Miscellaneous
Unlike other episodes of Mero2Paisa, this episode is a monologue of Aashish Adhikari, where his words come out of his emotions, love for the country and all the fellow Nepalese, and his frustration as a common Nepali where he talks about the issue of Nepal India border dispute and the larger picture behind the politics of the two nations. The episode starts off by Aashish addressing the current hot issue of the Nepal-India border dispute. He shares his opinion about how we got into this place of all out dependence with our neighbouring country. He shares it dates back to generations and slowly with time we have been getting more and more dependent with India. Sharing his first hand experience of how his family business of manufacturing collapsed in the early 2000s along with other several industries nation wide due to the political turmoil and international influences in the market, he brings out the statement that our behaviour as consumer has shifted through the past few decades in such a way that it has not allowed the local industries to thrive while creating a massive market for foreign businesses and ultimately them taking overall control of our economy. He shares that Nepalese are not practicing democracy properly. The people's conscience is always controlled by some controversial issue that rises in the media which is actually created to shift the citizens' attention from issues that are actually important for the well-being of the nation. He asks people be aware of the power of democracy and utilize their rights to speak out and question the debatable decisions of the government. He asks Nepalese to aspire to bring out the change in the system if they feel that they are being mistreated. He shares that he likes to see young Nepalese aspiring to become leaders of the nation and actually working to lead the nation on a prosperous path. He focuses much on Nepal's dependence on India for trade, Nepal's currency, arms and ammunition for the national army and much more and says that disputes like the on going border issue cannot be solved until Nepal can practice true sovereignty and place border security and reduce its dependence from India for trade and business. He also addresses that Nepal has a lot of foreign influences from different international bodies and even from intelligence agencies of foreign countries, who are here to fulfill their agendas and Nepal has nothing to gain from them but rather these personnel, and agencies, out of which a lot claim to be INGOs create hindrance in Nepal government's proper functioning and threat Nepal's sovereignty. In the end, he requests Nepalese all around the world to create opportunities for themselves here in Nepal rather than complaining for lack of opportunities and the financial minds of the country must focus on flourishing entrepreneurship in the country in order for Nepal to have a prosperous future so that Nepal is less dependent on foreign aids and nations and our sovereignty is secure. Aashish Adhikari: Facebook, Instagram, Website