Indian Nepalis Are Not Nepalese

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Af- release of two books - Chief Min- the gathering comprising essen- placed seven proposals before the tivity; determination to think and ter language recognition, he said, ister, Pawan Chamling’s, tially of Nepali literary figures, he Indian Nepalese community. act positively and shake off the in- the Centre created posts for Nepali “Prajatantrik Aandolan Ko Atma called upon the Indian Nepalis, These included: the compilation of feriority complex that plagues In- translators and interpreters, but Sangharsh,” and the complete col- scattered all over the country, to a comprehensive report on the dian Nepalis despite the fact that could not find good enough person- lection of Indra Bahadur Rai’s unite in the pursuit for keeping exact state and status of Indian the community has achieved much nel to fill the posts for a long time. works, “Indra Sampurna.” The their culture and traditions alive Nepalis; publication of a pan-In- and contributed a lot to the nation. Even at present, barely a stopgap first book was released by the and to carve an identity for them- dian Nepali journal [in Nepali and The CM’s call for a change in arrangement had been worked out, chief guest for the day and re- selves as Indians. English] to not only serve as the attitude among the Indian Nepalis he revealed. nowned littérateur from Nagaland, This sections of the Indian so- link publication for the dispersed found support in his principal eco- If an issue as emotional as lan- Hari Prasad Gorkha Rai and the ciety, he said, had to be recognised community, but also to educate nomic advisor, Prof. Mahendra P. guage could be ignored so casu- latter by the Chief Minister, who as Indian citizens as against the everyone else in the country of the Lama, who highlighted the fact that ally, other problems and issues presided over the function as common misconception that all contributions made by Indian the Nepalis lacked the perseverance facing the community might re- Chairperson. Nepalis were citizens of Nepal. Nepalis to the nation-building to see things through. Calling for main ignored for much longer. Mr. Chamling also launched The onus of being identified as In- process; education, the CM an attitudinal shift, he recounted On the literary half of the day’s “Bharatiya Nepali Byakhan dian citizens lies with the Indian stressed should be social agenda the inertia that followed the recog- turn to pg 5 UK teen’s rapist was hiding in Kalimpong! SUSPECT, WORKING WITH RED CROSS IN KPG, ARRESTED IN PANIGHATTA TRYING TO SLIP INTO NEPAL ancestral home in Punjab. lived in at around 2PM yesterday. KARAN SHAH Reports suggest that his wife Kohli had, however, already flown KALIMPONG, 15 July: A murder at Southampton called and warned the coop. Witnesses revealed that investigation that started in South- him that the police there was on he had left the same morning with ampton in the UK, ended in the lookout for him and Kohli left his newly-wed wife. Kalimpong as local police today even his parents home. Since then Kohli managed to remain a nabbed Maninderpal Singh Kohli, there has been no trace of him and step ahead of the cops till he was the NRI accused of having raped and perhaps no one was looking hard eventually arrested at Panighatta murdered 17-year-old Hannah Fos- enough for him either. It was only near the Indo-Nepal border today. ter in England on 14 March last year. when the murdered girl’s parents He had managed to put 110 kms Kohli has been on the run ever landed in India a couple of days between himself and Kalimpong since Hannah’s dead body was back and appealed to the nation’s by the time he was arrested. found two days after she went miss- “conscience” to help trace the sus- Suspecting that he might have ing and the autopsy confirmed that pected killer. Their appeal got slipped into Sikkim for another she had been raped and strangled wide coverage in both the print extended stay incognito, cops here to death. The needle of suspicion and electronic media, but no one sounded off their colleagues in the pointed at Kohli because locals had could have suspected how Kohli neighbouring state. There were, noticed him following Hannah had spent his year in hiding - however, no reports of his having around a couple of days prior to her openly in this hill subdivision. entered Sikkim. Just when the trail disappearance. Before he could be Local sleuths were tipped off was going cold, the wide public- called in for questioning by the that a person matching the descrip- ity that the murdered girl’s parents British Police, he had fled to his tion of Kohli was living here at had launched in India apparently left: The murdered teen, Hannah Foster. Murgi-hatta here. caught up with Kohli. right: The suspect after his arrest. They raided the rented flat he turn to pg 2 2; NOW!; 16 July, 2004 ED-SPACE NOW! The Day After Tomorrow FIRST WITH THE NEWS In The Himalaya lobal climate change is Directing Pride melting Himalayan gla GLOBAL CLIMATE Gciers at an unprecedented CHANGE IS The Sikkim Samman Sammilan was a grand affair. While there rate, yet field research into this will always be some who frown at everything, the event did MELTING potentially catastrophic trend is GLACIERS IN manage to achieve a lot. Apart from lavishing honour on those lagging behind. GLACIERS IN who truly deserve it, it brought to Sikkim’s midst, people who There are 3,250 glaciers in the NEPAL AND have gone against the grain, so to speak - people who have Nepal Himalaya and 2,315 of them BHUTAN AND THIS shaken off the languor which characterises the professional contain glacial lakes that are in- POSES pursuits of the Hill people. People who have persevered and creasing in size at varying rates. But CATASTROPHIC proven wrong the prejudices which brand every person from no one really knows how many of THREATS TO THE these parts a “kancha” in the uncompromising indifference of them are in danger of bursting, and REGION the plains. It was not easy for any of the 63 people present in without that information, steps Sikkim over the past three days. Not only did they go up against can’t be taken to drain the lakes or a system which did not understand them or their ambitions, install early-warning systems for they did so from home bases which were equally confused [if villages downstream. not downright unsporting] of their pursuits. They achieved what British geologist John they did in the absence of precedence or grooming. They are Reynolds was involved in the people, everyone, even tangentially associated with them, can project to siphon water off the Tsho be proud of. But why was it Sikkim that organised the felicita- Rolpa glacial lake in the Rolwaling tions, some might ask? Well, for the simple reason that only valley a decade ago, but says the Sikkim, of all parts that Nepali speaking people reside, has inventory of hazardous glacial the resources of a State at its disposal. To applaud the initia- lakes is outdated. “There has to be tive some more - because it is now apparent that only Sikkim cares any more. a fresh look at the entire issue be- But the event was not jut about felicitating achievers. There cause we may be running a high has to be some more meaning attached to it than just philan- magnitude risk,” Reynolds says. thropy. At a selfish level, it drew the limelight to region and a As glaciers shrink, the melting people who remain perpetually shunted to the peripheral vi- ice causes lakes to grow. The lakes sion of the mainstream. There will also be some who view the can then breach the loose moraine issues discussed and decisions taken the three day congre- walls, sending huge floods of wa- gation as confrontationist expressions. They would be wrong. ter, mud and boulders downstream. At a certain level, the issues debated were not just about a Scientists call this GLOF [Glacial particular community, but representative of the aspirations of Lake Outburst Flood] and these all people the region. Their right to and identity. Individuality. have been occurring with increas- Recognition for what they are. This was a good beginning. ing regularity in recent years. What everyone has to now guard against is allowing this mo- A glacial lake burst in mentum to depreciate into tokenism. The lesson of persever- Khumbu in 1985 killed at least 60m between 1970 and 1989. ance that the 63 personalities exemplify should be adopted to 20 people, washed away a In the Dhaulagiri region, field hydropower station, the trek- elsewhere studies until 1994 displayed the the current mood of selfhood and the pride that the achievers reflect on us should become the inherent trait of every person king trail to Namche and nu- NEPAL same trend. Nepal’s most stud- touched by success stories that visited Sikkim over the past merous bridges. The town of tan were in imminent danger of ied glacier in Tsorong Himal re- three days. Pokhara is situated on the debris bursting. There has been little corded a 10m retreat between field of a gigantic 700-year-old followup field research since then. 1978 and 1989. flood that was caused by the emp- Trends elsewhere in the world The 2001 UNEP-ICIMOD UK teen’s rapist was hiding in Kalimpong! tying of a big lake below show mountain regions in the warning was not based so much parked vehicle there. He claims he Annapurna. The worst-case sce- tropics are extremely sensitive to on field research as comparisons Contd from pg 1 picked up the body and threw it at nario is a major Himalayan earth- climate change. This year, the US- of satellite imagery. But even that “Informal” information a distant place and did not inform quake causing several dozen gla- based Earth Policy Institute re- was alarming enough. “We ur- reached the sleuths here that Kohli the police about it,” said the SP. cial lakes to burst simultaneously. ported that the equatorial snows gently need to update our was in Siliguri and suspected to be Kohli was working in the UK Aside from catastrophic floods, on Kilimanjaro could disappear by glaciological data with field stud- living somewhere in the Pradhan as a truck driver and had fled to scientists are now also doing long- 2030. It said the Larsen Ice Shelf ies, otherwise we won’t have any Nagar area. The search narrowed Punjab on 26 March last year. term computer simulations of how in the Antarctica has already warning when disaster strikes,” down to the place where Kohli had In interrogations thus far, Kohli is global warming will affect the flow shrunk by 40 percent. In Green- says hydrologist Arun Bhakta spent the last night with his wife. reported to have revealed that from of Himalayan rivers in this century. land, the Jakobshavn Glacier is Shrestha at the DoHM. The search was intensified and Punjab, he fled to Bangalore, then All indications are that spring flow now thinning four times faster A recent meeting of the moment cops learnt that he was Mysore and ended up in Kalimpong in these rivers will increase over the than it was during the last century. glaciologists in May in New Delhi headed for Panighatta on the border working with the Red Cross for the past next 40 years, but the time will In Central Asia’s Tien Shan moun- analysed data on how the reced- to the house of one his wife’s rela- three months. He also married here. come when there will be so little tains, glaciers have shrunk by 30 ing snowlines in the Himalaya tives, a team was immediately des- Speaking to the Press, Kohli main- snow in the Himalaya that the riv- percent between 1955 and 1990. caused by climate change would patched to the area. Kohli was finally tained his innocence. In the meanwhile, ers will run dry in the lean season. Scientists say this trend is also affect the flow of water in the nabbed at the Panighatta bus stand. the SP confirmed that he will handed This won’t just affect the lives of affecting the Himalaya-Hindu Ganga, Brahmaputra and the In- He was allegedly trying to over to the Punjab Police tomorrow. people in the mountains, but also Kush arc, but there has been no dus rivers. Hydrological dodge the heat and slip into Nepal. “We will forward him to the Punjab hundreds of millions of people systematic research and regular simulations for various global “He accepted the crime, but in a Police who might hand him over to the downstream. monitoring since the mid-1990s. warming scenarios showed in- different way,” Rajiv Mishra, British Police,” the SP disclosed. Two years ago, the United Even those studies showed dis- creased snowmelt would swell riv- Darjeeling SP, told the Press today. Although it is still unclear who Nations Environment Program turbing trends. Records with the ers by as much as 90 percent in “According to his version, he will claim he Rs. 50 lakh award [UNEP] and the Kathmandu- Department of Hydrology and the next few decades before they was on his way down to Southamp- announced by Hannah’s parents based International Centre for In- Meteorology [DoHM] indicate start drying up. ton after spending some time in the for information leading to the ar- tegrated Mountain Development Japanese researchers had found a “In some of the rivers, the flow bar. When he reached the parking rest of Kohli, the couple has called [ICIMOD] sounded the alarm that majority of the glaciers in the may go down by as much as 90 space, he saw a body lying in a for a quick extradition process. 44 glacial lakes in Nepal and Bhu- Khumbu region had retreated 30- turn to pg 7 RAJDHANI 16 July, 2004; NOW! 3

good response from the local peo- the local people so that they mum 25 per cent to 60 per cent a NOW REPORT ple and also the tourists. would know that such kinds of was offered on the MRP. SITCO sale GANGTOK, 15 July: More than Apart from the watches sold products are being made in their The overwhelming response to 1,800 watches were sold in the re- at the sale, bulk OEM order of own home state.” the sale has generated invitations cently held Mega Sale of SITCO watches was also received from from Area MLAs to put up simi- a hit, plans watches in Gangtok. The sale Sikkim Chemist Association along The sale also created an op- lar Mega Sales in their respective which was inaugurated by Deepak with several trade enquiries from portunity to liquidate some of constituencies. There have been to move Gurung, Chairman SITCO on 28 other organizations. the high stock model of similar requests from the people June ended on 12 July and accord- According to SITCO, the ob- watches. A wide range of from outside Gangtok to organize ing to a press release issued by jective of the Mega Sale was to SITCO watches were on display this kind of sale in the districts and to districts SITCO, the sale generated a very mainly “create awareness among on which a discount of mini- sub divisions also.

MISSING PERSON FOUND DEAD Sikkim Introduces NCC in 8 more schools GANGTOK, 15 June: The body local NCC Bn. youth to provide leadership in all Some of the institutions which NAVNEET MILTON of Indra Bahadur Subba, who had The students of these schools walks of life and always be avail- have been allocated NCC Tps are: been missing since 10 July from GANGTOK, 15 July: National will now be able to participate in able for service to the nation. The - Paljor Namgyal Senior Second- his residence at Reykhola, Swim- Cadet Corps got a further boost NCC activities in the state NCC also provides a suitable en- ary School, Gangtok. ming Pool complex was recov- with an increase of an additional The aim of NCC, one of the vironment to motivated youth for - Heeyangthang Senior Secondary ered last evening. After a six-day strength of 500 Cadets allocated largest youth organization of the a Career in the armed forces. School, West Sikkim. long massive search operation car- to 8 more Senior Secondary country is to basically instill - Assam Lingzey Senior Second- ried out by the villagers, the search Schools of the State spread across among the youth qualities of dis- The positive response of the ary School, East Sikkim. team finally recovered the body in all the four districts. cipline, leadership, comradeship, State Govt with the instituted ef- - Army Secondary School, Libing, Reykhola only 15 mts down from This has been made possible secular outlook, spirit of adven- forts of the officials of the Dept East Sikkim. the spot where his slippers were on the requests of these institu- ture and ideals of selfless service. of Sports and Youth Affairs under - Sombaria Senior Secondary found on the day he went miss- tions to the Chief Minister and the It is also to create a Human re- which the NCC activities are pro- School, West Sikkim. ing. After postmortem the body Governor of Sikkim as also the source of trained and motivated vided all financial administrative - Tashiding Senior Secondary was handed over to the family support has made it possible to School, West Sikkim. members this morning. The Police expand the NCC activities in the - Yang Yang Senior Secondary suspect it to be a suicide case. Jyoti takes some Time Out state of Sikkim says Lt Col Feroz School, South Sikkim. Khan, Commanding Officer, 3 - St. Xaviers School, Pakyong, Sikkim Bn NCC. East Sikkim. RELIANCE OFFERS INTL. ROAMING GANGTOK, 15 July: Reliance Telecom Limited has introduced International Roaming facility for its postpaid customers. After hav- Samsara ing provided countrywide Roam- INTRODUCING ing facilities under brand name of OFF HAPPY HOURS Auto Roam for its Postpaid cus- 15%on all alcoholic beverages after 6 PM tomers, Reliance Telecom now ENJOY DRINKS & EXOTIC COCKTAILS WITH RETRO MUSIC, COZY goes global, international Roam- AMBIENCE, GOOD FOOD AND SERVICE ing facility for outroamers is now Samsara, Nam Nam Road, Below SLA. ph. no.: 220523 available across the world in all major countries with all major cellular operators. Detail information on International Roaming is available from reliance Customer Care at 9832098320.

STYLE Hotel Golden Pagoda Jyoti Brahmin autographs the wall at local pub, Time Out, where she MG Marg, Gangtok unwinded on 14th night after a hectic day of felicitations and State dinners. 4; NOW!; 16 July, 2004 NEWSSCAN Four from Sang Martam allege Political Victimisation NOW! with the complaint that that they need not come to work a NOW REPORT their names had been removed anymore as they had not “con- GANGTOK, 15 July: Ever since from the Muster Roll due to rea- formed” during the elections. the state assembly election results sons not at all related to their work Incidentally, each of them had were declared a couple of months performance. had their MR employment termi- ago, there have been constant re- Incidentally, each of them nated on 28 June and each allege ports in the media of certain people have been employed as MR em- that the order for their termination being targeted against and politically ployees since 1999 and while had come from “above.” victimised because of their political Karma Phintso was engaged with Karma, however, insists that affiliation. Alleged instances of such the Roads Department the other none of them were ever involved victimisation range from cancella- three were engaged in the PWD in any political activity but were tion of names of individuals from [mechanical]. solely engaged in their work. the BPL list to termination of em- According to Karma, “Our However, he does say that some ployment under Muster Roll and names have been removed from personal enmity between the four Work charge employees. the muster roll without any plau- and the officials could have been pears biased. A person can only be All four of them are from Sang Today, four such instances of sible reason. We were not pre- given a political colour, resulting removed from the MR for negli- Namgeythang, PO Sang which termination of employment of sented with any documents elabo- in them having been removed gence of duty or as a cost-cutting falls under the Sang Martam con- Muster Roll employees were re- rating any reason for our termi- from the Muster-Roll. measure. However, they claim that stituency. They have questioned ported to NOW! nation. Our termination was just Whether they supported the four others have already been re- the reasons for their expulsions Karma Phintso Bhutia, Tashi communicated to us verbally.” Congress in the elections or not is cruited in their place so their ex- and are also preparing to approach Tshering Bhutia, Wangdi Bhutia According to them it was a not clear, but what is clear is that pulsion cannot be understood as a the chief secretary, government of and Gyaltsen Bhutia approached Junior Engineer who told them their removal from the MR ap- cost-cutting measure. Sikkim with their grievances. Farmers awareness at Ray-Mindu STTA team to participate SPGA IS 1 Director, Extension and Training. a NOW REPORT a NOW REPORT in Siliguri tourney Among the other resource per- GANGTOK, 15 July: A meeting RAY-MINDU: A one-day Farmers sons to speak were Dr TP Lama, off with the more experienced and a NOW REPORT of the Sikkim Post Graduate’s As- Awareness Programme on livestock Dr Mohan Basnett, Vishal Tiwari, better players,” he adds. sociation Executive body was held management and production was Dr PK Rai, Dr K Pradhan and GANGTOK, 15 July: A team Although STTA is hopeful of at Gangtok yesterday to com- organized by the department of Ani- Chumjey Bhutia. from Sikkim Table Tennis Acad- good results, it is creating expo- memorate the foundation day of mal Husbandry, Livestock, Fisheries The farmers took keen inter- emy will leave on 20 July to par- sure and experience for the play- the Association. and Veterinary Services at Ray- est in the above sessions and in- ticipate in the Table Tennis tour- ers that they are more concerned In the meeting, the executive Mindu GPU, East Sikkim on 09 July. teracted with the resource persons nament being held at Siliguri from about right now, they say. body congratulated the members The main aim of the programme for actively. The training was sup- 21-23 July. The team is being of the Association on the First motivating the farmers in the rural ported with leaflets and booklets. sponsored by the Department of 27-YEAR-OLD Anniversary of the Association’s sector for economic upliftment In addition a mobile Veterinary Sports & Youth Affairs. establishment while recalling the through livestock development. health camp cum exhibition was or- According to Thupden Kunga COMMITS circumstance which occasioned it. The programme was presided ganized at the venue under the su- Bhutia, Sikkim State TT Coach, It was stated that the objective over by Sangmoo Lepcha, pervision of Dr Karuna Chettri and this tournament will offer good SUICIDE of the association to protect local Panchayat, as chief guest and at- Dr Angela Pradhan. Dr RK Tamang, exposure for the team as many JORETHANG: A 27-year-old interest in job opportunities in the tended by other panchayat members Joint Director [East] concluding the experienced teams from Kolkata woman was found hanging from state has not been achieved as has with an impressive turnout of the programme requested the partici- and other parts of Bengal are par- a tree in the forests near Wak been laid down in the Protection participants. The programme started pants to come forward with queries ticipating in the tournament. “This Mangwa Busty, here on 13 July. Rules. 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A Anthyesthi gal structures were forcibly show-cause notice was served to Kriya of Late evicted from their homes in the the house owners but this did not Padam presence of the police and other evince any response from them. So, Kumar people of the area. an order was passed on 26 May The eviction drive was super- 2003 asking for voluntary eviction. Gurung who vised by the SDM and conducted 1 pm there was no response from The eviction drive begins Around 55 house owners voluntar- left for in coordination with the Forest de- the residents, so the Forest depart- on 14 July ily left their houses at the time. heavenly partment and the area Panchayats. ment officials started dismantling not comply, thus eviction had to The rest of the five houses abode on 6 The eviction drive started at the kitchens, in the presence of the be carried out. have now been given a last chance July 2004 falls on 19 July. All 10.30 am with the house owners SDM, PI and ACF. According to Dil Bahadur to move out by July 20. friends and well wishers are being told that the last and final The house owners have sub- Pradhan and Maya Bishwakarma cordially requested to join notice had already been served to mitted an appeal to the SDM ask- of Zinchung Block, although they BUNGALOW FOR SALE at the bereaved family for them and the government had ing for an extension of a week to had received the notice from the 2nd Mile Siliguri with car offering of prayers for the given them sufficient time to find find suitable alternative. DC, they could not move out due parking facilities . departed soul at our an alternative. Speaking to NOW!, the SDM to financial constraints. A few of Contact: (m)9434042786 residence at 6th Mile, below The house owners were told to claimed that these people were oc- the dwellers who are GREF la- (r) 223354 leave their houses within the next cupying government land illegally bourers said that they too could not Housing Colony. two hours failing which they and they had been given enough shift due to lack of funds and also MK Rai (Brother in law), Robin Rai WANTED Car/ Van in good would be forcibly evicted. But till time to move out, but as they did because the rainy season made it (Brother in law), TR Dahal (family condition. Contact: Nakul @ friend). INDIAN NEPALIS ARE NOT NEPALESE 9434166413 Phone no: 232466 ®. 9832052456 (m) that his last critique will be on the Chamling’s book. 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Jenkins said. of being blamed for spreading playing a bigger role in the fight consultative process of how to Carol Jenkins, a medical anthro- “We want reforms so sex work- AIDS, said Thursday they could to halt the spread of the sexually fight the epidemic. pologist based in Thailand and an ad- ers can do it themselves,” she said. help fight the deadly disease but transmitted virus. “UNAIDS is trying to ensure their viser on HIV/AIDS, said studies Longo and groups represent- were being shunned by govern- “They say we are not educated voice is heard,” said Aurorita showed that protecting sex workers ing sex workers at the meeting said ments and agencies. enough, that we are too demanding, Mendoza of UNAIDS. “We are act- from HIV protects the whole society. they were not against using con- “We are sex experts. We teach that we use drugs all the time so we ing as facilitators for sex workers with But sex workers had to fight doms, but mandating it and regis- a lot of people, men and women don’t concentrate,” said Longo. organisers of national programs.” to get agencies and governments tering sex workers violated their all over the world, how to have But given the chance, he and The 15th International AIDS to recognize them, she said. right to privacy and free choice. sex. If we teach people how to others like him say they could Conference has highlighted the “You have a constituency out “Sex workers can be part of the have sex, why don’t we teach peo- make a difference. impact of AIDS on women and the there that is very affected by a seri- solution,” Longo said, “because we ple how to have safe sex?” Paulo “There is evidence that involv- importance of condoms in pre- ous epidemic that is going to ruin were affected by the problem at the Longo said at an international ing sex workers helps a lot,” he venting the spread of the virus. your economy. Why aren’t you lis- beginning in a huge way.” AIDS meeting in the Thai capital. said. “We can help to minimize the For some women, their only tening to this constituency?” she said. The retired Brazilian sex impact of the epidemic.” risk factor was being a faithful Mandating 100 percent con- worker, who is now a psycholo- UNAIDS, the Joint United wife. 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A little over two Women plough naked hat’s with polka dots and mighty pleased all evening. extbooks! Textbooks! The months after it was declared, but WMs. India [Earth] Jyoti THRD [Education] department that’s a minor thing. The larger for rains in MP Brahmin? Ever since the lady IT’S MINE! is totally fed up with everyone ask- picture shows that they did man- ith the threat of yet another landed in Siliguri, she has been inally, its official. Although ing for these. From students to age to get it out. And just in case Wdrought looming large, photographed sporting polka dots Fone always suspected it, this school principals to just about eve- you still think they have been do- farmers and people from all walks of and more polka dots. Her first out- time the news is confirmed. A lo- ryone. Even the State Congress ing little, the buzz is that a senior life are trying every trick in the book to ing on Bhanu Jayanti had her cal weekly now ‘belongs’ to a cer- chief had to go and snitch about it official of the department is tak- appease the rain gods. The insufficient wearing a red polka dotted sari, in tain Congressman. Apparently, the ing his new job so seriously rainfall so far has caused much dam- the Samman Sammilan she wore deal was signed and sealed re- that he has been doing age to the farmers as the seeds sowed a purple polka dotted sari and later cently. The gentleman who inspection rounds of by them have failed to germinate. the same evening she was seen at now owns the paper is schools incognito, In Bhopal, women went in for Time Out wearing a blue polka naturally very excited dressed in shorts, if the conventional ritual of perform- dotted sari. Someone in the know about the whole deal. you please! ing ‘Jalabhishek’ before idols of says that she considers it lucky. Shiva. A few days ago, the artist Word has it that she was lounging Readers however Now that’s community had painted umbrellas around in a polka dotted sari when need not expect any ma- what I call dedi- in the hope of a generous downpour. news came that she was now Ms. jor changes in editorial cation to duty. Many women are even resort- India, and ever since it has been policy and while this is ing to dancing naked in their fields her favoured look. Or is a fad that indeed good news for OSD in a desperate ritual to call on the has not yet reached Sikkim? the paper which like all here’s been gods for rain. The ritual, dating back other papers in the T much talk several centuries, stipulates that Although the lady disap- state has been a and some sympa- women perform the act under the pointed some, who were expect- victim of thy for all cover of darkness in secrecy. When ing more oomph and glamour, she fluctuat- those who dawn breaks, they put on their had many fans on her night out, ing for- have been clothes and plough the dusty earth. surrounded as she was by the usual tunes, crowned Similarly in neighbouring vil- suspects. Now take a guess who one OSDs recently. lages, farmers buried idols of Ganesh these regular party wallahs could group of One lady and Hanuman under heaps of cow be? Someone should institute a people not too happy are the dis- to the union HRD minister. official transferred to a new de- dung believing the Gods would call prize for these diehard guys. A lit- sidents in the Congress camp. What’s the big deal anyway, partment in quite a senior position the rains to wash away the filth. tle past their party hopping time, they ask. It’s only mid-term, the was very disconcerted when she Farmers in the Malwa region too but still carrying on bravely, these This rather lost group, who schools will get it sooner or later. heard that she was being referred are busy collecting donations to or- young/old men made a beeline for claim to be on a signature drive, Not worth all this fuss and any- to as the OSD. My God, she ganise marriages of frogs for rain. her from the moment she entered. feel betrayed by a certain gen- way it’s not as if this is the first thought, what could I have done In Rewa district, a local circus It helped that the lady had an tleman, who apparently egged time it’s happening. wrong? She was much relieved to was driven out because the authorities thought its presence was a “bad equally attractive elder sister in them on and then decided to opt Now, who will not sympathize find out later that in her case OSD omen.” Local superstition has it that tow, who bagged her share of ad- out of the game. Methinks, he’s with this reasoning? stood for Over Smart Darling! circus owners pitch in some magi- mirers too. As for the Time-out playing for the long haul and The fact is the department is cal nails to prevent rain so that their management, having won the bat- good luck to him. doing the best it can. Okay, it took business does not suffer. tle of celebrity presence over the them a little time to sort out the THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW IN THE HIMALAYA Brahmaputra-Indus systems but mous short-term and longterm because there is no money to take trying to begin joint glaciological Contd from pg 2 also for the Yangtse, Mekong and impacts in the region, scientists it up to the mountains. studies. Says Chandra Gurung of percent,” says glaciologist Syed the rivers of Burma which all have say there isn’t enough field re- There are signs that some in- WWF-Nepal: “Once we get the Iqbal Hosnain of the University of their headwaters in eastern Tibet. search to provide empirical proof ternational agencies are waking up figures in, we will know the real Calicut, who is studying glacier The Institute of Tibetan Pla- about the seriousness of the cri- to the gravity of the situation. The scenario. Then we can plan.” recession in India’s Himachal teau Research at the Chinese sis. At the DoHM, scientists want Worldwide Fund for Nature of- -by NAVIN SINGH KHADKA Pradesh. Such predictions are cor- Academy of Sciences has reported to do some measurements in the fices in Nepal, India and China are [courtesy: Nepali Times, Kathmandu] roborated by a small scale study in receding glaciers in Tibet and Langtang Glacier north of the Modi Khola, north of Pokhara. 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RANJIT SINGH hen Tenzing Norgay Himalayan Tiger, Nawang Gompu, Salutes and Edmund Hillary Wwere at the height of the Himalayan State of Sikkim their glory [and of the world] in cially trekking. But he also added says, is the Nanda Devi, which he the 1953, Nawang Gompu was that Sikkim had too many restric- first summited in 1964. He also just another Sherpa porter 17 years tions which served as a deterrent. says that he had always wanted to of age. In the years to follow the “There are too many restric- climb Mount K2, which is re- young lad from Darjeeling was to tions here on travel which need to garded the most difficult peak in become the first person in the be relaxed. The people here revere the world, but could never get world to climb Mount Everest Khangchendzonga as a sacred around to attempting it. twice and also one of the prestig- mountain. I respect that. Let it be Mr. Gompu is in Gangtok on ious four to be awarded the exclu- sacred and remain closed to expe- invitation of the Sikkim govern- sive title of Himalayan Tiger by ditions. But at the same time other ment and is among those to be fe- British. The “Tiger’s Badge” was smaller peaks can be opened to licitated at the Sikkim Samman awarded to those Sherpas who had mountaineering,” the Himalayan Sammilan. He says he is proud to achieved outstanding success. The Tiger suggests. be here and though he has been badge was awarded to a select few. “During the past year there were visiting Sikkim for the past half a Talking to NOW!, Mr. Gompu around 80,000 tourists visiting Ne- century, today he feels especially expressed his happiness at the de- pal only because of Mount Everest; honoured to be here among other velopment that had taken place in the same can be possible here in Nepali-speaking achievers from Sikkim in the last 50 years. Sikkim if the government opens the diverse fields who have swarmed “Lots of changes have oc- lesser peaks to trekkers and moun- here in a glorious display of unity curred here in the past so many taineers if not Khangchendzonga,” and integration. years for which I am very happy. I feels Mr. Gompu. Says Mr. Gompu: “About 20 was in Nathula today; 25 years ago At the same time, he stressed on years ago, most people abroad there was no tree standing there the importance of local initiative in didn’t even know of a place called but today I saw so many trees promoting trekking in Sikkim as it Sikkim or where it was, but due which is a good sign,” he said. was the locals who could provide lets and infrastructure,” he feels. those five attempts, he has man- to the efforts of the Sikkim gov- Mr. Gompu feels that the fu- such amenities as food, lodging and Talking on the various trek aged to scale the highest peak in ernment and these individuals of ture, as far as tourism was con- transport to tourists. routes, Mr. Gompu said that the the world twice. distinction, that scenario is a thing cerned, was very bright for “I was in Tibet earlier this year Yuksom-Dzongri trek which reached “I wanted to scale the of the past.” Sikkim. “Nepal has become very and also in Bhutan where it costs a a height of 13,000 feet was among Khangchendzonga but was denied today in commercial,” he expressed when tourist U$130 per day while in the toughest of treks in the region. permission by Mrs Indira Gandhi queried on the future of the region Sikkim it only costs U$30-40 per Nawang Gompu has at- in 1984,” he recalls. History as compared to neighbouring Ne- day for western tourists. You only tempted the Everest five times in Among the most difficult 16th July pal concerning tourism and espe- have to provide proper lodging, toi- his mountaineering career and of peaks he has ever climbed, he 1212: Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa; ARIES: You don’t get it. There’s still what they say about cleanliness. end of Moslem power in Spain 1439: Kissing is banned in time. Step politely around those who CAPRICORN: You like these peo- England aren’t helping. “Feisty” is the word ple, but how much? You’re getting THE FUTURE, NOW! 1548: La Paz, Bolivia is founded for the day - and the right one to closer anyway. Charm is sneaky. It’s 1872: Born, Roald Amundsen describe every word that comes out tue is back in style. You’re in the connection. Keep both happy. Share never difficult to get you thinking Norway, explorer, discovered of your mouth. No matter how much mood to take a casual relationship your upbeat message. 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