| Biswo |
Posted
on 11-Aug-01 01:45 AM
The last week, as we all know, was another important week in Nepal. Parties
scrambled to find the common agenda to solve Maoists problem. Election for
national assembly veep took place, and RNAC is all but set to erase its spoors
from European markets.
Even when we charge the national assembly of being an impotent static
sanatorium,it seems it has gradually evolved into a mature institution providing a
pulpit for people from all communities. King Gyanendra appointed some real good
people to the assembly this year.A businesswoman from Sherpa community went
there. A moslem is the president of the upper house.And now, thanks to UML, a
madhise dalit leader is the veep of the upper house.We can be skeptic, and say,
well that is just a window dressing, but even such minor investitures may be
major inspiration for people from those communities who feel themselves
being descriminated against.
RNAC sufferred a lot in her history. I remember reading about RNAC in our
coursebook of highschool.Its STAL service, its dacota planes and its newly acquired
boeings were source of pride for a lot of people in 2040s.Alas, the organization
which once dreamt to be the world-class aviation service has now given up all
those hopes, and is striving just to survive. Thanks to our bahudaliya netas.
How shameless leaders we have got?
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The history of Nepal is a gory one, stained with bloods of patriots and innovators.
Rana Bahadur Shaha was the worst king Nepal got in Shaha Dynasty.He was
the master of all schemes. He killed his uncle Bahadur Shaha. (Interestingly, until
then Shaha kings didn't use Bikram in their name. Only later, they claimed to be
descendant of Uzzain's some royal family, and used this Bikram in name) He
desecrated all the temples in Kathmandu. He was also ready to destroy Pashupati
Nath temple.(Because his wife died of tuberculosis) He also forced change in
line of succession, by making Girban Yuddha crown prince in stead of Ranodhyat
Shaha.He ordered killing of the most patriot PM of ours, Damodar Pandey. He
forcefully married a Brahman lady when she came for pilgrimage in KTM. In his
regime, he paved way for Bhimsen Thapa to take control of everything. Result,
Nepal went to war against British ill-prepared , and lost most of her land.Bhimsen
Thapa ,contrary to what we were taught, wasn't anti-British. He was pro-British
force.That's why, he could rule us for 31 yrs.Rana Bahadur was killed when he was
in his 30s. He was killed by his own brother Sher Bdr Shaha.
Rajendra Bikram Shaha was the second worst king we got. He didn't have
control over his two queens, Samrajya Laxmi and Rajya Laxmi. Samrajya Laxmi
designed the downfall of Bhimsen Thapa. Bhimsen Thapa was killed very brutally,
and his case (of poisoning small prince) was fake. He met his end in the bank of
Bishnumati River, and his final rituals were not allowed until Mathabar Singh
became PM(see Itihaas Shiromani Babu Ram Acharya's 'aba yesto kahile nahos')
Rajendra Presided over the most bloody ten years of Nepal's history (Bikram
Sambat 1893-1903) when almost all of the PM and the candidate of PMs were
either brutally killed, or exiled. Rajendra Bikram Shaha and his wives all met
bad end. The king died in captivity of Janga Bahadur Rana.
Janga Bdr is famous and we know all about him.He couldn't die in KTM and went
to Paththar Ghattaa. His death was also not revealed until his son and the then
prince was sent deviously there by Dhir Samsher. The most potent one, the
husband of numerous wives, the relative of the king himself, Jange died in
total solitude, and his sons were brutally murdered after a decade.
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History has told us repeatedly that power doesn't guarantee anything. In our
country nobody puissant has survived. Only Bhanubhakta survived, only
Prithvi Narayan Shaha survived, only the book of Swasthani survived.
Those who tried to be autocrats didn't survived, those who schemed didn't , those
who badmouthed didn't. Those who never cared about common populace were
eventually forced to survive by the evaluation of the most common people whose
ancestors(their contemporary) they never perhaps cared about.
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