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Kathmandu Thursday October 05, 2000 Aswin 19, 2057.
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Why I won't come back
Referring to Sameer Khatiwada's
report dated Sept 28, 2000 in The Kathmandu Post, I would like to say : No, I would
not return from the land of opportunities. I have got some statements to make which would
consolidate my stand.
- We have got some of the world's most
inefficient bureaucrats occupying the space, (leave politicians alone, they are not worth
mentioning. They should rather have been dumped. I am not interested to work and adjust
myself within the framework created by these sycophants.
- We have got so many people but only the
name of some institutions which can be regarded as the ones that provide quality
education. (I was forced to leave my Bachelor's study in Nepal as I could not bear the
annoyingly hopeless education there). I am not ready to live on the surface, I need to get
immersed in anything I am involved in.
- I am not, and most of the Nepalese are
not here seeking better economic opportunities. (I was earning three times more money per
month than a government secretary of Nepal earns at the present increased rate. And I do
not earn a penny here. I had to leave Nepal seeking better academic opportunities. I would
have stayed at Nepal forever had I got the education I desired).
- And lastly, I would never like to
disregard one of the three fundamentals of life, ie, Secular Humanism. I would always have
this notion as a principle in my life and work. I would always regard myself a
"centre" which gives me demands for a better life and a liberty to own it too.
So, I think I am never and will never be
obliged to work for Nepal. Just providing a citizenship certificate and a passport does
not necessarily mean that it is enough for obligations.
Maybe someday, I will come there on a
visitor visa and pay some foreign currencies and contribute to my great motherland.
Pranav Budhathoki
College for International Relations, Cooperation and
Development
Manchester, England |
