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Item Quest for Existence in Mani Dixit's ComeTomorrow(Department of English, 2012) Baral, DineshThe protagonist of the novelCome Tomorrow, Bir BahadurMoktantries to establish his existencethroughvarious struggles. He joins the army, participates inthe revolution to overthrow the Rana Regime, getsmarriedwith the Burmese women, has sexual relationship with Sanu Maya, establishesGurkhas' Implex Company and sends excuse letters to his son to London. Buthis every attempt becomes vain and he ultimately chooses the way of suicide to establishhisexistence. By committing suicide, Bir Bahadur proves himself to be an existential hero. He becomesfrustrated throughout his life, suffers a lot and shoots himself. So,Come Tomorrowa novelhasan existential hero. The protagonist struggles a lot for defining his life but ultimately feels that he cannot establish his existenceto his life and kills himself. Because ofvarious strugglesfor the search of his existence,Moktancommitssuicideand in my findings hebecomes notan escapist but an existential hero.Item Studies on Ethnomedicinal Uses Along with Conflict on Benefit Sharing of Swertia Chirayita (Roxb.Ex.Fleming) H. Karst; A Case Study in Pokharathok,Arghakhanchi and Phytochemical Screening of Some Species of Swertia(Department of Botany, 2007) Baral, DineshThe ethnomedicinal uses of Swertia chirayita and benefit sharing on trading were carried out. Most of the people of Pokharathok were using whole plant of S. chirayita for medicinal purpose while some were involved in using root and leaf. They used Swertia chirayita mainly in Typhoid, tonic and gastritis. It was found unequal benefit sharing i.e. 1:2: 4 among collectors, middleman and traders. The phytochemical screening of S. ciliata, S. nervosa, S. angustifolia and S. chirayita (Family: Gentianaceae) was carried out. Two compounds Methyl swertianine and bellidifolin were isolated. Methyl swertianine was identified by comparing with authentic sample using Thin layer chromatogram and bellidifolin was also identified on the basis of NMR, COSY, HMBC, and HMQC spectra.