Unwanted Social Norms

By: Prem Prasad Sigdel

Social rules, norms and values guide all the persons who have been living in any society. We can’t question the norms rather we should be the follower of them as it has been structured in the society. So society is a guiding force for every person in Nepalese society as well.

Nepalese people have left to work these days or those who work would be rated as a sorrowful creature in the society. Those who work in their field would be the poor man. They wouldn’t have any exposition in the society in front of the persons who have been earning their living from secondary means. Or those who can loot would be respected in the society.

If we want to be an example of worker we would be backwarded ourselves. Rather we should have known the guffaw rather than the skills to work. If you have skill it takes years and years to earn money and be rich. If you have guffaw, you can earn money in-no-time either illicitly which can be a means of dignity in the society. It is one of the formulae to be rich within short time period in our country.

I would like to present my own example that I want to work more rather than guffaw. I always ask to concerned personality to function rather than lip-service. So I believe in work and I want to prove myself as one of the laborious man in the institution where I work. I remember a Nepali proverb that we should work 10 times more to make others work along with us. So the context would fit to me. However, single man effort has no meaning at all.

Today I have worked 9 hours in computer in my school. I started working from 5.30am till 2pm. I have had knowledge of computer irrespective of the friends so I have to work much. Other friends have been straying doing nothing rather roaming here and there. I have been busy till nine hours and then I have to take my class even.

I thought to work even more but I felt too much tired and stopped. I felt too much lousy at evening time and got sleep before supper. When I took supper I felt little bit fresh and then wrote this piece. The price of labour is too better for me because I am going to get sound sleep at least which is one of the problems of the city dwellers who have nothing to do throughout the day.

I evaluated the situation in such a way that the persons who have expertise would be working all the time whereas others are like the spectators of the drama. Those who rated themselves as uneducated or unskilled would get relief from the burden of work. Thus my question remains that the youths are unaware about the value of work and skills. We should work more and develop our skills to make our future bright. So we should effort for the change of our social context.

Neither we would be back if we follow the guffaw culture in our society. We have been promoting the loot or idle culture in our society. The person who would cheat others is regarded as the best one. Is it the bravery of Gorkhali? Should we value our idleness or labour? It needs much improvement in the social context for immediate reform. The loot culture should be discarded to make us healthy and to contribute for the nation through hard work.