"bikalpa" ka baatoharu

Growing political awakening amongst youth like us who want to see Federal Republic of Nepal under stable and progressive political changes has urged me to write few words of my own here. While I strongly believe that youth capital can indeed be tapped for revolutionary changes to change the face of our country, there are, as we all know, many obstacles to it; some of them possibly even beyond our imaginative mind. While most of us are tied to the spot we are in for the time being, here are some suggestions that I hope will help get the grass-root movement started:

1. Youth in Nepal and overseas should not be regionally alienated as the establishment we try to resist will be unified in its defense when attacked, rhetorically as well as physically. Internet was the primary tool of Barack Obama's election victory and it has to be the real mass of our iceberg tip too. The group "Bikalpa" should be taken as an initial means to reach the goal and not an end on itself.

2. While a theory is of use only when practiced, it it hard to sway the already existing political ideologies. Even Marxism required "The Communist Manifesto" to propel it to the heights it has achieved henceforth. While our ideas will be best represented not by a centrist figure but a collective judgement of many brains (more like the evolution of modern liberalism through collective contribution), we need to synthesize a doctrine we all can reason and adhere to and suits the political climate of a country like Nepal. The doctrine can be the better cross-product of already established political mainstreams and not a separate entity in itself.

3. While Internet is a reliable way to reach out, it still is not largely accessible all over Nepal. If we are serious about this, then we need more than one spokesperson in the national daily newspapers in Nepal presenting, defending and developing the movement. We have to convince the better half of the nation's youth that politics can be done a better way.

These are just some ideas that popped up in my mind just now. Everyone is more than welcome to add their input to the think-tank on ways to fire this spark. I rest my case here.