Dear Friends,
Probably, you all are aware of the blockade imposed by India to
Nepal. It’s a blockade by a largest democratic country to the forever
sovereign, free & youngest democratic republic country; it’s a blockade by an
emerging giant to a landlocked country; it’s a blockade by one to another who
are destined to be same from many aspects; it’s a blockade of one to another
who are forever nearest & dearest; shockingly, it’s a blockade of humanity,
it’s a blockade of right to live.
The Indian action is just came in front after we promulgated
our long awaited constitution from the constitution assembly with the vote of
91 percent members. It is really historic, nowhere in the world, the
constitution was promulgated with such a big vote from people’s representative.
Being a nearest neighbor, India is expected first to welcome our decision, but there is
opposite. Due to the current unrighteous action, taking account of purely
internal matter, almost all Nepalese are facing difficulties, so many
industries are about to close, so many schools, colleges, hospitals are facing
problems, so many public service centers are facing complications, so many
child and women are suffering. Being
born to smile, Nepalese people are still smiling and facing the challenges as
well as giving strength to the government not to back from the decision of more
than 90 percent people’s representative.
In our history, we never doubted the largest democratic
country, our closest neighbor, member of our own family and never expected such
an inhumane action. Probably our mistakes were, we always respected & valued
the Indian culture, believed its philosophical base, supported the Indian
position & felt proud of its economic emergence as regional power center. Beyond
the formal diplomatic relation, we are connected by informal, heart to heart,
cultural & blood relation, we were one before few millennia.
Respecting our multidimensional relations, we made our tongue resemble to the Indian
tongue; we made our taste resemble to Indian taste, we made our sentiment
resemble to Indian sentiment, we made our art of living resemble to Indian way
of living. Respecting our long and sentimental resemblance, we never gave the
importance of trade route on our northern border, and now we come to conclusion
that we did a mistake, that was the greatest mistake.
Dear intellectuals, the value of freedom is same for all, no
matter a small country or big; no matter a poor country or rich; no matter a
famine country or resourceful. We should respect each other, give importance to
one another culture and extend the global fraternity because every tiny action
ultimately align to the humanity.
In each country, there are numerous internal issues and only
that particular country is responsible to settle down its own. In extreme case,
if a country asks for international support, then only the other country can
extend its interest at the cost of humanity. A sovereign country should not
establish a special relation to a particular community of another sovereign
country, instead it should be a country to another country as a whole. It’s a surprising that why India, being such a
big & democratic country, interfering the purely internal matter of our
country and coming to the extreme inhumane action of blockade.
The current world is highly interconnected, even a big &
rich country should depend upon the small & underdeveloped country. In such
a reality, think of the interconnection of landlocked countries and its
dependencies of the trade route with the neighbors. We all know the petroleum products
and cooking gas are the basic needs around the world, even India is rely on the
other importer as petroleum products are not its original products. What a
shame! Being such an emerging country to block such basic goods to neighboring landlocked
country without a major issue.
Dear Friends, our sovereignty & freedom are more valuable
than our blood, it is even a pride of south Asia. Even the British Empire who
almost conquered the world, tried to peril our sovereignty many times but
failed. We respect our people’s aspiration and can solve our problem ourselves.
Please convey our message to your leaders, bureaucrats, diplomats and
all other stakeholders that Nepalese people are ready to face any imposed
calamities but never surrender to risk their sovereignty. Your diplomacy is
failing in Nepal. Anti-Indian sentiment is spreading in an unprecedented scale
and the world is seeing after your mentality probably you acquired from British
Empire.
As the citizen of interconnected world, we should teach to respect
neighbors, value the humanity, and expand the global fraternity and most
importantly the human right of free living & movement. Why Indian
intellectuals are silent in such a crucial time? Why the Indian people, educated
from a broad and a holy tradition, are silent on such extreme time? Why the
Indian Saints, who are educating love, fraternity & human values around the
world, are silent in such situation? Why not you pressure your government to
follow the international treaty of trade route and protect the right of
landlocked country? Our people fought for your freedom, for your security, for
your prosperity and for your identity. In return you paid with dominance,
blockade and threat our right to self-decision. You are the descendent of holy
masters of oldest human philosophy, you are the grandson, daughter of many
enlightened Gurus, and you are the true student & follower of Mahatma
Gandhi. Oh! Why you are still silent dear Indian people? How your country can be a permanent member of
UN Security Council with such a tiny mentality? Still why Indian intellectuals are silent, my
dear friends?
From the commoners, we
can’t see the further deterioration of situation and further defamation of Indian foreign
policy, we are only the country being happy from our core with Indian emergence,
and we are only the country to value Indian interest in international arena because
we are long connected from the heart. So, let your real politician decide the
relationship with Nepal, Let your culturist and sociologist suggest the relationship
with Nepal, let your enlightened masters advise the relationship with Nepal
You are the only people who can stop the further humiliation
of millions of Nepalese, and millions of Indian Nepalese residing in India.
Expecting your serious interest and role.
Thanking you.
-Dinesh
Chandra Panthy
September-30, 2015
dineshpanthy@gmail.com
dineshpanthy@gmail.com
