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The Nepal Digest Mon Mar 2, 1998: Falgun 10 2054BS: Year7 Volume72 Issue1
Today's Topics:
Appeal Letter
Nepal News
Habitat for Humanity project
Re: Nepal, Travel, Trekking and Trafficking.
Yeti, the state of the Nepalese Association in UK
Nepal's rescued sex slaves
The #1 Enemy of Christianity is Religion
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Date: Fri, 13 Feb 98 14:18:35 EST
To: <NEPAL@cs.niu.edu>
From: "Robby Khanal" <RKhanal@state.de.us>
Subject: Appeal Letter
Dear TND Editor, This letter was sent to me by a very close relative
regarding Rajan Panthi's health problems. I'd appreciate it if you can post
this letter in your next TND edition. Thanks.
Robby Khanal
Sub: MY APPEAL
I am Rajan Panthi. A twenty four year old, resident of Anam Nagar,
Kathmandu, seriously suffering from a dangerous Cancer called
XERODERMA PRIGMENTOSA and nearing the end.
With the little money that my father earns from his small shop, a
type of hand to mouth process has somehow been possible.
My younger sister 21 and my younger brother 19, both are also suffering
from the same disease and they are also in a very serious condition
and have disfigured bodies. One of my eyes has been removed and my
other eye is so badly swollen that I have now become blind.
I have been taken to different hospitals, both inside and outside the
country for medical treatment and have been examined many times by
lots of doctors. Despite several attempts of treatment, there is no
sign of improvement or recovery. A large amount of money has been
spent to undergo many operations. My whole body is badly infected and
is completely covered in puss. Black scars can be seen to cover my
entire body. While sitting in the sun, my whole body aches with
severe pain, sometimes unbearably sharp, I have to remain isolated in
a room. Despite unbearable pain of the major operations which have
been carried out on me. I am still alive.
My pain is beyond tolerance, and I am sure I have become an
unbearable burden on my parents and younger sister. Now I feel that
they are mentally disturbed due to my deteriorating health.
I am under impression that the recent invention and discoveries in
the field of science and Medicine have achieved an unprecedented
progress to uplift and recover every possible human diseases around
the world.
I, from the buttom of my heart, want to stop both mentally and
financially burdening my family. My last desire will only come true
when an institution is ready to take the responsibility of
investigating my disease. I solemnly pray to god that no other single
human being suffers from such a deadly disease.
I will personally be extremely happy and grateful to an individuals
or an organization that could provide me with its valuable time and
assistance for research and investigation of my disease. Whether I
will benifit from this or not, it does not matter, but hopefully it
will, in due time , open a new horizon of hope for many of my brother
and sister who are also suffering from this kind of disease.
My feeling is that if other people benefit from or are even cured
from the results that come from the investigation of my body, I would
even be prepared to give up my life.
Thanks a lot for your compassionate consideration.
Rajan Panthi
Anam Nagar , Kathmandu , Phone 00-977-1-227311.
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Date: Feb 13, 1998
To: The Nepal Digest <nepal@cs.niu.edu>
Subject: Nepal News
Source: The Kathmandu Post
Five girls escape from brothel
By a Post Reporter
BHAIRAHAWA, Feb 17 - Five Nepali girls who were sold to a brothel in Mumbai have returned with
injuries after jumping down from a three-storeyed building.
The agents had been successful to lure them to Mumbai convincing them that they were taking them to
Manakamana temple.
Talking to The Kathmandu Post in Rupandehi District Police Office, they said they were workers of a
carpet industry at Bouddha in Kathmandu. They said their own male and female colleagues of the
garment industry had cheated them.
They said the agents had persuaded them to go to Manakamana temple along with two women who had
children. The women with children were also agents of girl traffickers who had instead taken them to
Mumbai, they added.
After the agents escaped from the brothels in Mumbai, the five girls had been able to escape with the
help of a middle-aged Nepali prostitute who had been working there for some years.
Three of the girls who came to Nepal supporting themselves with the help of sticks
suffer from broken legs while one of them has a serious injury in her back, it was learnt
after their medical check-up.
Source: Reuters News
Charles meets veteran Gurkhas in Nepal
07:19 a.m. Feb 08, 1998 Eastern
By Gopal Sharma
KATHMANDU, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Charles met veteran Gurkha
soldiers in a remote Nepali village on Sunday as part of his three-nation south
Asian tour.
Among them was Bhanu Bhakta Gurung, holder of Britain's highest award for
military valour, the Victoria Cross.
"HE SHOOK MY HAND - I feel very happy,'' said the 77-year-old Gurung at a
welfare centre which looks after old soldiers and their families.
The centre is part of the Gurkha Welfare Trust which raises about three million
pounds a year for the veterans.
The short, stocky Gurkhas of Mongolian origin, known for their bravery and
fighting skills, come from the hills of Nepal and have been serving in the
British Army for 182 years.
About 232,000 fought for the British in the two world wars. An estimated 14,000
were killed and over 28,000 wounded.
Prince Charles, who is also Colonel in Chief of the Royal Gurkha Rifles, on
Saturday praised the Gurkhas for their loyalty during a speech at a dinner
hosted by Nepali crown prince, Dipendra.
``I have nothing but the greatest admiration for the dedication and bravery
which the Gurkhas have always shown in playing their part in the British
Army,'' the heir to the British throne said.
Earlier on Sunday he visited a shelter for Nepali girls rescued from brothels in
India, some of them HIV-positive.
The shelter in Kathmandu -- which cares for some 130 unwanted children, rape
victims and rescued girls -- is run with British support by Maiti Nepal, a local
non-government organisation.
Many its residents had been rescued from red-light districts in neighbouring
India, where an increasing number of poor Nepali girls are lured with false
promises of jobs.
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Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 01:24:14 -0500 (EST)
From: "Daniel C. Sorid" <danny@columbia.edu>
To: The Nepal Digest <NEPAL@cs.niu.edu>
Subject: Re: The Nepal Digest - February 8, 1998 (26 Magh 2054 BkSm)
Dear Nepal Digest,
I am a former intern at the United States Embassy to Nepal in Kathmandu.
I am very interested in people's feelings about the Embassy's performance,
especially regarding US visa affairs. As I am drafting a paper topic on
the issue, I am very interested in having your readers write to me
regarding their feelings about the embassy, in particular:
= do you think the embassy is fair to Nepalis regarding visa
applications?
= if the US Embassy could change one thing about its operations,what
would it be?
= are there any specific complaints about particular officers at the
Embassy?
= Is the embassy's location in Pani Pokhari too distant for people?
etc.
Please let your readers know that they can reach me at dcs28@columbia.edu.
Thank you,
Dan.
Columbia University fax : (212) 854-9611
email: dcs28@columbia.edu
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Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 13:32:22 -0500
From: eknath@math.cornell.edu (Eknath Belbase (Durrett))
To: NEPAL@cs.niu.edu
Subject: Habitat for Humanity project
A couple of issues ago someone posted details about a Habitat for
Humanity sponsored drive in Nepal. I would like to ask some questions about
this project and would appreciate replies from the original post-er or
anyone else who has information:
(a) Are the types of houses that are to be built to be made of materials
similar to those used by Habitat in the US? The design of houses?
(b)what is the process by which regions will be accorded priority - income levels, remoteness, etc?
The reasons I ask are two-fold: there may be organizations/people in Nepal
who are interested in joining such a drive under certain conditions.
Secondly, the post had a strong tilt in favor of "modern" design and derided theuse of certain traditional materials which I would strongly question. While I agree that reliable housing is a must and is lacking in many rural parts of the country, it is not clear that the benefits of shifting wholesale to all non-traditional materials outweigh some of the losses. Not to mention design. It is
similar to the way in which "traditional" squat latrines are replaced by Western-style toilets in a "modernization" drive with the implicit assumption that the latter are more hygenic - based more on cultural assumptions than scientific studies. This disregards water-usage patterns and availability completely and masksan esthetic preference as a hygenic necessity.
In the current context some questions might be: do we want the entire
rural population to switch to wood and tin? For what? Are these structures
going to be (a)more insulating in winter (b)more fire-resistant (c)more
resistant to collapse in wind, earthquake, or torrential downpour (d) easier
for rural people to repair when repair is inevitably needed (e) longer-lasting?
The posting was unclear on these points and it would be good to know. Thanks.
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Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 11:46:00 GMT
To: TND <NEPAL@cs.niu.edu>
From: carin@gn.apc.org (H Brown)
Subject: Re: Nepal, Travel, Trekking and Trafficking.
Namaste!
We seem to have stirred up the beginnings of what could be a very
good discussion on solutions to trafficking problem. The more input
and ideas we have, the better... Even if people can't quite follow
through the ideas that come to mind, they could still spark off an
idea for someone else to take up, if we just keep the brain-storming
going long enough and hard enough.
I personally do know how much can happen when people get together
and think things through carefully. I believe our Nepal, Travel,
Trekking and Trafficking Web Site triggered off a lot of this
discussion. I could not have created this site alone and I am not
sure that Robert Markey would have had access to all the
information without me. At first neither of us knew how our ideas
would progress. We just kept e-mailing each other for over a year
until we came up with a plan and a Web Site that is having some
effect because we receive reactions from Kathmandu as well as
elsewhere. So who knows what might happen if all everyone
concerned by the problem thinks hard enough...
Currently we are really grateful for any further imput. Also if
anyone finds an e-mail address that we could use in a web site
protest, please let me have it.
Regards
Helen Brown
carin@gn.apc.org
freespirit@innocent.com
http://www.blue-fox.com/nepal
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 03:51:36
From: <k-shrestha@usa.net>
To: The Nepal Digest <nepal@cs.niu.edu>
Subject: Yeti, the state of the Nepalese Association in UK
Yeti UK - What is it ?
- Kamal Shrestha
- Middlesex University
Until a few years ago, Yeti was a association that represented the Nepalese
community that are residing here in the UK. BUT it is now a case where it
has become so divided that in some areas of UK, there is no association
which is able to represent the Nepalese community that are residing there.
Let me start of with a brief history of the association. Long before the
generation of today was born, (even me) the Nepalese population in UK was
very small, yet they needed someone to represent them and their beloved
country. Yeti was formed with the view of being an association which would
represent the Nepalese community and to try and bring them together by means
of functions, festival celebrations and other such events. For many decades
it succeeded in achieving its goals and as the community grew it became even
stronger. With the population growing and expanding to such areas as North
UK, it saw a start of a new chapter of Yeti with the formation of Yeti
Midlands and North. The basic idea was that Yeti, Nepalese Association
London chapter was to represent the London and South UK based Nepalese,
and the other one was to represent the North UK based.
What has happened now is that, because of the greed of some particular
people, (power hungry) it has now officially become two separate
associations when a referendum of grassroot members of the North voted
overwhelmingly to become a separate association. It is now at a stage
where it is to be changing its name as well to disassociate itself with
the farce that is now known as Yeti.
People now are abandoning the actual Yeti as they feel that they no longer
represent the Nepalese living in UK and that they are just representing
themselves and their family. They are too busy doing "Chaakri" of various
things like Royal Nepalese Embassy, Ambassador, Visiting dignitaries whom
most are an embarrassing sight as they are nothing, but drunk when required
for various important dates with members of the press, visiting members of
the Nepalese Royal Family. They are so much into "Chaakri" that even their
quarterly newsletter has no other purpose, but to do "Chaakri" on these
individuals. There are many other news of relevance to the Nepalese
residing here in the UK, but they are only basing their news with the
above people in mind and how to please them.
This sort of "Chaakri" will see them do well for the short term, but in the
long term, where will they be in terms of members that they are
representing ? Once Yeti boasted membership of over 300, but now that has
come down dramatically to less than 50. Why don't they do something that
would change that ? They cannot ! Why ? Because they are too ego minded.
They are too much into themselves. They do not have the capabilities to be
able to hold each of the various organisation together and to help each
other. The Executive Committee seem to have the attitude that they are the
only association that is allowed to represent the Nepalese in UK no matter
what the persons interest are.
With the increase in the population of Nepalese, we had new associations who
were no threat to Yeti and never indicated as so. Associations such as
Nepalese Doctors Association, Nepalese Youth Association, Nepalese Artists
Association, Nepal Kingdom Foundation, Koseli (Culture group), are a
totally separate entity as they are for a persons particular taste.
Nepalese Youth Association (NYA) which was a association for the Nepalese
youths residing here was basically finished by Yeti as they saw that as a
competition to themselves. If the parents could be represented by Yeti,
then why could their children not have been represented by NYA. Even the
media, the only Nepalese media in UK was seen a competitor to their
newsletter. Sagarmatha Times have been submitting news on Nepalese
Activities in UK to The Nepal Digest, Kathmandu Post and have also got
a section in The Independent titled 'UK Diary', but they have no news on
Yeti, Why ? Basically Yeti do not want to pass news to their competitors
(This is Yeti's me
ntality). It is ironic that people who ran Sagarmatha Times once and tried
to have it closed down, are now in Yeti.
The association at the moment seems to be self motivated for the benefit for
no-one but themselves. How can an association justify using membership money
and donations to hire a professional cameraman and make a video film of
themselves (With all of them lined up in front of the camera, during each
gatherings) and sending to Nepal for viewing in Nepal ? At each gathering,
it would seem to waste at least 300 pounds for such unnecessary waste. What
makes it worser is that, it gets to Nepal and if you are lucky, it would be
shown 1 minute of the event in every blue moon. If that is not self promotion,
then I do not know what is !
They are wasting all this money, and yet they are asking for charity (to
build a Yeti house). It has been several decades since Yeti was formed, yet
they have no solid base of their own. They operate from a top of a
Restaurant. Is that not where the money should be used ? A house that all
Nepalese can call their own. 'A NEPAL HOUSE'
What would have been prosperous for Yeti and of benefit to every one in this
country would have been for them to take all of these separate associations
and worked together for the Nepalese community. No one is competing against
anyone, so why hold such low mentality. To some degree, some of this blame
has to be laid on the Royal Nepalese Embassy as well. They see all this
"Chaakri" and enjoy every minute of it. They are the one who controls the
whole community, yet why are they basking in this "Chaakri" and separating
the community. People who have difficulties in understanding this, let me
please describe an incident to you.
A few months back, the Queen of Nepal was in London, (for which, the official
reason was way off the mark, but that is another matter). The Royal Nepalese
Embassy hosted a reception for the Nepalese community in UK to greet their
queen and passed on the responsibility to the "Chaakri" serving Yeti officials
No one will be able to guess what happened next. The only people that were
invited were the senior officials of Yeti along with their family and friends.
The Royal Nepalese Ambassador should have had the courage to ask where the
rest of the Nepalese community were. Why he did not is one of those questions
where I am sure that you yourself can work out. That is not the only incident.
It is instances such as these that have made people lose faith in Yeti, Royal
Nepalese Embassy and everyone else that should matter.
It maybe already bad enough that we have a Ambassador who has not been
designated to his post because of his own capabilities, but rather because
of his marriage to a HRH. No flair, No English and definitely not in touch
with the common Nepalese crowd. He needs to common out of his stubbornness,
born out of marrying into a Royal and living on favours based on his wife's
title and do a job that he has been designated to do. Care for the Nepalese
residing in UK and prosperity of the bonds that exists from all the hard work
of the people who once were in his shoes. Be a true Ambassador !
Maybe a persons social background has something to do it. Please do not
misjudge me, but it is ironic that Midlands and North are made up of the
qualified type, Doctors, Engineers, Lecturers and have achieved so much in
such a short time being thorough professionals, yet the London Yeti made up
of one doctor and the rest working in restaurant as waiters and kitchen
porters have a selfish mentality.
How can a person who is claiming to be a political asylum against his
country, but yet can represent a association for Nepalese is beyond me. It is
one of the things that puzzles me and it is definitely worth a consideration.
I have tried to think of many reasons as to why Yeti is so far behind in
representing it's members and all I came up with is their quality for doing
"Chaakri" for their short term benefit.
Things such as this is not good for anyone. Yeti or the Nepalese community in
London. Being so far away from Nepal, what we need most is unity. We need a
figure such as Yeti or Royal Nepalese Embassy to forge unity amongst people.
A community needs something that they can share in common. With none of that,
we would all become isolated from not only from Nepal, but also from the
Nepalese community here. The easiest solution would be for a new association
to be formed which would solve this problem, but Yeti with it's history has a
sentimental value to us all. Why let the bad people who are in Yeti now,
spoil such a unique association. And also with Yeti doing the "Chaakri" with
favours from various high places and the other concentrating on solely
it's members which is most likely to survive ? Situations such as these,
honesty doesn't pay !
Yeti and Royal Nepalese Embassy needs to open its arms and forge strong bonds
with all Nepalese/groups/whatever they maybe and create a unity which is
un-divided and un-bias. Only with this can the Nepalese crowd in UK flourish.
What sort of a world would we be living in if we do not have something in
common with each other to bring us together. In a few months it is election
time again for Yeti and hopefully this time, we would get someone who is not
just seeking for attention for themselves, if they have any members left until
then to vote. Who knows, the first person in line to vote could even be the
Royal Nepalese Ambassador to preserve his devoted "Chaakriwalas". That is the
sort of world we live in. A musical puppet as a Ambassador. Turn the key, put
on the music and watch him dance.
I am sorry if this article is blunt, but it a matter which concerns me deeply
that the Nepalese living in UK have now not got faith in anyone. This is not
the sort of world we want today's generation to grow up on, we need to get
past this mentality problem before we the Nepalese residing abroad can do
anything here to make our mother land, Nepal be proud.
Ps. No offence 'Mr Ambassador'. This is with all due respect, but fact is fact.
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Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 22:48:11 GMT
To: TND <NEPAL@cs.niu.edu>
From: carin@gn.apc.org (H Brown)
Subject: Re: Nepal, Travel, Trekking and Trafficking.
Dear Sir,
Aiko has summed up the situation regarding tourists and lack of
concern for their safety. I have more to add next time. Meanwhile,
here are two editorials from the Independent, in answer to Janak
Koirala's criticism of our web site [http://www.blue-fox.com/nepal]
for exposing harassment endured by women in Nepal and the
complicity or inertia of the authorities, They were published
at about the same time as the letters on our Web Site and we
considered including them on the letters page because they represent
the opinions of Nepalese writers also concerned about these
problems.
>> Law and Order Situation. March 31st 1993
>> Contrary to the claims by the Home Minister, Sher
Bahadur Deuba, that the kingdom is peaceful, the real
state of law and order gives rise to much insecurity
and concern. Law enforcement has weakened considerably,
and the weakness is being exploited by miscreants
against whom nothing is being done. Anti-social
elements have been banking on the support or
goodwill of one party or the other. Everyone can see
the results; a housewife returning from worship is
raped in front of her husband, young girls are
similarly victimised, and at least eight people died in
a shoot-out near the frontier. These are just a few
illustrations to prove that the Home Minister is lying.
Much of the insecurity is due to the conflict among
rival political parties and personalities. Even the
ruling Congress party admits that the chances are that
victims without party connections will be ignored.
Senior police officials complain that, no matter who is
right and who is wrong, they can do nothing without the
support of political parties. This rule of the jungle
benefits no-one except a handful of power brokers
basking in the warm glow of their muscle strength.
A serious review of law and order is long overdue as
little, if anything, seems to have been done to
transform the police force into an effective
institution. In many instances, police are guilty of
misconduct. The owner of a stolen motorcycle was
publicly beaten and slapped in the face by the very
policeman who was using his motorcycle. When a poor
farmer in Chitwan refused to give a chicken to the
police free of charge, they beat him to death. Such
outrageous misbehaviour is totally unbecoming of any
public institution in a democracy. <<
Sounds a little like home? It helps to explain how sex offenders can
operate in Thamel instead of finding themselves in jail. Who wants
to report rape or assault to police of that sort?
This editorial, dated 15th December 1993, was prompted by one of the
letters on our web site.
>> The Woman Problem.
>> Whatever the precise circumstances related by a foreign
woman in today's issue, * it is an established fact that
such treatment of women is rife all over the sub-
continent. Although the character of an entire people
can never be judged by the behaviour of a few, it is
also true that no-one can successfully oppress others
unless he has widespread support. This includes not
only those who actively collude in such oppression, but
also those who ignore the victimisation of others, for
whatever reason, so it can continue unchecked.
Complaisance and apathy only produce moral decay. While
such outrages happen, how can we feel any kind of
justification for national pride? This violence against
women undermines our self-esteem and challenges us to
rethink our image of being inhabitants of an
enlightened civilisation.
We who live here know that the Third World is not the
tower of spiritual knowledge and strength which many a
Western visitor seeks. One reason for the prevailing
predatory situation may be the sexual hypocrisy and
frustration of Third World men, inflamed by
pornographic books and films, ironically of Western
origin. So in a country where social taboos keep the
sexes apart, their image of Western women is linked to
pornography, and the freedom of these women to pursue
their own lives is grossly misunderstood. Another
reason is the profiteering hoped for by transporters,
hoteliers, shopkeepers and touts. Visitors, European or
not, have a right not to be pestered. The problem seems
entrenched in a culture that degrades women despite
ostensibly placing them on absurd pedestals.
But sustained action against the gangs that harass
tourists at airports, bus depots and areas with tourist
hotels could produce results if the general public is
strongly urged to support the rights of visitors.
Tradition-bound Malaysia has benefited in this way. The
woman-eating monsters are of all classes, colours and
religions; many are educated but all are cowardly when
challenged. If nothing is done, the women of Nepal will
suffer most of all. So public intervention may prove a
step in the right direction for society. <<
* The letter this refers to is on the Web Site.
Although these editorials are few years old now and governments
have come and gone, has anything really changed?
Helen Brown
carin@gn.apc.org
freespirit@innocent.com
http://www.blue-fox.com/nepal
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
From: carin@gn.apc.org (H Brown)
Subject: Nepal's rescued sex slaves
I have just had this message forwarded to me. There must be some
hope here. Royal patronage...more publicity...=20
How can we put the idea over that since these girls can meet royalty, the=
re
is no reason to treat them as outcasts?
Helen Brown
>
>London Telegraph
>Monday, Feb 9
>
>Prince brings hope to Nepal's rescued sex slaves
>By Robert Hardman=20
>
>IN the poorest quarter of one of the poorest capitals on Earth, the Prin=
ce
>of Wales yesterday met a group of young women for whom life, or what is
>left of it, is alleviated only by a Kathmandu equivalent of Mother Teres=
a.
>
>These were the victims of child abuse and the trade in young Nepali girl=
s,
>sold into sexual slavery in India and then abandoned when HIV infection
>struck. Only the relentless efforts of Anuradha Koirala had led to their
>rescue from the streets, and the Prince had come to promote her work.
>
>The Maiti Nepal refuge is very much the sort of territory associated wit=
h
>the late Diana, Princess of Wales. That was not the reason for the Princ=
e's
>visit - Britain's embassy has a close involvement with Maiti's work and =
the
>ambassador's wife is on the voluntary staff - but his approach to this s=
ort
>of human tragedy was bound to provoke comparisons.
>
>His style was certainly different to that of the Princess but there was =
no
>doubting his concern. The refuge had made every effort to lay on a royal
>welcome with banners and dancing but no one made any attempt to disguise
>its shocking stories.
>
>Among the first people the Prince met was Ashmita, an 11-year-old girl w=
ho
>had to leave her village after being gang-raped by four men at the age o=
f
>seven. Others, such as seven-year-old Omu, had fled a violent home, whil=
e
>Mina, 26, and Rikit, 20, were brought to the home after Maiti arranged a
>police snatch the day before they were to be abducted for sale to an Ind=
ian
>brothel.
>
>The Prince appeared moved and inspired as he listened to these accounts =
via
>Mrs Koirala. Born into a wealthy Nepali family, she has devoted the last
>five years to setting up the project and is now part-mother,
>part-policewoman. When not looking after her charges, she is involved in
>intercepting child-traffickers and rescuing girls from their pimps. To a=
dd
>to the tragedy of this situation, Mrs Koirala, 47, is now ill herself wi=
th
>suspected cancer.
>
>In the garden, 11 of the saddest cases waited to greet the Prince. They
>were among Maiti's 35 ex-prostitutes, 33 of whom are HIV positive. She t=
old
>the Prince of how she was lured into prostitution at the age of 17 with =
the
>promise of wealth, sold to a Bombay brothel for =A3150, infected with HI=
V and
>thrown on to the streets. Rescued by Maiti and returned to Kathmandu, sh=
e
>has nowhere to go because her family have disowned her.
>
>Prince Charles said: "Thank goodness there are people like Mrs Koirala w=
ho
>has dedicated her life to this sort of thing. Without people like her, t=
he
>situation would be infinitely worse."
>
>Mrs Koirala was delighted to have such a prominent backer in her struggl=
e
>for tougher action by the Nepali government. She said: "The Prince was
>upset. The trafficking must stop and he must take this message back. He
>must. He must. I hope he does not forget us when he gets into his big ca=
r."
>
>He had certainly not forgotten after flying west to Pokhara for a luncht=
ime
>audience with King Birendra at his lakeside winter palace. Among the fir=
st
>things the Prince mentioned was his visit to Maiti. From there, he flew =
on
>into the hills from where the British Army recruits its Gurkhas. Retirem=
ent
>rather than recruitment was the issue as the Prince, patron of the Gurkh=
a
>Welfare Trust, inspected the extended support scheme for old soldiers th=
at
>operates across the country.
>
>Gurkha pensions have become an issue recently as two veterans' associati=
ons
>have started campaigning for parity with British ex-servicemen (although=
a
>treaty with the Indian Army Gurkhas prevents this).
>
>There were few grumbles from the retired Gurkhas whom the Prince met in =
the
>remote village of Besishahar, among them the holders of a Military Cross=
,
>of a Military Medal and Bar and of a Victoria Cross. Bhan Bhagta Gurung =
VC,
>76, was decorated for storming four Japanese bunkers in Burma in 1945. H=
e
>receives no pension, having served only seven years, but his annual VC
>holder's award of =A31,300 makes him one of the richest men in the regio=
n.
>
>The trust provides everything from clean water to disaster relief and
>medical aid to former Gurkhas. Today, the Prince leaves Nepal for the fi=
rst
>royal visit in history to the insular mountain kingdom of Bhutan.
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Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 21:58:24
Subject: Re: An Interview
From: Anup Jangam <jangam@jangam.mos.com.np> (mercantile)
Dear Rajpalji,
Hope your are fine. I have noted that you have not received my
Interview published in News India Times on Jan.23, 1998 from New
york. For your kind perusal I here by sending the same. Please
note a News about a program of Dhaka on Jan.27, 1998.
Please inform to our like minded friends these fact. If any help
from my side please feel free to inform me in Kathmandu.
I am going to set a program for an Anti-Corroption. I hope it will
be grand seminar for the same. I will inform you in detail later
when it will fixed.
Please note the address of Anti-Corroptiont:
http://www.nepalhorizons.com/bharat/FFIT/index.html
http://members.aol.com/ajungam/anti_corruption.html
I am looking forward to heard from you.
Your Sincerely
Bharat Jangam
----------------A News from The Kathmandu Post --------------------
Kathmandu Post, February 1, Sunday 1998
JANGAM FELICITATED IN BANGLADESH
By a Post Reporter
Kathmandu, Jan 31,
Nepali litterateur and novelist, Bharat Jangam has been felicitated in
Bangladesh, recently.
According to an information reached here, various Bangladeshi literary
figures and journalists hailed Jangam's talent, and welcomed the novelist's
recently translated the Black Sun into Bangladeshi literature.
Addressing from the Chair, Bajrul Rehman, Editor of "Daily Sambad"
expressed sadness that despite being so near Nepal and Bangladeshi
litterateurs and journalists have minimum interaction with each other.
He, however, expressed happiness to find one of the Nepali literary
creation, the Black Sun, into Bengali language.
In the programme organised by Dhaka Publication, Ambassador of Nepal
to Bangladesh, Mr.Lok Bahadur Shrestha, said that despite lots of interest, there was no means for Nepali people to enjoy Bangla literature.
Earlier, senior litterateur Mr. Sahebuddin Ahmed said that Jangam's
work was not only popular in South Asia, but it has gained reputation
in Europe and America as well. Ahmed said that he opted to translate
the Black Sun into Bangladeshi, after being convinced by both Nepali
and English versions of the novel.
On the occasion, Bharat Jangam thanked Bangladeshi literary circle for
nice words and encouragements. "This is not only a felicitation to me,
but it is a good will gesture shown by Bangladesh to Nepal, Nepali
society and Nepali literature," he said.
The programme was attended by well known literary figures like
Mr. Jyoti Prakash Dutta, Mr.Santosh Gupta, Dr. Sultana Nahar,
Mr.Nirmalendu Goon, Mr.Sohara Bhasan, Mr.Masuk Choudhary, Mr.Khalim
Azad, Mr.Kujhesh Salma Abhullah etc.
Mr. Safikul Aunos of Dhaka Publications played special role for the
success of the programme.
News India Times-------- Jan23,1998
____ Interview __________
Redefining Corruption Is A Strenuous Task
NEW YORK: Bharat Mani Jungam, known to the national and international
literary community sans his middle name, is a happy man. He has three
books to his credit, one of his works has been printed in 11 languages.
A native of Bhaktapur, a historic city in Nepal, Jungam's novel "Kalo
Surya" (The Black Sun) is published in English, Chinese, Russian,
Japanese, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Assamese, Maithili and Newari. His
other creations are: Rato Gham (Red Sun, published in three languages)
and Vyuhachakra (Vicious Circle).
But since November 1996, as if fed up with literary work, he is active
in a campaign through a nongovernmental organization called Forum for
Independent Thinking whose motto is to revive moral values and strengthen
public support for anti-corruption campaign.
He organized many seminars, gave lectures and maintained three homepages
in the Internet to popularize the campaign. A seminar organized over a
years ago at Columbia University was the most remarkable one. It was
participated by more than six dozen people of different professions.
Dr. Sukhdev Sah, an expert on Third World economy, and is associated
with IMF was one of the participants to present his paper in the December
1996 seminar.
But many colleagues of Jungam feel that he has taken an unnecessary
burden by deciding to initiate the campaign.
Jungam said: "Sometimes I do soul-searching and feel almost the same.
I ask myself why did I take this headache? Since almost all political
leaders, bureaucrats and other opinion leaders of the society are
involved in the corruption and seems no one is happy with my movement.
But when I receive letters and other feedback from like-minded people
I feel happy -- thank God! there are so many who believe in a
corruption-free society.
He is satisfied with the response he got in less than two years. He
takes pride in showing bundles of letters written to appreciate his
"jehad." According to him, the movement is to make people more aware
of the social evil. This movement is not only for the Third World but
for the world at large.
"For some, it seemed that you were not happy as a writer. Probably,
that's why you started the anti-corruption movement. How do you defend
yourself?" he was asked.
"To some extent, their concern about my career can be justified. But as
a conscious citizen, I thought that it's my duty to enter into such an
area which affects the people and society the most. In this regard,
degrading social values was the most concerned topic for me. If you
take the case of Third World, corruption is the foremost problem," he
said.
Going through the historical perspective of the evil he said: "The modern
form of corruption was started after World War II. Those days, it was
happening in the name of consolidation of power and imperialism, and
these days in the name of democracy, development and human rights.
Take any country in the world, a handful of people rule the entire
country. The roots of this power lie in money. And that money does not
come necessarily from fair means -- in most cases it is generated through
unfair means." Corruption is everywhere, what kind of corruption you
want to tackle in the beginning? "The concept of corruption itself
is needed to be redefined which is not an easy task. But corruption at
the lower level of bureaucracy in the Third World countries is not the
matter of my concern at all. Precisely, I don't consider it corruption.
Because the basic salaries of these employees are very low which force
them to look for some other means of income. They accept bribe to earn
their bread and butter. This act is the product of their basic need and hunger.
"What I am much concerned about is the act (corruption) that is
practiced to accumulate immense luxury and wealth, which ultimately
affects the national development and people's welfare adversely in any
country." Concentrating more on South Asian countries, he said,
corruption is a major factor behind the backwardness in the region.
"I do not mean to say that the governments in industrial and developed
nations are not corrupt but their basic infrastructure and socio-political
system is such, where one person's misdeed does not necessarily
affect the entire the country. But in our case, the situation is
vice versa. Take the examples of Bofors and hawala in India, carpet
and Letter of Credit scam in Nepal and similar ones in Pakistan and
Bangladesh. Those scandals played a vital role in destabilizing
governments." On the stability of governments, Jungam again
connected the issue to the corruption and said: "Stability of the
government is pre-requisite to the development in the countries
like of ours. But the stability is again marred by corruption. When
money takes upperhand, the degradation of the politics starts.
Everyone wants power and wants to stick to it, not for the welfare
of the society but to make more money. If you say this is
democracy, this is not democracy at all, but simply the
manipulation of the power and money." The nexus between foreign
government/international non-governmental organizations and
national government, I think, is the mother of all evils, he said.
How do you think it can be eliminated from the society? To this
question, Jungam said in a contemplative mood: "I think, corruption
is required to be taught as a separate discipline of social science
in schools and universities. It is urgent to be defined with an
entirely new approach. Social scientists should define what form of
abuse of power or authority is corruption and what is not. This
social evil can be eliminated provided we create a social
environment where one should not be attracted to the unlawful or
illegal or immoral means of income. Rule of law, public awareness,
accountability, policy of punishment and reward, and public
participation are some measures that can be implemented.
**************************************************************
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 08:39:59 -0500
To: The Nepal Digest <NEPAL@cs.niu.edu>
From: mam233@psu.edu (Mary Ann Maslak)
Subject: Re: The Nepal Digest - January 27, 1998 (14 Magh 2054 BkSm)
Is it possible to provide more information about the availability of these
two books?
Can you provide ISBN numbers and the locations of the publishing companies?
Thanks. >
_The Right to Basic Primary Education_ by Bimal Phnuyal and _Social Life in
Nepal: From Tradition to Modernity_ by Govinda Maskey.
***********************************************************
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To: tnd@nepal.org
Subject: Low Airfare to Kathmandu- Singapore Airlines
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Date: Mon, 09 Feb 1998 08:46:01 -0500
From: Ken Pope <kspope@worldnet.att.net>
To: kspope@worldnet.att.net
Subject: Nepal's rescued sex slaves=20
London Telegraph
Monday, Feb 9
Prince brings hope to Nepal's rescued sex slaves
By Robert Hardman=20
IN the poorest quarter of one of the poorest capitals on Earth, the Princ=
e
of Wales yesterday met a group of young women for whom life, or what is
left of it, is alleviated only by a Kathmandu equivalent of Mother Teresa
These were the victims of child abuse and the trade in young Nepali girls
sold into sexual slavery in India and then abandoned when HIV infection
struck. Only the relentless efforts of Anuradha Koirala had led to their
rescue from the streets, and the Prince had come to promote her work.
The Maiti Nepal refuge is very much the sort of territory associated with
the late Diana, Princess of Wales. That was not the reason for the Prince's
visit - Britain's embassy has a close involvement with Maiti's work and t=
he
ambassador's wife is on the voluntary staff - but his approach to this so=
rt
of human tragedy was bound to provoke comparisons.
His style was certainly different to that of the Princess but there was n=
o
doubting his concern. The refuge had made every effort to lay on a royal
welcome with banners and dancing but no one made any attempt to disguise
its shocking stories.
Among the first people the Prince met was Ashmita, an 11-year-old girl who
had to leave her village after being gang-raped by four men at the age of
seven. Others, such as seven-year-old Omu, had fled a violent home, while
Mina, 26, and Rikit, 20, were brought to the home after Maiti arranged a
police snatch the day before they were to be abducted for sale to an Indi=
an
brothel.
The Prince appeared moved and inspired as he listened to these accounts via
Mrs Koirala. Born into a wealthy Nepali family, she has devoted the last
five years to setting up the project and is now part-mother,
part-policewoman. When not looking after her charges, she is involved in
intercepting child-traffickers and rescuing girls from their pimps. To add
to the tragedy of this situation, Mrs Koirala, 47, is now ill herself with
suspected cancer.
In the garden, 11 of the saddest cases waited to greet the Prince. They
were among Maiti's 35 ex-prostitutes, 33 of whom are HIV positive. She told
the Prince of how she was lured into prostitution at the age of 17 with the
promise of wealth, sold to a Bombay brothel for =A3150, infected with HIV=
and
thrown on to the streets. Rescued by Maiti and returned to Kathmandu, she
has nowhere to go because her family have disowned her.
Prince Charles said: "Thank goodness there are people like Mrs Koirala who
has dedicated her life to this sort of thing. Without people like her, the
situation would be infinitely worse."
Mrs Koirala was delighted to have such a prominent backer in her struggle
for tougher action by the Nepali government. She said: "The Prince was
upset. The trafficking must stop and he must take this message back. He
must. He must. I hope he does not forget us when he gets into his big car=
He had certainly not forgotten after flying west to Pokhara for a lunchti=
me
audience with King Birendra at his lakeside winter palace. Among the firs=
t
things the Prince mentioned was his visit to Maiti. From there, he flew o=
n
into the hills from where the British Army recruits its Gurkhas. Retireme=
nt
rather than recruitment was the issue as the Prince, patron of the Gurkha
Welfare Trust, inspected the extended support scheme for old soldiers tha=
t
operates across the country.
Gurkha pensions have become an issue recently as two veterans' association
have started campaigning for parity with British ex-servicemen (although a
treaty with the Indian Army Gurkhas prevents this).
There were few grumbles from the retired Gurkhas whom the Prince met in the
remote village of Besishahar, among them the holders of a Military Cross,
of a Military Medal and Bar and of a Victoria Cross. Bhan Bhagta Gurung V=
C,
76, was decorated for storming four Japanese bunkers in Burma in 1945. He
receives no pension, having served only seven years, but his annual VC
holder's award of =A31,300 makes him one of the richest men in the region=
The trust provides everything from clean water to disaster relief and
medical aid to former Gurkhas. Today, the Prince leaves Nepal for the first
royal visit in history to the insular mountain kingdom of Bhutan.
*****************************************************************
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 10:11:36 +0000
From: Cathy Gormley <cgormley@incore.ulst.ac.uk>
To: info-tnd@nepal.org
Hello,
This is just a short note to inform you that INCORE (Initiative on Conflict
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Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 13:39:39 +0100
From: Medini Bhandari <mbhandari@ITC.NL>
To: tnd@nepal.org
Subject: Requst for to add the organization on your web page information
Dear Sirs,
I find very interesting information on TND web page. I have inclosed
here a NGO's information if you could add in your organization page it
would be very helpful to us. I have inclosed here some infomation about
APEC Nepal.
Lokking forward for your kind help.
Thanking you once again,
Sincerely yours
Medini Bhandari
Chairman of APEC Nepal
Please find the URL address
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/9998/
http://www.nedsite.nl/freehomepage/userpages/apec.html
TND Foundation
P.O. Box 8206
White Plains, NY 10601
Dear sirs,
I would also like to introduce myself as an environmental protection
group leader, working in this field since January 1988. Our NGO is based
in the eastern part of Nepal. This area is very important source of
natural and other resources. In this area remains, natural, unprotected
forest areas with good populations of wildlife. But, human pressure is
extremely high and decreasing forest and wildlife are also high. We are
doing our best to protect the nature here, but, due to the lack of
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We have 555 active volunteer members and we have 30 branches and 35 sub
branches in the organization at different parts of the region. There are
3000 general members also working with us on voluntary basis please
see-attached information. Our programs cover all aspects of education,
conservation, research, community development etc. But, our main focus
is conservation education and awareness about the nature and its
resources. We are looking support for our programs.
Please find my c.v., NGO information and its history of establishment.
I am looking forward for your kind help and guidance.
Thanking you once again,
Sincerely yours
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Correspondence address up to 1st week of April is as following where I
am at the final stage of Finishing my study.
Medini Bhandari
Private box 247
ITC
Hengelosestraat 99
P.O.Box 6
7500 AA Enschede
the Netherlands
tel.: +31 53 4874444
fax: +31 53 4874400
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Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 21:06:45 -0500 (EST)
From: aiko <gs07aaj@panther.Gsu.EDU>
To: nepal-request@cs.niu.edu
Subject: The #1 Enemy of Christianity is Religion
While I understand Joel Hafvenstein's frustrated confusion regarding the
article by Jason Ritchie appearing in a previous TND, I feel that the
matter Mr. Ritchie brought up is important enough to warrant attention,
and I think the editors of TND did the "right thing" by posting his
article. When looked at from the point of view (and fact) of Nepal's
OFFICIAL policy concerning Christian missionaries, including Mr. Ritchie's
diatribe on Christianity makes sense. As shown by his view of what he
thinks passes for Christianity, there is an appalling lack of
understanding of what this particular belief system entails.
All too often, people all over this earth mistake "religion" with "faith"
and "spirituality". RELIGION, per se, is legalistic, restrictive, cruel
and unfair. Just as there is a distinction between LAW and JUSTICE, so
there is the same between RELIGION and FAITH. History bears me out. I
won't go into all the historical evidence as it would take too much space,
but if one were to CAREFULLY read the NEW TESTAMENT(NOT THE OLD
TESTAMENT), one will see what Christianity really means, what message it
is trying to convey. It is always easy to blame something or someone else
for one's misfortunes or bad decisions or one's own irresponsible
behaviour. I don't know why people will insist on blaming God for
everything bad that happens in this life! They want to believe that God
is a loving, fair Being, yet the minute misfortune hits them, they shake
their fists skyward and scream at God why, why, how could You, etc.! I
don't see the logic in that!
Without going into too much personal detail, let me just say that I grew
up in an abusive household. While my sister was treated with love and
joy, I was physically, emotionally, and mentally abused(not sexually,
thank goodness!)day after day, for 7 1/2 years; at which time my "father"
mercifully died of cancer. My mother was no better, being complicit in my
torture by either ignoring it at times, or instigating it at other times.
All too often, the wife is complicit in the abuse of a child because
usually she herself is either abused or so under the influence of her
husband, she dares not protest. My father never abused my mother
physically, but he ruled her with a firm hand. Not to prolong this, I'll
just give you a parting example: my father's favorite method of mental,
emotional and physical torture of me was to force me to sit in front of
him while he harangued me for hours, yelling and screaming at me that I
was worthless, evil, mean, stupid, ugly, a pig, etc., etc. And then if I
so much as yawned, he'd stop, his eyes would pop out, he'd get red in the
face as he'd get into a rage and then proceed to punch and bang my face
and head; sometimes he'd grab my head and bang it against the wall -- but
always careful not to bang it too hard as to cause injury, other than big
bumps. Then he'd calm down a bit, sit back, and literally spew more
hate-filled stuff at me, while in between, threaten more physical violence
if I dared to cry. So I had to learn to hold in my urge to cry, forcing
my tears to stay down, sitting like a stone, showing no emotion; because
if I showed ANY sign of ANY kind of emotion, he'd fly into his rages and
start pounding on me again.
Did I curse God and blame him for this kind of life? No, I did not; in
fact, because of my FAITH in God, it helped me get through those terrible
years. OUtside of home, I had friends, and while I wasn't a stellar
student, I did well enough. I escaped through my writing. I wrote reams
of stories. I read scads of books. I think I may have died at my
"father's" hand if he had not died when he did. Because as I got older, I
got bolder, and I even fought back, physically and verbally, at the risk
of greater injury. I wasn't going to let this evil man beat me down!
In subsequent years, I have made many stupid mistakes; but instead of
cursing God and blaming Christianity, I realized I was the one to make
those decisions; I made the choices that I made; noone made them for me;
God did not! I tried to learn from my experiences, and I tried to improve
myself; I did not wallow in self-pity. I suffer -- have suffered for
years --- from severe depression; I was suicidal; sometimes still am. But
I do not blame Christianity for that. Christianity did not make me
depressed; Christianity did not tell me to marry an abusive rat(my 1st
marriage); Christianity did not tell me to become friends with a person
who later ran off with my money. . . .you get the picture.
I truly hope Mr. Ritchie will find peace of mind and heart, but that can
not begin until he is willing to acknowledge that he and he alone is the
instrument of the choices he has made. Sure, coming from a wretched
family background is painful; I still feel pain about that; that's a pain
that will never go away; no matter what, if one has been so abused during
one's formative years, it stays with you forever. But the measure of a
human being of responsiblity lies in the direction that person chooses to
take in adulthood. You can spend the rest of your life, bitter, angry,
blaming Christianity or whatever faith you belong to, and that will
inevitably affect your relationship with others; or, you can spend your
life looking at the positive aspects this world has to offer; do good
works; get involved in a cause; admit that the mistakes you made were
dumb, but learn from them and look back and say, I've come a loooong
way,dude! Yah! 'Nuff said.
Aiko A. Joshi
activist, graduate student, woman of many talents! (Smile)
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* Agriculture/Forestry *
* Health *
* Education *
* Technology *
* Social/Cultural Issues *
* Environment/Population *
* Women/Children *
* Tourism *
* Foreign Policy *
* History *
* Military/Police *
* Politics *
* 6. CHOOT_KILA (Humor, Recipies, Movie Reviews, Sattaires etc.) *
* 7. JAN_KARI: Classifides (Matrimonials, Jobs etc) *
* 8. KHOJ_KHABAR (Inquiring about Nepal, Nepalis etc. ) *
* 9. TITAR_BITAR: Miscellaneous (Immigration and Taxex etc. ) *
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* The content contributors are responsible for any copyright violations. *
* TND, a non-profit electronic journal, will publish articles that has *
* been published in other electronic or paper journal with proper credit *
* to the original media. *
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