Story of a wise man

Once upon a time, there was a wise man. A man with European height, thick glasses, and long bear – the very appearance will remind of a great Russian poet or a scientist. But, fortunately enough, he is a lawyer. A lawyer with a very dashing logic and amazing willpower to win the whole world. His name indicates that he is a thinker. Let's remember the days when he was honoured by the locals of Kali Gandaki. He loves poor people, people conserving water and drinking it too.

From the very beginning of the Melamchi story, he was against the ambitious project. From both the end, that is, from Melamchi valley as well as from Kathmandu Valley he won support from the locals. He is very good at collecting protest. He really did it. Thanks to the advocacy of his kind, a strong group of consumers at Melamchi are ready to jump into the river at his signal. I salute him. He has a machine in his pocket, which issues press releases on any trivial issue.

And his voice was on the highest pitch when the government tried to amend the ordinance on the NWSC etc that would open door way to "privatisation". He has always said no to privatisation in all places - in Kalimati and in Basantapur.

He had a great skill to ignite staffers of NWSC and raise a typhoon in Tripureshwor.

His valuable speeches, which reminds us of those of Churchill, are as adorable as weekly newspapers. I heard that he has seen Pashupati Shamsher Rana as Nepal's future prime minister.

So much so, he did not let a public hearing continue at Basantapur and he was the hero at hurling chair on the stage.

Now, thanks to Minister Yami and others, the Severn Trent have run away from this Valley and she is thinking about letting the Melamchi project run in some other way. The latest development of the whole story is that as the story took some positive turns, the wise man suddenly disappears from the scene. Incredibly.

No doubt, we know that he is a lawyer and he can keep him busy with cases of any nature, just for money's sake. But it is mysterious, why he is silent for months, when such and such pleasant changes are taking place in Singha Durbar. I wonder, how he can remain indifferent.

I know that ADB is strange. It can spend any money on anybody, just to let things go in the way the bank wants. I also know that it even pays money to those who oppose the it in the public. May be, it has some staffers here who go to the street and chant slogans like "ADB, go home". But still, I don't want to think that that beared man is an ADB-agent. Just leave him alone.

We remember, Wrold Bank left Melamchi, saying that there is a single bidder. Now, ADB wants an excuse to say good bye to Melamchi. It's just a wild guess, who knows.

But I certainly would like to see him coming to the street and saying something from his heart. He is a man of my fathers' age, but to be frank, I miss him a thousand time these days.