Who wants blood?
- By Madan Regmi
Some part of Nepalese Terai has been badly hit by violence. The undemocratic demands motivated by separatist agenda are in the fore. Thus the "democracy" appears being carried away by the anti-Nepal external force in the false premise of the down trodden Terain Nepalese which the terrorist and its protectors of different political wings, external and internal, are projecting as Madhesis. The nature of this disorder in the Nepalese Terai is not in the pattern of spontaneity, rather a foreign orchestration well designed and worked upon for years is bearing the fruit of its investment. The extra territorial activities of Indian outfits and its Diplomats are going unabated in the entire segment of the Nepalese society. The Indian Ambassadors since 2002 has been funneling cash amounts directly to the educational institutes and various rural projects in nook and corner of Nepal and particularly in the Terai region. This perpetration is in contravention to Nepal 's rules and regulation and a brazen violation and undermining of Nepal 's sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity. The Indian move behind it is clearer than ever before. Wherever this Indian money has moved in, the riot has broken out.
Thus the ongoing chaos and violence in Terai is very much attributed with the extra territorial Indian activities which the Government of India cannot perform even in the States under its domain. Plainly speaking Delhi 's claim of playing the role of a detached and friendly neighbor is not true. India imposed Nepal- India open border has been a conduit to India 's forward policy. Through it Delhi perpetrates its anti-Nepal schemes to overrun Nepal 's identity and demographic position, its economy, social and political structure. In the ongoing violence in the Nepalese Terai the Nepalese security post near to the border has been attacked by India in the cover of the so-called Jana Tantrik Mukti Morchas led by non-Nepali terrorists Jay Krishna Goit and Jwala Singh in alliance with the so-called Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum, an anti-Nepal outfit whose very motive is to eliminate the Nepalese and their identity. These outfits in the name of Madhesis have destroyed the statues of the Martyr of 2007 revolution B.P Koirala and the Adi Kavi Bhanu Bhakta. They have burned the state property, destroyed the house of the civilians and have tried to hound the genuine Nepalese from their homeland accusing them as Pahadias.
Thus to define it, any independent analysts can see quislings multiplying like hydra, Lendups and Hari Singhs who have remained at our helm of the affairs and also in the so-called opposition since many a decades. So the loyalty of these goes for their alien master: and this master is creating terrorists to perpetrate the ethnic cleansing and to twist the arms of its cronies for further subjugation. Thus flows the comments, "the alien Madari (the Monkey trainer) appears more comfortable than ever before. It has dumped the rejected one and is making the new group of monkeys to dance and destroy." This apt portrayal of the situation speaks in clearest term that the "Jana Aandolan" is not as it is being claimed. So it could be easily stolen away by the foreign master which has been robbing Nepal since its birth in 1947 and now the fleets of this undeclared master are bent upon to terminate the sons of the soil. But why the sons and daughters of this Nepalese soil have fixed themselves for a non reacting existence? Continuation of suffering and endurance does not ensure their security neither their serenity nor sobriety can receive admiration in this dangerous world where goodness has no place but gallantry is, of course, the strongest deterrent.
Political force in Nepal perhaps fails to understand that the Indian political parties, which have been in power, whether they are secular or non-secular, have single objective of grabbing Nepal - though they apparently by tactical reason stands for different parties.
The poor Nepalese all over the country are suffering from centuries. But which of these suffered the most can be easily traced. Millions of Nepalese died in the battlefield of Asia , Africa and Europe in the World Wars fighting side by side with the army of the Allies for a noble cause. But their valor and sacrifice was not the subject of celebration for those who used them to the hilt. Rather it is tantamount to the sacrifice of goats in the altars of gods and goddesses. If one goes to the hills of Nepal , he or she will find how profusely the mountains had bled and are still bleeding. The veterans of the World Wars still hang on the hills and keep on moving with sticks in their hands and they live in a small hatch with a bed, a few empty glasses, a dirty sugar container, some black tea in a paper packet, some milk in the pan and biscuits antique, and the cigarette, Parbat(Mountain) was all that was for consumers and the stories of the Great Wars will follow. The British medals already decolorized nailed on the wooden walls were oscillating in the Himalayan winds oozing from the unevenly set wall planks. These old soldiers will never be tired of speaking about the stories of how they went to the war, how they fought and fell. This reminiscence was all they had. It was immortal for these mortals. They have perished like pelicans in the oils slicked sea just to be washed away and at times they had to become the cannon fodder or buried in the African deserts. They fought with Rommel the dessert fox and were under the command of Montgomery, Macarthur and host of well known commanders of the World War II. They had stopped the advancing Japanese army in Kohima under the Nepalese banner. Their gallantry "well honored" and are still remembered as "the bravest of the brave".
In the World War II, the British herded every lads of the mountain in the battlefield of Asia , Africa and Europe . They spared only the old, children and women. Historians have given different figures of Nepalese casualties. The conservative records of the World Wars illustrates that millions of Nepalese lost their lives died. American Historian Leo E Rose writes in his book Nepal strategy for survival (page 177) writes, "The durbar faced the problem of rehabilitating perhaps two hundred thousand veterans whom the British demobilized quickly and with minimal financial assistance". These "bravest of the brave" were hundred percent from the hills and were comprised of Magar, Gurung, Rai, Limbu, and Tamang community and Khas Bhramins, Chhetris and others who migrated from Central Asia. A British account of the World War says, "well over 200,000 Nepalis served in British units during the war, primarily on the Burmese, Middle Eastern and North African fronts, where they again proved their magnificent fighting qualities at the heavy cost of life." (Nepal Foreign Office Records Jan 22,1944)
The sacrifice of these sons of Nepal for a peaceful word order is not a mere memory. It is but a sincere sacrifice of the breed of the Himalayan civilization. What is happening to these people today? The alien invaders are hounding them from their own homeland. This is what is happening in today's Nepalese Terai, a developed part of the country which is linked by highways, furnished by industries, farms and fisheries. According to an authentic study, life expectancy in hill is 37 and terai is 60.The scions of these brave soldiers dwell in these ancient land of theirs, their living standard far below than that of the illegal immigrants who have outnumbered even the indigenous community of Tharus, Sattars, Mushars, Dahares, Mandals, Rajbansis etc. which along with the clans of the hills has been living in Terai since many a centuries.
