Witnesses of History
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Bidroha Itihas Ka Sachhiharu
(Rebellion: Witnesses of History)
By Kuber Sharma
Pages: 316
Edited by Rewatiraman Subedi
Price: Rs.190.00
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Many politicians, bureaucrats and senior citizens have seen all political ups and downs and social transformation of the country but only a few people dare to write their collections through their memoir. Politician Kuber Sharma – who has seen political ups and downs from a close corridor of power – has published his memoir.
Many people have their own opinions regarding the events mentioned in the memoir of Kuber Sharma but it reveals many important and undisclosed political events of contemporary society of Nepal.
Whether during the time of Panchayat or following the restoration of democracy in 1990, Kuber Sharma, a well known charted accountant, saw the political events closely through his close association with Nepali Congress leaders B.P. Koirala, Ganesh Man Singh and Krishna Prasad Bhattarai.
With the dismissal of elected prime minister by King Gyanendra in October 2002, Sharma joined the first government appointed by the King as a Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation.
Having joined politics in his early age as a Nepali Congress Worker in the first revolution of 1950, Sharma is now active in politics through Green Nepal Party. Sharma in his memoir highlights all the different events encountered by him from his early days to present.
Known as a man of action, Sharma, who was also elected to the House of Representatives in the first parliamentary election after 1990, narrates political events as well as social situations visualizing his own contribution and roles. Sharma visualizes the role of Nepali Congress founder leader Krishna Prasad Bhattarai through various events. Sharma honestly puts his first conversation with new King Gyanendra when he suggested the King to play more assertive and active role.
Whether one likes it or not, Sharma’s book opens many important political events taking place in Nepal and the role of different actors who are still alive. As long as nobody disputes the political events presented by Sharma, the memoir’s authenticity will be undisputable.
One of the positive parts of Sharma is that he candidly reveals events showing that there is nothing to hide. His known personal close relation with Krishna Prasad Bhattarai and Ganeshmanji and his financial contributions to Nepali Congress in different period of time is noteworthy.
Every politician, intellectual and other people in society may have different way to observe the process of society. Sharma has his own style to write them. Written in easy Nepali language, the readers find the memoir interesting to go through.
One of the noticeable parts of the book is the long list of index. The number of persons mentioned in the index is exceptionally large and many people may have their own versions. From street politic to the corridor of power and ministry, Sharma has collected vivid events and presented through his observation. Sharma, a person with such a high level political connections, audited truth, false and fairness of Nepal’s political process and its evolution of last fifty years.
From his first encounter with Dr. Bhek Bahadur Thapa during his earlier career and to his association with Congress leader and former prime minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Sharma saw closely all Nepalese politicians and their personality. Sharma even gave a Benz car to then Nepali Congress supreme leader Ganesh Man Singh. Not only in politics, Sharma also served the country through mission journalism during the Panchayat period.
For the coming generation, he gives insightful reading materials in the form of book. The undisputed fact is that things mentioned in the book; incidents and dialogues recorded there may agitate many persons and compel them either to refute or narrate their own versions in a similar forms of memoir. Otherwise, whatever has been described in the book may be believed as undisputed truth.
