Democracy is sublime

Recently China appears to be concerned about the security of the Nepal border with it's neighbour country region of Tibet. A few days ago, the Chinese officials have toured the border areas in Dolkha district and asked the local administration to tighten security by increasing police patrolling the roads, jungles and towns to stop the increased flow of Tibetans slipping undetected into Nepal. It has been reported that there has been an increase in number of Tibetans fleeing China, and their number in detention in Nepal also increasing gradually. The Nepalese police have detained some 17 Tibetans in the last incident.
Many centuries ago, Nepal used to be the transit point for trade between India and China. Since 1959, when the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetans fled Tibet and took shelter in India. Nepal has turned into a regular sneaking point for those who do not want to live there. Sometimes, they are interested and send back to their country to face legal actions there.
it can be seen in the light of the violation of their basic rights to seek refuge in another country for saving their lives. Some of them claim to have entered Nepal en route to India to meet their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. Some of them recognized as refugees as well.
Tibetans, who are fleeing their homeland, experience untold hardships on the way to Nepal. some of them are killed, robbed, woman were raped and arrested by the Nepalese police for want of valid travel documents.
In this connection, a very pertinent question crops up: why do they take such great risks after all? Are they really so spiritual minded to bear all sorts of difficulties to meet their spiritual leader or are not satisfied with the state of affairs there? During the last 3 decades, China has made impressive progress and has emerged as the fastest growing nation of the world.
Its double – digit growth has definitely uplifted the living standards of the Chinese people. The autonomous region of Tibet cannot be an exception. The economic development must have changed considerably the financial condition of the people there. May we conclude that economic growth alone is not sufficient for them? Do we want more than what they there achieved there so far?
Looking into the very nature of mankind, we do have material need like food to eat, clothes to cover the body and house for shelter. We need education for changing or equipping ourselves to adapt to the changing situation. We do need better health care for our well-being. It will not be justified to define all human activities in terms of these needs alone.
Human beings do not survive only on their commercial activities. We are social, rational and moral beings. We are personal beings and we not only want our own social and religious identities to be preserved but also our personal identities.
We have some conviction and independent thinking. We have the rights to dissent from others. Hence, all natural, individual, civil, political, legal, and human rights of the people have to be respected, promoted and protected from destruction and usurpation by any other individual or society or even by the state. This is the true import of democracy.
If we take the theory of evolution for granted, human beings have some instincts of certain natural characteristics that they have inherited from plants and animals in course of their evolution. For existence, plants extend their branches in the direction the sun rays come from and also extend their roots deeper into the soil to have access to water they need for survival.
Similarly, wander from place to place for green pastures for their existence. Birds fly to distant places for survival. Human beings, too, migrate from one place to another in search of earning a better livelihood and for leading dignified lives