With malice to none
The story of a boy who had a habit of making promises

Those were the days when every one used to make a promise. Those were the days when each and every girl of the Nepali society offered their best support for each other should each needed in his or her life time. In sum, what was evident that the then Nepali society were a changed one and that too a forward looking. It gave an impression that soon Nepali society would resemble Switzerland and if not that Singapore couldn't escape from the hands of the Nepalese. In the process the Nepalese men and women began building castles in the air. Utopian thoughts came into their minds in series. What was more striking that the teenager boys and the girls prior to 1990 April made promises to each other that they could bring heaven down the earth should the other pressed for that. However, as usual, the girls used to ask for this and that and the boys in turn unfailingly used to say that they would fulfil their modest requirements.

Here is a tete-a-tete between the boy and the girl who had fallen in love with each other.

Boy: Honey! If you wish to have some thing from me you are free to ask. My duty would be to keep you smiling forever.

Girl: Is it that? If so then I wish to see the Agra based Taz Mahal in my environ. I like the Taz because it is a symbol of love.

Boy: Done. I will bring it within years. Ask for another items please!

Girl: Please bring me Eiffel Tower from Paris. I heard that it is a very nice structure. Bring me the replica of that structure.

Boy: Why not! Just wait another one more year. Please ask for some thing more. I wish that I could render my honest service to you.

Girl: Oh! Dear how much love you possess for me. This I didn't know or else I would have never flirted with Mr. X in the past. If you really love me then bring me Tower of Pisa. I will not settle for less now.

Boy: Oh! Yes! Wonderful our choices coincide. That I will bring you soon. However, please ask for some thing more.

Girl:Then I need the Garden of Babylon in my own garden. I am told that it is really beautiful. Bring one for me.

Boy: Why not. I will bring that for you but then the problem is that the garden is so huge in width that we can't bring it here. Ask another item. I wish to fulfil your wishes at any cost.

Likewise, the girl went on asking and the boy in turn assured the girl that he would bring each and every item very soon.

The girl took the words of the boy and got tied in the nuptial bonds.

The boy now prefers to avoid the girl and at times remains missing from the house for fear of being asked for the items which he had promised long time back.

But yet the girl was adamant and kept on asking those items.

One fine evening, after diner, the girl dares to ask for those items.

Girl:You told me that you would bring the Taz Mahal?

Boy: Look honey! I deliberately have been avoiding bringing Taz here. You see, the former beauty of the Taz has vanished. And more so these days, the Indian and the US military forces are currently engaged in a joint military exercise in the vicinity of the Taz. For security reasons I will not be allowed to enter the Taz complex so forget about the Taz.

Girl: Then bring me Eifel Tower.

Boy: That's nice. But then I am told that this tower is so huge that people who wish to watch Paris being on top of the tower feel extremely frightened. I am again told that the whole structure trembles while going up and down. I do not wish to create panic in your delicate hearts. What if you suffer a "mild stroke"? No! No! I do not want to lose you. Ask for another item.

Girl:Okay then please bring for me the Tower of Pisa. I will not settle for less now.

Boy: Oh! Dear! Come on! Look my queen the fact is that the Tower you are asking for is a dangerous structure. In fact it is called the Leaning Tower of Pisa which is in Italy. I am told that the tower is leaning every day and hence has become a matter of serious concern for the government in Italy. People have abandoned roaming in and around the leaning tower. Forget about that tower. What if I bring that and it suddenly comes down to earth? I don't want to take any risk. Got the point?

Girl:Oh! It is so dangerous. I did not know. Thanks for your good suggestions. Even in your suggestions I see ample love for me. Thanks! Still I wish the garden of Babylon in my garden.

Boy: Oh! You have been asking and asking for this and that. But yet for your sake I must clarify that the Garden of Babylon has already become a mess. The people around the Garden, I am told, have encroached upon the territories formerly occupied by the said garden. It would be wise not to bring the already adulterated complex. I don't want to further embarrass "My Green and Healthier Kathmandu" by bringing that complex.

The joke ends here.

I am told that the girl is still asking her husband to fulfil the promises made prior to 1990. The ground reality is that the husband never says no to his wife's requests but has ever remained less energetic in making his own promises come true. Some even say that the said husband has become a prominent personality of this country. Others say that he changes camps every now and then.

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