The right way forward

I took an opportunity to read the "Nepal" journal today. I read an interesting humor piece by Manoj Gajurel about the caste-based classification of Communists, which made a pertinent observation about their state of disfunctional affairs. The second piece was an opinion by Gagan Thapa, where he makes an excellent point, "A new house cannot be built on an old foundation."

In the present context, his historical analysis of Nepalese politics aptly shows the need for breaking away from the past and laying a new foundation, which this current change provides a golden opportunity for. But if it fails to meet the true aaspiration of Nepali people, then more changes might be necessary, which the Nepali people are capable and ready to embark on.

This is going to be a challenge as in the same magazine, there was news on how people in Khotang had the first opportunity to see a motor vehicle in their village, which is still not linked to any other place. So the way to move forward will remain full of challenges, but as Gagan Thapa argues, that foundation cannot be the same old same old. Bold visions and new generation of Nepale leaders are an integral prerequisite for Nepal's future for a democratic repulic.