उमेर (Age):
26
ब्यावसाय/सम्बन्धन (Profession/affiliation): मिडिया क्षेत्र (media sector) / गैर मिडिया क्षेत्र (non-media sector)
मिडिया क्षेत्र (media sector)
बैसाख १२ गते भुकम्प जाँदा तपाईं कहाँ हुनुहुन्थ्यो र के गर्दै हुनुहुन्थ्यो? (Please describe where you were and what you were doing when the earthquake hit Nepal on 25 April 2015?)
Its was Saturday, and I was washing clothes on the 6th floor.
भुकुम्प जाने बित्तिकै तपाईंले कस्तो प्रतिक्रिया (मानसिक, शारीरिक) प्रकट गर्नु भयो र के गर्नु भयो? (Please describe your immediate mental and physical reaction, and your response following the quake).
I was so scared my father was calling me to get outside. Though I was hearing his voice, I was unable to respond to him. Feeling helpless, I was just sitting, crying and praying.
त्यतिखेर तपाईंलाई सब भन्दा महत्वपूर्ण कुरा (सरोकार) के लागेको थियो? (What were your most important concerns at that time?)
My life.
त्यस बेला तपाईंले के-कस्ता सूचना खोज्नु भयो? आफूलाई आवश्यक सूचनाहरु पाउनु भयो त? (What types of information were you looking for at that time? Did you have access to all the information you needed?)
I was only waiting for the information that would reassure me that it was safe and there would be no more aftershocks. No, we didn't have any access, expect for the radio and newspapers.
रेडियो, टेलिभिजन, समाचारपत्र, अनलाइन जस्ता समाचार स्रोतहरु तपाईंलाई जानकारी दिन कत्तिको उपयोगी साबित भए? मिडियाका कुन पक्ष कमजोर, कुन पक्ष सबल रहे? (How helpful were news media such as radio, television, newspapers, online news portals, etc in informing you immediately after the quake and the days following it? Please note their strengths as well as weaknesses).
They were helpful to me overall as there were no other alternatives to reading newspapers and listening to the radio. But honestly, the more we heard the news the more it created terror. Despite that, the way media persons were attempting to disseminate information for the public made us realize once again that media are in fact the fourth organ of the nation.
भुकम्प पछिको हफ्ता कसरी बिताउनु भो? (Please describe how you spent the week following the quake-- what you did, etc.).
The days after the earthquake, I was compelled to stay under the tent, with nothing else to do or think.
त्यो हफ्ता तपाईंको सबैभन्दा स्मरणीय कुरा? (Any memorable facts or incidents during the week following the quake?)
Being hopeless-- I could die any moment-- had already started to erode the brighter prospects. In addition, I had to witness the tears of neighbors who lost their loved ones' lives and homes.
बैसाख १२ गतेको भुकम्पवाट हामीले के पाठ सिक्नु पर्छ? (What are some of the lessons that we should take away from the 25 April 2015 quake in Nepal?)
Before you construct your house you should check the quality of soil, at least do check the raw materials and assign the job to authentic engineers.
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