Ottawa Chautari - Volume 6 (April 2004)

Ottawa Chautari Year 2 No. 6, April 2004

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Message From the Outgoing Board

As guided by the second annual general meeting, we as Executive Committee focused on consolidating and strengthening NCAO’s ongoing activities rather than starting new ones. The Nepali school is running well; the Ottawa Chautari is fresh and full of content as ever; the social and cultural programs are conducted in reasonably organized way; the web site is running and being updated regularly, and when possible NCAO volunteers have helped newcomers in their settlements in different ways. We are delighted to report the continuous success of these ongoing programs. That said, there were programs which were not beyond our vision but remained beyond our efforts due to NCAO’s limited human and financial resources. Of course, the opportunities for a new community organization, particularly like ours, are tremendous. However, to translate these potential into reality, we need mutual trust, positive thinking and collective efforts. Given these three, nothing is out of our reach; lacking them, everything could be elusive. What we want to achieve as a community organization depends on us, the members of NCAO. If we want to build a strong community, this is the time that we all should think about what we can give to NCAO. No matter whether you are new or old in Ottawa, whether you are a male or a female, a young or an adult, you have something to contribute to NCAO. Every individual has special talents. The areas where you can contribute are numerous. Start by asking a simple question to yourself: What could be the stumbling blocks for a new organization like NCAO, and how could you turn them into building blocks? Once we figure this out, we are on our way. One brick by everyone completes the foundation.

NCAO is still in its childhood, but with grand objectives and great dreams. It is the help of Nepalese community in Ottawa and Friends of Nepal that is going to be decisive on whether we could live up to these dreams. Through our survey conducted in last summer, you have spoken loud and clear saying that NCAO is essential and we should strengthen and expand it. We are confident that the new Board will take it as a guiding principle for the years ahead. Our duty as members of NCAO is to provide some time and energy for the association at the same spirit and gravity that we provided our comments.

As an outgoing Board, we thank you all for your trust upon us and help you have provided throughout the year. We know that we were not perfect, rather far from that. However, we can assure you that our sole objective has been to build a stronger community. Whether we were able to do that, it’s up to you to judge. As a member of the community you are the guiding person. You are the one who can decide how strong and creative association you want. And, you are the one who can keep it united.

Content • Message from the Outgoing

Board • NACO’s Activities and its

Achievements • NCAO’s Survey Report • Bal Jagat (Children’s World) • Nari Jagat (Women’s World) • Sahitya Sansar (Literary

World) • Kitchen Corner • Membership Request

Editorial Committee Kalidas Subedi Ram C. Acharya Ghanashyam Ranjitkar

Correspondence Kalidas Subedi 363-Tillbury Ave., Unit 4 Ottawa, ON, Canada K2A 0Y2 Phone: 613-792 4052

Feedback For the continuity and quality of this Newsletter, we request our readers for a constant supply of relevant materials for publication and constructive suggestions and feedback for its improvement. NCAO’s Contact Address: 36 Rodeo Drive Ottawa, ON Canada K2J 4Z5 Phone: (613) 823-8468


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NCAO’s Activities and Achievements

The Nepalese Canadian Association of Ottawa (NCAO), a community organization, was established on 30th of March 2002 with the following objectives: (i) to foster positive communication, mutual respect and

cooperation among Nepalese, and individuals or organizations of similar objectives and interests,

(ii) to promote and facilitate awareness of Nepalese arts, culture, language, traditions and values,

(iii) to provide information and moral support to members and Nepalese newcomers, and

(iv) to promote and maintain the interest and welfare of Nepalese Community.

NCAO is a registered not-for-profit organization whose membership is open to everyone who has an interest in Nepal and Nepali culture, and NCAO events are open to all. Youths and children, new and established families, friends of Nepal, volunteers, and sponsors are the source of inspiration for the NCAO programs and services.

After successfully completing its first year, NCAO entered its second year with the second annual general meeting (AGM) held on 12 April 2003. The second AGM, which was attended by over 100 members of NCAO at the Ottawa Citizen’s Hall, enforced its commitment toward achieving the set (above mentioned) objectives of NCAO. To this end, the meeting also decided to strengthen the achievements of the first year and broaden NCAO activities in the coming year.

Against this backdrop and keeping in view of limited resources available, this year NCAO focused on strengthening the ongoing activities that were started last year rather than starting new ones. The purpose of this article is to discuss briefly about the activities that NCAO conducted in its second year. These programs can broadly be described into two categories: (I) social and cultural events and (II) programs and services. I. Social and Cultural Events of NCAO

The key social and cultural events that NCAO performed during the second year of its operation are summarised as follows:

Summer Picnic: A pot-luck summer picnic was organized on 5 July 2003 in the Andrew Hayden Park. Over 125 members and guests participated in the picnic with joy and enthusiasm. Participants prepared variety of delicious

Nepali food and were busy throughout the day barbequing and playing exciting games such as "tailing an elephant", "catching toffees", "balloon blowing", "Piñatas", and tug-of-war". As a part of its community program, NCAO also successfully organized a food drive for Ottawa Food Bank on the picnic spot. The NCAO has decided to make the food drive an annual event along with the summer picnic. Visit of a Zoo: A social cum educational event was organized on a beautiful sunny day of July 26th, when Nepalese families in Ottawa visited Little Rays’ Reptile Zoo at Bank Street. This was an educational tour for young kids who enjoyed watching collection of reptiles (snakes, crocodiles, lizards and tortoise) from all over the world.

Summer Sport Day: In the afternoon, after the visit of the reptile Zoo, the community members enjoyed a pot-luck picnic in a park and later engaged in different sports activities in the playground of Mother Teresa High School in Nepean. The sports activities involved were volleyball game followed by an exciting game of soccer and Kapardi. By popular demand, another soccer game was organized on Labour Day weekend.

“Taste of Nepal”: On 13th September, 2003, the NCAO partnered with Engineers without Borders and Child Haven International in a fundraising event supporting “Village Net”, an initiative to provide computer support in a remote village in Nepal. About 150 people attended the event to experience what the organizers called a “Taste of Nepal”. The event was held to raise funds for Village Net. Under this project, several computers will be added to a small network already in place at the Kathmandu Child Haven orphanage and also involve the implementation of a computer lab and computer curriculum into a local School. Additionally, the project hopes to establish a computer and data link for mobile eye care unit that will travel to rural parts of Nepal. The NCAO participated in the event with a booth, performing dance and providing generous donation of various items by NCAO members for the silent auction. Contribution by NCAO was praised and acknowledged in the success of the event. Dashain Celebration: The Dashain or Vijaya Dashami, the biggest and most important of all Nepalese festivals, was celebrated on 5th October, 2003 with various activities at the Ben Franklin Place. The event offered a unique opportunity for the community to showcase the Nepali tradition and culture (see the box below for details):


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After welcoming the newcomers, the significance of Dashain was presented. This was followed by a note highlighting the activities and accomplishments of NCAO. The main event, the cultural program, started with a touchy national song “klZrd sf]xL k"j{ 3/” by a group of Tulasi Rai, Tara Upreti, Geeta Dhakal, Chandra Rai and Robin Subba. They were accompanied by Philomen Rai on the guitar, Rajendra Rana on percussion and Indra Chhetri on the Keyboard. This song was followed by Matka dance “cf]] ld7' ldof..” by Beatrice Rana, Durga Acharya, Sushma Dhakal, Evita Dixit & Sony Subedi. The super performance of these five talented girls was matched by very upbit dance by Geeta Dhakal on “vf]O t a'6h'Qf ?”. Then Milan Nepali, Bal Mukund Paneru and Soyen Rai took the audience to Nepal by their Nepali rap “bz} klg cfof] ltxf/ klg cfof\]..” After these three boys completed their rap, it was the turn for ladies, Sumnima Subba and Richa Nepal who entertained the crowd with their super dance on “;'g ;'g ;gd\”. The young Sudarshan Paneru and girls, Sushma Dhaka, Sony Subedi & Durga Acharya received a lot of clapping in their dance “;]s O{6 j]jL ;]s O{6…\” Then it was time for Soyen Rai to call his beloved saying “P xf]O{…!”. Before Soyen heard back from his darling, Grisma Thapa took the stage with her creative dance on “nxgfn] h'/fof] ls…”. The excitement created by this dance was sustained by folk dance “kfph'sf] 5d5d” by Devashish Subba, Raunak Nepal, Kanchan Gautama and Rasna Sherchan. In a tranquil atmosphere, Philemon Rai sang solo “ofqf…”. Patricia Rana, Rasna Sherchan and Devashish Subba continued to keep the audience in the high alert by their modern dance “lkof lkof”. Then two teenager boys took the stage inviting their pseudo friends “cfpg ufpg…”. In another event, Samikcha Rai expressed her surprise saying, “slt cUnL eof} …gfKgnfO{ ” in her dance. The last item of the program was an opera “bz} cfof] ls…” played by Shital Gautam, Richa Nepal, Grisma Thapa, Kailash Subedi, Sushma Dhakal, Fidel Sherchan and Sudarshan Paneru. Throughout the entire program the Masters of Ceremony Sudeep Acharya and Bandana Rai added extra vitality and eagerness to the program.

The entire cultural program was enjoyable. The credit for the great success of the cultural program goes to the dedicated coordinators namely Rajendra Rana, Lana Rana, Robin Subba, and Deepa Subba. The NCAO is grateful to them.

At the end of the program, certificates of appreciation were distributed to Sudeep Acharya, Stuti Bhandari and Anup Pradhananga for their significant volunteer contribution to NCAO in different capacities. In the tradition of Dashain, presents were distributed to all children and youth participants of the cultural program. The OCISO sponsored the presents, for which the NCAO is grateful.

A show of cultural Programme by Nepalese youths Show of a Nepali Movie: The first Nepali movie produced in North America, Ista-Mitra (Relatives), was shown on 29 November 2003 at the Hopewell Public School. Several families and all students attending Nepali language school watched the movie with great interest. The director of the movie, Hari Siwakoti, was also present at the show. Students attending Nepali class were given free admission, and part of the proceeds from ticket sales was contributed to NCAO. New Year 2004: The New Year 2004 was celebrated on 1 January 2004 at the Ottawa Citizen’s Hall in Nepean. Over 100 members attended the program. A super potluck was served and the audience was entertained by a magic show and different tricks and games by NCAO’s members and friends.

An event of Magic Show in the New Year 2004

Hockey: Some members of the NCAO had the opportunity to watch hockey games at Corel Centre with tickets sponsored by Ottawa Senators Community Coalition and distributed through United Way and OCISO. The participants, especially the children, were very excited, and were chanting “Go Senators Go”.


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Winter Outing: A potluck lunch and an afternoon of tobogganing and skiing trip were organized at Mooney's Bay on 24 January 2004. Despite a harsh cold snap of that day, many parents and children braved for the fun. Our children were greatly excited and were willing to brave cold again.

Members involved in winter outing Another skating and tobogganing event was organized on Saturday, 14 February 2004. Due to a mild weather, there was a great turnout and the event was greatly enjoyed by everyone. Due to a great appeal of beautiful Rideau Canal, most participants skated on the canal and a small contingent enjoyed tobogganing on the beautiful hill slope of Central Experiment Farm. NCAO would like to thank Milan Nepali and Bal Mukunda Paneru for helping organize the event. Thanks to Michael and Tinaka Casey for arranging necessary equipments for tobogganing and skating, and for generous food offering and potluck preparation. Disney on Ice: A self-paid evening outing to watch “Disney on the Ice” program was organized on 12 March 2004. Children and adults enjoyed the great show. These social and cultural events have provided us with an opportunity to improve our relationship and interaction with other members of the community and the friends of Nepal. Moreover, these activities have helped to get familiar with Nepalese cultures and festivals and energize us in different community activities.

II. Programs and Services of NCAO The various programs and activities implemented by NCAO during 2003/2004 are summarized as follows: A. Nepali Language School The elementary Nepali language class is running in its second year under the sponsorship of Ottawa-Carleton District School Board at Hopewell Public School. This program is offered free of charge for Ontario residence. The classes are conducted on Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Presently, about 15 children are attending the class.

The continuation of the Nepali language school would not have been possible without the hard work and commitment of the NCAO volunteers, teacher, parents and children of Nepali community. This language classes have helped children in learning both verbal and written communication in the Nepali language. Through these classes, students also have opportunity to learn about Nepali culture and traditions.

The NCAO is grateful to Constantine Ioannou, Manager, International Languages, and Anne Bedard, Program Administrator, of Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, for their continuous support for the program. The NCAO would also like to thank teacher, Geeta Dhakal Upreti and four volunteers (Suren Upreti, Soyen Rai, Sumnima Subba and Gita Pudasaini) for their continuous support for the program.

Students, volunteers and teacher of Nepali Class, 2004 B. NCAO’s Website The NCAO’s website, www.nepalese.ca is continuously updated. This website contains a wealth of information, including information and update on current and upcoming programs and services of the NCAO and helpful information for members and newcomers in Ottawa. The


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key information that can be browsed in this website are: guide to Canada and Ottawa, past and forthcoming events of the NCAO, newcomers’ guide, various issues of Ottawa Chautari, a newsletter of NCAO, and relevant links about Nepal and Canada. It’s an ongoing effort of NCAO to make the website timely, relevant and informative. The NCAO is grateful to Anup Pradhanang, Prashanta Dhakal and Ben Wood for their continuous efforts in upgrading the website. C. Communication and Publication Besides its website and electronic mailing service ([email protected]), NCAO has been able to communicate among its members, volunteers, friends of Nepal and other interested individuals and groups through its newsletter, Ottawa Chautari. Five issues of Ottawa Chautari have been published so far, and at the moment, you are reading the sixth one. The newsletter, which carries literary work in both Nepali and English languages, has given opportunity to showcase the talents of our community. It has also promoted the profile of our association beyond NCAO’s members. Ottawa Chautari is also becoming an important source of news about upcoming activities, progress reports of the past events, and community related information for its readers. D. Welcome Kit for Newcomers NCAO has developed a Welcome Kit, a customized collection of very useful information and materials, to help Nepalese newcomers in their settlement in the Ottawa area. This Kit has received appreciation not only from the users but also from OCISO, an organization with whom NCAO has working relation. OSICO has obtained a sample copy of the Kit so that they can take stock of information in it, in case OCISO decides to compile a similar package for new immigrants in the future. Besides, the NCAO volunteers have been assisting newcomers in their initial settlement efforts in Ottawa. The NCAO would also try to assist the existing members of the community in time of needs. A lot of volunteer effort is in need for this cause, and we hope to see many more volunteers and expansion in the scale of our collective efforts in coming days. E. Tewa Program To help the newcomers with basic household items such as old furniture, utensils, cookware etc. the NCAO has initiated a program called “Tewa” (meaning, Helping Hands). Under this program, we accept goods useful to new settlers from anyone who could donate and provide them to needy ones. A lot of volunteer effort and donation of household items is in need for this cause.

F. Youths Volunteer Program One of the most important achievements of the NCAO is its mobilization of youths in its entire social, cultural and community programs. Many of the youths and children continued to volunteer their time and skills throughout the year for the NCAO. Their jobs included preparation and presentation of Nepali dances and songs for the NCAO events, design and maintenance of the website, assistance to teacher at the Nepali language school, performance of cultural events, decoration and set-up during the social and cultural events, and organizing sport events. Youths and volunteer of NCAO have achieved a sense of pride and belonging by being able to volunteer in the community. To appreciate their time and effort, volunteer youths and children are formally recognized for their volunteer activities in public events. The NCAO will seek their active participation in several other activities in the days ahead. G. Administrative and Financial Matters The NCAO has established a standard accounting and record-keeping procedure for all its official records and financial transactions, and its books are subject to an independent audit. Similarly, NCAO members can request to see the NCAO’s official records including Agendas and Minutes of the Board. A Survey asking for the evaluation and feedback for NCAO activities was conducted in August 2003. The complete report of the survey is included in this issue. This year, the Executive Board met six times to discuss, develop and implement the NCAO program and services. The members of the Executive Board communicated with the members for feedback on important issues of the NCAO through emails, personal calls and NCAO’s survey. III. Summary NCAO has started with few essential programs and services, and they are running well. However, there are a lot many things that a community organization should be able to achieve; the potential of an organization are simply immense. But how much we can achieve depends on how actively we members get involved. This is the time every member of NCAO should ask oneself, with a tiny spare time available, “how can I best help the community”.


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NCAO’s Summer Picnic Our Summer Picnic and Outing program is planned on Saturday, 10 July 2004. Please

mark your calendar for the important event. For further information visit our

website (www.nepalese.ca) or contact the Executive Board members.

New Arrivals The following families and individuals arrived in Ottawa during the last six months. Gurung Family: After completing his Master degree in Agricultural Economics, Rajendra Gurung moved to Ottawa from Edmonton in October 2003. Later, his wife Yashoda Gurung joined him from Pokhara, Nepal. Ghimire Family: Shiva Chandra Ghimire, his wife Kabita Ghimire and two sons Saugat and Swagat moved to Ottawa from Guelph Ontario in December 2003. Shiva Gimire, who is associated with Health Canada, has obtained a Ph.D. in Veterinary Science from Australia. Shrestha family: Suresh Lal Shrestha, his wife Bimu Shrestha and two children Sarthak and Subim came to Ottawa from Butwal, Nepal in March 2004. Mr. Shrestha is an engineer and Mrs Shrestha has been working in the banking sector. Joshi Family: Sushil Joshi and his wife Solma Joshi arrived in Ottawa in December 2003 from Kathmandu, Nepal with their two children Safu and Saha Joshi. Both Mr. and Mrs. Joshi are engineers. Sudhir Jung Pandey: came to Ottawa from Kathmandu, Nepal in December 2003. He is an engineer by profession. Laxmi Upadhaya: came to Ottawa from Kathmandu, Nepal to join her husband Bhadreshwar Upadhayay. Like her husband, Mrs. Laxmi is an officer working for the Office of the Auditor General in Kathmandu. Smriti Shah: came to Ottawa to join her husband Pranav Dhoj Shah, a Ph.D. student at Carleton University. Mrs. Shah was working as an assistant lecturer in Textile Design Faculty in Kathmandu. NCAO is pleased to welcome you all, and would like to express best wishes in your career development.

NCAO’s Members Speak: Results of August 2003 Survey

Reported by the Executive Board

In August 2003, the Board of NCAO conducted a survey among its members to obtain valuable suggestions and feedbacks so that programs and activities of the association could be improved and extended to the desired direction. The survey started with the preamble: “The future of this association depends on us, on our critical thinking and our willingness to learn from our mistakes. …your inputs are essential in broadening our activities and raising our quality of services.”

To solicit inputs, the survey posed questions ranging from evaluation of all existing programs of NCAO to forward-looking agenda for the future. Accordingly, the members have spoken and given very useful suggestions. Now, the challenge is to push the activities at higher level and to meet the expectation.

The questionnaires were distributed to sixty families. Among them, there were forty-five Nepalese-Canadian households. Hence, the survey was answered by only about one-third of total members.

In a nutshell, the results showed that although more work remains to be done; the NCAO’s performance has been impressive. Eighty-six percent of participating members have evaluated the overall performance either as excellent or good, and the remaining 14% have ranked it as satisfactory as shown in the following figures. Question 1: How would you rank the overall performance of NCAO for the last one year? There were 22 responses for this question, and the percentage rankings by them are as shown in the Figure 1.

Figure 1. Ranking of the overall NCAO’s activities by its members.


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Question 2: Please evaluate the following NCAO’s programs?

There were 22 respondents who evaluated the programmes and the results are as summarised in the Table 1 below.

Table 1. Ranking of the overall activities and programmes of NCAO by its members.

Activities Excellent (%) Good (%)

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Nepali School 20 35 5 5 35 20 Web site 32 42 26 0 0 19 Ottawa Chautari 30 45 15 5 5 20 Dashain Party 42 37 16 5 0 19 Cultural program 33 44 22 0 0 18 Summer program 12 59 29 0 0 17 New year party 17 50 22 6 6 18 Welcome kit 19 56 0 0 25 16 Communication/linkages 6 50 28 11 6 18 Youth programmes 6 24 41 0 29 17 Question 3: What do you suggest to improve the performance of the above programs? A Total of 15 members responded to this question. Their suggestions are listed below. Most of the respondents had one suggestion whereas a few of them had more than one. Interestingly, there was not much duplication in the suggestion. In majority of the cases, each point given below was raised by a single respondent. In few cases where there were a couple of similar responses, we have consolidated them into one. Since we have tried to present all the suggestions, in some instances, they may seem contradictory. This note applies to all the subjective questions in this report.

• Continue and improve the quality of Nepali school, web site, Ottawa Chautari and occasional get-together, the essential elements for a community,

• Focus on teaching verbal language rather than writing in Nepali school,

• Teach more about Nepali culture, festival, values and root of our heritage in Nepali school

• Make web site more informative and directly approachable to all members,

• Keep comments and feedback box in website for interaction,

• Arrange bimonthly meeting in Library to boost the contribution to Ottawa Chautari,

• Shorten Dashain party and cultural program so that there is time to meet guests and make new friends,

• Find ways to reduce the costs of Dashain party

• Incorporate the cultural program (song, dance) from different parts of Nepal rather than Hindi,

• Create an environment for all youths and children by letting them develop and play a lead role in the programs,

• Invite youths in creative work and make them feel that they are also part of our community; never underestimate their potential; educate them about our value and dignity,

• Prepare program and events not based on individual’s own judgment and choice but based on mass interest,

• Do not alter the settled programs at the last minute,

• Have more fun activities, • Encourage for full participation and try for

perfection in all programs by balancing quality and quantity,

• Carry the responsibility to the best of ability • Be punctual in all programs, and • Arrange AGM at different time from New Year

party, so that we can focus on AGM matters rather than arranging food/entertainment etc.

Question 4. Would you like to see NCAO doing the following activities?

The responses of the members are as presented in the Table 2.

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More summer outings 60 40 20 Educational tour for children 90 10 20 Sport activities 84 16 19


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Email40%

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The Other activities suggested by the members were:

• Try to find suitable skill training for women, • Arrange sports and physical activities for all

including family, • Organize talk program by in-house and visiting

scholars, • Arrange more evening events that would include

a meal and informative presentation, and • Organize children’s knowledge program such as

quiz contest. Question 5: What do you think would be the best ways to improve communication from board to the members? There were 22 respondents on this question. A single respondent could have chosen more than one methods. Generally, communication with email was preferred followed by regular mail (Figure 2).

Figure 2. Preferences by members for the method of communication.

In addition, the following suggestions were also specified by the members:

• For some decisions, consult with members beforehand rather than making the decision and putting members into take it or leave it situation,

• Announce programs in regular community gatherings,

• Update the events, activities and major Board decisions on a monthly basis,

• Send short emails to inform about NCAO’s new activities and post the details in the website,

Question 6: Last year NCAO received some hockey tickets through United Way. Would you like to have these types of events repeated? In this question, 100% of the 21 respondents replied saying they would like to see this event repeated. Question 7: How often have you visited NCAO website? A total of 20 respondents reported their visit to NCAO’s website as shown in Figure 3.

Figure 3. Frequencies of visit to NCAO’s website by its members (%).

Question 8. What else would you like to see in the web site? In this regard, there were twelve responses which made the following list (again, in many cases one respondent had only one suggestion):

• Photo gallery, • Community information and other information

of general interest but not personal information, • Training information for women that are

happening in Ottawa, • Job alert, career advice, job search guides, • Update on timely basis and removal of old and

irrelevant materials, • Events about Nepal including Nepal’s recent

news, • Nepali calendar, information about Canadian

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Question 9. Besides current four annual program: (1) Dashain party (2) Nepali New year (3) Canadian New year and (4) Summer picnic, would you like to add some other programs in the annual list? Please mention. There were suggestions from fourteen respondents in this question and four of them were of the opinion that four programs are enough for a year. Others thought that the NCAO should organize the following program as well:

• Session for skill training/career development etc,

• Some occasional gatherings, like film-nights, seminar presentations from professionals, farewell function etc,

• A program honouring school and university graduates,

• Some more evening with meal and informative session,

• A soccer team, • A program to showcase talents of the members

of NCAO not necessarily relating to culture, • More summer programs, • Fund raising and more educational program • Any other program that would make us get-

together more often. Question 10: What do you think would be the best way to mobilize Nepalese youths in the community? Eleven respondents filled up this question and according to them the best way to mobilize youths was by:

• Letting youths take a lead and develop activities for themselves,

• Providing more responsibility to the youths in cultural works,

• Organizing regular sport events, education visit, quiz-program,

• Engaging them in volunteering talk program in their fields of interest,

• Providing certain community related responsibilities for grown ups,

• Arranging get-together and talking face to face about our community,

• Teaching Nepali language, literature books and respectful manner,

• Emphasizing and convincing by guardians to their youths to be mobilized in the community,

• Organizing more social activities, • Learning to be civil would be a start.

Question 11. Do you think the Board is doing good job in terms of informing you the NCAO activities? A total of 22 respondents ranked this question and the results are as presented in Figure 4.

Figure 4. Responses by members (%) on communicating them by the Board.

Question 12: How did you find the Second Annual General Meeting that was held in 12th April at the Ottawa Citizen Hall? A total of 2l members responded on this question which is presented in Figure 5.

Figure 5. Evaluation of the 2nd AGM of NCAO’s by its

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Three respondents made the following three points (one point each)

• Do not mix AGM with New year party, do them in separate dates,

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• Make effective and practical rather than theoretical, not more than 2 hours maximum, and

• Lacked issues, and people did not have time to consult each other.

Question 13: Please suggest what format (program) the Board should follow in the next annual general meeting to make the event more interesting and effective? There were altogether 10 responses in the question. They thought the following would make the annual general meeting more effective:

• Distribute proxy and election cards well in advance, collect them at least 2 weeks in advance and simply announce the result during meeting and make necessary amendment and adjustments as required,

• Ask members to vote for fifteen people in order of priority from one to fifteen and whoever gets more vote should form the executive body,

• Strictly follow the regulation of election and be transparent on all events, this was not done in second AGM,

• Aim for more participatory and democratic mechanism,

• Organize charitable programs to sponsor deprived children in Nepal ,

• Avoid long speeches, discuss new ideas • If possible, show some cultural programs • The AGM was good, • Focus for the event after the meeting (like food,

entertainment etc), discussion on current activities in Nepal.

Question 14: Would you like NCAO to extend contact with other community associations in Ottawa? Would you be able to volunteer to do so? Support Areas Yes

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Extending contact 80 20 20 Volunteer 70 30 20

Question 15. Would you be able to volunteer for NCAO? Please use the space to express any specific way you could contribute to the NCAO. In a total of 20 respondents, 80% said “yes” to volunteer with remaining 20% not being able to volunteer. The

following areas were mentioned as possible fields for volunteering:

• Educational and entertainment program • Nepali teaching • Communication • Sports • Meal preparation for the party • Help in financial management • Any help during events

Question 16: If you are a member of NCAO attending school or university, please provide us with some advice on what you would like to see the NCAO doing for youths. We received response from 12 questionnaires with the following suggestions (although the question was designed for youths who are attending school or university, it is possible that some responses came from adults):

• Organize more get-together activities such as sports, outings quizzes, debates in Nepali and any other youth interaction programs,

• When schools are on holiday (summer time), organize programs specifically to youths of all ages, not necessarily related to sports related activities,

• If possible, encourage youths to wear Nepali cap, sari and blouse in singing and dancing; do not include Hindi and English music in Nepali cultural program,

• Our youths should provide some volunteer service to City of Ottawa and registered charities etc; This could be done during school break time; board members should liaison with outside bodies and coordinate such program,

• Teach youths some good manner; some do have good manner and are very civil, those that are not will do with some help.

Question 17: Would you like to see NCAO engage in fund-raising activities? In this question, 65% of the 20 respondents said “yes” and remaining 35% said “no”. Question 18: If yes, what should be the purpose of fund-raising? Please mention. For this question, we received responses from ten people; the exhaustive list includes the following suggestions:


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• To conduct more activities by NCAO, including some creative ones,

• To sponsor deprived children in Nepal • To build a strong community, • To help the needy in the community, • To establish emergency funds and to help

remote school in Nepal, • To help establish our own community center • To Promote cultural activities, and • To help genuine NGO(s) in Nepal in the fields

of education. Question 19: Please add anything you would like to mention that are not covered in this questionnaire. The total of seven people who responded to this question was of the opinion that this questionnaire was a great idea to have feed back from NCAO members. The feedbacks on this question were:

• We should bury our personal differences and work together to accomplish good works throughout coming year; programs need more participation from all members,

• NCAO officials are doing a great job, • All members should be willing to work for the

progress of our newly established community; we should have mutual understanding among community members, no gossiping and back door talking; any disagreement or misunderstanding should be cleared with open mind and face to face talk; such issues should not mix with community’s affairs or should not damage the community,

• There is too much backbiting, which must be stopped,

• This association is for all Nepalese and friends, so let‘s try to bring everyone into the association; we should think about uplifting our spouse career development as well than just organizing Dashain and New Year party.

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Wishes you a very Happy New Year 2061.

May the New Year bring you happiness,

peace, good health and prosperity to all of us!!!

NCAO Family/ g]s]Pcf] kl/jf/

NCAO’s Membership For the new membership or renewal

of the NCAO’s membership please use the Form at the outer cover of this Newsletter or visit our website (www.nepalese.ca) or contact one

of the member of the Executive Board.

Readers’ Reaction Dear readers, we are planning to publish

your comments and suggestions in a separate column “Readers Reaction”

from the next issue of Ottawa Chautari. We therefore, urge you to send your valuable comments and suggestions about the content of the Newsletter.

Thank you.


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Bal Jagat (Children’s World)

The Himalayas Saugat Ghimire

Grade5

O Himalayas Himalayas of Nepal

You are beautiful You are big and

You are colourful

O Mountains Your green forests and grasses

Homes to wonderful birds And wild animals

You give us fresh air Bring down the rain Break the wind and

Help us to live

I love you Himalayas You are the tallest of the tall

You are the biggest of the big You let rest of the world

Know of Nepal You are in my heart And in my dream You are beautiful!

WAR Iha Karki

Grade 6

Soldiers pick the guns and march up far Then comes time for the war Watching the people who come to fight They are fighting with all their might. Soldiers marching proud and brave Not being scared to go to the grave Guns being shot all around Poor dead soldiers lie on the ground. Everyone are fighting, we are scared We don’t like our soldiers returning dead We will always remember them May their soul rest in heaven.

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The Dark Side of Man’s Nature

Rasna Sherchan Grade 10

This dark side of man’s nature has always held fascination for people of all ages It’s true and hard to believe that people being one of the superior species Are still victimized by one of their own kind leaving horrible sites and images The September 11 incident made the people’s heart cease With this, terrorists’ act life was in a risk No one was able to bear this terrorist attack Then U.S. thought of teaching them a lesson Then, there was a mission set across the sea To capture them and charge them a fee But they hid in such a place that they were never to see. Efforts are being made to stop all deviances in the society But darker side images are holding people’s full ability No one wants to risk his or her life and get in trouble And for this reason deviants double After the full horror event of 11 September There was another dilemma This was no greater than that terrible day U.S decided to seize Saddam for his cruelty among people and races U.S troops walked in the deserts to find the traces Luckily they found some excellent tips On where Saddam might be hiding with all his guilt And when he was finally captured and was held U.S. thought on how Saddam should be dealt. But still we see so many social injustices in our society There are many people who haven’t recognized humanity For their wrong deeds until this day So, we all have to co-operate each other and find a way To make these people realize and pay And to accomplish this big step We have to start and try to eliminate the dark side of man’s nature from this very day.

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Would you like to try a “Khichadi” Devashish Subba

Grade 7

Once there was a man who always used to forget things. He even sometimes tend to forget his name. Once he visited a doctor as he was suffering from acute stomach-aches. The doctor advised him to eat “khichadi”. The word “Khichadi” was new for him. He got worried of forgetting it by the time he reaches home. Therefore, he went on saying “khichadi khichadi” to himself so that he would prepare one immediately after reaching home.

On his way back, he met a friend and talked for sometimes. After they parted, he forgot the word “khichadi” and kept on trying to remember: “now what did the doctor told me to eat? Was it “khiidi”? “Khachadi” yes! I know it is “Khaachara”. So he walked on saying “Khaachara” Khaachara” until he passed a farmer who was shooing away birds that were feeding on his rice grains spread in the sun to dry. When the farmer heard him saying “Khaachara” Khaachara” the farmer got very angry and told him “Hey what the hell are you saying?” I am trying to shoo away the birds and you are saying “Khaachara”? As the man told him that he forgot what the doctor had told him to eat so was trying to remember the word. “The furious farmer told to him to say “aayeko jati bhaagi ja” instead.

The man did not know the meaning of what the farmer was saying, nevertheless he went on saying “aayeko jati bhaagi jha” and he kept on repeating until he came across a fisherman. The fisherman also got angry with him and told him that he should not say that in front of his fishing net. Instead the fisherman asked him to say “aaudai garcha thuprindai jaa” and then the poor man went on changing the sentences as he proceeded home.

After a while, he saw a funeral procession. Since he did not know what to say to the bereaved family he went and told them “aaudai garcha thuprindai jha” some people were shocked to hear what he was saying. Thinking that he was a mad man, somebody pulled him aside and told him that he should not say these words especially to a funeral procession. “Then what do I say?” he asked. They told him that if you see these in future, just say “yasto ta dheknu pani naparos, sunnu pani naparos”. The poor man went on saying that on his way. When he came across a weeding procession, he went near to the groom and said “yasto ta dheknu pani naparos, sunnu pani naparos”. Hearing this, the groom’s father got so angry that he called out “who is this paagal? Why don’t we all beat him up and make him a “khichadi” out of him. Then the word Khichadi came back to his mind, but it was already too late!

Brain Teasers Collection by: Kailash Subedi

Grade 7

1. The Constitution of the United States specifies four requirements for becoming President. The candidate must be at least 35 years of age, must have been born in the United States, and must have lived in this country for at least fourteen years. What is the fourth requirement?

2. Which would you rather have, a trunk

full of nickels (5 cents) or a trunk half-full of dimes (10 cents)?

3. Ram has seven piles of sand and Hari has nine piles of sand. Combined altogether, how many piles do they have?

4. Find the English word that can be formed

from all these letters:PNLLEEEESSSSS 5. Forward I am heavy, backwards I am not.

What am I? 6. What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes,

windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?

7. If you were born in December, how

could your birthday be in the summer? 8. If you were to spell out numbers, how far

would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?

Answers


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Pyaulee committed for women’s right in a Nepali village

Kanchan Gautam Raj lived with his parents in a remote village of Nepal. They kept themselves busy by doing work in their field, as it was the only source of living. Raj studied in a local middle school, and he always helped parents out at the field in his leisure time. In fact, his support to parents was a great. After completing his middle school, it came time for Raj to leave his home to another village for his further study. Parents had double shock now: sending Raj away, who had never spent a night without them and taking the burden of the workload Raj used to support them. Considering the future of Raj, they decided to send him for his education. However, their neighbors and relatives suggested them to get Raj married before leaving for another school so that presence of Raj’s wife in their home will be a great relief for them. Because of Raj’s talent and good behaviours, he had many offers for marriage. His parent liked a girl named Pyaulee who was an orphan and was grown up by her uncle. Raj gave his consent to this proposal and got married before departing for further study. Life became much easier once Pyaulee stepped into their house. The relationship between newly wed couple was about to establish and the separation was trauma. Wife started counting days for her husband’s arrival. It was very hard for days to leap into week and weeks into month for Pyaulee. Husband came home only during auspicious occasion, which was twice a year. After a year or so, Pyaulee gave birth to a son. The number of letters from her husband reduced to fewer and so were his visits to home. She had no control over her husband, as she had no power to even visit him in the place where he lived. All she was told from her childhood was to be a good daughter-in-law by never ignoring her parent-in-laws in any ways. She served them with the best care that could be possible in this earth. She had already created strong bond with her parent-in-laws. After completing high school Raj moved to the city for higher studies. Pyaulee kept praying each day for Raj’s

well being. She started dreaming about her husband getting good job and taking her to the city to live with him. On the other hand, Raj met Chameli in his college life and slowly they started liking each other. Chameli accepted him despite knowing his marital status. Slowly, Raj was much less dedicated to Pyaulee. It was such a pathetic situation where Pyaulee was the one who was most innocent and affected. Raj was seeking for his goodness and didn’t realize how much Pyaulee adored him and was committed to him. Pyaulee and her parent-in-laws had absolutely no idea about Raj’s new relationship and still dealt with him in the usual manner. Raj was scared that his new relationship would be ruined if he tells it to his parents. After some years, Chameli became the mother of two girls. It became very hard for Raj to support all of his children plus two wives. He hoped for better life by marrying a city girl for a second time, but instead he got a terrified life of poverty and tension. The life of Raj diverted towards economic hardship. Pyaulee’s dreams get shattered when she heard the new relationship of Raj. She became all frustrated and mentally shocked. Slowly the news whispered to the whole village. Pyaulee, instead of frustrating and worrying, decided to fight against such unjust. She understood that she was not alone and all cases of unjust over women were due to lack of awareness and poor education. She also thought as long as the unjust cases are hidden the women will not be able to see the light of justice. Therefore, she decided to raise awareness among women by publicizing her case. She was confidant that opening of her case, i.e. the act of Raj, to village women including schoolgirls will work as a masal (fireball) in the dark. Pyaulee’s masal is gaining momentum now to demolish the injustice behavior of cruel men like Raj and to discourage the selfish acts of the women like Chameli from the society.

Nari Jagat (Women’s World)

Obituary Nepalese Ambassador to United States of America and Canada Mr. Jai Pratap Rana

passed way on March 17, 2004, while undertaking treatment in John Hopkins

Hospital, Baltimore, Washington, DC. We still have a fresh remembrance when he had

visited Ottawa in February 2003. NCAO family expresses heartfelt condolence and deep

sorrow for his demise, and prey for the peace of his soul.


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How to Make a Salad Dressing?

By Tulsi Rai You can prepare a very delicious Salad Dressing in your home. You simply need are the following items:

Recipe: 1. Cooking oil 1 litre 2. White Saya Sauce, 320 ml 3. White vinegar, 320 ml 4. 450 g onion, and 5. 75 ginger roots

Preparation:

1. Chop the onion into small pieces 2. Cut the ginger roots into fine pieces 3. Mix 1/3 parts each of cooking oil, soya

sauce and white vinegar in a blender. Add the ginger chops and blend for about half a minute. Make sure that the ginger should be well blended.

4. Add about half parts of cooking oil, soya sauce and white vinegar in the blender with ginger mix.

5. Now add the onion chops and blend for about one minutes (until onion is well crushed).

6. Now add remaining parts of cooking oil, soya sauce and white vinegar in the blender and mix thoroughly.

7. The salad dresser is now ready to use.

Storage Fill the dresser in a clean glass or plastic container. The container should be cooled before filling. Always store the dresser in refrigerator. Dressing of salad Any types of salad can be dressed with this dresser. Lettuce leaves with other green salad is a better choice.

1. Dip the lettuce head and Iceberg in water for about 15 minutes.

2. Rinse with clean water for 2-3 times 3. Make small pieces 4. Sprinkle the “Salad Dressing” from the top

with an amount of your preference. Shake the container before use.

5. Mix the salad thoroughly with the dresser 6. It is now ready to serve. 7. Add dressing according to your own

requirement. Recipe for Dudh Malai

By Chiju Gautam You can prepare a delicious Dudh Malai (i.e. a sweet in milk) at home with little effort and time.

Ingredients: 1. 1 cup milk powder 2. 1 teaspoon baking powder 3. 1 egg white 4. 3 cup milk 5. ½ cup sugar 6. Chunks of cashew and pistachio nuts

[[ Preparation Sift together milk powder and baking powder. Mix egg white and milk powder mixture gently to make dough. Knead the dough to make small ball about the size of egg yolk and press it to the shape of your desire (oval). Let the milk along with sugar to

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boil until it reduces about 50% of its water. Add sugar according to the sweetness of your tongue. Oval shaped dough can be added to the milk once it starts to simmer. Cook for five to seven minutes

until the dough have risen well above its original size. Now Dudh Malai is ready, spread the cashew nut and pistachio chunks on the top. Serve after cooling.


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