CK LAL, Propaganda and Nationality
Few days ago, we happened to see a controversial article by the noted writer, Mr CK Lal in a famous news portal. Regarding his views about the nationality , the article is quite baseless , hypothetical , I dismiss the objective of the article and so does a decent Nepalese.
But with this article , what made me think about the nationality. This has been chewing gum for a long time from Royal era to current political parties and I guess that it is really sensitive issue to write in this topics. But I am writing this article not for an interest to get a ticket to get candidacy in the next general election nor to get flattered by a bunch of people. I am writing this article also in English not because I feel comfortable to write in English nor I feel to prestigious to write in English, just for that I have found there are so many Nepalese who can not read Nepalese and my purpose in this article is not to undermine those people at all.
Let’s see this difficult word what the nationality is. Nationality always comes above language and culture and it is national interest and interest of its PEOPLE.
1. If you speak Nepali and you still sign controversial treaty for your personal interest , that is not nationality . That is cheating to your nation.
2. If you feel proud to exploit Nepali youth in the name foreign employment and make them toil at 50 degree celsius desert and feel proud to welcome 3-4 for coffin box at TIA and feel still proud to announce your economics is flourishing, I think that is not nationality, but you big cheating.
3. You feel ashame to see a TV anchor’s interview but enjoy to see low level soap dramas in Nepalese media, music videos that teach to speak low , think low and teach other cheat always.
4. You kill thousands of people on the name of revolution and keep people poorer poorer and always blend your nationality chewing gum with new poisonic nationality sugar.
The country needs brotherhood nationality. We need to love each other. While I was in Nepal, it was pitiful was condition, how we used to deal with with our classmates from Terai.
We never felt that they are brothers because it was the environment. So are people from Himalayas districts. How much discrimination we have to bear just because we are not from remote district. Why all these happened and happening ?
The problem is the samein the aboard as well. Nepalese are exploiting Nepalese themselves. They always run after politics and media. People feel to be proud photo published in media with some VIP persons . Authorities seem to lack some concrete vision. People that appear in media always are same faces, lack proper vision and professionalism and rarely driven passion for Nepalese society in stead of personal interest . Of course, me myself might not be the exception.
Look at Japan. It was there years back.Big earthquake and Tsunami hit the country. People died a lot and suffered a lot . One thing that touched to my heart was that there was a long line in a disaster hit area , people were waiting for a cup of hot soup that somebody is handing out in the chilling morning. People were waiting with patience calmly . When the soup ran out,they calmly take their way with empty cups without any protest.Nobody stood in the line for twice. People from Okinawa ,the southernmost part of Japan were sending rice bags to disaster hit people. We could have done same thing by sending rice from Jhapa to Jumla to mitigate the pain of people suffered from diahorrea by having addled rice.
Society needs a robust national understanding. Taking bribe and building a weak bridge or road might kill your own relative. Manufacturing a bad quality biscuit , advertising it in TV might spoil the kids’ health, those kids eventually by becoming unhealthy might not work in your own biscuit factory or your TV station ! We are in an ecosystem to help the other and get help from the other, not to do just a business with other and get exploited in return.
If we can have this very noble attitude and teach people to have the attitude , I think that will be the pure nationality.
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