Paras Shah, Don Kings and Monarchy

Paras Shah, the ex-crown prince of Nepal is in deathbed. He has been struggling for life in a hospital in Thailand from the last one week. With the news about his health, there was a hype of reactions regarding him in social networks and media. People wished him speedy recovery and felt sorry for his state.

When Monarchy was abolished some years ago, Nepalese remained quite. Yes, a small group of people loyal to the king protested against it but that had no effect. "Spiral of Silence" works well with Nepalese, though Nepalese really did not want to abolish monarchy from the country, they remained silent and let the leaders of political parties do whatever they wanted.

Now after 4 years , scenes have changed. If we try to find out "public opinion" regarding monarchy, people have started saying that its better to have monarchy as a political system. Monarchy had united all the Nepalese and there was a equilibrium in the society. People of different caste, religion , social background, all considered themselves Nepalese rather than trying to get a separate identity for their sect.

Yes, Paras Shah has a dubious past but so has most of the politicians. Current Home minister, Son of Comrade Prachanda, and many ministers in the current cabinet all have tainted images. It makes me wonder, haven't we  abolished monarchy to be ruled by several other 'Don' Kings?

Corruption is on a rise, there is no rule of law, politicians have even 'bribed'  judiciary and included them in their game of power politics, people are threatened and troubled and the press turns a blind eye. Yes, situation can be worst than this only in countries, which are involved in civil war or are involved in genocide. But aren't we heading towards the same? 

These politicians with their policy to remain in power are disturbing the harmonious relationship among people from different ethnicity, tribe or communities. If continued to be encouraged, we can not say that there wont be genocide in Nepal soon.

Ours is a small country and we don't need to experiment with several types of government to attain prosperity. Provided that , there is peace, law and order and people are let to earn their living, Nepal will be prosperous soon. I do not say that we should reestablish monarchy  but strongly believe that we could have done much better if there were kings, who prioritized national interest more than any other interest and stood as a symbol for national unity,speeding up development works needed for the country.

May be the spiral of Silence will be broken soon, people will burst their anger and sweep away all the filth from the country.