I'm stuck in your tea bagA golden thorn shines on the bare feet

I like this song by Narayan Gopal. Out of hundreds of his songs, this is my favorite. There are three reasons for that – one, the lyrics of this song composed by Bhupi Sherchan are uniquely artistic and vibrant. Two, the beauty of the word Bhupika has been enhanced by Narayan Gopal with his unique voice and art. Third, this song is also correct from a sociological point of view. 

Many people like Narayan Gopal's songs. I like it too. Artistically, each of his songs is excellent. I'm a 'best bathroom singer'. So I hum this song a lot in the bathroom. In this song, a poet from a tribal community has captured the culture, feelings and sensibilities of the Khas-Arya community to such a depth that the songwriters of the Khas-Arya community themselves have not been able to capture.

Tej and Cheli

Many questions can be raised about Tej regarding the identity and freedom of women, this is a different matter. However, what cannot be forgotten is that the Maiti and Cheli of the Khas-Arya community have a deep emotional connection with this festival. No matter how poor he is, on the day before his fast, Maiti invites his daughter-in-law to feed him lovingly and sweetly.

If the mother-in-law does not invite, the daughter-in-law feels helpless and abandoned and her heart starts to break with the mother-in-law. Maiti gets upset and sad if her daughter does not come even when she invites and goes to pick her up. Because they are poor, Cheli and her family start to complain that they are not counted. Now, since months ago, the custom of taking rates has come, this has become a different situation. However, I am amazed to see the enthusiasm, happiness and gaiety of the Khas-Arya girls who gather in my neighborhood to eat Dar on the eve of Tej. They even call the women of our community and feed them love. They give gifts of clothes and bangles. If you listen to the

song continuously, you will find that the daughter's marriage took place in a rich family in eastern Nepal or across the border in Darjeeling. Bhupi Sherchan may have written this song after picking up the pain of a relative. An analogy is present in the listener's imagination of the image of a heel getting stuck in a tea shoe and a golden thorn sticking out of a calloused foot.

The first episode indicates the girl's preoccupation and the second indicates that she has taken steps to walk with wealth or gold. In the first interval, the old woman went to see the road to Dobato to see if her daughter would come, but because she was rich, the mother sighed as if she had forgotten her mother. No matter how rich the daughter-in-law becomes, grow up, the mother-in-law always wants to feed her as sweetly as possible, to send her good food, to give her love and affection. 

Dasain and Cheli

Dasain is the biggest festival of Khas-Arya community. Even if you have to starve at other times, even with debt, it is considered a matter of honor to eat well and wear good clothes at this time. Children and teenagers are very excited to play langur-burja and ping pong and collect dakshina by taking tika from the hands of the elders.

At the same time, the Newar's mohini nakhma would call the daughter-in-law and put mohni (a paste of clay) on her forehead and call her again at her leisure. In the Khasa-Arya community, there is no need to invite people to get vaccinated on Dasain, they have to go to the dignitary and get vaccinated themselves.

If there is no rain, there is no rain, and if there is no reason to tap the tika, then there is a danger that the house will be closed during weddings, fasts and festivals. Therefore, on Dasain, Khas-Arya girls try to reach their parents and dignitaries in some way to get tika. Parents and uncles and aunts are also sitting watching the road to see when their daughter or niece will come. In the second interlude of the

song, there is a picture of a father, who is sad that he did not get his daughter vaccinated and given Asik on his last Dasain. He feels that he will not live till next Dasain. He wishes to send the same tear-stained Tika to his daughter's address.

Tihar and Cheli

Tihar is a festival where feelings are intertwined between brothers and sisters or sisters and brothers. The Khas-Arya community celebrates five days of Tihar with crows, dogs, cows, bulls and brothers. (The Newar community only celebrates Lakshmi Puja, Mha Puja (body worship) and Kija Puja (brother worship). Since it is celebrated only for three days, they call it Svanti Nakhah (three days festival).) Among the five festivals of Khas-Arya, Bhaitika is the most important.

In this, the brothers consider it unlucky to be vaccinated by the hands of their sisters, while the sisters also consider themselves blessed to be vaccinated by their brothers. Both wish each other long life and good health. It is heard that some people have raised the question of whether someone will live longer or have better health after getting vaccinated. However, it is more a matter of sensation than physical. 

In the Khas-Arya community, it is necessary to invite the mother-in-law to come or go to the sister or sister to apply tika on Tihar. In this way it is considered mandatory to invite. If the brother does not invite or if the sister does not come without a proper reason, there is a danger of breaking the relationship. The last part of the song depicts the brothers sitting in the hope that their sister will come to Tihar and wear tika. However, the poignant description of crows crowing all day long at Bell's foothills accurately portrays the endless bereavement of not having a sister.

Cheli's pain

When listening to the interludes of the song, Maiti Paksha's sensibility makes us wonder. However, Cheli's grief has been well-revealed. It indicates that the daughter is married in a rich family. In an interval below it can be assumed that her marriage took place in migration or in a foreign land or that she had to migrate due to her husband's employment.