Nepal's teenager invents Intercontinental missile
Biraj Dhungaga! The nation is proud of you, keep it up!

Talented persons could be found in Nepal. Self-made men could be traced in the country. Expert of any subject or discipline who might not have joined any educational institutions as such are abundant in this Himalayan Kingdom. And these could be found not only in the urban areas of the country but in the remote districts as well where neither the light of education has reached nor there is a road leading to that particular area. However, talents were not the sole and the exclusive reserve of the urban areas. It could be found anywhere in the country provided one works hard on that line.

We possess countless of talented personalities who not necessarily be highly qualified. Even an illiterate person could exhibit his or her talent provided he is encouraged to continue in his or her line of interest.

Only some years back, we had one small kid ( minor) who surprised many a brains in Kathmandu when he took up the steering of a car and drove to the busiest thoroughfares of Kathmandu and came safe and unhurt. The spectators possessed only accolades for the smallest citizen of Nepal who created history.

Then there was the talk of a class eighth grade student who made a Helicopter in Nepalganj and succeeded in sending his instrument to a certain height. However, the local authorities there, we were told, discouraged the boy. Any way, the boy must be praised for his praiseworthy contributions.

Later one disabled girl called Jhamak Kumari through the use of her legs managed to create paintings of her own choice and succeeded in getting through in various examinations. Kudos to you Jhamak!

Now comes a grade eight student at the Galaxy Public School whose "invention" if it could be called as such could create panic in some of the neighboring countries.

Biraj Dhungana, in his early teens claims to have already made the miniature of what he calls " Intercontinental Semi-guided Automatic Warhead".

What is really very surprising is the fact that in a country where most of the scientists occupying salaried chairs in Science related organizations have become party-spokesmen, a boy in his teens exhibits his "invention" to the nation's chief of the executive along with his team of ministers. The boy, innocent as he is, however, expresses his desire to study abroad and give a concrete shape to his invention and uplift the glory of the nation. A clever Prime Minister rather convinces the boy that he and his administration would do all it can to provide the boy all the necessary "equipment" plus the required "funds" right here in Kathmandu perhaps for fear of the possible "Brain-drain". If Biraj's revelations were to be taken into account, his Missile could hit targets well around 27, 000 kms. He hastens to add that an improved versions of the missiles of the sort of what he has made could hit targets from one continent to another.

When asked about the costs of such missiles, Biraj plainly explains that it all depended on what type of missile one preferred to make.

What is more than assuring is that Biraj has already talked to the Nepal's Science Academy, RONAST about the patterns and the theories involved for his missile. The dumb-founded authorities at the RONAST too have apparently given their nod to Biraj.

Yet another positive aspect of Biraj's findings have been that his "missile" has tentatively been okayed by one Indian nuclear scientist Dr. N.S. Sharma who however said to Biraj that though the statistics involved by Biraj for the construction of the said missiles were all correct but due to the lack of Nuclear centers in Nepal the use as such of his missiles could perhaps not materialize.

Nepal as a country has reasons to rejoice. We the people of Nepal must encourage this student who is only fifteen years old.

I'm reminded of Laxmi Prasad Devkota's essay entitles "Is Nepal small"? wherein he claims that Shakespeare could be ploughing the fields, Wordsworth could be found in Nepal singing some traditional songs and etc. The gist of Devkota's writings is that we possess talents of the international standings in the country. He was correct when he made these revelations some fifty years back. Biraj Dhungana could be one of them indeed.

Considering the miracle that Biraj Dhungana has achieved for the country, may I ask the readers of the Telegraph weekly abroad to be of some support to Biraj Dhungana so that he could bag further successes in his scientific endeavours. His address is as follows: Biraj Dhungana; Class Eighth Standard; Galaxy Public School, Dillibazar, Kathmandu Nepal.

A small donation from the Nepalese living abroad will perhaps do a lot in encouraging the lone Nepali scientist, if he could be said so, in his bid to give a new glory to the nation. However, it should not be considered as a pressure from us. One is free not to send donations as well.

Kudos to you Biraj babu! All the best to you my dear!

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