Lure, ra ‘master jasto’…

By: Prem Prasad Sigdel

I have read an article by Hisila Yami who is one of the prominent leaders of Naya Shakti Nepal, the youngest political party of Nepal. She was also the Tourism Minister of Nepalese government at the time of Maoist ruling before 9 years. She published an article in Kantipur Daily on 3^rd August which was about Pushpa Kamal Dahal (PKD) who was going to be a new Prime Minister of Nepal that day.

The article was about PKD in which she gave the detail after her visit with him from 2046 BS. She characterized him from her first visit commenting that he was lure, ra ‘master jasto’…. Lure means thin in Nepali and the English translation of this phrase is “thin, ‘like master’”. I am also a teacher or master I realize that I must be thin. The sentence refers that masters are thin and the language she has used is too much derogatory. It refers that leaders should be, may be fat, they should earn more, or they have some high personality, or they are prestigious, or they are powerful, or they are intelligent, or they are smart and so on.

The sentence insulted teachers very much as she treated teachers as a miserable creature who have no power at all or they should have been sympathized etc. They don’t have personality; they are thin, less smart, earn less etc. It refers that they should have been living with someone’s grant and they don’t have dignity at all. The meaning of such sentence is too serious in which teachers have been treated as a mean creature who have no power or capacity to do anything in front of political leaders. The sinister language from one of the responsible persons of the country is meaningful who had also served as the minister of Nepal government.

She might have thought that the leaders are respectable persons ignoring their activities in front of people. Being a ‘teacher’ and a commoner I want to characterize the leaders as following. We don’t regard leaders as good persons rather they are the illiterate, boastful, cheater, shameless, exploiter, corruptor, dacoits, extortionist, and so on. I can’t express all the words that people have used to characterize the Nepalese political leaders.

Let’s see all the characters individually; all the examples of the above adjectives can be described with proof. Everyone is aware about the educational qualifications of our leaders only a dozen have PhD qualifications with little evidence. There is a proof that only a boastful person can write such sentences in article. They are cheaters as they haven’t fulfilled the promise what they have done with their voters. They are shameless which can be a proof herself. They are exploiters that they have taken share of 5 crores as their share though the member of parliaments has the duty to frame rules not to implement the development programs.  They are corruptors the report of Transparency International report has proved it. They are dacoits which are proved by Shyam Sundar Gupta who is still in jail. They are extortionists which is a good example of herself and her colleagues that they killed teacher Mukti Adhikari in their so-called People’s War.

In spite of her understanding teaching is the best job in the world which she can’t understand. The teachers have wished best for their children; they are always with the success of the students. They have provided education to the small children so that they can see the world themselves.

Did she read herself or there were teachers to teach her? She didn’t respect teachers which may be right to complain but what is her morality? I guessed that she has developed such habit of so-called revolutionary and attack others when she didn’t respect her teachers or seniors. The revolutionaries think themselves above than others which can be reflected from her article about PKD. Her party killed 13000 people in the so called People’s War and the most heinous type of killing can be seen of Mukti Adhikari’s who was also a teacher. She might have some admonition towards teacher so they had done so. Her denouncement also proved that she some kind of hatred towards teachers.

I heard that she has been talking about the development of the country but ignores the fact that the pioneer person of the development. She is a political animal now without base at all. She won the first election first then loses it next time. Had she done well, she would have again won the election. She had taken election as a game ignoring her deeds so she lost the second election of being the third candidate. Still she doesn’t realize her position and denounced teachers using sinister language. I would like to question her: do teachers lose like her? Do they have to cheat others? Do they involve in corruption like her? Do they damage national politics? Do they stop the development projects? They have only given to others and help to produce manpower to the nation rupturing their existence.

She can be a best example of inefficient leader who have stopped the development process of the country from her proud nature. It means she can’t accept other’s existence of being so-called revolutionary. Does she know the power of teacher? They are like the candle who burn to spread the light to others. If the leaders could follow the teachers, they country was already developed before many years. Those who are simple and honest would be regarded as the worst one is the culture that the revolutionary would learn. Her ideas directly hurt the teachers who are the key of development.

Truly speaking she doesn’t have any respect to her teacher; it’s vain to celebrate teachers’ day by her. She is all in all herself and she has got certificates from the jungle. I think she has taken her certificates like Yarcha Gumba that she can find without any effort. It’s also shameful to be a teacher for her; if her teacher had seen it how would have he reacted? It’s a tragedy of our nation that the so-called leaders are so illiterate, half-wit, senseless and so on. Thanks god that she was also a student of the teacher.

She can’t understand the real aspects of teachers’ life. They don’t have anything to expect from others; they have given only; they have taken nothing from the students; they always wish for the progression of their students; they deliver same to all the students; they read for the sake of students. What they have read would be fruitful to the students like the thing that mother has eaten for her baby. So the relation of students and teachers is like child and mother. It seems that she has been doing fun of teacher and teaching which seems odd to her. She has been observing teachers from her vulture eyes like PKD, who is her political opponent or he is a son-of-step for her.

I can claim that no leaders can operate school nor can they teach the students; whereas the teachers can run the country. I can challenge her to go and handle class for one hour only. If I have been given opportunity to run the country, I will do certainly the better than her. On the other hand, her concept is sufficient to understand the understanding towards teacher by the political leaders. Such a responsible person would talk such irresponsible things; thus education is one of the neglected fields of the nation. In this way, we can’t develop our country.

Education is the key of development and teachers are the key to open the lock. Teacher and teaching is thus the best of jobs and it’s not the neglected profession in comparison to her so-called politics. I suggest her to respect teachers and teaching then only the aim of your politics can be fulfilled; neither should we understand her as a leader above mentioned adjectives.