LitClub: Gulu la Owerenga la Kathmandu
Katmandu, Nepal

MU DZIKO la MAPIRI kutsidya kwa mapiri, gulu la akazi olankhula Chingerezi likusonkhana pamodzi— ku Kathmandu-kuwerenga, kubwereza ndi kukambirana za mabuku.
Tiuzeni za gulu lanu. HKodi ndinu ambiri ... ndipo n'chifukwa chiyani mukukhala ku Himalaya?
Tili ndi mamembala pafupifupi 15—onse ndi akazi ndipo ambiri ndi aku Britain. Ambiri ndi akazi a amuna omwe amagwira ntchito ku Dipatimenti Yoona za Chitukuko cha Mayiko ku Britain (DFID).
Amuna ena ali ku British International School, UN, British Ghurka regiment, kapena British Embassy. Mkazi wina wa ku Britain anakwatiwa ndi Mamerika yemwe amagwira ntchito ku USAID.
Pomaliza, tili ndi munthu wochokera kudziko lina amene wakwatiwa ndi mwamuna wochokera ku Nepal; ndi mkazi wochokera ku Nepal amene wakwatiwa ndi munthu wochokera kudziko lina.
Ndiye n’chiyani chinakupangitsani kukhala pamodzi ngati gulu?
Tinayamba zaka zinayi zapitazo chifukwa zinali zovuta kupeza mabuku a Chingerezi. Kunalibe mabuku ogulitsa komanso laibulale ku Nepal. Njira imodzi yopezera mabuku inali pamene munthu ankabwera kuchokera ku tchuthi ndi mabuku atsopano ambiri. Zonsezi zinkaikidwa mumphika kuti aliyense agawane, koma nthawi zambiri panali mabuku oposa limodzi.
Kotero popanda makope ambiri, tinakhala "gulu lowerengera" m'malo mokambirana za mabuku. Mamembala amapereka malipoti mwachisawawa pa buku lililonse lomwe akhala akuwerenga.
Koma zinthu zikusintha?
Chabwino. Kubwera kwa Kindles ndi zipangizo zina zowerengera mabuku pa intaneti kwasintha momwe magulu owerengera mabuku akunja angagwirire ntchito. Tsopano n'zotheka kutsitsa mabuku pa intaneti, ngakhale kuti mamembala ena anena kuti sangathe kutsitsa ku chipangizo chomwe chili ku Nepal chifukwa, malinga ndi Amazon.co.uk, ndi "nkhawa zachitetezo."
Ndiye kodi mwawerenga mabuku angapo pamodzi?
Tachita. Katatu m'chaka chathachi, tinasankha buku lomwe tonse tinagwirizana:
Mkazi wa Kambuku, Kukongola kwa Hedgehogndipo Wopanda Mtsikana.
Ndipo, ngakhale kuti sanali mabuku "osankhidwa", zikuoneka kuti ambiri a ife tinawerenga Magazi a Maluwa ndi Kudula Miyala, ndipo tinakambirana zonse mosangalala. Mabuku olembedwa m'malo achilendo—"nkhani zongopeka zapadziko lonse lapansi"—amakopa mamembala a gulu lathu, mwina chifukwa amalimbitsa zomwe tikukumana nazo pokhala m'mizinda yakutali.
Kodi mungatiuze za moyo ku Nepal?
Karen Rae, membala wa bungweli, anati, "Iyi ikhoza kukhala nkhani ya masamba 6, koma ndiyesetsa kufotokoza mwachidule zina mwa zomwe mamembala athu ananena. Izi zikuyimira mbali zabwino za moyo ku Nepal ngati munthu wa ku Britain."
• Ndalama zogwirira ntchito
Tiyeni tingonena zoona apa. Nthawi iliyonse mukakhala m'dziko lomwe ndalama zogwirira ntchito ndi zochepa kwambiri poyerekeza ndi za m'maiko otukuka, chimodzi mwazabwino zake ndikukhala ndi mwayi wopeza (mosavuta) "chithandizo." Izi sizikutanthauza kuti tonsefe tili ndi chithandizo m'nyumba monga wantchito wa m'nyumba/wamunda/wantchito wosamalira ana, komanso tingakwanitse kupangira zovala zosokedwa, kukhala ndi mphunzitsi wa maphunziro a chilankhulo kapena nyimbo, kutenga makalasi a tenisi achinsinsi kapena kulipira antchito aluso monga akatswiri amagetsi ndi mapaipi popanda kuganiziranso.
• Nyengo
Anthu ena anati amakonda kuwala kwa dzuwa kuno—kumbukirani kuti ambiri a ife ndife aku Britain! Nyengo imakhala yadzuwa komanso yotentha, kapena yotentha, masana nthawi ya miyezi 10 pachaka. Disembala ndi Januwale zokha ndi zomwe zimakhala zozizira, koma ngakhale zili choncho dzuwa limasonyeza nkhope yake kwa maola angapo.
• Culture
Ena mwa mamembala adapereka ndemanga pa chikhalidwe chosangalatsa apa. Ambiri mwa anthu aku Nepal ndi Ahindu, ochepa ndi Abuda, ndipo ochepa ndi zipembedzo zina, kuphatikizapo Akristu. Makachisi amamangidwira milungu yokhala ndi nkhope za anyani, mizati ya njovu ndi mawonekedwe a anthu okhala ndi mitu kapena manja angapo. Ng'ombe zopatulika zimayendayenda momwe zingafunire pakati pa magalimoto ndipo zimatafuna nyamayo (kwenikweni, nthawi zambiri zinyalala zomwe zadya) padzuwa la masana pakati pa msewu.
Pali zikondwerero zokongola komanso zosangalatsa chaka chonse, ndipo anthu nthawi zambiri amakhala aulemu kwa alendo ndipo amalekerera chilakolako chathu chosatha chojambula chilichonse chomwe timawona chomwe chili "chosiyana."
Maukwati okonzedweratu ndi chinthu chofala ndipo kusudzulana sikunachitikepo.
Mayendedwe apagulu pakati pa matauni akuluakulu ndi ofanana ndi basi yodzaza ndi anthu pafupifupi 100 mkati mwake akumvetsera nyimbo za Chihindi. Anthu ena pafupifupi 50—nthawi zambiri olimba kwambiri—amakhala pamwamba pa basi, ndi mbuzi khumi ndi ziwiri zomangiriridwa padenga. Ndipo nkhuku zina zitha kusungidwa m'malo osungira katundu!
• Phiri la Everest
Nepal, monga momwe ana onse a sukulu ya ana aang'ono amadziwira, ndi kwawo kwa Phiri la Everest, kapena Sagamartha monga momwe limatchulidwira m'deralo. Mapiri a Himalaya okhala ndi chipale chofewa amapereka mwayi wosawerengeka woyenda pansi ndikuwona midzi ya Sherpa, mapiri a yaks ndi—ngati muli ndi mwayi, yeti (munthu wonyansa wa chipale chofewa wa ku Himalyan). Ambiri a ife tapita ku Everest Base Camp, ulendo wotchuka wa masiku 12 womwe umakwera mamita oposa 17,000.
• Language
Chilankhulo cha anthu a m'deralo ndi Chinepali—ngakhale kuti timauzidwa kuti pali zilankhulo zambiri zakomweko. Chingerezi chimalankhulidwa kwambiri ndi anthu ophunzira, komanso Chihindi (Chihindi). "Namaste" ndi moni wamba mukakumana ndi munthu, manja atayikidwa pamodzi ngati pemphero ndipo mutu wake ukuwerama pang'ono. Ana a sukulu amasangalala kufuula kuti "Moni - muli bwanji?" akakumana ndi ife alendo achilendo ndipo amaseka mosangalala mukayankha, makamaka mukayankha mu Chinepali.
Kotero ngati ndicho "chabwino," kodi chosabwino kwenikweni ndi chiyani?
• Economy
Nepal ndi dziko losauka kwambiri, ndipo ngakhale kuti mawu akuti dziko lachitatu la dziko lapansi asinthidwa ndi "dziko losatukuka" lolondola pa ndale, ambiri angavomereze kuti Nepal sikukukula mwachangu kwambiri. Popeza ili ndi ziphuphu, ili ndi ndalama zochepa zoti igwiritse ntchito pa zomangamanga kapena kukakamiza malamulo azaumoyo ndi chitetezo.
• Environment
Kuipitsa kwa dzikolo n’koopsa; Kathmandu, yozunguliridwa ndi mapiri, ili m’chigwa, ndipo utsi wambiri, womwe umayambitsa khansa, umakhala mmenemo masiku ambiri pachaka, zomwe zimawononga mawonekedwe a zinthu zomwe zili kunja.
• Kunyanyala mayendedwe
Nkhondo pakati pa magulu onse andale ndi yosalekeza, ndipo dzikolo likuvutika ndi "ma bandh" - zipolowe zonse zoyendera zomwe zimayitanidwa ndi gulu lililonse losakhutira. Masiku otere, masitolo ndi mabizinesi onse ayenera kukhala otsekedwa kapena kuopseza kuti bizinesiyo iwotchedwe, ndipo palibe magalimoto, kupatula magalimoto oyenda pansi - magalimoto omwe satsatira lamuloli ali pachiwopsezo chogwidwa miyala ndi njinga zitha kulandidwa.
• Kusowa kwa mphamvu
Kukhala kutali ndi Nepal kumapangitsa kuti Nepal idalira kwambiri mayiko oyandikana nayo, India ndi China, kuti ipeze zinthu zambiri zopangira ndi mphamvu ndipo nthawi zambiri pamakhala kusowa kwa dizilo ndi gasi wophikira. Magetsi ake onse opangidwa m'dziko muno amachokera ku magetsi opangidwa ndi madzi koma kunja kwa miyezi ya mvula yamkuntho—June-Sept—palibe magetsi okwanira kuti akwaniritse zosowa zawo, kotero magetsi amachepetsedwa tsiku lililonse m'mizinda yonse ndi m'matauni akuluakulu.
M'miyezi ina, Kathmandu imakhala ndi magetsi kwa maola 6 okha patsiku. Pali ndondomeko yofalitsidwa yodziwitsa nthawi zomwe magetsi adzazimitsidwa masana ndi usiku. Ena a ife tili ndi majenereta koma dizilo chifukwa cha magetsi amenewa ndi ovuta kupeza kotero timadzipatsa tokha chakudya m'malo mogwiritsa ntchito jenereta kwa maola ambiri.
Karen Rae akuti:
Nthawi zambiri m'mawa ndi kudzuka ndikuyang'ana nthawi ya magetsi. Ngati magetsi azima nthawi ya 7 koloko m'mawa, timataya zovala zambiri mwachangu mu makina ochapira. Ngati zatha msanga, titha kuumitsa chilichonse padzuwa.
Mwamuna wanga akuzungulira khitchini ngati dervish wozungulira, akuyika zida zonse zofunika—chopangira khofi chikupangidwa, toaster yayikidwa ndikuyikidwanso ndipo smoothie ya zipatso ikugwedezeka mu blender! Magetsi asanazime, timayatsa pampu yamadzi yomwe imakweza madzi kuchokera pachitsime kupita ku thanki yosungira padenga.
Ndi ntchito yokonzedwa bwino komanso yokonzedwa bwino. Magetsi akatha, timasintha kupita ku chinthu chotchedwa inverter chomwe chili ngati batire ya galimoto. Chimatha kugwiritsa ntchito intaneti, firiji ndi nyali zingapo kwa maola angapo—zofunikira kwambiri!
Ponseponse, kukhala ku Nepal m'njira zina kuli ngati kubwerera m'mbuyo kwambiri. Anthu amanyamulabe zinthu zolemera pogwiritsa ntchito ngolo zonyamula anthu—kuyambira pabedi latsopano kuyambira kwa kalipentala kupita ku malo obweretsera zomera. Amatsuka zovala m'mabaketi pachitsime kapena pampopi. Njati zamadzi zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pokonzekera minda yobzala mpunga ndipo abulu amagwiritsidwa ntchito m'mafakitale a njerwa.
Pomaliza, mungafotokoze bwanji gulu lanu mwachidule?
Kukhala kutali ndi abwenzi ndi abale athu kumapangitsa kuti zikhale zofunika kwambiri kudziwa momwe anthu akumayiko ena amamvera. Chifukwa cha zimenezi, misonkhano yathu imakhala malo ofunikira kwambiri kwa tonsefe. Nthawi zina timangocheza, koma zimenezo zingakhalenso zothandiza. Ndipo, pomaliza, tikufuna kuwonetsa chithunzi cha gulu lathu...koma wojambula zithunzi wathu anali atavala chala chachikulu pa lenzi!