उमेर (Age):
52
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?)
We were at home with my wife and daughter. We had invited some friends for lunch and I was helping to cook. Luckly, my friends had not arrived.
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.
We were three, so firstly we held to each other’s hands and stayed on the side of the door. After it stopped shaking, we went outside & immediately posted on Facebook that we were safe.
त्यतिखेर तपाइलाई सब भन्दा महत्वपूर्ण कुरा (सरोकार) के लागेको थियो? (What were your most important concerns at that time?)
Family & our life.
त्यस बेला तपाईंले के-कस्ता सुचना खोज्नु भयो? तपाईंले आवश्यक सुचनाहरु 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 tried to get information on the magnitude of the quake, and I got the information from the FB status.
रेडियो, टेलिभिजन, समाचारपत्र, अनलाईन जस्ता समाचार स्रोतहरु तपाइलाई 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).
FM radio stations and online news outlets.
भुकम्प पछिको हफ्ता कसरी बिताउनु भो? (Please describe how you spent the week following the quake– what you did, etc.).
Slept outside in the open compound, all the while very scared.
त्यो हफ्ता तपाईंको सबैभन्दा स्मरणीय कुरा? (Any memorable facts or incidents during the week, following the quake?)
The moment of I was inside the house, we three holding each other’s hands and praying to god to save us.
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?)
We should build houses that are no more than two storeys and we must use quality materials in building them. We should hire engineers before the construction of the building and we should go in the open space when the earthquake comes.
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