Republic: what kind of?

By: Kamala Prasai

Where to begin? What to write? My hands shake while writing or my mouth dries uttering a word- Republic. These eyes seem to be closed. Those avenues seem to be blocked. This mouth which echoes the voices for the nation looks shut off. What kind of Republic is this?
The pride which was secured from generations has been pushed to division- is it what the leaders of New Nepal want? Is it for what the leaders feel proud to have Republic ladened by the pariahs? What kind of Republic is this?
Under the serfdom of pariahs, the leaders were readied to put a sale tag on the nation. Under the pariahs' instruction, the cultures, traditions and customs have been sold. Under these pariahs' dictate, the leaders are about to pick up the pen to ink the new Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic Nepal. There was already in place that the cow which was about to give a birth to a calf has been chopped to celebrate the Republic in Pokhara. Is this the beginning of the establishing norms and values for the new Federal Democratic Republic Nepal?
The pseudo people's mandate allowed the leaders of New Nepal to wash their hands that were colored with the blood of the people. Unfortunately, before drying their hands, these leaders want to color their hands with the people's blood to untie the bonds of the Nepalese by dividing Nepal to the pre-unification period.
The leaders of Republic Nepal are all set to disintegrate Nepali land into pieces followed by tagging a price on them as per the whistle that is already on the way to reach their ears. These leaders are fighting to become first among themselves to hear the neighbors' whistle. Interestingly, those who cannot become first to hear the loud whistle are bound to settle with a dimmer sound. Be aware! Those who heard the whistle to establish Republic, now, have to think that the tsunami that came in Nepal with the neighbor's whistle has already gone. They should know a tsunami comes once in a lifetime, creates havoc and vanishes for centuries. Republic Nepal which came as a tsunami with the whistle of neighbor that created havoc in Nepal will inevitably vanish very soon from the land of Nepal for centuries. The daughters and sons of brave Nepali ancestors are everywhere to clean the up mess created by the havoc of the tsunami with the pariahs' whistle and make it clean as it had been.

Published in Newsblaze on June 6, 2008. Also published in DCNepal.com and many other news magazines.