Author: Himalaya Post

– Dr. BP Badal Maslow’s “Hierarchy of Human Need” theory is incomplete. The basic human need was defined by famous psychologist Abraham Maslow, who has developed a list of human needs that people now call the Hierarchy of Human Needs. He published the list in the 1940s and became the most referenced list of human needs in many discipline.  According to him at the beginning human being need to satisfy physiological (food, clothes, shelter, sanitation, education health) at first, safety needs (free from any kind of risk) second, Love needs, self-esteem, and self-actualization need third, fourth and fifth level human needs.  Is the first basic need of a human being is food? Social sciences are not limited to psychology or economics or anthropology but it has to address entire humanity and its environment. This theory of Maslow has been used in many disciplines to define basic human needs. The world employment program of the International Labor Organization (ILO) has categorized the basic needs approach is one of the major approaches to the measurement of absolute poverty in developing countries on the basis of Maslow’s thesis. It has attempted to define the absolute minimum resources necessary for long-term physical well-being, usually in terms of consumption goods at a basic level. The poverty line is then defined as the amount of income required to satisfy those basic needs. The ‘basic needs’...

– Dr. BP Badal Dharmachhetre Kuruchhetre, Samabeta Yuyutsaba Mamaka Pandabaschaiba, Kim Kurbata Sanjaya (Bhagavad Gita, chapter 1, verse 1) Nepal is the land of culture and Kathmandu valley is the city of temples. Every day the valley celebrates a festival. It is the city of festivals. It is the land of Dharma and Karma. So it is Dharmachhetra – land of righteousness suddenly turned into a Kuruchhetra-a battlefield. It was lockdown prohibition order since the last five and half months, people were inside the home. Entire business and transportation were closed. There were the fear and agitation among people about the situation and undecided imposition against human right. It was a compulsion for government personnel to follow the order. On the other hand, culture is the identity of the people. To preserve identity, people take any kind of risk. The important culture having historical relation with India, the central meeting point of Vedism and Buddhism, the lord of peace, prosperity, and justice of farmers, lord of rain, and agriculture – is Machhindranath. People forget the law and order and set out to celebrate the festival and it is necessary to preserve the culture. Police of the federal central government came and started to maintain law and order. The dispute arose high and agitation turned into a war. Nepal is a democratic country having governments in every step from local...