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Changing Mood By AKSHAY SHARMA "The days were so soft when I was young," Shekhar Gurung, a BBS student, gets a little carried away. "Can you imagine how different time has become. Those days were free of worries, you never had time to think about the future. In one way, it was like the most beautiful moment to be treasured. Two things have changed. The semantic elixir of good old days appears so far beyond the reach. We can't make it happen again."
A sense of nostalgia ran across the face of Shabi Pradhan, a BSc student. "It used to be lot of fun. But itís been long since I had fun. I have no idea about intricate things going around but I think it is mainly the sense of a rising burden of responsibility and concern about oneís career. It doesn't mean that I don't enjoy the mosaic of cultures, but the intensity has decreased. It is not what it used to be. The conventional theme of the festival has lost its originality." These comments by two college students on Vijaya Dashami and Tihar are by no means representative of the national mood. However, their views are a sampling of how the youth feel about what is arguably the most important period in Nepal's cultural calendar. Academics tell you that culture is a complex whole that includes art, knowledge, belief and any other capabilities acquired by people as members of society. It is hard to figure out whether there is a decreasing interest in major Nepalese culture events, especially among the youth. Flying kites high in the sky, swinging on "rote pings" have become rare scenes in urban areas. And everybody does love to get back to the times when these scenes were the ornaments of the festival. People are now less inclined towards celebrating great festivals mainly because their essence has become trivial in the sense that life has become more rigorous. n |
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