Imagine
It's not wrong to dream, and not wrong to express one's dreams either. Therefore, I am going to talk about my dream. But it is not about something I dreamt in my sleep. It's something more practical - maybe not very possible, although not impossible… it's all about imagination.
Let's imagine for now as in John Lennon's song. A clean Bagmati with clean, cold water and a great river bank where tourists are taking a sun bath and monkeys are drinking from the pool. A few trees, whose shade seems really precious during a hot summer.
When the evening appears, there's a lok dohori going on, and everything is peaceful. Not only tourists but even Nepalese are having loads of fun there. There is a cheap but quality market there with good food. As darkness sets in, there is a musical performance by Kutumba to make your evening all the more exciting.
During the afternoon, a group of children are swimming in the Bagmati, while couples sit on the stone platform on the bank of the river and fish. Ah..and then a small boat comes all the way from Sundarijal, and imagine a camp fire being lit at night there.
Those are entertaining dreams. Now let's imagine something more advanced. Imagine a proper traffic
system where vehicles follow all the traffic rules. As mentioned in a documentary, imagine Tribhuwan International Airport that is truly international in facilities. Imagine the World Cup being held at the
Dasharath Stadium and Nepal kissing the cup.
What's wrong in imagining?
Let's imagine Nepal winning both the World Cup football and cricket. Let's imagine Kaka, Drogba, Rooney all excited to play from Mahendra Police Club, and Bob Dylan, GNR and Iron Maiden struggling to feature with our Nepalese artists. Imagine a road properly pitched with underground metros. Imagine a free education system and foreign students appearing for the examination held by a Nepal board to qualify for a seat to study at Tri Chandra and Shanker Dev Campuses? Imagine all the resources of
Nepal being utilised in such a way that there is a shortage of labourers in the country and they need to be brought from abroad.
Imagine a ropeway connecting Jumla and Humla and a railway connecting Nepalgunj and Jumla. Imagine the richest person of the world being a Nepalese.
Ah! You have imagined a lot, now ask yourself: Can all this happen? Is it possible?
Yes, it is difficult, really difficult but not impossible. I guided you towards an imaginary Nepal, now you need to guide the Nepalese to make this a reality.
PUBLISHED IN THE RISING NEPAL (DECEMBER 09 2010)
http://www.gorkhapatra.org.np/detail.php?article_id=43086&cat_id=7
It's not wrong to dream, and not wrong to express one's dreams either. Therefore, I am going to talk about my dream. But it is not about something I dreamt in my sleep. It's something more practical - maybe not very possible, although not impossible… it's all about imagination.
Let's imagine for now as in John Lennon's song. A clean Bagmati with clean, cold water and a great river bank where tourists are taking a sun bath and monkeys are drinking from the pool. A few trees, whose shade seems really precious during a hot summer.
When the evening appears, there's a lok dohori going on, and everything is peaceful. Not only tourists but even Nepalese are having loads of fun there. There is a cheap but quality market there with good food. As darkness sets in, there is a musical performance by Kutumba to make your evening all the more exciting.
During the afternoon, a group of children are swimming in the Bagmati, while couples sit on the stone platform on the bank of the river and fish. Ah..and then a small boat comes all the way from Sundarijal, and imagine a camp fire being lit at night there.
Those are entertaining dreams. Now let's imagine something more advanced. Imagine a proper traffic
system where vehicles follow all the traffic rules. As mentioned in a documentary, imagine Tribhuwan International Airport that is truly international in facilities. Imagine the World Cup being held at the
Dasharath Stadium and Nepal kissing the cup.
What's wrong in imagining?
Let's imagine Nepal winning both the World Cup football and cricket. Let's imagine Kaka, Drogba, Rooney all excited to play from Mahendra Police Club, and Bob Dylan, GNR and Iron Maiden struggling to feature with our Nepalese artists. Imagine a road properly pitched with underground metros. Imagine a free education system and foreign students appearing for the examination held by a Nepal board to qualify for a seat to study at Tri Chandra and Shanker Dev Campuses? Imagine all the resources of
Nepal being utilised in such a way that there is a shortage of labourers in the country and they need to be brought from abroad.
Imagine a ropeway connecting Jumla and Humla and a railway connecting Nepalgunj and Jumla. Imagine the richest person of the world being a Nepalese.
Ah! You have imagined a lot, now ask yourself: Can all this happen? Is it possible?
Yes, it is difficult, really difficult but not impossible. I guided you towards an imaginary Nepal, now you need to guide the Nepalese to make this a reality.
PUBLISHED IN THE RISING NEPAL (DECEMBER 09 2010)
http://www.gorkhapatra.org.np/detail.php?article_id=43086&cat_id=7
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