Thursday, September 22, 2005
An Expensive Morning Walk UWB
Maharaj should always walk like this- avoiding the Rolls Royce, throwing away the Harley Davidson, ignoring the Puma 17, and suspending the plan of buying a Boeing jet for international trips.
Mobile phones were not working properly from the very morning. Landlines were dead in some parts of the city. Traffic was a complete mess. Thousands of people faced difficulties going to their work places because traffic police diverted vehicles to different directions without prior notice. Many truckloads of people were ‘imported’ to Kathmandu from surrounding areas like Kavre. People in those trucks were hoisting national flag and shouting slogans like Hamro Raja Hamro Desh, Pran Bhanda Pyaro Chha (Our king and the country are dearer than our own lives). Why? Because Maharaj, the king, was on the streets of Patan for an unprecedented morning walk (10:00-13:00 NST).
Great! A king walks. I welcome this. I am of the opinion that he should always walk like this avoiding Rolls Royce, throwing Harley Davidson, ignoring Super Puma flying-machine, and suspending the plan of buying a Boeing for international trips. And the monarch should reach to every nook and cranny of Nepal to experience the daily hardships faced by millions of Nepalis. He should eat what they are eating.
The king is not an actor. He is not Bhuvan KC or Rajesh Hamal. So, I think the monarch should have ignored all those fancy and temporary welcome gates built on the streets of Patan misusing Nepali taxpayers’ money. And he is not a coward. He is a brave descendent of P N Shah. So he shouldn’t have feared for his safety by bringing down all the telephone lines, disrupting traffic and making the road an army parade ground. He can walk with his citizens, together, perhaps talking about their daily hardships. That would be more fruitful the public wouldn’t have to suffer through all the hassles and the monarch can really claim of having contact with people. Howzzzz dat?
Mobile phones were not working properly from the very morning. Landlines were dead in some parts of the city. Traffic was a complete mess. Thousands of people faced difficulties going to their work places because traffic police diverted vehicles to different directions without prior notice. Many truckloads of people were ‘imported’ to Kathmandu from surrounding areas like Kavre. People in those trucks were hoisting national flag and shouting slogans like Hamro Raja Hamro Desh, Pran Bhanda Pyaro Chha (Our king and the country are dearer than our own lives). Why? Because Maharaj, the king, was on the streets of Patan for an unprecedented morning walk (10:00-13:00 NST).
Great! A king walks. I welcome this. I am of the opinion that he should always walk like this avoiding Rolls Royce, throwing Harley Davidson, ignoring Super Puma flying-machine, and suspending the plan of buying a Boeing for international trips. And the monarch should reach to every nook and cranny of Nepal to experience the daily hardships faced by millions of Nepalis. He should eat what they are eating.
The king is not an actor. He is not Bhuvan KC or Rajesh Hamal. So, I think the monarch should have ignored all those fancy and temporary welcome gates built on the streets of Patan misusing Nepali taxpayers’ money. And he is not a coward. He is a brave descendent of P N Shah. So he shouldn’t have feared for his safety by bringing down all the telephone lines, disrupting traffic and making the road an army parade ground. He can walk with his citizens, together, perhaps talking about their daily hardships. That would be more fruitful the public wouldn’t have to suffer through all the hassles and the monarch can really claim of having contact with people. Howzzzz dat?
# posted by Nepali @ 3:13 PM 
