Rings of Power

What is power and what makes a thing or a thought a powerful one in our society. Who is behind a thought, is there an institution or a person behind it ?  Lets try to understand the rings of power.

Sex : Sex is good for good and bad for bad people. To some sex is love to some sex is lust. To some sex is biological need, to some it's the only way that helps the universe get going. However, there are people among us who view sex as a power play tool.  There are people who believe more you have sex with more people longer you live in life. Is that true ? the existence of superior sex and inferior sex is based on this thought who is powerful on bed ? Who can dominate one another on bed ? Why two different sex can't co-exist under the same roof when they have to share just one bed ? The whole concept of sex should be on union not on fighting for power play.

Money : There is this famous saying, money is not god but is not less than God also. When it comes to money there are whole world divided in two groups, one worships money as if it's god; as it solves half the problem on earth and other group view it as root of all evil. How come one takes it as supreme power and another sees it as root of evil ?  instead of knowing the root of its cause, we have people who will run after money or and some plainly blames it for all the bad things that happens in our society.

Religion: The thought of God is very personal and it is all about faith. People are always seeking to be in the like minded circle. A reason to talk and share view and believes when it comes to God. people are divided in many groups of religions. And there are feelings of supremacy among the many types of religions. It's really interesting to watch two group when one religious group beliefs my religion is better than yours. Religion is a kind of groupism. More people have been killed in the name of religion than in wars.

Politics : Politics is absolutely for people who like the game of power, because for them it's a center of power. Some like to be in the opposition of power and like to challenge the people in power. Everyone choose the kind of party that represent their own thought pattern. Some stick with politics purely because they are afraid of being  left out.

Education : Education is answer to all kind of darkness. It is education which can give us freedom for all types of shackles. We have all kind of education center there are all kind of faculty nowadays that are being taught in schools and colleges. Some, some gives importance to science and technology and some give importance to art and literature, gives importance to spiritual study. Paranormal science is some interested and I went to study commerce even if I had keen  interest in psychology.

Entertainment/ businessmen / science and technology : celebration is one of the most important part  of our life. Under this we can put all forms of art, sports, music, dance, literature and other way to express us. Celebrities are viewed and respected like god in some society because they do not talk about the other power games but just teach us to express us freely. They teach us to let some of our emotions flow. Game help unite all community regardless of caste, creed and nationality, celebration is above all kind of groupism which breaks all barriers that is build around us by other power players. When one sings a song our emotion melts down, when we dance fear flies out from window, when we read some books it unclogs some of our brain nerves and connect us to that part of life where we have never been. All these makes us feel more normal and that is what the entertainment industry do. Business covers also science and technology not just the other business in our society.

Movie, television, singing, dancing, literature, sports, painting, sculpture and other arts. Some worship the art and some artist shines like a bright star.

Media [public communication] : There are intellect people in media who can help the mass to understand what is going around us, in the society we live. They tell us about the new books, new technology, new invention, new leader, new hero or the rising star in sports. They are the one who help us to understand the cult in religion. They help us to understand the corrupt politicians and how this powerful politician’s handsome son is in broil of sex scandal. Although, there are good journalist there are also some journalists who never get tired of talking negative things around us and they think busting scam is their main job. Luckily, in every society there are some journalists and intellectuals who show us the right path to future.

What is interesting is a politician needs a religious guru for guideline, a religions guru needs a politician to amend some bill for the better society. A journalist needs a politician’s help to  crack some news and a politicians always needs journalists to rise and shine in news. A businessman needs a powerful politicians to get some deal approved, and a spiritual guru to realize some problem in his life. A religious guru needs donation from a businessmen. Every education institution needs mass to come and study what they teach in their universities. Every star needs general public to come and enjoy his/her art or talent. Every man and woman need each others back to support each other and move on in life and create a new life. So, who is in the center of power of ring of power ?

Note : This article has already been published in Our Society in August 2016

Education

Every year hundred of thousands young educated people leave the country. Nepal now have become a manufacturing labor nation  for the developed or semi developed nations. Statistic shows that Nepal has 71% literacy rate and we all know many graduate people are working as a laborer in rich nations. No doubt, they are the one who are most frustrated bunch of the society. Does Education mean to mass produce laborer for other nation ? Why their education allows them to demand for workers and  ours education qualifies us to fill the form and cross our fingers.

Before the economic boom in India, a famous TV hos Shekhar Suman quipped about major hotels in India having doorman who hold a graduate certificate in their arms. If the owner or operation manager wanted to know, "why the lights on[ even on daytime ] ?" the door men then would respond its Thomas Alba Edison sir ! Does getting graduate certificate mean  to go and stand on the door all day long ?   Watching Satyamev Jayate also tells us there are some vegetable hawkers who are holding a graduate certificate. Should we go to school and college for yeas to do a job that requires no education ? If it does not change your life style or make you rich enough then is that education is needed anymore ?

Education is light. Education is power. Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world. This very famous last line is said by Nelson Mandela.  These are some very powerful lines you must have heard more than once in your life. This reminded me of Baburam Bhattarai, one of our politician. He once was a key person in Maobadi party, but now he has his own party. 

During the Maobadi people's war time its cadet were involved in blasting many government offices, police & army posts in remote parts of the country and killing innocent civilians who never did any harm to them. All they wanted to do is to inject terror and fear in the mind of public. During the ten years so called people's war, the destruction of national properties amounted in billions of Rs, killing more than 13,000 lives. This however do not include the people who left the country in search of job or better life, stolen properties and emotional drain of people of my country. That war only pushed back the entire nation for more than 25 years. 

After they came in full political power, once some mabobadi top heads were on TV to discus the cost of hydro power that was going on and that would have done good for this nation in the long run. Hissila Yami, wife of Baburam Bhattarai was also on the show along with others to say that we pay unnecessarily huge money to those who got contract and they hire people who are more expensive than our local people, who are affordable. Thus incurring more cost and they take the bigger pie of the nations investment. Hearing this, the contracting company which was from America, broke the contract immediately from the hydro project. That single contract costed nation billions of Rs, as it was a long term development plan for the nation. As asserted by another officer working on this project on live national TV to discuss further about the topic of corruption they felt that was going on in that project. The officer sarcastically thanked Yami, who was holding a position of some minister at time, saying they got it the way they wanted it, only it costed nation multi billion Rs in loss because of the broken contract. This again pushed back the development process not just the electricity. Remember Hissila Yami served long time of her career as a lecturer in a college before hiding in the jungle.

What is my point here is Baburam Bhattarai was gold medalist in his student life. He topped the board exam in SLC - School Leaving Certificate. He also topped his college. Maobadi was very much similar to the revolutionary movement in Peru some calls this Shining Path of Peru. That again was ignited by another super bright but very frustrated student. Its only that the fate of Peru's peoples war and its leader and Nepal's people's war leaders is vast different. Peru's leader were strategically nullified, that's what I remember reading in one of Reader's Digest long time back. Does not this mean frustrated educated people if they team up with the man like Prachanda cost nation multi billions dollar. We sure have the biggest percentage of people who are highly educated equally frustrated to their career most. 

Pushpa Kamal Dahal a.k.a. Prachanda is the man behind the revolt that engulfed the nation in the name of people's war. I remember watching Bijay Kumar, the famous and  very outspoken TV journalist once asked him during one of his interview, there are so many people in your party who only reads and they don't do anything. In another of his interview I remember Bijay Kumar finding the man very 'carismatic'.

Any person who is educated has learned to get whatever they want in life without violating the rights of others. It seems that Bijay Kumar never came across the book Think and grow Rich to find those  lines by Napoleon Hill. It also seems Baburam and his well educated circle of intellect never came across the book named Rich Dad Poor Dad to find the lines like, getting a good education making good grades no longer ensures success. Still parents tells their children go to school and get good grades to get good job. The world around us has changed but the advice has not, by Sharon Letchrer.  It seems none of those highly educated people ever had time to read and understand people like Jhamak, a physically challenged woman who writes in her autobiography, effect of education should be seen in your manner and life style as well as in thinking; mere gaining certificate is not sufficient.

We all know the importance of education. l remember reading an article in a college book named, the Gold Flax, compiled by Moti Nissani and Shreedhar Lohani. In one article, why you must go to college; the writer argues so many things and one particular issue is, if you lie on the operation table the chances are high you wont get killed if you are collegge educated. When I read that, I was thinking did not they get higher percentage in school and college than me !  

"That is why it is foolish to simply say to a child, get a good education", writes Robert Kiyosaki in his book Rich Dad Poor Dad. Now, I would like to leave you with just one thought about this subject, education is the foundation of all success.