| Biswo |
Posted
on 07-Jun-01 09:10 PM
I read somewhere in a foreign newspaper King Gyanendra is at odd
with his son.It is plausible also since generally no father likes
a pampered and killer son who goes to night clubs and fights with
people like Chakre, Milan, Tendi etc.., it is natural also.
However, being both a Dhritarashtra and (one time) Duryodhan
himself, king Gyanendra is in fix about what to do here. Meanwhile
our so called "hero" is not worried about not being declared
"heir apparent" of the throne, since as long as there is the
constitutional mandate that the eldest son will ascend to the
throne, Paras is already a de-facto yuvarajadhiraja.
I knew a friend who said Paras used to be a gentle person in his
early days in highschool, and was actually a good student. But
sth definitely went wrong with him in his later days.
I was once in Sauraha. I had a short conversation with an army
officer who was tired of entertaining tantrums of Paras. He would
come without notice. King Mahendra Trust office was like his
'bapauti'. He would go there , and ask for beer and thousands of
other things with poor helpless people.
One day there was this shooting of a movie. When inebriated, he
overheard some army jawaans talking about the movie shooting. He
asked who the actress was. (I guess they told it was jal Shaha).
When he heard the name of the actress, he sprung from the sofa,
and went with his chamchaas to the shooting spot. The army officer
told me he was "worried about what would happen esp since the
local youth were very much against Paras, and there could well
be security problem". When he went to the shooting spot, Nir
Shaha was there. Nir Shaha asked Paras how was going, and the
"Josh" of Paras became "Thandaa", and he returned back.
I checked with other people about this. They said they knew about
Paras being there at the time. I think some "gunda" in Narayanghat
once even beat Paras, because he didn't know who "Paras" was.
Once he knew who he beat, he fled Narayanghat.
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I don't know how many other Nepalese had to flee because of our
new prince. I also don't know exactly how many were killed in
his shooting-spree. It is sure, Nepal could have been a better
place without him.
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Even though the situation sorrounding the regicide remains murky,
I have some sympathy for King Gyanendra. He , if is not a party of
conspiracy, lost a lot of his family members. He lost all his
brothers, and three of his sisters. Man, that is almost every
body he grew up with.I am not ready to trade even the throne of
the world for my siblings,btw.
In stead of gaining sympathy, he is still looked up with
suspicion and loathe. He needs to understand that he is the
only person responsible for this. He was first associated with
the twin murder in Phewa Taal. People hush-hushed about Dhirendra,
Nir Shaha and Gyanendra being behind it. Then there was this
Maananiya from Sindhupalchok (Govinda Uprety) who in a press
conference claimed he was defeated by 'bhumigat giroha', and
when pressed what 'bhumigat giroha' meant, he replied it meant
'Gyanendra and Dhirendra'.
Gyanendra Syndrome is a cumulative effect of public repugnance
towards Gyanendra and other royal siblings.
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Generally, in every country, you need to have a real good backing
to start the business of cigarette and alcohol(beer). No where
is this more significant. Gyanendra's cigarette factory not only
prospered, it successfully wiped out the market of state
controlled Janakpur Cigarette Factory.
I used to have a friend, working for Surya Tobacco after returning
from govt scholarship study(BS) in Australia. He told me how
Mercedes-riding Indian officers treated Nepalese in Surya tobacco.
Nepalese are virtually a second-class citizen there.
His brother-in-law is the owner of some beer factories, I guess.
A lot of major trading companies (export/import) in Nepal are
owned by our beloved king and his families. It is not crime,
but it is also a reason why our other businessmen can't really
flourish. There is not levelled field.
I don't want our new king to be known as unpopular king in the
world. It will become very difficult for him when he represents
Nepal to our neighboring countries. When they know the emperor is
weak, they don't care him, they try to benefit from his weakness.
That means we will suffer. Gyanendra sadly is not just a Gyanendra
Shaha. He now represents an institution. Just like we have to
put up with ministers like Govinda Raj Joshi and Anil Ansari
from time to time, we may have to put up with royals like Paras
and Dhirendra from time to time.
Nepalese people have a short memory. They will forgive king and
start loving him if he sincerely works hard for the welfare of
the nation.
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