I agree NEWARS are very communal, but we don't descriminate or hate
others, as SACHOKURA said he knows many who HATES NEWARS.Why are
others so jealous that we all newars want to be as one, we were and
still are very communal tribe. We are very proud of our heritage, our
arts, culture, traditions, language, we are the minority in our own
land, our culture and language has been threatened to extinction, so
what is wrong to be communal to preserve our own culture and language.
About deshbhakta and rajbhakta, to me newars r the one who cares more
about country and king. Despite being named as kathars or deemed not
suitable for military purpose and representing just 6% population,
newars hail numbers of martyrs to tally the martys of any major
populations. Deny me if you can, from 2007 to 2046 newars contributed
more than any other tribes from the ground level (I am not talking abt
politicians) for the successful establishment of democracy. And when
kathmandu didnot take part in jana andolan-2, everyone blamed people
from kathmandu to be kathars and rajabadis. Is this the reward for 40
yrs of contributions ???
I again agree NEWARS are rajbhakta, because rajbhakti is our tradition
and it is our culture. I don't but my grand parents still regard king
as reincarnation of lord vishnu, no matter how bad things he might
have done. Where do you think the belief of king being
reincarnation of vishnu came from ?? Newars ....... We regarded Mallas
as reincarnation of god ...... we believed he played pasa with Taleju
devi ........ and prithvi narayan shah took advantage of this belief,
by exchanging dagger with KUMARI and representing himself as the
chosen one. Why PNS didnot take newars and still are not taken in his
military ranks ??? Is it because Newars are kathars as has been
portrayed ??? In contrary the truth is PNS was always scared of revolt
from newars after being defeated in every battles he had fought
against newars. The worst part is Newars are still not trusted in
military. No matter how much newars pay with their blood, it is always
not enough to buy the trust.
You have to stand on our shoes to understand how we think. If I was
alive during the time of PNS, I would have defended Kathmandu by my
life from being united as bigger Nepal. No matter how small Kathmandu
would have been, I would have been proud to have coutry of our own,
just as we are proud now to be Nepali no matter how small it is in
world map. How big do you think Nepal is anyway .... we are still
baise and chaubise if you consider bigger picture ??? Newars are the
defeated ones, don't ask how proud I am to be Nepali ??? Its like
asking people of Sikkim how proud they r to be Indian ??? I am proud
of Kathmandu, Newari is my mother language, Nepali is my NATIONAL
language. Sounds bitter, doesn't it ? but this is how the truth tastes
like.
Don't get me wrong by comparing kathmandu with sikkim. As for
kathmandu, generations have passed since unification and wounds have
healed, now I am as proud to be Nepali, as I would have been to be
from Kathmandu back then, where as for people of sikkim it is not the
same as their scars are still visible. By all this I am just retelling
our history from newari perspective. Now Newars are as proud of
unification as any other groups. Newars have never revolted against
the interest of Nepal, never demanded special treatments, never did as
we say in nepali "धमिलो पानीमा माछा मार्ने" and never treated shah dynasty as
enemies but have always been revered as god for newars could have
easily thrown out tribhuvan from being king after 2007.
To me healthy discussion is always good no matter what topic it is on,
as long as there is no HATRED involved. This thread caught my
attention as I saw this word HATE in sachokura's posting. There is a
saying " DON'T HIDE UR SKELETON IN YOUR CLOSET, IT WILL HAUNT YOU IN
AWKWARD MOMENTS ". sachokura if you have issues against newars, let it
come out, don't keep within urself or ur own people so that issues
will turn into HATRED. I have had several disputes with bahunkto in
sajha, but I regard him as good guy. I believe the person who you all
regard as racist is SAYAMI, to me he is speaking his mind, if he is
not correct, discuss with him, you will find lot more things to learn
from each other. HATING quietly is worst than speaking out the
dissatisfactions. HATING is what back stabbers do. I consider him my
best friend who has gut to tell I am stinking on my face when I forget
to take shower, so that I can correct my mistakes.
We should change our attitude, we should not take comments as criticism but as an advice from a friend. Debates can help us understand each other better and change ourselves to better suit each other.
I really appriciate your effort though.