Intelligent pageant

Intelligent pageantOnce upon a time, there were two neighboring kings. They were gravely hostile in the matter competition of buying sturdier horses, making more magnificent palaces. They also competed in the matter of marrying the most intelligent girl to outdo the other. However, in this they wanted not to be the first but wanted to marry at last so that finding more intelligent girl will make winner. The first king married and second king was waiting to marry. A girl but not from royal birth was brought to royal palace. He decided to marry her. The second king sent invitation to the first king. The first king and queen came a few days early. First king and queen wanted to test the intelligence of the girl- would be queen. They asked three questions. Firstly, there were two mares one was dam and another filly, grazing in the lawn and to be identified which seemed no difference at all. Secondly there ware two snakes in a basket she had to find which one was male and female. Thirdly, she was given a slender wooden pole which was perfectly even and smooth with no knots and to identify which was the root part.The queen solved the questions in this way: Firstly, she gave grass to both mares and found that the mother one pushed gently the best grass for the younger. The mothers always push the best grass over to the foal. Secondly, she made a bed of cotton in the corner of basket the one which slithered to the soft cotton was female. Female likes warmth and comfort. Thirdly, she dipped the pole into the pond to float on the lake and found that root part sank a little while other remained nearer the surface.This story strikes my mind at the time there is hue and cry about the beauty contest. The Miss Nepal we want like the second queen. Such beauty merely skinny does not make the represent the one, which we like to have. All that glitters is not gold.We Nepali society have undergone paradigm shift e.i. we are in New Nepal. Commercial commodity and beauty revelation through nudity must be as passed away as noding and shaking head at the sorrows of people by ex-king. We can only sympathize to those trends like ex Miss Nepal had done at orphan center and old age homes to make the similar shows as ex king did. The woman to be choosing to be like sisters Nirmala, Sapana Pradhan, Durga pokhrel, Angurbaba Joshi, Parijat, Yogmaya etc. should be selected as Miss Nepal. Inner excellence and knowledge is praiseworthy. We want intelligent pageant or inner beauty contest. The beauty can never be sponsored.The beauty is yet to be defined for clarifying the purpose of beauty pageant contest practically as well as vested interest should be avoided. The extravagance in cosmetic cannot coat a girl with intelligence.However lets be hopeful that the beauty pageant will take up seriously linked with the themes concerning women, gender inequality, trafficking, internally displaced Maoist victim and impunity.By RUDRA PANGENI