The political situation in the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal grows increasingly chaotic. Local municipal elections recently called by King Gyanendra, who assumed direct rule after sacking the prime minister and his Cabinet a year ago, had a voter turnout of just 22 percent, abnormally low for that country. No candidates ran for more than half of the some 4,000 posts up for election. Read the rest of this entry »

The title should have been, “Washington Calls Back Moriarty,” and the first few lines should have been, “Party time. I knew it. I wished for it. I even cautioned him that this day would come if Moriarty did not stop the media rollercoaster ride.”

The odd thing about this guy is he does not listen, and he continues enjoying the media frenzy, regardless of positive or negative ramifications. Some twelve days ago I cautioned him through this blog to limit his comments to the cause of the movement, to the removal of the king. Despite the caution, he goes on the national TV on Sunday and shamelessly spreads a phobia on behalf of the crown, “Nepal is risking to collapse if the parties do not cooperate with the king.”  And he adds, “This polarization (irreconcilability) will give the Maoists a huge gain.” Would it, really? He speaks without any political math, let alone be diplomacy. The Maoists will gain everyday if the parties make the mistake of having a talk with the king except to make his easy exit. Gyanendra thinks that he can have a better life elsewhere than in Nepal if he is not the kind of king that we suffered under before April 6 1990, the day his brother rightly knelt before the will of the people. Read the rest of this entry »

This is a snippet of the difference. 

Richard A Boucher was appointed to the post two weeks ago replacing Christina Rocca.  As soon he is appointed, he differs in language from Rocca/Moriarty’s: “We believe Nepal’s internal struggle can only be addressed by the King taking steps to reverse the course he embarked on over a year ago - last February 1st - and to return to democratic government.”  Moriarty will have to adjust to echo Boucher’s language if he wants to stay around a little longer. 

Boucher’s background is different from Christina Rocca’s. She begins her career at CIA in 1982. At the CIA, she was in charge of contacts with Islamic guerrilla groups where, in the 1980s, she oversaw the delivery of Stinger missiles to Afghan Mujahiddeen. She resigned from the CIA in 1997 and started working as an advisor to Republican Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS). She was nominated in April 2001 to her State Department post to replace Karl Inderfurth. Among her contributions is a sort of balanced approach to India and Pakistan, “supporting increased relations with India without dumping Pakistan.”  Read the rest of this entry »

By Rishi Amatya

“For what is man’s present but an extended past” if you let, it might resound Shakespeare, if you do not then it’s plain old me adhering to the belief I have had for quite some time now. In simpler terms, the present of the man is his past extended. The past guides the future in up to that context from what was hitherto the present vibes along with the music it has left to echo. The past in its more lucidity has its pronounced effects in man in nearly every thing along side the culture and tradition he has been brought up in; for it is that potion in which he then makes the bases of his life - a foundation for what is to come if you will; for it is the cauldron into which he brews the future of his life. 

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The Maoist commander-in-chief Badal alias Ram Bahadur Thapa has escaped an attempt on his life in rural areas of Nepal recently, according to Maoist sources.

The source claimed that a suspicious cadre who had joined the Maoist militant group as staff member of Badal was working as a kitchen hand and was waiting for an opportunity to make Badal his easy prey. But Badal’s intelligence group exposed the insidious plans of the suspicious Maoist cadre and got rid of him instantly before he could carry out his plans against the Maoist commander. Read the rest of this entry »

Devotees queue up outside the Pashupatinath temple to worship Lord Shiva on Mahashivaratri day

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नेपालगन्ज,१५ फागुन - नौ टयाङकर पेट्रोलियम पदार्थ सहित दुई दिन देखि नियन्त्रणमा राखेका १८ जना  चालक तथा  सन्चारकर्मीको पहलमा माओबादीले मुक्त गरेका छन् । नेपालगन्ज स्थित कान्तिपुर दैनिकका संवाददाता जे पाण्डे लगायत  संचारकर्मीको टोली र माओबादी बीच भएको छलफल पछि सोमबार सबै मजदुर निर्सत मुक्त भएका हुन ।

मजदुर रिहाका लागि संचारकर्मीको टोलीले माओबादीको बिशेष जिल्ला संगठन समितिर् इन्चार्ज अनु र सेक्रेटरी हिमाल संग बार्ता गरेका थिए । बार्ता पछि नियन्त्रणमा रहेका मजदुरलाई माओबादीले एक कार्यक्रमको आयोजना गरि अबिर लगाएर बिदाई गरेका थिए । नेपालगन्ज बाट दाङका लागि ९ वटा टेङकरमा पेट्रोल,डिजल र मटितेल लिएर गएका ९ जना चालक र उनीहरुका ९ जना हेल्फरलाई माओबादीले शनिबार बाकेको महेन्द्र राजमार्गमा पर्ने खैरी खोला नजिकबाट नियन्त्रणमा लिएका थिए । Read the rest of this entry »

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नेपालगन्ज,१४ फागुन-

नेपालगन्ज बाट दाङका लागि ९वटा टेङकरमा पेट्रोल , डिजल र मटितेल लिएर गएका ९जना चालक र उनीहरुका ९ जना हेल्फरलाई माओबादीले शनिबार बाके महेन्द्र रजमार्गमा पर्ने खैरी खोला नजिकबाट नियन्त्रणमा लिएका थिए । नौ टयाङकर पेट्रोलियम पदार्थ सहित नियन्त्रणमा राखेका १८ जना मजदुरलाई माओबादीले सोमबार मुक्त गर्ने बताएका छन् ।

नियन्त्रणमा रहेका मजदुर सोमबार मुक्त गर्ने माओबादीको बिशेष जिल्ला नं ९ की इञ्चार्ज अनुले बताईन । आबश्यक सोधपुछ पछि चालक हेल्पर सबै लाई मुक्त गर्ने उनले बताईन । तर, बाकी तेल केगर्ने भन्ने बारेमा माओबादी अझै टुगोंमा पुगिसकेको छैन । Read the rest of this entry »

आकाशमा लहरे सेनाको तीन हेलिकप्टरले ‘ महाशिवरात्रीको शुभकामना’ लेखिएको ब्यानरसहित नजिकैबाट आराध्यदेव पशुपतिको फन्को लगायो ।  केहि क्षणमै आएका सेनाको अर्को हेलिकप्टरले भक्तजनको पंक्तिलाई लक्षित गर्दै गोदाबरी र सयपत्री फुलहरु बर्साए । पशुपतिको दर्शन गर्न आइतबार बिहानदेखि भेला भएका भक्तजनलेे  हर्षले  सेनाको सम्मान स्वीकार्दै एक टक आकाशतिर हेरि राखे ।

उक्त दृश्यले  जर्मनी स्वयंसेवि शिक्षक मारिया डोमनिङलाई नीकै छोयो । ‘ महाशिवरात्रीमा पशुपतिको यो मेरो तेश्रो भ्रमण हो, ‘ गौशालाको शान्ति सेवा गृहमा स्वयंसेवि शिक्षिका भएर काम गरिरहेकी मारियाले भनिन्,’ धैर्य र आस्थावान दर्शनार्थीको  लामो-लामो पंक्ति एवं उनीहरुमाथि फुल बर्सार्इएको दृश्यले मलाई नीकै छुन्छ ।’ दुई छात्रासहित पशुपति पुगेकी मारियाले यस महान संस्कृतिलाई नजिकबाट बुझन आएकी बताइन् । Read the rest of this entry »

By S. Green

At one place the Maoists seize nine of NOC’s oil tankers, and at another, they launch a repeat attack at a security post in the same neighborhood.

My blogology reads that the Maoists on the surface are trying to give an impression that they are the ones who are the vanguards of the movement. This is their desperate attempt to outsmart the parties, as clearly the parties are taking caution to keep the Maoists at bay but with the strategic repetition of the rhetoric that they will stick to the “historic text” of the 12-point understanding. At this point of the game, the idea of “sticking” to the understanding in question is more strategical to dodge (or postpone) direct confrontation with the Maoists than anything else.   Read the rest of this entry »

एक प्रहरीको मृत्यु ३ सशस्त्र प्रहरी धाइते

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नेपालगन्ज १३ फागुन - माओबादीले शनिबार दिउसो नेपालगंजको राझा स्थित सुरक्षा पोष्टमा आक्रमण गर्दा एक जनपथ प्रहरीको मृत्यु भएको छ । आक्रमणमा परि ३ सशस्त्र प्रहरी सामान्य घाइते भएका छन । माओबादीले सुरक्षा पोष्टमा एक साथ आक्रमण गर्दा करिब १ घन्टा सम्म दोहोरो गोली हानाहान भएको थियो ।

एक महिना पहिले पनि सोही पोष्टमा माओबादीको आक्रमणमा परी २ जना सशस्त्र प्रहरीको मृत्यु भएको थियो । आक्रमणमा परी प्रहरी जवान कर्ण बहादुर तारमीमगर कैलाली को मृत्यु भएको प्रहरीले बताएको छ । भर्खरै तालिम पुरा गरेका मगर सरुवा भई हुम्ला जानका लागि हवाइ टिकटको ब्यबस्था मिलाउन राझा बिमानस्थल जादै गरेको अबस्थामा घटनामा परेको बताइएको छ । उक्त आक्रमण पछि करिब ३ घन्टा सम्म नेपालगन्ज कोहलपुर खण्डको आबागमन बन्द गरी सुरक्षाफौज ले सर्च कारबाही संचालन गरेको थियो । ३ घन्टा सम्म यातायात बन्द हुदा हजारौं यात्रुहरु अलपत्र परेका थिए भने नेपालगन्ज बिमानस्थल पनि केहीबेर बन्द भएको थियो ।

नेपालगंजको सुरक्षा ब्यबस्थालाई प्रभाबकारी बनाउन शनिबार पनि साझ ८ बजे देखि नै कर्फ्यु लगाईएको छ ।

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महाशिवरात्रीको पूर्व सन्ध्यामा आराध्यदेव पशुपतिनाथको मन्दिर परिसर क्षेत्रलाई शनिबार स्वदेश एवं विदेशको भक्तजनको स्वागतमा बेहुली झैं सिंगारिएको छ । गौशाला र बनकालीको मुख्य सडकदेखि मुख्य मन्दिरसम्म इन्द्र धुनषी विद्युतीय प्रकाशले सज्जित स्वागतद्धारहरुले पशुपति क्षेत्रको स्वरुप नै फेरिएको छ ।

यसपटक आउने आशा गरिएको झण्डै अढाई लाख भक्तजनकोलागि वनकाली धर्मशाला पछाडि, तिलगंगा, राममन्दिर, मंगलागौरी, जयबागेश्वरी, चारशिवालय, पञ्चदेवल, तिलगंगा, वनकाली चौर, भकुण्टोल, भुवनेश्वरी र उमाकुण्डमा आवास, भोजन र स्वास्थ्य शिविर राख्ने काम पुरा भएको छ । गत शुक्रबारदेखि शुरु भएको भtmजनको आउने क्रमले तिव्रता लिएको छ ।  Read the rest of this entry »