There is a lull before the storm!
Thailand’s official Representative is in
the news. He is talked everywhere. In fact he has jolted the whole nation through his
famous letter in one of the Nepali newspapers. In doing so, indeed a courageous job, the
Thai diplomat has won the hearts of the common Nepalese for obvious reasons. His letter
clearly is indicative of the fact that when enough becomes enough some one, either local
or even a foreign honored national has to take the lead in the larger interest of the
common men. The ghastly incident that unfortunately occurred due to the very very bad
shape of the road connecting the Thai embassy and the Hospital where the pregnant lady had
to be instantly carried for smooth and easy delivery perhaps prompted the envoy to release
the letter that should have opened the eyes of the men manning the system.
That a new precedence has been set already by
the Ambassador of a friendly country hinting the government for continuing development
works, more so in the road sector-maintenance, it is my earnest hope that the embassies
lying on either side of the same "famous road" will time permitting begin
speaking on behalf of the common and the voiceless citizens of this nation. Thanks that
the diplomatic community is in favor of speedy development.
The system that warrants some sort of
Ambassadorial indirect verbal suggestions to maintain our bad roads; the order that
enables bath-room slipper holder minister Govind Raj Joshi till a decade back to gift a
posh building to his "my dear daughter" worth forty lakhs; the dispensation that
sees the sudden emergence of Amita Kapali and Sujata Jost and the likes interfering in the
establishment’s core activities; an order that plagues the Royal Nepal Airlines and
damages the prestige of the nation on or about commission involved in Boeing
lease-contract; the system that breeds hatred among the common men to the extent that one
Nepali wishes to kill the other on political grounds; the system that forces the common
men to witness rampant corruption at the highest political echelons and yet can do nothing
against the menace; a system that encourages anti-social elements to rule the roost; a
dispensation that brings in political divisions most shockingly in the bureaucracy and the
nation’s police force; an order in which "genuine national interests" take
back seat; an order that divides the national mainstream media on the lines of political
affiliation; a system which institutionalizes indiscipline at all the possible levels of
the society; an order that allows the political parties to dishonor the nation’s
constitution and to interpret it suiting to their respective political interests; a
dispensation which degrades the morale of the independent media; a system that facilitates
the leaders to act in a manner that could be considered illegal in the eyes of the laws of
the land; the dispensation which cares little about the poverty stricken lot of the
nation; an order that widens the gap between the rich and the poor, a dispensation that
has prompted the Maoists to kill the policemen and vice versa-the innocent being killed on
either sides were the sons of this soil; a system that totally neglects the law and order
system in the country and has no time to look into the security aspects of the nation; a
system which promotes factionalism; an order that encourages communalism and ethnic
conflicts; a system that allows the ministers to go on for a shopping spree in foreign
countries at the cost of the national exchequer…….. and what not and what not,
invites questions from the responsible quarters as to the very need of such system to
continue. Questions could also be asked as to whether this system had been brought to
elevate a few from the political sector or the idea was some thing different. If it were
for the common men then this section must feel the existence of this order. The western
democracies and others who wish seeing the system continuing in Nepal must sound the
Nepali leaders about all these sad happenings.
The system, honestly speaking, has got to be
here. The people wish from the core of their hearts wish it to consolidate and strengthen.
However, those who were running it have given the system a very bad name. The
personalities currently manning the system must be held responsible for bringing in this
chaotic order in the nation. Unless the men who have corrupted the system for meeting
their personal ends must be penalized. The current mayhem and the highhandedness of the
political figures should not continue. Enough is enough. If it continues for long, then
what could be bluntly predicted at this stage is that by the impending winter season, in
my personal analysis, some sort of political turmoil might grip the country. A violent
demand for a change might follow. What would be its dimension can not be declared at this
stage. However, considering the overall deteriorating law and order, the sliding economy,
disenchantment with the system (due to the follies of the men manning the system) and the
sagging morale of the country men-even of some of the high placed democrats, it could be
fairly guessed that some upheaval is in the store for the Nepalese. The fresh carnage in
Dolpa perhaps is indicative of the first chain of the possible change about which I’m
talking here. How the government tackles this sad situation will determine the political
acumen of the establishment under Koirala. If there is a change by chance, the national
population will perhaps be in trouble whether to greet the change or reject. |
