There has been many slogans to build new Nepal in many speeches by many different ministers but nothing was new. The imbalanced political scenarios since decades along with corruption has already weaken and shaken the roots of nation.
And now it was mother earth who has shaken the land of Nepal along with some tremors felt in neighbouring country India and Tibet too. Everybody cursed earthquake for killing thousands of people but I believe its our weak physical infrastructure and improper urbanization which have killed them all.
It felt like a normal Saturday morning. Just on Friday, I had such a wonderful time with my friends on Kumaripati Fair. So I was little tired on Saturday and felling lazy. But this Saturday I didn't had any plans and was doing some domestic works at home like washing clothes etc.
I and my mother were washing clothes on terrace. While washing my mother looked up into the sky and told me that we should finish washing quickly as it would rain heavily at day. The day seemed so boring with all those cloudy environment. I looked up into sky and moved my hands faster. At 11:30, we finished up washing and I came down to work on laptop in my room while my mother went to have rice in kitchen and after finishing that she boiled tea and again went to terrace to check soaked clothes. While I was working on laptop sitting on bed, I turned on TV too. And at 11:56, suddenly light went off. I thought, god damm this light, it's always uncertain. Just by the time when this thought ran into my brain, suddenly whole house started shaking. The window infront of me started to move left-right and all other things started to fall down. I had felt earthquake earlier also but this time I would feel that it has shaken alot. Then I shouted, "Mother, it's an earthquake, a massive earthquake".
I would hear my mother shouting from terrace, "Yes, yes its earthquake, earthquake". By the time all other neighbours started to shout and I would hear their cries but more louder was the sound of earthquake which has made my house shake, break and destroy. My poor house made of mud, woods and cement applied from outside wouldn't bear this jolt. I was not able to even stand up from properly for bed and walk to door. While my mother shakingly went to kitchen and turn off the gas. I really appreciate my mother for this which has prevented us and other surrounding from more disaster.
And she came down to my room. And I threw laptop on bed and managed to stand and I suddenly grabbed my bag. Then I get out of my room and I meet my mother, we were not sure either to go out or stay inside. Then my mother told let's go outside. I, my mother and my brother all ran downstairs but by that time the mud, woods have started to fall on us. At the same time, the cement applied on our house and upper part of terrace have started to fall from outside.
At ground floor, we tried to open the main gate to escape outside but it was trapped. We wouldn't open it, no matter how much physical effort we had applied. Then we give up. And all of us three grabbed each other and just sat their shaking.
And I would see my mother was being buried with all those mud. I was more scared and I thought this is the end. We three are going to burry in this house. Then my mother started to press the ground with her thumb saying "gata gata (in newari)" enough mother earth, enough mother earth in english. Then I saw her and copied doing so.
Tell it miracle or science, but the door opened suddenly and my brother cried it's open, it's open. And we all ran outside covering our heads. At outside, we all opened scared and grabbing each other for more jolts. We all waited that the quakes would stop but it went on shaking and shaking.
After some jolts, some people came crrying help, help. They said, "most of temples at Mangal bazar have been collapsed and many people are burried beneath it". Then some people went to help them whereas others waited for earthquake to stop. But mother earth was really in mood and active, she had no plan to stop.
And my father rushed there from shop where he was at the time of earthquake. All items at shop were damanged and he saw many wounded people and collapsed houses on the way to home and he even thought that we all three might have buried with house.
Later I realized that was the last day on my sweet home after that we never had to return. We waited outside and slept on the road in open skies. We were hungry and thirsty. At that time, I don't know how one of my neighbour managed to go to kitchen and cook some noodles and tea for all of us. When she offered us that we were so happy. It was already night and I cann't tell how much relaxed and glad I felt at that time. And we all waited outside, while the ground shooked in her own beats but we were not worried this time. As we don't have anything to worry about now.
After that for some days, we stayed on the compound of relative where they provide us some food, water and shelter. I am really gratefull to all those people who had helped us. Earthquake was devastating but it taught us to come closer, stay together, eat together and help each other. We have also leart the power of botherhood, mankind and humanity. I learnt that many other countries have come to help, rescue victims and sent many relief materials.
I really think that mother earth wants new Nepal, hence she forced to built it. So she have bring down old infrastructures, the newly build poor infrastructure and unmanaged urbanization to aware people that they should built strong infrastructures for their next generation.
Happy Earth Day!
There has been many slogans to build new Nepal in many speeches by many different ministers but nothing was new. The imbalanced political scenarios since decades along with corruption has already weaken and shaken the roots of nation.
And now it was mother earth who has shaken the land of Nepal along with some tremors felt in neighbouring country India and Tibet too. Everybody cursed earthquake for killing thousands of people but I believe its our weak physical infrastructure and improper urbanization which have killed them all.
It felt like a normal Saturday morning. Just on Friday, I had such a wonderful time with my friends on Kumaripati Fair. So I was little tired on Saturday and felling lazy. But this Saturday I didn't had any plans and was doing some domestic works at home like washing clothes etc.
I and my mother were washing clothes on terrace. While washing my mother looked up into the sky and told me that we should finish washing quickly as it would rain heavily at day. The day seemed so boring with all those cloudy environment. I looked up into sky and moved my hands faster. At 11:30, we finished up washing and I came down to work on laptop in my room while my mother went to have rice in kitchen and after finishing that she boiled tea and again went to terrace to check soaked clothes. While I was working on laptop sitting on bed, I turned on TV too. And at 11:56, suddenly light went off. I thought, god damm this light, it's always uncertain. Just by the time when this thought ran into my brain, suddenly whole house started shaking. The window infront of me started to move left-right and all other things started to fall down. I had felt earthquake earlier also but this time I would feel that it has shaken alot. Then I shouted, "Mother, it's an earthquake, a massive earthquake".
I would hear my mother shouting from terrace, "Yes, yes its earthquake, earthquake". By the time all other neighbours started to shout and I would hear their cries but more louder was the sound of earthquake which has made my house shake, break and destroy. My poor house made of mud, woods and cement applied from outside wouldn't bear this jolt. I was not able to even stand up from properly for bed and walk to door. While my mother shakingly went to kitchen and turn off the gas. I really appreciate my mother for this which has prevented us and other surrounding from more disaster.
And she came down to my room. And I threw laptop on bed and managed to stand and I suddenly grabbed my bag. Then I get out of my room and I meet my mother, we were not sure either to go out or stay inside. Then my mother told let's go outside. I, my mother and my brother all ran downstairs but by that time the mud, woods have started to fall on us. At the same time, the cement applied on our house and upper part of terrace have started to fall from outside.
At ground floor, we tried to open the main gate to escape outside but it was trapped. We wouldn't open it, no matter how much physical effort we had applied. Then we give up. And all of us three grabbed each other and just sat their shaking.
And I would see my mother was being buried with all those mud. I was more scared and I thought this is the end. We three are going to burry in this house. Then my mother started to press the ground with her thumb saying "gata gata (in newari)" enough mother earth, enough mother earth in english. Then I saw her and copied doing so.
Tell it miracle or science, but the door opened suddenly and my brother cried it's open, it's open. And we all ran outside covering our heads. At outside, we all opened scared and grabbing each other for more jolts. We all waited that the quakes would stop but it went on shaking and shaking.
After some jolts, some people came crrying help, help. They said, "most of temples at Mangal bazar have been collapsed and many people are burried beneath it". Then some people went to help them whereas others waited for earthquake to stop. But mother earth was really in mood and active, she had no plan to stop.
And my father rushed there from shop where he was at the time of earthquake. All items at shop were damanged and he saw many wounded people and collapsed houses on the way to home and he even thought that we all three might have buried with house.
Later I realized that was the last day on my sweet home after that we never had to return. We waited outside and slept on the road in open skies. We were hungry and thirsty. At that time, I don't know how one of my neighbour managed to go to kitchen and cook some noodles and tea for all of us. When she offered us that we were so happy. It was already night and I cann't tell how much relaxed and glad I felt at that time. And we all waited outside, while the ground shooked in her own beats but we were not worried this time. As we don't have anything to worry about now.
After that for some days, we stayed on the compound of relative where they provide us some food, water and shelter. I am really gratefull to all those people who had helped us. Earthquake was devastating but it taught us to come closer, stay together, eat together and help each other. We have also leart the power of botherhood, mankind and humanity. I learnt that many other countries have come to help, rescue victims and sent many relief materials.
I really think that mother earth wants new Nepal, hence she forced to built it. So she have bring down old infrastructures, the newly build poor infrastructure and unmanaged urbanization to aware people that they should built strong infrastructures for their next generation.
