Ganesh Rasik was born in 2004 B.S. (around 1947 A.D.) in a
small village called Chhinamkhu, Bhojpur, in eastern Nepal. From a very young
age, he was surrounded by music, stories, nature, and pain. His journey through
life was like walking barefoot over nettles — painful, but deeply human. He
once titled a book “Jaba Sisnu Haru Tekdai Hide” (When I Walked Over
Stinging Nettles), and it couldn’t be more accurate for the life he lived.
A Life Full of Emotions
People who knew him closely used to say, “Ganesh Rasik did
not just live through the ups and downs of life — life hit him with the
harshest emotions of all.” In Sanskrit literature, there are nine types of
emotions, called “Navarasa.” Among them, Ganesh Rasik experienced four deeply —
sorrow (karun), anger (raudra), terror (bhayanak), and disgust (bibhats).
The Story Behind the Songs
Ganesh Rasik wasn’t just a singer or a writer. He was a
thinker, a poet, a man who carried his wounds in his voice. His songs talked
about the real Nepal — the pain, the dreams, the heartbreaks of common people.
Songs like “O Yangji Nana,” “Nakhielnu Juwa Ra Tas,” and “Rato Bhale Kwanya
Kwanya” became part of the country’s soul. Each of his songs held a memory, a
lesson, and often, a personal story.
He started singing with the Ralpha group and later formed
the "Lekali" group with Hiranaya Bhojpure. He wandered from village
to village singing songs that spoke of hardship and hope. His voice was simple
but powerful, like the voice of the hills he came from.
The Family That Left Too Soon
While his songs brought light to others, his own life was
slowly filling with darkness. Tragedy after tragedy struck his family.
His beloved wife, Neera Sherchan, walked beside him for 47
years. She fought breast cancer for 14 years and won. But in 2078 B.S., during
the COVID pandemic, she caught the virus and lost the battle. Rasik was
devastated. She had once saved him from suicide, but now she was gone. After
she died, he said he felt like the song he had once written — “O Shoonyata” (O
Emptiness). Life felt completely empty.
Before Neera passed away, Rasik had already lost his three
younger brothers.
Shammi, a teenager full of
dreams, had once told Rasik he would also become a famous singer. But in 2040
B.S., during a rainy day, Shammi took his own life in the attic of the family
home.
Shyam, a brave and poetic
young man, died in 2051 B.S. after falling from a cliff by the Pikhuwa River.
He had left home saying he would climb the “Mount Everest of life,” but never
returned.
Praju, the youngest
brother, was a police inspector. He died in 2060 B.S. in a clash during the
Maoist conflict. Rasik always remembered him as a strong man who used to say,
“I was born for my country. I’ll live and die for my country.”
Then came another heartbreak. In 2067 B.S., his son Nimesh
died in Ilam. He was only 32 years old — bright, intelligent, and a close
friend to his father. One morning, Rasik found him lying lifeless in bed with
dried blood under his head. That moment shook him to the core. Rasik had
invested not just dreams but property in his son. Losing Nimesh was like losing
the future.
When Dreams Become Nightmares
Rasik often saw his lost loved ones in his dreams —
sometimes days before their deaths. He believed these were signs, messages from
another world. He dreamt of roofs collapsing before his brother Shammi’s death.
He dreamt of walking with his wife Neera before she died, only to look back and
find she had already walked far away, beyond the hills.
These dreams haunted him. So did the loneliness. Sometimes,
he would cry softly in his room. “I can’t scream or shout,” he said, “but I cry
deep inside.”
The Fight With Cancer
In his later years, Rasik was diagnosed with prostate
cancer — and not just any stage, but Stage 4, the most dangerous. At first,
he ignored the signs — back pain, difficulty urinating. He was so busy with
work at the Music and Drama Academy that he didn’t give his health much
attention. By the time he went to Om Hospital, it was already serious.
The doctors in Nepal sent him to Delhi, India. At Rajiv
Gandhi Cancer Hospital, they told him the truth: “You won’t be cured. Go home
and do whatever makes you happy.” Even the medicine he needed wasn’t available
in Nepal. He had to buy it from India — costing about 100,000 rupees for a
28-day supply. He was bitter about it. “The government builds cancer
hospitals,” he said, “but can’t give us the medicines we need.”
Now, his daily life had become a slow routine: going to the
hospital, listening to doctors, returning home, remembering friends and family,
writing when he could, taking different medicines, and watching the city from
his balcony.
Almost Letting Go
After so much loss, Rasik reached a breaking point. Once,
while living alone in Ilam, surrounded by fog and sadness, he thought of ending
it all. He even wrote a song about it:
"I want to die but death won’t come,
I can’t walk with the stick of dreams,
I couldn’t do all the things I hoped to do."
He called his wife, crying, and said, “Neera, I want to die.
I think I’ll kill myself.” Neera cried too. “We’re still here, don’t we matter
to you?” she asked. That shook him awake. He returned to Kathmandu, stayed with
his wife, and never lived alone again.
That’s when music, once again, saved him. “Music killed my
wish to die,” he said. “Music, poetry, and songs — they are the medicine of
life.”
Legacy of a Life Lived Fully
Despite everything, Rasik’s face still shines when you see
him. He looks strong, but his body has grown weak — he dropped from 70 kg to 56
kg. “Outside I may look okay,” he says, “but inside, I’m falling apart.”
He still smiles when friends visit, though he feels tired
quickly. He can’t write much now. He says, “When I try to write, I get
exhausted. Even talking too much makes me tired.”
He now lives with his daughter Sirja Rai in the UK
and his daughter-in-law Susmita and granddaughter Ninisha in
Nepal. His heart is full of the voices of those who left him. Sometimes, he
says they come in his dreams and talk to him. But recently, even those dreams
have started fading.
The Soul of a Poet
Ganesh Rasik may not have built big buildings or earned
piles of money. But he built something more precious — feelings, stories, and
songs that live in the hearts of people. He believed that dreams don’t always
come true in life. “Maybe the ones that don’t,” he said once, “walk around like
fog after we’re gone.”
His books — Rasikka Geetharu, Jaba Sisnu Haru
Tekdai Hide, Akashgangako Otmuni, Kshitiz Lai Chhuna Khojda,
and Perunggo — are full of stories, dreams, and pain. His voice, even
when silent, speaks.
Today, even as his body battles cancer, his heart continues
to beat for the people he loved, the music he created, and the words he shared.
Ganesh Rasik may be walking through the final chapter of his life, but his
story is far from over. In every sad song, in every memory-filled verse, in
every person who cries listening to his voice — he lives on.
प्रिय काठमाडौं !प्रिय काठमाडौं ! तिमी भेट्नुअघि – बिना आकारको काँचो माटो थिएँ – म जुँगाको रेखी बस्दै गरेको – किशोर सबैको भाइ थिएँ – म हेर त थाहै नपाई साझा बसमा यात्रा गर्दागर्दै म त धेरैको दाजु भइसकेछु असन र नयाँ सडकको भीडमा हिँड्दाहिँड्दै म त धेरैको काका भइसकेछु अझ बाबुमा बढुवा भएर बाजेमा पदस्थापन हुँदै छु प्रिय काठमाडौं ! तिमी भेट्नुअघि सपनाको रित्तो झोला मात्र थिएँ – म । आफैंभित्र बोकेर असन्तुष्टि आफैंभित्र बोकेर पीडा अहो ! कुन कष्टले गुजारेँ मैले आफ्ना चार दशक लामा यात्राहरु कुन अभाव र सङ्घर्षमा झेलेँ मैले तिम्रा कुरुप निर्दयी समयहरु । म देख्दै छु नजिक एकदमै नजिक आउँदै छ एउटा दुर्घटना तिमीसँग पारपाचुके गर्नुपर्ने सिमाना प्रिय काठमाडौं ! एकदिन मैले नाता तोड्नैपर्छ तिमीसँग थाहा छैन – कुन ठाउँमा – कहाँ… कसरी… कुन समय तोडिन्छ त्यो नाता आर्यघाटको दागबत्तीमा या मेरो जन्मथलो भोजपुरको डाँडामा या कर्मथलो इलामको चियाबारी पाखामा प्रिय काठमाडौं ! तिम्रो गुणको आशिष् मेरो शिर तिम्रो दुर्गुणको भारी मेरी पीर म जहाँ जाऊँ जता जाऊँ मेरो अमर सम्झना छ तिमीलाई मेरो अगाध माया छ तिमीलाई । |
मायाको ईश्वर म हेर्दैछु तिमीलाई, पश्चिमको घाम भएर तिमी हेर्दैछौ मलाई, पूर्वको जून भएर सुदूरपूर्व र सुदूरपश्चिमझैँ भिन्दाभिन्दै छौँ हामी तर पनि ओ शून्यता ! हाम्रो मायाको आकाश एउटै छ । गोधूलियाम छ, सुगन्धित छ बतास फूलेका छन् बगैँचामा आरुका फूलहरू म हेर्दैछु तिमीलाई, तिनै आरुका सुन्दर फूलहरूमा तिमी सुन्दैछ्यौ मलाई मौरीका गुनगुन संगीतहरूमा हिमशिखर र बग्ने पानीझैँ भिन्दाभिन्दै छौँ हामी तर पनि ओ शून्यता ! हाम्रो मायाको धरती एउटै छ । नीलो तलाव छ, आस्थाको मन्दिर छ एकान्तमा तरंगित छन् शंखध्वनिहरू हरयिो पहाड छ, शान्त गुम्बा छ दियो बालिरहेछन् श्रद्धालु हातहरू म हेर्दैछु तिमीलाई बुद्धका स्वप्निल आँखाहरूमा तिमी हेर्दैछौ मलाई अर्धनारीश्वरको स्वरूपहरूमा हिंसा र अहिंसाझैँ भिन्दाभिन्दै छौँ हामी तर पनि ओ शून्यता ! हाम्रो मायाको ईश्वर एउटै छ । |
तिमीसँग माया लाउनलाखौँ जुनी कम हुन्छ तिमीसँग माया लाउन तिमीसँग माया लाउन । यस्तो लाग्छ मेरो जन्म समय भन्दा अघि भयो भाग्य खोन्दै भौँतारिँदै थाहा नपाई उमेर गयो यो उमेरमा लाएको माया उधारो रहन्छ भन्छन् सत्य साँचो माया लाए अर्को जुनीमा पाउँछ भन्छन् । अर्को जुनी कम हुन्छ तिमीसँग माया लाउन तिमीसँग माया लाउन । जिन्दगीको आकाशमा ताराभन्दा सपना धेरै देखेको सपनाभन्दा बाँच्ने आयु साह्रै थोरै सपनाहरु पछ्याउँदा विरानो ठाउँमा पुगेँ थकाइ मार्न तिमी पाउँदा उमेरको भञ्ज्याङमा पुगेँ । भञ्ज्याङ बिसाई कम हुन्छ तिमीसँग माया लाउन तिमीसँग माया लाउन । |
मरी गए माटो हुँलामरी गए माटो हुँला, माटै हुन मन छ, राजमुकुट हो मेरो आस्था- मेरै मनले भन्छ । मेरो गाउँ, मेरो शहर, मेरो जनशक्ति. यिनकै खातिर जिउन सके मिल्छ मलाई मुक्ति। पराईको दान-भिक्षा यो पेटमा नपरोस्, आफ्नो परिश्रमले नै मेरो भोक मरोस्, यी वैरीको सामु यो शिर धरहराझै उठोस्, हामीहरू अघि सर्दा स्वार्थी शिर झुकोस् । आमाले हो भन्नुभाको- मेरो जात नेपाली, मेरो घरको सिमाना हो- मेची-महाकाली, अन्यायको विरोधमा मेरो हात उठोस्, प्रगति र निर्माणमा मेरो वेग छुटोस् । |
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