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Monday, November 25, 2013

Foreign researchers or foragers

Have you ever witnessed hyenas fighting around carcasses for a loaf? Neither me nor was much interested to see such prizefights.
Sadly I have been witnessing such scenario here in the high mountains; where the virtuous researchers from all over the world journey towards the highlands to rescue endanger language, cultural norms and dying tradition of mountain people.  Don't drag it anymore!!!!
Wait!! Pardon me; never wanted to hurt the beautiful, red, green, brown, blond, black and white blooded souls, I mean aloof angels.
Don’t you think we haven't had the right to curse or criticize?? I believe not, as far they are here to trace out the roosts of my ancestors, what they used to do in old days, why am I speaking this language, the origination of my endangered language and how should I speak and write my mother tongue in days ahead.
Are we literate klutzes or just got it in our instinct, to accept whatever comes our way, or whoever imposes whatever he/she finds stress-free to meet their research objectives???
The aloof angel visits us to render their help to dug out the roots of my ancestors, ignoring the fact that the fast paced economically fueled life has washed away the footprints of their ancestors.
The brats even don't know their life lines, no offense meant to anybody; but it’s a souring reality of civilized world.
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There was once an interesting encounter with a brat, I mean a researcher, regarding their research findings and its benefits for the local community. All he knew was to grab his degree from a prestigious university that’s all.
The forager, sorry the brat no way!!! The researcher I mean; sometime talk pompously like a weeded gypsy who is overdosed and loses the direction to its destiny.
Their research conclusions are way obsolete or just feeding white paper sheets to amuse their MENTOS, I mean mentor; Jiski dimagh ki battee kabhi nahi jalti (A mantra of a mint candy, believes that it opens all the windows of your upper story…LOL!!). At the end they shout at you and try to prove you a disgraced race as many of the previous angles have already done.
The other tricky part is that, they come and make friends and use them as their guides, who know nothing about history, people, cultural and other practices of the area. There is not much difference between these duels, as they have been playing for their personal interests.
These self-declared guides are free and not well -literate therefore its gives cheap deal for the visiting researcher to manage it within few bucks.
Ironically the researchers do rely on the views of self-declared guides as well; which are vague, far from reality and gravely distorted.
None of them has submitted even a copy of their research work to the community library, as it would have helped new researchers to move further.
Now coming to some serious lines here! It’s time for the federal and local government to revive their visa and NOC policies for future researchers. They must be bound to specific area of their research and must pay to the locals as they give time and resources to help these holy brats.
Tourism department must take some strict measures regarding the guiding license, as well as the license of tour and travel agency to avoid information malfunctioning. It’s high time to train guides professionally for such job which will help to reduce unemployment and reduce the risk of presenting these distorted facts and figures.
Sadly our new and upcoming generation has been taking these forgeries facts as universal truth rather cross verifying such information personally.
Every researchers must be bound to submit a copy of their to the community library of respective area.

Not every researcher should be allowed; as many of them are rates under the skin of a researcher which damages the good cause; there must be scrutiny of background info. 
One can read the published post on MountainTV

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