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Item Dream Vs Realities of Life in Rana Dasgupta's Solo(Ratna Rajya Laxmi Campus, Tribhuvan University, 2014-02) Koirala, DamodarThe novel Solo, written by Rana Dasgupta, tells the story of a 100-year-old Bulgarian man Ulrich. He, the central character, bears the theme of alienation and estrangement in his present day. The old man is conditioned by frightening history of a devastated communist country Bulgaria and he is living a life being alienated. Blind man at this old age, he has no companion, friends or family. He just memorizes his past and helps himself for the existence in the present. Amidst the daydreams he foresees his youth and in realities he is destined to survive in the present. Ulrich finds the essence of his life in daydreaming and bringing back memories from the past. This thesis tries to study why the protagonist gets engaged too much with the residue of his past? What essence does he see in memorizing those bygone days? The research hypothesizes that the protagonist is seeking his identity, essence and existence from his youth through adulthood to the old, solitary, haunting and troublesome moments of hundred years. In essence, Ulrich is in the pursuit of his own 'pure' life in the larger landscape of life which was socially, politically and culturally troubled. The research concludes that the old man, Ulrich, lives amidst his daydreams and reality. When his daydreams of bygone years cannot be fulfilled he has to live a devastating life in loneliness. To avoid that loneliness he uses the past memories, fantasizing daydreaming and narrating the past. Thus, the narration becomes the best platform for him to create his existence which psychologically fulfills the gap between dream and reality.Item Dream Vs Realities of Life in Rana Dasgupta's Solo(Faculty of English, 2014) Koirala, DamodarThe novel Solo, written by Rana Dasgupta, tells the story of a 100-year-old Bulgarian man Ulrich. He, the central character, bears the theme of alienation and estrangement in his present day. The old man is conditioned by frightening history of a devastated communist country Bulgaria and he is living a life being alienated. Blind man at this old age, he has no companion, friends or family. He just memorises his past and helps himself for the existence in the present. Amidst the daydreams he forsees his youth and in realities he is destined to survive in the present. Ulrich finds the essence of his life in daydreaming and bringing back memories from the past. This thesis tries to study why the protagonist gets engaged too much with the residue of his past? What essence does he see in memorizing those bygone days? The research hypothesises that the protagonist is seeking his identity, essence and existence from his youth through adulthood to the old, solitary, haunting and troublesome moments of hundred years. In essence, Ulrich is in the pursuit of his own 'pure' life in the larger landscape of life which was socially, politically and culturally troubled. The research concludes that the old man, Ulrich, lives amidst his daydreams and reality. When his daydreams of bygone years cannot be fulfilled he has to live a devastating life in loneliness. To avoid that loneliness he uses the past memories, fantasising daydreaming and narrating the past. Thus, the narration becomes the best platform for him to create his existence which psychologically fulfills the gap between dream and reality.Item Knowledge on Stds, HIV/AIDS and Sexual Behavior of Three Wheeler Drivers: A Study of Janakpur Area, Nepal(Department of Population Studies, 2006) Koirala, DamodarThe first case of AIDS in Nepal is recognized in July 1988. The cumulative numbers of HIV cases are recorded 6443 end of April 2006 (NCASC). Non-formal sources estimate a rather large number of people infected by HIV in Nepal. Therefore, the dramatic surge of STDs and AIDS in recent years isemerging as a burning problem in Nepal. The specific objectives of this study are to examine the mode of transmission and prevention of STDs andHIV/AIDS, effective source of knowledge about STDs and HIV/AIDS and identify the sexual behaviour of three wheeler drivers. The study shows that ethnic groups are major (39%) ethnicity. Among the total respondents, about 94.5% are Hindus. All respondents were literate and the largest number (50.9%) of respondents has secondary majority of the respondents 67 percent non-migrants and most respondents 78 percentare ever married. Nearly 42 percent respondents had less than five thousand monthly income. Findings shows that out of total 110 respondents all (100%) of respondents have heard of STDs and HIV/AIDS and more than 99 percent have knowledge on the modes of transmission of STDs. Similarly, 99 percent have knowledge on HIV/AIDS transmitted by sexual contact and 96 percent have knowledge its prevention. A little less than two third (66.4%) respondents have knowledge about HIV/AIDS is incurable disease. Similarly, a little morethan one third (34.5%) of respondents have knowledge about cause of AIDS.Effective source of knowledge is I/NGOs programmes and friends or relatives about knowledge on STDs and HIV/AIDS. About 62 percent drivers have experienced of pre-marital sex and mean age at first sexual contact was 19years, about 19 percent drivers had first sexual contact with prostitutes.More than 64 percent drivers were not used condom during last sexual contact. Majority of the drivers have knowledge about safe sexual contact.