उमेर (Age):
28
ब्यावसाय/सम्बन्धन (Profession/affiliation): मिडिया क्षेत्र (media sector) / गैर मिडिया क्षेत्र (non-media sector)
गैर मिडिया क्षेत्र (non-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?)
I was at Nepal Academy of Tourism and Hotel Management (NATHM), Rabibhawan, Kathmandu, the college where I studied my BHM and MHM. I was with my friends Bibek Wagle, Ashok Upadhyaya and Bhanu Raj Pandey, and we were on the ground discussing on how to spend that particular Saturday.
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).
First, I felt that I was having some sort of dizziness but later on realized that it was an earthquake. We were already on an open space on ground (very safe place), so we did not move to other places. Immediately, I tried to contact my parents but the cell phones were not working properly. It was a terrible quake of my lifetime.
त्यतिखेर तपाईंलाई सब भन्दा महत्वपूर्ण कुरा (सरोकार) के लागेको थियो? (What were your most important concerns at that time?)
My family members were the most important concern at that time.
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?)
The news regarding the consequences of the earthquake was the major information I sought at that time. Television channels started providing news about the quake. Firstly, I was upset with the news regarding the Dharahara and Basantapur area.
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).
All the electronic media were equally successful in providing news about the quake and its effects. All have provided the information from their part.
भुकम्प पछिको हफ्ता कसरी बिताउनु भो? (Please describe how you spent the week following the quake– what you did, etc.).
I spent that Saturday and Sunday with my friends at the ground of NATHM. On Monday, I went back to my home town Bharatpur, Chitwan.
त्यो हफ्ता तपाईंको सबैभन्दा स्मरणीय कुरा? (Any memorable facts or incidents during the week following the quake?)
Sleeping on the bus for consecutive nights was the most memorable fact.
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?)
Precautionary measurements should be taken for any disaster whether for the quake or flood or any other natural calamities.
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