Old story, new twist

The saga of Nepali youth dying in senseless foreign wars like the one in Ukraine should stop.

For over 200 years, Nepal actively sent its youth as mercenaries and earned a commission in return for their sweat and blood. Having little to survive on at home, the youths happily sacrificed their lives for the people who were not their compatriots, and for a country that was not their own. From fighting to suppress the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny to the twin World Wars to the Falkland War to the “War against Terror” in Iraq and Afghanistan, Nepalis have for generations shed their blood in distant, senseless wars.