FROM ISSUE # 126 (June 2006) | IN THIS ISSUE
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LOKTANTRA AND MAY WAVE

It is one huge Jindabad! for loktantra. Nepalis have definitely won back their rights and Rule of the People. A salute to all those who died in the course of the Jana Andolan, another to those who took to the streets and those who stayed at home and prayed. I felt a rush of adrenaline when I saw Loktantra, jindabad! on WAVE's May cover. Thank you for speaking for the people. This issue was particularly good. It was almost one whole issue dedicated to loktantra and worth it. Even Bandwagon was loktantra. I thoroughly enjoyed this issue. The article on A Level was informative and Swapnil Acharya's formula very refreshing. All hail to WAVE and loktantra.

– Dixa Sharma

I am a visitor to Nepal and a long time friend. Way back in 1980, my wife and I along with few others began to pray for freedom of expression, religion and governance in the Himalayan Kingdom. Our joy knows no bounds as we are seeing our prayers (and the prayers of million of people around the world) being answered in our lifetime! Skimming though WAVE, I commend you on your venture to influence the younger generation, and so the nation, through your material. Someone said, readers make leaders. Leaders are readers. The layout, graphics, and photographs are trendy and excellent. Ideas take wings into words and words have the power to bring life or death. There is so much in the East that we must be glad and dignified about. So let's adhere to these values that have moral and ethical foundations!

– With blessings,
Daniel Grimmer

What happened to your paper quality? Anyway, your cover was mind-blowing. I'm a regular reader as well as website visitor of WAVE. You have had very interesting topics in the past three months. Your covers are hot and happening, even including news and events of our country. Keep it up! I like the cover stories and Young Ideas best. It's sad to hear that Pushkar was ill-treated by Nepali cricket officials in Namibia. I enjoyed Pushkar's diary in May's issue the most.

– Subarna Maharjan

This month's WAVE was very nice. We love reading the mag to improve our English but we never expected you to write on such issues as loktantra and the Jana Andolan. It felt good to read articles on those topics. Even our parents, who normally don't read English magazines heard us talking about the loktantra article in WAVE and wanted to read it.

– Abhilash K Rajdhandari and Iraj K Shrestha, 
Dang

At the beginning of every month, I wait for a new copy of WAVE. Am a regular reader and have been collecting the magazine. This May, I was disappointed to find no interesting articles. There was nothing exciting enough to discuss with my friends. I'm a huge fan but WAVE is not as it used to be. Maybe you are trying out new ideas but trust me, it's not working.

–Sanjeev,
Pokhara

I went through May's issue and have to say that I didn't find anything attractive. There was nothing new in it, it was like any other magazine.

– Bal B Pariyar,
Batulechaur-16

The idea of the 'One school: One heritage' project in WAVE was simple and brilliant. Such efforts are praiseworthy. I had similar thoughts while reading that article ('Yes, let's do something now!'). The idea is like Bhakta Rajbhandari's 'One site: One university' project. Not only does the university handle the maintenance of the site but the government can even adopt the project in its policy. The protection and preservation of such sites will be supervised by the government and other experts but the university ensures that is preserved and maintained. The project would make sense. The government takes heritage for granted, it's about time that changed.

– Samip Dhungel

WAVE CRAZY

It's a delight to have a magazine like WAVE. I want to thank the team for bringing out such brilliant issues. I've been collecting WAVE for a year because of its design, contents, songbook and wallpaper. Ninety percent of my friends who come to my room ask "Are you WAVE crazy?" My room is wallpapered with cut-outs from WAVE and I hope that the remaining 10 percent think it even if they don't ask aloud. Last month's Pushkar's Diary was funny and adventurous. Swapnil's idea for the WWW contest was commendable, the contest itself revealed many talents. Hope to see more of such contests.

– WAVE Fan Soviet Tumbhahangphey,
Jhapa

I got hold of a copy of Nepali Aawaz and it's good to know that WAVE's former editor Kashish D Shrestha is doing a great job. Can you feature him? There are thousands of Nepalis in America but how many have started a newspaper, especially at such a young age?

– Binita Thapa

Thank you for providing information on colleges with A level courses in Nepal. Can we have more information on Budhanilkantha School?

– Anuj,
KTM

For more information on Budhanilkantha School, visit www.bnks.edu.np or write to school@mail.com.np

– Ed

May's songbook was extremely good. But the song that was published was not the L.O.V.E. Ashlee Simpson sang. That one starts something like this: "I'm talking about love... all my girls standing in a circle..." We like Shakira very much. can you include the lyrics of 'Hips Don't Lie' in the next songbook?

– Anushri, Pallavi & Rozeena

The song published in May songbook was Ashlee Simpson's 'Love Me For Free' and was inadvertently titled wrong. Check out this issue's songbook for the lyrics of the requested song.

–Ed

WAVE's May issue was fabulous. I think its main attraction was the unique style of publishing articles and of course, the poster and songbook. Can you publish the poster and lyrics of 1974AD?

– Bikram Dhoju
(TEA) Pokhara

I'd like to wish the WAVE team success. Also, best of luck to all my friends who appeared in the SLC exams this year. We pray for their bright future.

– Sajal Shrestha,
Illam

VANDALISM

What we need to do now is to create awareness among the people. More than half the population of Nepal is illiterate. Most don't even know why they are on strike when protesting. In May, there was no need to make such a ruckus because a patient died. Vandalising hospitals and furniture gets us nowhere. There are proper ways to take action. People don't care about others' problems, instead create a big fuss out of their own. In the middle of a school day, we were suddenly sent back home and our parents called to pick us up. What a waste of everybody's time! Our country will never progress this way. Just because you have the right to speak does not mean you misuse it. Think before you act.
– Anisha Kapri,
Lazimpat

Last month's events left me disturbed and confused about Nepal's future. So many questions but no answers. So many 'what ifs': What if the king hadn't done what he did on 1 February? What if the parties had not taken the Maoists lightly in 1996? What if the Maoists had not taken up arms? Then again: What if the king never gave up? What if the parties let us down this time too? What if the Maoists come to power? What did each of these three do to deserve to rule Nepal? On one side, we have a king whose accession to the throne was marked by the blood of his brethren. On the other, we have a handful of so-called 'People's representatives' who have proven themselves incompetent and corrupt many times. Finally, we have people who are fighting the so-called 'People's War', killing 13,000 and displacing millions of the people they were supposedly fighting for. There are two songs that have helped me understand this confusion: one is Nepathya's Maya Garni Bani (Chhodi deu biteka kura/ Aaune din ko khyal garaun) and the other is Tracy Chapman's Freedom Now (Go on and set your conscience free/ Right the wrongs you made/ Even a fool can have his day). What's important now is what they'll do next. I want to caution all the parties involved that as a citizen of a free Nepal, I am willing to forget but I shall never forgive.

– Aswain Tamrakar

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