Keshav comes with 'Samriddi Ko bato'

Kathmandu, Mar. 25:

Keshav Shrestha has come up with his new book 'Samriddi Ko Bato'.

The writer, former Finance Minister Surendra Pandey, economist Dr. Chandra Mani Adhikari, President of Society of Economic – Journalists (SEJON) president Gokarna Awasthi and past vice-president of SEJON Kuvera Chalise jointly unveiled the book amidst a programme here.

The book is a collection of 20 articles in which the writer has poured out his experiences, opinion and emotions, and all of them are related with the economy and development.

All the articles have been written in narrative style, are easy and interesting to read and are full of different flavor and tastes.

He has described his failures in poultry farming and carpet business, which can be useful for the youths willing to be entrepreneurs or can be useful in deciding what is good and what is not while undertaking their own business endeavours.

In the article entitled 'Janaiko Sancho', he urges students, guardians and teachers to do something in their own country, support the youths in becoming an entrepreneur and dedicate themselves in producing goods and become capable citizen respectively. 

Addressing the programme, former Finance Minister Pandey said that the land should belong to the state.

"One of the reasons behind our underdevelopment is that the land belongs to individuals. Many development projects have either failed or have been delayed because of land acquisition issue," he said.

He informed that when he was the Finance Minister, he had developed a policy draft to categorise the land in six types. "But, the bill that has been prepared now has categorised 11 types of land," he said.