Prachanda's homecoming!

Late B.P.Koirala ultimately concluded that his exile in India was becoming more and more expensive and politically a humiliating one for him and thus he, as a true nationalist and he was the one by all accounts, decided that it would be better to be well within his own motherland and wage whatever struggle he had to fight with the then regime. The Congress' visionary leader apparently made up his mind to return to Kathmandu and he did it at the cost of his life, as the men handling the then system were hostile both to him and his party. In doing so B.P exhibited his inner sentimental attachments towards his own country and thus coined a new term which had it that henceforth he would prefer to bring about a change in his party's political strategy towards the then Nepali establishment by a way of reconciliation with the King who could only guarantee to give fruition to his democratic sentiments if he so desired. Since then, it was heard in high political circles that the congress under late B.P and the late King, then King Birendra, had already developed a sort of personal affection for each other to the extent that the statesman like leader even told a gathering that his neck and that of the King's were tied. This meant that both were complimentary to each other politically. In other words, he hinted that Nepal's democratic system can exist and even flourish under a constitutional monarchy and that the Nepali monarchy could well act as a factor of balance at times of internal disorders or crisis. Thus defined late B.P the role of the Nepali monarchy for the country.

Unsubstantiated reports have it that Comrade Prachanda is already inside the Capital and that if it were so then it would be a matter of great satisfaction for the Nepalese that yet another die hard nationalist of his stature has too decided to toe the lines of the late B.P.Koirala. Prachanda, if he is in the Capital, then he has reasons to be here in his own motherland, which at least allows him not to face further political humiliation from a country, wherein he was presumed to be taking shelter. It is altogether a different matter to ponder over as to why this particular country facilitated shelters to Nepali rebels for long and at what price and by the same token why this country now has been exhibiting total hatred towards this insurgency once again at what price from the other camp? Let the intellectuals' debate over this million-dollar question. Prachanda's home coming is a welcome move by all angles. He can now initiate contacts with the powers-that-be in Kathmandu on his own through his own established channels and bring talks and peace both closer to the Nepalese for whom the word peace has become a rare commodity which Prachanda knows better. More so, his entrance into the Nepalese territories, his own soil in effect, will henceforth bring about a change in his political stance for obvious reasons.

In the same manner, if Prachanda is not in the Capital then he should think on this line at the earliest so that Nepalese in the establishment and the Nepalese in the rebellion camp can sit together and sort out their differences in a brotherly manner. If Prachanda is a nationalist, he is one no less than the diehard ones, he should understand the message underneath this write-up. The rest is up to Prachanda to decide. Prachanda is at his liberty to consider this message as an appeal or a suggestion from the laymen who wish Prachanda contributing to enhance the sagging morale of the nation.

Poor Nepal and its poor diplomacy

No wonder Nepal is a country wherein an expert on agriculture was some decades back awarded a post to look after the culture of the nation presuming that an expert on culture would easily manage the nitty-gritty's of agriculture. What a wisdom indeed?

This presumption is still valid for this brainless country for the tradition continues yet with full force. Consider economists like Dr. B.B.Thapa and Dr. R.S. Mahat being told to look after the country's affairs with the foreign countries. As if this were not enough, yet another "doll-like" creature who knows nothing about diplomacy has been allowed to function as the nation's foreign minister of state. An introvert like of political animal which is what he is, Dr. Prakash Saran Mahat, is in charge of this country's foreign ministry. What his diplomatic acumen is was there for all to see in the manner he dilly-dallied the issue of the twelve Nepalese being killed in Iraq by some Muslim fundamentalists and a poor Mahat could not even send one junior officer to handle the things prior to the ghastly killings of the Nepalese there.

And his poor performance in his fresh Delhi trip is best being told by those media men who accompanied him to Delhi. And now the same kid has been sent to New York to attend a session of the UN which is by all angles important for Nepal. Had the nation a minister who have had the knowledge of international relations and taken lessons on diplomacy would have at least pushed the Nepali perception in its right perspective. Just imagine how this forcefully "elevated" minister would encounter the towering personalities of the region, for example, Dr. Singh, Pervez Musarraf and the likes if he happens to meet these high-profile regional leaders on the sidelines of the Assembly.

At best what this shy-looking gentleman would do is to canvass in favor of Indian eagerness for the security council seat at the cost of other much more friendly nations who have been helping Nepal with open hearts and have never asked any thing in lieu of the support extended to this country.

This is what has been presumed in Nepal's academic circles to have been finalized by Deuba and his men during his fresh trip to Delhi in lieu of the impending Indian support to curb the threats of the Maoists. Here lies the significance of the much-publicized claim that Deuba's Delhi sojourn remained a highly successful one. Poor Nepal and its poor diplomacy!

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