“रोमको एउटा फूल र प्यारिसको एउटा काँडा”

“लिजाको ओठबबाट निस्केका अनर्गल शब्दहरु नाइगारा फल्सको झरनाजस्तो लाग्छ । उसलाई कति बोल्नुपर्छ” यो वाक्यले मेरो मन च्वास्स छोएको थियो “रोमको एउटा फूल र प्यारिसको एउटा काँडा” पढ्दा । लैनसिँह बाङ्देलको मनभित्र लिजाकालागी उतपन्न यी शब्दहरु उनको नियात्रा सँस्मरणका पानासम्महुँदै पाठकका मनभित्र गएर विलिन भए तर लिजाको कानमा कहिल्यै पुगेन । “लिजालाई हेर्छु । लीजाको अनुहारमा आधुनिक रोम देख्छु ” यस सँस्मरणमा उल्लेखित वाङ्देलका यी वाक्यवाट थाँहा हुन्छ रोमकी लिजा परम्परावादी र पुराना विचार-धारालाई नभएर आधुनीक रोमको रहन शहनमा माएकी नारीको प्रतिनिधित्व गर्छे । वाङ्देलको रोमदेखि लन्डनसम्मको यात्रामा दुई सुन्दर र प्रतिभाशालीनारी मोनिक र लिजाका बारेमा दिएका व्यक्तिगत तथा मनोविश्लेषणात्मक विचारहरु सम्झन लायकका छन् । सामान्य घटनाको आडमा पनि आफ्ना नजिका पात्रहरुको बारेम त्यती शुक्ष्म स्तरमा व्यक्त गर्ने बाङ्देलको विशेष कलाको प्रशँसा त गर्नैपर्छ । बाङ्देलले व्याख्या गरेजस्तै रोमका ठूलाठूला इमारतहरु र एतिहासिक दरबार र मुर्तिहरु कसलाई आफ्नै आँखाले दर्शन गर्न मन नलाग्ला र ? अनी फरी साङ्केतिक रुपमा लिजालाई रोमको फूल र मोनिकलाई प्यारिसको एउटा काँडा भन्नु पछाडीका कारणहरु उनको यस नियात्रा सँस्मरणमा सजिलैसँग पहिल्याउन सकिन्छ ।


रोम र प्यारीसको यो यात्रा वाङ्देलको पहिलो चाहिँ पक्कै होइन, त्यसैले होला उनी अतित सम्झदै लेख्छन् “ एउटा मामुली कोठा हुन्थ्यो, प्यारिसनजिकैको देहातको एउटा सस्तो कोठा भाँडामा थियो, त्यही कोठामा पकाउनु, खानु, बस्नु, अध्ययन गर्नु र चित्र लेख्नु सबै कुरा हुन्थ्यो, तर मानिसको मनै कस्तो अनौठो किसिमको हुँदो रहेछ । आज अतीततिर फर्केर हेर्दा उही सँघर्ष र दु:खको दिन प्यारो र मीठो लाग्दछ ।” विदेशमा रहँदा पनि वाङ्देल आफ्ना गाँउशहर र नेपाली दाजुभाईलाई उल्लेख गर्न नविर्सिएको देखिन्छ । अन्त्यमा रोमको एउटा फूल र प्यारिसको एउटा काँडा दिएर वाङ्देल लन्डन हुँदै दुई सातापछि अमेरिका पुगेपनि सबै पाठकलले सजिलै सँग अन्दाजी लगाउन सक्छन की वाङ्देलका आँखामा लिजा र मोनिकका तस्विरहरु सधैँ नाचिरहने छन् ।
-शेखर केसी

The First 10 Clicks of my Life

I recently bought my digital camera Sony Cybershot DSC H10. These are The First 10 clicks of my life.

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It's so boring nowadays

Today 18th May, 2009 i am feeling very boring. There are many reason behind why i am feeling so passive and disturbed. EVerything seems to be unmanaged. Jhyou lagera duita film here. 'Buterfly Effect part 3 " and "Sexy teacher" korean movie. Ekdum jhyou lagera timepass garna matra hereko, natari khasai ma film herne manche chai hoina. Yeso newsite haru kholeko ja pani Madhav Kumar Nepal, Pradhanmantri Bhayeko headline dekhchu ani mero kanchatti tatera auucha. Janatako Janadesh nai napayeko manche desho sabbhanda powerful position ma hune bhanepachi hamro desh Nepal ma nahune kei rahenacha. Ajha k k huna baki cha hola, dekhna baki nai cha.
Arko kura mero digital camera auuna baki cha, jasko ma ekdum parkhaima chu. Tyo camera ayepachi ma k k garne plan cha, sochi sadhye chaina yaar. Tyo camera auna dhilo bhayeko le pani ma ekdum boring feel garirachu.

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Why i want to learn photography??

Before i got interested to photo journalism, I used to think that everything end with a single click in taking photo. I was wrong. Photo has such a powerful influence when viewed from a wide perspective. Every photo should have some objectives, that is what I have learned till the date. It doesn’t end with a single click. I realized it just a 8 months ago. I am very lucky that I have some of my colleagues who take very good picture, who portray very wide perspective of our human interest.
The main motive behind taking this photo-journalism workshop is to stimulate my rigor for taking photo. Beside that I am interesting in digital story telling. Some of my works can be found in my website kcshekhar.com.np related to photo story telling. But I really want to click the camera with my own intuition that needs a proper guidance. Ventzine has set up such a strong platform which I think is the best channel to get that proper guidance.
I don’t know the technical terms used in photo-journalism. Some of my friends tell such words when they show their photo and I really get confused and feel inferior due to my ignorance. It’s not like I hesitate to take suggestion from them but I become afraid often thinking that my own view towards photography will be steered towards their direction of photography. I want to set up my own photographic perspective by the help of professional photographers. I want to know what they think before clicking the button of camera and after clicking it.
Being honest to ventzine team, I want to say that till date I haven’t make any determination to make photography an option for career development but I really want to make, every photo I click, an embedded part of my personality, my interest, my hobby and my long journey of learning.
Also I am a media student and photojournalism is a mandatory course that I should take oneday but I don’t make the culture of taking photo a part of my curriculum which is judged merely on the basis of marks. Photo can’t be judged by numbers because photo represent the most memorable time of our life, photo helps us to express our self and photo is something that inspires others to broaden their mind and stimulate them to see something from diverse angle, which is essential in every part of our daily life.
Finally I would like Ventzine team to give me a chance to attend the photo journalism workshop because I really need. I have my own simple digital camera and I want protect its glory by taking photo which really have some objective and that makes some difference in the mind of people like me who used to think early that every things end with a single click in photography.

IN love with...... Radio Nepal

Radio Nepal, the only government Audio Broadcast station, was very good. wE all friends got chance to meet there with many governmental officials and radio officials. We entered the recording studio and live studio. The environment was so piece and it was the place where i really wanted to work.
Previously i used to think like governmental office are very uneasy place to stay, small workspace and many uncomfortable place to work. But after i meet there, i find it very good. I had one friend there who used to read news but she happened to have evening shift so i couldn't met here. But our visit was very useful and i liked. Thank you to Assistant Professor Nirmala Mani Adhikary , our teacher,who gave us such chance to visit the place.