Since the civilization, human being has surpassed through several trials & tribulations and coped up with tremendous sufferings until it reached at this stage. During the pre-historic period human being was engaged in consistent struggle for its survival resulting gruesome carnages and fatalities in battles between different clans and groups. Waging corporal war was the only breakthrough for finding out a resolution and victory then. This sequel continued for a long period. With the time, wisdom & insights, the cost of war, devastation and suffering were begun to get realized. Political, social, cultural institutions & structures were begun to flourish & helped in bringing social harmony, peace & tranquility among the people. Arts and Sports played an influential role in shifting the peoples' war-mentality. They also worked as a powerful medium to transform the destructive force or negative energy within human who came into existence through war-spirit. Arts worked as an important medium to liquefy their destructive temperament and changing their inner self. It helped in minimizing their resentment, hatred and enmity. Art is still practiced as a perceptible medium to gain spiritual, physical, mental & emotional healing, wellbeing and happiness even today.
At the era when the world was under the shadow of great confrontation & war, Sports began to flourish as a crucial deterrent to such violent conflicts. The enemy states also accepted to take part in sports activities. In this way the enmity of two party got channelized into sports and seeked victory in the positive way. History has revealed that even in battles, sports used to be a decisive option against bloody confrontation to decide the winner.
Currently, Sports has become the life-blood of modern society throughout the world. Olympics, World cup & other international, national & local sports events have played an invisible role towards transforming the conflict-spirit of mankind. We can witness how even key political events get overshadowed at the time of Arts & Sports events like Olympics, world cup, Musical events & programs even in Nepal!
If Arts and Sports are universally accepted factors to minimize the conflict why can't we practice it in Nepal? They can certainly play a buffer role and help prevent Nepali youths & students from adopting conflict-culture. It is very awful that people are forced to believe "muscle power" as an ultimate power and solution for survival. People are hopeless, empty-minded and frustrated with the ongoing scenario of the country which lures them to indulge in anti-social activities, for a little gain. Human mind is similar to the "ocean waves" and the sensations are in rising and falling pattern. So people's wrong & negative sensations are obvious but they needed to be given a positive direction. We many Nepali are compel to become the "party cadre' at an early youth at the school level. We have Student Unions in schools but sadly no Arts Societies, Sport clubs like in other countries. This discrepancy has affected students in their growth and prevented to think beyond the horizon of rotten politics. Here, it is never meant that young leaders should not be encouraged but the time of political schooling is wrong.
At the present phase, the country can't generate sufficient employment and other opportunities to its people. The resources are seriously in short supply and political consensus is too shallow. In order to prevent & redirect the youth from indulging in the web of violent politics & conflict, why can't we promote different types of Arts & Sports Schools, Stadiums and also intensify & expand sports activities and opportunities? Government as well as other stakeholders jointly can take lead in setting up such Clubs, Societies and develop the existing ones at the local and national level. This could be the best way to hold huge idle youths who get an alternative business, otherwise indulged in Violent Strikes, Blockades, Bandh, and Vandalism. By their participation in arts & sport activities they would attain spiritual, physical and mental enlightenment prompting them to go beyond the horizon of our "rotten politics' and have an opportunity to transform themselves. So future of the youths who are the agent of change & the building blocks of development would be secure at least temporarily so the country too gets a smooth passage ahead.q
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