Hello everyone, Happy World Biodiversity day!
I celebrated world biodiversity day planting a
coconut tree in my home garden, joining the global green wave campaign.
I am looking forward to reading all the activities
fellow Tunza members’ took.
Planting the tree, I thought about the Earthquake,
about all those lives that were lost, many lives which could have been saved if
only we were a developed nation, one with better disaster management strategy
and better tools and methods.
It made me angry and I kept thinking what lies ahead of us.
It made me angry and I kept thinking what lies ahead of us.
We as a
nation are now covered in dust, now we need to wash our tears and jointly plant
the seeds of Sustainable development and water it.
Earthquake has caused my country Nepal unfathomable
loss. My brothers and sisters have lost lives, they have lost their homes. The
situation in itself is hard to manage, forget about the development one would
say.
The times are hard and we all must realize times are going to get harder and most of us have realized that and gallantly done what one could do.
The times are hard and we all must realize times are going to get harder and most of us have realized that and gallantly done what one could do.
But now critical time has come, a time that will
decide what kind of road we will take in the decade to come. If things are run
as before then famine, epidemics, crime will breed and swallow us and we will
even degrade from our current category of “a third world nation”
But on other
hands this earthquake has rocked us from outside and from within, youths are
motivated, people are united and if only the leadership can use this
accumulated energy and can effectively draw a plan, a corruption less, uniting
plan then we can successfully lift ourselves from hunger, malnutrition,
illiteracy and other problems in a quick span.
Of course it is easier said than done but many
countries have evolved out from conditions worse than ours so there’s no reason
we can’t do it.
We have natural resources, with whom we haven’t been
efficient. We are rich in biodiversity.
However the course shouldn’t clearly be to replace green forests by concrete
forests. Sustainable development is a must and our target must be of “Smart
Economic Growth” which seeks to reduce reliance on energy intensive and high
polluting industries and rely more on localized technology, green energy and
services.
Many foreign countries and INGOs have shown
compassion and aided the victims of the Earthquake,
for short term aid that works but if we are to really change our nation then our reliance on aids’ has to stop. Nothing is free and we can’t forever remain poor and expect donations. We already are in too much debt. Instead of taking donations, we should be encouraging foreign investments and encourage Young entrepreneurs in agriculture, business, tourism etc
for short term aid that works but if we are to really change our nation then our reliance on aids’ has to stop. Nothing is free and we can’t forever remain poor and expect donations. We already are in too much debt. Instead of taking donations, we should be encouraging foreign investments and encourage Young entrepreneurs in agriculture, business, tourism etc
Immigration, Brain drain has been an issue for years
now; the chief cause is lack of opportunity and appropriate opportunity. The
real cause of this problem lies in our education system. Our curriculum of
school, college and university is in no way preparing students to solve the
problems our country currently faces and is expected to face in the decades to
come. Without transforming education system we really can’t push for a leap.
It’s already been more than a decade that Nepal has
become a Republic still development is slow paced and this quake is sure to add
to our troubles. But two real problems that hinder us, probably most of
developing nation, are Corruption and Incapable leadership.
Corruption
has infiltrated almost all sectors of Nepal in varied scale and without
uprooting corruption all other talk will be meaningless.
If only we could get a law that made all bureaucrats, politicians, civil servants to sign an agreement which said if they were ever charged and proved of corruption then they will have to face life imprisonment,
and again for this to implement judiciary has to be strong and effective.
If only we could get a law that made all bureaucrats, politicians, civil servants to sign an agreement which said if they were ever charged and proved of corruption then they will have to face life imprisonment,
and again for this to implement judiciary has to be strong and effective.
Secondly incapable leaders, most of the front line
leaders are old and now just a shadow of their old rowdy past, time has
outfoxed them and yet they don’t give in. they have got visionary, energetic
youths as their advisors, If only it was other way around.
Well if I am thinking about it then youths like me
also must be thinking about the future of our nation. That is a really good
sign. Now I have to start changing myself, be responsible, be pragmatic, and
contribute as much as I can.