Girija: A Ceremonial Monarch Wannabe

Girija Koirala is against the idea of a republic. He is a conservative. He is a status quoist. After having spent months under house arrest after the king's coup, he was still not for a constituent assembly. He is not exactly known for his intellectual curiosities.

But in a democracy, he has a right to whatever political views. The problem is he has not been following democtatic norms inside his own party on this question. Where is the debate in his party's central committee on this question?

Ram Chandra Poudel is a staunch republican. Poudel is the most likely successor to Koirala in the Koirala faction of the Congress.

The Deuba Congress is already for a federal republic. The most obvious casualty of Koirala's republican stance is any possibility that the two Congress factions will become one. And that is the way it should be.

It is not healthy for Nepal's democracy for the two Congress factions to unify. It is Koirala's autocratic ways that split the Congress in the first place. He has not changed one bit.

Girija Koirala should retire. He is past retirement age.

Or the second generation in his party should come forth and revolt. That revolt will make it possible for the two factions to unify.

The two Congress factions should unfiy around the slogan of a federal republic.

I smell foul play. I smell money. It is entirely possible the monarchists are pumping money into this talk of republic or not. Koirala is in need of opaque eletion money. It is with that money that he buys the blind loyalty of his MPs. If you go against Koirala, you might not get a ticket to contest elections. Or you might not get plentiful election money.

I am worried about Congress money. I am worried about Maoist money.

There is a need to put a strong provision in the interim constitution to make all party finances transparent. That is as important as arms management.

Girija's Options

The Nepali Congress, as two factions or as one party, may go for a ceremonial monarchy. But that decision is going to have to be taken by a party convention. Anything else is illegitimate.

That party's last convention said it is now neutral on the monarchy question. What that means is that party may not go for a ceremonial monarchy. To go for a ceremonial monarchy is not to be neutral on the monarchy question. Not even Girija Koirala is above the party. He may not go against what is his party's number one decision during its last convention.

Girija Can Not Claim Credit For The April Revolution

A democratic republic is the clear mandate of the April Revolution. Girija does not get it. How can he claim any credit for the April Revolution?

Girija Koirala is the ceremonial monarch born out of the April Revolution. He acts like a monarch inside his party. His solo utterances in Biratnagar are party policy. Party policy does not get decided through discussions in the central committee. This is unfortunate. This can not be tolerated.

In The News

Maoists to go ahead with Republican Front plan despite Koirala's rejection NepalNews Koirala's assertion that his party "will not be a part of any Front for Republic" ..... Dev Gurung –a member of Maoist talks team – said that such a front is necessary to overthrow monarchy. .... Nepali Congress (Democratic) has also disagreed to join such front. ..... The Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) has not given its official viewpoint about the front idea. "We have not demanded for such a front but we are not opposed to it also," said Jhal Nath Khanal ....... Deputy Prime Minister and president of People's Front Nepal (PFN) Amik Sherchan had recently urged PM Koirala to lead such a republican front. ..... Koirala had said that since NC is a democratic party, it will go to the elections of Constituent Assembly with a separate manifesto ..... Maoists have been saying that they would be willing to show maximum flexibility in the management of their arms and armies if the Seven Party Alliance (SPA), including NC, agrees to join a united republican front to establish republic through the CA or referendum. Senior Maoist leaders have gone on record saying that they would accept making Koirala even the first president of the country.
Government ready to talk with JTMM Hridayesh Tripathy, Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies, has said that the government has no qualms for holding dialogue with the JTMM. Talking to journalists in Dhobidhara of Saptari, he, however, said that since there were two factions of JTMM, the government is still unclear about how to go about with the peace talks with them. ..... Tripathy's comments came in response to offer for peace talks made by Jai Krishna Goit-led JTMM. Recently, Jwala Singh had floated a separate faction of JTMM. Both are active in Siraha and Saptari district. ....
PM says NC not for republic Koirala has said the Nepali Congress would not be part of the broader republican alliance including the Maoists, which many members of the current Seven Party Alliance have been stressing on. .... Koirala said Nepali Congress, principally, does not believe in republic Nepal. ..... "Republic is not the agenda and policy of the Nepali Congress and it will not be involved in such fronts at any cost," he said. ... He also said unification between the Nepali Congress and Nepali Congress (Democratic) will be completed before the elections to the constituent assembly and the unified congress will have the same agenda during the polls .......
People start retaliating Maoist excesses; seven injured Irate by the continuous excesses of the Maoists, local people of Sarlahi vandalized two barriers at Ranijung area of the district put by the Maoists for collecting taxes from the vehicles plying at the street. ..... The locals also warned Maoists not to collect any form of taxes in the area and also warned of dire consequences if they did not obey. ..... villagers protesting the Maoist atrocities clashed with the Maoists in eastern Jhapa district ..... Three locals and four Maoists were injured, when a group of 15 Maoists attacked locals, who were protesting against Maoist excesses ..... local people of Situwa bazaar of Dhankuta district organized Situwa bazaar bandh (Shut-down) and also blocked the Koshi highway protesting the Maoist excesses.
Policemen and Maoists engage in minor scuffle; Maoists impose traffic blockade this morning
PM Koirala confident about success of peace talks, says it takes time
Nepal's position improved in press freedom index; stands at 159th position
Breaking Deadlock on Arms Management the government and the Maoists want CA elections for different reasons: the government with an aim to disarm the Maoists and resolve the Maoist insurgency problem, whereas, the Maoists with an aim to establish a republic Nepal. ..... Koirala is plotting a so-called “grand design” to maintain the status quo by saving Nepal’s monarchy ..... the Maoists cannot be a part of Nepal’s government so long as the Maoist Party has a separate military wing. ....... Given its long tradition of loyalty to the monarchy, it is a wishful thinking to believe that Nepal Army is now fully under the control of current civilian government. ..... “We are not ready to lay down arms unless a democratic army is formed. The effort to make us lay down arms unilaterally will only derail the peace process.” ....... the UN cannot do much unless both the SPA and the Maoists agree on the modality of arms management. ...... (1) downsize Nepal Army by providing a package for retirement for those who have served more than 15 years or more; (2) Hold the army fully accountable by taking strong actions against those who have been involved in gross human rights violations including disappearance and torture; and (3) Commit fully to implement the findings of the Rayamajhi Commission and punish those to be found guilty of unlawful killings during the April protests. ......... (1) Create a new ministry to oversee the Maoist Army and their expenditure. During the interim period, assign this ministry to a leader from the Maoist Party; (2) Put both Nepal Army and the Maoist Army under the control of National Security Council chaired by the Prime Minister but the Council’s decision should be approved by the interim parliament; (3) Agree that the Security Council will serve as the integrated headquarter of both armies. With the help of UN experts, the Council will develop a plan for merging two armies within next four months or so and the plan will have to be approved by the cabinet and the parliament. The merging will start immediately after the CA elections; and (4) Agree that the access to the arms and armies, will be limited to the UN representatives and the Security Council

Lasting peace to be established in Nepal: PM People's Daily Online, China
Nepal urges all not to favour monarchy Kantipur Online, Nepal Nepal’s remarks have come at a time when Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala is saying that his party wouldn’t favour republican setup in the upcoming election to the constituent assembly ......
Maoist Leader Sees NC, NC (D) as Most Regressive Himalayan Times The five left parties are ready to go for a democratic republic with a federal system and ethnic autonomy, the CPN-UML is still unclear and the democrats are still not convinced about doing away with the monarchy ...... the two parties also will have to go for a republic as most of their cadres now support the republican thoughts. ..... "If 'surrenderism' continues, the third round of people's movement will follow. Nobody, not even the army, will be able to prevent another revolution from taking place" ....... We are ready even to lock up 40 per cent of our arms if the government locks 25 per cent of arms belonging to the army ...... So long as the monarchy exists in any form, there is a threat to the seven-party government of a royal coup. ...... "The Newars have contributed for thousands of years to make Nepal a civilised country but still they are not in the state, they have to live like internal refugees." ..... Damannath Dhungana, urged all the parties favouring referendum on monarchy to think over it twice because it would only make the regressive forces active. ...... Chairperson of the Manka Khala Padma Ratna Tuladhar demanded that, like other historic announcements, the House or Representatives declare Nepal Sambat the national calendar.
Nepal Army Reiterates Loyalty to Government Nepal human Rights News, Nepal
Five Hurt as Leftover Bomb Explodes in West Nepal Nepal human Rights News, Nepal
Maoists halt vehicular movement in Nepal capital Zee News, India
Two-Hour Strike Hinders Life in Nepal OhmyNews International, South Korea

‘Goit ordered me to bomb Kantipur office’ Kantipur Jyoti Jha, Morang district coordinator of Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM), Monday disclosed that Jaykrishna Goit, the central coordinator of JTMM, had ordered him to bomb the eastern regional office building of the Kantipur Publications in Biratnagar in broad daylight. ...... Goit had called Jha to Birpur of India and instructed him to carry out the plan, which, according to Jha, was in retaliation for the publication not covering JTMM's activities but only publishing "false" news about the Morcha. ...... Jha, whom Maoists had taken into control some three weeks ago from Kankalini temple at Bhardaha in Saptari district, revealed details of the plan while talking to journalists at a press meet held inside a Maoist security post at Bharadaha. ..... Goit had pressurized him to do so arguing that such actions would create propaganda and make the Morcha famous among the masses. He also stated he was detained while trying to carry out the plan. ...... Jha also revealed that the JTMM had no plan to murder MP Krishnacharan Shrestha. "However, issuing a statement, Goit falsely owned up to killing Shrestha claiming that it (taking responsibility for the killing of someone renowned) would add to the popularity of the party among the Madhesi communities," Jha said. He further maintained that JTMM cadres had no hand in the killing.

BK Rana: Paper On Kusundas

Significance Of Kusundas And Their Language In The Trans-Himalayan Region
B. K. Rana
Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA
October 21- 22, 2006

General Background:

The Kusunda language does not remain a ‘not well studied and classified’ language anymore now. The government of Nepal funded for its detailed study with some leading linguists in the country. The National Foundation for Development of Indigenous Nationalities [NFDIN] brought at least two fluent Kusunda speakers along with few others from western part of Nepal in Kathmandu, funded for their 3 months stay to document data and organized a national seminar on the language on October 10, 2004. Enough data has been obtained and documented. The study shows Kusunda language doesn’t resemble to any other languages in the world.
Since, I left Nepal for USA in 2003, I have been unable to establish any direct communication with the Kusundas whom I could discover among the mid-hills of Nepal in early 2000. However, I could obtain some other crucial data from Ms S. Thapa who brought Gyani Maya, a fluent Kusunda speaker, in her hometown of Butwal in the western plains of Nepal and video-graphed her interview in April 2003. We have already discussed on those data in the Fifth Harvard Roundtable on Ethnogenesis of South and Central Asia in Cambridge on May 10 - 11, 2003.

Before the discovery of Raja Mama, a lone Kusunda of Tanahu in west Nepal, the linguistic communities held a belief that Kusundas have already vanished from the face of the earth and eventually their precious language also. But the discovery of Raja Mama opened up a new avenue for Kusunda research in recent years. This also led to the preservation of this important indigenous tribal community and its profound linguistic heritage. Now, another important job has to be done, providing direct benefit to the target community in compliance with the international laws, testing the Kusunda DNA.

The Nepal government has placed high priority to preserve certain near-extinct indigenous communities and their heritage. The National Foundation for Indigenous Nationalities,[NFDIN] a government entity headed by the Prime Minister, in whose governing council, Raja Mama had been nominated a member in 2004. This is a first record in Nepalese history that a Kusunda got nominated to a government entity.

Raja Mama and Lil Bahadur Kusunda:

After his discovery Raja Mama [Kusunda] drew enormous media attention in the country. The media still report him as ‘a lone Kusunda’ of Nepal; however, there are few more others in different parts of western Nepal.

The photo below was taken in February 2000 in Tanahu when I discovered him. He said he was fifty years old. He should have weighed 55 to 60 Kilograms and about 5 feet tall. He said to me he was born in jungle. He doesn’t remember anything about his father. He was a lonely fellow. He told me he used to hunt jungle fowl, forage yam, tuber and fruits. Nowadays, he doesn’t go for a hunt. He helps other in agriculture. He just gave me some 50 Kusunda words

Raja Mama Kusunda

As Tamla Ukyab, then Member Secretary and ex-officio Executive Director of the Foundation told me over phone from Kathmandu that the government deposited in a fixed account Rs. 75,000.00 [little more than US $ 1000.00] in his name so that he could marry and start a family life. Now, he has married a woman – Tamla Ukayb said. Both Tamla Ukyab and Sant B. Gurung played a vital role for the recent study and preservation of Kusunda language. We are thankful of them.

Since, Raja Mama Kusunda had received wide media coverage in the country. Kusundas got prominence which led me to participate in the 4th Harvard Rountable in 2002. After the roundtable, I wrote a few articles on the Kusunda and published in major dailies from Kathamadu. People began taking deep concern in the Kusundas.

Almost one year after the discovery of Raja Mama Kusunda, All Nepal Indigenous Peoples’ Convention, [ANIPC], one of the non-governmental organizations of indigenous peoples, organized its second national convention in Kathmandu in April 2001. Hundreds of representatives from among different indigenous peoples’ communities in the country participated in the convention. The convention organizers told they wanted to hear and understand the issues of the indigenous tribal communities directly from their own mouths.

Lil Bahadur Kusunda, born in 1949

Therefore, the convention organizers had also invited Lil Bahadur Kusunda and his middle son Setu Lal Kusunda from Tiram Ward 6. Budhi Chaur, of Pyuthan district. Lil Bahadur Kusunda had arrived Kathmandu with his particular traditional Kusunda weapons: bow and arrow. This Kusunda has also forgotten most of the Kusunda words as the Raja Mama Kusunda of Tanahu.
Lil Bahadur Kusunda has married a non-Kusunda woman and has 18 members in his family. He told me he lived in the jungle for 28 years. He doesn’t speak any Kusunda. Since his is an inter-caste marriage, his children and grand-children are therefore also unknown about the Kusunda language. He told huru for bow and guru for the arrow. Actually, in Kusunda bow is called tut and arrow - mui.

Chepangs, Rautes, and Kusundas:

Chepangs were also a hunting group of people in the central hills of Nepal whose population size is 52237 [2001]. Nowadays, they don’t hunt. They live in Gorkha, Dhadhing, Makawanpur and Chitwan districts – quite close to Kathmandu. These Chepangs speak one of the TB languages.
Rautes, population 658 [2001], are another group of foraging tribal community in western part of Nepal. They speak Khamchi, a TB language and roam, even today, amongst the deep forests in western part of Nepal. In the jungle they make huts tying together some vines with branches of small trees. Such huts are called ‘rautees’. These Rautes run away from the Kusundas as the latter treat them as their ‘subjects’. Rautes hunt monkeys and eat them.

The Chepangs do not call themselves Thakuris while Rautes and Kusundas have taken Thakuri surnames as: Shahi, Sen, Malla and Shah. A Thakuri erupts in bad temper when one talks of Kusunda in front of him. I had that kind of experience in one of my expeditions in search for Kusundas. The Thakuris are derogatively called ‘Kusundas’. The Kusunda origin story as documented by Reinhard and Toba tells Kusunda, Thakuri and Magars are blood brothers. This story, however, is in indigenous Kusunda language, sounds fairly recent.

Kusundas used to have some taboos: as they would not touch cow-dongs, would not eat or drink anything put in a milk pot. In other words, they would not eat anything if you have put some milk in a jar or bowl or whatever and used it later to give some rice or pulses to the Kusundas. The Kusundas would not live inside a house or hut tied with ropes or vines. The Kusundas would not kill monkeys for meat. These are the striking differences between Kusundas and Rautes. Kusundas do not say themselves Kusunda. They shun this word. In their own language they prefer calling themselves a ‘myahaq’ – a King or ‘gelang de mahaq’ - king of forest. Could this ‘Kusunda’ title be given by some other advanced communities to the Kusundas?

Kusundas, Mundas, Nihals and Jarawas:

While talking of Kusundas, the Mundas also come into our mind. The Santhal or Santhali is one of the Munda languages. Santhals have even developed a script of their own. This is also a pronominalized language.

Sanskrit and Prakrit have derived hundreds of words from the Proto-Munda [Kuiper,1948]. However, the Proto-Munda ‘ka-la(n)ja’ and certain words such as: Sanskrit ‘al-in-jara’, Pali ‘al-an-jara’ and Nihali ‘len-jo’ pose some problems to designate Munda as Austro-Asiatic [Witzel 2000] . Also the view of having some links in Nihali and Kusunda [Fleming, 1996] has also been contested that ‘Nihali no language at all but a `so-called' or seeming language’ [Zide, 1995 ?].

The photo below of a Munda king also looks different than both the Raja Mama and Lil Bahadur Kusunda.

Picture (courtesy HRCBM-Khulna): The poverty striken Anil Munda and his wife. Mr. Anil Munda is the king of Mundas at Koyera, Khulna of Bangladesh http://www.hrtribune.com/Munda/Munda_part-I.html

The picture below of two Jarawa young boys actually does not look like that of Raja Mama Kusunda and Lil Bahadur Kusunda. The boys in this picture look South Indian stock while both Raja Mama and Lil Bahadur Kusunda have longer hair and different facial feature.

Photo courtesy: Ausaf Sayeed http://www.ausafsayeed.com/jarawa.html

A Designated Language Isolate:

The Kusunda has been designated a language isolate. The most recent study carried out by David E. Watters and others again designate Kusunda as a language isolate. He writes the Kusunda has no relationship with any other languages in the world.

There is enough Kusunda vocabulary on the Kusunda language. And, there has been a lot more works on the Kusunda being left undone after Hodgson and Reinhard & Toba.

Until recently the most popular Kusunda sentences among linguists used to be chi kadi gaman (I rice eat), git kadi gaman (He rice eats) and nu kadi naman (You rice eat). Now David Watters has worked on this and finds five basic pronouns as: chi ‘I’, tok ‘we’, nu ‘you’, nok ‘you (plural)’ and gina ‘he, she, that’ and the equivalent of ‘they’ gina dzina ‘they two’, gina da ‘they three’ gina pyangdzang ‘they four’, gina pandang ‘they five’ and gina many, ‘they many’. He offers the following sentences:

First Person:
t-am-an sl ‘I ate’
t-am-da-n pl ‘We ate’
Second Person
n-am-an sl ‘You ate’
n-am-da-n pl ‘You ate’
Third Person:
g-am-an sl ‘He/she ate’
g-am-da-n pl ‘They ate’
The singular morpheme -an is replaced by -du and plural morpheme –da-n by da-k in future tense below:
First Person:
t-am-du sl. ‘I will eat’
t-am-da-k pl. ‘We will eat’
Second Person:
n-am-du sl. ‘You will eat’
n-am-dak pl. ‘ You [pl] will eat’
Third Person:
g-am-du sl. ‘He/she will eat’
g-am-da- k ‘They will eat’

The above Kusunda sentence ‘chi [kadi] gaman’ for English ‘I eat [rice]’ also sometimes spoken ‘taman’. And while speaking, Kusundas say ‘taman’ only leaving ‘kadi = rice’. A phonetic change ‘t’ > ‘ch’ or ‘ch’ > ‘t’ takes place. The Kusunda pronoun ‘chi’ meaning ‘I’ changes into ‘ti’, gets pronominalized ‘taman’ and appears to be a single word.

Kusunda: a Mother language ?

There has been no agreement on whether Kusunda is a language isolate or otherwise. Now, we have enough data with which we can tell that Kusunda doesn’t have any relationship with any other languages in the world, however by accident or whatever, there are quite a number of Kusunda words among different languages.

The Kusunda ‘mai = mother’, ‘suta= thread’, ‘mahi= water buffalo’ and ‘miza or azaki (cf. Sanskrit aja ) = goat are interesting to note here. John Bengston attributes Kusunda ‘mai’ to Proto-Human.

The Kusunda pronoun ‘nu’ and Jarawa, a language spoken in the South and Middle Andaman ‘ni’ offer same meaning - the second person ‘you’. The Jarawa ‘onnaho = tooth’ and Kusunda ‘ouho = tooth’ look alike while Jarawa ‘na:ppo= fish’ and Kusunda ‘nasa= fish’ have nasal sounds in their initial syllables.

John McWhorter points out that Kusunda and Oko-Juwoi, a language once spoken in India, have some similarities by close accident or whatever. He finds Kusunda ‘chi= I’ and Juwoi ‘tui= I’, Kusunda ‘chee = my’ and Juwoi ‘tii-ye = my’ and Kusunda ‘gida= he/she’ and Juwoi ‘kite= my’.

We now understand Kusunda has given its cognates to so many of different languages and therefore it would be reasonable to designate it a Mother Language or similar other title than any isolate. This language is not in isolation but has shared with many others in the world.

References:

Fleming, Harold 1996: Looking to the West and North: Nihali and Kusunda Find Links Mother Tongue II, Journal of the Association for the Study of Language in Prehistory, Issue II ( December 1996).

Hodgson, Brian H. 1857: Journal of Asiatic Society - Bengal and Asian Educational Services C-2/15, SDA, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016

Justin, Anstice 2000: Who are the Jarawa? http://www.andaman.org/BOOK/originals/Justin/art-justs.htm#1
Kuiper, F.B.J. 1948: Proto-Munda Words in Sanskrit, Amsterdam, Verhandeling der Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie Van Wetenschappen, Afd. Letterkunde, Nieuwe Reeks Deel Li, No. 3] http://www.hindunet.org/saraswati/dictionary/9MUNDA.HTM

McWhorter, John 2004: Can relationships between languages be determined after 80,000 years?
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001037.html

Rana, B. K. 2002: New Materials on the Kusunda Language: The Fourth Harvard Roundtable on Ethnogenesis of South and Central Asia Cambridge MA, USA May 11 - 13, 2002. http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~witzel/kusunda.htm, http://nepalresearch.org/publications/kusunda_materials.pdf

__________ 2003: Recently Recorded Materials on the Kusunda Language: The Fifth Harvard Roundtable on Ethnogenesis of South and Central Asia Cambridge MA, USA May 10 - 11, 2003 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Langhali_Forum/files/

___________ 2005: Additional Data and Analysis on Kusunda (Nepal) – Mother Tongue, Journal of the Association for the Study of Language in Prehistory, Issue X 2005

Reinhard, J. and Toba, S. 1970: A Preliminary Linguistic Analysis and Vocabulary of the Kusunda Language’ Summer institute of Linguistics, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. September 1970.

Sayeed, Ausaf : Jarawa Tribes -- Confluence of The Present with The Past http://www.ausafsayeed.com/jarawa.html

Watters, David E. et.al 2005 : Notes on Kusunda grammar ( a language isolate of Nepal) – National Foundation for the Development of Indigenous Nationalities, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Witzel, Michael 2000: The Languages of Harappa [February 17, 2000]

Zide, Norman 1995 [?]: The Status of Nihali, University of Chicago http://www.ling.hawaii.edu/austroasiatic/AA/nihali

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'माओवादीले हतियार र कांग्रेसले राजामोह त्याग्नुपर्छ'
वनको राजस्व माओवादी कब्जामा
ँनागरिकताका नाममा मधेसीमाथि षड्यन्त्र’ माओवादीनिकटको 'मधेसी राष्ट्रिय मुक्ति मोर्चा' ले मधेसी समुदायलाई नागरिकता दिने नाममा सरकारले षड्यन्त्र गरिरहेको आरोप लगाएको छ । मोर्चाले नागरिकतामा भएको पहाडेकरण र टोपी लगाउनुपर्ने बाध्यात्मक प्रावधानविरुद्घ प्रतिकारात्मक संघर्षमा उत्रन आग्रह पनि गरेको छ । 'नागरिकतालगायत सम्पूर्ण हक अधिकारका लागि हामीले आवाज बुलन्द गरेपछि सत्तामा बसेकाहरू अत्तालिएर नागरिकता दिने टोलीमा पनि षड्यन्त्र हुन थालेको छ,' मोर्चाका मातृकाप्रसाद यादवद्वारा शनिबार जारी विज्ञप्तिमा भनिएको छ । दसबर्षे जनयुद्घ र १९ दिनको जनआन्दोलनबाट पनि मधेसी समस्याबारे शासकहरूको चिन्तन र व्यवहारमा कुनै परिवर्तन नआएको मोर्चाको ठहर छ । यसैगरी मोर्चाले आगामी मंसिर १६ गते र राजधानीमा दोस्रो राष्ट्रिय सम्मेलन गर्ने निर्णय गरेको छ । सम्मेलनका लागि मोर्चाले 'आत्मनिर्णयको अधिकार, स्वशासन समानुपातिक प्रतिनिधित्व, संघीय शासनका लागि सशक्त आन्दोलन, मधेसी स्वाभिमानको रक्षार्थ तथा राष्ट्रिय पहिचानका लागि दोस्रो राष्ट्रिय सम्मेलन' भन्ने मूल नारा तय गरेको छ ।
दलले राजतन्त्र बोकेर हिँड्दैनन्’
स्थानीयले पढाउँदा गुणस्तर बढ्यो
वाम्बुले राई भाषामा कविगोष्ठी
लमजुङमा इन्टरनेट सेवा लामिछानेले चार वटा कम्प्युटरमा इमेल जोडेका छन् । घन्टाको ३० रुपैयाँ तिरेर आरामसगँ बसीबसी संसार देख्न पाउँदा सबै दंग छन् । विगत ५ वर्षदेखि फोन, फ्याक्सको समेत राम्रो सुविधा उपभोग गर्न नपाएका पत्रकारले इमेलबाट समाचार पठाउन पाएका छन् । ..... माओवादीले ०५८ मा उदीपुर स्थित टेलिफोनको टावर ध्वास्त पारेदखि यहाँका पत्रकारले तीन/चार घन्टा लाइनमा बसेर नेपाल टेलिकमको एक मात्र भिस्याट फोनबाट सञ्चालित फ्याक्सबाट समाचार पठाउनुपर्ने अवस्था चार वर्षसम्म रहेको थियो । लोकतन्त्र स्थापनासँगै लमजुङको टेलिफोन टावर पुनर्निर्माण भएकाले टेलिफोन सञ्चालनमा आएको हो ।
माडीमा माओवादी
गुरुङ सम्पदा मार्ग

Maoists don police role, arrest 70 in Nepal Times of India, India for their alleged involvement in criminal activities, a move slammed by the Kathmandu police. ..... The Maoist affiliated ethnic organization based in Kathmandu Newa Mukti Morcha (NMM) took the 70 people in their custody in the wake of growing criminal activities in the Kathmandu valley and the alleged police failure to curb them, claimed Pawan Man Shreshta, President of NMM The CPN-M has started 'Crime Control' operation in Kathmandu some three weeks ago after receiving "requests" from the local business community and the valley dwellers, he said. .... they have released 60 of them after they gave a written commitment not to indulge in such activities in the future and they will be under strict vigilance of the party ....... Twenty four criminals have already surrendered themselves to the party over the past one month ..... The Maoists have also recovered four pistols, two revolvers, 60 bullets, 14 swords, 6 Khukuris, 20 motorcycles, 39 mobile sets and some gold jewellery from them. ...... Dhak Bahadur Pun, chief of Kathmandu District Police Office. "The action is politically motivated rather than checking crimes in the valley"
Nepal to open up petroleum sector to private players Telugu Portal, India
Nepal Criticises Nepali Congress, Maoists Himalayan Times, Nepal
Nepal Maoists Free Alleged Crime-Hostages Nepal human Rights News, Nepal
Human error, fog to blame for Nepal WWF crash ABC Online
Tibetans shot at by Chinese leave Nepal for India Haveeru Daily, Maldives

Talks will succeed if Koirala agrees on democratic republic: DPM Sherchan NepalNews
Oli says no major pact will be signed during his India visit
JTMM ready for talks with the government Chief of the JTMM Jai Krishna Goit has stated in a statement that his party is ready for talks with the government if the latter calls it for a dialogue. ..... The JTMM has been launching violent activities in Terai districts – mainly Siraha and Saptari – demanding various rights for ethnic Madhesi people. ...... Goit, who is a former influential leader of the Maoists, had walked away from Prachanda's party and floated his own faction nearly two years ago. .... Maoists and JTMM have bitter relations and their cadres regularly engage in bloody clashes. In recent months, JTMM has repeatedly stated that it is also willing to hold peace talks with the government. However, the government has not yet officially reacted to its appeals.
Man dies in Maoist captivity
Maoist, NC responsible for delay in peace talks: UML general secy.
Maoists make public, release people arrested for criminal activities; It's illegal: Police
India's MEA prepares Relevance for India index; Nepal in 8th rank before Pakistan
UN regional disarmament office to be set up in Nepal

Prachanda instructs Maoist army to leave a camp

Game Theory – The Classic Game is Prisoners’ Dilemma

Given the current strain condition between madhesis and paharis, it’s very difficult to trust each other. One may, for assurance sake, argue any thing. But the real fact is paharis had shown no fate on madhesis since last more than 260 years. As a result of which, madhesis could not find any responsibility in state defense, diplomacy, administration, and government representation. On the other hand, madhesi experience of paharis attitude and behavior for last 260 years has made them perceive this attitude as colonial strategy of pahari, which madhesi is not unwilling to accept any more. Breaking the deadlock of last 260, madhesis are asking right to rule themselves.

Explaining in term of Prisoner’s dilemma, madhesis are also facing dilemma. Madhesi's are not able to make strategy for future course, whether they should maintain status quo or march forward for non cooperation. Applying Game theory, one can predict that, the outcome will be the strategy for protecting individual interest. Madhesi and pahari, each one will apply individual rationality, and thus will maximize individual payoff. In the condition of mutual doubt, the resulting outcome is no-cooperation with each other, ultimately resulting in a more strain which can finally lead to a political and geographical line between madhesis and paharis.

The local version of game theory is also quite common.. It is said that, 1 and 1 when comes together, can make power of 11. But, it is only possible if both of them work and cooperate with each other. But if any group betrays, then there will be unequal division of payoff, i.e one group taking more that 5.5 point of payoff from power. This is where discontent arises. If the suppressed group continues to get less than 5.5 point of payoff from power, the relationship will not last longer.

This is the condition between madhesis and paharis right now. Paharis want to take more share of payoff, where as the relationship is believed to be on equality basis. Now even if madhesis is getting some payoff on investment of 1 but is less than 5.5 point of payoff from power, madhesis will not want to be in relationship any further.

The above two concept explains to most extend, the strategy madhesis will adopt further. State restructuring will be the minimum and first step in this direction. Given that majority madhesis are distributed along a specific geography, state restructuring will only ensure of regional administrative equality, but other issues that will be left are participation in state defense, diplomatic and central resource planning & distribution.

Ram Manohar Sah

March And Rally For Full Immigrant Rights

Paramendra,

I saw you on TV this weekend - I was at the gym on the treadmill (fulfilling
my once a month guilt-ridden ritual) and I saw you among a crowd of people
at some rally. Did you attend one recently?

Pawan Adhikari @ Citi

Oct 21 March And Rally For Full Immigrant Rights 1
Oct 21 March And Rally For Full Immigrant Rights 2




Pls fwd widely, help flyer in your neighborhood, & come out!!!!
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MARCH & RALLY FOR FULL IMMIGRANT RIGHTS!
We defeated Sensenbrenner last spring, now let's keep fighting for our rights!

*1pm Union Square, March to Times Square!*
*Saturday, October 21st*

Now, rather than hear our demands for real immigration reform, politicians are ramming through more laws to deport more people, take away more rights, and cause more deaths at the border.

BRING PICTURES OF YOUR FAMILY & FRIENDS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES AT THE BORDER,
*BEEN DEPORTED OR DETAINED, OR AFFECTED BY UNJUST LAWS TO PLACE ON A BORDER WALL OF REMEMBRANCE & RESISTANCE.

In their names, we demand:
Full legalization for all!
An end to deportations, detentions, raids, & police collaboration!
Family reunification!
No more laws that will kill more people at the border!
Rights & protection for all workers!

*Flyer attached

*NY UNITED FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS (List in formation):

Ad Hoc Coalition for Justice in the Middle East, American Friends Service Committee, Arab Muslim American Federation, Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund, Asocacion Tepeyac, Audre Lorde Project, Centro Altagracia de Fe y Justicia, COALITION OF IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES: Accin Comunitaria Aurora, New York Civic Participation Project, Riverside Edgecombe Neighborhood Association, Iglesia San Romero de Las Americas-UCC, Alianza Dominicana, Coalicin por los Derechos del Inmigrante, Asociacin de Egresados de la UASD, Asociacion de Mujeres Progresistas, Centro para el Desarrollo de la Mujer Dominicana, Caucus de Mujeres Dominicanas, Colegio de Periodistas Dominicanos, Congreso Dominicano, la Voz Latina, Servicio de Educacion Basica, Programa de TV Hechos y Gente, Programa la Voz Latina WBAI, Comision Nacional de Derechos Humanos (USA-RD)// Coney Island Avenue Project, Esperanza del Barrio, Families for Freedom, IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN ACTION: Adhikaar, CAAAV- Organizing Asian Communities, Centro Hispano Cuzcatlan, Damayan, DRUM- Desis Rising Up & Moving, Forest Hills Community House, Humanist Center of Cultures// International Socialist Organization; Latin American Integration Center; Justice Committee; MAY 1st ALLIANCE: Anakbayan, NY/NJ, Association of Senegalese in America, BAYAN USA Philippine New Patriotic Alliance, CASA Freehold, NJ, Chris Silvera- Pres. National Teamsters Black Caucus, Sec.-Treas. Teamsters Local 808, Comite Latino Local 79, Ecuador Para Todos-Lenin Medina, Freeport Community Worklink Center- Long Island, Guyanese-American Workers United, New York, NY, International Action Center, Justice 4 Immigrants Filipino Coalition, La Pena del Bronx, Million Worker March, New York Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines, NYC Working People's Voice Newspaper, Pachamama NYC, Pakistan USA Freedom Forum, Panama Vicente Alba- LIUNA Local 108, Philippine Forum, Rev Luis Barrios- Iglesia San Romero de las Ameritas, The Workplace Project, Trabajadoras por la Paz, Troops Out Now Coalition// No One Is Illegal (NOISI) Coalition, Mercy Center, Northern Manhattan Immigrant Rights Coalition, NY Committee to Free the Cuban Five, Workers World Party, World Can't Wait.

For more info: http://nyunitedforimmigrantrights.blogspot.com or 917-472-1105

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Monami Maulik
DRUM -Desis Rising Up & Moving
718-205-3036 / info@drumnation.org
www.drumnation.org
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"The neocorporate rulers of the world use military force violence, police, prisons and economic servitude to protect and reinforce the class patriarchal neo-colonial system but they know that force alone is not enough. They fear the human mind and they fear the minds of women above all; Women on the move will change the world..."
- Nawal El Saadawi

Immigrant Power
May 1 Immigrants Rally: Great American Boycott With Jesse Jackson 3
The First Major Revolution Of The 21st Century Happened In Nepal
Immigration Makes Economy Sense, Democracy, Justice, Family Sense
Hate Speech, Free Speech: Europe Needs To Learn The Difference
Bill Frist's Ancestors Came From The Moon

Immigration Gumballs

This stupid, ugly video above makes the false claim that it is overpopulation that causes poverty. The truth is the other way round. Immigration into the US helps spread wealth creation across the world, helps spread democracy and social reform across the world.

In The News

Rana meets PM Koirala; 'RPP has no view on monarchy' NepalNews “Our party has not decided anything on monarchy, so I’m not in a position to give views unless the party makes a formal decision” ..... RPP chief also preferred silence on ‘democratic republic’
UML may leave the government after Tihar: Gautam He also said the Maoists were ready to lay down their weapons if the NC took a concrete decision to bring an end to the monarchy with a certain proposal. ..... He said the forces which want to give continuity to the monarchy had raised the issue of arms management unnecessarily. He said that the state army was still loyal to the palace though its name had been changed.
Abducted youth still missing; NHRC publicizes names of 15 people abducted by Maoists
Prachanda assures Madi victims of relief package; addresses his military in Chitwan
Government prepares a bill to end the monopoly of NOC private companies would be able to import and sell/distribute petroleum products in the country. It is expected that the entry of private players would help in increasing internal competition, efficiency and the prices would then be fixed on the basis of international market and domestic competition. ..... proposes forming a powerful and autonomous 'Petroleum Board' which will be authorized to monitor and inspect the market. .....


Chandra Prakash Sharma, Paramendra Bhagat: Nepali Convention Worries

Hamro Nepal Constitution

Preamble

Hamro Nepal is the world's first digital democracy organization. It played a key role in Nepal's April Revolution. The organization has five goals.

1. Set up a democratic republic in Nepal.
2. Achieve total equality for the DaMaJaMa, Dalit, Madhesi, Janajati, Mahila, and other marginalized groups.
3. Attain double digit economic growth for Nepal.
4. Engineer political empowerment of the Nepali diaspora in their immediate countries, which means voting rights in America for the 120,000 Nepalis here.
5. Help export the April Revolution to all countries that are not yet democracies.
   

It hopes to work with other digital, semi-digital and non-digital organizations through the ecosystem concept to achieve these goals. Hamro Nepal trains bridge activists to make the best of the ecosystem concept. Bridge activists are the organization's links to people, organizations and events that are offline.

Membership

Anyone, Nepali or not, dedicated to these goals can become a Member. Membership is free. All you have to give is your name and email address. You have to be inducted by an existing member of the organization. The names of all members are publicly displayed on search engine protected webpages that show who brought whom in.

The organization is global.

The organization is structured to empower the individual member to the max.

Active Members

Active members are those who also have their own blogs that likely have text, photos, audio and video, and they link to their pertinent blog entries in the virtual parliament. They likely have their own private mailing lists that help them project their blogs deep into their target audiences.

Officers

There is to be a President and a Vice President directly elected by the members through an open, online over email voting system.

Elections are to be held annually in April.

Tools

Current and future online tools are to be used to enhance effectiveness.

Hamro Nepal
Think Tank
Virtual Parliament

All interested members may participate in the virtual parliament.

Mailing List

The President will have a mailing list that includes the email addresses of all members. The list is to be used sparingly. The goal is to not send out more than one email per month, if that.

Mailing List

Funds

Hamro Nepal works primarily by helping shape the debate through use of freely available online tools. So there is to be no central fund.

But small groups within the organization may raise and spend funds. When they do so, they must share bookkeeping with all those who contributed.


President: Paramendra Bhagat (Binay Shah Interviews Paramendra Bhagat 3)
Vice President: Anil Shahi (Anil Shahi - Google Video)


Democracy Spreading Mechanism
The Demosphere Manifesto

ANA Convention: My Hamro Nepal Speech
Hamro Nepal Has Three Goals
Hamro Nepal Will Not Be Registered
Hamro Nepal: Free Membership
Hamro Nepal: Membership Drive
Hamro Nepal, Latest
Hamro Nepal: Draft Constitution
Hamro Nepal All Set To Be Launched
Organization: Hamro Nepal

Your Many Identities
Internalized Racism Among Nepalis In NYC
The April Revolution Asks For A New Political Party
18 Days Of April Revolution: Victory
Sanjaya Parajuli In Brooklyn
Hamro Nepal, Latest

Immigrant Power
May 1 Immigrants Rally: Great American Boycott With Jesse Jackson 3
The First Major Revolution Of The 21st Century Happened In Nepal
Immigration Makes Economy Sense, Democracy, Justice, Family Sense
Hate Speech, Free Speech: Europe Needs To Learn The Difference
Bill Frist's Ancestors Came From The Moon


Interim Constitution, Revolutionary Parliament (April 8)
Proposed Republican Constitution 2006 (January 1)
Proposed Constitution (December 19)
Proposed Constitution (November 17)
Proposed Constitution (September 3)
Proposed Democratic Republican Constitution (August 12)
Janata Dal Constitution (August 8)
Proposed Constitution (June 18)
Reorganized UN, Proposed Constitution, Methods (May 30)
Proposed Constitution (May 3)
Shortcut To A New Constitution, Shortcut To Peace (April 8)
This Inadequate, Improper, Insufficient 1990 Constitution (April 4)

In The News

Maoist Instruction For Insurrection Drishti
Congress Unification After Interim Parliament
The Don Of Kathmandu Caputured By Maoists
Palace Busy Consulting
Danger Of Maoist Counter Insurrection
Words And Deeds Of The Maoists
The Changed Politics In The Rural Areas
The Maoists Are The Reason The Talks Got Disrupted: Oli

NEPAL: Govt gives green light to 5 TV and 50 FM stations Asia Pacific Media Network, CA
Nepal Govt, Maoist meeting only after Deewali Zee News, India

Failure to set mandate of UN team delaying the team’s work: Martin NepalNews
Cabinet decides to hold summit meeting after Tihar
Mahara along with SPA leaders leave for London
Britain to assist Nepal peace process, not to impose it’s view: Dr. Hall
Court reporting makes judiciary transparent, accountable: experts
Take a strong action against bank defaulters: Gautam
SC overturns government decision to retire General Malla
Bhattarai asks UN to address the problems of poor

Patan Appellate Court summons FNCCI, Chairman Dhakal Kantipur
US optimistic about success of ongoing peace process: Moriarty the US was hopeful that the Maoists would lay down their arms and join mainstream politics. ..... the US proposal to resettle up to 60,000 Bhutanese refugees in the US is a "favourable" option to the Bhutanese refugees. ..... the only wish the United States has behind resettling the refugees is to give the refugees, who have gone through the ordeal for the last 15-16 years, an opportunity to lead a happy and content life.
Maoists force foreign climbers to pay tax
No action against army personnel spurred king to flout HLPC deadline: Mahara
Severe foodgrain deficit looms
Keep peace process focused on HR: OHCHR report
Landowners raze 1,800 squatter huts
Students forcibly ferried to Maoist meet
India wants smooth progress in Nepal's peace process: Mukherjee the government of India is "eager" to see Nepal making rapid progress in the peace process without any obstacles. ...... Mukherjee who went to the Indian capital New Delhi last week, met with Indian Prime Minister Dr Man Mohan Singh, Home Minister Shiv Raj Patil, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee, National Security Advisor MK Narayanan and Foreign Secretary Shiv Shanker Menon and held key consultations with them on Nepal's peace process.
No response from King Gyanendra as HLPC deadline passes
प्रजातान्त्रिकका कार्यकर्ता अपहरित
'सात दल अमेरिकाको दबाबमा' 'राजतन्त्रको रोगबाट प्रमुख दलहरू मुक्त भए भने दिगो शान्तिका दिन तुरुन्तै आउनेछ ।'
दलित गोष्ठी
माओवादी-जनतान्त्रिक भिडन्त राजविराज, कार्तिक १ - माओवादी र जनतान्त्रिक तराई मुक्ति मोर्चाबीच बुधबार सप्तरीको रामपुरामल्हनियास्थित डल्लवामा दोहोरो भिडन्त भएको छ । भिडन्तमा एक माओवादीको मृत्यु भएको छ भने तीन घाइते भएका छन् । .... यसैगरी भिडन्तमा मोर्चाका दुई कार्यकर्ता घाइते भएका छन् । ..... नाम खुल्न नसकेका मृतक माओवादी पहाडी मूलका भएको र आफ्नै कब्जामा रहेको मोर्चाका केन्द्रीय अध्यक्ष्ा ज्वाला सिंहले बताए । सदरमुकाम राजविराजदेखि करिब १२ किमि दक्षिणपूर्वको नेपाल-भारत सीमानजिकै भिडन्त भएको जिल्ला प्रहरीले जनाएको छ । ..... माओवादी स्रोतले भने घटनामा मोर्चाका दुई छापामारको मृत्यु भएको बताएको छ । ..... भिडन्त दिउँसो तीन बजेतिर भएको स्थानीय बासिन्दाले बताए । भिडन्तमा घाइते मोर्चाका ६ कार्यकर्तालाई उनीहरूले डुंगामा राखेर भारततर्फ लगेको स्थानीय बासिन्दाले बताए । घटनास्थल सप्तकोसी किनारमा पर्छ । भारतीय सिमानानजिकै कोसी किनारमा जनतान्त्रिकले सेल्टर लिएर बस्दै आएको थियो । केही समय पहिले जनतान्त्रिकले हत्या गरेका रामपुरमल्हनियाका निर्वतमान गाविस अध्यक्ष बद्री यादवको घरमा मोर्चाले तालाबन्दी गरिदिएपछि उनीहरू त्यही सेल्टर लिएर बस्दै आएको स्रोतले बतायो ।
माओवादीले राजमार्गको ढाट हटाए
राजसंस्था खारेजी माग
माओवादीको गोलीबाट आफ्नै कमान्डरको मृत्यु
लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्रका लागि ध्रुवीकरण हरि रोका संंविधानसभा निर्वाचनपश्चात् सर्वसहमतिद्वारा मुलुकलाई लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्रमा प्रवेश गराउने ..... वर्तमान संसद्को सबैभन्दा ठूलो घटक नेपाली कांग्रेस र त्यसका सभापति एवं प्रधानमन्त्री गिरिजाप्रसाद कोइराला मुलुकलाई यथास्थितिमै राख्न प्रयत्नशील देखिएपछि वार्ताको असफलता अनिवार्य थियो । माओवादीलाई कम्तीमा लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्रमा पुग्नुको विकल्प छैन ......... यथार्थमा हतियार व्यवस्थापन लगभग टुङ्गो लागिसकेको विषय हो । संयुक्त राष्ट्रसंघलाई जुन ५ बुँदे सहमतिपत्र पठाइएको हो र जसरी राष्ट्रसंघ तयारीसाथ उपस्थित भएको छ, त्यो सहमति नै एकमात्र भरपर्दो र सजिलो उपाय हो हतियार व्यवस्थापनका लागि । ........ जहाँसम्म अहिले कति प्रतिशत हतियार लकअप गर्ने प्रश्न छ, लोकतान्त्रिक मोर्चा बनाएर जाने हो भने सय प्रतिशत नै लकअप गर्ने प्रस्ताव माओवादीले बैठकमा प्रस्तुत गरेको व्यहोरा ....... कांग्रेस र एमाले .... उनीहरूमा ठूलो त्रास विद्यमान छ । त्यो हो, संविधानसभापछि स्थापित हुने लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र अत्यन्त समावेशी हुनेछ । ......... आधार क्षेत्रमा विभाजित रहेका तर राज्यमा सम्पूर्ण रूपले समावेशी लोकतन्त्र खोजिरहेका दलित, जनजाति, महिला, मधेसी, कणर्ाली ....... मूल विषयवस्तुलाई छलछाम गरेर वार्ता लम्बाउने, सक्दो तन्काउने र अन्यौलग्रस्त बनाइरहने कार्यमा यी दल लागिपरेका छन् । ....... इतिहासले १६४०, १७८९ र १९१७ लाई ठूला ऐतिहासिक फड्को ठानेका छन् । नेपालको सन्दर्भमा गएको 'अपि्रल' अर्थात् २०६२/६३ को विद्रोह ऐतिहासिक फड्को मार्ने घटना थियो । ....... कांग्रेसलाई भोलि गर्ने प्रतिद्वन्द्विताका कारण आज लोक गणतान्त्रिक मोर्चामा सामेल हुन असम्भव भएको जनाउ तिनका नेताले दिने गरेका छन् । विशेषगरी उसको यो अडान गैरकम्युनिस्ट फोबियाले ग्रसित छ । बाह्र बुँदे समझदारी र आठ बुँदे सम्झौतामा हस्ताक्षर गरिसकेपछि सहमतिबाट पछि हट्नुले उसलाई उग्र दक्षिणपन्थी गठबन्धनका लागि तयार हुन पर्ने बाध्यात्मक परिस्थिति सिर्जना भएको छ । त्यो सोच र बाध्यता त्यत्तिकै आएको होइन, उसले सन् १९९० पछि प्रजातान्त्रिक समाजवादको सैद्धान्तिक प्रस्तावनाबाट समाजवाद झिकेपछि सिर्जना भएको विचलन हो । विगतमा कांग्रेसलगायत अन्य दलमा ठाडो विभाजन भएको थियो । अब सबै राजनीतिक दलमा तेस्रो विभाजन सुरु हुनेछ । लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्रमा प्रवेश गर्ने वा नगर्ने नै त्यसको राजनीतिक विषयवस्तु हुनेछ । ........ कांग्रेस र एमालेभित्र तीव्र बहस चलिरहेको छ । ....... साँच्चै दिगो शान्ति र लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्रका लागि सडकमा फेरि नआउने हो भने मुलुकले कुन दिशा अख्तियार गर्ने हो कसैले भविष्यवाणी गर्न सक्दैन ।
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Nepal king snubs probe panel royally Times of India, India the commission interrogated hundreds of people, including the two deputies of the king, the past and current army chief, royalist ministers and government officials. .... All of them, while expressing regret for the casualties, refused to accept responsibility for the consequences, saying they were merely carrying out orders from the king, who headed the government as chairman of the council of ministers. ..... a proclamation by parliament after the fall of the royal regime that stripped the royal family of the legal immunity they had enjoyed for over 200 years and said they could be tried in court for crimes. ...... the palace has been behaving in a similar manner over repeated calls by a parliamentary committee to provide full details of the properties and assets owned by the royal family so that they can be brought under the tax net ...... "We gave him a week to reply and we waited for a week," said Harihar Birahi, a member of the commission. "We will now write our report on the basis of the facts we have received, the existing laws and our conscience." ..... Five years ago, the king had given a statement before a panel investigating the mysterious shootout in the palace, in which the then king Birendra and his entire family were wiped out.
Nepal king fails to answer probe on crackdown Reuters
Nepal King snubs commission deadline NDTV.com
Nepal's King snubs deadline by commission probing crackdown Zee News
REFILE-Nepal's Maoist rebel chief makes rare home visit Reuters AlertNet, UK
NEPAL: Child marriage still common in rural southwest Reuters AlertNet, UK
Nepal King ignores probe Commission's deadline Hindustan Times, India
Nepal king snubs probe panel royally Telugu Portal
Nepal king snubs probe panel royally Indian Muslims
Nepal In the Shadows of ‘Peoplocracy’ United We Blog, Nepal
No solution in sight to break Nepal's impasse Asian Tribune consensus eluding them on the future of 238-year-old monarchy, and the issue of arms management. ...... 'The new dates for the talks will have to be announced by the Prime Minister' ....... the Maoists will not be the first to blink. The Maoist camp is putting the blame for the impasse at the door-step of the ruling alliance. ...... statement of Maoist No. 2 Baburam Bhattarai (to AFP) that the peace talks were in 'no danger' of foundering. ..... Koirala, an old-time politician, had cut his teeth at the Darbar. Many still see him as a Palace- man. He has 'grave' reservations on Maoists. So do the King and the US. ....... The Maoists ... arrived three hours late for the talks. ......... Both sides agreed to hold elections by mid 2007 for the Constituent Assembly ...... The Maoists have a 35,000 strong army. The regular army is 90,000 strong but it is the writ of People's Liberation Army, as the Maoist cadres are known, which holds sway over rural Nepal. Disciplining them to fall in line with the imperatives of civilian democratic government is a tough proposition at the best of times. More so in the context of Nepal........ make the Maoist army deposit their arms in UN supervised camps. ...... "We are ready to lock up our weapons provided the SPA agrees to declare Nepal as a Republic in the interim statute or at least gives a written commitment to go for the Republican setup after the constituent assembly elections".
Nepal hits standoff in negotiations over future government Christian Science Monitor
Nepal to face chronic foodgrain deficit Hindu, India
Nepal fails to win berth in UN Security Council Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran

Nepal meets with PM Koirala, talks about summit meeting agenda NepalNews
Arbour tables report on Nepal at UN General Assembly
All issues will be settled by November 16, says DPM Sherchan
Court issues summons to FNCCI president on 'contempt of court' case
Nine people, including three children, abducted from Kuleshwore those abducted were taken towards Sanepa from Kuleshwore in a micro-bus with registration number BA 1 JA 5776. ..... people involved in the incident identified themselves as Maoists and added that they were arresting them on charges of being involved in the trade of illegal drugs. ..... police reached the incident site on time but did not stop the abduction after the "abductors" identified themselves as Maoists and asked police not to intervene. ...... The incident comes amid reports of Maoists cracking down on local goons and drug peddlars as Nepal police has virtually failed to maintain law and order in the capital and elsewhere.
Mahara says 'donation collection' will continue they would continue 'collecting donation' until elections for the constituent assembly are held. ..... since the country has two parallel government at present, donation and taxation from their side was necessary for sustenance of the 'people's government'. He said such activities would continue till a single government is formed. ...... Maoists are ready for more flexibility if the seven parties are ready to restructure the Nepal Army.
ADB projects 4 pc GDP growth for Nepal

Maoists must abandon arms before joining interim government, says an Indian analyst NepalNews Mehta also added that peace process anywhere is a time-consuming affair. He gave examples of Northern Ireland or Sudan or Rwanda where it took years for the peace process to complete. "It has just been six months in Nepal.
Maoist leader invited by NRN to London spokesperson of the Maoists Krishna Bahadur Mahara ..... Mahara is expected to elaborate about Maoists' economic policy and foreign investment during his London stay. ...... Mahara as well as Nepali Congress (NC) general secretary Ram Chandra Poudel, leader of Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) and Speaker Subas Nemwang, NC (Democratic) leader Dr. Minendra Rijal, central member of People's Front Nepal Shashi Shrestha and Janajati leader Dr. Om Gurung ........ The leaders will take part in three programs to be hosted by NRN community in London between October 21-23. The leaders would also visit Germany and Belgium and attend NRN meetings there.
Maoists clash with JTMM cadres, one killed
Peace talks will take decisive turn shortly: Mahara the Maoists will lay down arms only after the seven-party alliance roots for a democratic republican set-up. ..... Maoists ferried school children from over 45 schools of Bharatpur municipality area to show their strength in the programme.
UML general secy. doubts crucial talks before Tihar the UML general secretary said that the peace process is being disrupted by certain quarters. ...... the love of Nepali Congress for the monarchy and the love of Maoists to the arms are hindering the peace talks .......