Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Let's have the courage to admit the facts. Let's us speak what we saw for ourselves through our own eyes through the kind courtesies of the medium that propagate, or at times misinform even, the events and the sad eventualities that sadly occurred during the ongoing agitation so far.

The fact is that neither the agitators could make it a peaceful one as promised and widely publicized nor could the establishment security forces could exhibit restraint where they could have easily done so. This means that the fault lay on both the sides in flaming the situation that both if had so desired could have managed it in the larger interest of the nation and its properties that became the targets of the men handling the agitation.

In sum, we wish to blame the both parties for not having exhibited the required restrained behavior in order to save their own country from going to the brink.

It was not a peaceful agitation by all means. Who contributed for this we leave it up to our learned readers without making any comment. But then yet we wish to exhibit our courage is that we have been fighting a battle that has no end and in the process we have been weakening ourselves every day. With such continued battles who is going to benefit is any body's guess. Surely and undoubtedly. The forces that are inimical to Nepal who possess a fervent desire to weaken the political paraphernalia, the civil society, the academia and more so the Nepali monarchy were the ones to extract political gains and benefits from the endless and to some extent meaningless clashes that have been going on between a Nepali and the other Nepali.

Having said so, we still consider that the time has not yet gone out of our hands. It is still in our grip should we so desire to exploit the minimum time that we have with us even at this moment.

What else we could extend to our valued politicians of the country upon whom banks the rest of the country's political future course and the monarch who still can exhibit flexibility in diffusing situation for a better result. We appeal both the political parties and the monarch to exhibit wisdom that they possess in abundance to reach out to each other and sort out whatever differences have made them an estranged partners at the moment. In effect it is these two equally competent and wise forces whose grand vision and effective handling of the country's affairs can bring about a dramatic change in the tarnished image of the nation.

We appeal both the parties concerned who have been "made to or forced to differ" with each other by some alien forces to understand the gravity of the deteriorating political situation and manage accommodation for each other so that Nepal as a nation-state can come out of the present crisis that is benefiting none other than Nepal's declared enemies near and far.

We presume that both the estranged partners who mean and count much in the country's politics accept our modest appeal.

We presume that our words of appeal reaches to their respective quarters and hope that they will act accordingly. A Nepali fighting with another Nepali and that too in an inimical manner does not look nice and ear pleasing.

After all reconciling with each other at such a crucial time will be applauded by all those outside friends who have been telling us to reconcile and save the country from going to the brink. Save some countries, we presume all possess good sentiments for the country and its people. The entire international community is ready to invest here, add development projects here for the upliftment of the status of the rejected and the neglected section of the society and have so many grand plans to make Nepal a prosperous and a vibrating one. All that they want to see is a thriving democracy in Nepal that valued and honored all the basics of a democratic system, which is the respect for human rights and press freedom.

It is time that the forces yet to reconcile understand these kind sentiments of our European friends and act accordingly so that Nepal, now in sheer trouble, comes out of this and regains its prestige whatever she has lost in the process.

Nepal is not yet a lost case. It is up to the decisions of our politicians and the likes to chose: chaos and continued destruction or a bright course?

Why not to go for the second option? That would be an act of wisdom indeed.