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| Picture courtesy: Mr. Pradhan Photography |
Last week, I saw two photos that
reveal the emotion within Nepali immigrating for jobs, especially to Gulf and
other Asian countries. I don’t think we
deserve this. We Nepali, do not need everything perfect. A bit of
mismanagement, a bit of delay, a hint of carefreeness –these are things we have
been digesting easily and essentially is also an inadvertent result of our cultural
and social ethics. As much as we are friendly, there will be hint of carelessness;
as much as we are tolerant there will be hint of negligence; as much as we are
open we invite unsought hazards.
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| Picture courtesy @sr_suraj twitter |
But
things have gone out of hand so much that we have to wave good bye to our loved
ones, not with the feeling of adventure but with the feeling of a twisted gut.
That decision is made not being able to fathom another last resort to pay
mortgage for the last harvest that did not happen. The nervousness of an 18
year old boy leaving his parents to work in scorching heat in hard labour, the
nervousness of a 40 year old women who knows only Nepali, to work as a domestic
worker in a completely different cultural setting full with risks of mental and
physical abuse. Somebody has to be accountable for that. All of us can’t shy
away from taking responsibility. At least those of us who have access to read
these very lines, we are privileged enough to change course of history and
bring justice to the worthy.
People with degrees and capital must look
at themselves in the mirror and take responsibility. Blaming political
leadership is one thing, but they with their incompetence being able to serve
this long is beyond any reasonable excuse. They are not staying at top due to
their connection with foreign intelligence agents or their shrewd political move
but due to ridiculous submission of our educated middle class. The knowledge
that our degrees have brought has not been sufficient enough to create jobs for
the hardworking. While, the World Cup Stadiums are being built by our hands, we
at home have not been able to provide employment just by repairing our only
National Stadium after the earthquake. Instead, we have looked for shortcuts into
easy INGO money or security of the bureaucracy. The capital that we have has
not been invested wisely enough to create jobs to negate the need of foreign
employment.
The right question is we have not
worked hard enough. We have been indifferent to the emotions of people whose
blood and toil makes our country run. Look, what an example we have been, that
our fellow brothers and sisters feel proud to come home with an LED TV rather
than an innovative entrepreneurial idea that avoids the tragedy of returning
back. With most of our ancestors being self-sustaining hardworking peasant one
way or the other, success today means being in luxury without running the hard
mile. It’s time we expect no less from each other and disown the incompetent
thugs who have stagnated our leadership. But that should not only start from a
political front, but by waves of youth ready to work hard shamelessly in their
own soil, not behind curtains of a fancy Visa or PR documentation.
