In the past if someone died, no one would care. Now also not many would care. But if you happened to join a political party then your death will stop the nation, leading to a riot, a banda, and eventually a curfew. That is if you are shot or wounded. No such perks if you die of a disease. But if you are a run down by a vehicle on a highway you will get similar ovation.Â
There is a romantic perspective to this. Many people wish secretely that when they die the world stops. Isn’t it what happened to so many political party members? May be Nepal is giving a way for people to exhaust their karma (that of the world stopping when they die). In other countries even celebrities don’t get such a fanfare at their death. Life goes on even if anyone dies.Â
Eventually this karmic chakra will end. Till then we will have to wait.
