Construction of Nepali National Identity in Rajeshwor Devkota's Journey's End

Abstract

Rajeshor Devkota's Journey's End sheds light on ethnic co-existence, religious tolerance, communal harmony, 'we' felling, optimism with the practice of democratic values such as freedom, justice, equality and humanism because of which autonomy, unity and identity of Dabali have been possible. It goes against exclusive ethnic nationalism demanding inclusive people-centric nationalism for the autonomy, unity and identity of heterogeneous pluralist society. By using Dabali as geographical and cultural tropes, Devkota reject exclusive ethnic nationalism in Nepal demanding need of people-centric nationalism to address the voices and demands of diverse Nepali people for unity, freedom, justice and identity. Devkota argues that for peace, prosperity, unity and identity in pluralist society, difference should be taken as beauty, not the problem thereby we can establish civilized human society erasing violence, conflict, bloodshed, enmity between and among people. This research, thus, acknowledges the significance of inclusive people-centric nationalism for the construction of national identity in the global multicultural world of the twenty-first century.