Dhruba
It is really frustrating to see many instances of Nepali psyche being marred by confusion and double standards. When the case, actors and beneficiaries change - people are found shifting side, from one to another – sides that stand on very different and contrasting principles and policies - knowingly or unknowingly. These days such psyche is rife equally within Nepal and abroad.
Example of double standards
This write-up intends to bring fore one striking case of such nature. Such psyche has come fore strikingly in the form of response by people of Nepali origin living in Hong Kong. They have announced publicly that they would oppose vehemently the appointment of Economic Consular of Nepal to Hong Kong because he belongs to none of the indigenous ethnic groups dominant there. The poor guy is Brahmin. The echo of announcement is: “Sorry guy, you unluckily could not enter into the womb of any woman from some ethnic groups – Rai, Gurung, Magar Limbu or others, so you cannot come and work in Hong Kong as the Economic Consular.” Further, they have warned that his arrival in Hong Kong would be greeted with black flag as the symbol of opposition. They would boycott him totally.
