Political Class, Continue to Look the Other Way

"With Girija's death, one extended era of political malfeasance (under the pretense of democracy) will end and another of anarchy (under the disguise of freedom) will begin. The war that Girija and his clansmen ignited in the early nineties has culminated after a decade and a half with Girija and his same clansmen now playing the role of the "peace loving" democratic party that is prepared to go to any length to bring peace to Nepal...."

"Nepalese find themselves so immersed in the present, so bitter about the recent past and so marred by multiple layers of feudal, ethnic, class-based agony, they have completely lost appreciation for the manipulative intent of their current "masters" or the lackluster performance of the same political elite who are being "rewarded" by renewed tenures in office. ..."

"Insurgent/military combat may have ceased. But the fight goes on.

Those who had the luxury of three degrees of separation from the decade-long conflict are free to speak their minds in way of academic discourse. Those who did not enjoy such luxuries are not as likely to forget either the Maoist terror or the state's brutal response. It is quite easy for consultants on "peace-making salaries" to preach conflict resolution, reconciliation and truth. It is not as easy for the majority of those who have suffered, to comply. Even the king as a symbol of everything that is wrong in Nepal, is an insufficient distraction when the "killer of my brother is a sitting member of parliament."..."

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http://nepaliperspectives.blogspot.com/2007/01/surreal-politics-how-nepals.html