POWER NEWS 16th,Feb,2016

Girls pose for a photo during the Valentine’s Day celebration programme at Ratna Rajya Laxmi Campus, Exhibition Road in Kathmandu on Sunday. Photo: Bal Krishna Thapa Chhetrithe sub-zero temperature. And the thin air would not help. I put on all the cloths I had but still could not sleep. I peeped out of the window and was awestruck with the scene. It was a full moon night and the sky was clear. The mountains that surrounded me were at its magnificence, I felt they were smiling at me.”

“The stars were twinkling so close to me. The first person that I thought of with whom I wanted to share this view was my beloved. But she was not with me. Hence, I tried to write something. But as it was so cold, I could not even hold the pen. I then took out my recorder and recited what I had in mind. I listened to it and it sounded like a song. Immediately a tune struck my mind. But I did not have any instrument with me. I put on the recorder and recorded the tune. While doing this I did not realise what time I went off to sleep. It felt like I blinked and it was morning already.”

“When I woke up, I listened to the recordings I had done at night. I heard the words and the tune. It made me smile. I tried to recall – when was the last I had written and composed a love song. It had been quite a while. With the song, the tune and thought of my beloved in my mind I continued my walk towards Gorak Shep. I was still one stop away from the Base Camp.”