Friday, March 16, 2007

Joint Movement



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xfdL cfGbf]ng/t kIf cflbjf;L hghflt, dw];L, blnt, dlxnf, lk58f ju{ / eflifs tyf cNk;+Vos ;d'bfosf hgtfx¿n] k|ltudg / lg/+s'z /fhtGqsf ;fy} /fhtGqsf] ;d'n cGTosf] nflu P]ltxfl;s hgcfGbf]ngdf dxTjk"0f{ e"ldsf lgefPsf] huhfx]/ 5 . t/ hgcfGbf]ngåf/f lgld{t elgPsf] ;/sf/n] xfdLx¿nfO{ k'/} pk]Iff / xfdLx¿n] lbPsf] ;'emfjx¿nfO{ j]jf:tf u¥of] . cGtl/d ;+ljwfg lgdf{0f, kfl/t / hf/L tyf klxnf] ;+zf]wg ug]{ j]nfdf cflbjf;L hghflt, dw]zL, blnt, dlxnf, lk58f ju{ / eflifs tyf cNk;+Vos ;d'bfox¿k|lt ckgfOPsf] /j}of / cGtl/d ;+ljwfg ;+;f]wgdf xfdLx¿n] p7fPsf] d'ne"t dfux¿nfO{ ;+jf]wg gul/g' / xfd|f] xs, lxt / efjgf ljkl/t ;+ljwfgdf Aoj:yf ul/Psf k|fawfgx¿ sfod} /flvg'n] ;ft bn / ;/sf/sf] cflbjf;L hghflt, dw];L, blnt, dlxnf, lk58f ju{ / eflifs tyf cNk;+Vos ;d'bfok|ltsf] k"jf{u|xL / aqm b[i6Lsf]0f tyf k'/ftg dfgl;stfnfO{ phfuf/ u/]sf] 5 . ;fy} cGtl/d ;+ljwfg kfl/t, hf/L ug]{ / klxnf] ;+Zff]wg ubf{ h'g k|lqmof / tl/sf cjnDjg ul/of] . To;n] nf]stflGqs d'No dfGotfx¿sf] pkxf; ug'{sf ;fy} /fhtGqsf] lg/+s'z clwgfosTjsf] 7fp“df csf]{ k|sf/sf] clwgfosjfb sfod x'g] vt/fk|lt klg nf]stGqsf kIfw/x¿ / xfdL cflbjf;L hghflt, dw];L, blnt, dlxnf, lk58LPsf If]q / ju{x¿ uDeL/ x'g'kg]{ cfjZostfdf hf]8\ lbg rfxfG5f}+ .

xfdL cflbjf;L hghflt, dw];L, blnt, dlxnf, lk58f ju{ / eflifs tyf cNk;+Vos ;d'bfosf ;+3÷;:yf / ;+u7gx¿n] p7fPsf] d'ne"t dfux¿nfO{ ;+jf]wg u/L cGtl/d ;+ljwfgdf ;+;f]wg / ;dfj]; ug{'sf ;fy} xfdLx¿sf] xs, lxt / efjgf;+u aflemPsf Aoj:yfx¿sf] ;+;f]wg / kl/dfh{g tyf vf/]h ug{ zflGtk"0f{ cfGbf]ngåf/f ;+od?kn] ;/sf/nfO{ bjfj lbO/x]sf 5f}+ . t/, xfd|f] cfu|xnfO{ ;/sf/n] ;s/fTds?kdf lnP/ xfd|f hfoh / Gofok"0f{ dfux¿nfO{ ;+jf]wg ug{'sf] ;§f k'/} pk]Iff / gh/ c+bfh ul//x]sf] 5 . Gofok"0f{ cfGbf]ngnfO{ cg]s nf+5gf nufpg] / bdgsf] gLlt ckgfPsf] 5 . km]/L klg xfdL of] ljz]if hf]8 lbg rfxfG5f}+ ls ;/sf/n] xfd|f dfux¿nfO{ ;s/fTds¿kdf lnO{ ;dod} ;+af]wg / cGtl/d ;+ljwfgdf ;+;f]wg u/f]; . cflbjf;L hghflt, dw];L, blnt, dlxnf, lk58f ju{, If]q / cNk;+Vos ;d'bfosf w}o{tf / ;+odtfnfO{ sdhf]/L 7fGg] e'n gu/f]; .

    != ;d:ofsf] kl/efiff

    g]kfnsf] hftLo / If]qLo ;d:ofsf] kl/efiff ubf{ d"ntM b'O{j6f kIfnfO{ cfwf/ agfpg' pko'Qm x'G5 . k|yd, juL{o / låtLo, hftLo tyf If]qLo . t/ g]]kfnsf] ;+be{df pQm b'a} kIfnfO{ ;du|df Wofg lbg]eGbf Pp6f kIfnfO{ dfq ;dfTg] k|j[lt a9L 5 . jf:tjdf oxf“ hftLo tyf If]qLo e]befj cf}klgj]lzs pTkL8gsf ¿kdf nfdf] ;dob]lv ljBdfg 5 . To;sf/0f cflbjf;L hghflt, dB]zL, blnt, dlxnf, lk58f ju{ / eflifs tyf cNk;+Vos ;d'bfosf ;d:of hftLo / If]qLo ;d:of xf] . k/Gt' hftLo, If]qLo / juL{o ;d:of sf/0f / kl/0ffddf juL{o ;d:of xf] . To;sf/0f hftLo tyf If]qLo / juL{o ;d:of aLrsf] cGt/ / cGt{;+aGwsf af/]df :ki6 b[li6sf]0f x'g'kb{5 . To;nfO{ ;fk]lIfs / ;du|tfdf lng' kb{5 .

    ;a} cflbjf;L hghflt, dw];L, blnt, dlxnf, lk58f ju{ / eflifs tyf cNk;+Vos ;d'bfosf cfly{s, /fhg}lts, ;dflhs ;f+:s[lts, eflifs, wfld{s, z}lIfs cflb ;d:ofx¿sf :j¿k / k|s[ltx¿df s]xL leGgtf b]lvP klg ;f/df leGg jf cnu 5}gg\ . To;}n] ;du|df ;d:ofx¿ ;femf 5g\ . /, of] s'g} hflt, ju{ / ;d'bfosf] dfq ;d:of geP/ l;+uf] /fi6«sf] ;d:of xf] .

    @= ;+o'Qm cfGbf]ngsf] cfjZostf / p2]Zo

    cflbjf;L hghflt, dw];L, blnt, dlxnf, lk58f ju{ / eflifs tyf cNk;+Vos ;d'bfosf hfoh / Gofok"0f{ dfux¿nfO{ P]ltxfl;s hgcfGbf]ng u/]sf /fhg}lts bn / hgcfGbf]ngåf/f lgld{t elgg] ;/sf/n] j:t'ut¿kdf ;dfwfg ug'{sf] jhfo k'/} pk]Iff ug'[{sf ;fy} zflGtk"0f{ cfGbf]ngk|lt bdg gLlt canDjg u/]sf] x'“bf ;femf ;d:of ;dfwfgsf] nflu ;+o'Qm k|of; / ;+o'Qm cfGbf]ng clgjfo{ cfjZostf ePsf] xf] . of] kl/k|]Io / cfjZostfn] cflbjf;L hghflt, dw];L, blnt, dlxnf, lk58f ju{ / eflifs tyf cNk;+Vos ;d'bfosf aLrsf] PstfnfO{ bl/nf] / km/flsnf] agfO{ ;+o'Qm cfGbf]ng ug'{sf] ljsNk 5}g . To;}n] ;+o'Qm cfGbf]ngsf] p2]Zo ;femf d'2fsf] klxrfg u/L ;femf d'2fnfO{ ;dfwfgsf] txdf k'¥ofpg ;r]t, ;+ul7t / Jojl:yt ¿kdf cufl8\ a9fpg' xf] / x'g' kb{5 .

    #= ;+o'Qm cfGbf]ng / To;sf] d"No dfGotf

    ;dfGotM ;femf ;d:of ;dfwfg / ;dfg p2]Zo k|flKtsf nfuL PseGbf w]/} kIf jf ;+u7gx¿åf/f vf; /0fg}lts r/0fsf] nflu ;r]t / ;+ul7t?kdf ul/g] ;+o'Qm k|of; jf ;+3if{ g} ;+o'Qm cfGbf]ngsf] xf] .

    ;femf ;d:ofsf] klxrfg / To;sf] ;dfwfgdf ;dfg b[li6sf]0f, sfo{ut Pstf jf ;xsfo{sf] nflu tTk/tf, Psn] csf{sf :jfoQtf / ;xcl:tTjsf] :jLsf/ / ;Ddfg tyf ;femf ;xdltdf Odfgbfl/tf cflb ;+o'Qm cfGbf]ngsf] lglDt cfwf/e"t d"No dfGotfx¿ x'g\ . To;sf] ;DalGwt kIfx¿n] cfTd;ft\ / kl/kfngf ug'{ clgjfo{ x'G5 .

    $= ;+o'Qm cfGbf]ngdf b[li6sf]0fsf] dxTj

    ;o'+Qm cfGbf]ngsf] ljsf; / ;kmntfdf b[li6sf]0fsf] ;jfn dxTjk"0f{ kIf xf] . j:t' tyf 36gfx¿nfO{ x]g]{ / a'em\g] af/] ;xL b[li6sf]0fsf] cefjdf To;;DaGwL ;xL gLlt ckgfpg ;Dej x'b}g . cfh cflbjf;L hghflt, dw];L, blnt, dlxnf, lk58f ju{ / eflifs tyf cNk;+Vos ;d'bfox¿df cfkm\gf] ;d:of / cj:yf, b]zsf] ljBdfg Joj:yf / cj:yfnfO{ x]g{] / a'em\g] af/] ;/n / PsklIfo jf ;+sL{0f ;f]r / b[li6sf]0fx¿sf] k|jntf 5 . d'ne"t ;d:ofx¿ ;femf x'“bfx'b} klg ;femf d'2f agfO{ ;+o'Qm cfGbf]ng ug'{kg]{ cfaZostfsf af/]df cndn / c:ki6tf 5 . h;n] ubf{ cfkm\gf] ;d:ofsf] ;dfwfgdf ;xL pkfo / To;nfO{ b]z, sfn / kl/l:yltsf] j:t'ut cj:yf;“u hf]8]/ x]]g]{ tyf ;o'Qm¿kdf cufl8 a9fpg] eGbf klg cf–cfÏgf] efjgf / rfxgf tyf ;fd'bfoLs ;f“3'/f] bfo/fdf ;f]rljrf/ ug]{ ul/G5 . h;n] ubf{ ;femf ;d:of ;dfwfgsf] kxnsf nflu ;+o'Qm cfGbf]ngn] Jofkstf kfpg ;Sb}g / ;+o'Qm cfGbf]ng p7fpg afwf c8\rg k'Ub5 . To;sf/0f cflbjf;L hghflt, dw];L, blnt, dlxnf, lk58f ju{ / eflifs tyf cNk;+Vos ;d'bfosf ;du xs,| lxt / d'lQmsf] nflu ;+o"Qm cfGbf]ngnfO{ Jofks / km/flsnf] tyf ;zQm agfpg ;fd'bflos ;+sL0f{tfsf] 3]/faf6 dfly p7]/ ;femf / km/flsnf] b[li6sf]0f ckgfpg' cfjZos 5 . To;sf nflu jt{dfgsf] w/ftnLo oyf{ytfdf pleP/ ;d:ofsf] klxrfg / ;dfwfgdf :ki6 / j}1flgs b[li6sf]0f ckgfpg' h¿/L 5 .

    %= ;+o'Qm cfGbf]ngsf] sfo{lbzf

    cflbjf;L hghflt, dw];L, blnt, dlxnf, lk58f ju{ / eflifs tyf cNk;+Vos ;d'bfosf ;+3÷;+:yf / ;+u7gx¿ aLrdf :ki6 sfo{lbzf;lxt Jofks / km/flsnf] b[li6sf]0fsf cfwf/df ;+o'Qm cfGbf]ng p7fpg' kg]{ cfjZostf / dxTj :jtM :ki6 5 . k/Gt' ;+o'Qm cfGbf]ngn] d"tM{ cfsf/ u|x0f ug{ ;lqmo / ;r]t¿kdf ljz]if kxnsbdLsf] cjZostf v8\sbf] 5 . ;+o'Qm cfGbf]ngsf] nflu ;DalGwt kIfx¿aLrsf] ;xsfo{ / sfo{ut PstfnfO{ tbf¿stf / lg/Gt/tf lbg' kb{5 . sfo{ut Pstf / ;xsfo{åf/f ;+o'Qm cfGbf]ng ljsf; tyf cfk;L lxtsf] k|i6tf / ljZjf;sf] jftfj/0f ;[hgf x'“b} hfg] x'G5 . ;xsfo{sf] nflu ;femf d'2fx¿df sfo{qmlds PstfnfO{ k|fyfldstf lbP/ Jojxf/df ptf{g cfjZos 5 .

    ^=;femf dfu / d'2fx¿

    xfdL cfGbf]ng/t cflbjf;L hghflt, dw];L, blnt, dlxnf, lk58f ju{ / eflifs tyf cNk;+Vos ;d'bfosf lardf lgDg cg';f/ ;+o'Qm cfGbf]ngdf k|yd dxTj /fVg] d'ne"t ;femf dfu / d'2fx¿df ;xdt ePsf 5f}+ .

  • ;+ljwfg;efsf] lgjf{rgdf hflt tyf eflifs ;d'bfosf] hg;+Vofsf] cfwf/df ;"rL ;dfg'kflts lgjf{rg k|0ffnL / hlt;'s} hg;+Vof eP klg Go"gtd\ Ps k|ltlglwTjsf] ;'lglZrtf x'g'kg]{ .
  • cfTdlg0f{osf] clwsf/cg'¿k hflt, efiff / If]qsf] cfwf/df hftLo If]qLo :jzf;gdf cfwfl/t ;+3Lo /fHo k|0fnL .
  • cflbjf;L hghflt, dw];L, blnt, dlxnf, lk58f ju{ / eflifs tyf cNk;+Vos ;d'bfosf gLlt lgdf{0f, lg0f{o clwsf/ / sfo{Gjogsf ;a} tx / k|lqmofx¿df ;dfg'kflts k|ltlglwTjsf] ;'lgZrtf x'g'kg]{ .
  • hftLo If]qLo :jzf;gsf] cfwf/df /fHosf] k'gM ;+/rgf / ;+3Lo nf]stflGqs u0ftGqsf] :yfkgf x'g'kg]{ .
  • hghflt, cNk;+Vos, eflifs ;d'bfo, If]qcflbsf] xs clwsf/ k|flKtsf] nflu /fhg}lts p2]Zo af]ls :yfkgf ePsf] /fhg}lts kf6L{n] lgzt{ dfGotf kfpg'kg]{ .
  • cGtl/d ljwflosf ;+;b / cGtl/d ;/sf/df cflbjf;L hghflt, dw];L, blnt, dlxnf, lk58f ju{ / eflifs tyf cNk;+Vos ;d'bfosf ;dfg'kflts k|ltlglwTj / ;xeflutf x'g'kg]{ .

    &= s]Gb|Lo hgcfGbf]ng ;+of]hg ;ldlt

    ;+o'Qm¿kdf cfGbf]ng ;+rfng / ;+of]hg ug{sf nflu cfGbf]ng/t ;+3÷;+:yfx¿sf] s]Gb|Lo ?kdf s]Gb|Lo hgcfGbf]ng ;+of]hg ;ldlt u7g ug]{ ;xdt ePsf 5f}+ . To:t} cfjZoQmf cg';f/ lhNnfx?df klg u7g ug{ ;lsg] 5 . ;+of]hg ;ldltsf] :j?k / ;+/rgf cfGbf]ng/t kIfx?sf] lg0f{o / ;xdlt cg';f/ x'g]5 .

*= ;/sf/n] jftf{sf] jftfj/0f agfpg'kg]{

    xfdL cfGbf]ng/t kIfx?sf] dfunfO{ nTofP/ Ps tkmL{ cGtl/d ;+ljwfg ;+zf]wg ug]{ k|lqmof / ck"0f{ ;+jf]wgk|lt xfdL cfklQ k|s6 ub{5f}+ . dw]zL hgflwsf/ kmf]/daf6 dfu ul/Psf] u[xdGqLsf] /fhLgfdf / pRr:tl/o GofoLs h‘fra'em cfof]u u7g u/L jftf{sf] jftfj/0f cljnDa tof/ ug{ dfu ub{5f}+ . ;fy} ;Dk"0f{ cfGbf]ng/t kIfx? / clwsf/;DkGg ;/sf/L jftf{ 6f]nLsfljr ;+o'Qm aftf{ cfof]hgf ug{ dfu ub{5f}+ .

(= cfGbf]ngnfO{ cem pRrfO{df p7fcf}+

    ldlt @)^# kmfNu'g @% ut]sf] cfGbf]ng/t kIfx?sf] ;xdlt cg';f/ of] ;dembf/L-kq ;a}sf] hfgsf/Lsf] nflu k|sflzt u/]sf 5f}+ . cflbjf;L hghflt, dw];L, blnt, dlxnf, lk58fju{ / eflifs tyf cNk;+Vos ;d'bfosf] ;+o'Qm cfGbf]ngnfO{ ;xof]u ;dy{g / ;lqmo ;xeflutfsf nflu xfdL ;Dk"0f{ cflbjf;L hghflt, dw]zL, blnt, dlxnf, lk58f ju{ / eflifs tyf cNk;+Vos ;d'bfo, ju{ / lk5l8Psf If]qsf hgtf, dhb'/, ls;fg, ljBfyL{, Jofkf/L, oftfoft Joj;foL cflb ;a}nfO{ xflb{s cg'/f]w ub{5f}+ .

cfGbf]ng/t ;+3÷;+:yfx? gfd x:tfIf/

    !=dw]zL hg clwsf/ kmf]/d, g]kfn

    @=g]kfn cflbjf;L hghflt dxf;+3

    #=a[xt /fli6«o nf]s u0ftflGqs df]rf{, g]kfn

    $cflbjf;L hghflt ;+o'Qm ;+3if{ ;ldlt, g]kfn

    %=/fli6«o cflbjf;L hghflt dlxnf dxf;+3, g]kfn

    ^=blnt u}/;/sf/L ;+:yf dxf;+3- g]kfn

    &=tfdfª :jfoQ u0ftflGqs d~r, g]kfn

    *=g]kfn lk58f ju{ dxf;+3

    (=g]jfM b] u'ly, g]kfn d08n

    !)=cflbjf;L hghflt d'lQm ;+u7g, g]kfn

    !!=cflbjf;L hghflt dlxnf u0ftflGqs df]rf{, g]kfn

    !@=cjwL ;f‘:s[lts ljsf; kl/ifb\,

    !#=g]kfn d}lynL dxf;+3, g]kfn

    !$=d}lyn dlxnf ;dfh, g]kfn

    !%=cflbjf;L ljBfyL{ ;dfh, g]kfn

    !^=nf]stflGqs g]jfM ;+3if{ ;ldtL

@)^# kmu'g #) ut] a'wjf/


What Girija Could Have Done
Empowering Nepalis In New York City

Dipendra Jha: The Real Picture Of The Madhesi Movement
No Guns, Explosives, Weapons Outside Cantonments
MPRF: A Few Scenarios
It Is Tough For The Madhesi
Upendra Yadav: Madhesi Martin Luther King

New MJF Strategy: Hit The State, Not The People
Krishna Sitaula: Appeaser, Not Peacemaker

A Federal Republic Electoral Alliance Against The Maoists Needed
Sadist Koirala, Kans Sitaula, Pol Pot Prachanda
Yubraj Acharya, Alok Bohra And Other Idiot Bahuns
Further Compromise: Mixed Election With Reservations
5 Point Demand: Compromise Formula So Elections Can Be Held In June
MJF And NEFIN Must Become Political Parties
The Economist: Nepal's Ethnic Politics: The New Battlefront

On 3/15/07, tamang wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Please find a memo of understanding amoung us. The memo was signed by
>
> Mr. Kishor Biswas, Madhesis Jana Adhikar Forum
> Mr. Chhongdup Bhote, Nepal Adivasi Janajati Mahasangha
> Mr. Parshuram Tamang, Brihat Rastriya Lok-Ganatantric Morcha, Nepal
> Mr. Fur Namgel Lama, Adivasi Janajati Samyukta Sangharsa Samiti
> Mr. Moti Nepali, Dalit-NGO Federation
> Mr. Dev Kumar Lama, Tamang Swayatta Ganatantric Manch
> Mrs. Soma Rai, Rastriya Adivasi Mahila Mahasangha
> Mrs. Angdawa Sherpa, Adivasi Mahila Ganatantric Morcha
> Mr. Buddha Sayami, Newa Dey Guthi, Nepal Mandal
> Ms. Dr. Chunda Bajracharya, Newa Misa Sangharsa Samiti
> Mr. Shakti Raj Rai, Adivasi Bidhyarthi Samaj
> Mr. Krishn Gwaju, New Loktantric Sangharsa Samiti
> Mr. Nagendra Rai, Kirat Lok Ganatantric Morcha, Nepal
> Mr. Promod Kumar Jha, Maithil Mahasangha
> Mrs. Kiran Yadav, Maithil Mahila Samaj
> Mr. Awadhi Sanakritic Parisad
>
>
>
>

25 February 2007, Sunday313

26 February 2007, Monday214

27 February 2007, Tuesday436

28 February 2007, Wednesday414

1 March 2007, Thursday750

2 March 2007, Friday385

3 March 2007, Saturday252

4 March 2007, Sunday252

5 March 2007, Monday263

6 March 2007, Tuesday254

7 March 2007, Wednesday387

8 March 2007, Thursday402

9 March 2007, Friday296

10 March 2007, Saturday263

11 March 2007, Sunday416

12 March 2007, Monday503

13 March 2007, Tuesday365

What Girija Could Have Done


MPRF: A Few Scenarios

We did not refuse to hold talks with the Maoists until they had ceased their violent ways and laid down their weapons. We addressed their political concerns first. And the military aspects came in second. And that has been working.

Girija has not shown half that respect to the Madhesi Janajati Movement. Just look at some of the demands. Take the Home Minister's resignation. A new interim government is to be formed soon. The Nepali Congress is the largest party in the country. To say there is noone else in that party who can replace Sitaula is ridiculous. The UML is about to bring in a whole news team into the interim government on its part. Why can't the Nepali Congress change its Home Minister? This is Girija's way of showing disrespect to the Madhesis.

MPRF: A Few Scenarios

75 districts, 19 days, 21 martyrs = April Revolution = End of a regime, end of the monarchy
22 districts, 21 days, 38 martyrs = Madhesi Movement = Home Minister resign

MPRF: A Few Scenarios

A democratic party should be trying to lead the aspirations of the people. Here the Nepali Congress is busy destroying its mass base in the Madhesh. Used to be the Congress party in India ruled both Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Today it is nowhere to be seen in those two states. I get the impression the Congress in Nepal is about to get wiped out of the Madhesh and Tharuwan. It deserves to.

If a probe commission were to be formed, it would put out a report that might read something like this: Dipendra Jha: The Real Picture Of The Madhesi Movement.

This is a very done thing. This is so basic. I am flabbergasted Girija is not doing it.

MPRF: A Few Scenarios

And then there are the modalities to the constituent assembly elections.

Not long after the April Revolution, the country passed a law that said women will be one third of the parliament, among other state bodies. So, according to that law, at least one third of the members of the constituent assembly have to be female. If the constituent assembly will be 500 strong, 166 of those will have to be female. How do you ensure that? Easy math says have 1/3rd of the constituencies reserved for women, and make sure every third name on the lists put forth by the parties for the proportional election part is female, or something to that effect. But I don't see either being done. Girija and the Bahuns in power are about to do something that is actually illegal.

But if you do try to comply by the law, as you must, then, by extension, you also have to think in terms of the other marginalized groups besides women, namely the Dalit, Madhesi, Janajati. And the only way to do that is by treating the Madhesi Janajati Movement with respect and addressing its concerns. And you start that by getting the Home Minister to resign, and forming a probe commission. And then you talk about the modalities to the constituent assembly elections. And that is going to be a completely proportional election to the constituent assembly. The Madhesi Movement wants that. The Janajati Movement wants that. The UML wants that. The RPP wants that. The Sadbhavana (Anandi) wants that. The Jana Morcha wants that. The Deuba Congress wants that. Girija is the only opposed, and in classic Girija fashin, he does not feel the need to explain his position or defend it, he just states it and stands by it like there were not tomorrow.

The arrangement will also make life easier for the Election Commission. There is so little time left. One constituency is less work than 250 constituencies, although both might have a similar number of polling booths.

Hello, anyone home upstairs?

MPRF: A Few Scenarios

No Guns, Explosives, Weapons Outside Cantonments
MPRF: A Few Scenarios
It Is Tough For The Madhesi
New MJF Strategy: Hit The State, Not The People
Krishna Sitaula: Appeaser, Not Peacemaker
A Federal Republic Electoral Alliance Against The Maoists Needed
Sadist Koirala, Kans Sitaula, Pol Pot Prachanda

Further Compromise: Mixed Election With Reservations
5 Point Demand: Compromise Formula So Elections Can Be Held In June
MJF And NEFIN Must Become Political Parties
The Economist: Nepal's Ethnic Politics: The New Battlefront

In The News

Where is evidence of royalist plot to assassinate US officials, Moriarty asks Prachanda Kantipur
Eight-party top brass discuss interim govt; taskforce to finalize interim govt's policy, programmes
Maoists lash out at govt for promoting NA, APF officials
Maoist MPs against Thursday's cabinet decision those guilty of suppressing the April movement and those who have been blacklisted as bank loan defaulters will not be allowed to contest in the CA elections ..... the bill also states that before the elections for proportional seats, all parties concerned should submit members' list to the Election Commission.
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Empowering Nepalis In New York City



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I don't know how many Nepalis there are in New York City. 35,000? 40,000? Nobody really knows for sure. But we have got to earn voting rights in the city elections. The idea is not new. Those with green cards should be allowed to vote. There are activists and organizations that say that. A bill to that effect has been talked about in the past in the city council. But nothing has come to fruition because the issue has not become a mass movement. The people who will benefit have not been clamoring for it, and so it has not happened. We have got to get organized, and if we get organized the right way, we Nepalis could very well become the nucleus of the movement in the city despite our small number.

I have been pushing for an umbrella organization of all the Nepali organizations in the city. The idea so far has met with an enormous resistance that reminds me of the hardships of trying to get organized the Madhesi community. For Madhesis to come together is to have to say that we are Madhesi, and I guess it is not a whole lot of fun to claim that identity because the Madhesi are a powerless group. It is a chicken egg situation. To become powerful you have to come together, get organized. But when you try to come together, it is like looking at your face in the mirror. You get reminded of your powerlessness, and it is not a good feeling.

That exact same thing has been happening to the Nepalis in New York City.

NYC Nepali Are Madhesi, Powerless

We have to deal with it. We have to face it. We have to take some tough decisions. But ultimately we do have to end up with an umbrella organization.

ANONYC: Proposed Constitution

I guess it can't be just a New York City thing. It has to be a tri state thing, the organization has to. How about an ANONYM? Association of Nepali Organizations in New York Metro. That for the name.

And then we have to shape up the framework of that organization. For me the anwer is simple: one person, one vote democracy, and transparency. Every member organization would have a voting weight. If you have 50 members, you get 50 votes. If you have 200, you get 200 votes. Why do this? Because democracy is one person, one vote. And also because we want to keep up the pressure on all organizations to constantly expand their membership and reach out to as many Nepalis in the metro area as possible. We want people to expand their existing organizations. And we want people to launch new organizations. The idea is to get organized as many Nepalis in the city as possible. Right now less than 2,000 Nepalis in the city are members of this or that organization, by one estimate. Can we grow that to 20,000? That is the challenge.
What does transparency mean? It means the internet. People tell me not everyone is online. That might be true. But despite that fact, the only way to reach the largest possible number of Nepalis in the city is online. There is no other way. At the largest Nepali events, you meet a few hundred people at most. But there are thousands online, tens of thousands. I have not been to any Nepali's residence where people are not online.

I have also been told most Nepalis in the city work crazy hours, maybe 16 hours a day, 6 days a week, working below minimum wage. It is said people who are depressed are too depressed to get physical exercise but they need physical exercise more than the rest of us. That applies to the Nepalis working the below minimum wage jobs, which is practically most Nepalis in the city. They need political empowerment more than those who are working better paying jobs. Before the civil rights movement for blacks, it was common to find blacks who had advanced degrees but who worked odd jobs for long periods of time. That is where Nepalis are today.

Think voting rights. Think money. A community that can vote makes more money. Get politically organized because you want to end up making more money.

People are busy. It is so hard to get Nepalis to show up for events. It is easier to get them to show up for cultural events than it is for political events. In business they say if the customers don't come to you, go where the customers are. No matter how busy, most Nepalis party. A dozen of them will get together, maybe once a week, once every two weeks, or once a month, and they will party. Most Nepalis in the city do that no matter how busy. It is like saying no matter how busy you are, you are still going to brush your teeth. So Nepalis do meet in small groups all across the city. Almost all of them do.

And that is why I have been pushing the concept of house parties. The idea has to be to build
The Matrix. The beauty of The Matrix is that once it is launched, it is not going to be just a Nepali thing. It could end up a Desi thing, Hispanics could join. It could go global. I have been talking to the Bhutani leader SK Pradhan, suggesting that he use The Matrix to organize the 100 Bhutanis in the city. I have been wanting to get a Bhutan, Burma, Tibet triangle going in the city. We need to export the April Revolution those three places. And The Matrix would do it beautifully. You have to think of The Matrix as an invention. It is so simple to do, and so efficient. You become your own media. You can have a global reach. It can be so very powerful.

Ultimately, we do have to think in terms of some big rallies. There is no escaping that. And I am hoping we will celebrate Nepal's Republic Day as the Nepal Day in the city. But those events are rare. And as to political empowerment of the individual, there is no beating The Matrix. Rallies will be the icing to the cake. The Matrix is the cake.

If we can weave 10,000 Nepalis into The Matrix, I think at that point we are going to have earned the right to vote in the city. Other communities will join in. And that will be sufficient pressure on the city council.

Nepalis in the city think about Nepal a lot. And that is a good thing. But the community does have to grow beyond its Nepal fixation. We do have to realize we are in New York City, and that we are a sorry lot in the city, politically speaking.

Those Who Resist

Every f_____g Nepali organization in the city thinks it is The Umbrella Organization. That ego and ignorance has been getting in the way.

Prejudices alive in Nepal are alive here as well. Somehow organizations led by Bahuns are supposed to be have more gravitas than others. That is not going to fly. Bahuns don't got no voting rights in New York City either.

I am the natural contender to be the founding president of ANONYM. That causes some major heartburns among some Bahuns in the city. How can a Madhesi be the leader of the Nepalis! I don't take kindly to expressions of anti-Madhesi prejudices. Some people have burnt their fingers in the process. But you are going to accept my leadership because I am the one to take you to the promised land. I am best positioned. Noone else comes even close. You swallow your Bahun pride and prejudice because you want to earn your right to vote in the city elections. You are going to choose to be driven by self-interest, not ethnic prejudice.

And I do intend to get elected democratically. Others are welcome to throw their hat into the ring. I am up for it.

Tara Niraula Has Been A Problem

He has done a good job as the president of the America Nepal Friendship Society (videos). He is a well educated man. He speaks well. He can lead. He is devoted to the community. He gives time. He is networked among the leading Nepalis nationally. And he took the lead on trying to get together the many disparate Nepali organizations in the city. That was progress. That was initiative.

But then he feels like we have reached the peak. There is nothing beyond that. He has carried this patronizing attitude that the America Nepal Friendship Society is the seniormost Nepali organization in the city, and it is the ANFS that brings all Nepali organizations together, and basically he has suggested that the ANFS is The Umbrella Organization, all others are too parochial. ANFS is for "everybody, I welcome you all to join it." That is hogwash.

During the November meeting, Khagendra GC pushed the concept of a coordination committee, and that made a little more sense. But Tara Niraula played foul. He refused to put my proposal for an umbrella organization on the agenda, although I had emailed way in advance. And during the heat of the Madhesi Movement in Nepal, he emailed suggesting I was not to run the meeting of the coordination committee in May, he was, and that was a blatant attempt at foul play. The November meeting decided I was to run the next meeting.

That tendency is going to be countered.

Democracy, Transparency

Those two are going to be the basic organizing principles. Transparency means we are going to help every organization in the city go online. You can do it for free. I helped Tek Gurung get a homepage for his organization at Blogger: United Nepalese Democratic Forum.

We could write in Nepali or English at our sites. We could use audio and video, all hosted for free.

Each member organization is to stay autonomous, but I do think we should push to suggest that all organizations should keep their bookkeeping online. That is going to be empowering for the individual member.

Decision making should also be as transparent as possible. We should take and publish minutes of meetings. We should also blog the meetings, photos, audio, video, as much as possible. Those can be great tools to communicate with members, very few of whom can come to the meetings, and also a way to introduce our organizations to prospective members.

The City That Never Sleeps

New York City is the Kathmandu of the world. It is a very special place.

My idea is to form the ANONYM, to inject democracy and transparency as its founding principles, and to break it from the rest of the Nepali diaspora until they all accept democracy and transparency as the founding organizing principles also, and then we stitch it all back up. I expect Tara Niraula to resist this, by foul means if necessary, because he is tied to the unelected powers that be of the diaspora leadership, people who think they are the solution, but who really are the problem, people who stand in the way of a genuine empowerment of the Nepalis outside of Nepal. We Nepalis in New York City have to take the lead on that one. I am not for projecting false unity. Work begins at home. We have to tidy things up among the Nepalis before we can go face the non-Nepali institutions that stand in the way of Nepali empowerment.

I guess what I am saying is feelings are going to get hurt as we work to set up the ANONYM.

Nepal

Better organized, we can make more money. With more money, we can do more to engineer an economic revolution in Nepal. The Nepali diaspora will lead the economic revolution in Nepal. We are the ones who will be the primary investors over time. 95% of the good in Nepal will be done through the for profit sector. And the Nepalis in New York City stand to play a central role in that. We have to set up an example so the rest of Nepalis all over the world can follow.

Curiously, it all really boils down to democracy and transparency.

Constitution| Mantra

Nepali Convention 2008

I want the ANONYM to take over the Nepali Convention 2008, NYC. I was going to do it as a private business project. But it would make so much more sense to turn that into the flagship event of the umbrella organization. We will want to turn it into the top Nepali event outside Nepal.

The managers of the Nepali Convention 2008, NYC would still get paid a percentage of the profits. But the largest chunk of the profit would go to ANONYM.

Executive Committee

It has to be formed in a democratic way. I hear Anil Shahi is about to become president of the Alliance for Democracy and Human Rights in Nepal. If he were to do that, I think it would be great to have him as the Vice President of ANONYM. He is a progressive, dynamic Khas. I would want the Ex Com to have a balanced ethnic and gender composition. We have to set an example for the new Nepal. New generation leaders like Tek Gurung, Luna Ranjit are quite promising.

Nepal is about to be born for the first time.

Events

ANONYM would take over all events for the visiting Nepali dignitaries. Profits from Nepali Convention 2008, NYC would pay for those. But until then we could do the ticket thing. $5 per person.

Community Center

We have to move towards that as well.

Community Center Idea: A Few Options
Nepali Community Center

On The Web

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फोरम अध्यक्षद्वारा राजीनामा मधेसी जनअधिकार फोरम बर्दियाका अध्यक्ष अर्जुन गोडियाले साधारण सदस्य समेत नरहने गरी राजीनामा दिएका छन् ।
तीन सय चौकी पुनःस्थापना गर्न बा“की
राजालाई कोइरालाको सल्लाह कोइरालाले आफ्नो जीवनको अन्तिममा आएर बुद्धि पुर्‍याएको .... जनजाति तथा मधेसी समुदायद्वारा जारी आन्दोलनमा राजाको प्रत्यक्ष/अप्रत्यक्ष षड्यन्त्र रहेको अनुभव सरकारले गरिरहेको छ । प्रधानमन्त्रीले वक्तव्यमार्फ् राजालाई त्यस्तो षड्यन्त्र बन्द गर, नत्र आठ दल गणतन्त्रमा जान्छन् भनेर धम्क्याएकामात्र पनि हुन सक्छन् । ..... हृदयेन्द्रलाई राजा बनाएर भए पनि राजसंस्था टिकाउने प्रस्ताव लिएर नेताहरूको ढोका चाहरिरहेका छन् । कोइरालाको 'ज्ञानेन्द्र र पारसले गद्दी त्यागे नया“ वातावरण बन्न सक्छ' भन्ने अभिव्यक्ति ...... विश्वमै शान्तिपर्ूण्ा आन्दोलनमा अभूतपर्ूव सहभागिता भएको इतिहास रचेका जनता मतपेटिकाका माध्यमबाट राजतन्त्रलाई बिदाइ गरेर थप ऐतिहासिक रर्ेकर्ड कायम गर्न आतुर छन् । .... संविधानसभाको निर्ण्र्ाााट हट्नुभन्दा आफैंले राजगद्दी त्याग्नु ज्ञानेन्द्र र पारसका लागि सम्मानजनक निकास हुनेछ ।
संघीय राज्य, समावेशीकरण र बहुलवाद राज्यको स्वरूप संघीय हुनर्ुपर्छ भन्ने विषयमा प्रँयः सबैको सहमति देखिएको छ । यसलाई अन्तरिम संविधानको संशोधनले पनि लिपिबद्ध गरेको छ । तर त्यो संघको स्वरूप कस्तो हुनेछ भन्ने प्रस्ट हुनसकेको छैन । संघको स्वरूपबारे विभिन्न मोडेल छापामार्फ र्सार्वजनिक भएका छन्- जातीय, भौगोलिक, भाषिक आदि । मधेसी तथा जनजाति संघीय प्रँन्तलाई जातीय दृष्टिले परिभाषित गर्नर्ुपर्छ भनिरहेछन् । प्रँन्तहरूको विभाजन जातीय आधारमा भयो भने देश विखण्डनतिर जान सक्छ भन्ने अर्काे तर्क उठेको छ । ........ जनसंख्याको ३० प्रतिशत ओगटेका तर स्थानीय दृष्टिले प्रँयः सबै प्रदेशमा अल्पमतमा परेका बाहुन-क्ष्ँत्रीको आफ्नै चिन्ता छ । ..... एउटै नेपाली भाषा, पहाडे संस्कृति र राष्ट्रियता सबैमाथि थोपरिएको छ । ..... सप्तरी, सिरहा, धनुषा र महोत्तरी जिल्लालाई जोडेर एउटा प्रँन्त बनाउने हो भने त्यहा“ ७७ प्रतिशत मैथिली बसोबास गर्छन्, ४ प्रतिशत थारू र ४ प्रतिशत भोजपुरी छन् । त्यस बाहेक त्यहा“ बाहुन-क्ष्ँत्री र केही र्राई-लिम्बू पनि छन् । यो भूभागलाई मिथिला संघ बनाए राम्रँे हुनसक्छ । ...... र्सर्ुखेत, दैलेख, जाजरकोट, अछाम, डोटी, बैतडी, डडेलधुरालाई मिलाएर एउटा संघीय प्रँन्त बनाउन सकिन्छ । उक्त क्ष्ँेत्रमा ५५ बाहुन-क्ष्ँत्री र ९ प्रतिशत ठकुरीहरू छन् । तर त्यही क्ष्ँेत्रमा केही र्राई, लिम्बू र मैथिली पनि पक्कै होलान् । ...... कति र्राई, लिम्बू वा मगर, गुरुङको बाहुन-क्ष्ँत्रीस“ग विवाह भएर सन्तान जन्मेका छन् । कति पहाडे र मधेसी मूलका मानिसको विवाहबाट जन्मेर 'मिश्रति' संस्कृति बोकी हर्र्ुकर्ंदै गएका बालबालिका पनि छन् । अहिले जातीय आधारमा संघीय प्रँन्त बनाई विभिन्न जातिहरू मध्यराजनीतिक पर्खाल लगाउनर्ुपर्छ भन्ने किसिमका तर्क उठेका छन् । के त्यस्ता जातीय-राजनीतिक सीमाले नेपालको बहुजातीय मिश्रति संस्कृतिमाथि न्याय गर्न सक्लान् -

Global Media Ignoring Madhesi Movement In Nepal
http://newsblaze.com/story/20070313231213nnnn.nb/newsblaze/OPINIONS/story.html

Govt cuts down royal palace staff by 50 pc NepalNews
8-party activists disrupt RPP-Nepal's programme in Jhapa
Over 70 houses gutted in fire in Saptari, Udaypur The fire that started from a house soon engulfed the entire village ..... Property worth 60 million rupees got destroyed in the fire
Govt forms Constituency Delineation Commission
‘Eight parties have agreed on distribution of portfolios’ NC, CPN (UML) and CPN (Maoist) would get five ministries each in the interim cabinet, NC (Democratic) three ministries and each of the four other constituents of the seven-party alliance would get single ministerial portfolio. ..... the NC would retain three plum portfolios - Home, Finance Defence.
SAC decides to remove seven provisions from Party-related Bill decided to remove the provision proscribing political parties to seek donations from individuals, organisations, international agencies and government. .... the provision of the local government officer deciding the places for the parties to organise programmes. ... the provision that required the party to receive at least one percent of total vote in general elections to become eligible for receiving grant provided by the government. ..... The SAC also removed the provision that required the party to make its annual report public within six months of the completion of every fiscal year. .... decided to retain the provision that seeks the parties to produce 10,000 signatures of its voters while registering the party.
Maoists seize, free 13 army trucks the Maoists released those vehicles after the UN Arms Monitoring Team, which coincidentally arrived at the scene, checked the vehicles and found nothing except foodstuff and clothing.
UN considers $ 91 million for UNMIN
Leaders discuss forming interim govt within a week
Prachanda corrects his remarks on weapons Prachanda has said that thousands of grenades remain outside cantonments. ..... after addressing a conference of All Nepal Revolutionary Journalists Association. .... Moriarty said he was still waiting for evidence from Prachanda over the latter's allegations of royalists' plot to kill Americans. Either he should provide evidence soon or he should retract the statement like he did about the weapons
MJF activists go on a rampage setting offices to fire in Rangeli Angered by the police move to open the locks at the government offices in Rangeli area of Morang district, the activists of Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) set half a dozen offices to fire. ..... They lit fire at postal office, Agriculture Development Bank, Rural Development Bank .... Papers and documents were burnt. .... Following the incident, the entire southern area of Biratnagar has remained tense. ..... Although it has withdrawn bandhs and strikes, the MJF has announced indefinite closure of custom points and government offices in the region obstructing business and other activities.
Over 1.7 million citizenship distributed: Home Ministry
Refugees planted bombs in Phuentsholing, says Bhutan

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Dipendra Jha: The Real Picture Of The Madhesi Movement




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