Although there is a tradition of not allowing women to speak outside the community, two young men from Surkhet, Deepak and Naveen, and two young women, Jiki and Surman, took the stage for the first time, sang and told their stories at a literary festival held in Kathmandu.
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Experts are concerned that the country will face the problem of intellectual decay in the future as the number of people who go abroad for higher education studies and build careers there is significant.
This subject got priority in the sessions of the first day of the 'White House Literature Festival', which started in Kathmandu from Thursday. The speakers gave their opinions on the question of 'Is it right or wrong to go abroad after completing 12th standard?'
"If you are thinking of going abroad, go, read, learn, but come and do something in Nepal," Dr. at the opening session of the festival. Bhagwan Koirala urged the students and added, 'I am a weak student in the field of arts, which means that not all students are excellent in all subjects.'
In another session, 'Politics: attraction of attraction', there was a discussion that some young people are migrating abroad due to political repulsion. Young politician Milan Pandey, one of the speakers of that session, said, "It is a bitter reality that young people are migrating abroad due to the increase in distractions in the current politics."
In the same session, youth leader Ramkumari Jhankri commented that there is a process of making 'commercial business' by misusing politics as power. She said, "That's why today's youth are being forced to go abroad even though there are many facilities in the country."
Similarly, in the next session, 'Jen-G Curiosity', the discussion focused on the fact that the current generation's fascination with foreign countries should be taken as a matter of concern. Journalist Sudhir Sharma said that going abroad is not bad and emphasized that he should do something in the country. Similarly, singer Ani Choing Dolma also advised students not to go abroad in Lahailhai. She said, "You should go abroad to study and learn, but come back and make your own country." Film director Meen Bham also remembered that he had only gone abroad once so far and said, "I will travel abroad with salary." On the first day of the
festival, seven "panel discussions" were held. In the first session, four young people from the Raute community were heard from the stage in 'Raute: Jungle Main Zindagi'. They recounted their journey from Surkhet to Kathmandu. They said that it was strange for them to come to the federal capital Kathmandu when young people were migrating abroad. Although it is a tradition that the route women are not even allowed to speak outside their community, at the festival, two young women, Jiki and Surman, along with Mukhiya's son Deepak and Naveen, took to the stage for the first time.
Deepak can speak Nepali language fluently, he can talk in a crowd. He confidently sang from the stage, 'Parkh parak mayalu ma pahi ta aoonla, hold the train window and dance together.' Ziki also sang the song in her original language. Journalist Deepak Sapkota, who was facilitating them, asked Deepak himself, 'Why hasn't a woman been made a head yet?' He replied, 'Women are considered shameful, that's why.' During the session, which was the highlight of the festival, the facilitator asked Surman, 'Don't you want to go to school, study?' She directly said, 'No, the Mukhiya doesn't even send them.' Even though the Mukhiya's son Deepak did not send them to school, he said that they had studied 'Kakhag' and would come to write their names.
Naveen could not speak even though he got on the stage. Saying that he was sick, he refused to take the mic. Deepak, who said that he had been to Kathmandu 10-12 times before, expressed his happiness that the Nepal government has increased more facilities for them than before. When asked if the government would build a house, they refused and said, "Why do you live in a house?" We feel dizzy. They enjoy living in the square near the forest.'
Similarly, at the festival, singer Abhay Subba Sarjak mentioned that because she could not understand the taste of the new generation, Jen-G was not listening to Nepali songs/music. She said, "The present generation likes 'pis' (peace) in music, earlier they liked anger." Singer Subba along with journalist Basant Basnet and artist Vijay Baral also spoke in the session on "Literature, Music and Acting". At the
festival, actress Manisha Koirala revealed her interest in taking up the art journey even though she belongs to a family with a political background. She said, 'I like to attend and speak at literary events. When I come among the new generation of students like this, I get more energy to do more work, because it is a place to listen and tell stories, so I keep going to such programs.'
