Soldier poet

Re: 'Soldier poet' (Nepali Society, # 197). There are other things that a soldier and poet have in common besides 'strong sensitivities'. Each also has a pair of eyes, two ears, a nose, a mouth and let's see what else...oh, yes, two hands and two legs. But that's where the similarities end. The uncommon aspects between the two are:
One wields a gun, the other a pen/ Soldier is a doer, poet a thinker/ One is bound by rules and regulation/ in that type of environment the other would not be able to function/ Soldier lives and works in a group/ poet is basically a loner/ For one it is drill and timing, for the other it is the thrill of rhyming/ Soldier has a crew cut, poet looks like a hippie /The differences are so many that the two would never become chummy!

'Sagar',
Kathmandu

Navin Singh Khadka's profile of the army's new spokesperson Rajendra Thapa may have been great journalism for those who do not him personally but for a retired army officer like me, it was hilarious. Thapa's claim that he is a strong soldier who climbed up the hierarchy with hard work is correct-he spent a tremendous amount of time and effort as a ghost writer and gardening consultant for his superiors.

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