The disastrous earthquake that jolted Nepal also shook the foundation of our country's political system. Our government has been struggling to cope with the scale of devastation wrought, which severely destroyed parts of the country's Capital, few remote Himalayan villages and triggered avalanches. The concerned authority isn't taking any initiative (or may be taking an unjustifiable long time) to rescue the victims and deliver relief materials to them. Private sectors are also just coming through by contributing their aids more in promises and less in actions to comfort the sufferers immediately.
Despite such irretrievable situation, the rise of living spirits all across the globe is seen to help survivors and victims by every possible mean in terms of food, medicine, tarpaulin and millions of financial aids. Also we Nepalis people are trying to redeem the loss by joining our hands--first to help each other in daily affairs and then to rebuild a nation much stronger than before.
The ill-fated afternoon of April 25 has taught us the real meaning of resilience, generosity and unity to overcome loss and grief and made us believe that there is indeed light at the end of the tunnel. People who had already lost faith in the government have started showing some faith in each other in spite of their caste, creed or class. Each of us has put back our faith in humanity. People helping people in the ravages of the catastrophic disaster is quite a sight for sore eyes. Even amidst such perturbation and blank horror, many extraordinary examples of altruism were read and seen just like the bravery of those unsung heroes desperately trying to rescue people under the rubbles even after so many days.
After all, we're the citizens of the same nation which currently needs us more than ever to join hands to rebuild it. Time has come when all the fundamental principles of humanity and patriotism have to be remembered by each of us. Just like Phoenix rising from the ashes, this is our greatest challenge and opportunity to prove to the world that our nation never was and would never be the shadow of its former self.
And now it's up to us: how to pay tribute to the souls of departed ones. Whether to enlighten a new ray of hope gleaming from the debris or to get lost in darkness and inspire the coming generation of our ignorance?
The nature's wrath has given us a chance to set an example to the rest of world that Nepalis are capable of bouncing back with our own effort. Besides our magnanimity and bravery, we can prove our mettle in progress and advancement of our country's future by vanquishing a shattering past. And if only for this time, our government decides to work together with its people for the country's renovation above its vested interest, we definitely could rebuild a much stronger and much more beautiful nation. And thereof, we even could demonstrate the theory of utopia, who knows, if we work and decide together what we would write on the blank pages of a new chapter of our history!
Now the future of our nation depends on only one question and how we answer it: Is it the end or a new beginning?
Subesh is a student pursuing Chartered Accountancy (CA) at the Institute of Chartered Accountancy of Nepal.
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