Several Stuffs : First One

No, this is not an article, neither a philosophy nor some adventure stories.These are just several stuffs that any normal human being might think about. While writing this I have lived 24 years 4 months and 14 days i.e 292 months and 14 days or 1271 weeks and 5 days. I just calculated to know how many months I have lived on this planet to write several stuffs of my life. Please, don't start to count your own age and days.

There were many random thoughts that come and goes away from my mind. Some thoughts that have remained like a cliff 'firm and unaltered'. Sometimes from nowhere there comes a confidence that I can do something great with this blessed life and sometimes I just lose all the hopes. I believe this happens to you also or am I the only one?

There are some small success stories till now and few bundles of failure. But still, I don't call it a failure just because a grade card says fail. I failed CA Final not once but twice. And this November it's the third one. God bless, hopefully ......... There are lots of failed trip I just planned. Once in a life time, I have a dream to close all the running chapters of my life and pack my bags and go for an adventure. I believe everyone does have. I am writing this, just in case I get too busy with my life and I didn't have time for this adventure plans this blog will remind me this was the first wish I made.

The politics of Nepal is still unhealthy. Corruption is everywhere. While writing this the big story is of Chudamani Sharma (Chairman of Kar Farchyot Aayog i.e a body formed by the government to give tax deductions). I don't know what basis they are giving tax reliefs. It surprises me when none of the company which is applying for these benefit is declared as sick companies or bankrupt. It was just a corruption window opened by Dr. Ramsharan Mahat (the then Finance Minister). While writing these I have been part of several political changes in Nepal. From protest against monarchy to constitution and now almost completed first local election. It took more than a decade and still the politics as well as the economy is volatile.

I don't know, youth like us will get the better working environment in Nepal or like millions of Nepalese we have to go to some third countries to secure bread, butter and future. But I have a faith today, something good will happen.

My country is moving backwards because everyone is busy doing politics. Students busy with students unions, teachers busy with the teachers union, even bureaucrats who are there to serve people taking salaries from our tax are busy with their own unions. Advocates busy with unions and courts are now indirectly controlled by politicians because a judge is appointed in such a way. Businessmen don't have an environment to do business as independent businessman i.e, without affiliation to any party just because everything is controlled by politicians. Several special permits are provided by committee rather than government bodies. And those committees are filled up by politicians.

I hope in this new sovereign model these things will be systematic. Politicians will be disciplined, courts will be free, committees will be replaced by bodies, students will learn, research and study more, teachers will be teaching at a school, forming political bodies for bureaucrats will be illegal and so on.

I have already mentioned how long I have lived and reading above paragraph you might feel this is depressing life. But there is a hope. For the first time in 20 years, we had a local election this year and state and national elections are up to be scheduled. This is a small but fine ray of hope for youth like us.

But silently more is happening. Farming is getting modernized phenomenally. Farmers have started to urge government bodies regarding their problems and government bodies are now forced to listen to farmers. Slowly farmers are now moving for organic farming as cities are worrying more about their health concerns. Let's see what happens in next five years. Still, a lot to do, we don't have organic pesticides or insecticides manufacturer till date, many farmers are unaware of ways to make enriched compost manure.

Tourism still is not doing too well. We have failed to market ourselves more effectively. Need to make more documentaries, promotion campaigns and increase infrastructure. I have a hope from guys like Sisan Baniya who are trying to make a breakthrough with awesome Vlogs. Let's see what happens in future but definitely, tourism needs to be developed.

I don't know how long this is going to be but I am writing with no expectation from readers. I am just writing for myself for future. From past few days, I haven't studied but my exams are due in November. I hope I will be fit from tomorrow onward.

Several things need to be improved in Nepal and that is where I can see opportunity. Our post offices fail to deliver at a house, our internet service providers fail to give promised services, no online payment facilities, half population don't have access to banking facilities, renewable energy under utilized and many resources just under utilized.

Youth like us can make everything accessible under the command but it will take time. I have a dream where the farmer doesn't need to go to District Agriculture Office to know cure of the disease in his farm. I have a dream where a farmer can directly sell into the market without a middleman. Where every farmer can provide quality education to their children and every farmer can afford to get good health services. And for this, I don't need to be a politician. I should continue with my entrepreneur mindset.

While writing this, I have written a plan to promote Nepali products. For this, I was planning to make an online directory and later change into a marketplace. I tried to purchase a domain from the person named Raj Gyawali (Social Treks) but he denied saying he has planned something great to do the with domain. Hope I will come with some other great domain name in future. This is one among several stuffs I would like to accomplish.

Just today, I the read headline in Economic Times in India which states," 12 trillion dollars can be earned by solving the social problems." Might be not such big, but opportunity lies equal in Nepalese context.

With these stuffs I am concluding: Several Stuffs First One. In future wherever I would have several stuffs, I would definitely write here.

The first adventure of WeAdvent

A brief walk-through

If everything was as easy as dreaming then terms like planning, patience, hard work, team work etc wouldn't have existed. All our ideas or dreams would become useless if it remains in the same form. Taking something out of your brain and exercising it in real world requires a lot of courage. And from past one year, that courage was absent and if it was present, then it was so weak that it made no effort to come in the real world. Simply for us, it took a year to gather a courage to start something that we are passionate about. Uplifting Nepalese  tourism, lives of Nepalese through tourism. 

The first brilliant idea of tourism was thrown to me by Santosh Acharya,my colleague and co-founder of WeFinance. After that, I became  irresistible. Naming the company itself was so difficult. Santosh and I came out with 100 names. But to find the name that completely matches our interest and that becomes a pillar to create brand 'We' was a difficult task. The process of finding a suitable name took more than months. I tried to take the suggestion of a travel company from all my good friends circle. And at last we both agreed to take a brand name WeAdvent. A short form of WeAdventure (because domain weadventure was not available) 

Possibilities in impossibility 

Tourism remains much hyped business in Nepal but unluckily few sincere players can create no big impact. Now the need in tourism industry needs the entrance of quality minded business people who can create a impact on overall tourism sector in Nepal. Although there are lot of challenges like infrastructure,investment, strong regulations and corporate governance, social, political etc but it is still possible. If we won't start it today, 10 years down the line, all we can do is regret. So better to start today.

Team is strength

One of our informal and socially motivated business practise in Laxminagar (New Delhi) is  WeFinance Association. It took a good shape in our Nepalese community in Laxminagar in past one year. Many student believe that we were able to stand because of our unique organisation and for being able to help students in short term financial needs. But that is the part story.WeFinance is successful because of it's team. It is because management being flexible at the same time keeping our ethos unchanged

Taking the lesson from WeFinance we are trying to make our WeAdvent management stronger. We needed such person who had 100 times more passion to travel than both of us. Such a person who can handle the difficult situation, can take the risk with big chest. Now although we three have different personalities we have common mission.  And we welcomed Diwakar Pandey in our board room.

First Trekking to Triund

There were lots of options for our first trip. From sight seeing in Manali to Trekking in Kheer Ganga. We preferred trekking over everything. Because we want to experience little bit of adventure and analyze it. Trekking in Nepal is considered as one of the best adventure trip. So, we wanted to start with same thing in India. The plan of Kheer Ganga was cancelled due to snowfall. And then planning of Triund began.

This was the first trip we were going to organise. We wanted it to be flawless. The feelings used to be mixed. Actually there were three feeling; excited, nervous and confident. And we were deep inside this vicious circle.

WeGroup along with few noted person became our first formal customer. As a team, we all were having a first experience. Arranging everything smoothly was a challenge. From vehicle to toothpaste, there were so many things to be taken care of.

Our travel schedule

December 29, 2016 : Our journey to Mcleodgunj began.

December 30, 2016  : We reached Mcleodgunj. Our plan of local site seeing got flop. All of us were tired and hungry. We had a lunch and visited a nearby waterfall. At night we did bonfire and talked about ourselves, some business ideas (Specially of Sagar Neupane), and some guys talk.

December 31,2016 : Our trekking to Triund began. We saw beautiful sun set.

January 1, 2017 : We welcomed 2017 with most amazing sunrise. We had some great photo shots there too. We wrapped up and then we began our journey to Mcleodgunj. While returning we collected all the bottles that were thrown in the hill to let it beautiful again. #CleanIndiaInitiative 

January 2,2017 : Reached New Delhi.

Some of the fantastic memories we were able to capture in camera. The rest remains with us.

Adding energy.

The beautiful sunset.

The first sunrise of 2017.

Team on Trek

Triund Hill Click

Launched WeAdvent.

Team Together.