Friday, March 02, 2007

Who killed Buddhi?


Buddhi Bahadur Bishwakarma who passed away on 27th December 2006 was one of the most diligent employees of KU. He hailed from oppressed Dalit community and excelled in his technical profession on his own. During his 10 year old service in KU, he worked both as a teacher and as a technician. He helped thousands of students who graduated from KU during their initial days. It is really devastating to know that even after 2 months of his untimely death, people who are responsible for it are not arrested. We do not have concrete evidence what led Late Buddhi to end his life. But, his wife has categorically mentioned that late Buddhi suffered bouts of depression after his joining Kathmandu University Staff Association (KUSA). His wife has said that prior to his death, he went to meet certain officials of KU and after that meeting he started becoming restless. From her statement,it appears that late Buddhi was very badly threatened by some people from KU administration. His wife has spoken in Nepali and for your convenience I am translating it in English. (The audio is in Nepali)

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Dialogue
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(Mail voice: Khuman Singh Tamang, Kavre correspondent of Kantipur)
(Female voice: wife of Late Buddhi Bahadur Bishwakarma)

Male: What happened?

Female: He went to meet Bhola, Registrar in Gwarko office. He said that all of the staffs are going to pressurize them. After coming from that meeting, he started complaining that he would be taken action against, he would be thrown out of job and he would be defamed. Then he asked me to go to Kathmandu to find one government job.

Male: oh...

Female: That Kamalpokhari (she is implying Public serice commision office at Kathmandu) and there in Tahachal-both in Public Service Commission and teaching job. But when I came back I saw such a bad situation. He never said that he would commit suicide. He sometimes asked me to go back to my home (in Lamjung) and sometimes asked me to go to Kathmandu. It happened since that Friday. When I told him that I will confirm through telephone, then he insisted that I go to Kathmandu the same day. But when I came back it had happened. At 4 O' clock I came back and I found him hanging.

(Conversation is in Nepali. You can listen to it by clicking the button below.)



2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Buddhi killed himself because the faculties in the engineering did not show enough guts to support the cause of KUPA. These favour-hungry pseudo academics who will not stop running after Suresh Raj, Bhadraman and even Mukunda will continue to kill more Buddhis if they don't shed their ego and speak openly. I am just ashamed to call myself their friend. chi chi chi Engineering friends. Please improve your sensibility and help people like Buddhi survive.

A distressed faculty

Anonymous said...

भोलाले उनिहरुलाई पनि बदनाम गर्दिन्छु, ज्यान लिदिन्छु भन्दै थर्कायो होला नी।बुद्धिलाई ह.सुरेश राजको ईशारामा जथाभावि भन्ने भोलाले यि ववुराहरुलाई तर्साएको हुनु पर्छ।ज्यान भन्दा ठूलो चिज अरु के होला? भन्नुस त डिस्ट्ेरेसड मित्र। विचराहरु ज्यान जोगाउन चुप लागेर वसेका हुन।

जे होस, भोलाले नाममा गल्ती गरेकै हुन। यीनले पनि आफ्नो नाम "कमल" राख्नु पर्थ्यो।

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