What if all the noted and notorious evils come together

Some unidentified persons converge at one place. Indeed when some unidentified persons meet with each other they do so generally in dark places. By dark we mean some corners where some thing is being cooked up against some one or plans are charted to destabilise the existing order.

However, we could recognize the chairman of the said meeting: it was "conspiracy".

The meeting began.

Mr. Conspiracy: Well friends it is nice to see you all of my closest friends converge together. The meeting has been convened to take stock of the situation. Regarding my own job in the recent days, I tell you that I did my job very well. The situation now is that every body thinks the other as a conspirator in the country. This is my achievement. Now the floor is open. Express your feelings in a free and frank manner and please identify yourselves before you comment on your personal achievements.

Mr. Opportunist: Well sir! I have managed the entrance of a few of my intimate colleagues in both the camps. Time permitting these friends will create stir in both the camps which mean that both the camps will remain engaged in a state of constant and never ending war against each other. However, my friends in both the camps have been told to see me at regular intervals and report the inner plans.

Mr. Instability: My job has been made pretty easier with the sudden change in the political environment in the country of late. But yet I will keep myself engaged in my job to ensure that the country remains ever unstable from hence. Most of the countrymen and my supporters have appreciated by achievements. The inter and intra fighting in the political parties have come as a boon for me. Perhaps the rest is self-explained one.

Mr. Corruption: My grand entrance into the Nepali politics in and around 1990 has created a stir in the country. Though the lay men feel my strong presence in Nepali politics with some what hatred, but then some foot-path dwellers of the bygone days have benefited most. I deserve deep appreciation from all those Nepali politicians who had nothing except rubber-sleepers around 1990 but now possess every thing that is a must for a corrupt politician. The fact is that Panchayat collapsed due to me and I will hence ensure the collapse of this system as well.

I feel ashamed myself at times when I listen to tall and high-sounding lectures from some one when he is in the foot path but yet when the same guy occupies a lucrative chair in government gets tempted to collect all the luxuries for himself and for his coming generations as well. Rest assured sir! I will corrupt each and every Nepali politicians time permitting.

A day will soon come when Nepal will top the list of the countries in the corruption index.

Mr. Invisible force: (He is in effect invisible. Only his sound could be listened) Well! I am thankful to you all for your valuable contributions made on my behalf. I wish that you all work unitedly and achieve further successes so that the people at the end of the game feel disgusted with the word "democracy" If you work more hard in the coming days, I guess that a sort of great upheaval grip the country. This will serve our interests. Poor champions of democracy are themselves fighting with each other. Their lust for power and hunger for illegal money has lessened our burden. My personal experience has been that most of the Nepali leaders who have ruled the country in different capacities at different intervals of time were all corrupt save a few innocent souls. The notion of a "threat to democracy" emanates in essence from those who see a threat to democracy from other quarters. Thanks Nepali democracy that it has been able to withstand the vicissitudes of the ever-fragile politics of the country. Don't you recall that the American scholar Samuel P.Huntington had predicted that threat to democracy would emanate from those who championed the cause of democracy. Perhaps this should explain every thing.

That's all for today. We will see each other after few weeks. Let the politics take a new turn.

Conspiracy: But who are you sir? We can't see you!

Mr. Invisible: Don't ask irritating questions. You all go on doing the jobs assigned to you and that's all.

Conspiracy: Yes Sir! We will double our efforts from hence.

The meeting concludes.

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