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Lost in Promises: Desire and Difficulties of Nepalese politicians.

Reflecting Intention Do you think Prachanda, Baidhya, Bhattarai and their colleagues started ‘People’s war’ popularly known as Nepal’s civil war back in 1996 to come into power and accumulate all the resources of Nepal?  Or you think leaders from Nepali Congress and CPN UML started their political journey with the hunger of earning money and getting their dear and near one’s into public position? What was the reason behind them to struggle for democracy and justice when authoritarian regimes were putting a price tag on their life? What motivated them to keep their life into an edge of a knife and struggle for democracy repeatedly?  As a rationale thinker, I can argue that while starting their journey of politics their primary concern was not to earn power, position or money, but to end inequality, discrimination, and establish co-governance, justice system and most importantly develop our country as a free, peaceful and prosperous one. As a result, we witnessed a significant chan