| meera |
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on 12-Apr-04 02:09 PM
I just came from Amnesty’s bi-weekly meeting. Like other times, we wrote letters to the government of different country. So the letters are from Columbia, Nepal and Cuba. My ears get sharpened as soon as I hear the word Nepal. “Hey Meera, aren’t you from Nepal?” asks Tiffany. “Sure am” say I, and take the report from her hand. There in it is mentioned a Surendra Rai, from Nakku who has been disappeared supposedly by the Royal Nepali Army. According to the report, the neighbors say that people came in civilian clothes and asked him to step out and when he didn’t agree, forced him to get into a jeep and they rode away. Since then, he has been missing. This was done because he was an affiliate of the Maoist party. His family members claimed that he left the party long time back. He has been missing ever since.
So all the Amnesty members sit down to write the letter. “Meera, whom do we address the letter to?” On the report is given 4 people’s address, General Pyar Jung Thapa, Chief of Army Staff; Colonel Nilendra Prasad Aryal, Head of Army Human Rights; Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa, and Ambassador Jai P. Rana, Ambassador of Nepal to USA. I look at the names, whom should I say? All the above mentioned people have seen hundreds of people dying in front of their eyes and it not has not touched them and what is a letter or letters going to do? I look at the faces of my friends, such innocent people thinking that their letters is going to change the situation. One of them even argues, “Hey if all of us will address it to the same people, maybe it can change their mind.”
Ok then address it to the Ambassador of Nepal to the US. We all write letters, some of were very touching ones. Then the next day I open Sajha.com and read “My deepest condolences to the family of Late Jai. P. Rana.” Our last ray of hope also gets extinguished. I get an email from one of the friends of Amnesty chapter, he writes, Maybe you can tell us about the situation of Nepal and what is causing it, something like a small talk. “Of course”, I reply in my know-all way. I ask myself what is causing the way Nepal is now? What or whom do I blame? What do I say when they ask me why is one Nepali killing another Nepali, a brother killing another brother, fight between dad and son. If only time spent killing each other, having strikes, those endless energy could be channelized in a better way, Nepal would be a much developed country.
We are in a war, war for what, for peace, for democracy, for anti-monarchism?? Do we really need it?????? When will people understand that which ever side dies be it the King’s side, the public or the Maoist, it’s a Nepali who is dying.
This piece was written sometime back.
Just some thoughts. Any comments/ criticism will be welcomed.
Jai Nepal !!!!!
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