Posted by: vishontar February 3, 2007
Natwarlal Paraminder Bhagat
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To my unknown/unseen friend Paramendra Bhagat: Discriminated Nepal: When I was in high school, I was in a hostel. My hostel accommodated students from different part of Nepal, Tarai, Himal, Pahad and some were even from India. There were people of different castes culture and ethnic group; there were Magars, Gurungs, Sherpas, Tamangs, Rai, Limbu, Bahun, Kahstries, Yadavs, Muslims, Newars and many more. We lived like a family; if I am analyzing correctly we didn't have any discrimination in our mind, however, we kept offending each others. I had quite a few best frineds, mostly from different caste and ethnic group, and one of them was from Birjung; he was Madhesi. He was dark, so we called him Kaluwa. Kaluwa was very close to me. I never called him but he was called Madhese, Dhoti all the time. He didn't mind because that was the tradition of our hostel. He replied back them saying पाखे, भोटे, ज्यापु . Newars were called Jyapu, Madhesis were called Dhoti, Sherpa/Tamang/Magar/Guruing/even Rai-Limbu were called Bhote and Bahun/Kshatri were called Bahun or Chuch! We were kids, who taught us this discrimination? Our tradition.. our culture...Our parents didn't directly taught us but we indirectly learn from them. We are very uncivilized people... our tradition is based on discrimination. ..A multicultural society based on discrimination is like a time bomb... it can blast anytime. Today, Madheshi are bringing this point again and again... They are saying that they are called Dhoti... they are called Madeshi. What is wrong with that? Dhoti is a pride of Indian subcontinent and Madesh is their motherland... Words are not the problem. Words are lifeless, what gives life to them is mind. What is the state of your mind while using those words is important. For example: I use the word साला to my closest friends, with love; they feel happy with that word. If I use the same word with hatred, it will definitely bring disaster. Words themselves are lifeless mental volition gives them life. When we use the word मदेशे ,पाखे, भोटे, ज्यापु with hatred and domination to offend people, it is wrong. ..This is what we usually do....I don't except better from an uncivilized society like ours. Our heart is burning with the fire of discrimination. Not only with Madheshes, the discrimination can be with anybody. Pahadis are called पाखे. to dominate them or to show them lower or uncivilized. नेवार are called ज्यापु and Mangolians are called भोटे. We have pretty bad culture to dominate others. I see this culture in highly educated people as well. We have to leave this...if we want a stable society. We have to learn to respect others.. We have to help others. Madhesi brothers shouldn't mind to if they are said Madhesi or Dhoti. They are part of the culture...either they have to show civilization to those offenders by being more civilized or they have to learn to offend back saying... पाखे, भोटे, ज्यापु etc.
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