Sharing is Caring

   Panoramic hills enlivened by recent downpour, crystal-clear and haze free atmosphere, blue sky shimmering in mild sunbeam, birds stretching their wings in dustless air, dwarfed multi-storey business buildings, people striding along the pavements like puppets, age-old temples and squares steadily waiting to be renovated, motor- vehicles rushing like toys in the thoroughfare and, to everyone’s chagrin, a dense concrete jungle spread all over the fertile land of Kathmandu valley--its a glimpse of a bird-eye view from atop historic Dharahara that I chanced to have in July last year.    The scenario could have been depicted more beautifully had there been a poet instead of a simpleton like me.The ones craving to swallow the ecstatic landscape through naked eyes must get there in person. The proof of the pudding is indisputably in the eating. It so happened that I was ambling down the downtown street along with Narayan, an effervescent student of mine who ex...