tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46734649705151750872024-03-21T08:15:06.326-07:00Every OPINION Counts!bloggerktmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302798184400858607noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673464970515175087.post-48987863887614153152017-05-06T19:04:00.001-07:002017-05-06T19:04:17.899-07:00WE DESERVE BETTER<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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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.<o:p></o:p></div>
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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. </span></div>
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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. <o:p></o:p></div>
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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.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Its been nearly a month since I have arrived in the US for my graduate study. The experience may be short to come to a concrete conclusion but it certainly has initiated some thoughts.</div>
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For a Nepali guy abroad , especially in the West, two difference strikes the most. One is the functioning system sustained through grids of massive infrastructure and utility services. The other is the individualism that pervades over everything from study classes to your apartment neighbourhood. We as Nepal, would lose our identity if we loose our community interdependence, and certainly would be a poor country if we leave our infrastructure as it is.</div>
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The West is not going to teach us ways to develop our infrastructure and promote community interdependence through it. Because they have never done it by themselves. By infrastructure, I don't mean simply big roads and big hydro power projects. Our infrastructure need to support our core values. An example is home stay services provided by some villages in Nepal. Though it requires a clean locality, a regular supply of fresh food and clean water, proper hygiene it is not just another hotel service. </div>
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However, careful implementation of Western sustainable technical advancements correlated with our values brings in success. The success of Manakamana Cable Car is directly derived from the religious values it is associated with. It may not succeed as a general means of transportation, though. It will still take years for apples in our mountains to get its price. However, a distillation centre or a collective enterprise promoted in form of jam and other similar dishes can make the product live longer and even find its price through airways. It will be easier to invest in rather than a mega hydropower project, but in essence shall preserve our values of community interdependence. Cheese factories have survived in remote areas, as it receives government care . A government owned distillary firm may have been a distant thought some decades ago, but with inclusiveness at its highest it might just be an enterprise to break the moral hegemony of Nepal.</div>
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And in another case, while states within US have started making revenue out of selling marijuana, we instead spend valuable revenue in curtailing it. As a majority of tourist hubs in Nepal tolerate its use by foreigners it can be at least legalised to foreigners (like casinos) with certain tax levied during the visa for foreigner intending to consume it. Unlike tobacco, marijuana thrives in diversity and community farming at discrete location shall always able to compete with highly budgeted pharmaceuticals producing it in controlled environment. The revenue thus garnered shall directly trickle to the community and tax is centrally collected through a small tick at immigration.</div>
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These are simply thoughts which are bound to have imperfection. However, our journey should begin. We will (have to) find our own way!</div>
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bloggerktmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302798184400858607noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673464970515175087.post-32630310556704621492014-05-11T17:01:00.004-07:002014-05-11T17:01:59.291-07:00Ekla Cholo Re - Tagore<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 20px;">যদি তোর ডাক শুনে কেউ না আসে তবে একলা চলো রে।<br />একলা চলো, একলা চলো, একলা চলো, একলা চলো রে॥</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20px;">যদি কেউ কথা না কয়, ওরে ওরে ও অভাগা,<br />যদি সবাই থাকে মুখ ফিরায়ে সবাই করে ভয়—<br />তবে পরান খুলে<br />ও তুই মুখ ফুটে তোর মনের কথা একলা বলো রে॥</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20px;">যদি সবাই ফিরে যায়, ওরে ওরে ও অভাগা,<br />যদি গহন পথে যাবার কালে কেউ ফিরে না চায়—<br />তবে পথের কাঁটা<br />ও তুই রক্তমাখা চরণতলে একলা দলো রে॥</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20px;">যদি আলো না ধরে, ওরে ওরে ও অভাগা,<br />যদি ঝড়-বাদলে আঁধার রাতে দুয়ার দেয় ঘরে-<br />তবে বজ্রানলে<br />আপন বুকের পাঁজর জ্বালিয়ে নিয়ে একলা জ্বলো রে।।</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;">Jodi tor đak shune keu na ashe tôbe êkla chôlo re,<br />Êkla chôlo, êkla chôlo, êkla chôlo, êkla chôlo re.<br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;">Jodi keu kôtha na kôe, ore ore o ôbhaga,<br />Jodi shôbai thake mukh firaee shôbai kôre bhôe—<br />Tôbe pôran khule<br />O tui mukh fuţe tor moner kôtha êkla bôlo re.<br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;">Jodi shôbai fire jae, ore ore o ôbhaga,<br />Jodi gôhon pôthe jabar kale keu fire na chae—<br />Tôbe pôther kãţa<br />O tui rôktomakha chôrontôle êkla dôlo re.<br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;">Jodi alo na dhôre, ore ore o ôbhaga,<br />Jodi jhôŗ-badole ãdhar rate duar dêe ghôre—<br />Tôbe bojranôle<br />Apon buker pãjor jalie nie êkla jôlo re.<br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20px;">तेरी आवाज़ पे कोई ना आये तो फिर चल अकेला रे<br />फिर चल अकेला चल अकेला चल अकेला चल अकेला रे<br />ओ तू चल अकेला चल अकेला चल अकेला चल अकेला रे<br /><br />तेरी आवाज़ पे कोई ना आये तो फिर चल अकेला रे<br />फिर चल अकेला चल अकेला चल अकेला चल अकेला रे<br /><br />यदि कोई भी ना बोले ओरे ओ रे ओ अभागे कोई भी ना बोले<br />यदि सभी मुख मोड़ रहे सब डरा करे<br />तब डरे बिना ओ तू मुक्तकंठ अपनी बात बोल अकेला रे<br />ओ तू मुक्तकंठ अपनी बात बोल अकेला रे<br /><br />तेरी आवाज़ पे कोई ना आये तो फिर चल अकेला रे<br /><br />यदि लौट सब चले ओरे ओ रे ओ अभागे लौट सब चले<br />यदि रात गहरी चलती कोई गौर ना करे<br />तब पथ के कांटे ओ तू लहू लोहित चरण तल चल अकेला रे<br /><br />तेरी आवाज़ पे कोई ना आये तो फिर चल अकेला रे<br /><br />यदि दिया ना जले ओरे ओ रे ओ अभागे दिया ना जले<br />यदि बदरी आंधी रात में द्वार बंद सब करे<br />तब वज्र शिखा से तू ह्रदय पंजर जला और जल अकेला रे<br />ओ तू हृदय पंजर चला और जल अकेला रे<br /><br />तेरी आवाज़ पे कोई ना आये तो फिर चल अकेला रे<br />फिर चल अकेला चल अकेला चल अकेला चल अकेला रे<br />ओ तू चल अकेला चल अकेला चल अकेला चल अकेला रे</span></div>
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Here is the translation in prose of the Bengali original rendered by Rabindranath Tagore himself.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekla_Chalo_Re#cite_note-6" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[6]</a></sup></div>
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<dl style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.2em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;">If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,</dd><dd style="line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;">O thou unlucky one,</dd><dd style="line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;">open thy mind and speak out alone.</dd></dl>
<dl style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.2em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;">If they turn away, and desert you when crossing the wilderness,</dd><dd style="line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;">O thou unlucky one,</dd><dd style="line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;">trample the thorns under thy tread,</dd><dd style="line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;">and along the blood-lined track travel alone.</dd></dl>
<dl style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.2em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;">If they do not hold up the light when the night is troubled with storm,</dd><dd style="line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;">O thou unlucky one,</dd><dd style="line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;">with the thunder flame of pain ignite thy own heart,</dd><dd style="line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px;">and let it burn alone." - Rabindra Nath Tagore.</dd></dl>
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This poem has helped me many a times! Sometimes you need to walk alone! None may believe you, not because they don't love you, not because they are selfish but just because they can't comprehend what you are up to. Sometimes, you are the only one on your plans and the only one who believes in your ability to deliver.<br />
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It helps let go jealousy too! You do get jealous and hurt when somebody who used to accolade you when in the usual theme of the world, now is in somebody else's flank just because you changed your dream! They are right on their own! Probably, they have their own path to walk alone, if they have to! Why would they when their current path is filled with lot of wonderful people? You can't blame a Hanuman devotee women of not remaining unmarried. Even Hanuman's lord Ram was a married guy! Just let that go and walk alone..!<br />
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Great people must have! Buddha would have been a foolish prince just like Rana Bahadur Shah (who apparently left Kathmandu to meet his exiled wife in Kashi that let the Rana plan their regime) had he left walking alone until the last moment of Nirvana. None must have believed in Buddha until he attained Nirvana, just like we don't believe in Bamjan being the next Buddha. Its not that Buddha being the man he was didn't love his family and friend ; he had bigger things to do. I wouldn't have blamed Buddha's wife if she had married another guy. Like, she might have her own struggle to walk alone for, let's assume 'women empowerment' in the then royal court. Perhaps, Buddha wouldn't have walked with her out of his penance. She should have walked alone and had she done that even by marrying a new guy to prove a point, she would have been worth it.<br />
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So, when I see people stacking up their friend list in Facebook, or giving follow back offer in Twitter; i feel it's okay until they will find an unique path to walk. No chat or tweet will bring them in his path until s/he shows it by himself. You'll have to walk alone and let them go.<br />
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And here's Shreya Goshal singing this poem. Have a good day!<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPqdlR_X1Vk" target="_blank">Ekla Chalo re: Tagore song by Shreya Goshal</a><br />
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bloggerktmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302798184400858607noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673464970515175087.post-10876372015011347572014-05-01T07:42:00.000-07:002014-05-01T07:42:04.136-07:00Cricket! Young and Free!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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After you are done with your graduation there are few things that make you be young and free. For many of us one of those few things must be playing cricket. Yeah, carrying couple of bats, pads, stumps and ready to get set on a half mile journey jotting out expert plans to outfox the opposition. After fixing of the bet amount and the boundary rules, ready get set go! Winning such bet used to be worth it because saving was more valuable when we didn't earn. With exuberance of youth use to come the confidence of playing a match even though you didn't have a penny to pay later! Now it’s lost! You are more matured! However, like an adult driver who presses the accelerator testing the limits of his teenage wilderness, you are always daring to repeat similar peccadilloes from your youth!</div>
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The time you bat, you are the prince at the center of a kingdom. Unlike many other moments in life, once in the crease, none can get you off it unless for your own ability. You are free as wind to hit the ball anywhere. You now no more need a recommendation letter from Lara to hit a pull shot with both feet in the air neither do you need an internship at Dilshan and Co. to hit over the keeper’s head. This feeling of freedom makes you young. Actually, it’s not ageing that makes you less young, it’s living in cage of a cubicle that makes you older. Here, in the crease there are guards to let you know your territory inside the popping crease. However, you can take the step out of it, take the risk, test your courage and maximize the benefits. A towering six would do no harm after all this is the only time you don’t need a visa to cross the boundary.</div>
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Every moment is for you to savor. The precise moment before you take the catch you forget all of it-your career, your love, your success and your degree. It’s more of a ball coming into your hand now. In a flash of a second, a group of other 10 men have expectation from you. Your hands begin to shift by itself. And even if it be the easiest of catches, you feel that joy when it sticks your hand – a joy that you can hardly describe in word. The team’s huddle to celebrate the catch substitutes the agony of a board meeting. What a joyful substitute? Perhaps, even more than having Andrew Flintoff as your super sub.</div>
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Well, honestly I have bowled very few overs that were good. So, when I attempted to write a passage about how bowling is, I got bowled. You can enjoy the gentlemen’s game but you can’t fake to succeed in it –a very important message for life. If you are faking to enjoy your life, better rebuild your life techniques now than to get yorked after a slow and match losing 60.</div>
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Oh! And more importantly the greatest joy is when your teammates relate your inning with some of cricket’s greatest! Finally, your teenage dream of being an international cricketer has partially been fulfilled. Cheers! </div>
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bloggerktmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302798184400858607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673464970515175087.post-1265444638179526862014-04-13T14:04:00.001-07:002014-04-14T02:16:47.845-07:00RUNNING IN CIRCLES<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Last week when I returned from a month long stay at
Rumjhatar; I was accompanied by a Gurung guy who had already travelled to three
countries in search of better job opportunities. He was scheduled to fly to
Kuwait within the next two days. What he raised was a very pertinent issue- an
issue related to remittance. He used the term called 'ponding' to make his
otherwise complex understanding of remittance economy simple. He rightly
pointed out that remittance that enters into Nepal doesnot form a pond of
capital. It rather stays for a while until the benefitting family decides to
buy some foreign goods of luxury or send their children to higher education
abroad. Without productivity of our own what remittance is doing is creating
pseudo wealth. It appears we are more dependent on foreign items than ever. The
money comes in hard, but goes out easy. In a simplistic way, our labor is a
form of mortgage which gives us loan that we repay in random installments back
to the source. From a new Samsung cellphone to a Nataraj Pencil we are paying
installments back to the source. Yeah, we will have that pencil and cellphone
to show for our labor, but that means Samsung or Nataraj is now more capable of
attracting Nepalese to their factories as well. And there's a visicious circle.
We will now be too lazy to open an industry of our own. We will rather work on
already established factories of foreign countries and send chunk of our earning
back buying the same goods that we produced. As perfect as- "Ghumi Phiri Rumjhatar".Well, more on that from
a student of economics perhaps! Now I
would like to correlate this running on circles issue to other parts of our
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Let's consider the rap battle leagues that we have in Nepal.
Look at the ordinary sense of it. How ordinary the performances are and how
ordinary their rap is? The artists are running behind something unfathomable to
a normal Nepali. For a colored person born in a Ghetto of a sub urban Western
city- a rage of not knowing his own dad may befit cursing his own mom. But, how
on Earth could that be possible for guys from Nepal? What they sing completely
undermines what our society is built upon and they take it so easily. What is
that supposed to communicate even if it is only to guys above 18? Some blame
for such outrageously sick form of singing may go to wannabe western themed
stars, greedy sponsors or ethically unaware citizens. However, it mainly is
because we run blindly in circle of Western 'liberty'. A 'liberty' which appears
to be the most democratic as porn stars host their own Oscars but equally dark
as government carry out covert mass surveillance. What 'liberty' did we
inherit? In the process of inheriting the universal principles of
freedom we also let in permeate trends that upsets majority of Nepalese
sentiment. In a race to prove our liberty- even though we are the poorest among
the poors- we let in things that we did not need at all. Our rap battlists will
run the always losing race of pursuing the Western rap battlists. The thing is
in their blood but it’s in our head. And why is it their? It’s because somebody
poured in money to make us run a losing race. A filthier race too!</div>
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Okay enough of that too! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Now imagine a lady in a disco of Kathmandu's rated hotel
having been intoxicated by a high quality wine. Imagine some guys taking advantage
of her! Imagine the scare that would create in our media. Imagine how fearful
you will be sending your sisters and daughters to a late night party again. Now
take your turn to take another route to imagine the same. A female laborer in a
construction site drinks a local Kodho brewed beverage after hard day at work.
Coming out of the Bhatti some guys misbehave with her. Honestly, do you think
our media, police and matter of fact most of us; would we care of that as much
as the former lady? Did our society permit or differentiated on a lady being
intoxicated by wine or by a local beverage some decades ago or has it changed
lately? Probably a lady sounds independent drinking high quality wine.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />And we are more thoughtful speaking about her case- perhaps
we don't want to offend what western liberty has brought- that girls too can
enjoy their trip of alcohol. But isn't the female laborer independent too;
don't she deserve to have same pint of drink after she works as equally hard as
her male counterparts. But where does our
police arrives first? Where do our female right activists move first?
Where do our television cameras report first? Clearly to the lady tipsy in
wine. After all the western liberty
allows you to drown in 'Western' branded alcohol- that liberty which our upper
corporate class has inherited and permeated into our society. And most of us
would be normal with our worker lady since like she just had local raksi in a mediocre
bhatti- what was she expecting? Shouldn't she have known male who are drunk in
wine are more sensible than men who are drunk in Local Kodho? And after all who
in the news would be moved by showing of a woman covered in dust being sexually
abused. That is not glamorous , you
know? A girl drinking wine and she got abused. Well, many won't want to tell
this but the truth is media is knowingly feeding on those female victims to make
their crime reporting more glamorous. What irony? What liberty are we
persisting with? The liberty to make a sexual offence glamorous!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Another set of people running on crazy confusing circles are
our Football fans of the football league of European countries. Honestly, Messi
doesn't care if u speak filthy of Ronaldo to make him a superior player. It’s
not that calling Manchester Gaychester is going to make Gerrad happy. But why
our youths get happy? Well let me put my hypothesis. Football is a fast moving
game, 90 minutes and it finishes. However, it has so many tactical maneuvers
within that 90 minute, the commentator fails to explain even a tiny fraction of that. He is just busy
telling us the action. So, must of our Nepalese fans (I mean no disrespect to
those fans who understand football technically enough)watch this fast heated
action and are always on the urge to show themselves off as one who saw matches
live. Now that you don't understand the technicality of the game, what do u
discuss on? Oh Yeah! Wayne Rooney's wife? Yeah, however bitter does it sound
it's the truth- the simple looking game of football is complex tactically and
if you got a grasp of it you don't really have time to talk bullshits about
footballers and their family. Correspondingly look at cricket, its long to
watch and commentators give ample analysis regarding its tactical aspect. And
the result is during the IPL, rarely do people call Kohli a gay for his team
won even if by a wrong umpiring decision. (And i am not trying to be biased as
a cricket fan, that's the easiest example that came into me. You can say the
same for sports like golf, moto racing etc.) <o:p></o:p></div>
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So, when shall we stop running in circles that lead us to
nowhere. When shall we stop being what westerners are already good at and just
be a mere faint shadow of it. When shall we know the value of ourselves?Maybe
this year! Happy New Year 2071 B.S.!<o:p></o:p></div>
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bloggerktmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302798184400858607noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673464970515175087.post-19485582891655170762013-11-30T22:04:00.002-08:002013-11-30T22:04:52.471-08:00FEARS AFTER GRADUATING<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Now that the four years at college has ended, new sets of dilemma have begun to creep into me. To differentiate between what I want to be and what graduating is forcing upon me has been tougher than what I had expected it to be. <br />
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Last week, on a chilly Sunday morning , I was ever so close to getting a job. A real 9-5 job. Fortunately the job was not there for me, and that has given me enough time to ponder upon what changes a 'real' job would bring in me. The changes were horrifying.<br />
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<a href="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRuu1DncgwnMkMvc2SVnvQTh2j0V7QVeDHyDWsOvCKxJhNv9tWvOg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" class="rg_i" data-src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRuu1DncgwnMkMvc2SVnvQTh2j0V7QVeDHyDWsOvCKxJhNv9tWvOg" data-sz="f" height="213" name="NsNkeVp9eW1wqM:" src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRuu1DncgwnMkMvc2SVnvQTh2j0V7QVeDHyDWsOvCKxJhNv9tWvOg" style="height: 182px; margin-top: 0px; width: 273px;" width="320" /></a>With a friend with whom I studied at school, I sat down to analyze what we were up to after graduating. First thing that strike us was we could not go to TU ground to watch Nepal play unless for real coincidence. We could not hang out unless for Friday nights. In fact, the biggest fear was we were about to lose control over our lives, and hand it over to someone else. Someone else who has more money than us, or is more experienced than us or to sum it up the one whom we envy in secret. The one who is yeah not wholly 'free' from burdens of this 'sell your time and skill if you want some money' but ya more free enough to enjoy the same desire as that of ours in a more recurring fashion.<br />
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The choice is still ours. We could fight on with what our beliefs are for another extra yard. Every day that passes now without a contract paper with our name on it , is a day which we survived to die another day. The dreams that we built our life on, the control we wished to have on our destiny will slowly fade as we will be another commodity that someone will tame with a whip as wicked as money.<br />
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To mark this feeling, I remember two quotes.<br />
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Karl Marx, "For as soon as the distribution of labour comes into being, each man has a particular exclusive sphere of activity, which is forced upon him and from which he cannot escape. He is a hunter, a fisherman, a shepherd, or a critical critic and must remain so if he does not wish to lose his means of livelihood."~ The German Ideology<br />
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Paraphrasing Osho, "Why do hippies leave their earlier lifestyle begin to settle and marry around 35? Because their mind finally makes them lose their battle to become unique, their mind wins over their being and brings them back to the crowd." ~ The Search<br />
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For
as soon as the distribution of labour comes into being, each man has a
particular exclusive sphere of activity, which is forced upon him and
from which he cannot escape. He is a hunter, a fisherman, a shepherd, or
a critical critic and must remain so if he does not wish to lose his
means of livelihood; while in communist society, where nobody has one
exclusive sphere of activity but each can become accomplished in any
branch he wishes, society regulates the general production and thus
makes it possible for me to do one thing today and another tomorrow, to
hunt in the morning, to fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the
evening,criticize after dinner, just as I have in mind, without ever
becoming hunter, fisherman, shepherd or critic. <br /><span>Read more at <a href="http://www.notable-quotes.com/m/marx_karl.html#4ucUGpLsypoU7OLO.99" style="color: #003399;">http://www.notable-quotes.com/m/marx_karl.html#4ucUGpLsypoU7OLO.99</a></span><div id="r1PostCPBlock" style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; left: -99999px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">
For
as soon as the distribution of labour comes into being, each man has a
particular exclusive sphere of activity, which is forced upon him and
from which he cannot escape. He is a hunter, a fisherman, a shepherd, or
a critical critic and must remain so if he does not wish to lose his
means of livelihood; while in communist society, where nobody has one
exclusive sphere of activity but each can become accomplished in any
branch he wishes, society regulates the general production and thus
makes it possible for me to do one thing today and another tomorrow, to
hunt in the morning, to fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the
evening,criticize after dinner, just as I have in mind, without ever
becoming hunter, fisherman, shepherd or critic. <br /><span>Read more at <a href="http://www.notable-quotes.com/m/marx_karl.html#4ucUGpLsypoU7OLO.99" style="color: #003399;">http://www.notable-quotes.com/m/marx_karl.html#4ucUGpLsypoU7OLO.99</a></span><div id="r1PostCPBlock" style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; left: -99999px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">
For
as soon as the distribution of labour comes into being, each man has a
particular exclusive sphere of activity, which is forced upon him and
from which he cannot escape. He is a hunter, a fisherman, a shepherd, or
a critical critic and must remain so if he does not wish to lose his
means of livelihood; while in communist society, where nobody has one
exclusive sphere of activity but each can become accomplished in any
branch he wishes, society regulates the general production and thus
makes it possible for me to do one thing today and another tomorrow, to
hunt in the morning, to fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the
evening,criticize after dinner, just as I have in mind, without ever
becoming hunter, fisherman, shepherd or critic. <br /><span>Read more at <a href="http://www.notable-quotes.com/m/marx_karl.html#4ucUGpLsypoU7OLO.99" style="color: #003399;">http://www.notable-quotes.com/m/marx_karl.html#4ucUGpLsypoU7OLO.99</a></span></div>
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For
as soon as the distribution of labour comes into being, each man has a
particular exclusive sphere of activity, which is forced upon him and
from which he cannot escape. He is a hunter, a fisherman, a shepherd, or
a critical critic and must remain so if he does not wish to lose his
means of livelihood; while in communist society, where nobody has one
exclusive sphere of activity but each can become accomplished in any
branch he wishes, society regulates the general production and thus
makes it possible for me to do one thing today and another tomorrow, to
hunt in the morning, to fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the
evening,criticize after dinner, just as I have in mind, without ever
becoming hunter, fisherman, shepherd or critic. <br /><span>Read more at <a href="http://www.notable-quotes.com/m/marx_karl.html#4ucUGpLsypoU7OLO.99" style="color: #003399;">http://www.notable-quotes.com/m/marx_karl.html#4ucUGpLsypoU7OLO.99</a></span></div>
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For
as soon as the distribution of labour comes into being, each man has a
particular exclusive sphere of activity, which is forced upon him and
from which he cannot escape. He is a hunter, a fisherman, a shepherd, or
a critical critic and must remain so if he does not wish to lose his
means of livelihood; while in communist society, where nobody has one
exclusive sphere of activity but each can become accomplished in any
branch he wishes, society regulates the general production and thus
makes it possible for me to do one thing today and another tomorrow, to
hunt in the morning, to fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the
evening,criticize after dinner, just as I have in mind, without ever
becoming hunter, fisherman, shepherd or critic. <br /><span>Read more at <a href="http://www.notable-quotes.com/m/marx_karl.html#4ucUGpLsypoU7OLO.99" style="color: #003399;">http://www.notable-quotes.com/m/marx_karl.html#4ucUGpLsypoU7OLO.99</a></span></div>
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For
as soon as the distribution of labour comes into being, each man has a
particular exclusive sphere of activity, which is forced upon him and
from which he cannot escape. He is a hunter, a fisherman, a shepherd, or
a critical critic and must remain so if he does not wish to lose his
means of livelihood; while in communist society, where nobody has one
exclusive sphere of activity but each can become accomplished in any
branch he wishes, society regulates the general production and thus
makes it possible for me to do one thing today and another tomorrow, to
hunt in the morning, to fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the
evening,criticize after dinner, just as I have in mind, without ever
becoming hunter, fisherman, shepherd or critic. <br /><span>Read more at <a href="http://www.notable-quotes.com/m/marx_karl.html#4ucUGpLsypoU7OLO.99" style="color: #003399;">http://www.notable-quotes.com/m/marx_karl.html#4ucUGpLsypoU7OLO.99</a></span></div>
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bloggerktmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302798184400858607noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673464970515175087.post-36819439815682170442013-10-05T21:11:00.000-07:002013-10-05T21:12:50.842-07:00BE READY TO BE FOOLED THIS MANGSHIR!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Well, we are coming just off the Bill O' Reilly abuse of our fellow Sudarsan Thapa. He is ignorant, you may say, enough to pull ofF such a lame joke; but you will never find him telling this election at Nepal is going to be a comic show. Otherwise, he will sadly be telling the truth which he is not so known for.<br />
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I don't know how we come to be so credulous to believe in our leaders, to vote them again and again to the echelons of power, to see them fall again, and to vote them back to the pinnacle of power and see them do the same. It is the 'charisma' of election based democracy in the 3rd world country.It blinds us, it feigns at us pretending to give every one of us with undeniable power to choose, but the reality shows our choices have revolved around a very few. The past 20 years are enough to prove the point. It was not elections that brought the Maoist into power. Every time a revolution has had to be in place to make Nepalese realize a new legitimate political force was born or dismissed. Lets do election another score of time and still we will revolve around the same sets of ideals and ideologues. It rather seems a party convention plays more critical role of bringing in new leaders.In a lifetime, an average person may vote up to 8 times, provided regular elections happen. It seems that is not enough for us to realize what is happening is a recurring dream. I sincerely hope we could catch that abuse in the first show just like we did with that O' Reilly's bullshit.<br />
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The defeated mentality of us and our leaders plays a part in every subservient move we make. Like a down in confidence player does whatever practice drills the coach says to be back in the team; our leaders, who fell out with India or somebody else at some point of time, do the 'practice drill'- the CA-II. I know there is no option now that we have chosen CA as the form of making constitution. Going back would mean destabilizing the achievements of 2063 B.S. revoultion. But in the mean time, failure of another CA ensure will ensure the same. However, it is amazing how the intellectuals, the media, and the leaders have turned their blind eye to this possibility.<br />
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So, why they have ignored this possibility? Especially, when we have done nothing new to change the final result. The reason is more apparent than what it seems to be. Our fellow top leaders must have been trained by the 'coach' to a certain set of constitution already. The Madheshi parties concluding 'Ek Madhesh Ek Pradesh' is no possibility, the UCPN Maoist's ex PM BRB saying that ethnic federalism is a ideal that must be revised upon and etc. shows the heterogeneity among the parties is already solved by some form of coaching or at least will be. It is now no more a race to make a constitution of own ideology, but it is a 'practice' race to show who is among the popular votes in Nepal, and accordingly be chosen by the 'coach' as the 'play maker' for the moves they propose to implement.<br />
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This is even more bolstered by the confidence the main 4 parties have shown to go on with the election even though Baidya was narrowing his demands to take part in the election. Baidya, seeing the popular support not with him, must have thought of taking part in the election. But the puppets of the master drew their own calculation that favored Baidya being out of the election. Especially for the UCPN Maoist the exclusion of Baidya means no division of votes among the Maoist. He was either for unification of the two Maoists or if not then pushing them out of the election. With the radical image that the Baidyas already have it was easy to fool us, however except for Netra Bikram Chand, must Maoist leaders advocated participation in the forthcoming election. It is ridiculous how 'blessings' from external power gives enough confidence,even at the cost of deployment of the army, so as to exclude a legitimate force off elections though it was narrowing demands.<br />
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The media is so anti Baidya, it is tough for him to survive at urban bases. It is obvious even through latest works like 'Prayogshala' that foreign interference is present in even the most minuscule of government affairs. In such case, how can constitution be independent of it? His proposal of Round Table Conference, though may not be the most genuine of thoughts, was at least a try towards molding consensus withing the Nepalese forces which would diminish foreign influence.The media points out yet another chance of violent saga to demonize Baidya, though there is little chance he will do the same. I would have been the last person to support an orthodox Communist like Baidya, but seeing his plight I feel mercy for him. Now the big 4s whatever their make up be in the CA-II will endorse the ready made phantom constitution. Apparently the CA-II will turn a hit, and Baidya will be insidiously removed from Nepalese politics. What a loss! Though a advocate of violent rebellion, which is a tragedy in itself, at least he has seen the tragedy of rural Nepalese to whom even Nepal <b>B</b>anda fails to make a difference. At least there is a remenance of the 'People war'( =yet another tragedy), who still is standing to the reason it were fought for and the people who died for it. The Prachands and BRBs are thinking the war period as a mere dream that has passed away. Neither they repent the war as unnecessary neither they work differently than regular parliamentary force.What a waste of so many lives! Well, its pity to see people like Baidya and his followers being sidelined by the Nepalese themselves for pithy self interests and severe manipulation.We are once again pushed back some 20 odd years. Sorry to say, but Mr. Baidya its good bye to you, at least for now.<br />
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So, whoever we elect the result is going to be the same. The constitution as we all have seen in the past will be made in a Resort, and it is pretty easy to put in a imported sets of document there. The 601 we send are mere comedians. Especially when we have seen a defeated fellow, Madhav Nepal, elected as the PM.Now if he is elected again, what does that mean in span of 4 years what change occurred that justifies his back to the hot seat. Nothing, just a comic randomization.<br />
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bloggerktmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302798184400858607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673464970515175087.post-72620326350153501982013-08-19T21:31:00.000-07:002013-08-19T21:31:20.384-07:00KHILRAJ DHAMLA AND JITU; HOW THEY SUMMARIZE NEPAL'S POLITICAL CULTURE!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Few days ago, I was at Hotel Radisson to attend the award ceremony of the 'National Quiz- 2013' competition. Apart from being the first of it kind and being held with such grandeur; the program was much hyped due to its live transmission via television, appearance of some popular artists from the music and comedy sector ,and most importantly due to appearance of Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Khilraj Regmi.<br />
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When Mr. Regmi arrived, the show shifted from its semi formal approach to a formal one. Various distinguished post holders, one of them being chairman of HISSAN, Umesh Shrestha, took to the stage. He spoke on various issues regarding the plus 2 education system and the contribution of the private sector towards its development. In an ironic sequence of events, the exact moment when Mr. Shrestha begun to give some pin point advice to the government by drawing attention of the Chief Guest Regmi, the camera shifted to focus on Regmi who was busy side talking with another guest. The advice kept coming, Regmi kept side talking!Maybe, Shrestha in his long spanned teaching career would have catered to such disobedience by his fellow students with severe disciplinary measures, but here he was helpless. He rather looked at ease; perhaps due to the regularity of such ignorance by the political leaders of Nepal.<br />
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Okay we finish the first part! All well!<br />
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Now comes Rishi Dhamala-a different kind of 'journalist'. He begins lauding Regmi. He portrays Regmi as the only able person in the whole Nepal who could have conducted elections. He goes off limits saying Regmi is the only Chief Justice in the history of Nepal to be the head of executive body as well, hence he is a hero. He rather glorifies Regmi being the executive head of the country despite it creating cracks in the three pillar system of our democracy. He acts as if Regmi just won an election and is now a Prime Minister with majority from the parliament.The camera again shifts to Regmi. With hand in his chin, he listens attentively to Dhamala. Than Dhamala plays his ace trick. He throws a sentence to the crowd which asks for them to applaud the very presence of Regmi. The bourgeois crowd responds with an applause. Regmi feels glorified, Dhamala seems to have got his business done. I tried whistling away Dhamala when he carried on with his <i>'chakaris</i>'. Few people around me reacted with immediate disgust and surprise. Once i went through half a second of whistling, minding of my friend's job (we got the invitations owing to my friend being the representative of one of the sponsor of the event) and the atmosphere around being unfavorable, I ceased.<br />
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I now had that uneasy feeling inside my head. Even after knowing what Dhamala did was complete non sense, none of us in that hall could resist. Instead we played into it and clapped well, which was unprecedented in the program which aired some poking remarks regarding Nepal's education system.<br />
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Then came Jitu Nepal - the famous comedian. He made Dhamala the center of his witty comical remarks. He in his own comic way began to despise the way Dhamla sought popularity through media. In a satirical act of comedy he said, " I have asked my cable operator to give first priority to Dhamala; he should always appear clear even if the audio or video of the cable is not allright!". Had Regmi been still present these satires could have made him come out of his 'glorification' and get back to reality. Sadly, like many other times Dhamala laughed away the satires and perhaps will continue the same 'chakaris' the next time around!<br />
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For us Nepalese, this is the bitter truth! Our leaders are like Regmis who don't give a damn to suggestions given by the experts, rather listen to well orchestrated chakaris by people like Dhamalas and go away giving a useless bhasan which is scripted by others! In the end the crowd can do nothing more than to laugh at satires of people like Jitu, without whom perhaps many of us could have never got out of webs of hypocrisy laid by people like Dhamalas.</div>
bloggerktmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302798184400858607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673464970515175087.post-88393581912921397622013-06-14T04:35:00.003-07:002013-06-14T04:41:35.620-07:00THE SIDE OF MARX THAT NEPALESE COMMUNIST FAILED<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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With the rise of economic crisis
in the West, more and more people are taking a look back at Karl Marx’s
writings to find loopholes within the current capitalist system. On the other
side, the third world countries like ours have continuously experimented with
Marxist ideology to take us out of poverty. However, we continue to fail.
Through this article, I try to reason the failure of communists in Nepal to
bring about a significant change owing to their misunderstanding of following
four major aspects. </div>
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<b>a. Issue of Productive Forces</b></div>
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In his book, A Contribution to
the Critique of the Political Economy, Marx writes, “No social order is ever
destroyed before all the productive force for which it is sufficient have been
developed and new superior relation of production never replaces older ones
before the material condition for their existence have matured within the
framework of the old society.” This statement has a pretty direct meaning i.e.
a society cannot evolve a newer system of production until the old system has
reached its final stages of development. </div>
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Marx in his interpretation of
transformation of a feudal state to a bourgeois state argues that the
capitalist mode of production took over only when the best of feudal
innovations failed in fulfilling the then social needs. In Nepal, where
capitalist mode of production has not developed even a fraction of what the
developed nations currently have in disposal, it will be contrary to Marx’s
belief to advocate for an immediate shift to a communist state.</div>
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Most of the third world communist
movements have ignored this very fact to their own peril. Countries like USSR,
Cambodia, North Korea suffered from famines and death of millions. Ironically,
with the Maoist insurgency, it was the case of destroying already available
infrastructure of development (tagging them as bourgeois development) pushing
the country even further down into the path of regression. </div>
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<b>b. Ignoring Marx’s “Workers of
the World Unite!”</b></div>
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<a href="https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTmh6YPFudZ-fLK_udd9dbOJZyNZ5E7SEVPGAmFp_VgW1hMZJs4nQ" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTmh6YPFudZ-fLK_udd9dbOJZyNZ5E7SEVPGAmFp_VgW1hMZJs4nQ" /></a>Marx always advocated that it was
possible to throw the bourgeois rule only through cooperation among the working
class of the world.</div>
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Marx, in his book A Critique of
the German Ideology, writes “…. and furthermore, because only with this
universal development of productive forces is a universal intercourse between men
established, which produces in all nations simultaneously the phenomenon of the
"propertyless" mass (universal competition), makes each nation
dependent on the revolutions of the others, and finally has put
world-historical, empirically universal individuals in place of local ones. … The
proletariat can thus only exist <i>world-historically</i>, just as communism,
its activity, can only have a "world-historical" existence.”</div>
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Marxists of third World countries being the
most oppressed; revolted first even with little or no help from the working
class in developed states. However, the results have always failed to outcast
Marx’s predictions as quoted below.</div>
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Marx elaborates in the same
passage, “Without this, (i) communism could only exist as a local event (eg. Likes
of N. Korea and partly Cuba where the economy is isolated from major capitalist
nation’s) ; (2) the forces of intercourse themselves could not have developed
as universal, hence intolerable powers: they would have remained home-bred
conditions surrounded by superstition (countries like Greece, Spain etc, where
massive protest against austerity measures take place but fails to yield result
to their favor as they don’t coordinate across nationalities) ; and (3) each
extension of intercourse would abolish local communism. (eg. In China where its
involvement in the global trade meant the ruling communist party had to reform
to capitalist mode of production)” </div>
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In the above pretext, the
Nepalese communist movement which is fragmented on its own backyard is sure to
fail to ignite a world movement resulting Nepal being one of the above three
possibilities. </div>
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<b>c. The real issue regarding
religion </b></div>
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“Religion is the opiate of the
masses.” say that to my mom and she will never agree to it. The communist
leaders of Nepal have chosen to neglect this issue of religion in fear of
losing out to populist sentiments.</div>
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Engels with regard to religion
writes in his book ‘Socialism: Utopian
and Scientific’, “His (i.e. the recently risen bourgeois class) interest was to
get as much and as good work out of them( i.e. the working class) as he could;
for this end, they had to be trained to proper submission. He was himself
religious; his religion had supplied the standard under which he had fought the
king and the lords; he was not long in discovering the opportunities this same
religion offered him for working upon the minds of his natural inferiors, and
making them submissive..”</div>
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We can co relate the above saying with how the
autocratic regime of the Shahs and its subsequent ancestors survived for so
long ; ironically gaining popularity among the oppressed class itself. For
decades, the Hindus (majority of Nepalese) and other religious outfits have
been fed by the ruling class with the religious stories and myths were King
have been the savior and ruler of the nation. The monarchies that ruled Nepal,
by making itself the guardian, promoter and representation of the religion
itself maintained within the psyche of the Nepalese a deep sense of acceptance
towards the king. The kings, though most acting like Indra and Ravan continued
to portray their image as that of Ram, which in sense has served as ‘opiate’ to
the common people.</div>
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The failure of the communist
revolutionaries to spread such messages into the mass has left Nepalese society
marred by caste based discrimination, allegation of witchcrafts to women of
lower class strata etc. These social aberrations are sadly backed by the same
tactics of the upper class to make the lower working class ‘submissive’ by
using the weapon of religion.</div>
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<b>d. Lack of empowerment in the
working class and its subsequent effect</b></div>
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Engels referring to English
working class writes, “in 1884, the extension of household suffrage to the counties
and a fresh redistribution of seats…considerably increased the electoral power
of the working-class, so much so that (working) class now furnished the
majority of the voters.” Same could be
implied to the post 2063 Constituent Assembly election where a call of change
especially by those of the lower strata of Nepalese society resulted in
elevation of the Maoist. However just like what Engels had feared parliament
became a ‘capital school’ to teach tradition i.e to make the working class
continue respect the higher classes. Thus, the new working class which got elected
into the CA could not play important role during major decision taking moments. Instead
the major decisions were taken by the same old leaders of NC and CPN (UML) (most
of whom had lost elections) and the rising bourgeois class within the UCPN
(Maoist) and the Madhesi forces.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Unless the working class is empowered
via strong education and political knowledge, elections of any sort will mean
that new working class leaders will in Engels words continue to keep up the ‘ornamental
caste of drones’(i.e. the formal feudal/royal power centers and established
middle class members) to dictate the day to day affair of the state, which
means even another CA election maybe fruitless in securing rights of the
working class.<o:p></o:p></div>
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bloggerktmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302798184400858607noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673464970515175087.post-57677364383071785462013-05-27T11:23:00.001-07:002013-05-27T11:23:54.791-07:00WE ARE ALREADY FIXED! BUT HAVE WE REALIZED?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Now-a-days I don't watch TV as often, especially when I am in pursuit of rapid updates on current affairs. But the fixing scandal in Indian Premier League, the richest tournament in Cricket History, got me glued to the idiot box. I knew it was inevitable and felt sorry for the players who were involved. I cursed from within the glamour lit world of today forcing men to strip off his morale in return of money.<br />
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That day might have ended the same way as others had my dad not asked me for more on 'fixing'. Probably, he got to know of the term through his colleagues as my father doesn't fancy cricket much. I tried to shoot out a precise sentence to satisfy his new born curiosity. I thought for a while only to realize that 'fixing' is bigger than what we generally think of-it is omnipresent in today's world. Dealing with my internal ordeal, I slipped away from my dad giving a quick makeshift reply, like the one you would give to a confusing Viva question.<br />
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My mind grew restless the whole day. Sometimes, during my Undergraduate course,I used to find enough time and lonely space to ponder whether I would still have been what I am if I was born to a different society or lets say in Mars. The more I thought the more I became cynical of everything around me. I later resigned to the fact that rather than the heavenly stars that the astrologers believe to fix our destiny its circumstances, culture, ethics, religion etc. around us that makes us what we are. In fact, most of these factors had coupled down to fix my path. The difference between me obeying my 'fixed' path and the cricket players' fixing scandal are separated by a thin line of legitimacy and public perception.<br />
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I remember when I was in +2,my parents would buy me any number of Text book in Physics but not a cricket bat. Probably by then, my childhood dream of becoming a cricketer had narrowed down to being a better cricketer at college, but still mindset of my parents, resulting from the tradition(where playing sports at free time is supposed to hamper regular studies) that they were up brought in, did not let me own a proper cricketing bat. That was a less subtle form of fixing as I was equally passionate to both Physics and Cricket. Giving one up for another was a bitter truth that I had realized by then.<br />
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However, when I passed out my +2 I was fixed up big time. I realized studying Physics, in most cases, would lead me being a teacher in Nepal. We lacked proper research facilities and the option of studying abroad seemed almost bleak with a one off bad Physics score in Grade 11. Fixed by the circumstances engineering seemed to be the closest option. The education system fixed me to an engineering degree. In most cases, I will get a better girl to marry and more dowry (if i accept) for being an engineer compared to a 'physicist'. My family is happy for my father didn't want me to become a teacher like him, me myself might have fallen to the lure of 'Er' tag., whatever be the case I was rather helplessly fixed than those IPL fellows. Yet none are arrested or accused of.<br />
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So for most Nepalese, lets say a Brahmin boy, we have billions of girls to fall in love and marry as a boy; but well we are at most eligible to some hundreds fixed by what our parents, society, religion thinks amenable to us. And when Nepalese go to vote this time around they shall have the same leaders ahead of them as that of the failed CA. Things are fixed and we shall circle around them until something as radical as nothing that has happened yet shall happen.<br />
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Complaining all along,however I feel equally privileged to have my friends and family who helped me protect the core of what I am. I still think the same way that I used to in Grade 5. Whenever I had an opportunity to take decision independently, I feel I have taken it following the same pattern that I followed as a child. I feel proud that I have got my basics intact. Sometimes I feel for persons who were so cool earlier but have changed the belief and their corresponding ambition because the surrounding forced them to. Well its not their fault. We have hypocrites all around and a more than 1000 of years of trends that has such stringent philosophy that your life gets stranglehold for ever. Hopefully, I and you will realize this and be courageous enough to be what we want.<br />
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We need to open our eyes to it, realizing the problem, interpreting them and finally producing ways to solve them. WE CAN/SHOULD GET OUT OF THIS FIX!</div>
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<span style="color: red;"><i>The following post is the first blog post of a new <a href="http://www.swiftlyforward.wordpress.com/">blog</a> dedicated to passionate thinkers who desire of changing this world! Please check out the link and drop by if you feel interested.</i></span><br />
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Dear Forwards,<br />
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By now, most of us must have realized that moving forward is the
final and only meaningful aim of every human civilization. We have seen
tremendous improvement in what it used to be living a ‘human’ some
thousand years ago. We have passed through various glories and
catastrophes to reach where we are. The forward moving process has been
gradual and painstaking for centuries.<br />
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However, the current societal trend shows an alarming sign. A new
division among men is starting to appear. Throughout the human history,
many great thinkers have showered us with thoughts that are provoking,
radical, soothing and in most cases contradicting with each other.
Unlike some field like that of Science, there is no way to completely
disapprove one of the contradicting theory. Hence, our society is now
marred by intellectual disintegration with us divided in labels of left,
right, center, capitalist, socialist, conservative, liberal etc and
their following sub-divisions! These divisions,though a great gift of
human freedom, has made us collide with each other resulting in our slow
down in political, social and economic front.<br />
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This is a time of great opportunity. Most of us have mastered or
developed some vision regarding the future human society via our own
Gurus and mantras. The time is just about right for us to realize the
essence of moving forward by carrying out flexible yet intense
discussion on various contradicting issues among passionate individuals
from every part of life. It shall be disgusting for humans of today to
completely isolate him/herself from ideas other than that s/he was put
through in his country, school or at work. Our ideas must collide to
bring something new that shall save humans from colliding and rather
help us move forward.<br />
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Hence, this first call is an invitation to all those passionate, hard
thinking individuals from irrespective of their background to be a part
of the Swiftlyforward program. Those individuals who not only are ready
to put forward their ideas but also change their own once they are
convinced by other fellow members in the same regard. <b></b>Please mail or comment us your ideas and articles regarding the above issues.<br />
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We are excited to receive your feedback and inquiries.<br />
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Thank You!<br />
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<b>swiftlyforward@gmail.com</b><br />
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5/22/2013<br />
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Old Baneshwor, Kathmandu<br />
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bloggerktmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302798184400858607noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673464970515175087.post-34454152550445448842013-03-24T04:50:00.003-07:002013-03-24T04:50:48.093-07:00WITHOUT CAPITAL IN A CAPITALIST WORLD<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I wake up earlier than others, mostly at 4 a.m. I then carry
a doko (a basket made out of sliced bamboo) loaded with vegetables, and set
myself to the bus park at Thankot. Thank God, it is an easy journey downhill to
me. My sister-in-law, Gita, has to carry the same weight as mine and start
crawling up hill. Damn! She looks so exhausted when I meet her at the bus park.
We seat there for a bidi and wait for the bus to arrive. </div>
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Once the bus arrives, we then put our dokas securely in the
backside of the bus, and then stand near the driver's seat. I and Gita then
discuss about the harvest this season. We both have planted carrots, koiralo
and oranges this winter. We remember sitting in a long queue in the dreaded
cold of January to get fertilizers that was just enough for a quarter of the
harvest we acutally planned.</div>
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Our bus is now heading steadily from Kalanki towards
Kalimati. Students with well oiled hair and ironed dress board our bus.
Amazingly, they pay less than us. They seem to be richer than we; however we
have to pay almost double the bus fare. I don't think too much. I have not
studied much. However, it seems unfair to me when I pay more than a student who
seems to afford cell phones, perfumes,
polished leather shoes etc. And the headmaster at my village says most of such
students are always in a hurry to go abroad. Here, I am working hard to make my
family survive with dripping sweat in my motherland's soil and there is a
student whose aim is to slip away and yet the state provides him with subsidy. </div>
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I cease to think.</div>
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When we arrive at Kalimati, I feel like being robbed off.
Dalals (brokers) come right at the gate and almost seize our vegetables. We
rarely get half of the price at which the vegetables are sold in the streets of
Kathmandu. Last summer, we sold cucumber for Rs 5-7 per kilo. Hence, I never
return to Kathmandu after my daily morning adventure. It’s heartrending to see my
own vegetables being sold at a much higher price. It seems as if my vegetables
were dirty teen girls whom I brought to sell, and who after being brushed up
are now ready to be sold to the city mass at a higher rate.</div>
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My cousin Rita, sells vegetable at Purano Baneshwor, in a
footpath just at the turn near to Kavre Dairy. Once, she told a 'karyakarta'
came as usual to buy some vegetable from her. Once, he offered a cigarette and
told her a thing that has remained in my mind for ever. He told my cousin,
"The farmers who toil hard in the field sell their vegetables at a low price.
The small vendors like you sell these vegetables at a low margin. Where is the
other money? That is to one who already have money. That is to one who can
afford to hire a godam at Kalimati. They use money to make money. I don't know </div>
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We at village use to think we all Nepali are 'sojho', but
when I come to the city it surprises me a lot. It seems every things non Nepali
here. I think like there are none whom I can relate too. Sometimes when I want
to ask direction, I am afraid if I pick a sahariya who would make fun of me by
saying the wrong turn. I don't know what made the difference. Is they being
born with the same piece of land as that of mine but in the capital making this
difference. I feel fidgety. Or is it that that they having the ability to buy
vegetable from me that makes me less
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In the last decade or so, few men holding red flags have
visited me saying they wanted to ignite revolutionary ideas within me. They
say, I must help them in their struggle against the one in the cities. Though I
have some jealousness with the people in the city, I didn't want to rob them of
their property and make myself rich. I cooked them food and allowed them to
take my vegetable when necessary. I told them rather make our village as good
so that I would not have to carry my vegetable each morning. That will be
enough. They told me I didn't understand the bigger picture. Now when I see them
sometime in the TV, I seem to know that they were right, the city is the devil.
However, they too were no different, they too got swallowed in the mess. Now, I
hate them even more than those dalals at Kalimati.</div>
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In my dreams, I sometimes see a mini truck of mine. I load
my vegetables in it and my husband drives it to the city. I see my husband has
a store and he sells it there and brings back profit in the evening. It’s not
that we didn't try. The bank would charge a really high rate of interest for us
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And it would be foolish to keep all of our property as
mortgage for such under evaluated cost.</div>
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Now when I see my son, I hope I can make him study. I hope
he never aims to be rich. I hope he aims to remove poverty. Till my or someone else’s son do it earlier, I
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bloggerktmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302798184400858607noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673464970515175087.post-18786058583732347312012-12-20T19:31:00.000-08:002012-12-20T19:40:12.017-08:00THANK YOU FOR WAITING!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Dear Love,<br />
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imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a>All those heavy breaths that you unusually took in when our eyes missed, I want to repay them with smooches of plenty. It burns me inside when i feel of every ache that your heart had to go through when I smiled on purpose to another girl's lame joke.I feel sorry for every second that I passed without telling you that I love you too, that I want to embrace you forever!<br />
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Honestly,I have lost control of my senses over you. What I thought of as a mere illusion of your mind had turned in to love between our souls so deep, so pure.I can lie to you no more. I can no more act out with another girl. Enough have I done to make my mind believe that I can do without you, still the heart came out as superior.I want to break all barriers. I want to be madly and blindly in love with you.<br />
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Its so true that my cowardliness has betrayed our emotions; but I can't let that ruin our lives. I adore you for trying to give away the slightest possible sign of affection whenever possible. I am sorry that I ignored them all. I am sorry that I casually posted you as 'just another crush' in my memory lane. I am sorry that we did not walk holding each others hand when the road ahead was tough for you. I am sorry that I was not there for you for all those past moments; although you loved me the most.<br />
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I don't want to reach those pinnacles where your love won't envelope me. I don't want to meet those success that our love cannot comprehend. I need nothing more than the precious purity of your love. There is no success that shall taste as sweet as your fragrance. With such pure conviction can I say that- there's no wealth that can even come close to your warm embrace. No mirror in this entity could reflect me as well as your eyes would. You alone can define love for me. You are bigger than universe for me, I wanna explore all the stars and galaxies within you. I want to be mystified by you. I want to take you to a journey within you.<br />
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Sorry, that I couldn't do anything extravagant this time around. I am just a man who can afford to play around with words. I am sure with your love these words of mine shall rekindle to form some of the greatest creations. We shall walk those moments of fame together. Together, we shall see all our emotions mingle. Together, we shall see a unison of a soul from two different bodies. We shall love each other so much that even if we were to sleep in different land we would dream the same and talk about it the next morning. We shall share all our moments, whether they be in earth heaven or hell. Together for ever.<br />
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Desperately waiting to see the same gesture from your pair of eyes.<br />
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With lots of love!<br />
S!</div>
bloggerktmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302798184400858607noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673464970515175087.post-45061957937044782612012-11-17T00:23:00.000-08:002012-11-17T00:23:14.705-08:00WHAT IS SEXY?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So what is sexy. Being sexy should literally mean you are attractive enough for the people of opposite sex(in most of the cases) to want of or at least think of having sex with you. However, things are ridiculous now-a-days with TV, music videos and all glamour. The thing sexy is completely a different thing. Today, being sexy is inextricably linked with what media portrays as "sexy".<br />
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When I went to watch a Hindi movie, this Laxmi Puja, one of the actresses kept explicitly stating herself as "sexy". To make that statement look relevant, the film started from a scene where she wore a bikini and dived into sparkling blue water. That is what most of us think sexy is. It occurred to me that irrespective of the actress, anyone(most of Bollywood actresses) wearing the same attire and carrying the same scene would have been tagged "sexy". So, I couldn't stop but think, were the wardrobe and the setup sexier than the heroine herself?<br />
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In some other cases, actors who are benevolent enough to strip off are considered sexy. That too surprises me. Neither of us are going to have actual sex with those highly rated, rarely reachable so called shining,hot celebrities. So, when they strip off, they must have lost their sexiness. I mean, if you are not going to have a sexual intercourse with a person, the next closest thing to be sexily close to him/her is watch them naked. So, to be "sexy" they must hide more than reveal, you know to keep that "sexy" curiosity going. Surprisingly, the media acts arcane and rates actors who reveal more as sexy. So, like a creed to be followed, actors continuously crave for movies that demands more of intimate scenes until either the viewers or their age get fed up of such nuisance. The rise and fall of such curiosity driven artificial "being sexy" culture is portrayed in the Vidya Balan's starer "Dirty Picture."<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">even the cartoons are to be blamed?</td></tr>
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The media has presented another horrible prospect through its 24 hour "being sexy" bullshit. A "hero" in a movie always has a muscular setup, and the heroine has a zero sized figure. Then, they are said to complement each other enough to make the sexy chemistry of the "true love saga" work, while all other shapes and sizes are ridiculously thrown away. Imagine, what would happen if all of the world were had men with six pack abs, and women with fair skin and a skinny figure? Maybe a overweight human would be told as sexy! Through continuous streaming of such propagandist agenda, people of personality other than that approved by the media, begin to impugn whether they are capable of nurturing a proper relationship. An over sized person, is always a subject of joke, and put as one who has to seek advise to date a girl/boy. And none protest to it.<br />
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Well, I realized these effects that media put into, when i recalled what sort of girls i got attracted to. In my early teens, i would have not picked a particular shape and size, while for now I certainly prefer the media fed "tall and slim" ones. Maybe, I was to grow this way or those actresses in movies made me think so: that may remain a mystery forever. But, it is certain that the media, is feeding wrong sense of being sexy into us. That is too detrimental as we shall spend more of our time, intellect and resources trying to be sexy in par with the actresses or the actors, who in fact have professionals to help their cause.<br />
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To sum it up, if you are a nurse, you are going to be sexy to a doctor, if you take care of your patient reliable and sincerely not necessarily by wearing what Jolie wore to the Oscars.<br />
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bloggerktmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302798184400858607noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673464970515175087.post-83536747225410337542012-11-03T05:12:00.002-07:002012-11-03T05:27:25.298-07:00BURNING MEMORIES<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Lot of us have memories, that trouble us. Memories that makes us feel dumb. Memories that makes us feel low. Memories that makes us feel betrayed. Memories that make us swallow our breath. Memory that twitches our chin Memories that makes us feel remorseful. Memories that make us feel derelict. And still, we can't figure a way to burn those thoughts.<br />
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A girl who dumped you for a drunk pervert. Parents who forced you to change your majors at University. Pet that died licking your dose of cocaine. The teachers who graded you low in a Viva because you were on flippers. Friends who left you in a middle of a fight. The child that left you in a old age home. These always remain in your mind. These always hunt you. They come in your dream to suffocate you. It leaves a musty grim patch in your brain. It makes your heart burn deep when you remember of it. But, still you can't kill those things.<br />
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So what?<br />
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Is your life ruined to hell? Just for petty shake of people who really don't care for you.<br />
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You have a way. Face it. And face it hard.<br />
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If you have written a poem for the girl as above. Don't burn it outright. Recite the poem every morning until you get the emotion and attachment out of it. Than its your literary creation.Not everybody turns into an Adele, but maybe you get to recite those poems in a college program or among your friends. If your pet dies licking cocaine, that you intended to sniff, maybe the best thing is to quit it. If the teachers graded you low, maybe you turn up to the University in flippers at Convocation day.That very day teacher are helpless and you feel powerful. If your child leaves you in an old age home, write a diary of every day there. Publish it. Or, try publishing it. It's worth trying. It's never too late. It's not a choice but compulsion when it's your time to act selfish to the ones that did it to you first. It's no revenge, it is an attempt to break the chain that surrounds your precious brain<br />
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The main thing that you need to remember is you need to burn memories, not physical things related to the memory. That is just not going to help. Instead look at them every once in a while, until you feel the attachment has faded away. Then nothing can shake you up at middle of the night. Nothing can make you feel low. And, finally you are the same man before the event. Once again you are ready to fight. Once again you are ready to dream.<br />
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bloggerktmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302798184400858607noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673464970515175087.post-76705679182951537182012-10-21T21:09:00.002-07:002012-10-21T21:09:23.710-07:00TWO KIDS! SAME STORY!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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There are numerous such kids but they have almost the same story. Here, I try to bring into limelight stories of two such kids whose fate has taken them away from home, in pursuit of a little money and better fooding; however at expense of education. Two such kids that I have recently met are Shere and Azhmed Ali.I could have had their photos here, however a lack of proper camera phone is really taking a toll on my blogging. Although, I am trying to stick with my current set until the end of my engineering degree.<br />
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Shere: Shere is a delightful and humble kind of kid working at a restaurant near Kathmandu University. He must be of 10 years of age. He possess a beautiful smile and that coupled with innocence of tender age results into direct affinity from the customers, which the restaurant in itself seem to benefit from. His family lives at Koshipari, a rural setting in the hills of Dolakha, East from Kathmandu. Dolakha is where my forefathers have settled for generations. We have close relatives and some property there. So, I find myself attached to people from Dolakha.<br />
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Shere was sent to school, but he did not take liking to it. He turned truant, left the school, probably hearing wonderful stories of the city and due to excesses of unnecessarily martinet teaching personnel. The teachers in Nepal, take physical punishment as integral part of the education system. This makes education a heavy duty for kids especially who have much to do at home or average at certain subjects.<br />
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Just before the Dashain vacation, as the number of customer withered away I got an opportunity to interact with him. He came to Kathmandu by himself with the cook of the restaurant- who is much older than him but he had somehow done schooling till the 6th grade. I wanted to make him return to the village, and begin to go back to school. He seem to shyly oblige. I along with the cook gave him some simple logic. Even if he had to do away with daily diet of meat and rice (that is a much better supplement in both taste and nutrition compared to what he gets back at home), he could make it up in his adulthood owing to better education. I reminded him, even to work in better paying restaurants of Kathmandu, education was essential since he needed to note down and read orders, calculate prices etc.<br />
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He might have got his lesson, in the tiny stint he had working away from home. He must have missed his parents and friends of his age. Now when he goes back home, he shall be a star among his friends and a nuisance among his parents and teachers. His wonderful stories of the city, the boys in well pressed shirts and smooth denim and girls with clean hair and fitting apparels would be new story to his pals. If this experience increases his morale and that improves his confidence in being a good student, it would really turn his life on its head. I sincerely hope and pray, he doesn't return back to the same hotel, and maybe I get to see him only after years as an educated smart man doing great at whatever he takes up in future.<br />
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Azhmed Ali: I met this kid just for a day, at the occasion of Phulpati. He must be aged around 8-10 (however I have a gross ability of guessing ages). He was at Tudikhel, and began voluntarily fielding for us. He would field at fine leg, a fielding position in Cricket where the ball tends to go regularly especially if u have average playing conditions. He was a prodigy if we are concerned with his cricketing ability. He threw the ball in a technical manner, fielded in bumpy outfield putting his body behind every ball and diving (not in the air however) to gather balls away from him. He just got to bat a few deliveries at the end, which is a very obvious however painful of a story of any young cricketer playing with adults. However, he swung the bat which was relatively heavy for a kid of his age, above his head to connect bouncing balls and still managed to connect them to get them away up to conventional mid on position, that's like 40 yards away from his batting position.<br />
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As we returned, I asked him in which class he studied. He said, he did not go to school. That made me slightly angry. I don't know why but I felt angry for our country which would trade cheap labour out of these kids at a young age , and later make them a comrade of their stupid politics and desert their agenda after getting to power. He was from Janakpur. Regarding Janakpur, it has a strong connection with me. My mom was raised up in Janakpur. I was born in a hospital of Janakpur, and we constantly visited our great grandmother who resided in Janakpur until she passed away due to old age. We used to call her ghuyya aama ( as we had to travel in bus to reach her).I still adore visiting temples around Janakpur.<br />
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This poor kid, has his father working at one of the Gulf countries. His mother lives back in Janakpur. He was left by his dad to work at a Saree embroidery shop near Maitidevi. As Maitidevi is in my route back home, I offered him a ride in the Safa tempo. He had a monthly salary of Rs 3000 ( roughly US dollars 40). Surprisingly, he had a brother who studied back home. As we boarded the tempo, I showed him "Maitidevi" written in the rear side of the tempo. I told him if he had studied he would have understood it. As he seemed so interested in cricket, I persuaded him in another way. I asked him if he watched cricket in TV. He answered positive. I asked him if he understood scores written in TV. He said no. Perhaps, that moment he must have realized education was required even to be a cricketer. At least I pointed that out for him, and suggested he could enjoy the game even more back home at Janakpur.<br />
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I told him the same as that to Shere. Go back home and enroll in a school. Don't run away even if the teachers punished him. He promised me he would go home back after a month. I myself got off at Maitidevi, as it was Dashain time and I needed to fulfill my mother's desire of visiting temples. His teeth was all brown. I bought him a brush and asked him to brush regularly. He seemingly obliged. He promised to return back home in a month. I said I was a local of Maitidevi and gently threatened him that it would not go down well with me if I was to see him again after a month. And out of nowhere, he brought up his hand to make a hand shake. I was surprised. A kid who was fumbling with words just an hour ago, now was confident enough to shake hands. I hope he thought of going back home, studying well and pursuing his dream to be a cricketer. I hope he would do good and luck would see him shake hands with the current rising stars of Nepal like Prithu Baskota and Chandra Saud who would be his seniors if he ever made it to the National team.<br />
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I will try to remember these two kids for ever. And, if they made a name for themselves, I would selfishly draw myself some credit. Maybe, it was small time and money for me, but their experience with me might change their entire lives. Studying amateur palmistry, it occurred to me that smallest of the lines might have biggest of the impacts in a person's life. I just can hope that their encounter with me can change their life. May Durga Mata bless them both this Dashain.<br />
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bloggerktmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302798184400858607noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673464970515175087.post-11191880069610456932012-10-12T21:35:00.001-07:002012-10-12T23:06:08.255-07:00UNSURPRISINGLY! NEPALI CRICKET is on the RISE!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Well, the drama that lasted yesterday during the final of the ACC Elites trophy, the equivalent of Asia Cup for the non test playing nations of Asia, must be the closest and the most thrilling episode in Nepal's cricketing career. The espirt de corpes shown by the players, crowd in the stadium, and the cricket followers back home is in itself exciting and promising. More importantly, new generations of Nepali teens have heroes like Paras and Shakti to emaluate.<br />
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The tie in the finale and eventually being the winner of the competition for the first time that too avoiding a defeat to the UAE only for the second time in ODIs in their own background not only depicts the statistical achievement but also points to the burgeoning confidence and mental toughness that the Nepali cricket team has begun to possess.<br />
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First of all, Nepal lacked a premier fast bowler via injury to Amrit Bhattarai and veteran Binod Das. So, Nepal had to chose to bowl first, in a pitch that looked good for batting. In the match that twisted and swayed from one side to other, at one point it seemed Nepal have given it all up after being in a good position to win the match up till the 45th over. The fragility and lack of power hitting lower mid order batsmen could have once again exposed Nepal and betray them of another hard fought victory. But, thanks to the resilience and the willingness to win, Nepal with help of a six from Gauchan and a well placed innings from Veshwakar, a good opening partnership and intelligent batting at the middle overs, achieved a tie and in doing so bagged two major titles back to back.<br />
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Among the associates nation, at least in Asia, only Nepal and Afghanistan seem to boast vivid popularity in cricket among their country men. UAE playing in their home turf were humbly outnumbered by the Nepalese audience. Afghanistan have progressed fast and developed a reputation of playing brand of 'fearless' cricket with their explosive batsmen and seriously fast bowlers. This have resulted in Afghanistan being a much better T20 side than a ODI side as the recent trend have shown. However, Nepal seems to be emerging from more conventional school of cricket. Nepalese team, it seems is trying to develop an all round team having all essential components that could perform in any condition and against any opposition.We have proper openers in Khakurel and Mandal, the middle order is sound with Malla, Khadka and Veshwakar. The lower middle order is a bit of a concern with its inconsistency and lack of muscling power. Airee seems to be the chosen finisher; however he has lot to improve on his technical aspect. Prithu being a more technically able batsmen, seems to be lost in singles in crunch overs. However both have the potential to rise to the occasion and more hard work and competition by likes of veteran all rounder Alam and youngster Bhandari will keep them in check. Similarly, handy batsmen like Gauchan, Das and Regmi always seem to give hope of Nepal scoring a bit more run, even in pressure situations. Similarly, in the bowling department Nepal has consistent spinners in form of Gauchan and Regmi. Das with his experience and Bhattarai with his aggression make a good opening combination. Similarly,players like Vishwakarma and Saud have risen through the ranks and are looking to cement their place. Nepal has widely benefited especially through skill of the skipper Khadka to fill in the spot of third seamer in spin friendly pitches and Prithu has rolled his arms over even in final overs of the match.<br />
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Now what Nepal needs is more competitive environment. Nepalese are genuine cricket lovers. It can be seen among the crowd in Nepal's domestic matches. Every gully in Kathmandu, Pokhara and other towns especially in Terai are buzzed with regular score updates. Nepal is probably one of the few associate nations that telecasts its domestic games in a regular basis. However, the presence of skillful analysis of cricketing events in FM and paper (two widely popular form of communication in Nepal) is meagre. The recent success in Nepali cricket is moreover attributed to raw passion and talent along with skillfull training provided by the newly appointed coach Dasanayake. He has brought more international exposure into Nepalese cricket team that has certainly brought results. What we need now is better infrastructure for cricket, as we already have the success and the charm in being a National cricketer that shall lure more youngsters to stack up their pads for more hours or run a few more yards in every run up to the stump. Pouring a bit more money into cricket annually, and creating proper living standards for cricketers will surely make Nepal a better cricketing team as we have the same emotional attachment to cricket as that of India or any other test playing cricketing nations.<br />
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The success and the charisma that Nepali cricket has brought to Nepal is such overwhelming that, Nepalese seem to have forgotten the old nascent combination of former monarchs Gyanendra Shah and his son Paras Shah, even if it is for match days, Nepalese tend to substitute the image of those two via their two most solid batsmen of Nepal, Paras Khadak(C) and Gyanendra Malla (Vc) in their neurons. We can't forget that Nepal is the poorest nation in Asia and we suffer from various limitations, however none can stop us from dreaming and paving a path to better cricketing future.Lets hope, this Nepalese cricket team rises and the players of today are attributed for Nepal being a ODI nation or lets even hope bigger a proper Test playing Nation.For that a passionate set of teens of 2012 must push their seniors to perform better and create a healthy competition for a place in the squad.</div>
bloggerktmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302798184400858607noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673464970515175087.post-7620384759861501832012-09-23T08:32:00.003-07:002012-09-23T08:32:27.993-07:00THE MYTH OF DEMOCRACY<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Democracy has an unknown meaning. This particular word is said to be complete in itself. An unquestionable term, "democracy" is the key word in anything and everything around in the political, social and economic sphere. You can find democracy everywhere-from N. Korea's official state name to Putin's Russia, from Suki's Myanmar to India ,democracy is the buzzing word. However, the drawbacks of democracy have been ignored for a long time, which has resulted in underutilization of human potential. The alternatives provided by likes of Hitler, Mussolini,Stalin, Castro, Kim Jong Il, Dalai Lama, Khomeni has blinded our imagination to accept that democracy is the brink of human's political evolution i.e.nothing can pass the comfort that democracy has achieved for us. It cannot be further from the truth. With the rapidly increasing technology and educational revolution the current setup of democracy can't last forever.Until we dont erase the mindset that "we can't do better than democracy" things shall remain stagnant like it is at present.<br />
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Democracy consists of voting. Actually, democracy means to vote for represantatives, not leaders. Like, if somebody's elected from a certain area of Rolpa, he is expected to stay among Rolpalis and represent them being a Rolpali. However, that seldom happens. Instead, these member of parliaments begin to take a role of being a leader. They tend to teach people, rather than learning from the people. These MoP, tend to pass a bill first and than explain its usefulness to the people later.This is a trend seen everywhere in the world. This is one of the loopholes of democracy since the persons elected and among whom legitimacy is provided to represent a group; begins to lead a group. Suddenly, the right of thousands of people to decide for themselves, remains in hand of a single person who himself believes to be the leader not representative of the group. So, it is a myth that self right is protected in democracy. It is just that we get to choose an autocrat every 4 years, and if we have luck we tend to choose the best among the autocrats not at all a democrat.<br />
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Second, democracy leaves us with very little of a choice. Yes, you may think we have a lot of choices. But they are infact limited in a mysterious way. If you want a presidential style democracy and non ethnic federal states in Nepal, you have zero choice. If you vote for UCPN Maoist, they gonna give you the first choice but not the later. And, if you voted for UML or NC they gonna give you the second but not the first. So, you are asked to compromise. There are many such issues in which you shall find strangled. The problem is much of the population has got into the habit of leaving into a selected few that they don't even care. This phenomenon has been degrading democracy ever since its inception and has rather burnt down the hopes of the state trying creative but minority backed ideas.<br />
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Third, democracy is the rule of the mightier to the minnows. None are going to be as lucky as South Africans. Imagine the blacks in SA fought for their rights and won it even with a population vastly smaller than the whites. Could they have maintained the same momentum through the parliament? Absolutely not! And another series of systematic absuse of the blacks would have intitated.<br />
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Fourth, democratic institutions are all based on revolutionary acts, but they themselves are the appartus to supress it. The French parliament recently announced not to allow any Muslim protests in backdrop of release of a blashphemic movie in the US. The legacy of the French parliament goes back to the French Revolution as radical and as creative an idea, however it is such fearful of its own people, that too of a stunning minority in terms of population.<br />
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Fifth, democracy needs money to run. From running a political party like in ours to run a presidential campaign as in USA, money plays a serious role. In fact in many previous elections in the USA the nominee getting the highest campaign fund has ultimately won the Presidency. This has developed illicit role between the hidden capitalists and the politicians. The policies are made in accord to these chosen donors though said to be representing the mass. In fact democracy has served as a disguise to serious economic crimes like the recurring recessions. If recession repeats every 3 decades, its only current day democracy that is preventing everyday people from breaking down the system. It is the last thing that demoralizes scholars who ought to challenge the current economic setup that is too much biased to the banks and corportaes.<br />
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There are many more drawbacks that democracy contains, too many leaks that can't be maintained forever. The world is just waiting for a revolutionary spark in one intelligent mind. That can be you. Don't stop thinking. Don't stop dreaming. It is almost sure that this skeleton of ragged and failed but still evasive form of democracy shall crumble and the propoganda that democracy is the best system shall just be another myth to be rewritten in the pages of history.<br />
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bloggerktmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302798184400858607noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673464970515175087.post-4861374421327427062012-09-20T08:00:00.000-07:002012-09-20T08:18:35.264-07:00THE MICHAEL EFFECT<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sometime back, I read an article of a foreign educated young Nepali women who went to rural Nepal working for a program in an INGO. She reportedly felt like not being treated as their own, by the people in the field. This is a prime example of the "Michael" effect. Compare a women, who would put lipstick in her cheeks to get that red look during her marriage to a sophisticated women who would not step out without a SPF leveled sunscreening cream.The difference is such that a mere closeness of 2-3 day is not enough to create homely interactions.Throughout the article she made genuine effort to indicate her willingness to serve Nepal, and her act of returning to Nepal in itself stands as a proof. However,she could have faced the situation better.<br />
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To those who have done schooling at Nepal, Jujuman is an interesting story included in Secondary level Nepali curriculum. The Michael that I am talking about is just the opposite of the Jujuman. The humiliation that Jujuman faced while visiting his relative in urban area, is nicely depicted in the story. Now, as more and more city based organizations are seeking to take their programs to rural Nepal, more of educated and modern Nepalese are visiting the rural and ragged side of Nepal.These urban Nepalese are facing opposite however similar humiliating incidences as Jujuman.Back in my hometown in Sarlahi, some of my uncle used to call me "Ta tuh Michael bhayechas"; when I visited them during occasions like Dashain. Covered with shining denim, and hair trying to point skywards, it certainly would have made me look like more of an alienated phenomenon than a village boy they searched in me. If somebody would put an earphone<br />
(especially those bigger ones) and murmur some foreign songs coupled with fancy sun glasses; that would make him look a perfect "Michael".<br />
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Here are some points which if taken care of could save you from being a Michael.<br />
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a. Dress Up: Don't dress what's fashionable in Kathmandu or Paris. It shall look nothing but alien to the rural people. Dressing unorthodox shall attract unwanted precaution and shyness while interacting. Simple shirts and soft jeans shall serve well.<br />
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b. Language: Don't mix English words until absolutely necessary. Most of the words that we use for granted like washroom, cupboard etc sounds too foreign. These shall create a negative impact in your audience and create a wider gap. Try to explain technical terms in as detailed way as possible. An engineer may be habituated to call a "suspension bridge" but saying "Jholunge Pul" creates a world of difference.If you are staying for a long time, try to make use of the local language.<br />
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c. Lifestyle: Try to adapt to the way the people are living. Try to have the same food, in the same manner. Don't try to be picky and particular. Maintain basic cleanliness but don't give an impression that the whole surrounding is allergic.Try to know more about people and try to accommodate yourself to their day-to-day life.<br />
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d. Attitude: Don't have an attitude like you are the learned and command high respect. Have an attitude of a learner and a trier. If you didn't like those folk songs played over and over again in the public buses of Kathmandu, it doesn't mean every folk songs are going to be boring. Listening to a live event in itself is a new and better experience. Try to learn or observe new things like milking, shearing of wool etc. Try to give equal space and maintain two way learning process with your rural counterparts.<br />
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I hope these tips would help you come out of the "Michael" shell and enjoy your trips to far flung remote part of Nepal.<br />
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bloggerktmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302798184400858607noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673464970515175087.post-15168684574214188722012-08-02T06:28:00.002-07:002012-08-02T06:28:33.001-07:00WHAT MISS NEPAL REALLY IS?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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As more diverse group are actively involved in social networking sites, the debate about current Miss Nepal has fuelled up. Links to her profile are splashed all around wall of FB and tweets. Her snaps in glamourous dresses, poses among the wild animals, and some controversial interview are being shared and viewed as never before. Even her nationality is a concern for many. Whatever be the case, Shristi Shrestha certainly enjoys popularity that none of the previous Miss Nepal had.<br />
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I think most of us have not understood what Miss Nepal really is. They love to call it "Miss Nepal World" while it is in real "Miss Upper Class Nepal". While, running across some tweets on this issue, one said about recent trend of winners "Is it necessary to be a Newar to be a Miss Nepal?". Well, not necessarily but you need to be that of an upper class rich family. The trend has risen to such proportion that, allegedly Hidden Treasure requested Shristi Shrestha to participate in Miss Nepal due to her modelling experience in England. It seems like the organizers are trying to make their presence felt at the World stage, by whatever means available.<br />
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Like any other beauty paegent, Miss Nepal depends on its sponsor which are predominantly beauty products. Imagine a farmer's daughter from Chitwan winning Miss Nepal, will her standing next to such cosmetic brands satisfy the sponsors? Certainly not! But instead if u have a stunning model, who is professional enough to know her poses by heart is gonna bring instant attention to their products. Imagine a posh beauty parlour opening with hands of current Miss Nepal, that shall just add up to its reputation. Such consumerism leads to selection of beautiful and glamorous ladies who have capability to perform as a brand ambassdor to the event's sponsor.<br />
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It is unfair to expect more than this from the organizers. Neither are they a governmental body, nor they are here to prove Miss Nepal represents Nepal. A ragged ,rugged and one of the poorest country of the world; no organizers can't ensure fair participation.Nepal is no USA where every high school girl carries a make up kit. The middle class and poor of Nepal can't afford participating in such events. They don't necessarily know the make up, dressing, ramp walks techniques. A name shake grooming session is just like 2 week of coaching before your final exams. Moreover, the winners must bear all the expenses for preparations with little or no support from the organizers. These hurdles have narrowed the juridisction of Miss Nepal into rich and thick wall of Kathmandu.<br />
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So, for those who criticize Miss Nepal; please stop it. Your voice is just not worth it. Miss Nepal was never designed for our agenda of inclusive and intelligent competition. It is just a show like "Indian Idol", which necessarily doesn't indicate what Indian Idols are or must look like. Miss Nepal, is merely a show where the upper class ladies with equally high esteemed questioners participate. Some clap, and some protest.The results are obvious.<br />
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Yes, the name "Miss Nepal" makes us feel that the event must be a concern of whole Nepal, however that is far from truth. And if Hidden Treasure asks for only candidates who are comfortable in Bikini; it won't surprise me for they are completely hyped by consumerism. Well, I do confess if the Miss World event has a swim suit round why doesn't Miss Nepal have it. I think that will attract more glamour, audience, sponsors and at least better our chances of being crowned Miss World rather than going abroad for recruitment. For those women leaders who criticize Miss Nepal, they rather get working into cases of forced prostitution of Nepalese women in Brothels of India and Nepal.<br />
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If somebody wishes to participate in such event and want a platform to model in ads and see the world at least for once, does our constitution stop it?<br />
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(photo courtesy: womennewsnetwork.net nepaliblogger.com)<br />
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</div>bloggerktmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302798184400858607noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673464970515175087.post-50249242880878908922012-07-18T00:05:00.000-07:002012-07-18T00:12:48.376-07:00IS GOD BIGGER THAN NATURE?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In several occasions, I have come across people and
situations that argue God created Nature. The placing of sun, the tilting of
Earth, the flow of river, the dark spots in moon, the constellations in sky all
are thought to be there for pleasure of God. This thought is completely vague,
ignorant and a shame to knowledge that mankind have acquired.</div>
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God, if bigger than nature would have ruled all of earth.
The animals to must have their own Christ to celebrate Christmas; the trees too
must have bowed when some human carried an idol of Shiva through the forest.
Well, even if not so God should not have looked like men, their story would not
have written in books that only literate man let alone other lovely species
could understand. So, the falsity with which every religion seems to spread its
propaganda regarding origin of life is a great fiction created by nature gifted
human imagination.</div>
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Let us first examine the universality of God among humans.
From Islam to Christianity, Hinduism to Buddhism the moral of religion seems to
be the same- that of brotherhood and peace but the day-to-day living codes lay
different. That is so obvious. A snow leopard leaves the same way as normal
leopards; hunting and feeding itself, suckling its young ones however their
prey is different, their hunting pattern is different too as their niche is far
apart. The same is with religion. Islam being originated in relatively hot
place demands young male’s prepuce to be cut. Later modern science stated that
such act would reduce the chances of cancer in male genitals. Christians marry
in White while Hindus wear White while mourning. It would be considered a sin,
if I being a Hindu wore White in my marriage, and the Christian would rarely
want to wear anything but white in his wedding. This tradition has lasted for
centuries, however the bitter truth of dishonesty among partners remains a part
of both culture. Hence, in name of God, society have made us do things that
maybe good or bad; but without it we would have still lived passing through
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So, you may ask how religion inhibited among us. It is the
same way how agriculture, industry, education inhibited us. The religions that
we talk of so fondly must have been created only once humans begin to live in
society. Thus God is part of Nature. Like the Physicist, who, if he can’t prove
“an ever occurring phenomenon”, terms his theory as hypothesis, religion is of
no more a thing than hypothesis of learned men who could not furnish proof. If
bathing thrice could provide men would vigor and jolliness all his day, nothing
but religion would force men of medieval era to do so. Thus, Hindus in an era
of disease and dirt might have flourished further due to this specific cultural
directive. However, with modernity some of religion’s best directives have been
left completely misinterpreted. While most of humans were into agriculture at
time when religions where created one after another, the only one human most
have prayed to for gifting them with food was Nature or God whom they believed
to have created Nature. However, in 21<sup>st</sup> century as much of us have
taken up service and industry, it is necessary that we thank the labor of
farmers along with Nature itself for providing us food. Such alterations in
religion are mere common sense, but the ways we have portrayed God has made us
frightfully but not willfully follow his words strictly.</div>
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However, it is true that there is spiritual side to life.
Only human can afford to meditate among the species in Earth. This is the great
gift that Nature has given to us. All religions have tried to exploit this
part, Buddhism at best. However, no religion has been able to make it a part of
our day-to-day life. This very fact will lead religion to extinction. Almost
all religious scriptures are written to evoke our spiritual part. However, the
priests and guardians of religion continue to contain themselves to reading
text from books whose language very few understand. If those responsible for
religion promotion worked hard to find justification to spiritual part of life,
and curtail God within limits of Nature it would prove a milestone in case of
human civilization. That is the difference between Modern Science and Religion.
Scientists are not only free to question but are provoked to question
established theories. Thus, Einstein could go over Newtonian Physics to develop
new unsought dimensions. However, you will get a hell ride if you questioned
what is in holy script. Thus curiosity never arises among the priests and
monks; they simply mug up what have been written thousand years back. They are
never encouraged to bring new dimensions to religion they follow, but are only
allowed to interpret what’s there for centuries.</div>
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</div>bloggerktmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302798184400858607noreply@blogger.com0Kathmandu 44600, Nepal27.7 85.333333327.6437645 85.254369300000008 27.7562355 85.4122973tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673464970515175087.post-41523716241260817932012-06-23T18:38:00.001-07:002012-06-23T18:38:10.448-07:00THE SECOND CLASS CITIZENS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In a regular, normal day, I asked a sane friend of mine a
more than sane question, "What is this?". He replied, "This is
f***ing bullshit!"<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, when I was
listening to a reply by one of the government official regarding shortage of
fertilizers I had the same reply written all over my face.</div>
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More than half of Nepalese depend on agriculture for their
livelihood. For most of them, paddy is the main source of feeding themselves
and earning a profit. With the irrigation system not in place; people already
have to depend on the almighty for rain. The next big thing is fertilizers.
Nepal needs about 700,000 tons of fertilizer annually. However, this summer
what we are going to have is just 150,000 tons of fertilizer. That deficiency
ratio is greater than the power deficiency and even crosses the petroleum
deficiency ratio. However, both the petroleum and power shortage issue gets
caught in tape and are shown over and over until some politician does a
"breaking news" kinda spectacular crap. It has been long since
Kathmandu has forgotten the rest of Nepal. Had fertilizer not made itself
available in polished shops of Kathmandu; people might have taken the issue up
to the street. The Reporter's Club would have hold a debate on
"Fertilizers..." and maybe the secretary of Agriculture ministry or
the minister himself might have suffered the same disgrace that Janajati Leader
Aang Kaji Sherpa has suffered through the hand of mainstream media.<br />
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Well, the street next to Tri Chandra and ASCOL gets crowded
with protest as soon as the petroleum tariff increases. And for our poor
farmers who have to toil hard to feed themselves, whose successive generation
has never made it to Kathmandu, there's none-not even in a Government college
to protest for their cause. It is obvious for the next generation of urban
based population to forget agricultural difficulties as much of us haven’t been
through the rigors of sweat and mud. It is always difficult to stand for the
cause of the poor’s. They cannot put a case in the court as some of our
Royalist do to revive the monarchy. They don’t go to conferences like RIO 21
like our caretaker PM has gone to. All they can do is visit neighboring state
of India and carry loads double or even triple the weight of their body just to
feed their family .A look that the Nepalese themselves are ashamed of seeing
when they travel to India. Why this? The answer is simple. Without proper
fertilizers the yield from their already limited land is not sufficient to feed
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The situation is critical in Nepal. Amidst the political
turmoil and instability the farmers are set to suffer in future as well. As per
the government, there is no way Nepal can import more of fertilizers until next
three month fulfilling technical procedure. Well, we defy technical procedure
when there is acute shortage of petroleum; we bring it via governmental
understanding with India even if there is an outstanding amount of due to be
paid. This is because, without Petroleum; Kathmandu and its leaders shall
starve. The luxury shall curtail. The pressure is enormous and somehow even if
it means standing in long lines the supply is restored. This is not the case
with fertilizers. With no connections to the bureaucrats and lobbyist in
Kathmandu the farmers have sought to contraband fertilizers from India. That in
itself has led to tax evasion and moreover than that the poor farmers are
cheated with sub standard fertilizers. Regular lab test has shown these
fertilizers of not having the chemicals as they advertise in their packet. The
farmers in the hills, they don’t even have access to these smuggled ones as
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And of course, we have famines due to issues like this. The
government sends second class foodies through costly airways. There the people
have to pay more for degraded stuffs. The state has treated them no less than
second hand citizens. First the state deprives them of raising their own crops,
and later rotten rice is sent to weather the self caused famine. The paddy
growers have to face tough competition from Indian counterparts as they have
heavily subsidized seeds, fertilizers and other crucial facilities. So, the
profit that the well-to-do farmers are doing in Terai is too decreasing. This
means the landless farmers who do farming in lease for their 'Mahajans' and
'Jamindars' get lesser of the share and subsequently suffer from food
insecurity.</div>
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There is little solution to this problem. According to some
agricultural experts, the delay in fertilizer supply is due to role of
commission in every aspect of the supply system. From immediate buyers to
transporters and suppliers all have to pay some commission to the officials.
Until the commission is fixed, importing of fertilizers is a far cry. As regard
as constructing our own fertilizer industry in Nepal. One report said, a 100 MW
of energy to run such industry. That seems to be a distant alternative.</div>
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Successive socialist government has ruled Nepal. We have
currently a PM who did his PhD based on Marxist ideals that criticize
capitalism. However, the truth is they have not been able to defy the principle
set by Adam Smith, where he says the workers of poor countries shall work for
more hours than workers of rich countries but still they would be much poorer. When some segment of the society raises voice for some limited ethnicities the problem is rather the farmers across all ethnicities are treated as a second class citizens.Hope, the future gets better for
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</div>bloggerktmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302798184400858607noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4673464970515175087.post-67092797963725865962012-06-09T10:26:00.001-07:002012-06-10T08:32:41.184-07:00MY LOVE Is NOT BLIND<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I still remember you being the first one I noticed when we
moved to Kathmandu. You and me were just child then. We didn't have to go to
school and with our parents away the whole afternoon we had enough time
together. With the city bustling, all colorful, full of neon lights all you
said beautiful were mere sounds that the wind bell hung on your ceiling would
produce. Unlike, me you never were fond of watching TV. That made me like you
simply because you were different from me and most of my friends. When my dad
would scold me for watching more of TV, and shut down my desktop when I reached
last level of a video game, I would consol myself for being close to you. I
liked being like you even if it was forced upon me.</div>
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Time passed soon. Now we had to go to a school. I would pray
to God so that we were admitted in the same school. Well you brought different
uniform days before school started, and I knew God shattered my dream that day.
You know I seldom cry in public, I didn't do it then too. But I cried in my
bed. Luckily, I managed my mom not to know of it. I didn't want her to feel sad
for my misery. Still, I woke up the next morning, with a frown in my face.
Unusual twitches in my face immediately brought attention out of my grey haired
Grandma. She would, as usual, ask me why? I could not help answering. I said I
wanted to go to the same school as you did. And, my Grandma said the school of
yours was for special ones. I need not go there because I was already special
from the very beginning. Well, I wanted to be just like you, not special than
you. I said the same to my Grandma, but she said life would be pathetic being
like you. That might have made me grow to hate you, but instead I grew loving
you more.</div>
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I was always a curious fellow; right from the beginning. So,
I would rush everyday to you to look at what you studied that day. Your books
were ridiculous. They didn't have the colorful pictures that ours had. I wanted
you to see my books, but you would not dare to. I felt how could you be like
that. Well, I didn't think much of it then. Then, I would say you were the most
beautiful girl I ever saw. You would ask me to describe how you looked. I used
to say, you had beautifully curled up thick-black hair, big forehead, beautiful
brown eyes, and your lips were more than pretty when you smiled. You would
blush and your face would turn red and I would often, to redden you further,
ask you to do the same about me. You used to say, I smelt good, my skin felt
soft, my hair though thorny were good enough to rub the cheek with, and
particularly you were fond of my voice. At that moment, I would feel ashamed
that I couldn't define you the way you did me.</div>
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Slowly, we promoted our respective classes just like how we
lifted ourselves in the steps close to Pashupati. I always cherish those
moments, where I would hold your hand and took you to those green benches
facing the temple, in the evening. I came there because I like seeing the
temple ablaze in evening light produced by dying sun coupled with blazing
yellow electric bulbs. You said you loved to listen to the evening prayers and
the birds chirp faintly. Among these days, there would come February 14. I
always waited for that day, to let you know that I loved you no matter what. I
still remember the first time I felt like celebrating that day with you, I
brought you a bouquet of red roses out of my winter's saving. When you inhaled
the smell of it; my breathing halted and my heart pounded. Then you said, to
bring Jasmines the next time since you could hold it easily without minding the
thorns. Moreover, I know your love for that flower and still feel enthralled
remembering those days when you used to tell me I smelt like Jasmine. And the
next year, when I brought jasmines to you, I never saw you that happy before.
You thanked me for remembering your choices. Well, you must have known by then
that it was the only thing I cared of. We were in each other’s arm that day. We
felt like being at top of the world. That heavenly moment was perfect to bring
us more closer. I drew your chin towards me while you closed your eye lids. I
gradually came towards you, and just the moment I saw your lips part to make
path for mine's our noses collided. We smiled at our inexperience, and you
looked down shying. Well, we corrected ourselves just few seconds after and
shared our first kiss. So pleasant, soothing was the feeling that I can still
remember every fragment of it. It made me think what would have happened if I
have never met you.</div>
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was marrying you. I knew you were the one I wanted to be with all my life. I
said it to my parents. They would deny. And why that? I would lay disappointed
for few more days. Seeing me agitate, my mom proposed me to marry your sister. She
said you and your sister looked alike. I could marry her and be as happy. Such
ridiculous argument made me boil from inside. I asked for the last time ,"Why?".
My mom replied, "Because she is blind". </div>
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She replied as if I didn't know the fact. I knew it a decade
and a half ago. I loved you before I knew it and still more after I knew that
you could see more than what our human eyes could. Your senses would travel
faster than light, so you are no less special than us. With all these thought
crashing in my mind I replied to my mom,
" Yeah she is blind, but my love to her is not blind. It seeks her and
cares for her all the while. I cannot live without her."</div>
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As the mystery of another Jestha 14 unfolds, the most
unexpected thing might just have happened. As the clock steadily moved towards
midnight, it was almost clear none of our leaders were really into constitution
making. They had their own set of tricks to covert to what they wanted after
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The first Coup as I say is committed by the united stand of
NC and UML. Once, it was clear that the issues of federalism could not be
solved by consensus; they should have allowed the issue to roll into motion in
the CA. Most probably a voting in it would have been the best option at that
time. However, knowing that their own lawmakers would cross the floor, the
leaders of these parties sought to delay the process in name of flexibility and
consensus. Had voting been done, UML would have been in serious trouble with
their Leader Prithivi Subba Gurung taking the leadership of the Janajati
Caucaus. A signature campaign set right after the 5 point agreement between the
4 major stake holders earlier, gathered 320 out of 596 lawmakers to go for
federalism based on identity. They might be wrong or right, but democracy was
doomed that day and doomed hard. The NC and UML knowing they would lose to this
issue, never really wanted to get into the CA, where they didn't have the same
bargaining teeth as in other meetings outside the CA. The so called democratic
parties broke the very backbone of modern day democracy that day.</div>
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The second coup is a fresh one but a long thought for. The
Maoists, even the liberals, always ought to have the final onus to be the
"State Capture" walas. Every Maoist speaks of it, especially in their
internal meet. As far as I am concerned, the Maoists have the cleverest of leaders
with their mind full of amazing political tricks. The Baidya faction and
Prachanda faction continuously play the Hollywood's Good Cop- Bad Cop routine.
The Baidya faction has been able to retain the disgruntled and hardliner faction
of their cadres; while Dr. Baburam Bhattrai continuously attempts to bring in more
of the middle and upper class into the party base. As, Jestha 14 came closer,
the Maoist leadership played an interesting game. Knowing that the downfall of
CA, would bring down the legislature as well they organized a show piece
discussion the whole afternoon. As the majority of communists, who seek the
right situation to pounce for their unquestionable and continuous right to the
government, Maoists of Nepal have done the same. If Dr. Bhattarai doesn't
resign by himself, there's nothing else to force him to. A Coup, as said by the
Chief whip of NC, occurred due to the failure of the same party to understand
Maoist tactics. Maoists now have a stronghold in country's day-to-day running.
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If NC and UML don't go into election as soon as possible,
but rather choose to stick to its formulae of bringing down Maoist led
government showing constitutional short comings, it will obviously play into Maoist's ploy to stay in the
government infinitely. So NC and UML along with other parties have no choice to
go into election, even if it be under Maoist government, which shall sustain
itself till then via it's coup of Jestha 14. </div>
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When I woke up last Saturday morning, I was not aware of that
day being birthday of Karl Marx. Luckily, one of my friends in twitter tweeted
to greet Karl Marx his 194<sup>th</sup> birthday. I grew nostalgic and posted
some thought into Facebook to mark the occasion.</div>
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I adored utopia of equality since beginning of my teenage. I
had to call myself a something, so that people could understand what I felt
like politically and socially. So, when people asked me of my ideology, I began
calling myself a person who adored Marx. I was in deep love with this man’s
thinking. His political rhetoric would attract my thoughts especially while
seeing poor laborers carrying loads heavier than them, but paid miserly to. I
have had hard time persuading peoples why Marx should be regarded as one of the
greatest thinkers of all time. The ruthless autocracy in North Korea, the
repression of Tibetans by the Chinese Communist Party, millions of deaths in
Stalin’s Russia were enough to deter my friends from wanting to know more of
Marx. I could not agree more to the intellectuals who rightfully point out flaw
in the way communist have ruled states in name of Communist Manifesto
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However, Marx’s thinking has planted an irreplaceable dream
in human kind; the dream to create a just world. Though the dream was a utopian
one, it is the first of a kind to connect people in a revolution aiming for
justness in such a large scale, over vast lands. It is true that a social
theory possess loopholes. Most of our ancient astronomers were wrong to believe
in sun revolving around Earth; however this observation laid foundation to
modern day astronomy. So, it is no big deal if Marxism came with flaws in it. However,
he has made us dream if a society better than what current day democracy has
achieved. The same dream could be obtained by completely different means but
the credit of making humans think of its possibility goes to Marx. In an
upbringing where we are ready to praise Devkota for dreaming to reach the moon
even before the human did, it is inappropriate that we don’t pay respect to a
man who thought if every one of us would be free of hunger, prejudice and
injustice. Neglecting Marx and his theories as utopian would be betrayal to
humanity.</div>
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Many people criticize
and sense authoritarian manners in Marx’s idea of legitimizing violence to
overthrow bourgeois rule to establish autocracy of proletariat. Let us deal
with the first part. In a totally different context, CK Lal points out in his
column Reflection (Republica Daily): “The Road to Martyrdom”, “Lord Krishna justifies wars, even
by means of deception if necessary for end of tyrannies and restoration of
righteousness.” It is similar to what Marx said. It is debatable if Nepal would
have been a Republic this soon without a ‘People’s War’, but the Tsar would not
have been removed from Russia; ruthless Batista would not have been ousted from
Cuba have the discontent of the working class be united by communist ideas. As
far as autocracy of proletariat is concerned, communist parties can achieve it
through democratic ways. Successful example of it is the three decade long rule
of communist party in West Bengal of India, which recently ended in a bitter
loss. The communist parties can establish the rule of the proletariats for a
long time, taking consent of regular terms from the people. This fact is more
underlined by Leon Trotsky when he famously said, “Democracy is oxygen to
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Attempts to revitalize communism from its ugly track of
autocracy via bureaucracy of a single political party, as in Stalin’s Russia,
were even made in Nepal. The credit goes to a
foresighted Marxist-Leninist Madan Bhandari. As per the demand of time,
in his doctrine “People’s Multiparty Democracy” , Bhandari has tried to push
his communist party out of extreme leftist mode into a democratic socialist
force. In fact, many socialist parties in Europe are based on consolidation of
their communist ideals. The popularity of such parties in Nordic states and
recent polling trends in France, Portugal, and Greece support the popularity of socialists in Europe. However, many rigid communists, so called ‘hardliners’
view this as a betrayal to revolution and tag it as ‘revisionism’. This
dogmatic approach deprives pragmatic communist to innovate and adapt after the
overthrowing of a bourgeois autocratic leader. This approach has failed to yield
communism as a self evolving dynamic culture, rather it appears to be an
imposed ditto of some other unsuccessful regime of the past.</div>
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The hardliners are wrong in their insistence to push Unified
Maoists, the biggest political force of Nepal into a fully fledged communist
revolution. Marx himself was aware that a successful communist state could not
be built upon an isolated agricultural economy. Alex Callicinos explains in his
book ‘The revolutionary ideas of Karl Marx’ the reasons for failure of USSR, “As
Marx had predicted, the confinement of the revolution to a single country meant
that the whole filthy business of exploitation and class struggle was
restored.” Nepal would suffer the same fate, a communist dictator would take
over and Stalinism would eventually dominate Marxism. The writer further
insists that ‘forced industrialization’ was flung into by the Stalin regime
during and after 1928-29. This goes against the very basics of Marxism. In
fact, the communist manifesto clearly states the beginning of united revolt of
the proletariat to take place in the economies where Capitalism has reached its
pinnacle. However, to the contrary communist revolution happened first in
Russia and is popular in poor country like ours. Marxist had hoped the Russian
Socialist Revolution to be a “a signal to western proletariat revolution<span style="color: red;">. </span>A self sustainable communist world is to happen only
when whole of the world resources are capitalized, a small economy like Nepal
would go by the North Korean way if we happen to embrace what the hardliners
are pushing for.</div>
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If we look at matters seriously, Nepal is
the last hope for modern communists. Unlike China, Cuba or North Korea communist
ideas are popular among the Nepalese without any forced propaganda or
repression by the state. We are probably the only country left, which could get
an elected communist executive in the near future. Hence, we don’t have the
luxury to experiment the same as orthodox communist regime did to fail just few
decades ago. The way forward for communists in Nepal is a tough and demanding
one. As written in the communist manifesto by Marx and Engels, “<span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">This organization of the proletarians
into a class, and, consequently into a political party, is continually being
upset again by the competition between the workers themselves. But it ever
rises up again, stronger, firmer, mightier.” Hopefully, scattered communists of
Nepal would unite and run as a single force in upcoming elections. Further in
the communist manifesto it is clearly stated that, “</span>The Communists do not form a separate party
opposed to the other working-class parties.” Unfortunately, we have clear factions
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The recurring
crisis in capitalist system like the recent recession in US and Europe would
make Marx resurface despite rigorous attempt to nullify his criticism of the
current system. But, it would be great if Nepal could prove a point or two by
successfully pointing to the West, a democratic socialist state could sustain efficiently.
It would stand as a towering example; just like our peace process and removal
of monarchy did to bewilder the Western elites. Who knows, the pursuit of equality
would rejoice the world once again from the deeds of our communists?<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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