उमेर (Age):
18
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 alone with my two siblings when this great quake occured. I was busy helping my siblings do their do their home works.
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 scared and was nervous but I controlled myself and make myself strong and took my two little siblings under the door and after that I rushed them to nearby wide ground.
त्यतिखेर तपाईंलाई सब भन्दा महत्वपूर्ण कुरा (सरोकार) के लागेको थियो? (What were your most important concerns at that time?)
The most important concerns were first to save my own life and the life of my siblings.
Later, I worried on not being able to contact my parents.
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?)
No, I could not access all the information I needed. I was looking for the information on my parents' safety.
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).
Well, the radio stations were the best means of communication and they gave us every detail. I am not a Facebook person and don't like to use it. It gave us a bad impression about the earthquake.
भुकम्प पछिको हफ्ता कसरी बिताउनु भो? (Please describe how you spent the week following the quake-- what you did, etc.).
I went to my school and there they gave us every facility. I spent my week there in the school with my family members and my friends.
त्यो हफ्ता तपाईंको सबैभन्दा स्मरणीय कुरा? (Any memorable facts or incidents during the week following the quake?)
The most memorable thing was that I lost my closest friend, who was my supporter, and a pal since my childhood.
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?)
I got the lesson not to be nervous, to be strong and not to loose hope when we are in trouble.
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