Radio drama that exposed many…..

How the Nepalese community have taken the past ten years of the newly restored order came to the naked-open at a gala performance organised by the state controlled Radio Nepal only last week. The comical satirical mini drama staged by two officials of the Radio itself not only laid open the lust for amassing wealth of the men manning the system after the advent of this order but also amply demonstrated symbolically that it is the two hundred five numbers of the Nepalese Parliamentarians housed in the lower house of the Nepalese parliament that have become a sore for the entire nation.

The satirical show got a new dimension and meaning as well for it was staged right in front of the constitutional monarch who very interestingly watched the entire play and at times could not help his laughter. Thanks the live telecast of the Nepal television that offered such rare moments for the lay men to watch such meaning loaded acts or say plays.

Summing up the show what could be understood is that those who have been awarded the rights to steer the nation themselves have contributed in damaging the popularity and the very credibility of the system that is regarded as one of the best systems existing in the contemporary world. The play also in a roundabout way hinted that the cancerous sore needed surgical operation so that the wound having 205 germs could be eliminated once and for all. The 205 germs symbolically implied the parliamentarians who hanker after power and pelf. All in all, the drama must have jolted the sense of the leaders and the politicians who in the name of democracy or even in the garb of this order have made it a point to go in for amassing wealth through illegal means caring little of the damage it would cause to the very good name of the system.

Now that the drama succeeded in passing on the message to the so-called sentinels of this order, however, the powers-that-be in the communications ministry have apparently vowed to penalise the men who remained behind the staging of such plays that vividly exposed the functioning of the system now in place in Nepal. The actors who courageously took part in the drama have summarily been sacked and the minister appears to take stringent actions against all those who contributed for this play to be staged in front of King Birendra. The minister and the entire cabinet have taken it as an act that has damaged the system and hence a penal action has got to be initiated to arrest such trends that malign the order.

Undenyingly, the minister and his cabinet members too must be aware of this aspect of corruption prevailing in the country. These big-wigs also understand that some way or the other they too have contributed in passing on negative images among the population regarding the acts of corruption they might have committed while being in power. Without penalising the men who acted in the play what would be advisable to the government and more so to the concerned minister is to encourage such acts and plays that exposes the faults of the system which undoubtedly would be in the larger interest of the nation. Penalising the poor actors would tantamount to a fake assumption that the MPs were not corrupt which is ninety nine percent incorrect. However, we too agree that not all the MPs were corrupt as shown in the play.  The minister must understand the prevailing voice of the population and act accordingly. Vox populi, vox dei that is the voice of the people is the voice of God. At best the minister can control the men who fall under his jurisdiction and that too till he is the minister. What would happen if the whole nation begins exposing the corrupt practices of the lawmakers or for that matter the ministers through forums not in government's command? What would happen if the national population begins exhibiting their hatred the moment they see their men in the parliament? Whom he will penalise then? After all he is also a part of the same population and one-day he too has to go to the voters. How he will convince his voters? Democracy demands transparency. Democracy demands resilience as well. The Radio Nepal and the two brave actors must be congratulated for their splendid performance that at least jolted the entire country. It was apparently through this mini drama that the national population ventilated their negative feelings what they abundantly possess in their minds for their "people's representatives". By the same token the corrupt lawmakers perhaps would have trembled with fear of possible people's retaliation. The government must take lesson from such exposures and try to check acts that defame the system. Any negative stance taken against the will of the people will surely boomerang. When and how it will boomerang no body can predict. We highly appreciate the courage of the two gentlemen of Radio Nepal. Keep it up. The entire nation is with you gentlemen.

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