2013-05-10

बहकिने मनको लगि पत्र


कर्यक्रम संचालक दाजु महाबिर बिश्वकर्मा दाजु तथा प्राबिधिक र वरिपरि नजिकै रहनुहुने सम्पूर्ण बहकिने मन परिवार मा मेरो तर्फा बाट नमस्कार ।

मा यस कार्यक्रम को नियमित श्रोत हु भनेर त भन्दिन तर पनि भरसक समयले साथ दिया सम्म कार्यक्रम सुन्न छुटाउदिना । गाऊँ  मा हुँदा कार्यक्रम को शुरुवाती २-३ भाग सुनेको थिएं , त्यसपछि कहिले काठमाडौँ त कहिले गाउँ भइरहनाले केहि शृंखला हरु छुटे पनि सुन्नलाई । तर केहि छुटेका शृंखला हरु download गरेर पनु सुनेथें । हाल काठमाडौँ मा पनि प्रशारण हुन थाले पछि भने छुटाएको छैन ।

साँच्चै बहकिने मन श्रोत को मन मा छुट्टै स्थान लियर बस्न सफल कार्यक्रम हो । किनकि यस को प्रत्योक शृंखलामा कुनै न कुनै किसिम बाट श्रोत को मन को कुरा मा बहकाइएको हुन्छ ।अझ यस ले अंगालेको साहित्यमा मुक्तक विधा पनि अर्को आकर्षक र महत्वपुर्ण खण्ड हो ।

मलाई पनि मुक्तक कोर्न आउँदैनथ्यो , यसै कार्यक्रम को नियमित श्रवण तथा अभ्यासले अहिले भने केहि हद सम्म जानेको छु । थोरै भए पनी वाक्य हरु मिलाउन सकेको छु । यसका साथै बहकिने मन ले मलाई कुनै पनि कुरा सोच्दा अलिक गहिरिएर सोच्न सिकाएको छ ।

अरु श्रोत लाई झैं मलाई पनि लागेको खुलदुली के भने , प्रत्योक फोन मा आउनुहुने हरुले भन्नु भएको मुक्तक को  जवाफ तपाईं तत्कालै मुक्तक मा नै फर्काउनु हुन्छा ।

अँ साँच्ची , आज सम्म का कार्यक्रम हरु मध्ये म निकै आभारी भयको कार्यक्रम :- अप्रिल 14(valentine day) विशेष कार्यक्रम र गत हप्ता प्रशारण भएको कार्यक्रम हो । यि दुबै कार्यक्रम मा मैले कसैलाई भन्ने वा भनौ भन्नै पर्ने सम्पूर्ण कुराहरु समेटिएका थिए ।

अब त खासै भन्नु केहि छैन , फेसबुक  बाट मुक्तक लिनुहुने साताको मुक्तक सेग्मेन्ट मा केहि सुधार भए अलि राम्रो हुन्थ्यो । एउटा मात्र मुक्तक वचन भन्दा पनि top 5  भनेर  

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Water Challenge - a blog by Peter Brabeck-Letmathe

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The Water Challenge blog by our Chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe aims to create discussion about the important issue of water availability around the world.
Your comments and views are important and we encourage you to help us build and develop the conversation.

Water in Singapore: the city-state that looks ahead

Cecilia Tortajada, President, Third World Centre for Water Management, Mexico, with Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, former Prime Minister of SingaporeCecilia Tortajada, President, Third World Centre for Water Management, Mexico, with Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, former Prime Minister of Singapore Discussions on whether public water supplies should be privatised or not have reached epic proportions. Yet it is important to see this in context: less than 3% of the water supply to people in developing economies runs through “privatised” pipes (actually schemes run in highly regulated public-private partnerships); 97% of supply still runs through pipes fully owned by municipalities and other public structures.
For me, however, the real issue is not who owns the pipes; it is whether the schemes providing water to urban and rural populations do it efficiently and sustainably, i.e., the quality of the management of these schemes. Singapore provides an excellent example of such efficiency and sustainability in one of the best managed public, i.e, state-owned supply schemes worldwide. Dr Cecilia Tortajada, President of the Third World Centre for Water Management in Mexico just published a book on the Singapore water supply story – a book I can strongly recommend. For those who prefer a shorter version of the main points, Cecilia kindly agreed to write for my blog the guest post below.
As usual, I invite my readers to share their own insights and comments in response to Cecila’s excellent piece.

Development goals, water resources management and the role of the private sector

Together with Jin-Yong Cai of IFC listening to M. Mohieldin, Special Envoy of Worldbank President, T. Stelzer, UN Assistant Secretary-General and M. Anderson, Director DFID and Special Envoy to PM CameronTogether with Jin-Yong Cai of IFC listening to M. Mohieldin, Special Envoy of Worldbank President, T. Stelzer, UN Assistant Secretary-General and M. Anderson, Director DFID and Special Envoy to PM Cameron Many of you have asked me questions in recent days about my views on the human right to water. I want to thank you for taking part in this discussion and encourage you to keep engaging on the important issue of water scarcity.
In my role as Chairman of the Water Resources Group, I have just visited the World Bank headquarters in Washington DC in the United States for 2030 Water Resources Group meetings and a high-level discussion on a water goal within the post-2015 UN Development Strategy, combining the Millennium Development Goals with the Sustainable Development Goals.
Water is one of the biggest challenges for sustainable development over the coming decades. Its effects can be felt right across all three pillars of sustainability – environmental, social and economic. There is one important dimension of the social pillar of sustainability that must be kept in mind: water for survival is a human right.

Water you need for survival is a human right – some clarity

From time to time on the internet a video clip from a TV programme made in 2005 about food is posted in which I am talking about whether water is a human right.  It seems it has surfaced again, and people are using it to misrepresent my views on this important issue.
Let me be very clear about this again here on the blog, because I think the video clip, which took my views out of context, isn’t clear about the point I was trying to make.  The water you need for survival is a human right, and must be made available to everyone, wherever they are, even if they cannot afford to pay for it.

The 2030 Water Resources Group – some clarity

Over the past few months, the 2030 Water Resources Group (WRG) has been frequently mentioned in the media, usually by third parties with little knowledge of its goals and activities. In Switzerland, some journalists have picked up on some critics’ interpretation that the WRG is essentially a way for private companies to gain a foothold in the area of municipal water distribution. On German TV, a journalist developed, at great length, a complaint lodged by a wealthy South African that the WRG is not getting involved in improving municipal water supply.
I believe that we need to sharpen the profile of the 2030 Water Resources Group, better communicate its great potential and correct some of the misperceptions and politically biased conclusions reached by some media personalities.

The importance of partnerships on World Water Day

<b>Water Resources Group at WEF Davos: </b>Mr Brabeck-Letmathe with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Water Resources Group at WEF Davos: Mr Brabeck-Letmathe with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
The global water challenge has moved up the priority list of international leaders and government bodies over the past few years, as I have highlighted elsewhere. World Water Day is a reminder that water cooperation, particularly addressing the rapidly increasing water shortage as a challenge to societies, is more important than ever.
Many of you may know that in 2010, the United Nations General Assembly declared that 2013 was to become the UN International Year of Water Cooperation. The UN’s aim was to raise awareness of the importance of partnerships and of water management challenges, considering the increasing demand for water access, allocation and services.