3 Comments »
छोएनौ तिमीले, मात्र यी हात, मन भित्रै छोइदियौ थालें म बग्न, संग संगै तिम्रो, भावगंगा बनाइदियौ खोक्रो आकासको, विचरण गर्ने, चरा को के कुरा हिमाल माथि, प्रेम गगनमा, मलाई उडाइदियौ बनेर टुक्रा, चोइटिएको, यो मेरो मुटुलाई गासेर तिम्ले, प्रीत को मलाइ, माला लगाइदियौ अर्थ नपाइ, भाव नपाइ, बग्ने यी आँसुलाई छोएर ओठहरुले तिम्रो, मोति नै [...]
PeRcEpTiOnS
Posted in Nepali, Poetry, tagged conflict, life, peacebuilding, sagun basnet on February 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
एउटा कथा आयो मलाई हिजो साँझ पख, लेख्छु भनी बसेँ अनि जिन्दगीको क ख दुइटा पात्र यो कथामा, म अनि तिमी, साथै हिड्छौ एक अर्काका साथी हामी भनी कहिले मीठो माया प्रिती कहिले तँ तँ म म, बितिरन्छ जिन्दगी यो बाँचुन्जेल सम्म यही सोची बाँच्ने हामी, परेवा का जोडी, कहिले साट्दै हाँसो, कहिले आफ्नै मन [...]
माया तिमीलाई, नगर्ने त छुइन।।
Posted in Nepali, Poetry, tagged devotion, love, love poem on February 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
मलाई दुखेको बेला गीत सुनाउन नसकुँला हात समाएर तिम्रो, कसम खान नसकुँला तिम्रो चित्त बुझाउन हाँसिदिन नसकुँला तर पनी, माया तिमीलाई, नगर्ने त छुइन।। मानिस भएर जन्मेको छु घाऊ त मेरो पनि दुख्छ निरासा ले बयली खेल्दा आशा हरु मा शीत पर्छ कल्पी कल्पी, फेरी फेरी नफक्रिदै शुस्क भएको सपना उत्तर खोज्दै ढोका ढकढकाउन आउने [...]
AfTeRmAtH
Posted in Nepali, Poetry, tagged devotion, love, love poem, nepali literature, nepali poem on February 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
घर को शान्ति साथै लग्यौ घर छोडी जाने ले याद हरु को हल्ला बीच बसी पनि गर्नु के बोलि लग्यौ, हासो लग्यौ, लग्यौ मेरो नजर पनि मात्र तिमि आँखा भरि , हेरे अरु हेर्नु के आफ्नो भन्ने केहि छैन सबै तिम्रै पिडा दुख्छ नाममा तिम्रै भाको मुटुलाई , अरु पिर पर्नु के आफ्नो बिम्ब ऐना [...]
Some Thoughts on Rashomon, the movie and/or In the Grove
Posted in Write Ups, tagged human rights, representation, sagun basnet, trauma, women's rights on February 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Some Thoughts on Rashomon, the movie and/or In the Grove Sagun Basnet The different narratives on the same event so wisely depicted in Rashomon make me think of how in all the narratives the perception of being a woman is similar if not same. Let us first look at the narratives when it comes to [...]





