Reminiscences of values I had in Nepal

I go through several articles on Nepal, found in National and International Media. The criticism you read from the writers is unbearable. I remember a small chapter i read once when i was in junior classes written in Nepali language titled " ke Nepal sano cha ??? " meaning ( Is Nepal Small ? ) .

It was very hard to understand the literature part magnificently articulated by one of the greatest writer of Nepal of all times, Laxmi Prasad Devkota. Today when I remember the chapter, I feel that why is it that my country, although being one of the smallest, is undergoing a situtation where it has been very hard by the administrators of my country to handle. I see Bhutan,Maldives and other small countries which has no such problems and then i see India, US, Australia, etc which are very large in size in comparison to my country but still places my country no where when I compare with them.

I am not trying to compare Nepal with other countries. Western world lies far ahead when you compare. Nepal ranks 142nd in HDI ( Human Development Index ). Many of you may not realise what it reflects. Google it once. But name itself suggests that what is the position of the country.

"sundar, shanta Nepal" is one line I remember when read all about Nepal. Politicians along with the want of Power have killed the Nation. Its suffering from losses of its son, daughter, property, as well as its reputation or I should say dignity. There has been no development work in the country for the past 10 years and even if some has happened, iit has not engulfed the nations demand. People are deprived of basic necessities of life. I heard from travellers in the country that "this country is a world in itself. We have this, we have that......" but now when I try to figure out we have what, I get to know only about slums in terai (plain) region, villages in hilly regions. There was a time when we saw unprecedented growth in the per capita income and the country touched the level of being a 2nd world country, but the recent activities has not helped the country to overcome this tag and has futher drenched the country with the tag of " Third World Country."

Power makes man blind is proved correct. People in power have manipulated the government according to their needs and power has not come with position but has come with the plenty of ammunition. Sometimes an impulse takesover the mind to become the next politician and re-structure everything to make the country the next Best country in the world, but then the fear of failure, the fear of life from those corrupted politicians, the fear of lack of support from family as well as people overtakes the mind again and tells that who are you to do something and probably what can you do with no political recognition in the country. And thus settles all the thoughts and send it to the corner of the brain from where it is hard to recollect everytime.

I dont know what do others think about it.

I wonder that what does a politician needs. He gets all the money he wants, all power he wants, but still is not worried about people. The same people who give them power. They have money enough to sustain their fore-children but still the want of more and more makes them blind. No one dies hungry in this world if you will to earn. Even a rickshaw puller earns money for his family needs.

Education is the power one need to develop things. The utilization of funds, the utilization of manpower comes all alive with education. There is a need of improvement in the education system. The rich or poor, the village boy, or a slum area boy, all needs to be educated. WIth education we wont have those politicians. We wont have a system where we would loot others for bettering our position. There is a need of drastic change in the system. There is a need of creating a feeling of satisfation in the mind of general public that we live in a place which can be called "sundar, shanta Nepal."

There are lots of other measures, we know, should be taken. Am not going to the details of those. Am just requesting the poeple in Power to realise the importance of fundamental needs of common people and look forward to achieve those than ammasing wealth and power.

I know its easier to sit and comment on what is happening. But this thing really annoys me when I see other prospering and making their life better and we going back and back in time.