Preserving heritage

Prioritising locals in restoring important landmarks would help alleviate unemployment.

As humans, we constantly seek to establish our linkages to the past. Any little indication of establishing the remotest link to the greatness of the past provides a reason for much joy. But alarmingly, in Nepal, we have consciously allowed the rich heritage of the past to wither away into oblivion. Ancient Nepal dates back to the Gopal dynasty followed by the Kirant rulers in the 7th or 8th century BC , which means more than three thousand years ago. But nothing noteworthy of the ancient past remains, and the little that is left has been ignored.