Carving out a Country

The nuisance caused by strikes and closures are insignificant when one thinks of the big picture.  Such inconveniences are merely a byproduct of the greater cause; a cause that everyone feels will be heard only through strikes. In Nepal, such conclusion deserves some merit as past cases have shown.

A country is being reborn! The drama continues to unfold similar to how an onion gets peeled one layer at a time.  Anticipation of morning news through the national dailies, and their fastidious attempt to uncover (not cover), over a cup of tea ensures that my biological alarm clock goes off not too late after dawn.

Every group or body or affiliation wants a piece of the action, or the country, to be carved with their voices and aspirations taken into account.  I just hope that the economic viability of each piece of the pie will also have been considered when the dust finally settles.  Federalism with decentralization has to take center stage here to emerge out of centuries of concentrated and unbalanced favoritism and growth.

There is much chaos (think unorganized Kathmandu traffic style clandestine negotiations behind closed doors!), with no leadership from the political class to shed light to those that need it, as they themselves convolute in confusion.

Let the inevitable ensue.  Let common sense prevail!

SP