Ain;t Your Business

I guess everyone is well aware of taking a ride in public transport. Both its upside and the downside. I ain;t going to focus much on either of that. Just want to share an incident during my ride home in public transport today.

There are these two kids, both eleven graders as they said, busy talking with each others when these two Indian guys (judging by their look and accent) hop in. They take the seat just opposite to these kids. The kids are still going on with their conversation. After a while one of the guys asks the girl, "Are you boyfriend-girlfriend?". The girl blushes but denies it outright. "No, we are just friends."

The conversation/interference should have stopped there and then. But the Indian guy had more to say. "Are you worried to accept that?". The girl restates, "No, we are just friends." But this guy goes on. "How long have you known each other?" "Since grade three", the girl says. He follows up, "Do you like each other?" "Yes. We have known each other since we were kids."

The way this girl was talking, it felt they were more than friends. Just a guess. Not judging. But my point of writing this post is not that. I have serious objection with what that Indian guy was asking, as if these kids owed him the explanation. Who the hell is he to ask question about someone;s private life? 

Seeing this my funny side tickles me. I whisper to my brother, "What if I ask the same question to these guys? Are you friends? How long have you known each other? Do you like him?" I expected to hear all the same answers like that girl from them, but would have liked to ended up with the very question that the Indian guy started with. "Is he your boyfriend? Are you gay?"

I guess I should have asked them. Don;t you think so? At least someone would have learned a lesson the hard way! Or the right way. 

Post Script: I have no intention to hurt the sentiments of gay community. I am all in for equality.

Ei8ht - It's Downhill From Here

So they decided to divide us into eight states. Without any name, without any borders. Just agreed upon the number. And since we handed our future in the hands of leaders of these four parties, now eight would be our fate and of the generations to follow.

I have said time and again that we are just too few to be divided. Nepal is smaller than most of the states in United States, or even that of our 'friendly' neighbour India. We are not self sufficient as a country, how will these state meet their needs? They are just sowing the seed for disintegration and division among us. It would surely be remembered to be one of the darkest days in the history of this republic. I hope it does not materialize. But that is just a wishful thinking for now.

So, today I want to apologize and say sorry to our ancestors and also to the generation to come that I could do nothing to stop this from happening. I might not have voted them to the office, but the people of my time did, and I too share the blame  equally along with them for getting them here.

I hope there is a change of wind in days to come, but from where we stand today, the nation surely is heading downhill. May the good lord save us from this disaster on the horizon. Sri Pashupatinath le hami sabaiko rakshya garun! 

Barca Brilliance!

Barcelona beat Juventus to lift their fifth Champions League. Rakitik, Suarez and Neymar scored for the victors while Madrid born Morata got the consolation for Juve. Iniesta was Man of the Match in Xavi' slast game for Blaugrana. What a career and what a fairytail ending for his glittering career!

But newspapers were all praise for Messi! Like in case of CR7, when he takes all the credit when he is playing. Whether he deserves it or not. Remember Player of the Tournament award in last World Cup in Brazil? I agree he is a genius, and there is no one close behind him besides CR7, but the way Ballon D'or has been awarded, it looks farce! And its related to FIFA, hah!

He has won everything with Barcelona, but so have Xavi and Iniesta. Actually those two Spaniard have won a World Cup and two Euros as well, if that counts. But they never won the individual prize. Because they don;t score goals. Strikers make the headlines, not other outfield players. But believe me, if it was not them, Barcelona won;t have ended with that many trophies as they ended up with.

I am a Madrid fan, always have been but still Barca are my second favourite. How can't you love them when you grew up seeing Puyol, Enrique, Rivaldo, Xavi and the likes playing. And I loved Spain. Well before the started their conquest.

I have liked Xavi for one more reason. You are aware about Barca-Real rivalry, right?. How nasty it gets during El Clasico. But he and his best friend, Iker - San Iker of Madrid, didn;t let it spill it over Spanish dressing room. That's a true leader. I would prefer him over Messi or CR7 anyday. 

All the best for his next adventure in Qatar. Gracias.

I Have A Nightmare!

I have a nightmare that a day will come not far away when we and our children will worship the holy trinity of Lord Gee Pi Kay, Lord Maa Koo Nay and Lord Pi Kay Dee ... the lord of this land... the saviors. Its no surprise how this revered saints of God rose from commoner to be what they are today. They sacrificed petty greed, human emotions, family because they dared to dream big!

Lord Gee Pi Kay along with his family fought tirelessly from the grass root to become the highest lord of this Himalayan hinterland. He was accused of being power greedy, favouring his lone daughter, amassing money through corruption, inciting inter party conflict for his gain and what not! But he rose and how? He was the major force that brought down the 250 year old feudalistic rule of the Sha Hahs. He and his heard of sheep should never be forgotten for what they blessed us with. He was a true Messiah! No, he was the God!

Another of his kind was Lord Maa Koo Nay, who with his every rhetoric made sure the people don't forget what they aspire for. Freedom from the century old Lords, who treated them equal when the fact is every men are not equal... they are different, they are different and not the same. When the holy war against the brutal-tyrant, the last Sha Hah, was on full swing, he lost his mother. But keeping the personal loss aside, he dared to dream big, and never gave up on his dreams. It took him some time, but he achieved what he strived for. In process he was humiliated, but he kept his immoral standards high and thus we were blessed to be served by a Lord of his stature. We must have done something really bad in our past life that we got to see this day.

Last but not the least, Lord Pi Kay Dee... the champion of poor and the backwards. He gave them the voice and guns so that they could fight for their rights... rights to fight for their Lord, for his dream and for his family. The feudal Sha Hah slaughtered thousands with his own bare hands, the masses were trembling and begging for mercy. But he kept burning houses and families of everyone who differed with him. Then came the Lord Pi Kay Dee from the forest of the western hills, with with angels of deaths creating havoc among the loyal servants of old Sha Hah. History has it, villages and towns welcomed him with open arms and he conquered the whole nation without even a drop of blood.

I can;t dream of our suffering without these great lords and his followers. And of course the ever helpful friendly neighbour of ours. It is our great privilege that we were able to bless our future generation with a starving nation where chaos and poverty rules and these lords are worshiped. Nostalgia is not a place to be, and neither is utopia.

Just take a moment to thank these lords and their 601 followers who returned this country to pre-Sha Hah era were everyone had their own kingdoms to fight and where there was no harmony. You should feel sorry to have just even one of these Lords, our luck... we got three of them the same time. Who says Gods don;t exist? It's him who shows you heaven and hell. And in our case hell. It was our choice, so all is well.

Remembering The Royals

It has been 14 years since that fateful night when one of our most beloved royal family were massacred. The nation mourned in disbelief for King Birendra and his family. They came to street, youths shaved their heads, the entire nation was devastated for the loss. I won;t be wrong to say, that day every single Nepali was a royalist.

During same time, the Maoist insurgency was going on. Thousands of people were being killed, slaughtered, murdered. Politicians were busy fighting for power, amassing money and what not? But they cared least about the people. Maoist blamed the politicians for their insurgency, but they wanted to end monarchy, the institution that most people looked upon whenever the politicians failed.

Five years from that, Maoist and politicians forge alliance with the blessing of India to fight Monarchy. After few years they succeeded. Monarchy was abolished. They were portrayed to be symbol of feudal structure rather than unity and what not. Overnight it was blamed to be responsible for anything bad that has ever happened to this nation. And the politicians and Maoist were now our liberators! Prithvi Narayan Shah who founded the very nation, was not spared... ditto with his statue. King Gyanendra left the throne with grace.

Seven years since that, we have multiple Prime Ministers, two elections for Constitution Assembly, but everything is the same. Only difference, they don;t have the monarchy to blame now. But they still fight for power when the entire nation is suffering. There are people who get nostalgic about monarchy every now and then and on days like this. They wish if the institution could be revived.

I say NO! Not because I don;t want it to... just because we don;t deserve them for what we have done to them. We deserve this... these politician, this system, everything...

God Save The King. Jai Desh, Jai Naresh.     

May their soul rest in peace.