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Lesson Infrastructure of Development:
1.7

Communication

There are 2743 national and local newspaper/Journals
FACTS (daily, weekly first night, monthly, three monthly, four
to Understand monthly, half years and yearly) Among them 1500 are
regularly published.
(source: Central Bureau of Statistics, 2058)

The communication is the way of expressing our thought. In other words, it
means sending or receiving message between two or more people. We can express
our feelings to the other through communication. Devices used to talk or to send
message one end to the other or from one person to other are called means of
communication. Some of the means of communication are letter, newspapers
telephone, T.V, internet, fax, magazines, etc. The development of means of
communication has made interpersonal relation close, interact and easy. Someone
who can effectively communicate thoughts, ideas and feelings is better equipped
for success both on the job and in personal relationship. There are different ways of
communication like verbal on spoken, non-verbal, written and visualization. Some
of the transitional forms of communication in Nepal are Katwal Karaune where
a person (Katwal) shouts and gives us message. It is the oldest communication
practised in Nepal: Gandharva Gauva refers to the method in which Gandharva
(an ethnic group in Nepal) sing the messages in the form of song. They take a
'Sarangi' with them and sing the messages. Jhyali Pitne is a traditional method
where a man beats a huge drum and call for the villagers to gather at the square
(chowk). Then the special announcement is made by another person who carries
a letter and reads it out. Damaha Bajaune is another method which is similar to
Jhyali Pitne. Here, they use Damaha (instrument) to beat.
Postal service, i.e. using pigeons when one needed to send messages far away.
This method was used from ancient time. These methods were used before modern
means of communication.

Postal Service

Postal Service was started in BS 1937 (i.e. 1880 AD) in Nepal. Letters, parcels
money order are sent through the post office. Our country has more than 177
postal saving banks.

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