चाहना

चाहना र इच्छा पनि मनमा धेरै थिए
पुरा गर्ने आकांक्षा संगै थियो
नजानिदो जिन्दगाी यो धमिलो भइरह्यो
के हो के हो जीवन यो अधुरो रहिरह्यो ।


तिम्रा पनि चाहना धेरै थिए होलान्
मनका पिडा बेदनाहरु मेटेर अघि बढ्ने रहरहरु थ्एि होला
राजसी रहर र फूल सरी हाँस्न मन थियो होला
तर दुर्भाग्य र असिमित दुखका खडेरीहरुले तिमीलाई गाँजी रह्यो भाँजी रह्यो ।



यस्तो परिवेश नहोस् मेरो पनि भावना यही थियो
तर प्रेयसी तिमी कुन धारमा वगिरह्यौ मैले भेट्नै सकिन
तिमीलाइ कसरी पारी तार्ने मैले मेसो देख्नै सकिन
तिमी एउटा यात्री रहेछौ न म मिल्न नै सके न बुझ्न नै सकें ।



जीवनको प्रबाहमा मैले तिम्रो सफलता नै चाहें तर तिमीले त्यो बुझ्न सकिनौं
तिम्रो अस्तित्वका लागि गरेका वलिदानलाई जान्न सकिनौं
तिम्रा लागि धेरै मोडहरुमा मैले सायद धेरै गल्तिहरु गरेको छु
हे मन ! यो सबै तिम्रो शुमकामनाकै खातिर गरेको छु ।

कमल खनाल
बैशाख ३०, २०६९, काठमाडौं

Another break in the wall

This is another example how the political course works in Nepal and depicts how powerless are the people. As for the common public it is not why Lok Mansingh Karki is appointed as the chief of CIAA but how as the chief secretary under king's direct rule he suppressed democratic movement that resulted many loss of lives. Political parties especially Maoist was at the forefront to disclose their hue and cry against this person.  This shows how political parties show no moral values and indifferent towards public sentiments. The question comes for whom they fought war and for what reason they sacrifice the thousands of people? Why many people were killed who were in favor of monarchy during insurgency?  Is it just the monarchy as a system that was bad?  Does the system run itself or are there any actors involved to run it? Having any political faith of any common individual should be respected but the question is about the person who has such a negative image and indulged in political offense, abuse of power and against the public sentiments.

The appointment of new CIAA shows the political parties are just far from people. Even the independent publics do not favor this appointment because of the image this newly appointed person created and responsibility of creating this image profoundly goes the political parties themselves. This is a strong evidence which made people believe he not the right person for the right job. 

Cross-party political panel recommended Karki as the new chief of CIAA.  Waves of suspicion is that- Is the real kingmaker sits somewhere else? If this appointment is just the result of tussle and a matter of coincidence that is different angle but if it is a preconceived affair for fulfilling some body's vested interest it will bring another setback for the country. Even more serious is it will tarnish democratic norms and values- people elected government, constitutional appointment, and bureaucratic values. This will land the country in the wave of circular notions where we can not separate between the past bad order and the positive changes we are proud of so far today.