परिचयविहिन म

सानैमा बाउले आफ्नो नामको अन्त्यमा क्षेत्री राखिदिए । हुर्किंदै जाँदा थाहा भयो म त क्षेत्री होइन । नत बाहुन नै हुँ । उपाध्याय बाहुन हजुरबुवाले बर्मा गएका बेला राम्री देखेर मेरी क्षेत्रीनी हजुरआमालाई विवाह गरेकोले मेरा बाबु क्षेत्री बने र हामी सबै पुस्ता क्षेत्री नै बन्यौं । स्थानीय भाषामा बाहुनबाट खसेर बनेका खस जाती अरे । खसेपछि हाम्रो सामाजिक स्तर पनि एक तह तल हुने नै भयो । क्षेत्रीनी बिवाह गरेर आधा दर्जन छोराछोरी पाइसकेपछि पनि हजुरबुवाले मेरी हजुरआमाले पकाएको खानुभएन । दुइवटी श्रीमतीको धनी भएको र अर्की हजुरआमा बाहुनी भएको कारणले उहाँले कहिल्यै आफैंले पकाएर पनि खानुपरेन । 

यो विभाजन मेरो परिवारमा अहिले तेस्रो पुस्तामा छ र अझै पनि अर्की हजुरआमातर्फबाट जन्मेका दाजुभाइसँग मैले सँगै खाना खाँदा कसैलाई अप्ठ्यारो लाग्दछ । यो दलितहरुको जस्तै अवस्था हो भन्न त सक्दिन, तर सारा संसारबाट नै यसरी प्रताडित हुँदा, थिचिँदा, पिसिँदा उनीहरुले अनुभव गर्ने पीडा कति भयावह हुन्छ होला भन्ने एकछेउ अनुमानचाहिँ म गर्न सक्थेँ । 

यसरी भन्दा म बाहुनभित्रको दलित थिएँ ।

Welcome to Twitter, Mr. Prime Minister

Let me start with a bluntly conclusive argument: Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai's entry into twitter is a welcome move. 

Now, I revisit an event of the past: few days ago, a twitter handle, @BaburamB came into light overnight. This was opened more than a year ago, had a reference to BRB's personal website, had some tweets identical with what he had posted in the website. So, it somehow looked credible. A tweet from the handle asked whether the Prime Minister should step down. In this depressing time of political stalemate, bickering and mudslinging, people in social media started interacting with this handle, expecting that it was genuine account of the Prime Minister Bhattarai. As the interaction went up, himalkhabar.com carried out a news story based on that. 

However, Prime Minister's personal aide Bishwadeep Pandey (@BishwadeepP) came to say that the account is not genuine and Bhattarai is neither in facebook nor in twitter. Not having a presence in social media for the Prime Minister Bhattarai who is (or was) thought to be the bridge between educated middle class and the Maoist party must have been the embarrassing moment. Eventually, we have him on twitter and his account is genuine now.

Gangnam Style Infographic

Interesting infographic on how Gangnam video went viral: