Nepal essay (7): all kinds of people in Nepal

The Nepal seven essays:

All kinds of people in Nepal

Since the return of the Nepal visit is many years domestic, but was there and heard, always in my mind is still lingering.

Nepal as a mirror, reflecting the Chinese century passed, the light flashes from the mirror, you will find history sometimes is so surprisingly similar.

Kat Kam from Nepal (Nepalgunj) back to Kathmandu, we call on the Chinese Embassy, Embassy officials by canchu, inviting us visiting Golchha family, is one of Nepal's top ten family, the company's founder Graham • Delson • hook notes (Ram Lal Golchha) was originally the Palace captain, a noble title, retired into the business, was founded in 1934, concerning trade Organisation Golchha, metal processing, sugar, breweries, linens and processing industries in recent years and entered the electronic manufacturing, Internet communications and investment areas, is a very powerful family.

Now I understand why customs officials see we took out the invitation letter Golchha, the immediate cause of the CAP.

Remember that a recently to Kathmandu, Golchha Group Managing Director di Wick • GE notes (Diwakar Golchha), speaking on behalf of the company receive us, Wick • GE is Mr. Golchha family's third generation leader, in Pakistan have complete higher education, can speak good English and quick thinking, age thirty-year-old, has been to many places in the world, including China, Shanghai and Shenzhen, new things in the world outside of his hand.

We sat down at the negotiating table, sitting in a long table at one end of the wick • GE Mr. reached press the Bell when an old servant came in the door, Cap go master asks what are commanded, Wick • hook Mr. fingers behind the window type air conditioner, mean: you give it to my open! the servant, the open air conditioning switched back to leave the room, it really makes us was in fact the difference! he can reach air conditioner touch, he ran at Bell told the servants come in such a simple thing to do. In Nepal, the strict hierarchy is reflected in every aspect, whether it is a kind of modern education, in order to correct the outdated concept is obviously not so easy.

Nepal were mainly India-Aryans (Indo-Aryan), Tibet, and Burma's descendants, walking in the streets of Kathmandu, you will encounter all kinds of Nepal.

Nepal in history has seen many small city-state, but nearly a thousand years is mainly composed of India under the control of the dynasty, beginning from the end of the eleventh, India covering Lou its dynasty (Chalukaya Empire) in Nepal area to replace the Buddhism, Hinduism has established strict caste system (Caste System).

In the middle of the 18th century, from Kierkegaard in Kazan (Gorkha) region of another India-Aryan tribes unified Nepal, Shah dynasty, continue to honor the State religion, the Hindu caste system continuity. Until 2008 Shah dynasty crash before Nepal while juridically abrogated the caste system, but there is still a strict social classification.

Nepal is located in a corner of the world, the community is still in a primitive agrarian society State, generally there is no time for gratitude, we arrive Kathmandu evening, about good morning visit Golchha company, we get up in the morning, after breakfast sitting room wait until you see the clock has not been shidianduo company.

After this is true for every situation, that is the morning practice is at noon, and often is about good things, was postponed. Each meeting are slowly tea, a long time have access to the topic.

In those days in Nepal, walking in the streets of the city, we will often see these idle person, time to them seems to have no meaning.

Daily time so slowly killing off, is located in the Himalayas mountain plateau in Kathmandu, but early sunrise sunset late, there doesn't seem to slow down the clock will.

Social inequality and lack of Justice increased people's poverty, many people survive another day to work very hard, but still have no access to adequate food and clothing.

Many children do not have the opportunity to read and accept the formal education, will assume the responsibility of the family. The King and the nobility were high above, a devout "my site, I call the shots!" are not understanding people's well-being, condescension to understand. Grievances in inadvertently a little accumulation, ultimately like volcano eruptions, lasted about 300 years of Shah dynasty vanished.

We in Kathmandu in those days, often not far from the hotel by a restaurant, with boss yilaierqu ripe, the boss was very talkative, not come together when the busy and we chat.

From the conversation we learned that the boss is Myanmar overseas Chinese, the mid-1960s also is an angry response to domestic revolution, Myanmar off overseas, say goodbye to his wife and a son and daughter alone one flight, first be assigned the Commerce Bureau work in Kunming, but soon the cultural revolution broke out, he is deemed to be foreign spies arrested, detained in a prison in Ningxia Province, and his wife and children lost touch. His wife is Myanmar people, has worked tirelessly to find the whereabouts of her husband, the 1970s China relaxation allows overseas Chinese to go abroad, he and his wife settled in Nepal after the reunion.

The old man to say he doesn't like Nepal, his son and daughter are in Nepal, but have been left to the United States, Nepal is now only he and his wife lived in Kathmandu.

According to the old man said, there are five in Kathmandu, as he does not naturalized, still their Chinese passports, in each of the Chinese Embassy is to ask them a few overseas Chinese new year, old partners often get together, we all don't want to leave each other, is a friend.

At that time, the public places are Nepal hanging Birendra (King Birendra) and West tile Queen alia (Queen Aishwarya) of photos, I would ask the locals for the King and Queen.

According to the old man, Nepal that King Birendra is fairly liberal, universally loathed Queen AISI Sadovaya, she herself is not arrogant, but also to condone their relatives big money, the State whose people, many government projects consists of her family who established the company contracting, Jerry commonplace, government officials were afraid to ask. Said to the Prince de Pan de la (Prince Dipendra) is cast aside by the people, di Pan de la in mother's pampered by doing nothing, alcoholism, drug addiction did, no one likes to let this noble to the throne and became a King. Later it turns out, it is the Crown Prince, for their own selfish interests, not only the mother, and shifu operating table to kill all the family!

When it comes to Nepal were devout religious, the old man is a plus, he complained that many of Nepal's tragic destiny is what comes from the Hindu religion, will people is divided into four classes, if you are a noble and on others, do you believe that God bless you, Soso, et al., have been unable to turn over the bitch, future reincarnation is still a bitch, was also sent a letter to the of God, what's the point? old man told us that in fact Nepal underclass aggregation of dissatisfaction and resentments have been around forever, just need a proper opportunity to detonate.

We in Kathmandu in those days I due to illness, the Embassy covers I to iron group in Kathmandu Manager Department of the clinic doctor, at the end of chat, the doctor said the other day there's another story: they hired a Nepal local drivers, in the from field on the way back out of the accident, causing the arm fracture, but the driver should adhere to drive back to the clinic who hastened to send him to the best hospitals in Kathmandu, but the hospital is not accepted, no matter how Chinese companies are invalid, the grounds for intervention is because the drivers belong to the lower strata of society, who in iron with he traveled all hospitals, finally an Army Hospital reluctantly accept.

In the early 1990s, the Chinese people have just solved the problem of food and clothing, but the rich still a far cry from the way Hong Kong when I saw there prosperity, it is for his own life in the country and regret, but whatever the livelier, will want to go to a better life.

However, in Nepal and heard, I also am a Chinese and feel a little bit of joy, I knew the world was still so unfortunate. From his (her) were helpless eyes, you will feel a dissatisfaction and frustration, and social change.

So far, I have always wonder: If the original Shah Royal to anticipate your future, whether they would comply with the historical trend? sometimes think it's funny, the Qing dynasty is missed the chance that the result was thrown into the dustbin of history, what's the reason I looked forward to Nepal could do better?

We at the end of the visit, di Wick • GE Mr. Everest in Kathmandu Hotel hosted off, it is a five-star deluxe hotel, located in a noble big garden, standing in the courtyard, you do not feel this was in Nepal.

Restaurant full of clothes fresh local people, facilities, food and the waiter's service is first class, even more shocking is that restaurant next to the entrance of the Casino, it was full of young people dressed avant-garde and jewels of the woman, and a trip there, spend money like water, this can not but say a human tragedy.

A privileged control a country, a few people in a dictatorial manner ruled most of the people, and this power is not given by the people, this rule can maintain long before very doubtful that ultimately will be the people to overthrow, Nepal is a mirror, reflecting changes in the process of human society.

(More photos, please see my blog: http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_6393a0af0100hooe.html)