Posted by: swaati thapa March 15, 2005
What are changes and not changes in Nepal for century?
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3) Social and Cultural: We have created morally corrupt society. What to talk about aafno maanche policy. Wrong ppl are getting position in right places. Corruption is so wll entracned that one is not required to dwell on it. The saying " to enjoy power" has acquired different dimension. Coruption whis is worldwide phenomenon is so wide and open one just pretend not seeing it. They can even be condoned as inevetable and a small price to pay in a country where shycophancy and flexible notions of morality are becoming inherent cultural traits. That is if the people benefits from the expense of state. Here i want to add small para by Harka Grg. The old legal code, was revised nine decades later (1963) by amending some penal clauses on untouchability. Nepal Constitution-1990 guarantees the right to equality by stating that the State shall not discriminate against citizens on the basis of religion, colour, sex, caste, ethnicity or belief (Article 11.3). However, the above Constitutional right is negated by a clause in the Muluki Ain as amended in 1992 which states that the 'traditional practices' at religious places shall not be considered as discriminatory. This means that those castes once categorised as untouchable would still have no access to shrines and temples. In the same way, adherence to 'traditional practices' would imply exclusion of ethnics and lower castes and, therefore, inequality in other spheres also. Thus, social discrimination and untouchability has remained a fact of everyday life in the world's only Hindu kingdom. Muluki Ain doesn't specify about the Madhises either. Hence creating a mess society which encourages distrust among nepali people.
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