Nationality and Subject of National Concern in Nepal

Nepali Nationality

Nationality is the state of belonging to a particular nation by origin, birth or naturalization. It is also the membership in the community of a particular nation. It is the relationship between a person and their state of origin, culture, association, affiliation or loyalty.

Nepal is a country where the people of various caste, language, sec, region, class and language live together. The emotional and mental commitment, dedication and the behavioural presentation of such communities is Nepal's nationality. There is equal role and contribution of all in Nepal's national building. It is the responsibility of every Nepali citizen to coordinate for the protection of Nepali nationality. Thus, all of us should think about the nation and nationality.

Subjects of National Concern

The subjects of national concern are the matters associated with a state which every citizens of the state need to understand and accept. National integrity, border security, sovereignty, independence, border encroachment, religious tolerance etc. are the subjects of national concern. We should have the feeling of coexistence rather than self existence on the subject of national concerns. Here, we are going to discuss the three major subjects of national concern.

1. National Integrity

National integrity is the state of being complete or undivided. Nepal is an independent, indivisible, sovereign, secular, inclusive, democratic, socialism-oriented, federal democratic republican state. If the country is fragmented, its existence gets over. All the Nepalese people have equal roles and contributions in the Nepal's nation building. It is necessary that all the Nepalese people should make efforts for the promotion and development of nationality and integrity along with maintaining their identity and unity. The national integrity of Nepal is the matter of pride and our identity. The state has to provide equal rights to all by protecting and promoting all the caste, religion, language and culture. If the state makes partiality on the  basis of race, religion, class or community, such partiality creates dissatisfaction among the people which can result in the separatist movement and the country may split or be divided. So, the state has to take the following measures to maintain national integrity.

• State has to promote and uplift all race, sex, class and religion proportionally.
• The state has to include all citizens in the mainstream of state affairs.
• Rights and judicial demands of people should be fulfilled by the state according to the means and resources available in the country.
• There should be legal provisions for the distribution of resources and means of the country equally.

Even after doing all these thing, if anyone tries to divide the country, all of us have to work together to solve the problem or take necessary legal action to those who attempt to fragment the nation. It is the duty of all citizens to protect the nation.

2. Border Security and Encroachment

A fixed line that officially separates two countries is called border. Such a border line is mentioned in the treaty. The act of controlling criminal activities at the border or to accept the scientific management and security of the border line by the concerned countries is known as border security. If the border line between two countries is not clear or if the treaty or agreement is not upheld or if there is no understanding, it may cause the rise of border disputes. Thus, the concerned countries should seek the appropriate solution to such problems.

Measures for the border security

For the  border security, the following measures are useful to adopt:

• Creation of international pressure.
• Dialogue between head of the state or government.
• Formation of a civil interest group of the both countries.
• Formation of a joint technical border committee.
• Negotiation in diplomatic level.
• Involvement of the United Nations to solve the problem.
• Solution to the problems through mediator.

Encroachment is the act of exceeding limit of something. Here, border encroachment means the act of slowly covering more and more area by exceeding the border by other countries. Border security and encroachment between Nepal and India is very serious. Due to the open border, various criminal and illegal activities are taking place day by day. The man made pillars (Junge Pillars) are often reported to have being shifted or destroyed by which the border of Nepal is shrinking down. If each and every one of us holds the feeling of nationality, we can save our border.

Causes of the border encroachment

The border encroachment is generally resulted due to the following causes:

• Constructional works carried out at border,
• Incomplete historical documents about border line,
• Negligence of neighboring countries about the international border,
• Lack of border's map and statistics,
• Lack of clear border line on the land.

Consequences of border encroachment

• The social problems like drug smuggling, illegal trade and human trafficking take place frequently.
• The criminals easily escape from one country to another after committing crimes.
• Dispute may occur in the use of natural resources.
• The aggression may grow between the citizens of both countries.
• War may break out between the countries.

Measures to solve border encroachment

• Both the countries have to take initiatives to solve the problem on the basis of the principle of Panchasheel.
• Voice should be raised from all sectors to create pressure on the government to solve this problem.
• We should be united together to protect our national interest and nationality in time.
• Government should make diplomatic effort to solve the problem.
• Joint committee should be formed to solve the problem.
• Security personal should be deployed to monitor the border.
• ' No man land' (Dashgaja area) should not be encroached by any side.

3. Self-Respect /Self-esteem

Self-respects means believing in our own value or dignity; and self-esteem means depending on our own. Self-respect and self-esteem are the identities of Nepalese people. For the protection of Nepal and Nepali nationality and national self-respect, our brave warriors have made significant contributions. They have shown their bravery to the British and other imperialists. The Nepalese people have self-respect by nature. They never bow down to anyone. It has become our glorious tradition. Bhimsen Thapa raised the voice against imperialism which is still relevant. The bravery shown by Balbhadra kunwar in the war of Nalapani, the bravery exhibited by Bhakti Thapa in the fort of Malau and the nationality of Amar Singh Thapa proved that there is the feeling of high self-respect in the Nepalese people.

Self-respect and self-esteem are the glories of the Nepalese people. History show that the Nepalese people fought bravely against the imperialists. They had tried to take the Nepalese in their favour by offering various allures but the brave Nepalese rejected all those offers. We have to take lessons from our history that has high regard for self-respect. We should not fall with greed before anyone. We should always be ready to sacrifice ourselves for the nation. We have to feel pride of our language, culture, tradition, value, norms and our natural and historical heritages. We have to respect the bravery of our ancestors. We have to show our behaviour according to the historical heritages, values, norms and social attitude. If we do so, no any external element can interface our internal affairs. It is our duty to protect Nepali nationality.