WHERE MY COUNTRY LACKS? AND WHAT’S NEXT?

Nepal, a country with great ‘diversity, a great belief and yes a great fascination for every Nature lover. A country that has been going through real bad times at present context. Whenever a child is born in a society, he wakes with a dream of being great mattering element of the society, by the time he grows up he gets his dream shattered. He is either bounded by poverty or by the unnecessary pressure that our society creates. A youth with great qualification and dedication tries to do something for the country but the does not get the appropriate platform and hence searches opportunities abroad. Well the truth is always bitter but according to the current scenario , we have started living in a blind fate.  Nepalese, always proud of their countries are now forced to doubt on their existence. A country which takes years and years to implement a constitution, where female participation is always abused just because of their gender, where you get quality education when you are born boy or actually rich.  There are dark sides in every aspects of field you get in, its up to you how you come up strong .But being a Nepali you are kept deprived of this rights as well. Nepal is declared as a secular state , according to the constitution 2072 but people still discriminate on religion . There is no stability in Governance since the demise of late Girija Prasad Koirala . Revolution of 2062 and end of monarch marked a great achievement back then expectations were made higher after Maoist took up the government securing highest seats in election . We are lacking in every prospect. In fact leaders are experienced here but what the lack is a feeling of team work. Let me recall a incident of recent time. The economic blockade created by India has challenged many innocent lives. A country that just came up stronger after facing a great earthquake hit suffered from another great jeopardy. Life was just getting easy after those dark nights and everyone were hoping for a clearer sunshine yet another trauma took place. We saw or felt great co-operation among the citizens but what we actually are lacking are a bold step from our present government . It is sole responsibility of a country’s government to keep the pot boiling or easing the problem we face in anyways. Had it been something about country being small, Cuba a country smaller than Nepal once faced blockade from the USA never gave up and now is one of the grossing country. Another country that we can learn from is Pakistan. A country that faced poverty, famine after land division with India has done a lot in improving its status. we might have experienced leaders but none came as an inspiration. Talking about country’s economy hydropower and tourism are the blessing in disguise. We have all the factors that a country need to uplift its condition but we never care. We never take an initiation to develop these matter or never have a zeal of doing something for our country. Being a citizen we need to understand that it is  either us or none to develop the whole nine yards. Well, it is never easy to be a responsible citizen and you need to work very hard or give up your best to setup a prosperous nation . Every one dreams of living a prosperous life in developed nation but never go through or learn from the struggle they faced in this process. Life is never easy and one needs to come out of the comfort zone if they really want to be a precious gem of the country. Youths need to work for this. Remember, Canada would never achieve more success  if leaders like Justin Trudeau never came in action. Being optimist is the main key to success. If you get afraid of dark clouds, you’ll never know what’s silver lining in cloud is. Making a long story short, I suggest every youth to get back to the drawing board and feel the happiness of hitting the nail right on the head.

    THANK YOU

Iris Pokharel