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CONTENTS NAH President’s Message 4 Editorial 5 of ] hLjg 6 Editorial Board gkfnL] dlxnf 6 Acquisition of Community Center 11 Managing Editor: My Trip to Nepal 15 years later 14 Samir Rawal Age of Technology & Children 17 Editorial Team: ks6| sflknfsf] ] nflu afnsyf 18 Ajeet Gorkhali VCARE Clinics 21 Sujan Pandit Drona Gautam A cat who could do magic 23 g]kfn cfdf 24 Marketing Team: Madhukar Amatya The Place Is 24 Dinker Amatya What Hurricane Harvey Taught us 25 Gyanswor Shrestha l/;fPsf ] dfG5] 28 Layout Design: Summer of 2017 31 Kiran Shrestha Choosing A Career in Banking email:[email protected] 33 wd{ / lzIff 35 Associate Editor (Nepali): An Outlook on Judgement 36 Sunita Pahari tYof+sdf lkmkmf ljZjsk 37 Cover design: Sawana Shrestha slt k|]ldn / :ju{t'No kmn]jf; 42 cJojxfl/s d"No lgwf/0faf6{ ;tfOPsf xfdL 43 Contact: /dfOnf{ ] lxdfnL ufp“ 45 Nepalese Association of Houston (NAH) 6776 Southwest Freeway, Suite 450 u|of08 Soflgog 45 Houston, Texas 77074 Dofkn kft 46 Tel: (713) 773- 4348 Fax: (713) 773- 1948 g]kfnL lz/dfly 46 uf/L} Ps cfbz { cfdf 49 Web: www.nahtx.org Nepalese Association of Houston Sports 51 October 2018 Houstonians come together for EQ in Nepal 53 Disclaimer Riddles 73 The views and opinions, unless otherwise noted, contained herein are those of the authors and do not gkfnsf] ] dfof 74 represent the official statements or views neither of the Nepal Vision or Nepalese Association of Houston. NAH Board of Directors 75 Summer STEM Camp 77 MISSION: "To serve the Nepali community in Greater Houston Tihar 78 Area by bringing them to a common platform under a single umbrella by fostering a congenial environment Introducing Model Teacher 79 of friendship, mutual understanding, cooperation & respect, and helping each other during the time of Who’s Who 80 need; while also preserving and promoting our rich cultural heritage as well as providing support to the aNn aem' b\ }5' s] /x]5 hLjg 81 people of Nepal, as and when possible." NAH is a Non-Profit Organization - Tax Exempt under slj ltdL sfd rflx + s] u5f }{ ? 83 Section 501(c) (3) of the IRS Revenue Code, Tax ID # 76-0637 697 cWof/f“ af6] pHofnf ] tkm{ 92 NAH at a glance 97 NEPAL VISION 2018 3 President’s Message Dear all, z We acquired 8.25 acre of land as well as our weekly emails are generating revenues for NAH. First of all, I would like to convey with a building and a temple of z Leveraged future leaders to lead my greetings and good wishes to Shree Pashupatinath in Richmond, Texas, in 2017, for our NAH even further everyone living in the greater future community and cultural Houston area on the occasion of I strongly believe that what we have center. This community center Vijaya Dashami 2018. achieved in the last several years will will bring Nepalese people and make us proud for a long time and During the new Nepalese friends of Nepalese people our children will thank us for our Association of Houston (NAH) together to retain our culture. It initiatives. Executive Committee inaugural day will also help our children and in 2014, I proposed of constructing their coming generations to be I would like to thank Nepal Vision our own community center ‘Nepal familiar with our culture and editorial committee led by Samir Rawal, NAH Vice President, and Bhawan’. The Nepali Community heritage. advertisement committee for Center is a reality now as we worked z We raised $185K to help publishing Nepal Vision 2018. I together to make it a success. Thank earthquake impaired Nepal in would like to thank Madhukar you all NAH executives, volunteers 2015. We took on a number of Amatya, NAH Immediate Past and all those who helped us projects that included rebuilding President, and Dinker Amatya, NAH financially to achieve this milestone. six schools in various parts of Nepal and an orphanage and Advisor, for providing all the As the President of NAH, working building the drinking water necessary logistic support to NAH for the betterment of Nepalese system in a school. The projects whenever needed. I would also like community living in the greater were undertaken as these were to thank all our sponsors who have Houston area has been significant impacted by 2015 Earthquake. helped us at various occasions in the for me in my voluntary career. I could z Organized numerous sports past and present and I am confident not have asked my NAH presidency tournaments. that NAH will continue receiving with a better group of people than z Organized a blood drive every similar or higher level of support in those who are currently serving year in association with Gulf the coming days. Moreover, I would NAH in the capacity of NAH Coast Regional Blood Center; like to thank all the NAH Executives for their unselfish commitment and Executives and Advisors. It has truly two times a year since 2017. dedication towards NAH. been an honor and privilege to lead z Publication of Nepal Vision. and work side by side with such a z Helped many Nepalese fantastic group of people. community members financially With best wishes, due to health reasons, death, Jyoti K Ghimirey I am proud of the accomplishments victims of flood, etc. President NAH we have achieved over the last z NAH email list is 1000+ strong. several years. We streamlined the email process 4 NEPAL VISION 2018 tremendously and together we have From the celebrated so many festivities, achievements and endured through thick and thin, which speaks volumes of our endurance, perseverance and Editor’s Desk accomplishments. In times of need and natural catastrophes, whether in Nepal Welcome to our 13th edition of Nepal in the aftermath of great earthquake of Vision, it’s again been a privilege to be 2015 or the historic Harvey flooding in given this responsibility of publishing 2017 in our own backyards in Houston, yet another edition of this annual the community came together stronger flagship magazine of Nepalese than ever before to help each other out Association of Houston that has been in and in raising funds to help those in need. publication since 2001. I would like to Because of all your valuable support in take this opportunity to wish you all response to Nepal Earthquake, we were of skill set and expertise going into our readers a very Happy Vijaya able to raise more than $180,000.00 making of these articles. Dashami and Deepawali 2075 and may which was duly spent in re-building this auspicious occasion bring joy, health, various school projects in Nepal in I would like to once again thank each happiness, wealth, peace and prosperity collaboration with various well-known and every one of you - article to you and your entire family. local charitable organizations. You will contributors, advertisers, editorial be able to read the progress and status team and readers included, from the As you know Nepal Vision is an annual reports of all those project details in the bottom of my heart for contributing publication of NAH, and despite every article "Houstonians come together for articles to this edition and in providing effort to publish every year, we still Earthquake in Nepal" by Mr. Madhukar us with valuable advertisements and run into various challenges, but thanks Amatya. support. Also special kudos goes out to all the article contributors and to Kiran Shrestha and his publishing generous advertisers, we were able to Also last year, we as a community were team for all their help in publishing finally publish the magazine. We able to achieve a dream of Houston this magazine. highly appreciate your contribution Nepalese community in acquiring our without which this edition would not own Nepali Mandir and a Community Last but not least, I’d also like to grab have seen the light of day. Center. In just a matter of 3 months from this opportunity to express my project feasibility study to acquisition, gratitude to NAH Executive Our culture, heritage, tradition, we were able to raise more than Committee and the entire community language, literature are the basic $350,000.00 from 300 plus donors and members and friends for giving me the foundation upon which we build our more than $450,000.00 were pledged, is opportunity to serve the community identity. Keeping this into a testimonial in itself on how far we have all through these years. I also like to consideration, the main purpose of come along as a community. The details thank my dear family in general, for Nepal Vision is to provide a platform can be read on "Acquisition of sparing me some personal time in to share our common shared values, Community Center & Shree publication of this and previous propagate harmony and a feeling of Pashupatinath Temple in Houston: magazines and supporting me togetherness, help foster our rich Challenges and Opportunities Moving unconditionally throughout my active culture, language, literature, and Forward" by our Secretary Vishnu voluntary engagement with NAH. traditions and ultimately bring unity Nepal. to the Nepali diaspora spread across I would like to end it with a geographical boundaries. This is just a Besides, this edition contains a wide following quote by Albert Einstein: small effort in an attempt to attain variety of articles from novice to "Only a life lived in the service to those bigger goals. Like previous experienced writers covering a wide others is worth living." Nepal Vision magazines, authors and spectrum of genres from science & poets from around the world, amateur technology to religious discourses, Happy Vijaya Dashami and Happy first timers to experienced, from sports to economics, fictional stories to Deepawali 2075 to all!! budding writers to professionals have poems to information and many more, kindly contributed in making which I hope you will enjoy.