I just saw this picture of a man standing on top of former king
Tribhuwan (? I'm not sure it is him) in bbc, and this is f***ed up.
This demonstrates the disrespect many of our countrymen has for our
history and cultural heritage. A disrespect disguised as patriotism that takes advantage of peoples emotion. Before April
2006, we could count ourselves among the fortunate few including Japan
and England, to name a few, where the royal family co-existed as
cultural heritage with democratic government. Now I wasn't there when
these stuffs happened, but I was in Rochester and it was cold as hell
up there. But the point is no matter what the emotion running, anyone
with an iota of scruples knows what to honor and to get rid of.
I'm not saying Gynendra was innocent, yes it was his fault that we were
pushed into this situation, but that doesn't redeem the fact that we
did loose our unique standing in the world, which is sad. If someone is
to be blamed it has to be Gynendra but why are people projecting the
hatred towards the whole dynasty of royal family? They have given us
many things including the gift of unified Nepal. While we are at it why
don't we systematically destroy everything Shah starting from the
museum in Hanuman doka.
People like the man in the picture are no better than Gynendra, an opportunist and a disruptive element.
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