Nepal Police Club defeated FC Khumaltar 3-1, while Friends Club salvaged a 1-1 draw with APF Football Club in the Martyrs Memorial A Division League here on Thursday.
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KATHMANDU: With the arrival of Dashain at our doorstep, people tend to listen to and watch Malshree music and Dashain songs. Radios, televisions, shopping centers and vehicles play such songs and music. The songs do not only entertain people but also add extra color to the festival which is celebrated with much fanfare.
Every year, new Dashain songs are released in the Nepali music industry. However, there are some songs that have already been synonymous to the largest festival celebrated in the country. People have to say that the ‘old’ songs inherit the original flavor of Nepali culture, society and more importantly the true sense of the festival observed for 15 days ---- from Ghatasthapana to Kojagrat Poornima.
Below is the list of those songs and music which are a part of the festival in Nepali society.
1. Malshree Music
This is probably the most heard and used music during the Dashain festival. Also known as ‘Mangal Dhun’ [ Sacred Music], it is used to worship goddesses as per the Hindu tradition. This music is an integral part of the nine-day celebration of Navratri [from the first day to the ninth day]. The music has different forms for all nine days.
2. Barsha Dinko Yo Bada Dashain Jamara Kamero Laaiena
Produced by the Nepal Armed Police Force (APF), the song has been written, composed and sung by Jaya Nanda Lama. The song is usually a favorite among the security personnel and their relatives among others.
3. Dashain Nai Ho Ki, Yo Mero Dashain
This is one of the songs played frequently during the festival of Dashain. Sung by Yogeshwor Amatya, the song has been composed in rock pop style. The song, which also includes satire, is also a favorite among the older generations as well.
4. Barsha Ra Dinko Ramailo Chad Gau Gharma Aaipugyo
Included in the Nepali movie Muglan, this song expresses the emotions of a mother waiting for her son’s arrival from abroad.
5. Namuchhe Aama Dahima Tika
This song is one of the frequently played during this festival. Expressing the heart touching story of a man abroad, this song was written by Laxman Rayamajhi during the India-Pak War.
6. Rato Tika Nidharma
This is a romantic song from the movie Allare. This song is used mostly in cultural programs and parties during the festival. This song has been reproduced recently.
7. Feri Aayo Dashain Ra Tihar
The song expresses the story of a Nepali family through which husband and wife share their complaints and troubles for not being able to gather at the festival. The husband, who is away from the home for employment, and his wife, who is desperate to have him, reflect the true story of Nepalis society.
8. Barshama Din Lai Lai
Sung by Sugam Pokharel, this song is favorite among young generations of late. The song portrays the Dashain and Tihar festivals as a source of happiness and fun.
9. Yaspali Dashainma Thuldai Aaune Re
The song expresses the happiness among younger siblings as their eldest brother is coming home from abroad.
10. Aama Bida Paudina
Sung by folk singer Badri Pangeni, this song tells the tale of a son who is unable to come home during the festival as he is not granted leave.
11. Thalai Bhari Rato Rato Akshata
One of the popular songs during the Dashain festival, this number expresses the happiness of a mother upon the arrival of her son from abroad.
12. Faujilai Kun Ho Dashain
This is another popular song produced by the APF. The song expresses the responsibility of security personnel to serve the country even during the festive season.
BIRGUNJ, June 28: Eight hundred and forty nine border marker pillars have been missing along the border with India in Province no 2. Eight districts of the province share 464 kilometres border with India from Gobargadha of Saptari district in the east to Thori of Parsa district in the west.
Out of the 4,027 border pillars along the border, 849 are missing, according to the Armed Police Force (APF) Chhinnamasta Brigade Province no 2, Bardibas.
It said 2,064 border pillars are intact, 704 need to be repaired, 319 have to be constructed anew, 91 have been washed away by rivers and rivulets and 849 have gone missing.
Moreover, rather than being addressed the border problem between Nepal and India has been further compounded with the growing encroachment of the border by the Indian side.
It is said the people from the India side have been encroaching the no-man's land on the border constructing houses and sheds and cultivating the land there.
APF Chhinnamasta Brigade's Deputy Inspector General Chandra Prakash Gautam said it is difficult to demarcate the Nepal –India border at many places due to the missing border markers and the encroachment on the no-man's land.
"We have been holding talks with our Indian counterparts from time to time for resolving the problem seen in the no-man's land due to the missing border pillars on the international border," he said.
It has come to light that the Indian citizens have encroached upon the no-man's land in many districts of Province no 2, settled there, cultivated the land and even constructed structures. For instance, they have constructed huts and sheds on the no-man's land at Inarwa Tol, cultivated on the no-man's land at Lachaka Tol in Madar, encroached upon the entire no-man's land at Lagdigoth Tol, cultivated crops on the no-man's land from Lagdi Gadiyani to Sanhaitha village, built settlement constructing houses and sheds on the no-man's land from Avaya Nagar to Thadi at Inarwa and constructed the Indian customs office encroaching the border at Thadi in Siraha district.
About 50 Indian families have been living on encroached no-man's land at Lagdigoth of Siraha. The Indian side has also moved the border pillar -253, seven metres into the Nepali territory and encroached the land there.
The Indian Seema Surakshya Bal (SSB) personnel have turned a blind eye towards all this and the SSB itself has encroached upon Nepali territory at Bariyapatti, the locals have charged.
Similarly, the Indian side has dumped earth on the no-man's land and encroached a section of it at Mahinathpur on the western border of Dhanusha district.
This problem of encroachment by the Indian side on no-man's land of the border is not only confined to the Siraha and Dhanusha districts alone, it is witnessed in the six other districts of the province as well.
The civil society of both countries have suggested the two countries' Governments to be serious regarding resolving, once and for all, the border problem which has become a headache for the local administrations, people's representatives and the bodies concerned, and for the betterment of the bilateral ties.
The locals of the border areas have called for a scientific demarcation of the Nepal-India border by determining the border marker pillars through the GPS system. (Field-based reporting)
