February 14, 2025 10:40 am
February 14, 2025 10:40 am

A picture inside the bureaucracy ’96 Gaddi’

 

 

Kathmandu, November 29:

 

“Are we flowers, are we fragrances, or are we angels of heaven?”

Parima is also paramount! Tell me which country are you from?”

 

In the novel ’96 Gaddi’ written by Prakash Tiwari, the feelings of the characters are presented through poetry. The novel ’96 Gaddi’ is a depiction of the Nepalese politics and bureaucracy, which are being deviated from morality, ethics and ideals. Novelist Tiwari has started his creation around the Jan Andolan of 2046. The characters of the novel, Bigyan, Rajeev and Kumuda are the militant student leaders of that time. In the novel, Bigyan and Kumuda are from left-wing backgrounds and Rajeev is a student leader from a democratic background. Kumuda died as a result of police repression during the 1989 public movement.

“By showing the corruption and perversity of the civil servants through the novel, the book has inspired us to minimize it and maintain good governance”, said the novelist Tiwari, “I have brought the experience I have seen and experienced through the novel, it is also an encouragement to the new generation not to follow that path.”

In the novel, science and Rajiv are in a dilemma whether to stay in politics or get a job after completing their postgraduate studies. Both of them entered the civil service amid ambivalence. Even after entering the civil service, science does not forget the precedent of building a corruption-free new Nepal. Anyhow it tries to make the dreams of his student days come true. By doing so, a conflict starts between him and the other employees of the office. Today, the conflict reaches its climax. As a result, he is surrounded on all sides. It is isolated from all sides. Due to the siege and isolation, science is gradually forced to grasp the way of feeding. Over time, it gets stuck in the swamp of corruption. Finally, he was caught red-handed with Rs 96 lakh and went to jail.

According to the novel, people are not born corrupt. It is trying to show that it is determined by the education received by the person, social environment, family, friends and family. It has been tried to show that there are clever employees who commit corruption (eating and feeding) and that no matter how big corruption they commit, they will not be arrested. Despite receiving support during the people’s movement, Kumuda is reminding us not to forget the promise of creating a corruption-free Nepal by coming to the dream of science that is constantly in the mind of science and building a country based on democratic values.

Another character in the novel is SSP Alok, a self-respecting and honest character. He will not deal with corrupt and criminals under any circumstances. He stands like a rock for truth, justice and good governance. Therefore, he lags behind in instinct development. Most of the time they are transferred to the rugged hilly districts of western Nepal. In the novel, there is also a character named Marfel, who sits at the highest position in the state apparatus. Which has become synonymous with distortion, disharmony and corruption.

In the novel, there is also a scene where Chaitanya Pradhan, the chairman of the corruption investigation committee, puts a red seal on corruption in the lure of a few lakhs of rupees and a beautiful beauty. Also, there is a reference in the novel that Samaan starts working in Thamel nightclub to find Sushila’s killer. Saman is not only brave and a fighter but also presented as a clever character.

Literary Bharati Neupane feels that the novel is a realistic depiction of the civil servants seen on the white screen and inside the black screen. “Though science is a rebellious character to maintain good governance in the civil service, the book depicts how the pressure of family and friends leads to the ultimate corruption”, she said while reviewing the book, “Through literature, even strong female characters are forced to bow down and have to be bribed for promotion. done.” Writer Neupane felt that novelist Tiwari had the courage to bring out the scandal of corruption among civil servants through his creation. She added, “In the novel, women are forced to go to ‘Themal’s night club’ due to money, but it is clearly shown that the men who go to the same club are well-to-do and high status, which is based on reality.”

Writer Anila Koirala feels that the reality and truth that no argument will work in front of money has been exposed through the novel. She said, “In the novel, Sushila acts contrary to the behavior and she says ‘they are more scary than selling the body, those who have corrupt thoughts’, the politics of the country, some of the bad thoughts of the civil servants have been exposed in a beautiful way.”

Literary Suda Mainali told that the distorted thinking within the civil servants, the culture of corruption has been presented in an interesting way and the negative view of women by some civil servants who have reached high positions has been tried to be clearly shown in the novel. Tiwari, the author of the novel, has portrayed a character who fought a war with two leopards in the Saman village and is a brave person who wants good governance in the country. The writer Tiwari is a former administrator. He worked in the civil service for 13 years and for the last remaining time in the Nepal Agricultural Research Council. Lamjung is currently living in Tarkeshwar municipality Kathmandu. Earlier, his works such as Parityakta, Nilofar and Niharika have come to the market.

In the book, the culture and distortions within the civil servants have also been raised. The book was discussed because the organization called ‘Kalamka Saathi'(friends of pen) discussed the novel on Saturday. The novel published by Parvi Book House has 283 pages. This publication was published on 2 October 2024. The book focuses on the entire civil service. At many places in the novel, the feelings of the characters are presented through poetry. It is said in one context:

“If you become Krishna, I will become half of you!”

I swore to be yours, keep it in your heart forever!”

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