Bandh (General Strike) is the ultimate thing to do if you are up against for something, be it demanding federal state for your ethnicity/region, demanding punishment for culprits, or protesting against government action/inaction. But here in our Country Nepal, it is very much used and done action to fulfill you and group of other you. Some groups may have gone in series of events to reach General strike at last but some take it as the very first start to go against something. No matter what bandh (Strike) kills!! It kills country economy, It kills people hope for better, It even kills some people's regular meal and may directly kill individuals without timely reach of hospital. Economy and development is very important for a country but life and living is utmost important and is the right of each individual to earn it. Such bandh cripples life, distorts people mind and even have much negative impacts on future generation.
Its a good thing that most of Nepalese media are not covering the news of bandh before the strike, and it helps to limit the effect. But news of bandh spreads like wildfire from mouth to mouth and Social media helps Nowadays People also search for if there is bandh in the coming, for that a popular website www.nepalbandh.com has been catering the need for quite a long time. I had even seen people asking if there is bandh today in Facebook status with "K aja banda cha?". This proves Nepalese people are very much wary of these bandh's and people state of mind is too fragile. And the question arises, how we can get more productivity from that fragile state of mind!
There are many ways to express dis-satisfaction to the authorities and ask for proper measure apart from bandh (strikes). And authorities must also address those issues in time to make them less agitating and not to opt for Strike and alike. Let's not promote bandh and let's not make it our culture.
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