Himalayan Times (1953)

May 31, 1953

Hiinuilunan i :r

Eleven

2 months bv 'the ihtcrii

WARM RECEPTION TO

DHARMARAJ THAPA

Takdah, May 20

A warmth reception
was given to Sree Dhartna-
r.-i j Tliapa the popular
Poet of Nepal at the pro-
mises of Griffith's School
by the students, visitors
and people of Takdah.
The function was presided
over by Srimati Asoka
Gupta. A large number
i f people and- students
from surrounding schools
garlanded the Poet along
with folk-songs. Sri Nepal
Chandra Rose, , Deputy
Ranger also sang a Nepali
folk-song.

Sri I’. T. Dong in his
introduction speech said
that the, poet was ben
at a place called Pookhra,
bundled miles away from
Katmandu, where other
poets like Bhanubhaktaand
l.ekhriath were also bom.
He was educated at his
village primary school and
finally in a High school
of Katmandu. Ho is the
only Son of his father.
Once he was pres^, reporter
of Gorkha Patra in Nepal
during Rana regime, where
he organised a strike of
the press workers to de-
mand increment of their
salaries. After fulfilling the
grievances lie resigned from
the post Then he started
singing in the midst of
common people and by this
wav lie roused enthusiam
in them towards the coun-
try. He was jailed for

Govt, of Nepal for writing
a poem on K L. Singh.

The poet in his recital
narrated how the culture of
India was related with tha,t
of Nepal. He said Vanu-
bhakta would not have
achieved such fame if he
would not have translated
Ramayana by Kavi Tulsi.

The Poet’, . melodious
tune greatly influence the
audience. It was the
hearty cO-operation of Sri
P. S. Lama that made the
meeting a success.

TORN 4,DO PASSED OVER
SILIGURI

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kitchen attached
School hostel ; the
sheets in most cesses were
.so'much disfigured, that
further use of them . for
roofing pm poses' would be
impossible The loss esti-
mated ip the case of tire
T. A. Bidyrilav would come
up to nearly Rs. ti,000/-;
So this refugee institution
is the worst suffer so to
say. '1 ho S.D.O., Siliguri,
SriR.P Ganguli,m.a., b c s
accompanied by the Secre-
tary of the School Sri
P K. Basil, n.I.., visited the
School in the afternoon
next day and assured
government help towards
the expenses of reconstruc-
tion, if possible. Sri S. P.
Roy, Relief Officer also
came to- school to witness
the ravages of the storm.

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Kalimpong, May 2ft

The b rthday annivar-
sary.of Lord Buddha was
observed with due solem-
nity on the 27th and 28th
of May, 1053 at the
Pragya -Chaitya Bihar and
Tharpa CholinU Monastry,
Tirpai. The former was
. organised under the auSpi-
xesofthe General Buddhist
’ ’ Association while tho later
by..the Tibetan- Buddhists.-
The .ceremony was atten-
ded by a good. number of
devoted Buddhists,

compound of the i harpn
Gholing Monastry wh^re
tin- Head Lama of the
Monastry was garlanded
and Shri I) M. Moktan
addrcs.-ed tlie assemblage
on the meritsof Buddhism.
The'drama written by Shri
S. B. Gurung was played
excellently and Shri Paldsn
Lama and Shri G. K.
Moktan performed the host
am mg the actors. The
variety show was an ex-
cellent attraction in the
performance and was pla-
yed by local children.

The whole' function
was conducted by Shri
Again Singh Tamang, the
renowned Nepali Poet of
Apaian Salfitya Parisbad,
Gaogtck.

to the

G. L

On the evening of
271 h and 28th iiay a
Nepali drama anda variety
show was staged , in the

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