Today, I feel like sharing my recent experiences which happen to tell a lot about Nepal: its culture, root practices, inefficiencies, hurdles, challenges, moral and ethical responsibilities, and a lot more.
" I went for the license registration a few weeks back to Transporation Management Office. There were a lot of people just outside the office who were saying they would do our paperwork in real quick time if we pay them certain money; definitely not a legal charge or fee. That was more of asking for a bribe."
"Three months ago, I sold a few shares in the secondary market through one of the reputed brokers of Nepal. There is a process called EDIS which is basically transferring the shares to the buyer account and needs to be completed within 2-3 days of sales. I forgot to do so and as a result, I could not complete the transaction. Later, I paid a fine and requested for share deposit back into my account. Guess what? It's been 3 months but haven't got my shares back. Probably I have made more than 50 calls to solve the issue."
" I was in a hospital a few days ago. I went to use the ATM booth of one of the biggest commercial banks in Nepal. But I couldn't withdraw money as the machine went off suddenly. However, they deducted my fund from my account even though not a single penny was withdrawn. I immediately notified the same to bank and they replied by saying they would need another 2 weeks to re-deposit my money back into my account. So, basically, they want to hold my money for the duration of 2 weeks while the fault was on their side. Really, we live in a world, where we can transfer money within a few seconds but banks need more and more time when it comes to giving us our money."
I could go and write hundreds more such experiences and still have more left to cover. What do these experiences tell about us and our society? Are these wonderful, example-setting experiences that we can showcase to the rest of the world? Are people in different roles within different institutions doing their job with utmost honesty, integrity, and urgency? Clearly, the above events say something else. What standards are we setting for future generations? It's easy to put all blame on leaders and be ignorant about our own practices in everyday life, isn't it? I haven't met many who doesn't have this opinion:
"The country is not doing well because politicians and only politicians are responsible for this."
It is also people at different levels and different institutions who are responsible for increasing inefficiencies and significantly poor governance in our county. I am not denying the fact that our leaders have been responsible for bringing instability, making poor progress in policy building, and many more. But what are we doing as individuals? Are we being honest with our duties and responsibilities? My experiences don't showcase the same. There are big loopholes in every organization, every industry, and every platform. Until and unless we don't realize that change is only possible if each one of us performs duties more responsibly, we as a society and a country will never develop.
Really we need to reflect on ourselves before pointing fingers at anyone. As a responsible citizen of this country, each individual must perform different tasks such as paying taxes, exercising his right to vote, striving for operational excellence, focusing on customer satisfaction, discouraging corruption by discouraging bribery, educating people, and adhering to the norms and regulations. Maybe then we can push our leaders to do their job better and eventually build a country that is safe, developed, and sustainable.
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