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The Nepal Digest Saturday 11 September 95: Bhadra 28 2052 BkSm Volume 42 Issue 5
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To: The Nepal Digest <nepal@mp.cs.niu.edu>
Date: September 9, 1995
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From: Arjun Acharya <acharya@wmax03.mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de>
Subject: KHOJ_KHABAR
To: nepal@cs.niu.edu
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 95 16:26:23 METDST
Dear Readers of the TND,
I would be thankful, if someone can supply me the (Email-) address of
Mr. Subodh Sharma who is from Gulmi/Rupandehi and who is a teacher in
Tribhuvan University (not necessarily in Kirtipur). He has completed
M.Sc. in Zoology in 1988 from TU and is currently (as I have heard) in
Austria. In case you can help me please correspond me in the following
Email-address: acharya@wmax03.mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de
Thanks in advance.
Arjun Acharya
Mathematisches Institut
Am Hubland
97074 Wuerzburg
Germany
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Date: Thu, 07 Sep 1995 12:27:39 -0500 (EST)
From: ATULADHAR@vax.clarku.edu
Subject:
The Indian_Kathmandu Post???
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For several years preceding the publication of the Kathmandu Post, we had
heard that big name Indian newspaper publishing giants of The Hindustan Times
and the Goenkas were going to produce an alternate mass daily to the
Gorkhapatra (indeed, they did with the large page Gorkhapatra size; Kantipur)
and the Rising Nepal alternate (The kathmandu Post). Which Indian interests
finally came with the financial committment to launch their political
committments, I do not know, but the paper, for legal purposes has a nepali
owners, the Gyawalis, just like the Indian Marwaris often got Royal shadow
partners to protect their investment in Shanti Gheu and other wonderful tariff
protected "national" industries in nepal.
The Kantipur and The Kathmandu Post is certainly easier to read in terms of
print quality, layout and lack of long government bulletins that Gorkhapatra
the official paper has. to make up for its lack of official patronage in terms
of monopoly on legal notifications, the Kathmandu Post has adopted two
strategeis: one to have more advertisements, something the nepali weekly have
little; and second, to go for the lowest common denominator by statying clear
of political controversies that ideologically affiliated Nepali weedly and
dailies love to do and to go for a lot international news that made The Rising
Nepal, more newsy and internatinal per page than the New York Times.
But this does not mean, the Kathmandu Post does not have political motives and
an an agenda. The agenda is to promote Indian business interests and cater to
the Indian interests. This is clear from the welcome decision of the kathmandu
Post (which obviously has the financial muscle and long-range interests to
reach the upper class nepali clientale of the TND an dSCN) and The Mercantile
System, which also shares some capital power and interests and some technical
capacity, to launch The Kathmandu Post to the Internet via Rajendra Shreshta's
www home page: address (http://www.cen.uiuc.edu/~rshresth/Nepal.html).
In the first 6 days of "daily online Kathmandu Post" we have had only local
news and selected interviews posted, ostensibly because, the other news are
covered by Rajendra's and Sher karki's international news survey. This vaunted
strategy to reduce redundancy translates to oblique editorial policy. We are
served little political news and news that serve its views such as Sept i
issue interview with prakash Chandra Lohani, a RPP "intellectual/politico",
and maybe 3-4 zilla news from pickpockets in synagja to poaching in rhino
horn. It is interesting however that this very paltry "district news" should
be populated so heavily with news such as "indian embassy wives felicitaed
indian film models, such as Mum Mum sen, certainly a Indian Star Dust Tabloid
quality news, but hardly enough to quality for a NEPALI zilla samachar. This
is not all, we have Indian labor experts giving advice to Nepalese on
collective bargain, and the like. I urge the readers who browse kathmandu post
to make their own minds about indian-perspective heavy this online is. given
that so much resources are being spent to load it, transmit it, relay it.
I think it is fair to say this is The Indian_Kathmandu Post, listen to Big
Brother.
amulya
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Date: Thu, 7 Sep 1995 13:13:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: Nirmal Ghimirez <NGH42799Q236@DAFFY.MILLERSV.EDU>
To: nepal@cs.niu.edu
Subject: costitution better than declaration
The decision of the SC was definitely going to go one way or the other.The
reactions to it would have come either by the ruling party or the opposotion.
If SC had agreeed to the mid-term election than the Congress would have come
into streets saying all the same slogans about the chief justice. I do not
however believe that the SC just made a decision without refering to the
article of constitution(AS Mr. C. Tiwari thinks). It definitely has a clause
and must have worked according tothat.
Regardless of this it has shown another fact which is positive. Now, at least
we can be confident that there is not going to mid-term election just because
the PM asks the king and king says okay to it.Otherwise a bad trend was being
set , in which as soon as the ruling party realises that it is not going to
stand the vote of confidence , it requests the king to dissolve the parliament
and again mid-term election would come in. Suppose there had been a mid-term
and similar things happened again then again another mid-term would have come
to effect. But since this was stopped in the beginning I think it is a good
trend that is being set up.It does look fair that when one loses the vote of
confidence and the oppsition can form the government why not let them do that.
But it does not sound fair just to withdraw from vote of confidence and then
request the king and have mid-term election.Logically this case already had a
point to be defeated when it went to the SC. I am not surprised at the decision
of the SC. However many have the opinion that it was unfair, but based on what.
Maybe if we are inclined to one party we tend to be biased to that side and
then blindly think that it is corret. rationally it seems that the SC decision
came out as expected. This is just my opinion about the decision of SC and I
do not have much knowledgfe about constitution. Any comments are appreciated.
Thanks.Nirmal
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To: nepal@cs.niu.edu
Subject: SAMASAMAYIK KABITA
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 95 14:36:09 EDT
From: kcpokhre@acs6.acs.ucalgary.ca (Khem Chandra Pokhrel)
A big Hello to one and all.
I have been keenly following the current developments and of
course the Nepali Politics(POLY-TRICKS) in general.
I would like you all to read the following POEM written by
K.B.BAL which matches the situation of an ordinary Nepali
in the present context.
HALL MA BANDA DARSHAK
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DRISHYA PARIVARTAN KHOJIRAHECHU NATAKHARUMA,
PATTAI LAGNU PANI SWABHAVIK HO !
BASTABIKTA KHOJIRAHECHU DRISHYAHARUMA,
GHARKO LAGNU PANI SWABHABIK HO!
BANDA GHYAL-DHOKABHITRA THUNIYEKOCHU,
AANKHAHARU NATAKMA KAIDI BANAYERA
SRPAKA GIBRAHARULE CHATEJHAIN BHIDHARUMA CHATIYERA
BINA HUTING GUMSIYEKO CHU
BANDA KHAMBHITRA BANCHEKA AAKCHARHARUJHAIN,
THEGANAMA PUGNA AJHA BANKINAI CHU
NATAK LAGATAR MANCHIT BHAIRAHECHA JASTAKO TASTAI,
AAPHNA LABASTARA DHONG HARUMA,
JASTO KI SWABHABIK CHA
SANDHAI UNDHO MUNTO BANCHNE CHAMERAHARU UDEKALAI
GUDEKA DEKHDA HOLAN RA
GUDEKALAI UDIRAHEKA DEKHDA HOLAN
---000----
NOW FEW HAIKU FROM ME:
(1)
ek din prajatantra ko pet dukhyo
ra daktar le
tesko nidan gardai bhane
mahodaye! yes ma satta ko gaath cha .
(2)
PRAJATANTRA SANGA KO BIHE KO KHUSI
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BIHE KO BELA , RAMAILO JANTA
KHUSI KO BELA, SABAI AAPHATA
CHITIKKA PAREKO BEHULO(democracy)
HIRA KO JUWARAT(gahana)
TARA(but)
PHALAME KOT.
-----0000---
KE NEPALI HARULAI MATHI KO BEHULO LAI
PHALAME KOT BHAR BHAYE JHAI PRAJATANTRA
BHARI BHAYE KO TA HAINA ? (TO ALL READERS,
DON'T DARE TO INTERPRET ME AS A MANDALE
OR NON DEMOCRATIC). That is b'coz I have seen enough of
louzy and lengthy discussion going on (not always) in OUR
GORKHALI NEWS GROUP. I am just trying to mould my
Literary interest with politics. KHABARDAAR !
A request ! Is there any one who could suggest me if there is
any way of using nepali font to write these kinds of stuff in
this news group (help HOW? & WHERE to get).
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To: nepal@cs.niu.edu
Subject: Trekking in Nepal - need advice
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 95 14:36:30 EDT
From: basilea@itersd1.iterus.org (Allan Basile)
I'm planning a trek in Nepal's Everest region in March or April of 96.
Because my time is limited (3-4 weeks) and I need to minimize bureaucratic
hassles, I've decided to book with an organized group trek. I am now
knee-deep in glossy brochures and trying to decide which agency to choose.
My choices include the following:
Adventure Asia
Adventure Center
Canadian Himalayan Expeditions
Expeditions
Friends in High Places
Himalayan Travel
Journeys International
Mountain Travel Sobek
Overseas Adventure
REI Adventures
If anyone has any direct experience in travelling with any of these
agencies I would appreciate hearing your comments, positive or negative.
Prices among them vary, even for similar itineraries, so I'm wondering how
their amenities and equipment vary. Since there is no five star rating
system for lodging in tents its hard to compare what they offer.
I also welcome any general advice on trekking in this region. Ive been
doing a lot of reading but have never been to this part of the world
before. E-mail is fine if you don't want to slander anyone in this forum.
Thanks,
Allan Basile
basilea@iterus.org
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To: nepal@cs.niu.edu
Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT -- ASIA, INC. ONLINE DEVELOPMENTS
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 95 14:39:29 EDT
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To: nepal@cs.niu.edu
Subject: For Deepak Neupane: Hawaii
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 95 14:40:04 EDT
From: neup2011@mach1.wlu.ca (Bhanu Neupane u)
HELP!
If you are in Hawaii, know Deepak Neupane and reading this post, PLEASE
tell him to give me a call (519-8849391) or send a fax (519-7251342) or
send an email...
Deepak Dai,
I've lost your telephone number and the email messages to you are bouncing
back. US customs has returned the package that I had brought for you from
Nepal. The returned package has two stamps on it. One reads " No custom
declaration sticker" and the other one reads "consign. could not be
contacted". As the latter could be either consignor or consignee and
provided my answering machine works OK, the question is "DO you still
maintain the same address?"
FYI, I won't be here in waterloo from 29 sept till 17 of Oct. As a pert of
my trip, I will be in Nepal for a week, between 10th and 16th of Oct. If
I'll not hear anything from you until 28th, I will have to take the
package back to Nepal.
I've also dropped a post card for you today to check your address. To
assure you, the package is still in good condition after almost a month of
its postage... :<
Sorry about that!
Bhanu
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To: nepal@cs.niu.edu
Subject: Nepal over Christmas - help needed.
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 95 14:40:30 EDT
From: eepee@utu.fi (Esa-Pekka P{lvim{ki)
Hello, travelers. Two friends of mine and I are going for a 1 month trekking
trip to Nepal, around Dec 15th - Jan 15th. My question is, which treks do
you recommend for us to do at that time of the year? Originally I was
considering the Annapurna (18 days), or Annapurna Sanctuary trek, but am
wondering if the Thorang La pass is impassable in December? Another
possibility is shorter treks, Langtang region for instance. We have basic
climbing equipment and skills, but are planning to go light and not do any
peaks, preferrably just trek.
We are open for any suggestions at all. I've flipped through a bunch of books,
but the information on winter conditions on specific treks is somewhat
sketchy. Most of the books don't even cover that time of year, although some
recommend it because the weather is usually clear and it is not so crowded.
And, as Finns, we don't mind the cold either.
Thanks very much for any insights you might have.
Esa
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To: nepal@cs.niu.edu
Subject: Prince Nirajan goes to Eton
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 95 14:42:27 EDT
From: atuladhar@gramps.clarku.edu
A local paper here (Worcester Telegram & Gazette, sept 7) has reported that
Prince Nirajan of nepal, age 13, will be going to Eton to be in company of
other blue-bloods, Prince Williams, son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana.
Prince Nirajan will be among the 200 news boys who will join the elite
institution this fall. Old Etonians say the school will equip William with a
first class education, a sense of duty and the confidence to see him through
his royal duties.
It might be pertinent to revisit the old BKS controversy at this time. BKS,
the Budhanilkanth was dismissed as a royal school funded by the British govt
and the nepali taxpayer to educate Prince dipendra, who ultimately alwo went
to Eton, to come back after getting caught trying to sell diplomatic privilge
bootlegged liquor or boarding school pranks. There was vigourous debate that
BKs was worth all the extra investment it got since so many other products
went to Ivy league colleges.
One wonders now : has bks lost its elite touch that the royals are no longer
sending Nirajan to BKS: certainly BKS has gone down in its reputation for top
education if Nirajan is skipping this "gharaniya" prep school to get "first
class education" in Eton, the clear implication, being BKS and all the deshi
schools are "second-class."
A second questions dear to Ashutosh Tiwari is who pays for Nirajan's
education: the government of nepal or the King's own pocket money. Given that
so much money was invested in BKS to make it a royal school, it seems at least
cost-effective and sensitive to send princes to local elite schools where
there will be a chance to meet all those poor but extremely bright BKS
students from Humla Jumla so the future prince will know what ticks inthe
heart of the nepali junta instead of what ticks in the heart of royal kids
from broken homes, re prince charles and princess dianna.
amulya
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Date: Thu, 07 Sep 1995 20:59:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: ABHAYA MAN SHRESTHA <amshrest@unix.amherst.edu>
Subject: An article by a visitor to Nepal
To: nepal@cs.niu.edu
(This article appeared in the Worcester Telegram and Gazette on August 17,
1995. It is written by Richard Reeves, a syndicated writer.)
Time Traveling In Today's Nepal
by Richard Reeves
Traveling back in time has always worked wonders for novelists, but
it is a privilege rarely given to those of us who toil in the more mundane
regions of nonfiction. Going to Nepal, though, is time travel.
I do not mean that as a compliment. The world's highest country, a
beautiful land under Mount Everest, was the real Shangri-la, a far least
if you are old enough to remember the book and film "Lost Horizon."
Unfortunately, in real life and real time, nonfiction Nepal is a perverse
tribute to modernity.
For a few minutes after you land in the valley that is Katmandu you
are still in the global village, wired for Muzak, an archipelago of jumbo
jets, international airports and Hilton hotels. "Beauty and the Beast,"
the Disney sound track, is piping through the terminal.
But the clock starts ticking back at the desk where you exchange
dollars for rupiahs, 48,000 rupiahs to $1. The cashier has an old
bigscreen IBM computer terminal, into which he dutifully taps my name,
address and passport number, the usual stuff. Then he slips carbon paper
between the pages of a tatty old pad and carefully writes the same
information. I sign in a couple of places, being careful enough to press
through to the last carbon.
Driving from the airport, we weave through bony cows (sacred) and the
bodies of dead dogs with their legs pointing to the sky in rigor mortis,
and through muddy piles of garbage, food for living scavenger dogs and
rats, both of which are also sacred to Nepalese who believe in
reincarnation. One of the signs along the broken road reads, "Leprosy
Station."
There is a crew repairing the highway. Men with small hammers are
squatting in the middle of the road, cracking football-sized rocks into
sharp gravel. The smashed pieces are collected on round woven bamboo trays
by boys, teen-agers, who walk around and shake the stone shards into
potholes On the ride in, my 10-year-old daughter, Fiona, asked: "If they
have a king, why doesn't he do more for his people?" It is the filthiest
place she has ever seen - the streets, the buildings, the magnificent but
crumbling temples of centuries past, and many of the people, too. It is,
in fact, the filthiest place my wife, Catherine O'Neill, and I have ever
seen, and she has worked in most of the world's refugee camps, most
recently in Rwanda.
Yes, there is a king, a British-style head of state now, who went to
Harvard for a year or so. And there is a brand-new democracy, controlled
at the moment by the Communist Party. I would not read any planetary
implications into that. As far as I can tell, the local communists have
won favor by mentioning that the emperor has no clothes. True, their party
symbol is still the hammer and sickle, but it is turned so that the handle
of the sickle is horizontal; it looks like an ancient oil lamp, more
religious as a symbol than what Lenin had in mind.
Life is improving a bit for the Nepalese, or at least, it goes on
longer. The average life expectancy has reached 51 years, up from the
28-year average expectancy when the country opened itself to the world in
1951. At that time it was believed that only 224 Westerners (white
Europeans and all that) had ever been in the valley.
The first of the waves of outsiders to come in here were U.N.
technicians and other good people, who tried, with limited success, to
persuade the Nepalese to clean up their water, which begins high in the
Himalayas as the purest in the world and is amoebic poison after it passes
through a village or two.
Then came the mountain climbers, whose efforts complemented the old
vision of untouched Nepal, innocent of the wicked and wasteful ways of the
outside world. Then came the hippies and the druggies, puffing away in a
country without laws - there are still "Freak Street" signs in the center
of Katmandu - who did a pretty good job of turning many local young people
into dazed walking wounded. Looters came, too, stripping the artifacts of
ancient Buddhist and Hindu temples before locals realized the value of the
great art of their ancestors.
In all but that art and some untouched nature, Nepal is a miserable
place. The mortality rate for newborns is as high as 50 percent - in the
countryside, half the babies die before they reach the age of 5. That has
something to do with the fact that mothers in after-birth have
traditionally been seen as "unclean." New mothers nursing their babies are
often sent to live in cow sheds for two weeks. Great!
In Bhaktapur, a town of spectacular but decaying Hindu temples, a
teen-ager came up and asked one of our sons, Colin O'Neill, where he was
from.
"Los Angeles," said Colin.
"Hollywood!" said the kid. "Guns. Drugs."
Fair enough. But this is a place where people's lives will be
improved when it is saturated with American pop culture. It is not that
our values are any better than theirs, but whatever else it does,
lowest-common-denominator American entertainment shows people how the
other half lives. Our films and television show the ways and things of
modernity - and as romance and picturesque as Nepal may seem to some
purists, its people will be better off with clean water and electricity.
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From: rankl@temple.gol.com (Michele Rankl)
To: nepal@cs.niu.edu
Subject: The Nepal Digest
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 1995 09:45:09 +0900
Please note:
I would like to receive The Nepal Digest at my e-mail address below.
I am going on a trekking tour to Nepal in about 2 weeks and would like
to read up a little on Nepalese current affairs before my trip.
Please send me issues and instructions on how to unsubscribe (which I
will do before I leave for Nepal, so as not to clutter my mailbox in my
absence)
Thank you!
Michele Rankl rankl@temple.gol.com
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Date: Fri, 08 Sep 1995 09:19:17 -0400
From: karkis@mail.med.upenn.edu (Sher B. Karki)
Subject: News 9/8/95
To: Nepal@cs.niu.edu
Copyright 1995 British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC Summary of World Broadcasts
September 8, 1995, Friday
SECTION: Part 1 Former USSR; RUSSIA; EE/D2403/B
LENGTH: 243 words
HEADLINE: OTHER REPORTS;
Nepalese Foreign Ministry delegation in Moscow
SOURCE: Source: ITAR-TASS news agency (World Service), Moscow, in Russian 1218
gmt 6 Sep 95
BODY:
[13] Text of report by ITAR-TASS news agency
Moscow, 6th September, ITAR-TASS diplomatic correspondent Vladimir Solntsev:
The foreign ministries of Russia and Nepal have taken a step forward in
bringing the two countries closer together. They have agreed to hold mutual
political consultations on a regular basis. The ITAR-TASS correspondent
learned today 6th September that an agreement to this effect has been
confirmed
by the signatures of diplomats from the two countries, following talks held in
Moscow on 4th-5th September between a Nepalese Foreign Ministry delegation led
by Kedar Bkhatka Shrestha, secretary for foreign affairs name and office as
received , and Albert Chernyshev, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian
Federation.
Igor Ivanov, First Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, who
received the delegation, expressed the hope that putting Russian-Nepalese
political consultations on a regular footing would make them an effective
mechanism for coordinating all aspects of their traditionally friendly bilateral
relations.
The Russian side at the talks pointed out that relations with the Himalayan
Kingdom have an "independent value" for Moscow which "does not intend to make
them dependent on the state of relations with other countries" . The sides
confirmed their resolve to make maximum use of "the potential for cooperation,
first of all in the trade and economic sphere, which has not yet been fully
used" .
September 8, 1995, Friday
SECTION: Unknown Part; WORLD BROADCASTING INFORMATION NEWS; EE/0036/WA
LENGTH: 162 words
HEADLINE: VOICE OF REBELLIOUS IRAQ;
Opposition MPs complain about lack of impartiality in Radio Nepal's news
coverage
BODY:
[33] Text of report by Radio Nepal
A team of eight parliamentarians of the opposition Nepali Congress led by the
coordinator of the information and communications words indistinct , met the
authorities of Radio Nepal at Singha Durbar the radio station's headquarters
this afternoon 3rd September and complained about Radio Nepal's inability to
maintain impartiality in recent days.
The visiting team said Radio Nepal was broadcasting news which were as
heard damaging the image of the Supreme Court following its recent verdict on
the House of Representatives a ruling by the court on 28th August overturned the
dissolution of the House of Representatives and the holding of a general
election, ordering instead that parliament be reinstated .
The team suggested that Radio Nepal immediately stop broadcasting such news
and instead maintain a balance of events in its news bulletins.
September 7, 1995, Thursday
SECTION: Part 3 Asia-Pacific; SOUTH ASIA; NEPAL; EE/D2402/A
LENGTH: 186 words
HEADLINE: INTERNAL AFFAIRS;
Ruling CPN-UML party decides to face no-confidence vote
SOURCE: Source: All-India Radio external service, New Delhi, in English 1000 gmt
6 Sep 95
BODY:
[15] Text of report by All-India Radio
The crisis in Nepal appears to have blown over with the ruling Communist
Party of Nepal deciding to face the vote of no confidence in parliament and
sit with the opposition if they lose. Talking to newsmen in Kathmandu after the
parliamentary party meeting, the party General Secretary and Deputy Prime
Minister Mr Madhav Kumar Nepal said they may differ with the Supreme
Court
verdict but will respect it and uphold constitutional norms and values. AIR's
All-India Radio Kathmandu correspondent says the party did not put up much
resistance in the lower house yesterday 5th September to the convening of a
special session. Even the frontal organizations of the ruling party have scaled
down their agitation against the verdict.
Meanwhile, the prime minister, Mr Manmohan Adhikari, who is convalescing in
the hospital, has again requested the speaker to postpone voting on a
no-confidence motion as he would like to reply to the debate personally as soon
as he is able to do so. Voting on the motion is slated for Saturday 9th
Serptember after two days of debate.
Copyright 1995 Xinhua News Agency
The materials in the Xinhua file were compiled by The Xinhua News Agency. These
materials may not be republished without the express written consent of The
Xinhua News Agency.
SEPTEMBER 7, 1995, THURSDAY
LENGTH: 179 words
HEADLINE: no-confidence motion tabled at house session in nepal
DATELINE: kathmandu, september 7; ITEM NO: 0907220
BODY:
the main opposition party in nepal today tabled a no-confidence motion
against prime minister man mohan adhikari at the second meeting of the lower
house special session. leader of the nepali congress party in the parliament
sher bahadur deuba presented the written motion of no-confidence at the session,
saying that the house of representatives had lost confidence in the prime
minister. the motion was signed by 77 lawmakers from the nepali congress party.
the special session of the house of representatives, which comprises 205
lawmakers, was convened from tuesday after the parliament was reinstated
by the
supreme court in late august. the house had been dissolved three months ago by
the king at the recommendation of prime minister adhikari. the single item on
the agenda of the ongoing house session is to deliberate the opposition-filed
no-confidence motion against the ruling communist government which formed last
year after winning the november mid-term election. it was expected the house
would hold a vote on the no-confidence motion saturday.
Proprietary to the United Press International 1995
September 7, 1995, Thursday, BC cycle
SECTION: International
LENGTH: 328 words
HEADLINE: Nepali no-confidence motion entered
BYLINE: BY BHOLA RANA
DATELINE: KATMANDU, Sept. 7
BODY:
Sher Bahadur Deuba, leader of the main opposition Nepali Congress Party,
presented Parliament with a no- confidence motion against the ruling
administration Thursday in a strong blow against the nation's 9-month-old
Communist government. Deuba, the parliamentary party leader of the Nepali
congress and the kingdom's next prime minister, charged the Communist government
of economic mismanagement, corruption, undermining the judiciary in presenting
the motion. The motion will be put to vote after three days of debate
scheduled to end Saturday. Speaker of the House of Representatives Ram
Chandra
Paudel has not set a date for the vote. Ruling party lawmakers rushed toward
the speaker's chair and smashed the lectern in the first session after Paudel
allowed Deuba to present the motion. Paudel then adjourned the session for 30
minutes. The legislators had stormed the lectern in an attempt to deliver a
letter from Prime Minister Man Mohan Adhikari, in which the leader asked for a
three-week postponement of the no-confidence vote so he could attend the special
Parliament session and discuss the motion. Adhikari had sent a letter, arguing
that the rules of procedure state that a prime minister needs to be ''present in
Parliament during discussions of such motions. Adhikari said a medical panel
ordered him to rest for at least three weeks to recover from injuries sustained
in a helicopter crash last month. Opposition members argued that only the king
can send special messages to parliament. Deuba again presented the motion after
the break ordered by Paudel. There were no further disruptions. Law Minister
Subas Newang read Adhikari's letter after Paudel allowed him to speak on a
matter of public importance. A coalition of three opposition parties and
independents with 107 seats in the 205-member House is poised to replace the
minority Communist government when it is inevitably defeated.
Copyright 1995 Reuters, Limited
Reuters World Service
September 7, 1995, Thursday, BC cycle
LENGTH: 310 words
HEADLINE: Nepal party moves no-confidence against government
DATELINE: NEW DELHI, Sept 7
BODY:
Nepal's main opposition party on Thursday tabled a no-confidence motion
against the nine-month-old minority communist government in the lower house of
parliament, party officials said.
"The motion is not inspired by our anger or jealousy towards anyone but by
the reponsibilty to save the country from the grave situation created by the
United Marxist Leninist (UML) party," Sher Bahadur Deuba, leader of Nepali
Congress, said.
Analysts say the government, which has 89 seats in the 202-member assembly,
is sure to be defeated on the motion, proposed by major opposition parties who
have 106 seats among them.
If the government is defeated, opposition parties can form a coalition
government.
The opposition said the government had overstepped the constitution and
pushed the country towards political uncertainty and economic confusion.
The Supreme court had ruled Prime Minister Man Mohan Adhikary's
recommendation to dissolve the lower house of parliament and hold elections was
unconstitutional.
Earlier, the ruling United Marxist Leninist (UML) party caused an uproar in
parliament to prevent the opposition tabling the vote of no-confidence against
the government.
As Deuba rose to introduce the censure vote, communist deputies drowned out
his voice by banging their tables and shouting, and toppled his podium.
He was escorted back to his seat and the speaker adjourned parliament for 30
minutes.
A UML leader, Devi Prasad Ojha, demanded the motion be introduced when
Adhikary, who is recovering in hospital from a fractured collar-bone, could face
the house.
postponement of the session for three weeks so he could be present for the
debate.
Members of the opposition charged the ruling party with using "delaying
tactics to stick to power."
Copyright 1995 Reuters, Limited
Reuters World Service
September 7, 1995, Thursday, BC cycle
LENGTH: 299 words
HEADLINE: Chaos in Nepal parliament stalls censure vote
DATELINE: KATHMANDU, Sept 7
BODY:
Nepal's ruling United Marxist Leninist (UML) party caused an uproar in
parliament on Thursday to prevent the opposition tabling a vote of no-confidence
against Prime Minister Man Mohan Adhikary, officials said.
As Nepali Congress leader Sher Bahadur Deuba rose to introduce the censure
vote, communist deputies drowned out his voice by banging their tables and
shouting, and toppled his podium.
A UML leader, Devi Prasad Ojha, demanded the motion be introduced when
Adhikary, who is recovering in hospital from a fractured collar-bone, could face
the house.
Adhikary appealed to King Birendra and parliament last week for a
postponement of the session for three weeks so he could be present for the
debate.
"We are in no mood to wait until the time demanded by Adhikary," another
opposition Rastriya Prajatantra Party leader Prakash Chandra Lohani said. "Any
minister could provide replies or the prime minister could give a written
reply."
Members of the opposition charged the ruling party with using "delaying
tactics to stick to power."
The assembly, which King Birendra dissolved in June on Adhikary's
recommendation, reconvened on Tuesday to discuss the no-confidence motion
against the nine-month-old government.
King Birendra was obliged to reconvene parliament after the Supreme Court
ruled unconstitutional Adhikary's recommendation to dissolve parliament and
hold fresh elections.
Analysts say the government, which has 89 seats in the 202-member assembly,
is sure to be defeated on the motion, proposed by major opposition parties who
have 106 seats among them.
If government is defeated, opposition parties can form a coalition
government.
Copyright 1995 Deutsche Presse-Agentur
Deutsche Presse-Agentur
September 6, 1995, Wednesday, BC Cycle
06:39 Central European Time
SECTION: International News
LENGTH: 507 words
HEADLINE: Former Nepalese prime minister implicated in airline scandal
DATELINE: Kathmandu
BODY:
Investigators have found former Nepalese prime minister and leader of the
opposition Nepali Congress Party, Girija Prasad Koirala, guilty of abusing his
power in a scandal involving the country's airline, the government said Tuesday.
A three-member commission headed by judge Min Bahadur Raymajhi also
implicated the then tourism minister, Ram Hari Joshi of involvement in the
scandal, the government added.
The results of the probe were made public days before the minority communist
United Marxist-Leninist (UML) government faces a vote of confidence.
The vote comes after the Nepali Congress Party, in power from 1991 to 1994,
registered a no-trust motion against the nine-month-old minority communist
government in June this year, alleging mismanagement.
The commission believes the two men were involved in a deal which led to
Royal Nepal Airlines losing millions of rupees, the government said. The
losses followed a decision in 1993 to appoint a British-based Indian company as
the general sales agent for the airline in Europe.
The communist government said action would be initiated against the men.
The public accounts committee of the Nepalese parliament indicted Girija
Prasad Koirala in July last year but Koirala, who was then prime minister,
dissolved the house and ordered fresh elections before the committee report
could report to parliament.
Koirala is alleged to have called directors of the airline to his official
residence and used his influence to get them to award the deal to the Indian
company. dpa tpm
Copyright 1995 Xinhua News Agency
The materials in the Xinhua file were compiled by The Xinhua News Agency. These
materials may not be republished without the express written consent of The
Xinhua News Agency.
SEPTEMBER 6, 1995, WEDNESDAY
LENGTH: 171 words
HEADLINE: 1st consumer fair in nepal expected to spur trade
DATELINE: kathmandu, september 6; ITEM NO: 0906079
BODY:
the first consumer fair in nepal, the kathmandu festival, opened here
tuesday with an aim at attracting more domestic and international trade. about
120 stalls have been opened by business people from nepal, india and pakistan
at the festival site, where free film shows, cultural programs and fashion shows
were also launched. readymade garments, decoration items, furnitures, herbal
medicine, toys, watches, food and books were on display and sale at the
festival. the week-long trade fair was organized with the cooperation of
the nepali government, the kathmandu municipality and two pakistani
organizations.
the government was getting increasingly involved in trade fairs, according to
bhaskar rajkarnikar, managing director of the festival. he said, the government
had exempted tax on foreign stalls as a move to encourage foreign businessmen
into the trade fair. he expected the fair would attract some 50,000 nepali
consumers this year, hoping that it would become attractive for indian tourists
next year.
Copyright 1995 British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC Summary of World Broadcasts
September 5, 1995, Tuesday
SECTION: Part 3 Asia-Pacific; SOUTH ASIA; NEPAL; EE/D2400/A
LENGTH: 100 words
HEADLINE: FOREIGN RELATIONS;
Protest in Kathmandu over reinstatement of parliament
SOURCE: Source: Radio Nepal, Kathmandu, in English 1415 gmt 3 Sep 95
BODY:
[23] Text of report by Radio Nepal
The All- Nepal National Free Students' Union, Democratic National Youth
Forum, All- Nepal Women's Association, Nepal Trade Union Federation and
All- Nepal (?Peasants') Organization organized a mass meeting in Kathmandu
today 3rd September to protest at the recent Supreme Court verdict on the
reinstatement of the House of Representatives. Addressing the mass
meeting, parliamentarian (?J.P.R . Bandhari) said commenting on the
Supreme Court's order
does not mean (?disgracing) the court; rather, it is the fundamental right
guaranteed by the constitution.
Deuba was escorted back to his seat and the speaker of the house adjourned
parliament for 30 minutes.
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Date: Fri, 08 Sep 1995 12:26:55 -0500 (EST)
From: ATULADHAR@vax.clarku.edu
Subject: Re: Hello !!!
The Latest in Nepal situation:
================================
Hi Amulya, Good you interneted and thanks. No, I am not here on permanent
basis. just trying to find some nitch, difficult for a `jack of all trades'
guy like me. spent too much time at the IOF. Any way since you are good
networker, pl. share the latest news from home. Yesterday our law makers
(i.e. the ruling MPs) became little unlawful by kicking the rostrum and
breaking the mikes because they did want the session without their dummy PM
with broken bones. The speaker is today seeing the PM in his hospital to ask
him to come to face the VONC. Tomorrow may be the last day for the
MAMOAD,MAKUNE and gang. The AMALE crowd has been burning scores of effigies
of the chief justice and threatend to burn the SC itself for theri bad
judgement, i hear in bringing the parliament back. My brother who was one of
the Lawers against the Govt. is also facing their wrath. The MPs are being
taken to the the House under police and Military protection. They all are
being kept in Hotels under strict vigil since the rumour is that each MP is
worth 10 million Rs. The AG. & For. Univ. being a brainchild of Commies may
not see the light of day soon. But this was one of the few good things the
Commies did. All is quiet at the IOF. Best wishes to your family from
mine.
CIAO Madhav.
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To: nepal@cs.niu.edu
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 1995 17:21:56 EST5EDT
Subject: Internet E-mail connectivity in Nepal
From: "Dileep Agrawal" <da3101a@auvm.american.edu>
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Our system is actually a BBS that exchanges all Internet E-mail with
a UUCP site in the US every 4 hours. Please note that we do not
offer any Internet services (such as WWW) besides E-mail.
The system is very user-friendly. Users are given a software that
automates the exchange of all email to and from the users computer.
Another software (Windows-based) is used to read/write messages
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We have a variety of conferences to discuss various issues and
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Date: Sat, 09 Sep 1995 14:24:23 EST
From: tilak@UFCC.UFL.EDU
To: Nepal@cs.niu.edu
Subject: Religion
The Koan - 'The Battle of the Left and the Right Hand'.
Tilak B. Shrestha, University of Florida, Summer 1995.
(Part IV of the IV parts series on the question 'Is Buddhism
part of Hinduism ?'. Previous three parts were published in the
Nepal Digest as follows. Part I - August 7, 1995 : Hinduism -
Geography, Democratic forum, Science of spirituality; Part II -
August 18, 1995 : Sanatana, Buddhism; and Part III - Sept. 4,
1995 : Buddhism and Vedanta, Many paths to the same summit.
Comments are welcome.)
Buddhism survives in India :
Shakya Muni Gautam Buddha's teachings brought tremendous
spiritual vitality in the Indian subcontinent. Buddhist
universities like Takshyashila and Nalanda came to being, where
students from all over the then known world came. Emperors like
Ashok supported and helped to spread the gospel of compassion,
cessation of suffering and Nirvana. The gospel spread throughout
Asia and bordering regions. However, after millennia of
expansion, slowly moral and intellectual decay occurred in the
birthplace itself. Which paved way for the rise of intellectual
stalwart like Shankaracharya who went around throughout India
revitalizing the spirituality by drawing strength from ancient
scriptures once more. Thus Shankaracharya was not only able to
bring vitality but also balance the creeping exclusiveness of
latter Buddhism. We may also point out that Buddhism itself was
opening to the possibility of revealed truth, as opposite to the
strictly empirical truth, by the way of Mahayanism and
Boddhisatwas.
However, the physical onslaught came with the Muslim
invasion of India. Following the Koranic injunction against so
called 'Idolaters' and 'Infidels', muslim hordes destroyed
Zoroastrian, Hindu temples and Buddhist monasteries. Libraries
were destroyed, priests, monks and nuns were put to death by
thousands. Many Indians were forcibly converted to Islam. Present
Indian state of Bihar, which is named so because of the many
'Bihar' or monasteries, suffered so much muslim carnage that
presently very little of the original monasteries are left.
Historian Hyman Kublin writes - "The final blow to Buddhism in
India was delivered by the Muslims. Pushing into northwest India
from the eight century on, they destroyed the great Buddhist
monasteries, burned the libraries, and killed monks. Most of the
monks who survived this onslaught fled India." Christians also
participated in such destruction. Franciscan missionaries arrived
in Goa-India in 1517. In 1540, by the order of King of Portugal
all the Hindu temples were destroyed. Jesuits came in 1542, and
inquisition was introduced in 1560.
However, Buddhism still survives in India.
Nepal - the melting pot.
The perception of so called difference between Buddhism and
Hinduism has come simply because of Geography. Since only
Buddhism went out of India in evangelical spirit, most of the
people living outside India proper are not exposed to the
different sects or philosophies of Hinduism. Thus, a Chinese
would consider himself or herself as a Buddhist not as a Hindu.
Which is partly true in the sense that they do not live in India
proper or they do not know about other aspect of Hinduism, say
for example karma yoga. However, it is not correct to say that
Hinduism and Buddhism are two different religions.
These kind of differing ideas do come because of history
also. For example, Indonesian call themselves Muslim by religion,
but they also have Ramayana and Mahabharata, which they call as
their culture.
In Nepal, we assimilate all the incoming ideas and evolve,
but do not convert. We add the new teachings but do not discard
the old. We do evaluate the values or the teachings, we also do
debate. At the same time, we also value the diversity of ideas.
Diversity of ideas gives freedom, growth and life. Without
diversity every body, whether a monk or a layman, will be a
simple carbon copy. The religion would become an exercise in
polemic and apology. Whether Krishna or Buddha in ancient times
and Vivekananda or Dalai Lama in modern times, different masters
speak out from different perspectives, however the spiritual
ethos remains the same.
In Nepal, many groups of people came bringing their ideas
and religiosity both from north and south. Aacharyas and monks of
many sects and their festivals came. Festivals like Indra jattra,
Dasain, Tihar, Shiva ratri, Basant panchami, Buddha jayanti,
Krishnastami were introduced. In modern times, we add Shahid
divas and Democracy day. We celebrate them all. Just because we
celebrate Tihar, we did not discard Dasain. King Ashok,
Shankaracharya came from India, Manjushree came from Tibet. We
welcome them all. Siddhartha Gautam was born in Nepal. As Buddha,
he enlightened the whole world. Sita went to India, Vrikuti went
to Tibet. They worship them. The ethics of Ramayana, Karma yoga
of Gita, Enlightenment of Buddhism, Philosophy of Vedanta and any
other are welcome. We appreciate them all, learn and evolve. That
is spiritual progress. Presently we may be occupied more with
democracy, socialism, education, technology and economic
development. We will assimilate them also and continue evolving.
Evolution or change (Rita) is life. Getting attached to one
idealogy, as Buddha might have put, is an end.
Nepalese religiosity being a blend of different sects of
Hinduism may be illustrated by the fact that the role of the
guardian Goddess of Nepal 'Kumari' is always assumed by a girl
from the Buddhist sect, though the king follows the Brahmanic
tradition. A perfect harmony between the three principal sects of
Nepal, namely Buddhism (Buddha), Shaivism (Nilkantha) and
Vaishnavism (Narayan) can be seen in the temple situated in the
northern corner of Kathmandu, which is popularly known as 'Budha
Nilkantha Narayan'.
Satyam ewa jayate. Vashundhaiva kutumbakam.
Sarve api sukhino santu. Yeto dharma stato jaya.
Om mani padme hum. Om shantih, shantih, shantihi.
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