Greetings !
What is this all about?
With thousands of blogs out there I am sure our conversation may end up being just a drop in the sea. But who is listening anyway ! To make matters worse, the topic of our conversation is neither going to be *mainstream* any time soon; nor it is particularly exciting. For most, it is boring, useless rambling or even (b)anal stuff to actually have a conversation about. Who said being concerned is easy?
My objective with this blog is to express my personal feelings, my reactions and spill my anguish all over the place on current news and events of Nepal. Many a times, when I read newspapers, watch reports on TV and hear on radio, I get furious on something that I just read, watched or heard. I get this feeling that I am going to spill my guts out. And other times, I get a sinking feeling. I am sure you know what I mean. You just want to slap that guy babbling out in the tube; oh, what you would give to get inside that radio to beat the devil out of the demagogue preaching patriotism.
I know I have my limits and tons of vice too. On my way to work I have more than one too many times honked at an elderly pedestrian crossing the road ahead; I have taken my share of advantage of my *connections* for things I could have done without; I have chosen not to see the street kid that I see everyday; I don't complain about the million things that should have worked correctly but doesn't; I haven't done my share of social work - well, not at all. In short, I say I am practical - wouldn't you? If not that, at the least I claim to be an ordinary Nepali - now that, you can not deny !
Does that mean I don't care about all those things? I don't want to do anything that is good for the less fortunate? or I don't give a rat's behind about civic duty or basic human dignity? A resounding NO.
No, it is not ironic. I believe that it is only the matter of information and opportunity for any one of us to shine through. Given a chance, any one of us could probably do some common good without compromising our own vantage. All of us at one time or the other have said "bichaara" after reading/hearing/watching a condition of a homeless kid. Don't get me started, my pharynx twitches and I try my best to hide my watery eyes from my spouse when watching documentaries or even movies. I know there are people like me out there - in fact, I can bet on it that most of you reading these lines are such passionate folks.
Let's exploit that passion and talk about it here - who knows some good may come out of it?
What do you say?
