A madhesi has become the first president of Nepal. Good. The impossible 'One Madhes One Pradesh' slogan should subside down. And the madhesi people should feel that it is just as much as their country as it is that of white skinned northerners. The big question is, does our New president think himself more of a madhesi or a Nepali.
Dr. Yadav has become the president because of his Mahesi ethnicity, no one is going to argue on that. But as I write now, he is probably taking the oath of presidency from the Chief Justice. What dress is he wearing?
Is he wearing a dhoti and kurta to show that he is from terai and that he is representing the madhesi people? It would be a blunder. He is a Nepali citizen first, and then a madhesi. If people of all ethnicities consider themselves to be members of their ethnic group first and then citizens of a country, there is no point talking about 'sovereignity' and 'integrity' of any country. Barack Obama, the US presidential candidate put it wonderfully,
There is no white America and there is no black America. There is only one America I know of and that is the United Stated of America.
But then, he cannot be wearing Daura Suruwal either. One should think of all those madhesi zealots who think that they have been suppreses for thousands of years and it is their turn for revenge...They would go mad over it and the whole point of making a Madhesi a president would be pointless. ' Daura surual is imposed upon other contrymen by the feudal Pahades. We must protect our culture and fight those colonoal imperialists. Let us preserve our integrity.' Daura suruwal would be a bad choice too.
What would be a safe bet for our new President? A good and sensible suggestion would be coat-pant. That way, he would not be in danger of being too provincial or neglecting his identity as a madhesi. These days nobody dares comments upon suit-pants; the days of bigots who considered these dresses and remnants of British colonialism has long-away passed.
Best Of Luck! Dress Well...
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