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Kathmandu,Monday January 24, 2000 Magh 10th, 2056.
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Who is responsible ?
Recently, one of my classmates from Europe asked
me, “You Nepalese all seem to be so intelligent, yet why is your country so poor?”
I have always been proud of my ability to give quick witty answers but this time I admit I
got stuck dumb.
Previously, I had never given a little bit of
thought to this matter but this time the question really made me think. I even discussed
this with some of my Nepalese colleagues and we always seem to come up with the same
answer. “It is because of the government.” I admit in certain ways the
government is responsible for the state of our country, but is really the government that
is responsible for the declining economy? After all, we are the ones who voted politicians
into power. Aren’t we all responsible upto a certain extent ?
Actually analysing the whole situation would take a
lot of space and I do not want to do that here. Neither do I think that I alone can make a
statement saying: “So and so is responsible for the sorry state of the Nepalese
economy.” I just want you all to think about this problem ? Who really is
responsible?
Shobhana G Pradhan,
-AIT, Bangkok
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