Web 2.0 provides a solution to Nepali woes!!!
I sprang up in an epiphany ! Eureka !! I have it figured out once and for all. It is the perfect solution to all the bickering and finger-pointing going on in our political arena. With any luck, we can soon say adieu to the violence in the terai.
I am surprised why it never occurred to me before. After all, working in the leading edge of software technologies is what I do for a living. Besides, day in and day out I've been using the today's stuff actively and all with proper choices.So much so that I suffer from Carpal Tunnel developed by over-indulging in blackberry; I gave up keeping a physical photo album in lieu of a flickr account; I get most of my news from pod casts; my current event talk shows are limited to Comedy Central's The Daily Show and The Colbert Report ; I refer to wikipedia like a religion and I am proud to say that I too have contributed to the wealth of knowledge there; and oh, did I tell you that I blog too? Well, one way or the other, this particular solution never occurred to me before. I have it now.
Consider this - create a wiki for all the leaders of all the political parties and ask them to work their butts off in producing a constitution that everyone agrees upon. No more finger-pointing and crying fowl over missed opportunities.No more complaints about not being all-inclusive. If you mess up something - it's your behind that will get kicked not anyone else's. You all can consent to each other, erase each others articles, delete it, amend it, do it over and all of it as many times as you like without having to call strikes, bandhas and riots. It will suite your attitudes too since being lazy heads as you are, you won't need to get your butts off the chair too. As for the rest of us, we all can participate by being passionate observers. Besides, for the rest of the folks like us, our butts are already taken, thank you, either by schools or work or in search of one. If they promise to spare us from all that is going on, I am willing to set it up myself. Heck, I'm upping the ante - I'll even buy them a domain and host it for them. Armed with a 21st century ConstiWiki, who dare say we are still in the stone ages?
But,that's one area our dear leaders don't lead anyone of us in - they actually lag. Ironical as it is, this reminds of one country that beat all the odds and has made it big beyond imagination in the span of a little over a decade. Estonia. Starting off with more than 30% unemployment and bankrupt economy in 1991 after the fall of the soviet empire, this country has had quite a metamorphosis. It was mostly thanks to, IMHO, the leadership of a young (he was only 32 when he took office) prime-minister Mart Laar. This is one path that I would like to see being followed by our pyaaaro-desh too. Ready for PM Gagan Thapa folks? If not, brace yourself for the ride.
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
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3 comments:
Great idea! ConstitWiki would indeed be a nice happening if it happened. How long do you think will these rogues take to adapt to this wiki world? Probably another ... years.
decades is more likely :D
A nice read. Am in hurry to write a long comment. I will for sure do that latter.!
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