47th Anniversary of PAC

There was a program in our college. It was organized on the occasion of the 47th anniversary of the Public Administration Campus. The main guest of the program was Madhav Prasad Regmi (Chairperson of the Public Service Commission, Nepal). The program started at 7 AM and ended at 3 PM.

All participants performed more than 17 incredible stage performances (cultural dance, poetry and drama). We also performed an inspirational drama titled “Let’s Talk about Mental Health.” The main purpose of our drama was to raise awareness about mental health. We were a total of 9 participants.

Watch the full video here 🙂

For this drama, we practiced only for two days. Within this period, I wrote a poem for the performance. That was the shortest poem I ever wrote within a short time (in 2 hours).

शिर्षक - तिमी पनि म जस्तै

तिमीलाई पनि मलाई जस्तै
अनिश्चित गन्तव्यले सताएको होला !
नचाहदा नचाहदै
दायित्वबीच फुल्लेका सपनाहरूले
तिमीलाई पनि मलाई जस्तै
निद्रामा बिउझाएको होला !
अनि बन्द कोठामा राखेको
पुस्तकका चाङहरूले, तिमीलाई पनि
मलाई जस्तै गिज्याएको होला !!

"अझै सम्म पनि लोकसेवा?" भन्ने समाजको प्रश्नले
तिमी पनि म जस्तै, गाउँ जान छाडेउ होला !
रातदिन मेहेनत गर्दा पनि सफल नहुदा
तिमी पनि म जस्तै, आफैँदेखि बिरक्तिएको होला !
अन्धकारमा एक्लै रिसाउछौ, रून्छौ, कराउछौ,
अनि
"केही गर्न नसक्ने पो हो कि?" भन्ने शङ्कामा
तिमी पनि म जस्तै, सङ्घर्ष देखि भाग्न खोजेको होला !

तर,पख
यो सुन्दर जीवन खेर जानु अघि
तिमीले अर्को बिहान उठ्नै पर्छ,फेरि संघर्ष गर्नैपर्छ
मध्यरातमा मृत सपनाहरूले तर्साउनु अघि
तिमीले छुटेको सबै सपनाहरू पुरा गर्नै पर्छ
लोकसेवा नभए त के भो र?
जीवन जीउने हजार बहाना हुन्छ
हो,त्यसैले
तिमीले पनि म जस्तै, समाजको प्रश्नलाई छोडेर
अगाडि बढ्न सिक्नैपर्छ
अनि त! निश्चय नै
पर्खेर बसेको त्यो मिठो गन्तव्यमा,
तिमी पनि म जस्तै कसरी नपुगौला र।

- अनन्ता राई

It was the first drama that I performed on a stage. And of course, we did great. The audience also appreciated our performance. Overall, it was a nice experience. Thank you team members for your great effort. 🙂

Most of the MPA and BPA students were present in the program. Around 11 AM, we were served with Nepali food (Dal, Bhat, and Tarkari). We also got a certificate.

So many students admitted to MPA in our batch (MPA 1st semester). But half students take classes in the morning shift and the other half in the evening shift. So we are unfamiliar with many friends. And yes, after the program, we gathered and introduced ourselves to each other. And it was fun.