Posted by: jepayotyai January 24, 2015
निर्मला को भयो विवाह
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I wish this amazing piece of article is read by Parmananda Jha, C K Raut, Surya Bahadur Thapa, Prakash Thapa and many more other politicians who are vulnerable to bias in their socio-political thoughts. I named these politicians especially because of their proximity in being influenced by their immediate family and close circles. I don't want to make it a political message because the superstitious mentality of people that the writer face and perceived in her daily life, is something that is spread 'all over' in our society. The hope for changed perspective and progressive thoughts lie in the brains of our current youths and future generations. The demographics of young Nepal (34.6% is younger than 14 years)* is something we need to work on. We are a young country; why can't this piece of article be part of a chapter 3 of a "Nepali" language and social discourse class in Grade 7. How exciting it would be to see Prachanda, while delivering his speech, pauses for 3 seconds and asks everyone in the audience to read this article once they reach home. And says, comrade - it's food for thought. What a reverence it would be to see Parmanda Jha say, "Many years back, my mother wanted to burn her daughter-in-law alive, because my wife's parents were unable to give dowry. Use to give me sleepless nights, then I became busy in my career and did pretty well. Mom passed away and the dowry issue wasn't a big deal . I loved my wife. Many years passed. We are lucky to have our current son-in-law; our daughter is so happy, he is a top notch Doctor. I wonder, if we hadn't given the gift of Rs 75 Lakhs to our daughter in her marriage, would my son-in-law love her the same?" Then Parmanda Jha calls Hrideyesh Tripathi and C K Raut and says, "Brothers and comrades, I found the holy grail. This article is it. Our ailment lies in our thinking. In our superstitious thoughts, in how we treat our mothers, sisters and daughters - so let's go hand-in-hand to schools and chowks and Bisrantis and Temples and Mosques and Churches and spread this gospel. Let everyone read this article and tell them that we bleed for thee." The holy grail of our progress is in revolutionizing how we think about our women, how we think about our customs and religion. But it's not an easy thought. It's just a start. Thank you Nirmala Adhikari for sharing your pain with us, but more importantly for an opportunity that we can reflect on ourselves.
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