Dear Manishaji,
Ram Ram!
I agree with you on most of your points. The Nepali people have given chances after chances to incompetent and corrupt leaders in the last few decades and, you know, they all failed hopeless to govern. Among them are your grand uncle, aunt, cousin, father, great aunt and many more from your family. As they say, the charity begins at home. If this large influential core group from your family and relatives who have held dadu panyu in the administration of the country for decades can be tamed, trained, and disciplined, we would have a different Nepal today. I know BP Koirala was made of different clay and he has his name in history. Unfortunately, none of the leaders we have today have the capacity to understand the dreams of BP. So, it is ok to accept the take over by the king but you might want to give an advice to your own family and relatives too and make them aware of the lessons to be learned in putting the country before the parties and their petty personal interest. You are in such a fortunate position today to make it happen, Manishaji.
I basically agree with you on giving 3-years of time to King G. Still, I do so reluctantly because he still has to prove himself that he means well for the general welfare of the Nepalis. If the king can restore peace and democracy within three years, it is not a long time, and more power to him.
However, there are still some clouds that king G has to clear as he moves on. My thoughts are:
-The king?s council of ministers should make all out efforts to eradicate the deep rooted corruption from the top. I say the top because that is where the rot lies. Could he set up precedence by making a) his ministers? wealth publicly declared, and b) making all of his business dealings more transparent?
-Take stern actions to those who have earned wealth in the last few decades through illegal means (be they a political leader, activist, bureaucrat, royalties or anyone else)
-He should soon declare his plans for three years timeframe to handover democracy. I am afraid they would go an extension after extension beyond the three-year period for which the Nepali people would not tolerate it.
-Make genuine efforts to sit with the Maoists. In fact, if most of the demands put forward by the Maoists can be met, why not start from there???
Thank you for taking time from your busy Bollywood schedule to comment on the political situation of our pranbhumi.
Now that you may be in the good book of the royalties for supporting the take over, do put in some good words to make the administration transparent and expedite the process of handing over the democracy to the people.
So, what's your next Bollywood venture? Why not make a film on Nepal that will inspire the leaders? Even if you could not inspire these rock hearted leaders, you could certainly inspire those unfortunate 50,000 innocent Nepali women who are facing a hellish life in hundreds of Indian prisonlike brothels. Could you not?
