Mandela turned 90 today. The world is praising his achievements. I read an article on the Times magazine and heard his greatest achievement in NPR radio. At 90, he still has that charm and that charisma. Unbelievable. He is DA MAN!
So, what can we learn from his achievements? Obviously, Nepalese politicians have a lot to learn from him. One of his most important decision came when he was the President of South Africa, and that was not to seek presidency for the second term. He followed the path of some of the most successful mid-modern leaders, like George Washington. After Mandela's first term, he just retired and started living in his farm. Now could any of Nepalese leader follow that path? Who ever becomes the first president of Nepal has a lot of responsibility and character to prove that Nepal really deserves to be Republic. Can we get someone like Mandela?
During his imprisonment, Mandela learned a lot on how to deal with enemies. His famous saying "Know your enemies and learn what is their favorite sports" is really impressive. His experience is as important as of Gandhi's if not more. His smile shows his kind heart as well. He said "Appearances matter so remember to smile". Now how many times have we seen that kind nature from any of Nepalese politician?
Mandela's love for children has played important role in fight for children right movement. He loved children as if they were his own. In some of his excerpts, he even goes further to state that children are the most important reason to live for and to work for.
About Leadership and courage, he said that Caurage is not absencce of fear but it is inspiring others to move beyond that fear. We need a lot of inspiration like that in Nepal. Inspiration to be different, inspiration to fight against crime, inspiration to let go and move forward, inspiration to move beyond old school politics, inspiration to punish the war criminals and inspiration to lead the nation.
I hope someday a Nepali Mandela will come along to rescue us from what we are going through...Amen!
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Nepal-September 2007
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No doubt, our leaders need to learn lot from Mandela. I wish some day our politicians eyes gets open and they start visioning for nation, not for their parties or for themselves.
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