Change i don't want: THE NATIONAL FLAG

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Every time I start to write something for my blog I always find myself in dilemma strangled with many questions and unsolved mysteries. And yet again this was the same. The hot news this weekend about changing nepali national flag made me grieve seeing the intellectual status (I couldn’t decide a word to explain their pathetic thinking so I just mentioned it as intellectual status though it is a sarcastic) of the so called revolutionary and reformist. This news has not only hit the nepali media but also other international media like hindustan times(see the news in Hindustan Times ). Statue were broken in the name of change, colleges, parks, buildings and monuments were renamed in the name of change and this time someone is trying to change the national flag again in the name of change.

It doesn’t count whether some ruler during some regimes in history were a Suryavamsi or others were Chandravamsi. What counts now is our faith, our belief and our interpretation of the facts. And the fact for me is that this national flag is our history, our identity, our spirit and symbol of our national unity. It has been so since ages and it will be the same for the time to come. So far I know thousands of our fellow Nepali citizens also think the same. The prime reasons they have stated is that this flag signifies feudalism. I’m so confused coz I haven’t yet found any relation between so called feudalism and bitriangular national flag with sun and moon engraved on it. I just want to know from when did the sun and the moon started to signify feudalism, from when did the red color that have been the symbol of pride and sacrifice (not for normal citizen but for so called reformist and the communist also) have become the symbol of slavery and from when did the blue color also known as the color of peace and harmony started to provoke Hinduism and Buddhism only? Also people say flag is not inclusive. Why not try this, let’s cut a piece of a flag and distribute among the leaders of various parties, religion and ethnic groups. What more are doing in the name of inclusion and participation more than just dividing what we have.

Finally I have a question to ask for those who felt the urgency of changing the flag despite having thousands of problems still to be solved. Are we trying to destroy all we have in the name of change? But comrade, be careful this is not what corers of Nepali expected from you. What we were expecting was to destroy feudalism, international intervention, inequality and poverty in the shadow of your prominent leadership. Or are you just trying to hide your incapability by blaming some abstract and irrelevant thing like “THE NATIONAL FLAG”.

Exam shock and post exam syndrome

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I think most people have experienced post exam syndrome. I am not sure how to express this but I’m pretty much sure that by one or the other way it is same with many of us. Long and tiring days of exam with no time to think about a piece out of books, deeply involved with studies and giving damm about the world this is exams for me. Once it is over then I felt like “Where am I?” as if I’m back from comma. I felt like I’m in completely different world with so much to enjoy, so much to experience. And this exam sucks coz it didn’t let us to even smell the flavor of this beautiful world.

People say I hate exam and I too would like to say it sometime. It won’t surprise me as well but what surprise me is that almost all of us have done with dozens of exam in our life and every time we say we hate exams, we hate books and when it is over we again say wahhh the world is beautiful…oh god! Finally its over……shit man it is the same again…and many other desperate words that best describes our post exam emotion. The shock repeats every year, every semester, every trimester and sometime every month in the name of board exams, internal assessments, unit tests and surprise assessments as well. And for this I always compare exam with earthquake that ruins everything, shatter every beautiful piece out of this world. What you people thinks? Isn’t exam an earthquake of your foxy life? Like earthquake exam is also inevitable, we can’t stop it but what we can do is keep ourselves safe from this mishap. For this let’s do something. Why don’t we try to implement COD theory? By the way COD means “cooperate to dominate” i.e. let’s come together to dominate the bourgeois belief of exam.

Most of we think that we are the only one who is suffering from phobia and post phobia shock but smile guys because there is not a single person in this world who hasn’t gone through this unless he/she is Robinson Crusoe or Mr. Adam. But what I fear most is the post exam syndrome. I think the joy is uncontrollable and choices are unlimited so is there anyone who can pick a piece from a pool? I hope this happiness remain forever. But, what by the end of the semester? Ahhhh it will be back again.

Books Are Something Different

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It’s been almost four year since I first got chance to read “Palpasa Café”. I borrowed it from my friend and finished it on one stand. In fact it was him who suggested me to read. And I would like to thank him for lending me the novel that is now one of my favourite, thank you Bnay. At that time it was in every newspaper that Narayan Wagle felicitated by Madan Puraskar for the year for his outstanding work “Palpasa Café”. I liked it so much that soon I bought one, but I lost it later. Some stupid fellow borrowed from me and never return it again. And today also I hate lending book to anyone.

Last month I finished the world best seller “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho. And don’t know really what to say about it because I am not a fan of fantasy based novel. But I can definitely say that ours are not bad. Spending free time with books and being with the character at least till the book is open is simply great. I don’t know how many character I went through but it is Drishya who is still fresh in my memories. That doesn’t mean Santiago is not. I also remember mesmerizing Natasha Rostov from War and Peace, Ryan from Five Point Someone, Rishi from Tutor of History and who could forget the great Pelageia Nilovna from The Mother. Everybody wants to do something different and that is what I always try to do in my free time: New books, new character, new circumstances and nevertheless new experience. If any of you are thinking what to do in your free time then why don’t you try being with some of these character who has been so outstanding in the field of literature.

In Nepal, people always hate to read mostly youngsters. They don’t like themselves being with the bulk of books and freak themselves out. They think they don’t like to waste their precious time with books and miss a chance to enjoy with friends, movies and outings. This trend is taking us to nowhere. Just try few hours of your free time to read something and you’ll start liking it soon. You have all time in earth to be with your friends, watch movies, disco or something else and giving a piece of it to books won’t ruin your adulthood. And I’m sure that it will help you a lot later when you start working. It will help you to build yourself as a perfect person. So let’s take a break, look for a book ………… don’t find one? Sorry bro I can’t help coz I hate lending books. Why don’t you go for the bookstores? Don’t worry you will enjoy it. Just give a chance who knows you may be the one to explore the new character like Drishya, Natasha or Santiago in future.

Appolo11 & Danfe

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”That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind” the whisper from an astronaut Nil Armstrong in July 20 1969 just before he steps on the surface of moon was a dream come true for human being. We can see people celebrate this achievement in CNN and in BBC. It’s been 40 years since and now the world is preparing to repeat the history, but in Mars. But in our part of the world, seeing people dying with no medicine from Kantipur, Avenues and ABC is painful. This historic day may not count for we people who are struggling for food and medicine but for mankind it is the day of great honor and success. These achievements encourage us to dream. Once it was the moon, now it’s the mars and in future it might be…… (dream urself).

Some of we may think how we can dream of such things if we can’t even manufacture a bicycle. And it is true in some extent. But what we need is to just dream with different perspective. We used to dream for just dreaming but today let’s dream to make it true. Always remember that people used to laugh at Da Vinci when he made the picture of flying object, people depicted Laxmi Prasad Devkota insane when he dreamt of conquering moon and nobody give a damm to Wright brothers until 17th December 1903(first successful flight). And I don’t mind if somebody laughs at me reading this. Because I believe “people who don’t have dream don’t have much”. And guess what? I’m a dreamer. If their dream can be real and why can’t ours?

It is true that Nepal has never been the place of invention and discovery. Since history it has been roaming around traditions and cultures. Despite that we had made an attempt to keep pace with the world. But now it’s high time we start to walk together not just follow them. The successful test flight of Danfe in December 7, 2008 (first successful test flight of plane made in Nepal) in Pokhara is something that we must be proud of. Thank you IOE guys. Never mind that we are 105 years 11 months and 10 days behind the schedule but some day we are gonna walk together. Today we have our Danfe and one day we can build our own Apollo11. Now we are taking off just 25 meter and who knows we can be the one who will conquer Mars. If Rajendra Bhatta can work in NASA why can’t we? So guys let’s start dreaming. Who knows may be we’re the one to repeat the sentence of Nil Armstrong in Mars.
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