Prashanta and Nepali nationality

I was surprised to see the mass of youths thronging to Jawalakhel to see/listento the Indian Idol Prashanta Tamang.

I find no reason why should Prashanta Tamang be adored, loved by Nepalis. He is by no means Nepali just because he speaks Nepali and because his family name is like a Nepali? This might be a trick of those Indians (specially belonging Darjeeling, Asaam, Sikkim and Meghalaya) to win the title. They suddenly remember that there is a country called Nepal to win more and more SMS and let the Indian company make profit.

Otherwise, language alone cannot make somebody Nepali or British. An Indian can sing in English. Will it make George Bush happy?

Have you ever heard Prashanta sining in Nepali or for Nepal earlier? Have you see in in Nepal? Can you quit Indian citizen and come and live with us like a Nepali? No. All 76ttares are like that. We must be clear at this turning point of time who is Nepali adn who is not. Superficial slogan of blood relation will finally leave us nowhere.

I also believe that nationalism is not only citizenship card. But it should also be feeling. That feeling should not be selfish, business-minded or ill-guided. I love all the Nepali speakers in Darjeeling, Sikkim and other places. But ask your heart, have they been Nepali earlier? They enjoy working in India, win Indian citizenship card and subsidy and facilitiy provided by the Indian Government. And whey they are knocked down by Bangalis, or when they see some attraction in Nepali, they suddenly change their colour and come to Nepali for some profit of other kind.

Actually, Prsahanta did not win the title of Indian Idol because of his voice or talent. The Indian government itself want a kid of tie between the Indians of Darjeeling and Nepalis of Nepal. They want us to feel a kind of love for the Nepali-speaking Indians. They want to make us feet that they are Nepali and would be used as the Sikkimis to have Nepal annexed in India. This will eventually make Nepal a Sikkim.

See, we cannot accept a Madheshi as a Nepali just because he cannot speak Nepali and we are ready to welcome a man with Indian citizenship as our fellow being. Shame, Prime Minister also had time to meet that Indian child. This is a high time to discuss about our Nepalism. Janani Janmabhoomisxha Swargadapi Gariyashi.

Long live Paras

I'm very sorry to know that our once-upon-a-time His Highness Crown Prince Paras had a minor heart attack. I will certainly commit suicide if I come to know that he is dead. I will not tolerate any other tragedy in this world.

Paras (for he has created himself an institution in Nepal's history of monarchy) has to live long. There are lots of things in this country that he must see. How can he simply close his eyes so soon? He has to read newspaper every morning and watch TV every evening to know how people think about the gift of Baba Gorakhnath? And how will Jana Astha etc have scoop every other week on who thrashed whom in which discotheque at what time of the night? Let more people speak about monarchy, the king the queen and their son.
He also has to see how the election of constituent assembly take place (and how the Hanuman Prasad Koirala will betray the people and again turn his family property of Nepali Congress into a Rajabadi party) and how the people will shake the name of monarchy from the history of Nepal.

It was nice that the dose of "Kalo Padartha" was not enough to make him sleep long. That was enough. Please come up from the bed and take part in the active politics.
Long live Praras.

Tale of Two Ministers

It was a nice evening yesterday. I went all to Soaltee to listen to two ministers all the in the rain. And I found two jokers, begging for alms there.

One was Dr Ram Sharan Mahat. He had a lot of things to say. He says that we need all - big hydro-projects to export electricity to India, medium-size projects to consume in our cities and small projects to electrify small villages. He knows all that. I bet, we did his doctorate in the importance of hydro-electricity projects and this is why he was made finance minister, without counting the votes he earned. What else he can say? There are much to preach to criticise others. But he cannot say one thing. He cannot say how much Finance Ministry is going to invest in developing one single hydroelectricity plant in the year to come. This is indeed a fun time for the ministers. They don't' have to do anything than assuring that the election of the Constituent Assembly will take place in time (may by mid November these days). Thank God, he did not have anything to say that Severn Trend is the best company to handle Kathmandu Valley's water.

And then the great Environment minister Mahantha Thakur. What else he could say? He sincerely read out the handout he was given with. All he could do was to beg the European Commission to extend the project of Renewable Energy Project. Very honestly, he did what he was told to.

Friends, I lately came to know that the whole programme was held (in the invitation, it was said that a workshop was taking place) to pressure the donors, that is, European Commission, to extend the project, which is scheduled to be complete by 31 December 2008. As the government and the NGOs were more busy in enjoying the project facilities (loot ko dhan phoopu ko shreaddha), the government fails to complete it in the given time and there was no other option than to beg the donors for more money (to swim in the dollar-pool) for some more years.

And you see, the failure project implementers had at least money to host a cocktail dinner at the Soaltee hotel ! This is Nepal, man, try to understand.