The times they are a changing....

The first thing that I noticed early morning in the news today was the plethora of new demands made by the Maoists (again!!!- how obvious could that have had been???) then followed one of the leaders of CPN-UML who supported maoists to fulfill their demands that entailed full PR based elecion , delcaration of a Rebublic Nepal and what nots. Yes one of the leaders admitted they made a mistake in supporting maoists as they didn't bother to first examine the cause and effect of maoists' demands first.That was disgusting, shameful, stinking and everything bad....it was a shock. At a time like this when the country is treading in the path of hell....they didn't bother taking anything seriously. They didn't bother finding out the 'cause' and 'effect' like what the fk was that???that was a total crap. I was deeply saddened and couldn't read any furthur..and kept digging for something positive to read. But ofcourse who was to get anything positive at a time like this..where the crime rate is swelling like anything. The future of the country leading anyhwere but forward. Its a shame, its heartbreaking, its sad and I can't even measure the depth of the sadness. Theres so much in us oozing to come out....encoouraged to give. Theres so much of knowledge and theres so much of drive in us to change... among us the young nepalese who wants to spread, utilize and bear the fruit. But alas...the pillar that holds the country together itself is getting weaker everyday. Maoists demands keep getting longer, the inabilities of the politicians keep dragging the nation behind. and theres so much to mention here...totally out of place. The garbage piling up in the streets, heard they're going to begin the loadshading again (I wonder if it has already begun). Also heard the NAC is going to cease its international flights (i think) for the reasons all toooo well known to us. I don't know where should I seriously begin.....but somehow I feel..it doesn't seem to matter to people living in ktm. Regardless of whatever's happening..the urbanites seem to be too busy with their work complaining once in a while...may be..the fashion chart escalating big time...hitting pubs, drinking and partying. I'm not sure how its like now to be living in ktm anymore though...so I could be wrong. But in one way ..its good to see people simply moving on with their life too. Where as I seem to be dreading the future. I plan to go back home soon and this is what I have to read everyday. Things never falling into places. and then I wonder - how would it be like to live in a place that defines present kathmandu...will I be happy with the decision I made ...I would definitely treasure the moment- socially but I doubt it about my professional life. We'll see what happens...

and from all this chaos I move on to a story....arriving all the way from Russia. The country once upon a time was in a brink of extinction....how it managed to stay put and its back on the world stage to re-prove its state. Stronger than ever....but the uncertain future still floats around. What would happen after Putin ?. We are just all too familiar with Putin's clever Public Relations tactics...his propaganda infecting each nooke and corner of Russia...which didn't seem to work that bad either. After all the country does seem to be moving forward even with a sheer extremisim hidden behind Putin's happy face. From 2000 to 2007 Russia sure has come a long way ... but what would happen after election would be something interesting to ponder upon. and here too we'll see what happens. And whatever is the case I must admit ...I am an optimists after all that has happened in Nepal. I still choose to believe in my dreams, I still have the hope of things going right, I still dream of the old Nepal...that might not have had been any better but atleast was politically stable...(if not completely).
So thats how my story for Nov.16, 2007 (Friday) goes. Glued to my laptop stuck in the office cubical, with ultra-less work load...I have the time to surf around and get to know the world a little closer and better.
and yes....being an optimists as well as a realists I can't help but agree with Bob Dylan..all the more again.-
Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone.

If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'.
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outsideAnd it is ragin'.
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the landAnd don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road isRapidly agin'.
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'.
The line it is drawnThe curse it is cast
The slow one nowWill later be fast
As the present nowWill later be past
The order isRapidly fadin'.
And the first one nowWill later be last
For the times they are a-changin'