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This article was published in today's Kantipur. The writer is Nabin Pokhrel. Needless to say, but I happen to be the translator. I also feel the need to mention at this point that I've translated only the paragraphs that I felt were relevant.
After the British Government granted residential visas for Ex-Gurkhas and their families, along with the growth in the number of Nepalese in Britain, there is also an increase in the tendency of Nepali youths to become drug addicts.
The youths, who had been called into Britain by their parents with a hope that they would get ..
This article was published in today's Kantipur. The writer is Nabin Pokhrel. Needless to say, but I happen to be the translator. I also feel the need to mention at this point that I've translated only the paragraphs that I felt were relevant.
After the British Government granted residential visas for Ex-Gurkhas and their families, along with the growth in the number of Nepalese in Britain, there is also an increase in the tendency of Nepali youths to become drug addicts.
The youths, who had been called into Britain by their parents with a hope that they would get ..
| better educational opportunities and thus a better future in the long run, have been taking the path of addiction because of peer-pressure and group mentality. Their guardians are now sad because of this. Most of the drug users are adolescent girls and guys. Most Nepali youths start their drug journey with drugs of the "C" grade such as weed, which is CHEAP (?? it's expensive in the US!!) and later they move into drugs of the "A" grade like cocaine, crack cocaine, and heroine. Some of them say that they had been involved with drugs when they were in Nepal, and now even after coming to Britain, it's hard for them to give up their addiction. Many of these youths also say that the freedom they get since their parents are working all the time and can't give enough time for them is also responsible for their addiction. If they don't work hard all day, it's impossible to run the family life for most Nepalese so most parents forget everything else and get seriously in work. Then their children start taking the wrong paths. According to Britain's law, a person cannot be arrested for drug abuse unless they are caught red-handed so the number of people involved in drug dealing is increasing. Along with drug intake, the number of fights and crimes in the Nepali diaspora in Britain is increasing. In this year, a party that was organized to celebrate the Nepali New Year saw the death of a 23-year old Bishal Gurung during a fight. The engineer of Vegas Sound House, who usually takes part in organizing different ceremonies sums says, "There are fights in all the parties we organize". Avinash Posted on 27 Jul 2009 Click here to send your Journal. |
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