Friday, February 23, 2007
"खाओवादीहरुको हातबाट रायमाझीको चिकन् टेण्डरको हत्या"
लोरस खबर पत्रिका - करिब बिहानको ११:०० बजे भिजिटेसन् निवासी लोरस कलेजका विधार्थी अभिषेक रायमाझी आफ्नो कोठाबाट काममा निस्कीरहेको बेला १ जना नकाबधारीद्वारा पिस्तोल देखाई निजको अपहरण भएको थियो । निजको झोलामा चिकन टेण्डरको "TO-GO wrap" गरेको ३ वटा पाकेट फेला पारे पछि अपहरणकारीले रायमाझीलाई गाडीबाट धक्का दिई लाईब्रेरी अगाडि छाडेको थियो । प्रहरी निरीक्षक सुदिस श्रेष्ठ यस छानबिनको सिलसिलामा हालसम्म कुनैपनि सबूत बरामद् नभएको बताउनु हुन्छ । आफ्नो प्राण भन्दा पनि प्यारो चिकन टेण्डर गुमाएको दु:खद् अवसरमा शोक व्य्त्त गर्दै रायमाझी भन्नुहुन्छ, " ज्ये पाई त्यै, इटस् ईम्पोसिबल !!! " प्रहरी द्वारा छानबिनको क्रम जारी नै रहेको जनाउदै प्रहरी निरीक्षक श्रेष्ठ चिकन टेण्डरको पक्कै पनि खान नपाएको भोको मानिसद्वारा अपहरण भएको हुनसक्ने सबूत बरामद् भएको बताउनुहुन्छ र हामी अपहरणकारीलाई छिट्ठै नै फेला पार्ने छौ भन्नुहुन्छ " अपहरणकारीलाई आफ्नै आखाँले देखेको बताउने स्मिथ निवासी अनन्त थापाज्यू चै आफैलाई शुद्ध शाकाहारी रहेको बताउनुहुन्छ ।
CHINESE PEN vs. FOUNTAIN PEN
This is a very common story for Nepalese students back in the 80s till late 90s. They know they had to use fountain pens in schools where most of us blotched our white school shirts with ink all over, every where! Only the students above the 4th grade were allowed to write with pens and once they passed on to the 5th grade, they were allowed to write with ink pens. There were two brands of pen available , the "Fountain Pen" and the "Chinese Pen."
Chinese pen were expensive but gave a feel of flair writing while Fountain pens were cheap and affordable, not really flair. We used to cutoff tip of the nib to facilitate our calligraphy skills. People chose buying expensive Chinese pen cause they lasted more. Buying cheaper fountain pens let us need not be worried even if we lost them.
Fountain pens had syringe on it but Chinese pen had suckler like those baby milk bottles. The most popular brand of ink was Chelpark, an Indian product. Suga was the Nepalese brand. The Chinese pen cost around 35 Nepalese bucks while the Fountain pen cost around only 5.00. Lord knows how many times I bought those cheap ones and broke millions nibs for calligraphy. It was harder to refill fountain pen especially if you did not use it for a long time and the syringe would get rusty and stuck. I had couple of Chinese pens, they were easy to refill because of the sucklers.
Chinese pens were for lighter looking fonts. Fountain pens for thicker ones. Later came ballpoint Dot pens that cost around only two bucks each. These days, I don't know if anybody uses them or know about them or do they still exist? I guess many use these Pilot pens that are really expensive and cost around NRs. 45.00 or 55.00 something. Those were terribly expensive pens for my small budget which I would have saved from my lunch money. They sold refills for the Pilot pens too but I ever wonder if it really worked.
Have you guys ever used these pens in your life? I guess Chinese pen is still there. Is Fountain Pen still available? Students today probably still make ink blotches all over their white school shirts. Wonder what its like for kids today.
Chinese pen were expensive but gave a feel of flair writing while Fountain pens were cheap and affordable, not really flair. We used to cutoff tip of the nib to facilitate our calligraphy skills. People chose buying expensive Chinese pen cause they lasted more. Buying cheaper fountain pens let us need not be worried even if we lost them.
Fountain pens had syringe on it but Chinese pen had suckler like those baby milk bottles. The most popular brand of ink was Chelpark, an Indian product. Suga was the Nepalese brand. The Chinese pen cost around 35 Nepalese bucks while the Fountain pen cost around only 5.00. Lord knows how many times I bought those cheap ones and broke millions nibs for calligraphy. It was harder to refill fountain pen especially if you did not use it for a long time and the syringe would get rusty and stuck. I had couple of Chinese pens, they were easy to refill because of the sucklers.
Chinese pens were for lighter looking fonts. Fountain pens for thicker ones. Later came ballpoint Dot pens that cost around only two bucks each. These days, I don't know if anybody uses them or know about them or do they still exist? I guess many use these Pilot pens that are really expensive and cost around NRs. 45.00 or 55.00 something. Those were terribly expensive pens for my small budget which I would have saved from my lunch money. They sold refills for the Pilot pens too but I ever wonder if it really worked.
Have you guys ever used these pens in your life? I guess Chinese pen is still there. Is Fountain Pen still available? Students today probably still make ink blotches all over their white school shirts. Wonder what its like for kids today.
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