Sunday, February 5, 2012

सपना अधुरै छ

शनिबारको कान्तिपुरमा बिदाइ भएर जाने लडाकुका निराशापूर्ण कथा छापिएका छन् । नयाँ र सुन्दर नेपाल बनाउने सपनाका साथ वर्षौं लडेका र त्योभन्दा पनि अप्ठ्यारो समयमा गाह्रोसाह्रो सहँदै भयानक अनिश्चितता र अपमानका बाबजुद पनि अनुशासित रूपमा ५ वर्षसम्म क्यानटोनमेन्टमा बसेका उनीहरू निराशा र अपमानसहित नै बिदाइ भएका छन् । राजनीतिक नेतृत्वको अदूरदर्शिताले पाउनुसम्म दुःख पाएर त्यही नेतृत्वबाट उधारो सपनाको भारी लिएर उनीहरू बिदाइ भएका छन् । अगाडिको बाटो अनिश्चित छ। तर जसले जे भने पनि उनीहरूको ५ वर्षसम्मको धैर्य हेर्दा अधिकांश लडाकु शान्तिपूर्ण र अनुशासितजीवन बाँच्नेछन् भन्नेमा विश्वस्त हुन सकिन्छ । जाँदाजाँदै उनीहरूलाई भन्न चाहन्छुनयाँ र सुन्दर नेपाल बनाउने सपना हाम्रा पनि हुन्जुन पूरा भएका छैनन् । यी साझा सपना पूरा गर्न मिलेर काम गरौं ।
इन्द्रध्वज क्षेत्री
काठमाडौं 

As the melancholic condition in which the homegoing Maoist combatants are left with, I thought it important to empathize with these people and wrote a letter to the editor which was published in Kantipur Daily (Feb 5, 2012).

Friday, February 3, 2012

A humiliating goodbye

As I read in the newspapers that the Maoist combatants finally are being sent home from the cantonments, I am feeling bad for them. Their dreams are yet to be fulfilled. They have lived the most difficult life in the cantonments with humiliation, boredom and uncertainty. Now a heavily bargained cheque is telling them that this is the reward for all the hardships you've gone through in these 10-15 years. Pathetic. And more pathetic is that there is nobody to speak for them, let alone empathize.
They are trying to give a message also for the future that anybody whoever takes part in rebellions will have same fate. It is ridiculously sad. I hope and believe that those discharged will embrace a peaceful and fruitful life yet won't leave the movement as it hasn't reached success and also that the Maoist leadership behaves more responsibly to the scapegoats still remaining in the cantonments waiting uncertainly for the humiliating 'integration'.
Also Read my article that I wrote when these combatants were gathering to embrace the life in cantonments. A Day With the Maoist Army