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Aavash on paleti of march 2019

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Bhushita Vasistha: WORDS THAT DANCE IN DARKNESS & LIGHT

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Bhushita Vasistha is an aficionado of Nepali Chhanda Kavita, a special genre of lyrical and metric Nepali poetry. She writes and recites it, “I have an emotional attachment with Chhanda Kavita”. Her melodious voice gained recognition when she recited the Chhanda Kavita of legendary Nepali poets at the Paleti musical series in April last year.

Bhushita is a student of English Literature and works with a daily newspaper as a writer. She has currently taken the lead of the editorial segment of Nepalaya curating some interesting books this year. She says, “We are looking for new styles, genres, tones and issues. The political consciousness the country has acquired in these few years is massive, but we are still in the dearth of books that can astutely reflect this evolution. My focus will be on curating and encouraging these kinds of books.” Her talents are not limited to writing, she is admired as an actor too. The character of Anindra played by her in Kumar Nagarkoti’s play Bathtub had her share the stage with veteran artistes Neer Shah and Brajesh Khanal.

In conversation with WOW’s Pabita Dahal, she talks about Chhanda Kavita and what it means to her. Excerpts:

What does poetry mean to you?

Poetry, to me, is that sacred window through which we can peer into the illogical, irrational, and molten state of the beauty of the world, which often gets overlooked in the prosaic precision of everyday life.

How did you get into Chhanda poetry?

I grew up in a household where these prosodies were the very part and parcel of life. I would wake up to the sonorous sound of mantras being chanted. Sometimes to chastisement for being asleep late into the morning too was rendered in lyrical poetry. But of course, I grew up to study Journalism and English Literature. Nepali Chhanda poetry was gradually lost to the oblivion. And about two years ago, I hit a rather low point in my life. Rather desperately, I tried to pick up the scattered pieces of childhood memories to reconstruct my happy place again. In this process, these sounds slowly ebbed back to me. Chhanda poetry is my happy place, my den of solace.

How do you define it and how is it different from the free verse?

They say the prose is the triumph of idea over style and poetry is that of style over the idea. There certainly is a difference between free verse and Chhanda poem, in terms of their composition, grammatical structure and poetic devices like refrain or rhythm, etc. However, any good poetry, be it Andrew Marvel’s To His Coy Mistress or Devkota’s Ek Sundari Beshyaprati, they liquidate that rational rigidity of mind and make you more receptive to those feelings or emotions that preceded language, those that were more visceral and real.

How do you relate to Chhanda poetry as an individual?

I am an aesthete, my religion is that of beauty. While I find it particularly distasteful and dehumanising to idolise a person as a saviour, I am convinced of a higher state of order - call it God, or nature or any other name if you may - because of the immense beauty that oozes out of this world. The mountains, the play of breeze on pine needles, the intoxicating perfume of night jasmine, the crimson flame of rhododendron forests in April bloom - I live to experience these scattered moments of exaltation and to gradually imbibe them, their colour, their melody, their stillness. Chhanda poems! I would have been a lot poorer in my soul had there not been chhanda poems, they are my hymns to beauty.

You sang the Chhanda poems of legendary Nepali poets at Paleti. What was the experience like?

I think joy is contagious. If you do something out of joy, it ripples out and regardless of the act, everybody who experiences it, is embraced by joy. It was such a moment of joy for me to sing those poems and that joy gently fell into the hearts of the audience and the ripple just kept expanding. It was pure joy. I don’t even know what to say because the love that I received afterwards was a very special achievement. But, soon after, I was slightly stunned by the attention I received on social media. It was, as Faulkner said, too much of white noise. I felt an incessant hum all the time. There was no moment of unadulterated silence, or a slice of darkness, where I was free to unfurl as my whim dictated. So I just disabled my social media. It made me realise while I love sharing poems with people, I also like that darkness, that anonymity where nobody sees me, except myself. That darkness is essential.

You also played the character of Anindra in Kumar Nagarkoti’s play, Bathtub. Tell us about it.

Anindra was a passage of rite for me. I shed my old skin and entered into a new phase of life. It was a groundbreaking experience in more than just one way. For one, going bald and stripping off the prescribed norms of gendered identity was huge. And enacting murder every day for a month to redeem my compromised dignity and freedom was a tone-setter. I am stained by Anindra’s hunger for individuation forever. She was profound, melancholic, lyrical, childlike and surprisingly very brave. The fact that she lodged in my body for three months (during the rehearsals and the play) has left me a changed person. And every evening, Anindra murdered Mr. Rana, I murdered one of my shadows that kept me in psychological hostage. It was an experience.

What can be done to preserve the melody and culture of Chhanda poems?

If you really want to preserve something, you cannot do it out of the sense of civic duty. You need to be invested in it, you need to love it, relish it. I love Chhanda poems, I never wanted to preserve it, or rekindle people’s interest in it. I only wanted to create that unsoiled space of happiness for myself through the poems. In the process, people are beginning to appreciate it. Some people ask me if we should make an institutionalised effort to preserve Chhanda poems. Poetry is personal, just like prayers. If I really love poetry, I cannot shove poetry down people’s throat that is just what poetry is not. At the best, I can become poetry myself, that is the only service you can do to poetry.

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Hi Bhusita..!! It is you, who brought me here in tumblr!!! I wanted to interact with you, know more about you and you suddenly deactivated your twitter account. There i had asked you to elaborate about your name mentioning you in one of my tweet. I don’t know whether you got that mention or not because i know that you were flooded with replies, retweets n mention. I want to know about your name, its meaning and how you got this name or who put this name for you..!?

Like many, i am also one of the your fans. I am a medical doctor, an anesthesiologist. I live and practice in Pokhara. Unlike you, i came to this profession against my interest. I joined medical college back in 1999, not because i wanted to be a doctor, but my parents. I was not happy and i m not happy till now. I heard you in an interview with Suman Kharel, that you escaped your family’s pressure to pursue medical education n came to Kathmandu. You are a brave girl, you are not a ordinary girl, thats why you r getting this extra ordinary acclamation. In fact , i m quite nervous, even writing this message to you. Because for me you are a real heroin. I dont feel heroin of movies, real heroin but i feel you as a heroin of real life. I feel like, you are this lady who is portrayed as a heroin in movies, novel or stories. You are a prototype. But Bhusita, i could not escaped that pressure, i heard what my parents said, i became what they wanted but i could not hear my inner heart, i could not become the person i wanted, so till now i m confued, i m not happy...because i m traveling in a path set by others..

I am really impressed by you, firstly, how you chose your own way.

Secondly, by your personality, writing, view, your voice, knowledge..etc

I first heard about you, when you recited poem in Nepalaya and knew u also very well in a play. Then i started following you in twitter. Read your article in Naya Patrika and then searched you in you tube, watched you there reciting poems in Chanda..

Actually you r living a life which i also wanted. There are many things to share with you/interact with you but for now would like to stop here because i don’t how you will respond it..!! I know you must recieve many message like this from your many many fans.. you may not have much time to reply every message..

Wish you all the best Bhusita. I wish, may you be more happy, healthy n successful ahead in your life...!!!

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15D14N Annapurna Base Camp Trek

ITINERARY

09/5

1

Singapore - Kathmandu (1300m) OD804 - OD182

Arrive in Kathmandu airport  at 2035. Apply for Visa-on-arrival (US$25) on left side just before  immigration. Free airport shuttle pick-up by Hotel Nepalaya. Overnight in Hotel Nepalaya. (S$41 per pax for 2 nights)

10/5

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Kathmandu: Sightseeing and Trek Preparation

Get ACAP (2000Npr &  2pp) & TIMS (US$20 & 2pp) permits at Nepal Tourism Board. Free  passport photo service in NTB. Trekking poles cost npr1200-1500. Sleeping bag  liner costs npr1500. Explore the hustle and bustle of Kathmandu’s Thamel area. Overnight in Hotel Nepalaya.

11/5

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Bus from Kathmandu to Pokhara (900m) 7 - 9 hours

The Tourist Bus to Pokhara leaves at 0700  on Kantipath Road. USD12 for Global Vacation Travel bus. No wifi and AC in  this bus. 3 rest stops. Alight in Pokhara Tourist Bus Stop, 1.4km from HGH. Free  and easy in Pokhara. Final stock-up of snacks by today. Diamox(15pcs) is  200npr in most pharmacies. Overnight in Hotel Grand Holiday.

12/5

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Taxi to Nayapul (1100m) 1.5 hour; Nayapul – Tikhedungga -  Ulleri (2026m)

Taxi to Nayapul cost  npr1800. Local bus is not advisable. Taxi will drop us at Trailhead at  Nayapul. Follow the jeep track until bridge on left. Cross the river and walk  along the Modi Khola for 30mins until outskirts of Birethani and ACAP  checkpoint. Follow jeep tracks and always keep the river on the left. After  Tikhedungga, it will be a very long and steep flight of stone steps to  Ulleri, a large Magar village. Overnight in Super  View Guesthouse. (wifi 100)

13/5

5

Ulleri to Ghorepani(2850m)

The trail ascends more gently from this  point, through fine forests of oak and rhododendrons towards Banthanti at  2,250m. Then we trek towards Nangethanti at 2,460m. After an hour walk we  arrive at Ghorepani. There are Ghorepani and Ghorepani Doerali. Most stay in  the latter area. Overnight in Super View Lodge. (we stayed  in Nice View Lodge, wifi100, no dal bhat refill)

14/5

6

Ghorepani  - Poon Hill (3,210m) - Tadapani (2,610m) - Chuile

Sunrise is around 0520. Rise 1hr before  to start hiking to catch sunrise at Poon Hill; supposedly best view of entire  Annapurna range; Entry free is 50npr. Spend about 1 hour, then returning to  Ghorepani for breakfast. Then we make a climb along ridges, and through pine  and rhododendron forests to Deurali (2,960m). After that we descend to the  Banthanti, then turning off to Tadapani. Continued a 1hr descent to Chuile. Overnight  in the pink Mountain Discovery Lodge. (wifi 100, room 100)

15/5

7

Chuile  - Chomrong (2,140m) – Sinuwa(2350m)

The day starts with a steep  downhill through rhododendron forests. We descend through the forests and  down the valley and then the trail eases as we reach Gurjung which is the  village of Gurung people, with an easy walk to Chommrong. We continue upwards  to Sinuwa, where the snow mountains are now clearly visible. Overnight at Hilltop Lodge  (room 50, charging 50)

16/5

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 SInuwa  - Himalayan Hotel (2,950m) – Deurali(3200m)

Today the trail drops down  to the Chhomrong Khola and again we continue climbing to Khuldighar at 2,380m.  There is a clearing in the forest a little further on, from which, the route  travels very steeply down a rock bank then levels out, running through  thickets of bamboo at the bottom of the gorge, keeping always on the west  side of the river. We walk through bamboo, then rhododendron forests to the  Himalayan Hotel. Continue to climb past Hinko Cave on to Deurali, where one  can see Buddha on the cliff side. Overnight in New Panorama Guesthouse. (wifi 200, room 200/3)

17/5

9

Annapurna  Base Camp (4,130m) - 7 hrs

Today the trail climbs  towards Machhapuchhare Base Camp. Since it is totally surrounded by  mountains, this area is known as the Annapurna Sanctuary. From MBC to ABC one  will be required to trek on hardened glaciers. Walk slow and steady, follow  porters’ pace for assurance. Overnight in Snowland lodge  (room 100, no wifi, no electricity, no running water)

18/5

10

ABC  - Bamboo (2345m) - Chomrong

We follow the same trail  down today the trail drops by 1,700m to the bank of Modi Khola to Bamboo at  2,345m. Continue descending until we cross the suspension bridge and start a  steep climb up to Chomrong. Overnight in Chomrong Cottage. (hot shower+wifi+room 100npr)

 19/5

11

Chomrong  - Jhinu hot spring (1,780m) - Landruk

From Chomrong the trail  descends slightly to Jhinudanda. Then it descends very steeply to Jhinu hot  spring. Entry fee is 50npr. Climb back up to Jhinudanda, trek towards New  Bridge then cross the suspension bridge to the left and trek upwards to Landruk. Overnight in Captain Laligurans Guesthouse (wifi: down)

20/5

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Landruk – Australian Camp – Kande; Taxi to Pokhara 1 hours

Jeep tracks start at Landruk  so we start walking on it. Avoid the jeep tracks by taking the steep trek on  Deurali and then arrive in Pothana where there is a ACAP checkpoint. Climb  towards Australian Camp. From here it is a descend all the way to Kande,  which is our trailend. Taxi from here to Pokhara cost 1000npr. Overnight in Hotel Grand  Holiday. (S$19 per pax for 2 nights)

21/5

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Pokhara

One can hike to World Peace  Pagoda or take the boat across Fewa lake from Lakeside. Korean eatery near Hotel Lake Diamond is highly recommended by Korean friends.Overnight in Hotel Grand  Holiday.

22/5

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Pokhara - Kathmandu

Hotel provides free jeep drop-off  to the tourist bus station. Take Middle Way Travel bus. Costs 700npr with  wifi, ac, and water. Bus will alight just outside of the main street of Thamel. Overnight in Zen Bed &  Breakfast. (S$9 per pax)

23/5-24/5

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Kathmandu – Singapore OD181 - OD801

late check-out at 1400. Had lunch and dinner in The Kathmandu Kitchen.  Hotel can arrange taxi for 500npr. Taxi to airport cost 450npr. Flight at 2125. Arrive KLIA at 0420. Leave 0815 and arrive Singapore at 0920. Home Sweet Home.