Posted by: testdirector February 1, 2007
Natwarlal Paraminder Bhagat
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It's really sad to hearfolks like Mr. Paramender, who enjoyed warmth available for all Nepalese here in Sajha, now declare they are not Nepalsi.Mr Paramender was proud of his Indian origin, but still would call himself a Nepali. Now the same Nepali is trying to rip apart his beloved Nepal. Nepal is just a name: call it Terai, Pahad, Madhesh.. Gandaki, Koshi, Mahakali... but your motherland is the same and remains the same... the same dirt, the same rivers, the same forests and farms. There are no single community in Nepal that has not suffered at the hands of the ruling dynasties in Nepal: the first and foremost are Newar, Gurung, Rai, Tharu etc. Nobody has suffered as much as Newar communities in the last 250 years. But Newars still call Nepal their homeland. Are Newars disappointed? Yes. Do they want change? Yes. Do they want a separate independant state? No. Have they resorted to violence? No. Do they want the whole Nepal to develop? Yes. Until today, all of those Madhesis would still call themselves Nepalis and proudly display Nepali passports. Another thing is even if they tear apart Nepal, their fundamental problem is not solved overnight. Now in history of Nepal time has come where the people of Nepal are the sole undertaker of the management of Nepal in true sense of the words. Today the very people of Madesh who should have proudly shouldered Nepal's burdens are pouring burdens for Nepal. Why resort to violence at this time? The king is virtually gone for good. The country is already pretty small and division won't bring any prosperity. The Madeshis should know pretty well that we are living in a symbiotic world. They should know that their livelihood pretty much on the livelihood of all other Nepalese. They have fertile regions, accesses to the ports and so on. Nepal needs Terai, no doubt. But as far as the gross-national productivity is concerned, the agro-oriented economy is fast changing. There is a bloodbath in the making, which we should avoid at all costs. We all Nepalese won't let Terai go. The need of the hour is the dialogue and unification within diverse communities, not disintegration of the country. Terai without Nepalis bound to be further divided: there are Tharus, Biharis, Pahadis, Rai, Limbu all over there in Terai. There are a lot of lessons to be learnt after setting up a federal structure of the country: we have been too divided and the royalists are taking advantage of the situations.
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