पाण्डव प्रथा यानि बहुपति प्रथा

एक महिलाले बहु पुरुषहरूसँग विवाह गर्ने प्रथा – लाई विभिन्न नामले चिनिन्छ जस्तै जोडिदारा वा पाण्डव प्रथा, जसले हिन्दू महाकाव्य महाभारतबाट द्रौपदीको कथा सम्झाउँछ, जसले पञ्चालका राजाको छोरी भएर पाँच पाण्डव दाजुभाइहरूसँग विवाह गरेकी थिइन्। 

हिमाचल प्रदेशका पहाडहरूमा एउटा विवाहले सयौं गाउँलेहरूलाई आकर्षित गर्‍यो – यसको ठूलो धुमधामका लागि होइन, तर यसको दुर्लभताका लागि। सुनिता चौहान दुई जना दुलाहाहरू प्रदीप र कपिल नेगीसँग वेदीमा उभिएकी थिइन्, जसरी उनी हिमालय क्षेत्रमा शताब्दीयौंदेखि परिवारहरूलाई एकताबद्ध राख्ने प्रकारको संघमा प्रवेश गरिन्। दुलही र दुलाहाहरू भएको हट्टी समुदायका लागि यो दृश्यभन्दा बढी बाँच्ने कुरा हो। “यदि दाजुभाइहरूले एउटै महिलासँग विवाह गरे भने, खेतबारी बाँडफाँडको प्रश्नै उठ्दैन। परिवार एकताबद्ध रहन्छ, जग्गा अविभाजित रहन्छ।

दुलही सुनिताका लागि यो निर्णय व्यक्तिगत थियो। “मलाई यो परम्पराको बारेमा थाहा थियो र मैले कुनै दबाबबिना नै निर्णय गरेँ।” दुलाहा कपिलले भने: “हामी हाम्री पत्नीलाई एकताबद्ध परिवारको रूपमा समर्थन, स्थिरता र प्रेम सुनिश्चित गर्दैछौं।”

एशियाका दुर्गम कुनाहरूमा समाजहरूले परम्परागत मान्यताहरूलाई चुनौती दिँदै पाण्डव प्रथा प्रणाली बनाएका उदाहरणहरू मध्ये एक मात्र थियो।

नेपालको डोल्पा क्षेत्रमा, ताशी साङ्मोले उनी १७ वर्षकी हुँदा १४ वर्षका छिमेकीसँग विवाह गरेकी थिइन्। परम्परा अनुसार, उनले पतिको कान्छो भाइसँग पनि विवाह गरिन्। उनको पतिको भाइ पासाङले प्रश्नबिना नै विवाहमा सामेल भए। तिनका बच्चाहरूले दुवै पुरुषहरूलाई बुबा भन्छन्।

शताब्दीयौंदेखि, डोल्पाका लगभग सबै घरहरूले बहुपति प्रथा अपनाएका थिए ताकि जग्गा र पशुधन असहनीय टुक्रामा विभाजित नहोस्। “धेरै दाजुभाइहरू हुँदा घर बलियो हुन्छ र बच्चाहरूको भविष्य राम्रो हुन्छ,” तिनीहरू भन्छन् ।

अमेरिकामा अलास्काका एलुटहरूमा, यदि पहिलो पति बिरामी परे वा कमाउनेमा संघर्ष गरे भने महिला दोस्रो पति लिन्छन्।

दक्षिण भारतका पालियानहरूले यदि पहिलोले यौन आवश्यकता वा स्वास्थ्यमा असफल भए अन्य पुरुषहरूलाई लिन्छन्।

निरन्तर अवसरहरूको आवश्यकता

अब नेपाललाई विश्वकपमा ताली बजाउने कुराको प्रतीकात्मक प्रशंसा मात्र होइन, निरन्तर अवसरहरूको पनि आवश्यकता छ!।

मुम्बईमा भएको टी-२० खेलमा नेपालले इङ्ल्यान्डसँग मात्र ४ रनले हार बेहोर्दा विश्व नै चकित परेको छ। नेपाली समर्थकहरूको भीड र नेपालले खेलेको असाधारण क्रिकेटले टी-२० विश्वकपको सुरुवातलाई नै अविस्मरणीय बनाइदिएको छ।

यो प्रदर्शनले नेपाल क्रिकेटको उदीयमान शक्तिलाई प्रमाणित गरेको छ। इङ्ल्यान्ड जस्तो बलियो टिमविरुद्ध यति कडा संघर्ष गर्नुले विश्वभरिका क्रिकेट प्रेमीहरूलाई आश्चर्यमा पारेको छ। वानखेडे स्टेडियममा नेपाली झण्डा फहराउँदै गर्जने हजारौं समर्थकहरूको जोश र खेलाडीहरूको साहसपूर्ण खेलले यो खेललाई विश्वकपकै उत्कृष्ट कथाहरूमध्ये एक बनाइदिएको छ।

इङ्ल्यान्डले ग्रुप सीको ओपनरमा ठूलो त्रासबाट बचेको छ। १८४/७ को स्कोरपछि नेपाललाई चार रनले हराए। नेपालले १८०/६ को जोशपूर्ण जवाफ दियो, लोकेश बामको २० बलमा नटआउट ३९ सहितको अन्तिम आक्रमणले ऐतिहासिक उल्टो नजिक पुर्‍यायो। अन्तिम ओभरमा १० रन चाहिँदा नेपालले मात्र ५ रन बनायो, साम करनले दबाबमा सटीक यॉर्करहरू हाने। यसअघि कप्तान रोहित पौडेल र दीपेन्द्र सिंह ऐरीले तेस्रो विकेटमा ८२ रन जोडे (दुवै ३९), कुशल भुर्तेलले १७ बलमा २९ रनले सुरुवात दिए। बामले जोफ्रा आर्चरमाथि दुई छक्का र लुक वुडमाथि लगातार चौका प्रहार गरे।

नेपालले पहिलो खेलमा इङ्ल्यान्डसँग सानो अन्तरले हार बेहोरे पनि ग्रुप स्टेजमा अझै ३ खेल बाँकी छन्। बाँकी खेलहरू इटाली, वेस्ट इन्डिज र स्कटल्यान्डसँग छन्। ग्रुप स्टेजबाट अगाडि बढ्नका लागि नेपालले बाँकी ३ मध्येका खेलहरू जित्नुपर्ने हुन्छ। यी तीनवटै खेलमा पूर्ण प्रयास गरेर जित हासिल गर्न सके नेपालले सुपर ८ मा पुग्ने सम्भावना बलियो बनाउन सक्छ।

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सोमबार कान्तिपुरले आफ्नो साइटमा सूचना राख्दै उक्त रेटिङ बन्द गरेको हो।
निर्वाचन आयोगको केन्द्रीय आचारसंहिता अनुगमन समितिले सर्वेक्षण गर्ने र एप्रभुल रेटिङ गर्ने वेबसाइटहरूका विषयमा छलफल गरेको थियो।
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आइतबार आयोगले गरेको पत्रकार सम्मेलनमा प्रवक्ता नारायणप्रसाद भट्टराईले सामाजिक सञ्जालमा फैलिरहेको मिथ्या सूचना ‘मिस इन्फरमेसन’ रोक्न आयोगले काम गरिरहेको बताएका थिए।
निर्वाचन आयोगले गरेको पत्रकार सम्मेलनमा प्रवक्ता नारायणप्रसाद भट्टराईले १२२ वटा सामाजिक सञ्जालका पोस्टबारे कारबाही गर्न साइबर ब्युरोलाई, १५ वटा प्रकाशित सामग्रीबारे प्रेस काउन्सिललाई र ६ वटा दुष्प्रचार गर्ने वेबसाइट बन्द गर्न दूरसञ्चार प्राधिकरणलाई पत्राचार गरिएको जानकारी दिएका थिए।

 निर्वाचनमा जनताले भोट नहालेर कसले हाल्ने रै'छन्?

Mamta Kafle Bhatt a Nepali Mother in Virginia America is Still Missing

 

January 24, 2026:  Pre-trial conference of Mamta Kafle Bhatta disappearance is set for Sept. 10, 2026.

September 2025 Update: Prince William County Circuit Court Judge Kimberly Irving delays Naresh Bhatt’s murder trial more than a year after his defense attorneys argue they need time to prepare due to the massive amounts of evidence collected in the case. Irving sets the new jury trial date in October 2026 and last for seven weeks. The couple’s now 2-year-old daughter is being raised by Mamta’s family. 

 March 2025 update: Naresh Bhatt is facing murder and concealing a dead body charges. The trial is scheduled for September 2025. Police are still continuing the search for Mamta Kafle Bhatt's remains as they now prepare for trial. Investigators conducted over 44 search warrants and 50 physical searches, finding evidence such as blood and signs of a body being moved but Mamta’s body has not been found to this date. Manassas Park police say searches for Mamta Bhatt’s remains are underway at the Page County landfill, in Luray, Virginia, where trash is taken from the dumpsters in Manassas and Falls Church.  

September 20 update: Judge heard arguments for nearly three hours on Friday before she ruled there was “overwhelming evidence” to consider Naresh Bhatt a flight risk and danger to the community and denied bond. The judge cited new evidence presented by the Commonwealth for her decision, which included surveillance videos capturing Naresh Bhatt disposing multiple bags from his car between July 30 and 31, at times wearing white gloves, at various dump sites and trash compactors, one being at his child’s babysitter’s apartment in Manassas. 

Mamta Kafle Bhatta Missing Case Timeline:

• December 2020: Mamta married to Naresh.
• July 29, 2021: Mamta moved to US
• August 20, 2023: Mamta had her daughter.
• February 2023: Police summoned to the Bhatt residence over allegations of disorderly conduct. Mamta told officers Naresh wouldn't give her documents and destroyed her phone.
• April 2023: Naresh did a Google search on his work computer asking how long does it take to get married after spouse dies.
• July 24, 2023: Mamta spoke with her childhood friend and mentioned her trouble marriage.
• July 27, 2024 8:17 p.m.: Mamta is last seen at UVA Prince William Medical Center in Manassas, where she worked as a nurse. She entered an unknown black car after canceling an Uber ride.
• July 28, 2024: Mamta posts a final video on her TikTok account alongside her daughter.
• July 29 Evening: The date of Mamta Bhatt’s final video call with her mother, to whom she habitually spoke twice a day. Her mom said Mamta's face was gloomy which is unusual of her. She never called her mom after that.
• July 30, 4:13 a.m.: Bhatt performs a Google search for “Diagram of brain” and at 4:30 a.m., looks up “Chicken farm near me.”
• July 30, 5:40 a.m.: Naresh Bhatt sends the Bhatts’ babysitter, Amanda, a text.
• July 30, 6:30 a.m.: Bhatt drops off the couple’s daughter, Neema, at the babysitter’s apartment at Clark Place in Manassas.
• July 30, 6:40 a.m.: Bhatt is seen on camera dropping several plastic and trash bags into a dumpster at the apartment complex.
• July 30, 8:12 a.m: Bhatt goes shopping at Home Depot purchasing rubber ice gloves.
• July 30, 8:21 a.m Bhatt was seen at Walmart, buying 3 knives 2 are missing, carpet cleaner, wipes and air freshners. 
• July 30, 5:22 p.m: Bhatt was seen buying extra strong trash bags at Home Depot.
• July 30 and July 31: Bhatt is seen on camera discarding bags at various dumpsters.
• July 31, 1:30 a.m.: Bhatt is captured on video in Falls Church retrieving bags from his Tesla and putting them into a trash compactor. His Tesla tracks him to that location, but his phone is inactive and not on his person at that time.
• July 31, 5:30 p.m.: Bhatt disposes of more items in the same dumpster at the babysitter’s apartment complex.
• July 31, 7 p.m.: Bhatt returns to the apartment complex to pick up Neema. The babysitter later tells police that Bhatt “was nervous and kept looking around,” Sami said.
• Between 11 a.m. and 12 p.m. on July 31, over 150 gallons of water are consumed by the Bhatt residence – a far cry from the typical 3-4 gallons per hour.
• Aug. 1: Mamta did not show up for work at UVA Health Prince William Medical Center on August 1. Her work friend called police for welfare check. Naresh Bhatt’s phone is off with no activity, but Mamta Bhatt’s phone sends out a signal from Loudoun County. That day, Naresh Bhatt goes to eat at a Liberty gas station, walks back to his Tesla “with a visible limp,” , grabs some bags at his car, and walks over to a clothing donation bin – where police later find a bag with a white bath mat featuring light pink and reddish-brown staining that tests positive for blood.
• After Aug. 1: In addition to missing Neema’s first birthday on Aug. 20, Mamta Bhatt also misses her final United States Citizenship and Immigration Services appointment to become a U.S. citizen.
• Sometime after Aug. 2: Naresh Bhatt asks the downstairs tenants in the Bhatt residence to help him move the bed in his bedroom. 
• Aug. 2, 2024: Police conduct a welfare check at the Bhatt residence. Naresh Bhatt tells officers they are separating, Mamta got her green card and now she is running away, destroyed her phone, she is visiting one of her sister in New York or Texas.Bhatt said he saw her last time on evening of July 31.
• Aug. 4, 2024: Naresh Bhatt sends a text message to the same police officer who conducted the welfare check on Aug. 2. The officer responds a day later, on Aug. 5, and Mamta Bhatt is officially listed as a missing person.
• Aug. 8, 2024: Manassas Park police change the status of the Mamta Bhatt case to "involuntarily missing."
• Aug. 5, 2024: Naresh Bhatt changes his story, saying Mamta had destroyed her own phone, according to prosecutors.
• Aug. 6, 2024: Naresh tells investigators that Mamta’s clothes, passport, and green card are all missing. He still claims he last saw her on July 31, according to court testimony.
• Aug. 15, 2024: Naresh tells Manassas Park that he is preparing to send Neema to Nepal, prosecutors said.
• Aug. 19, 2024: Naresh sells his blue Tesla to Carmax, prosecutors said. Police later say they have impounded the car.
• Aug. 20, 2024: Mamta Bhatt's friends and coworkers gather at the Bhatts' home to deliver presents for Neema's first birthday.
• Aug. 21, 2024: Police converge on the Bhatts' home to execute a search warrant. They remain there overnight and into the next day. At a press briefing that night, Manassas Park Police Chief Mario Lugo says Mamta Bhatt is presumed dead and names her husband a "person of interest."
• Aug. 22, 2024: Naresh Bhatt is escorted out of the home in handcuffs and baby Neema is carried out, covered in a yellow blanket, by police officers. Police charge Bhatt with concealing a dead body in his wife's death.
• Aug. 23, 2024: At an arraignment hearing in Prince William Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, prosecutors paint a grisly picture of what may have occurred inside the final days of July, describing pools of dried blood found in the home.
• Aug. 26, 2024: At a bond hearing, a judge orders Naresh Bhatt to remain jailed without bond, calling him a flight risk and danger to the community.
• Aug. 27, 2024: Police execute another search warrant at the Bhatts' home, with the police chief later saying more evidence was collected and more charges are likely forthcoming.
• Aug. 29, 2024: Mamta Bhatt's mother and brother arrive in the United States from Nepal and are reunited with baby Neema.
• Aug. 29, 2024: A judge agrees to a motion by Naresh Bhatt's defense attorney to waive his preliminary hearing, sending the felony charge of concealing a dead body directly to a grand jury.
• Aug. 30, 2024:  Manassas Park police detectives and the Prince William County Police Search and Rescue Team descend on Signal Hill Park in a search for evidence in the case. Police said evidence was recovered but forensic analysis will take time.
• September 20, 2024: Judge ruled there was “overwhelming evidence” to consider Naresh Bhatt a flight risk and danger to the community and denied bond.
• December 27, 2024: Naresh was charged again with murder and physically defiling a dead body. This is based on  DNA collected from multiple items inside the couple’s house, including a hairbrush belonging to Mamta, a piece of carpet, a garbage can, a bathmat, a reciprocating saw and knives.
• March 17, 2025: Authorities have conducted approximately 50 physical searches, and  44 search warrants, court orders and subpoenas. Naresh remains behind bars. A status hearing is scheduled for March 20. The trial is set to begin in September.
• July 18, 2025: The trial was originally scheduled to begin in September, but is planned for October of next year, with a pre-trial conference set for Sept. 10, 2026, this request came from defense request citing their busy schedule. Naresh Bhatt, will remain in police custody until at least October 2026.  
• November 12, 2025: The Prince William County Commonwealth's Attorney plans to call an FBI special agent to the stand for the trial of Naresh Bhatt. Naresh Bhatt was seen on surveillance video going to a gas station near where her phone last pinged on August 1, 2024, 5 days after her disappearance.

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बहर : हजज मुसम्मन सालिम
अर्कान : मुफाईलुन् , मुफाईलुन् , मुफाईलुन् , मुफाईलुन्
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न म घाम उदाएको, न अस्ताएको देख्छु,

मेरो खुशी पनि नियतीले निभाएको देख्छु।

न म घाम अस्ताएको, न उदाएको देख्छु,

मेरो जिन्दगीको चाल सुस्त आएको देख्छु।

अचेल किन उजाड छ यो मनको बगान,

बसन्तमै फुलहरू मुर्झाएको देख्छु।

कस्ले चलायो कुन्नि यो जिन्दगीको गति,

जता पुर्‍यायो, तेतै अन्धकार छाएको देख्छु।

चाहनाका सीमा कस्ले थुनिदियो यहाँ,

मेरा सपना पनि लगाम लगाएको देख्छु।

अलिकति जोश मनमा हुर्किनै नपाई,

दायाँ–बायाँ आफ्नै छायाँ झस्काएको