Name	Ashirbad
Type	compilation
Artist	Various artists
Released	1970
Genre	Broadway
Language	Nepali

Ashirbad (Farewell to Bride) is an album of situational songs (Broadway) describing emotional expressions of a bride and her relatives during marriage ceremony in Nepalese villages. Ashirbad literally translates as blessing in the Nepali language. After the wedding, the bride moves into her husband’s family, usually far away from her family and friends. Since marriage is arranged by the elders of the family, the bride is surrounded by unfamiliar people, in new relationship, and with new duties. It is a sad moment for the bride and her family. The parents, relatives and friends of the bride pray that God will bless her with all the fortune and the happiness of the world in her new home.

The album was produced in 1970, at the eve of wedding of the crown prince Dipendra of Nepal. The lyrics were written by Laxman Lohani and the music was written by Shiva Shankar. The songs comprise contemporary modern styles blended with Nepalese folk tunes. The beautiful song 'Nausaya Khola' has an impression of Newari classic 'Malashri song' which is sung during the greatest festival "Dashain (Mohani)'.

Tracklist

# Naudada naghdai – Shiva Shankar # Naughumti paridekhi – Tara Devi # Mata aba thuli bhaye – Nirmala Shrestha # Nani aba – Fatte Man # Barai maina – Tara Devi # Mata lajle – Nirmala Shrestha # Kukhurako siure – Fatte Man # Kehi nahosh - Shiva Shankar # Janmiyeko aganma – Tara Devi # Meri chori meri baba – Tara Devi # Nausaya khola – (Lyric by Yadab Kharel) Tara Devi

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Category:Nepalese singers Category:Nepalese musicians Category:Nepali-language singers

Name	René-Louis Baire
Birth date	January 21, 1874
Birth place	Paris
Death date	July 05, 1932
Death place	Chambéry
Nationality
Fields	Mathematics
Workplaces	École Normale Supérieure
Alma mater	École Normale Supérieure
Doctoral students	Arnaud Denjoy
Known for	Baire category theorem

René-Louis Baire (21 January 1874 – 5 July 1932) was a French mathematician most famous for his Baire category theorem, which helped to generalize and prove future theorems. His theory was published originally in his dissertation Sur les fonctions de variable réelles ("On the Functions of Real Variables") in 1899.

Schooling

The son of a tailor, Baire was one of three children from a poor working class family in Paris. He started his studies when he entered the Lycée Lakanal through the use of a scholarship. In 1890, Baire completed his advanced classes and entered the special mathematics section of the Lycée Henri IV. While there, he prepared for and passed the entrance examination for the École Normale Supérieure and the École Polytechnique. He decided to attend the École Normale Supérieure in 1891. After receiving his three year degree, Baire proceeded toward his agregation. He did better than all the other students on the writing portion of the test but he did not pass the oral examination due to a lack of explanation and clarity in his lesson. After retaking the agregation and passing, he was assigned to teach at the Lycée in Bar-le-Duc. While there, Baire researched the concept of limits and discontinuity for his doctorate. He presented his thesis on March 24, 1899 and was awarded his doctorate. He continued to teach in lycées around France but was not happy teaching lower level mathematics. In 1901 Baire was appointed to the University of Montpellier as a "Maître de conférences". In 1904 he was awarded a Peccot Foundation Fellowship to spend a semester in a university and develop his skills as a professor. Baire chose to attend the Collège de France where he lectured on the subject of analysis. He was appointed to a university post in 1905 when he joined the Faculty of Science at Dijon. In 1907 he was promoted to Professor of Analysis at Dijon where he continued his research in analysis. He retired from Dijon in 1925 and spent his last years living in multiple hotels that he could afford with his meager pension.

Illness

Since he was young, Baire always had "delicate" health. He had developed problems with his esophagus before he attended school and he would occasionally experience severe attacks of agoraphobia. From time to time, his health would prevent him from working or studying. The bad spells became more frequent, immobilizing him for long periods of time. Over time, he had developed a kind of psychological disorder which made him unable to undertake work which required long periods of concentration. At times this would make his ability to research mathematics impossible. Between 1909 and 1914 this problem continually plagued him and his teaching duties became more and more difficult. He was given a leave of absence from Dijon due to all these breakdowns.

Contributions to Mathematics

Baire's skill in mathematical analysis led him to study with other major names in analysis such as Vito Volterra and Lebesgue. In his dissertation Sur les fonctions de variable réelles ("On the Functions of Real Variables"), Baire studied a combination of set theory and analysis topics to arrive at the Baire Category Theorem and define the nowhere dense set. He then used these topics to prove the theorems of those he studied with and further the understanding of continuity. Among Baire’s other most important works are Théorie des nombres irrationels, des limites et de la continuité (Theory of Irrational Numbers, Limits, and Continuity) published in 1905 and both volumes of Leçons sur les théories générales de l’analyse (Lessons on the General Theory of Analysis) published in 1907-08.

See also

Baire function

Baire measure

Baire set

Baire space

Baire space (set theory)

Property of Baire

normal convergence

Nowhere dense set

Baire Category Theorem

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