Flashback to ‘Black December’ To put matters in perspective, angry student demonstrations began in Kathmandu on 26th December, 2000, after strong rumours that Roshan stated in a Star TV interview that he “hated Nepal and the Nepalese people.” As many as five thousand pro-Left students blocked traffic, ransacked movie theatres and forced closure of commercial establishments. They demanded no less than an apology from the actor and threatened “to bury Hrithik alive if he ever came to Nepal.” Five or more demonstrators lost their lives. From media descriptions of the highly charged tension in the Nepalese capital, it appeared no less than a national outpouring of anguish and protest, roping in children and older people who recalled similar bad blood over personal faux pas of yesteryear stars like Dharmendra and Nanda. In 1999, actress Madhuri Dixit apparently displayed colossal ignorance by telling an interviewer she believed Nepal was a province of India! Roshan’s ostensible indiscretions were portrayed by some as a continuation of this trend, enraging a fiercely independent small nation that permanently lives under the shadow of ‘big brother’ India. We shall come back to the Indo-Nepalese equation shortly. AFTER READING THE FLASHACK YOU WOULD NOTICE THAT JUST BY MAKING A COMMENT ABOUT HATING NEPALESE WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN A RUMOR. NEPALESE HAVE THREATENED TO BURY THIS INDIAN MAKING THE COMMENT. WHAT DO YOU EXCEPT THE FOREIGNERS TO DO TO NEPALESE. IN US NEPALESE ARE CALLED NIGERS IN INDIA THEY ARE CALLED BAHADURS IN CHINA THEY ARE CALLED GOD KNOWS WHAT AND IN SOME PART OF THE WORLD PEOPLE DONT EVEN KNOW IF THEY EXIST. I WONDER IF THE SOME OF THESE HOOLIGANS OF NEPAL ARE EVEN SANE. PEOPLE OF NEPAL PUT TOO MUCH EMPHASIS ON WHO SAID WHAT AND BLAH BLAH AND FORGET ABOUT CONCETRATING ON THE DAILY PROBLEMS THEY HAVE IN THEIR HOMES.. I WOULD CALL THIS HYPPCRITIC ATTITUDE. WELL LETS JUST SWOLLOW THE FALSE PRIDE AND COME TO TERMS WITH THINGS. PEOPLE THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOUR SHOW HOW WEAK AND INSECURE NEPALESE ARE..................