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Pritam Kunwar has shown his commitment to empowering girls by coaching them martial art free of cost.     Empowering the girls with martial art By LB THAPA A re our daughters safe? Definitely, its answer is a big ‘NO’. Unfortunately, our daughters are not safe and secure. Ask this question with the parents who have grown-up daughters at home. How insecure those parents feel about their daughters.  Girls are misbehaved, teased, and manhandled at homes, workplaces, and anywhere outside. In the worst-case scenario, they are raped and beaten to death. The perpetrators are not always arrested and if the rapists and murders belong to the family of high-ranking politicians, they will never be caught. Nirmala Panta case is an example.  In a situation like this when our daughters are extremely vulnerable there is a man in Pokhara who has taken the responsibility of equipping our daughters with combat skills of par excellence. Meet the man; he is none other than Pritam Kunwar...

Though Prabin does not get any financial assistance, his love for snakes pushes him to catch them to safety. Photos: All photos by Prabin   By LB THAPA Snakes are one of the most important reptiles found in our environment. They are of course an inseparable part of our environment because they play an important role to maintain the ecological system. This shy creature does not like human presence and therefore it prefers quiet places to spend most of its time.   Despite the fact that snakes invariably avoid human beings, most of the snakes die at the hands of human beings than other causes. Most of the time snakes come to human residential areas to find their favorite food, rats. That is the time when snakes and human beings come face to face and as usual, during such time many snakes are killed---without knowing whether they were poisonous or not.   In this write-up, I am going to introduce a young man from Pokhara whose selfless love for snakes has made him a local...

Pabitra is really a girl with a will of steel. In the true sense, she is a brave daughter of Nepal.    PABITRA IS A GIRL WITH A WILL OF STEEL She is determined to travel 77 districts of Nepal all on foot...Isn't it amazing?  By LB THAPA Pabitra Pariyar is a 21-year-old young girl who hails from Sikles, a remote village in the Kaski district. In recent times, Pabitra has come to the limelight for her daring activities. You might be wondering what is Pabitra famous for.   The other day this scribe had an opportunity to meet this wonderful girl when she arrived in Pokhara after walking all the way from Siklis. She is actually on her way to Dhorpatan.  Pabitra is most probably the first girl in Nepal who has been on her mission to travel all 77 districts of Nepal. If you think what is special to travel all 77 districts of Nepal. Then there are two things of note. The first thing is that she may be the first girl to solo travel to all 77 districts of Nepal. The ...

Sita Thapa is a professional rafting and kayaking trainer of Nepal. Among five she is one of the pioneer woman rafters. Ms. Thapa is from Pokhara.    By LB THAPA Perhaps you might have seen some white-skinned Westerners sailing their rafts on the turbulent waves and battling against the deadly ripples, which can toss away their rafts at any moment. Well, let me help you to remember this scene---you must have seen all this on your TV screen. Am I right?      Quite a few would have this opportunity to see these rafters entering into the water, setting up their gears, and finally getting ready to challenge the gushing waters. Unless you are a rafter himself, you can rarely catch a glimpse of these people from a close distance. Without any doubt, rafting is not an ordinary adventure sport like paragliding, bungee jumping, and parachute jumping---rafting is above all.   Muscular strength and perfect skill are a must. But if I tell you that there is a young ...

Ananda Kunwar was felicitated by late His Majesty King Birendra Shah for his outstanding performance in the field of swimming. Now he is a dedicated swim instructor.   By LB THAPA My dear readers of READ 2B HAPPY . Today I am going to present a story of a man who has devoted his entire life to the promotion of swimming in Pokhara, but after having spent all his life to the service of swimming, in return he got nothing . Literarily speaking, he vastly feels cheated and deceived by the corrupt system of the country.  What a tragedy of this country where a person like Pushkar Shah, a legendary world cyclist, and pride of the nation, has to wash dishes in a restaurant in Australia . With tearful eyes, Shah himself had spoken on social media that why he went to Australia to make a living by washing dishes.  When Pushkar Shah was in limelight he was offered a job and citizenship by many European countries, which he had promptly declined---He was too patriotic and loved his...