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Kathmandu Tuesday March 20, 2001 Chaitra 07, 2057.
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Overlooking
culture
Iwas going through the March-April issue of a
commentary magazine called Travellers’ Nepal distributed by the government.
In the full-page message of His Majesty’s
Government, secretary Varun Prasad Shrestha welcomes the tourists "on behalf of His
Majesty’s Government, Ministry of Tourism & Civil Aviation".
This is an example how government staff’s
deliberate negligence overlooks "culture". This cannot be overlooked as a minor
mistake, if he himself has shown his designation as secretary of the Minister of Culture,
Tourism & Civil Aviation at the bottom.
Though culture as such cannot give any
commission or commotion like tourism and civil aviation, it must be kept in mind that
culture is the only identity of Nepal and its country, if we exclude the gift of the
Himalayas. Culture is the fertile ground where fruitful trees like tourism and civil
aviation can grow.
Though the Nepali government does not have any
convincing programmes on this neglected sector, it would be great for the people of this
culturally rich county, if responsible secretaries like Shrestha at least remember all
components of their ministries in formal messages.
Rajendra Man Putwar
Ring Road, Kathmandu |
