नेवा: सँस्कृतियागु बारे छ:गु जक खँ धाय फु-व ख: एकदम सहनशील। नेपा मन्डले
पृथ्वी नारायणं खूनी हमला याउ न्हापा निसीँ नेवा:मी पिँ थ:थगु धर्म व: जीवन
पद्धती अँगालेयाना आरामँ च्वनाच्वँगु झीगु ईतिहास दु:। नेपाल भाषाके पोख्त
मुसमा, क्रिश्चियन, बौद्धमार्गी व हिन्दुमार्गी दक्वँ नेवा: सँस्कृतियागु दुने
च्वनाच्वँगु ख:। तर, जब व: आक्रमणकारी नँ ल्हा तल, नेवा: सँस्कृतियागु दुनेये
फुट व विभाजन पिकेयात हजार कोशिस यात। दक्वसेँ न्हापाला नेवा: क्रिश्चियन तयत
आक्रमण यात। मनुवाद त राज्यदर्शन यायेत: व: आक्रमणकारी नँ नेवा: क्रिश्चियन तयत
आक्रमण यागु ख:। नेपाल मन्डले दुने राष्ट्रिय व: अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय सँबन्ध बढेया
फुपिँ व: नेवामी तयत: यागु हत्या, बलात्कार व अत्याचारयागु भन्डाफोर जुई धाया
ग्याना: व: हमलाकारी नँ नेवा: क्रिश्चियन तयत थगु: जन्मभूमी नँ जबर्जस्ती
हतियारयागु बलय देशनिकाला यागु ख:।


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There is not an iota of doubt that we are the most tolerant culture in
entire Nepal. Newah culture used to be melting pot of Christianity, Islam,
Buddhism and Hinduism. Nepal Mandal used to be the spectacular place in the
entire world where all the religions co-existed. The Muslims were even
provided their own Mosque. Similarly, the Christians were also about to
practice their faith in a full-fledged manner. But, everything changed with
the arrival of the barbaric mercenary whom till date the Mandales fondly
address as Bada Maharaj Prithvi. Combined by the rich Nepal Bhasha, Newahs
of valley performed their duties peacefully without any major armed
conflict. Small disputes and altercations were generally solved over the
negotiation table. The concept of autonomy was so deep that Kathmandu valley
itself used to have different rulers. In hindsight, the Malls kings of Nepal
perfectly practiced the model of federalism in then Nepal Mandala. But,
peace-loving, culturally rich and craftsmen's society was targeted for
devastation, subjugation and centuries long servitude.


All these started with a desire of a sick mentality groomed under the
influences of Manusmriti. Prithvi Narayan was made to believe from his
childhood that he was destined to be the ruler and he was taught by
Manusmriti followers that massacring peoples belonging to other culture and
society never constitutes a sin. But, before they launched real bloody
attack, first they disguised themselves as help-seekers. Prithvi's father
Narbhupal requested then ruler of Bhaktapur to teach his son some nuances
about Newah culture and civilization. And here came the turning point in our
cultural history when the Prithvi set his dirty, mean and filthy feet on the
soil of Bhaktapur at first.


Exactly like present day intelligence officials, Prithvi started gathering
information on geo-political situation, entrance points to the valley and
international relations of then valley administrators. But, ignorant to
Prithvi's grand-designs, Ranjit Malla kept on feeding the milk to that
cobra. Never before in history, one man's blunder brought devastation to the
entire culture as witnessed in this case. Once he knew and gathered
information, he did what only Gayasuddin Tugalak had done before. But,
unlike Gayasuddin, this mercenary stayed put and allowed a new version of
Manusmriti to come into existence so that every one of his followers would
keep on attacking, displacing, framing and even murdering ordinary Newahs
for more than 2 centuries and till date.


Historically, the creator of Bahunbad in Nepal is none other than the
mercenary Prithvi and his bahun advisors. Bahun advisors provided religious
legitimacy to blood-thirsty urges of Prithvi and Prithvi quenched his thirst
with the blood of ordinary Newahs who were not even directly related with
governance. The valor and bravery of Newah fighters terrified Manusmriti
laden hollow mind of Prithvi very much. And to conceal his cowardice, he
showed his bravery by chopping off the noses and ears of Newahs who were by
then his own subject. Coward Prithvi failed to perform his RajDharma at the
first instance itself. And to consolidate his rule in Nepal Mandala, he
stopped recruiting Newahs in his mercenary army on the pretext of Newahs
being coward and timid. His actions show that he was the real coward. But,
his bahun advisors set the propoganda machinery hyperactive and Newahs
started getting the treatment of second class citizen.


People here fondly recall Dharma Bhakta, Gangalal, Shukra Raj Shastri and
Dashrath Chanda and claim that there is no distinction amongst these
martyrs. I fully agree on this point. We ordinary Newahs, have never
discriminated anyone based on race, ethnicity or language. Dashrath Chanda
is as great a martyr as great are Dharma Bhakta, Gangalal and Shukra Raj.
This is our viewpoint. But, the Bahunbadi rulers have never viewed it as we
see. Bahunbad even discriminates amongst the martyrs. Because of this
discrimination we have "living martyer" in Tanka Prasad Acharya. I hope that
many friends know about Tanka Prasad Acharya.


Tanka Prasad's case highlights another important issue of how the Bahunbad
is practiced in Nepal. Though Shukra Raj Shastri also belonged to Bahun
community, yet he was considered worthy to be hanged. *There were two Bahuns
-one speaking Nepali as mother tongue and another as Nepal Bhasha as mother
tongue*. But, the Bahunbadi practitioners thought that the *bahun speaking
Nepal Bhasha* is more dangerous than the *bahun speaking Nepali*. This
clearly indicates that, in the eyes of Bahunbadis, everyone who speaks other
Nepalese languages can be murdered.


Many Newahs claim that we have problems within ourselves. We have different
surnames and we are also different. That is right. Personally, I believe
that even amongst our family members, we are different. A husband is quite
different from his wife and his children. It is not necessary that what I
think must be agreed on by my beloved. It is equally true that my own
brothers and sisters may view the issue differently. At this modern age, we
all accept differences in opinion, views, and tastes within our own family.
So, it is logical for many of us to distinguish ourselves from our cousins,
and our neighbors. So, it is quite possible that we consider ourselves as
hailing from Kathmandu or Bhaktapur or Lalitpur or from outside valley. But,
the way we accept differences are quite different from the way the
Bahunbadi's maintain differences. We do it as natural inclination due to our
respective individuality and affinity to place of our birth, but bahunbadis
do it by wrongly interpreting us as *an alien language speaking alien race*
.


Merely for speaking Nepal Bhasha as mother tongue, Bahunbadis are portraying
us as a hostile race. They get alarmed if one Newah talks in Nepal bhasha
with another Newah. They go to supreme court if a municipality starts
facilitating Nepal bhasha speaking elderly people of Kathmandu valley in its
offices. They term us racist if we demand our human rights to speak, talk
and learn things in our mother tongues. Bahunbadis, only in a few occasions,
accept that there is a diversity amongst Newahs. That is when they have to
put one Newah against another Newah. To sabotage solidarity amongst Newahs,
they start inciting their agents to spread the rumours that *"Chitrakars" *are
now evolving as* "Chalchitrakars." *And to shut the voices of Newah
solidarity, they incite their racist agents to call the names in public
discussion while lowering the level of discussion itself.


The case of Martyrs show that the biggest racists in Nepal are Bahunbadis.
They are the real supporters of Nazis. And they emulate what Hitler had done
in then Germany. *"**Hitler also claimed that a nation was the highest
creation of a "race", and "great nations" (literally large nations) were the
creation of homogeneous populations of "great races" working together." *And
present day political situation is also no different. If we look at the
faces in leadership in all the political parties, we can see that the ghost
of Hitler is resurrecting itself in Nepal. From Nirmal Lama to Ganesh Man
Singh, we have many great leaders in Nepal. But, few of them succeeded in
politics. Bahunbad has taken its toll on political leaders also as it is
quite similar to racism practiced by Hitler.


When Ganesh Man jee talked against "Bahunbad", Girija got so incensed that
he went on to humiliate Ganeshman jee in total contravention of Ganeshman
Jee's "सर्वमान्यता." To defame Ganesh Man jee, Girija accused that Ganesh
Man jee is practicing nepotism. In reality, the ugliest practitioner of
nepotism is none other than Girija. Girija has emulated Hitler so much that
now we can see only Bahunbadis as prominent leaders in Nepali congress. When
Pushpa Lal was fighting against the Bahunbadi racist monarchy of Nepal, many
Bahunbadi communists leaders deserted him and started bloody Jhapa movement.
Today, respected Pushpa Lal is no where in the scene, and not having to
share leadership with him anymore, these Bahunbadis are praising him a lot.
But, when there comes the question of nominating a candidate for
"President," they forward another Bahunbadi name. And this process has
become so entrenched that within Kathmandu valley, one Bahunbadi racist
called Rameshore Phunyal today claims that "Newars are not capable of not
providing leadership in UML valley units." Rameshore Phunyal has echoed
Hitler verbatim.


At last, I must request all the friends, and seniors that this is the right
moment for now to push for autonomous Newah state. If we miss this occasion,
history will never forgive us. The historical injustices against Newah
continued for last 240 years can be redeemed only now. Further attacks on
individual Newahs by Bahunbad can be checked. And hapless Newahs may not
have to go to jail on false charges like Shakina Manandhar. We need legal
system, municipality and government offices, where Nepal Bhasha can be used
without inviting hostile observations. And we need Malpot offices where
Bahunbadi thugs do not swindle our lands.


saroj suwa