Shameful Pride
Bhumika Ghimire
May 19, 2006
Girija Koirala declared in the Nepali parliament that we Nepalese are no longer subjects but citizens of a free nation. Just outside the parliament a group of people giddy with joy on hearing that the no longer need to accept the king as their god, supreme leader of the nation praised the ?courage? of our leaders. Whole nation is celebrating this event, I guess, except me.
I am not the one secretly worshipping the king wearing a cover of a republican; I am not the self declared patriot killing my compatriots to achieve power. Still it is hard for me to be happy that finally I am free, my people are free. I don?t see the freedom, I don?t see the joy. The King has now been reduced to a real figure head, the parliament has all the powers, and we as citizens control the parliament. Now Nepali people will decide the fate of the nation. Is this for real?
I don?t think so. We have been cheated again. Mr. Koirala declared that we are free, but the freedom is now captive of the Maoists. Matrika Koirala, senior Maoists leader has demanded that they should be allowed to lead the Government. I have not heard any one from the government say anything against this, I have not heard anyone raise questions about the Maoists openly declaring that they will now lead Nepal to a Communist Republic, raising question about the illegal activities of the Maoists, human rights abuses seems like an impossible dream.
Our freedom, our destiny has now been handed to the Maoists, and we are celebrating it. The whole nation seems to be under a spell of deceit, lies and fake promises. Still we are happy, we are proud. There is no shame for accepting terrorists as leaders, instead there is pride, there is no shame of killing innocent people, there is pride for being revolutionary.
Anyway, all the best for those who are celebrating. I hope I will be proved wrong.
Copyright:Bhumika Ghimire, 2006
I am not the one secretly worshipping the king wearing a cover of a republican; I am not the self declared patriot killing my compatriots to achieve power. Still it is hard for me to be happy that finally I am free, my people are free. I don?t see the freedom, I don?t see the joy. The King has now been reduced to a real figure head, the parliament has all the powers, and we as citizens control the parliament. Now Nepali people will decide the fate of the nation. Is this for real?
I don?t think so. We have been cheated again. Mr. Koirala declared that we are free, but the freedom is now captive of the Maoists. Matrika Koirala, senior Maoists leader has demanded that they should be allowed to lead the Government. I have not heard any one from the government say anything against this, I have not heard anyone raise questions about the Maoists openly declaring that they will now lead Nepal to a Communist Republic, raising question about the illegal activities of the Maoists, human rights abuses seems like an impossible dream.
Our freedom, our destiny has now been handed to the Maoists, and we are celebrating it. The whole nation seems to be under a spell of deceit, lies and fake promises. Still we are happy, we are proud. There is no shame for accepting terrorists as leaders, instead there is pride, there is no shame of killing innocent people, there is pride for being revolutionary.
Anyway, all the best for those who are celebrating. I hope I will be proved wrong.
Copyright:Bhumika Ghimire, 2006
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