Posted by: shree5 August 31, 2005
Pulchowk stops salary of teachers
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matrix, the trouble is that the coin has 2 faces. To get the names of the teachers, one does not need to be a sleuth of the CSIS (the Canadian FBI), one can simply go to the Pulchok Campus in Nepal, lets say in the guise of a 'patrakar' and ask them for it, we have every right to access to information (सुसूचित हुने अधिकार). And most folks in Canada do know who is who- so as in the statement above, personally I too know abt almost all of them: maybe so because I am a product of pulchok campus, hence more aware in this issue, well 'probably'. Lets look at the other face of the coin. Have any of them committed a 'crime'? Well, not at all in legal terms. They have skillfully manipulated the niyams and kanoons that even the 7-8 thousand NRs they were shamelessly drawing per month from Pulchowk Campus is perfectly legal. Moral and ethics are well-understood but they have not violated any law. And there is also another aspect. Visit and see one of them- ask about his/her story. "Sir, why did u choose to remain here?" And he goes like "Well, i was mistreated, mis-behaved. I did not happen to the relative of somebody or affiliated to some political organization. Somebody who purchased a certificate from Russia becomes senior than me and administers me. There is no working culture. So, I chose to remain here." His reasons to stay in Canada are exactly like yours and like mine and like everybody's. Look at another Nepali fellow here, most likely he is a "refugee" who has successfully defaulted a few banks, grabbed a hundred hectares of "goothi" land, is a relative of shah-rana or sth like that, comes to Canada - shows an X-ray of fractured limbs and even spine of somebody else taken out from a Nepalese nursing home, or tells that his dad or mom was killed by maoists and tells the officers that he was badly beaten by Maobadi and gets a refugee. Looking at these 'refugees', their past history and current nature, i sometimes get to praise for Maoists. Now, you see, its a 'dharmasankat' whom you are gonna expose. At least, the Pulchok's master saab is staying nicely, is not that a big criminal as this another 'refugee' dude and is much much civilized than this 'refugee'. So, personally, I would support the exposing of these ex-teachers of Pulchowk, provided we form an organization that aims to do such policing jobs internationally. At an individual level, I am sorry, i cant choose to expose the 'bad' alone because lots and lots of 'worse' and 'worst' remain at large. keep rolling...
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