Even as the~ i uslice Kh!l n hun drccl cl.t ~ unc~rtam whl held or not \ of the clc~.: ur needs a \lab l ramlc:r ol d1 rocked the 1 third tran\kl of one hunu '>lrong pnllut \ laoJSl wllll:h for l J\ , thl l I ikcly ~.:r~.:.l L I muaunn hw t govcrntnlnt' .l'>l:d 1)11 CC!nll1l, d gnvcrnmc.;nLc in ~ovcm hc r r~.:ma l n'> hk,d, at Lh~.: p11nr I c.t\'lng t en l:lWcr '>tory I pu hi n eel Ul rcccn •t·~ .1 l. 1 r~ \)u,~~'-" . " " " Dcsp1Lc '>l'Vl:r! scuor h,l., t! m.tint.un \t·p~ •\long with m.tnagcmcnl 1 t his wcc.;k. t~ l ' and ecology, ( 'cp,d, what U 1 the U J \,~ ignor,tn( dJsasterc, ~~ Keshab Po Editor

iA UIC1 'CrriltSCi) De~ ffll. NEPAL INVESTMENT BANK LTD. tfru ( y a 1'/epa ( i (]J an l{. =------From The Editor SPOT HL IG TFORTNIGHTLy Lven as the government led hy chid JUstice Khil RaJ Regmi completed JL'> hundred Jay~ 1n offrcc, ll ic, '>till uncenam \\ hethcrthc clccuonc, \\'Ill he held or not. \\'1th the .tnnnunu:mcnt of thL clet:llon date, the go\'Crnment need~ d. ~lo.~hlc Cl\'d ~ei'\ ' ICL But the lran~lc r ol dn=cns of ~ct:retanc<, has rot:ked the bure<\UcraL) I h1s 1~ the third lran~fcr 111 ,, row rn JU'>l.tm..lucr nf one hundred d..1ys 1\'> there I'> a strong political lorL'l under the t PN \ lan tsl whtch I'> opposi ng thl.' elect inns for(.,\ , t he h o~L i lc <.:iv tl scrdee \\'il l l1i no threat ln the governmLnl c\·Ln ilthcre I'> nnclt.:t:Llon m \o\emhLr \c,thL J1lllrliL.d ~~.:enano rcm,un., hk.tk \\ L ll.l\'Ldt.:Lllkd tnlnok ,\l lhl. ptlOI' l'l:'>UIU, nl lhL ~H:h\lt)l 1 c..t\'Jng ( erliiiL,\LL ~: .\..tin'> lor our c1wer '>Lor) Pnlrucr=ed 111 .dl I rnnl'>, puhlrt: LdUL..tllnn .,, '>lem, \\ h1Lh rc~.:· er\ ec Desptte severe l l'l llt:l'>ln, the pnvate Flood: Curbing Damage 22 '>t:c t nr h,,.., done muc h hct lcr ln NEWSNOTES 2 mai ntar n Ne pal's Lllltcr OPINION : Dipak Gyawall 4 NATIONAL: Apex Court ma nagement t'> another h1ghltght lnr 5 POUTICS: Government's Honeymoon 6 this week. ( ;ivcn Ne pal's geography FACE TO FACE : Mohan Valdya Klran/ Suj ata Kolra la 7 and ec,1logy. disaster is no t new to PERSPECTIVE: Batu Uprety 9 Ne pal, what is new is our l

lcr risl< m <~ nJ ge m e nL DELHI DIARY : Abljlt Sharma 16 tgnoranec ol peoplc about PROFILE : Dr. Singha B. Basnyat 17 disa<;ters BOOKWORM: Blpln Adhlkari 18 TRENDS: Adltl Aryal 19 ARTICLE: Hemang Dixit 2.0 REVIEW: Prof. Dr. Shreedhar Gautam 21 DOCUMENT: Pratlma Pande 23 JUDICIARY: Abhlshekh Ad hi karl 24 FORUM: Dhana Prasad Pandlt 25 Keshab Poudel TRENDS: Bidushi Adhikari 2.6 Ediror ENTERT AINTMENT 27 HEALTH: Buddha Basnyat, Md 2.8 Editor and Publisher : Keshab Poudel, Senior Editor: Alok Tumbahangphey Senior Correspondent: Saroj Oahal Correspondent: Uma Kania Khanal, (Jhapa) Abt]tt Sharma (New Delhi) Reporter: Oebcsh Adh1kari, NrraJAryal Marketing Manager : Madan Raj Poudel, Tel. 9841320517, Nabin Kumar Maharjan Tel: 9841291404. Photographer : Sandesh Manandhar Cover Design/layout : Hari Knshna Baslakoti, 9841456791 Editorral Office: Tel; 977+ 4430250 E-mail: [email protected], PO Box: 7256 Office : Kalhmandu. Nepal Printers : Megha Offset Printing Press (P.)ltd.. Dhapasi, Kathmandu. Ph: 4363624 Kathmandu OAO Regd. No. 148f11/063i64, Central Region Postal Rogd. No. 361067/068 US Library of Congress Calalogue No. 91 ·905060. ISSN: 2091·071 1 (Print), ISSN· 2091·0754 (Online) L------NEW SPOTLIGHT June 2.8, 2.013 1 NEWSNOTE Israeli Ambassador Hanan the UK is de[erm i ned to do alltt can 'Private Goder Visited Shivapuri co suppon Nepal in its preparations for Hanan Gocler, AmbasSaLlor uf ieee, cred ible, democratic and inclusive Israel, visited Shivapuri 11c met elections this November l;or this Pres :Vlukunda Raj Prakash Ghimlre,Joint purpose, the l ' K has already provided a What kit Secretary of Ministry of I'ores l and Sl1il total of i, ~.Sm through the Nepal Peace The new I Conservation, Gopal Bhattarai, Chicl Trust Fund and J5m through UNDP," 1'\ epah econc Warden o[ Shivapuri National Park, said am hassaclor Sparkes. export and re· GoLamsts a11d a team ot people o1 the "I am pleased Lo an nou nee ... that we and !>hou ld b, are gearing up our support. Through e~ N4Lional Park Accorclmg to Embassy of Israel, the the region, the U l<'s Department lor International Similarly, Israeli am has-;ador lo chLmncys arc install ed in <.wder to development DeveJopmcnL (DFID), we arc looking N~:pcd llanan Godcr visited improv; qu•diL)'ofli [eo!' villagers and to provide an additional H m to the i\ladhavhcst, Dhading lo inspect Lo reduce smoke and air pnllullon Nepal Peace Tru '>t l' uncl And Dl:m chimneys that arc in~La ll ed in some of 1\.m bassadnr TI a nan Oodcr also visited will support women'<; participation, the houses in \ladhavhcsi h}' •tn agricultural rurm in i\.l•ldhavbcsi clcelit111 observation and training lor 1cvcl b'=cdck, an Is rae Ii Organ 1zauon and wu.~ delighted to sec iL. wurking in \lcpal. JOU1'11Lanuing P ractit ioncrs mitigation project'>: Community investment to (Moll) lor an I nclian gmnt ussistan~:c 1\ three day meet ol one hundred Initiatives lor C.n mmnn l •ntlcrsLanc.ltng, llow tlo y• n l ~Rs .-J l ~9 million lor the sixty Policy \'fakers and and Inc lusive Resource ;\ lotnagcment lhc Cl)UJl construction ol a three sLo rtcd school Lnvironmental PraetiLinncrs bcgan in In itiaL ive . 'l he project~ wi II Ioeus nn 111SlJhdity. II· bUi lding untlcr 'Jepal lndi•t I eonom tc Kathmandu on June lH. I he aim nl the the ~lic.l and I ar \\'estern regions ol bad I>' ~u llcrcd l.onpcr.tlion Program program was to hoost .~ u!>ta J nab l c Nc p•d and address the roOL causes ol because ol no l•sL,lh li shcd in 1979 a'> a l ~rimury development aeros .~ Asiot conl'l1t:L b)' b rin p; 1ng together ceo nn mic a~c SchOl)l and suhscq ucnLiy upgraded LO Addressing the opcningscs~>it1n ol the rcpn:scnl,ltives ol cnnllit:Ltng groups · dclsador Spach is atlcJed LhaL the th ree yea IL mYR'I!IJlQll · Shrestha. Friendly Cities SWI'I ('I J Asia l)top;ram is one of the ~ •_'! ... ·I "l he prod The Mmi.c;try d Federal .1\llair-; &: mo.~L suceessl ul initiatives undertaken providing loan I o~.:a l Development (Mo l-Al 1/ ), by the I Ll Lo promote sustainable own busi ncssc1 LINI( Fl Nepal and C hi ld Friendly production

assimilation of two balance ~heels ~Private Sector Engine Of GrowthI has been completed and a stnglc \R HAS"'YAT \ -\RE:\ DR \ Kt vi balance sheet will he puhltshcd at l'rc<.idcnt of Confederation of !'.cpalcsc Industries the end of the fiscal year ~we ha\'c ~ hat kind of budget do you envision? already rccci\·ccl.tpprovall rom the 1 he nC\\ budget ... hould he: a' hion.tr\ document for \;epa! Rac;tra Bank lor '>u~pcn'>ton \-=:pal\ economy It '>hould mcn:.t'ic tn\'e'ilmenl, promote of transacuons on I nda) ,"he c,aid export .tnd reduce tmport I he budget o;hould he b.1lanced In the merger procc'>'>, I~ and 'ihould he di.,tnhmcd ho.t'>t:d on the hasJC. of needs of branches of the b.tn k ., at '>arne U~Bic_.L.:.;.&:~I..i....ii. the rq~tlm, c~peLt.tll) m tht: lar .tnd mtd western region's loca[ions have been amalg.unatcd dc,·dnptm:nt .tnu prnuucll\ iL) "Same numbcrol branches \\til he expanded in other areas How do you look at the role· within the next 7·ear," so.udjn'>hi ol t he privlttc :-;ector? Alter the merger, the merged enlity wi ll have a paid up I he pr1vatl.. <>ector \\ants to capital nl R .~ 2. H b1ll 1nn, hut its rcserve~o; will make the work With thL go,crnmcnl. ·1 he uctual capilill si=cjusl double ol the l1gure. Its deposit si=c hudget should address the problem wil l heRs )9 bil lion and credit R-; B hill 1nn, making it the [uccd by t he private sec tor. The IiI Lh largest cnm mereta I hank of the <:ountry, according LO pnvatc 'il<: Lnr i'> the key to .Joshi. ccnt1llmn.: development and cngi nc Honda releases the Amaze l)l h tp; h growt h rhc new budget _..___ JH:ctl s to rcwgnt=c thi'>.l he budget l he domestic c,edan market I'> li kcly to Witness new cxcttcment With .Japanc'>t auto maJor I Inndu announcing s tn he 1n vcsllm nt I ncnd h I hl hudgct should nNix. the launch oiJL'i tllll) levd ~edan llnnda Ama=c I Ionda 's n.:vcnul nrllnttd hut 1t o;hnuld encourage pn,·at~: local dt'>lrthutnr li)'•lkar I r.tdtng < ompany (Sl ( ) mvcstmcnl tn l'l'{htl..c unport announced thl L.tr\ rnll nut .unrd a prngramml' 111 the How do you ~cc the ~ l a t e l)f the economy? capt tal cllyon \londa> l hl.. <:nuntn h.ts .dr~:.td) ~ullen:d I rom poltlll..o.tl .Jn'u <•roup. the parent m-.tahtlil) I he de\ clopml'nl .tnd cl·nnnmte sectors h.t\ l Padma .Jynu Lh.urman nlthc com pan} ol I . (S I< ch.unnan S.tur.tbh )you, Sl ( 'icc badh '>llllcrcd :-\cp.tl''>emnom) .tnd de,·dopmcnt '>UIIered s Lh.ttrman Su h mi.Jn)ll .tnd Sh 1gL ru ) ..tma::..tkt , dtrcctor and hec,tu'>e l)l non '>ertnu .. nes ... nl p1)ltllc.tl kadershtp on the c;cntor \ tle pre'>ttknl ~ale~ o.tnd m,trkcung .tt llonda ( .ars t:l:l)nnmtc agend.t I hl· prc'>enqll,1n ni th<: budget was lndta I tmlled, tnnk tht wr,tp'i olltlu. vehtdc -1 he company dd.l)ed tnlhc l.t'>t le\\ ye.tr'>, dt'>rupung thL uc\clopmcnt h.t~ tnlll,lll) tntrnduc~:d the e.tr tnthn;e ',m.tnl'i, the I lonc.la hl j1 o.tl-.o I.tt led Ll) p.t'>'>th~.: ..tel'> Ama=e 1 \11 , 1 X\II .tnd S\I I on a Lundy h.tw•.. \llthe~l pu~hetll h e \fepJ. I c~c ewnom7 \\'h.tl makeHhe ncwc.u lrnm I Iond,t'sstabh:adclight on the hnnk of cnllap~t: lor scc!Jn '>ecker'> 1s 1Ls prtce Despite tncnrporating BoKlaunches 'Mahi1a Udhyamshil Kru.ja' n umernu'> cla<;s Bank nl l..:•tthmand u (Bnl<) on ~ I nn day launc hed a new leading leaLU I'e'>, the ll)UI1 prnduct c

e who arc keen on ~ t .trting their new I londa is hkely tn gi vc sull own busmesse .~ ... sa>, ,t.,tatement io,~ued h>• the bank. "The loan comes wtth I rce tnc,urance policies that cover competillon LO the acctdental death and permanent dtsability" RoK currently Ford Fiesta (.(a<,stc and the \larull Su=ukt Oztre, the provides banktng scrvtccs through '50 branch offices, 56 popular entr} level sedan vanant~ available mthe country Al~band Sextcnsion counter'> currently Merged NIC Asia Bank to start operation "1 he Ilonda 1\ma=c t'> powerful yet fuel efficient, comfonablc yet ~pactous and ~l yli'>h }'el affordable 'vVe are NIC Bank and Bank of Asia'~ ill complete their merger aiming [0 sell around 320 untl'> of the car in the first year," process and commence operation a~ ;\JC Asia Bank from said SlC chairman Jyoll. "\\'e have been recei\'ing many Sunday. This IS the !irsl ever merger bet ween two queries abouc the vehicle ever ~ i nce its launch in the Indian com mere tal banks in the country·~ ban king history. marke[; and now since the vehicle ha'l been launched here, N IC CEO SashinJoshi said the merged bank will come we are expcccing to sec a very good sales volume." • into operation I rom J unc H) as a single entity. l-Ie said

'------NEW SPOTLIGHT June 28, 2013 3 ------...,j OPINION Nepal's Descent From Shangri--la To Embarrassment devclopmen con fide nee i By DIPAK GYAW \I I .\b~ence 111 Nepali ~01 I raveling across EuroAmerica than before Given that Nepal "enjoy~" "feudal explmters llering the villages massive clo these days one encounters two types the highest hours of power cuts per from their revolutionary actions"!) Lluaral< han fam i Iiar wit h Nepal. The vast majority day than it ever did previously, that One will, however, no doubt see and border river arc well meaning people who have overl y optimistic assessmen t should hear of com icul acrobatics by Oarch ula w either been to Nepa l or known a lert critical obse r ver~ to the incestuously selected "policy impact the local offi someone who has They had heard th.tt incongruity ot the che~t thumping evaluators" linking qucsllonablc The I nclian e things were bad in that erstwhile bravado one hear'> so oltcn the'ie days donor eflort'l to the ach tevements ol '>L,ttemen Ld htpptc heaven, but now that Nepal ha'l "I he truth of the muller t<>that, yes, ~LOG goal-., if for no other reason than nn the Indt. fallen off \\ 'c~tern media's radar, they \!cpal has achie\·ed impre'>'>IVe ga111s 111 the well f untied nature of the effort 1 or once, tl asc;umc everything is fine. One onl} man> development tndtcators, but I can person..tll} rcllect on the wrong. Loge wtshc!. It were true but explaining to unfortunately, none olth..tt has even electricity figure m It wac, early 20lH the cause of thi'> group Nepal's po litical mcsc;, the fa111tcst causal ltnk wtth any Nepal when I was chat nng the \ A ex r Dhauligang< wl11ch IS now beyond surreal, i.'> an government or donor .tgcncy po lt c:y or officio as water rcsou r<.:es min i~tc r that with.\ smal impossible task and one gets away hy d lorts. fhelormerhasclfectivclynot Lhe incongru ity su rl aeed with the the ll nnd~) mumbling .something and tjUick ly existed since 2006. and the Iauer were release the or nl f1eial how;ehold su rvey aln.:ady bad • lllO\'In~ L111 LO disCUSS the brawl on Vll too prcoccu pied this lu-.t clceade With rcsults.li II then ' Lhc ni l ici,d I igu re ror the power pl h •cre'>l conlhct re~oluuon uppnrlln~ the at.:ee~s to clcctrtclt} 111 Nepal was nL be th.tt It I'>the other lot, a knowlcdgcahk r.ulcd CAlor nation l'C'>lru<.:lllrtng to eighteen pert.:cnt nl \!ep a~hcd a\\ a m monty, '' ho~c react ions arc more 111\c~t mcantngl ulh 111 dcvclnpmcnt, populauon I hL new .. un·c:} ltgurc s .tppcn Intcrc<,llng hecau~c they potnt tn C'>pcuall) 111 mlr.t.,tructure I he'>C l't wa'>douhlc thtrt} '>IX per<.:cntl he I he real Ncpal's lo'>ll1g It'> Shangn I a c,t,llU'> ltrst rcaLliOn tn the .thn and hec·oming J shame to lnend-. along N I '\ tn Lim c,urpnsing l lLL.tt'.lkhan< ahmad I he.sL arc o!tcn people who c.hsc:rep.tncy wa<, who I'> .tnd lake out ccm to <.:un lcr head'> prevailed nn the flood have hoped that r-,cpal's revolutionary th.tt we spotted the.: pnpult\t roa cptph.my would cool their con~~icncc'> mc.:thodolnglcal thought (1/ '>tnLL they have '>tngularly hulcd to Flood in Mahakali d l'>l rcpanc} \I •\ knew n.,nhu/J, IL prl vent thctr O\\ n count ric'> g01ng thl: number of umlaLcrall~ almo'>t taset'>t nght 1 hi'> lot ,., ~atn~>, on the <.:ontrary, h n had pmndeu and \ IOIJ.Ll(ll\ 1,\( current!} embarrassed by Ncpal and bcc:au'>e of tht: humble .1nd l.t<.:clc'>'> \tmply mulupltc.:d thJt h} the average d!'>trtd mag whtle cunnu<>, would avoid di!>L'U.'>S Ing \cpaJt tolling m.tS'>CSOUt ll11)l;l'alln~Cil number of pcr'>On'> per household to 1'1\'ef tr.ltnlnl deeper issucs With cri ti c~> oi l oktantra 1/Ws.~c to the (,ult or htsL Asia 111 get the e1ghtccn pcr<.:entligurc On . the th.tt divcrte• like me. 1hey despise the curren t crop 11urnbcrs u npre~.:cd cn t ed in its history other hand, the household survey had and ~ti'UCtUl o1 \lcpali pohlicians t hey ho ped M1 and sending back rcmiuanccs LO their si mply asked· "Do you have ·1hat , and Lh much I rom , .inti arc angry with lnd iu lamilics in amounts order'> ol elect ricity?" without c l..tri that do. lor It'> double s.tanuards and lor letting magnitude more than they would have whether tt wa ~ .~tolen, generated edly 1 thLm down But ~ cpal 1~ not that tithe> had lound a JOb wtthll1 Nepal private dte'>d , sol.tr , pcltnc '> hnuld have I tmpnnant lor them to c,uck thetr II any causal link to pollc} 1~ to be m ierohyd ro. or .. u blctlrom '1llage "big ot the leuer. neLk'> out there arc newer patches '>ought, tt can probably he tr.tLcd to a men" who had It hec..tusc they could howc,·er, on they can move on to- the new Shangn 1998 poltc} reacuon hy the torctgn afford the u pi ron t depostt N EA phantom th I a darlmg bemg }.lyanmar for the1r mtntstry (led then tf I remember demantled It }.JOG was no others asap nex Lstep on the career ladder correctly by Dr Prakash Lnhani) to the achievement, but merely miscounting Thccmb< ·1be gap between rhetoric anc.J just started Maoist insurgency. That 1 bat and Lhc absence of any any election, realtty is hc.~ L illusmtled within the aid single decision allowed lor passports govern ment po li <.:y LO quickly shift anyone voti industry rega rding Nepal's having to be issued in t hc dis t ricts, away lrom lossil fue l .<~ to renewables, credentials,; achteved MDC goals.llcr poverty level dramati ca ll y reclucmg transaction which has resu lted in an esumated 520 the em barr~ has reduced quite dramaticall y, and costs lor an average ruml Nepali and MW ol diesel cle<.:LrictLy tn every guest 1-.Iahakali LrE educ.nion, nutrition and health pleasing every mother there anxious to house and shopping complex to oHset of lanakpu1 indt<.:ators have shown impre<;si\'C get her son or daughter OUt of the the official pO\ver cuts. 1he figure treaty. elccti1 improvements In one study, she has cl urches of\ laoistforced recruit men l. rivals the '\L\'s installed capacity of create an C\'e clone well even in the electricity .sector, (The \laoists had then called that about 700 ~1\\', proving that lack of not somethii with more people haYing access to it ouunigration phenomenon just money is not how Nepal's electricity about right 1.------NEW SPOTLIGHT June 28, 2013 4 ------...1 NATIONAL development dilemma should be defined it is lack of APEX COURT confidence in government and its policies. Absence of rneani ngrul govern men t is seen everyday in Nepali society's responses to emergencies. Wt lth he Constitutional Row nutsshre cloudburst in Far \Vest Nepal and India's The deC'isioo of cc ms th e lndi i.tsel f others as a puppet on strings. u nconstitut i.onal. • The em harrassecl puppet masters hope an election ­ any election , any how, for anyt l1ing, by anybody, with Global Coverage "THE GLOBE IS IN OUR HAND" an yon e voting wou ld salvage their "democratic". credentials, and they could then wash their hands oU the embar.rassmen t that New Ne paJ nas become. .] ust as Alr{ka ClfiO,.. Maha'kali treaty was to save them the embarrassment of Tanal

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Retired, Not Tired MOlle\ holds Lhc \'i Constituted under :1 political p;~ct :tmonK the four parties, the retired wiLhomlu sccrct:trit·s~ domin:ttcd gm·ernment led by chiefjustice Khil R.1j Regmi . How d hus completed its honeymoon d:ty~ elections? A 111U IO l ~y KESHAB POL DEL possi blc w I· lections or 110 elections, order or \ lid 'v\'cstcrn Regional adm itmtrator, like the Ia no nrdcr, there seem~ to be 110 has bccnLranslerrcd to the\ lini'itry of cannot holt .lltctn.tll\'e to Chtd Ju~ucc Kbtl Raj [)clcn~c (\loD). I ik~;\\ l'ic, ~ccrctary at V\'hy 1l Rcgmt's governmcnt of reurecl Lhc \uditor Gcncr.tl'~ Olltcc ( \( iO ), Sll1Lli"X ~ccn:tanc'> The go\'ernmcnt. which \,\rcndra Dahal ha~ bccn Lran~lcrred \Iter lw. \'isit Lo lntlta, lnrmer prime poliuc.tl tl \\'as constituted with thc Ln the .'!tnglc agenda I·C . The Central Rq~ion.ll mini'>Ll:r Sher Hahadur Dcuba is country ol ol ho lding the clct:tinns, atlmini'>trator, has now Ll dtl.lv Bknta, ha.<, h11 lding talks with ( PN Maoist V\lfwt ~ prc~cnted a 6~ poinl been agenda or Lranslcrred to the A< .o. 1\ week \ .udv.t, Yadavand R.uurp;1ngthem Ln hrsLnl .tch tcn:ment'> in tl ~ hundred days tn ago. LIH: government tr.tn'>fcrn:d '>C\'Cn L.th 11-lrl Ill Lht: ckcll011'> l htcl of de<.: liOn'> nlltll scLrcL.tru.:s and Ill [)l ( r'> nlLhc \lcpal LiLlllOn LOmffii'>'>IOnll" \ tl "-anl from LhL ch \'> the kgJLunaq ol tht'> PnhcL l pn:l\ \\arncd that rn.~tponcmcnl Do ym gnHrnmcnl itc'> 1111 thc II potnt "I dnn'L utH..Icr~L.tnd ho\\ Lht~ the cb:uon tl.lte t'> ltkcly LO caust: a manti? agrn:mcnl s1gncd h) the government lour maJor can hold thL elccl!ons hugc It nancial ,\n d lng1stic lo'>'> , l hey h. p.trllCS, \cpalt (.ongrLS S, li(.PN when 1L t'i bu.<>)' in translernng the 111d teaL in~ the [1ll'i'>ihilit)' nl \ 1\lc want 1 t\Ltnisl, CPN l l \II and S•tmykla Sl:L'I'Cl rht: postponement ol clccuon .~ aLL he last rneaninglul I nkL.\11Lnk 1\ Iukti ~lnrcha (S I \I \I), tt govern rnt:nt 'lhould lm:m tt ~ .ltten Linn mtnLILL That m doc\ nnt on hnldtng clccl!t)n~ have to Il'>l\'Cn il r.tthcr than hlt mer King's Vbit In prc\c tt l.uh LO hold the clccll~)ll'> tran'>lcrring Lhl t:mplny~:cc, , " '>.lid \t.l t11ne when rcpuhltc.tn \cpal'~ alan) CO'>l \ftcr the announLcmcnt nl tbl.: ( P'J I \II kadcrShanker Pokharcl llr'>t prt:'>tdent Dr. Ram Itt ran YadaY ts If the !.I clcct tnn date ol \nvcm her 19, 2lH )ll)r Hcctions I cmpo lying 111 a hospttal hcd nl I nkyo and Ourp.u' the sL· e~ln d ( :onslitucnt /\.~sc m hly, the 'v\'tlh the ann nunccmen l nl the v1adhesh ha.~ed p•u·tics urc ~.: ! aiming ~ tru gp;lc in t de~;tinn government led hy Rq!;mi allio clcclinn'> date lm.t hundred day<;, tt ( \1tnml'l'>ton, lour m.qor poltucal cnmplctcd 1m Lrtp tn c1ghL dt'>trtl.t'> ol Lhe pcopk h.t'> .tlrcady tran-.lcrrcd h1gh b·cl ct\ d parttc\ have alrcad) k1d.:cd olt Lhctr tnthc hcJrdand olthnouthr;rn plams trytng tO Cl) -.cn'.tnl'> three Lime'>, that I'>, c\'er) B elcLllon L' ampa tgn ~ . I he mnod 1'> )'CLLo Although the gathcrmg niL he people It is al ~ days, sh.lming the civ il s~.:r\' l <:c which p;rtp the nauon stn L·e ~ ~ pnl illcal wac, reported ly large, It was un likely LO elections bt 1s ~u p po.~ecl t o hold the LA elections p•u·tics under L h ~ k.ttkrship oll.P\l create certain politic:al implication in do yo u lool 111 1\.nvcmbcr t\l,toi~t arc SL ill sLaying aw.ty Irom the the n.tLional pnl tL ic~ . You can 1 ransfcr of Sccrctari c:- clccunn~ prt1CC~'> IL 1~ not clear I ikcly Scenario ln ll'> Lhtrel m<~Jor '>arc overhaul tn the "hcLhcr the elccunn wdl he held or (,,,·en thecurrLnt poltucal hu rcauuacy. Lhe ~~wcrn men t not (_ P'\ .\laoi'>L leader \lohan and ncgoti Iront1s like I} .tnd olher two paruc~ . Ill~ likely Lbat Don't the \ltn istry ol ~t: i cncc Ll1 hn yt "technology ltl t•dks only at Ler Llh: govern rn cnL Lhe c keuons may he po'>L poned aLL he and I nvironmenL Kcs hah Pn11;ad postpnn~.'> the l· lccLinn of boycotti Day sched ule last minute. As there is un<.:crtainty, BhaLt.trai bas been Lr.tn .~ r targeting 1 here ic, erred Lo November po l l ~ . Leader nt election campaigns won't reach the ~ccrctary at the Comm 1ssinn lor the \ladhe'>ht.Janadhlbrl orum l pendra the mam'>tn gr.t'>S rooL b·el. A~ there t<; no prm is ion lnvL'illgaLion of J\hu'>c at \urhomy. ) ada\ and leader of l cdcral Sociali'll 1996, reacu to change the prc~cnt government Secretary at thdditmLry of Fducalion terms Aller I Part) :\shok Rai hack \laoist leader "ILhout amend111g the II point Som I al Suhedi has hccn Lranslerred \lohan \ a1dya's .~Land the revolull< rven some agreement, there 1s no tmmediaLc La the Mi nistry ol Sctcncc, ·1echno logy pnwcrf So, wha1 ul leaders o[ \lcpal i Congress LhrcaLLo the in cum bent governmen t. ancl l•nvironmenL. ancl I have al1 CPN UM Laresaymg that holding 1he transfer of thesecrel.tries and joint 1 he secretary aL the C:lcction t he cleeuons hold the clct is mean ingl c'>~ without secretaries, however, is li kely to (om mission (L:C) Nurayan Gopal the p.mici pal ion three major government or parties dc~LJbili=e the civtl service and land \lalcgo has been translcrrcd to the ( P\ ~Jaoist, .\ladhe~hi lamhopdul Janaadhikar the go\Crnmenl tn a political \lol Atmar-am Pandey, pre,iouslythe the election r orum and l ederal Soctalist Part)'· controversy.•

L------NEW SPOTLIGHT June28,2013 6 ------...... FACE TO FACE "Proposed. Polls Meaningless" "PoJls Inevitable"

y f OH.\ '.J VAII)Y :\ Kl R.A \!, chamnan of CP0J- \ Taoist, Teadcr ol '\epali ( .ongress Sl JATA KOI RA LA. spoke hokiHth e view that his party wi ll hoycmtthe elections held to EW SPOTLJ G HT o n vanous issue'! regarding \\ithoutl ullilling their demand elections I xcerpLs How do you sec the pos~ibility of holding the Do yo u see the posl>ibility of holding the C.-\ election ~? elections? A majority of people are agatnst it. I don't th ink it is There is no allernali\ C before Ll '>. \Ve have lo hold t he pm<> i blc to hold the elections You can hold the election'> elections ,tl any eost I . You he hcltltn \o\'Ctnhcr cannot hold genu inc clccu on~ 111 the pre~enl em. umstanccs Some leaders arc demanding the resignation of the V\' hy not? cha.irman of the interim council of ministers. How do Smt:c people do not want the ckcuons under the present you look at this? poltlit.d tlrtum<,Laneec,,thcy Will ho) coll ll I hie, i'> not a Itt'> a '>heer nomen'>c Thi'i IS not a llmc to a'>k for the country ol four poltucal partie'>. resignation of the chamnan nl council ol ministers. V\lhat arc your conditions to hold the elections? Demand in~ rc~ i gnat i o n wiII ham per the elections. Fir-.L ol all, the govcrnment need'> tn postpone the d,ttc \t a lime wbcn so many parties arc opposing the ol clccuonc, Second, the prc<,enl government nccth to rCSI);Il e lc ction ~o>, how can they be held? I rom thcth.tir pavtnj;thc way for an all part) ~nvernmcnt I don't th tn l< they will boycnll the clecuons. CPN Do you think other parlics w ill agree on your Maoist lcader ' 'lo mand? han Va1dya has already said that hc I~ rcaclr to hold dialo~uc lim mean~ the)' will pMllcipalc 111 ·1he) ha\'e to agrct Our demand IS snnple and clear the clc~.uon 111 the la'>t mmute I he I lecuon ( ommisston \\'L want re'itgnallnn nf thts ~ovcrnmcnt tn start .til)' h.ts alrc,\U)' .tnnouncc meaningfu l dialogue. tlthe clccL IOil program and p.1 rLi es have ul read)' kicked oi l thci r eb :ttnn That means there will no elections? campaign Do you mean elections will not be postponed th i ~ In prc'icnt circum'>L,mccs, \\'e wtll not all\1\\- election., ,tl any co'>L time? Yc'l I .tm hundred percent If the state usc~ the force, what would you do? '> Urc that then.: will he elect ions Our party worker.'> wi ll rc~ i '>L it We wili '>LarL another struggle 111 case ol oppression Even without participation of CPt\ , 'vfaoist? \\'c will holu Oon't you think your statement is anti people? talb wtth \ .uuyajt. I knm' he i~ a very si ncere Wc arc protecting the i ntcrest und .<;overc1p;n rights ol pcr.~o n and he will not take any decision hosti le to elec Lh e people. 1\nti peoplc arc Llm'le lour parties whi ch arc tions trymg to control the '>l<~ L e power If these 'vfaoi s t~ ~-t i nccrely boycott the clc.ctions, do you thi I It b •tl~o said that your party is boycotting the n < t he elect i on~ arc po!-.l> i blc? elections because your party docs not have a base. liow As peo ple arc eagerly waiting to t.:asl thei r votes, no force do you look at this? can stop the elec ti o n ~-. . t )nthc basis of my own cxperiencc, You can see the c,trength o( our party II lrec and [air I can sar that there wil l be the clccuons ·one, arc held Our party is genumely commtucd to the Political parties arc yet to agree on t he form of right <; ol the peo ple and all the revol utionaries like ou r governance and structure of state. Why do you need l)arly. elections for CA? Don't you think your party will be isolated in case We need elections to draft the new consutution Yo u of boycotti ng the election ? cannot run the country for a long period of ume with rhcre is no question of isolation. Our party will be in interim orders. \ i\fhatcver the stand political parties arc che mainstream. When we launched the people's war in mking now,they wi ll not repeat the mistakes this time. l 1996, reactionaries a nd progrcs~ive forces used similar am pretty sure that they will promulgate the new terms. After ten years of struggle, we proved that ulrimately eonstituuon the revolutionaries wi ll win the war. l lCP , Maojst and CP N, lJML are also claiming So, w hat do you want to say? t hat tl1t:y will secure t he majority. How do you look at I have already made it clear that there is no meaning to tb.is? hold the elections at this juncture. Resignation of R.cgmi's People have already seen their rule UCPt l\laoist has government is tbe first step towards the positive direction. already been exposed among the people. I am ~-. ure that I am hopcfu I that all patties will agree with us and postpone people will vote Nepali Congress this time. • the elections in November.• "------NEW SPOTLIGHT June 28, 2013 7 ------dJfficuiLie'> lor it," said ,1 former di plomat on condition of anonymity. Accnrd i ng to a pres'> statement is'>ued h) the \linisLr)' of I oreign ,\[fairs (\lol \ ) during the meeting, 1 he \\'c matters rcbung to hilater,d relat ions, report in N Down the lJ political process, includin g the vVorld N!us1 U[1commg det.:Lions in 'Jc pal.tnd other about the im 1ssues ol mutual ~ntcre'>L were from "-l°C diSCU~~cd called lor ur During the mcct 111p;, ~Late the people C ou ncikw Yang ex11resscd that C: hi na advcr'lc i m ~ wou ld likt.: Ln ~ec pc.H:e and RccenLir. J 1mpactc; '>I dc\'clopmun 111 '\epa! .lnd I'> h.tppy to of South \s1an 1 know that the election io, talong place Si mdar!\', th< in \epa I in \ovcmbcrthis year On the 20 12 i1{clila occasion , Yang aho pledged I u ll wu rming al· '>U pport 011 be hall nl t h 1ncLCnt.:e of ul:lceuon would pave the way I ~upport • YANG'S VISIT Rcc.:cn t s political stuhili ly in the Nepal and prnb,tbi Ii ty ol political parLIC'> will \\'nrk tmvarch exccctling I Writing On Great Wall th.tl d1rccunn lO lull ill thc a'>pn·.luon Lcmpnaturc .11H.I expecL.tlinn of the '\cpalesc .1hnn Lnc pr nc.~piLL· f:1ci11~ difficulties In imp!cmcnllnf.( Chimwc prc!Jc:ct. .;, l'isilinf.( people," Y<\ng reportedly told meeting. 2 100 II Lh !CIIdcr Y;mgjlcchie hus plt:df.fcd more supportl o Ncp:t! "C hina h a~ responded positively to vulncmble [Jl1 all cctcd .md l By A CORRESJ>O 01' ~ -1 Nepal s re4ucst lor investment in pen I In .t 2 '5° hrdropowcr and touri.,m development •\!though .l number ol < h-mcse Pcopk' '> Republic of ( hina, Y.tng will fat.:c r 1n \cp.il ," '>iliU I lmnc pro1ccts, i nd utll ng 60 ~ 1\\' I mh u II ) .J icehl, and ehairm..tn 1-.hil RaJ Regm1 1111111'>Ler and .tvad.thiiiL) f A hydropower project, regional airport reliUC.'>LCd lor more lllVCS Lm cnl in lnrei~n min i'>Lcr lv ludhav Prasad early a... 20'50 in Pnk hara and purchasing< hinc.<;c hydn1pnwcr secLor, Inc luding \Ve'>L Chimi re. procc.'>.s nl dcg .urcr,tlt le.,,Lhe Scti and .. uppon to eMend the nng Spnke'>pcro,on lor thl ~11111'>Lr)' ol rate of ~now r 'l'>ltmg ( hllle'>e delegation h '>lgnccl road I orc1gn \ll,urs ( \lol t\ ~ t\rjun 2010 C'>ll mat a people arc \'U two new agreements to prov1cle In the presence nl C h111esc leader Rahaclur I hapa, who Wu pporl to "-cpal. Yang and Ne palese l11rcign mini ~>tc r va riability anq Hdore le.lvinp; lor home, Ch inese ~, ladhav Prasad Ch1m 1re, of ricia l ~ from one C hina policy a nd c;ecu rity water /l owe; '>L.ILC councilor Y.mgJ iechic, who came both the COUI1lr1CS Signed l\\'0 cooper.tLinn Lhal Ncp.d h.t~ extend ropower w '\cpa I follmnng the po.,Lponement agreements The .tgrcemtnts cover the espccJ,dly 1n regard~ to c.:urbi lcraung c nl his visit earlier, laid down the '>Lone con:>Lruction of ..t well cyu1ppcd untoward 1n<.:1clemsalong the Nepal pretlictcd vulm lor the expanc;ion ol the 10 ki lometer Armed Polil:c Force Training Academy China border. to scrinusl)' aclc. sect io n o! the ring road I rom at \,1a taLi rtha, K,tt h mancl u, and In the last one month, half ado~en As I have t prcviouc; artie! "-oteshwor to Kalanki, showing their electoml support for the [lecuon India's h1gh level secUrll) officials, LO( '>emit concern in :'-1cpal abo Commi'>s1on Chma ,., providing Rc, 1ncludmg (. hief of ,\rm) Staff and GIJ(,s cmissi01 \\'hen \epal's overall scenariO is 150 million as election support and a chief o( ,\s'>atn Rifle, chid of Indian bs than 0 02 not much encouraging for Chinese grant of Rs 3.06 bi llion for the Army's mil ita ry intell igence, visited. should be read; i nvescment, Nepal's higher ol fic ials co n ~L r uction o! the AP I Academy. As !\epal'ssouthern neighbor, ,\Jepal's is equally di ffi1 mcluding the ch.tirman of the interim "By signing the agreements, the norchcrn neighbor China also came the recenr clim council of mini<.ters Khil Raj Regrru, Chincc;e have shown that Chma ouc with a package to c;trcngrhen Dare hula chst requested more economic support contmues to support Nepal whatever :\cpal'i> c;ccumy institution Knowing The C:-.J F1 on Climate ct I rom China. ho1itil c the situation it has to face. IL is Nepal's lim itations, t he Chinese the Kyoto P lvlccc ing with vis iti ng State just immature to think that Chinese conveyed their message 111 a typical internationa Councilor oithe State Council of the will pull out from Nepal creati ng manclarm SL )'I C. • instruments-

'------NEW SPOTLIGHT June 28, 2013 a ------' PERSPECTIVE Climate Negotiations At Peril By BA TL1 CPR ETY

The World Ba nk published a reduce G II Gs em issions and adapt to re.duc.ticm w ith locus on bui lding report in \ovember 2012 on 'Turn climate change impacts. The meetings capacity for adaptation taking a case 11 Do'' n the I feat· \-\'hy a 4 C \ Varmcr o£ the Subsidiary 1.3ody (SB) for of '\cpal Climate Change Support \\'oriel \lu<.t he Avoided' to inform Implementation (S1.3) <1ncl SH lor Programme, funded by DriD and EL'; about the impacts and vu lnerabilities Scienliric and Technological Advice (iii) cnhancinglwowlcclge on [bA at decision from a ..J.°C ri se in temperature and (SBSTA) were held in1.3onn, Germany mailing level in the Adaptation called (or urgent action to safeguard from 3 to H june 2013 The SRI cleab Knowledge Day 1\', organized by the people and resources from the with aspect!> related to the L NLP, and (tv) GI::: organ1scd side ..tdvcrse impacts of climate change. implementation of the Convention event on \ 1atinnal ,\claptarinnl'lan (NAP), RecenLly, a repon discussed the antlt he Protocol and S BST A l"roviclcs adnptation costs, and clima tr finance impacts ol ~uch temperature rise on scicntil ic and technological advice to readiness In the last event, I h tgh Iighted South i\!>l.tn Ioocl and en erg}' securit }' tmplcmentthcm 1 heSBSTA meeting '\i\P proces-; .1nd l.FG developed Similarly, the World rncrgy Outlook also drafted concl U'>Jnns and dectsJOns Tcchntcal (lutdellnes, and '\cpal's 2012 Indicated that global mean on bsucs related to RI!DD•, 1\hurobi in itiatives on climate change mcludin.g wa rm1np; above the pre industrial Work Programme and Agriculture for Lhc N/\P proteM. I urged the developed period would reach to 3 sue by 2100 COP 19 But SBI could not negotiate country Partie'> Lo provide .tdequate thcreb) , )cvcrely threatening the on i~'>ue~ 11nport..1nt to us '>Uch as lund~ to replemsh the II)(. l·und existence ol human bc1ngs and other climate .tdaptatton, I DC mallcrs, whtch support :\API\ · su pporL .~ys t ems 1n Lh IS planet finan ce etc as Be larus, Russian implementation, including the need Recent studies pred1ct a -+0% I: cdcr.ttinn, .tnd Likraine chd not agree lor ltnking citic.~ and climate change prohahlllt)'OI world temperature ri'>C to adopt the agenda "I he two excecdmg I <. and a 10 1~,thcrcforc, temperature ch.lnp;c exceed ing "it a waste \1lti mc in the e l1 maLc above the pre indu.'>triul period hy negotiation. II SH I ugcn cla ., ll)l) II th.lt happen~. climate item I'> adopted aL \\'ar'>aW,It 'ulnLrahlc poor people" Ill bcgre.ttl} will be dllficult to have .d fcctcd and th<.:ir CXI'>tenee wil l he .It com prthcnsive dectstnns for peri I. In a 2. '5 11<.. warmer world, Nepal the bene Iit nf the I IX .s. If SB I will lace reduction'> in \\later agcnd.1 1 ~ not .tdoptcd at a\ailabillty lor lood producuon a<, \\' a high carl) as 20'i0s It mtp;ht be due to .t pos<,ibdlt}' that lt will affe<.:t the by promoting l· b/\ to enJOY from process or deglaciation and increased preparation ot the legal ly b1nding ecnsystcm services. rate ol snow melts. Nepal''> "1/\P/\ in instrument by 201') The I DC l·.x pcrtCrouporgan1zcd 20 10 estimated that ahout I 9 million \!cpa! used the Junc meeting I rom a "i,\P E'(J}() Lcumdwrgaftlic \i,\P Process people arc vulnerable from chmatc LWtHpproachcs. (i) chairing the I DC in I D<.s on 9 .June 2013 at Bonn 1 he mduced tli..a.~tcrs.ln adtlitinn, incrc•L~ing group ol ·19 countries; and (i i) <; haring N/\P FX [1 0 was also addre.~sed by vanability and long term decrease in what Nepal has done on climau.: l)rakash Mathcma, Chair of the LDC water !low~ wi ll directly aflcet adaptation. The <.:hair o( the [ DC (;roup I moderated two scs'>ions '' ·dropowcr gener meeting with negotiating blocs, and '>uppon to the NAP Process from predicted vu lncrahilitycalls upon Nepal making statements on behalf nf -+9 developed countries, GEP, l JN and its to seriously adapt to climate change. T DCs in plenary sessions. I was specialized agencies. As I have been mentioning in my engaged 1n <;baring Nepal's efforts on Th1s June meeting was a new previous arllcle in thi.'> maga::ine, -+9 climate adaptation through experience for me. -1he Government of LDCs emJt about -l- percent of the total presen tacions. Nepal may wish to strengthen G 11 Gs em iss ions wi th Nepal's share at Presentat ions we re made on : communications, encourage en hauced less than 0 025 percent I fence, we (i)NAPA and EbA (Ecosystem based participation of /\sian LDC.s, engage should be ready for adaptation, wh1ch r\daptatnm) Projects m ~epa/ in a special more :\epalese, and further promote JS equally difficulr as is evident from session on lntegratmg EbA OJ>tWilS into in country coortlination on climate the recent climate-induced disaster in Urban RI'.S/JOnses in Asinduring the 4'h c.hangc negotiations. [n a nutshell , Darchula district. Globall'orumon Urban Resilience Ronn meeting was not procJuctive as The UN Framework Convention and Adapracion, (ii) UNrCCC SB I could not adopt its agenda and it on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Secretariat organized Durban rorum will have significant impact to COP 19 the Kyoto Protocol (KP) - the on Ca[?acity Bui lding workshop on scheduled al Warsaw, Poland in international legall y-binding building climate resilience in Nepa l: November20 13. • instruments - entered into force to integrating climate dwnge inlo lJOVcrty

.__------NEW SPOTLIGHT June 28, 2013 9 ------_. COVER STORY

Currently, EDUCATION curriculum "iLhm Lhc '>Ludcm lad'> LO \\'all & '' permtLLcd lt ha'>t:han~cd Growing Disparity .'>UbjeCL\, ht: the t::xam 111 ..til faded '>l .l'>~essmcnl I Although the role of private schools is highly l hL 11'h nl •\L 1he Oil I xamtn..tlinl criticized, recent results have shown that I d uLatmn,, managL a1 are enhancing Nepal's quality of exam inuli n they pa<>'led a rul <; tude Ill lad education. However, disparity of educatio~ marks, Lhe\ ·.. u :e m.trk~ I vcn wtL in private and public school is growing. ~I ( bn..trd l: many '>Ludt 1n Lhc rett! B). \ RY \\ R \JOl Rl \ }C , lhL that h.t\'t ~.tnJ.lna \\',lgk, l"i, a slutknl of reached 111 cia'><> 10 Out of them, on I} IO'h ~r.tdL , Lhu-. m..tktn~ the I mal exam I ennrmousl\' Shanll B.tr-,h.l Prt\ .tlc I nglt-,h ~ students passed Sthool I e,l\ tng tmmen'>cl> tmporL..tnL and gt\'tng Ill he In 2009, Bo.mltng lltgh Sthool ol Dama~dt, 1'50 ( crllftcallon (SLl l·xam I hi'> year·., cognomen 'the Iron ( ;,lLC' 69% pa'>'>L Ktlomclcr ol \\t:~l ol t.lpll.d ol Sl ( re~uiLsrat<>eutheque.'>llt1n'>,lhmtL I here .tr<.: dtl[erenl exam hoard'> tndl\'tdu.d' "'.llhmandu, '>eeured 9 ~ ;7 pereenLage Lhe government tnvcslmenl 111 '>Uh~llluLe Lhc .t\'o.u l,thlc th.tl c.tn lor Wtlh 20,1()) 1n :-.1 ( edue.llH)I1 She ts reportedly eel u caLl on sector where Lhe Sl ( llowcvcr, 0lcpal''> n..tlional illegible to 1 second Lop per ..unong gtr l ~ government inve~Ls over ~7 btiiH)Il cducchon ! ~<.:nera ll ons have Laken it, Almosl all insul fi cicm M.:hnols. /\ lthnup; h I 1.'57 pcrccnL passed chi ldren . 11 owcan wt:cxpecL a quality an ti there is pride in usLudcnLge LLi ng b e~.:o m c hl aL mtl 111 Sl c. 2069, Lhe pcn:enwgc ol cdlll.:ntion in suc h '' low investment? murk.~. L. exams arc gnnd Sl exampl e, 1 govern mcnL c;chl10is disma l 'v\'e need to dt:vc lnp min tmum imporlunl" isLricL, 111 a "'l his year''> Sl ( resu lts were very standard of management committee Student'> .tre relluircd to Lake student pa~s un lonunate. l)ut ol 100 '>Lutlenls and pcrlormancc of the teacher~ with a cort: cla%t:.'> and examinations, Why at enroll ed 111 government primary 1 is l he need of a huge cO'>l Ior ol fcred .l he here lew more l)plional ela'>scc, suddenly fat school'>, only 3 students pac,scd out improvement of yualiL} ,"said Dr Sam grade~ , with the fall uno 5 eutcgones with Lhe1m11 SU I he dmpoulal cl.t'>S II\ c ic, 50 and Lal Subedi , outgoing secretary at (above htghe'>L onc being Oi'>tincuon put upon Lhe t:hcre rcmam JU'>L I ~ al u.:nLh grades \ltni'iLr} of Fducation and no" 80°,,) anti the lowc'>l bemg 3n1 diviston harder? A c~ I hts mdtcatcs Lhal there i'i ju'>L 27 <>ccretary at \lmt~Lry of Sctcnce, ( noll) II .Ill) ~Ludcnt doe~ noL score would like ll perccn[ pass out tn go' ernmenl Technologyand l· n,•ironmcm. than ~2°o ) , it is "~do'>L peopl< -,ch~_Xl fs lim years' pass percem.tge of Around this Lime of year, the thq failed ,lcknowlcdgcd that because It ts pri,~aLc schoolts 87 puccnl," '>atd Or. School Leaving Certificate (SLC) Lo the SLC \ccordtng and there ts s Baburam Pokharel, president ol examination results arc the eptccnler was first admini'>Lralor~. the exam can not focu: PABS0\1. of every current \Iepali lO'h gr.lder\ taken in 19H. Stncc then, many When .1 According lOa recent <,Ludy, Olll or lile If a st:uclent cannot pas.sthi'> exam, ch.tngcs h.l\'c taken place. t;or socieq• Cl l 100 srutlents, who are enrolled in they will not be qualified (or further exam covered example, pre' tou.,ly the in com pcren govern mcm schools, only 17 students stucl1es. In 1\Iepal, high school ends at 9 and 10 the syll..tbu~;c~ of grades attitude givt '---.....~------N EW SPOTLIGHT June 28, 2013 10 ------....1 COVER STORY Currently, only the IO'h grade curriculum is lakcn into account within the exam ll 1therto, once a ~tuJcnL fails in the ~I (. , he would ha,·e to wall a whole year hclore hc1ng permitted to take ll aga1n That rule ha~ changed II 2 or le'>s subject'>, he or .'>he I'> allowed rc take the exam in a few month.c, ·1hi'> year, LU<.knt'> <.an repeal the a<;SC~'imcnl from the l'h ol '\Up;U'>LLO the IJ'h nr ;\up;U'>L I he Of l1 cc nl thr.: ( nntrollcr nl Ex.tminutinns 1s under the i\lini<.try nl Etlucauon , and lbnuin fun ction i.Hn man age and control th e S I ( examinations. 'I hey h.tve currently passed a ru le, which slates l hat any student fail1n p; because ol ) nr less marks, they wd I he cligihk: tn receive ·ace marks in order to pa.ss hen w1 th the mnpldication 11r the Sl ( hoard exam rubanc.J regulation.'>, anxiety and self <.IJsappn111tment. I he i\ b·t:l-; lo the IB hnard . I Jowcver. most many '>Ludcnl'i have ladcc.J t11 pa% Ncpa l e~e society con'>lder!-> the ~ ~ ( Ncp.d1 ~tudents aucnu +2 sc h ool~. 111 the recent )'C.lr'> In the lac,l ~ exam With a lot ol Importance So, I hue,, It 1s cxlremcl)' important to year<,, the percentage ol 'itudcnt-; what does a student do when he or .,hc 1mpnH c the qual It) and the that have pac,scd h.l'> dccl1ncd fall the so called most importantt:xam <.urnculum ol thc th.tl ( urrentl}'. the) .trc notllttocompete In 2009,nutnl ~ 12,6nexammces, completely fail the exam WJll mlcrnauon..tll) 69% P•l'>'>Cd I h1s year, ) ·~7 . 16) .tnx1ousl)' ullthe next year LO rc take 1\lso, a pmblcm lor Sl C -;tuclcn ts 1n<.IJviduah applictltn take the exam, it llowcvcr, some Lake ll a liLL ie I'> getung Into,\ ~chool. Schoolc; have With 20,10) lcavmp; hec..tuse they wt:re I unhcr I hi ~ year, afL crthc SL<. I'C'itdl ~ begun to nth•crllsc their college illegible LO take the exam. In April. came out, 7 gi rh from diflerent Ncpuli through the newspaper and other such 511,16 '5 ~ lud c nt !i appeared ready Lo towns and ci ties comm 1LLccl .~ uicid c lorm.'i. 'l he number of +2 colleges is take the exam, and o nl y 176,2'5 $ "I hey had all fni led. grow1np; annually. passed. In the rl! cc nl yca rc,, the There are many things t hat th e Prom, J'r in ity L11 W hitehouse, in surficicneic.c; of the results have socicl)' and the parent of SLC mking students has a h1rp;e army o[ choices. become hlat•ml Lo the publi c eye. For .<> tudcnts need to be carcf ul of. i\ liulc ll ow do studcntschoose? Mr. Sharma, exam ple, in the Sa nkhuwasahha more press ure or a mal icious ttuip as a parent says, "There are a lot or istri cl, in all 9 schools, not even one about grades could be the reason lor choices, but everybody wants to send .~ tud cnt passed the Sf C. these students committing sul·h a thei r chi ld to a school with a good W hy a rc so man y students crime. The stress and anxiety that reputauon For exam pie, St Xavier's' suddenly fadmg? Dne~ 1t have Lo do comes with exams triple when you fai l college." In a well known college, like with the immense amount of pressure An ish, a student, says, 'Yes, the Sl C is St XavJer·~. the competition is fierce. put upon them? Arc the exams getting stressful. Yes, it's a lot ol work. Yes, 1f i\ lot of students have a hard time harder? A current Sf C student, who you fail it will be horrible; however, it's sccunng a <,cat. Some sllldent:s don't would like to remain unknown, ~ay~. no reason to kill yourself. We need to even get into one college causing them "~ l o1.t people did not do well this )'Car prevent these suicides that aren't even co either work or look for a higher­ because it is hard The exam IS hard necessary." level education substitute. and there is so much pressure, and we Even after the results come, Once a student manages ro get into can not focus." students are frazzled and stressed a school, they must choose their W hen a person fajls the SLC, because now they will have to apply stream. They have a choice between society either considers them and then get into another school or humanities, science, or commerce. An incompetent or lazy. This type of 'college for higher studies. They have abundance of students still are not aLtitude gives many fa iled students many choices ranging from +2 to the sure of what subject to choose and this

'------NEW SPOTLIGHT June 28, 2013 11 ------...1 COVER STORY 'We Need Digital Board' "The DR. BABl RAM POKIIAREL DR. RABl lRA V1 PO KliAREL. I hIS year's Sl L resu lts were very At a lime prc~ident of the Private .tnd Boarding unfortunate Out ol 100 <,tudents is fa cing ., Schools Organi=auon. ).cp.d enrolled 1n go' crnment pttmary S0\1L\I ~ (P \BSCl'-:) and founder pnnciple of -.chool'>, onl} 3 <,tudcnu. p.tssed out transfern.:J t \ S 1\1kctan College, -.poke Lo '-EV\' Sl ( ·1 he dropout at cl.tss ll\·c ic; 'iO \'Cars' J1r.l'>'> peru:ntag-.: of Excerpt'> the country, why is there always rm .llt' '>ehool i~ H7 pt:rlCill If Onl 1\ow thl crit iCism directed against them ? Jn,\l~=~.:'i th1. pcrlorm..tnn ol investment I here IS no douht th.tl private gtn anment ~cbonJ.... wmp.tnng them I or ln'>tl hn.mlmgschool'i hr.~vc hr.:cn m•tkingan \\'IL h prl\' pnman lt:v l i111TIL' n~c contnhullnn 111 '\cpa!'<. pathclll lnslc,td nl lm1 long .1L the: in tcrnatllll\ r.:dw:.tuon S}'slcm intu·m.,of providmg l.ulurc: n l thc~O\ 'l r11111ll1tM.honls.civi l s pcndin~ ,1 th1. l( u.thL) cducallnn lim 1' malln so~: 11. L' gu.lrd tans .tnd go\ u·n mt:nl pnm•m '>Lh\ ol pmk lor .til ol u-. I here .m: about .. hou ld stop ~p~: nd mg Lh-.:n ll m~.: 1n expect J liU H,lllh l prn ale '>ehonb ~nuu=m~ th~: pm.tlt: s~:hools "h1~:h \\ lll\.C\ltn llo\\ do you rnalI inn:"t ment pattr.:rn? d.I\S, Lhcrt I'> on I\ nn-.: d,l\ '' IKn .til ... ure Lh.tL m.tn\ htght:l' w~:ondan comm1llee, I hln.:.m l.R mil linn student'> with tl 1flcrlnL -.ukchnl~lr.:r.., h.1il the pm·r.~tc '>LhlHll'> \\ill h: '>hlll dl\\\11 I\'(;;, 1">0,0()0 u.:a<.:hcr.<. ~lm l u11p l nyccs who .sciHlnl.., I teacher~. I~ he d.tv lll hr1ngmg out Sl ( pnvaLc schl)Ob wdl h thL cost lor 11np da) to hatl pm .llc tt.)ugh t1m1. \l.tny 1Ll+l 2~~.:h\)()b\\' lll hl. t1ppnrtUnlt\' \nNdill)!; lO tht: s~. hllnl'> .,hut d,m·n ca sie\t ".t\ gn\ ~:rnm~:nt'>Wtl'illtc., l he~~)\ ernmenl \\hat is the .,t udt.:nt 'crl'-u., lim\ do you ddinc the role ol 1mpron l~ IS .,p-.:ndmg 0\'Cl' o'\ hilhnn rupees lor l.'\IKnditurc ratio? P \BSO'-? c mpow en n1 6 H mdhon '>Ludcnts I he gnwrnment I hl' govern mcnt spc nd.., R., I')()() .t accounL..tbilt1 J1 \B ... ()~ IS 110\\ 2) ~c.tr'> old and ncLd., Ln '>pend o\Lr I') htlhnn l.or I H mtH1Lh lnr ..t !illalcnL 111 glw~.:rnmcnt Docs IL 1s gl11 ng Lnw•mb m.1L ui'IL > \\ '<: wi II the mdhnn '!lUdcnt'S IL ~hnw~ that tht: sdmnls 111 l\athm,111du. 1\·r sLutknt to allocate f h.I\'C a ~~.:ncr•d C\lnvcnL inn 111 the pl l\'.llt: '>I.Cll''r I'> '!.1\ 1ng 1'1 hi Ilion l\j)l'11tltture Lll I .d1Lpu1 distn\.L is R'> In tkwln t·o1mn~ J.u1u.tn \\'h,n I ~.:,m.,ay ~~ th.lt rupl:t:'> lnr 1 he g1wernmcnt''> ~:nlkr-. llJlH\ pu rn''nth I h~:rt .1rc m.ln) dunng Ill\ tenure ,l., thl.· pn:'>ldcnt, I civil n:gl\L \Inn~ \\ llh Lhl~ \\e h,l\'l: l:'>L.tbltsh-.:d pri\,ILC '>l.b\lOI<. whu.:h .lrl.: LL',tchlng h,t\'l m.1dc .tllt)Ul cllllrls Ln enhance 1ncludc\ Lhc r l:dUl.ltll)n lnslltlltWll~ \\ llhln tht: student'> 111 mulh hl\\(r pnc-.:c. ol R.. Lhc pr~.:'>llgc ol I' \BSt )~ .1'> \\ell a<, the hou~ehnlth UHllllr\ L\) prO\ H.k liU.tltl) ~:dUt:J.llnn, tWO llll nr 1000 llll lim "',t utrccl pm .ll~ ~~.:h,lol<. \<, .1 p~:r'>nn h,t\ 1ng .1 schoo l~ Jnd Lhnch}. ~toppln)J; the mnn~:\ fn)tn p..t) mc:nt.md govl..'rnmu1L cxpu1thturc keen lnluc.<;t in tht· .lt·atlem~, I um particu lar .tr gn1ng to In reign ~.;ouiJtn-.:s. Despite al l i'> ltltiJrecl CXpL11'>L \\' lllt:h IS ill\'lsihk m.ddng cl fort., L11 c~Lah l 1.,h .1 dd lcr~.:nt adcq uall: I 1 n the.~L .tcht~:vemcnt~.lhc cl\ II ~n~:lll\', l k~pltl Stt<.:h b1g 111Vt:'>LinU1l'>,therc IS JdLIHIL)' 11l the pnv.tLL -.d11)nl~ local bodksa gu.tnhans .md g,wcrnmcnt .trc yet lll nohlKI\ t11 ~.ompl.un .d)oUL the r <.tin ,llLl:J'lthe COntnhUll011\ l)j the pn\'atl: gm nnrncnt schotlls pcrsu.1dmg the pm .1tc .uuJ hn.trcl our eou s~:honl., i(ferent J'i I SC1.l1'r \\ -.:don'tg-.:llhedue r~:n~muon lluw do you look at the Lt1 mme ll) lnlt)f'Jn,ltl ,.., .1 president ol I'ABSO:'\, In\ goal1., situation in 10•12? <. ommun1~.:aunn lcdlnolng) 1<. I lhe reacher~ .tr~: 1111,, t11 make p~:oplc rcah=~.: our l)ut: tnlowc:r numher ol '>tudcnls tr.tdilHlllal cducallnn '>} -.Lcm ncctb to term plan J enntnhutinn and geL the rc~.:tlWlllion .tnLl p.t.ssi ng out S1 ( ., m.t ny higher c:h.tnge ( .ommunlt) schnoh hav\. develop dm prt:'>Ll~t in thesoctcty \ lywhnlethrust '>L:c1mdary <;choob 111 runotc parts of alrc.tdy learnt our technique \!any meas ures to ~ I'> tn CStahltsh cl st•p.tr,lll: idt:ntit) ol tbc \!lp"'l WILl he '>hut dm\ n t.ov~:rnmcnt schll\) 1 ~ ha\t alreacl\ '>t.trtniiC 1, \\'e What ibl pnv.tt~.: <,cetoreducaunn I'> nm\ r<.~ndt11111} gl\'ln~ pcrmis~ion w.tnl to give onlme ~:dueaunn U'>Jng There <.tn \\ hat are your 'icws on SLC "ILhout .tnY m.tpping I hen: an.: the multi medi.t \\ e need to 29.000 ~e~ results? c,~:hool<> every" hac I here ..trL M:hools \Ill roJ uct the dtglt<.tl bo.trd • governmen1 middle ~ch~ lead s to a lot of dilltctdL1cs. Anish been talk ahoUL etLh er <:hangmg the ctlucation in ,'Je p ..d i\hroacl, primary sd commcntccl, "lt's as hard students to Sl L board Loa more student friendly graduating from 12'h grade is a big private sc h o~ choo~c ~>uhjec ts to study that we're not o ne , or cutting it out nf Nepa l '~ thing, in '\epal,gr..ttluating 10' 11 grade W hat is even ~urewewant. \\'h..tt if we change education system all together An ish i-.." !-.harma agree~ . "The) cou ld make teachers? our mlllds)" ~ay'>. "'[he SLC ~houldn't be cur off I the board student fncndly, but the There a In the last couple ol )'Care;, there has because that's rheclim.tx of a person's Sl C. should sta) ."

1...------NEW SPOTLIGHT June 28, 2013 12 ------....1 VIEWPOINT "The Situation Is Very Complex In Education Sector" DR. S0\11 LAL Sl lBEDl At au me ;\epal's educanon system teachers Nov,,, 13 ,000 permanent IS r.1c 1ng SCVCJ"U( challenges, [)r. Leac h c r ~ will be added. I here .trc I..J. S0\11 I.AI Sl ii3 EDI , who luls been ci Hfcrcnt kinds or teachers. ·1 he translcrrcd t his week from secretary at teachers recruited and ~upportcd hy i\1 in i<>try of I·ducat ion to secretary at local hoc.lies are not incluc.led II we i\l1 111~try nl Science 1 c~.:hnology .lnd W ~ Xf.:erpt ~ \\e have pr0\1ded all k111(b o! How do yo u sec the level of Lu:d1LJe~ to the tt:aLhcr ~ .l'> per With i n\'c~t m ent in 1>Chools? c1 \'II '>ervant'> but Wl: .u-c yeL to u~e the I nr ln'>t.tnce, the mvcsunenl 111 teachers properly 1 here involve'> a lm prlm<.tr) lcvd I'> lowLr in terms ol ol poli tical pressure even 111 the 1ntcrnuunnul .'>tanclards. 'vVt an: trunslcr of pri!n Ul')' tCU eh a )c-., 1t \MIC'> [rnm dl'ilrllt to ln Vc '>tment \ \'e need to <.k vdnp dl'>tnLt .1nd tt dcpLnd-. upon the t:omp.uall\'eh h1~hcr than the m11num -.t.tnd.lrd ol mana~cmc1H 'itudcnttcacher r..tllo and co'>t 1ndex government c,chnnls Unly ..titer the comm1ttte .1nd pcrformum.: c ol thl II thcre art more pm.ltL c,<.:hool'>, the mcrement of 111\'C'>tment , government tf.:..lchu-. I hcrc I \ the necclnf a huge number ol studcnL'> I'> lower 1n '>chools m.1y .1lsn <.'om pete w1Lh pn\'atc cost lor 11npnwcmcnt oi quality I he cnmp.~rable govt:rnmcnt st:hnnls ~chools . Per ~o~tudcnt 1nvcc,uncnl in l:.ISIC'>t way to make the change .1nd llighcrLhenumbcrc,ol pnvatc<>chonb, private sc hool 1 .~ mut:h higher than 1111 prnvc t he quali ty is t hrough lesser the pressu re ol 'illltl cnts in govern ment sc honls. Ave rage empnwcr1ng the comm uni ty wit h ~nvc:rn m e nt .sc hools. llowcvcr, in i nvestmcnt lnr the studen t in going to :.tecOUI1 tabi IIt y. re mote part<; ol Nepal , Lhc numbers ol private schonl l'i HlO dnllur-.. Docs the Ministry follow)Hll'lll!'. pnvatc schools arc lower and ~tllll cnt'i How muc h money is the to allocate ru nels for schools? in govern mcnL !>chool.trauon sptem, whH.:h sc hoo l ~ added ann ually? \ lmtstf) prn[X)'>e'> .ltld1Uonal R., 26 mdudc .'> the number of fam11ics 111 cat:h l he numbers of school'> mert:a..c on billion commg hudgct l here isannu&l hnu'>t:ho l d~ Linder thi'> norm, the basi~ the Inc remental \Jow we arc increment nl educ.ltlon buclgcL at an <,chonls . average: 15 pe rcent per ann um p•u·llcubntrcas. llowever, there is no W hat is your im pression about Ministry has requested 20 perce nt adeq uaLc lin kage bct wetn schools, e ducation system in 1'\ cpal? increase this year. Out of the total local hod ics and vital registration data 'I he situation is very complex in budget, most ol the money goes for 1 our count ry, the situation ts ed ucation sector We do a lot ol policy salary, pension and oL her things There d lcrcnt ao; the quota of schools ..lllcl inLcrvention at the cen ter but we is very nom tnal budget lor teachers arc allocated without long r.1rcly look at the implemcnt.ltion side in(ra!.tructure development and term plan and VISion \\'e need to Instead o( brining new pohclc.s, there training \lore th

L------NEW SPOTLIGHT June 28, 2013 13 ------__. INTERVIEW

coun t ries I "Education Should Meet 21st Century Needs" A me ri ca ar GOVl .'J DA RAJ JOSHI cannot ru n Amcnca''>ll \\ 'ith 25 years of experience mthe nominal budget in the ed ucauon to look support rrom the pri\rat e arc run by ed ucation sector, beginning h1s stinL sector. ·1 here was no policy. The sector. '1 o provide qua\jty cd ucat ion to conc~.:pt of as a school teacher and working his c urric ulum in th e ·1ribhu wan at all levels, I reali zed tbat there was govc rnmen way up to beco me the i\ll inister lor l lniversity had not changed much tbe neetl to develop a public private h~.:a l th and1 I ducation, Nepali Congre.% leader since 2028 and the c,amc was the ca'>e partner'>hlp \\'e Introduced a policy rhegm·ern GOVl"DA R-\j JOS HI , a liberal with pnmary and h1gher c,econdar) mviting the pn\'atc '>ectnr from fa eli itator democrat, is a known name Jn the I 1cld. eclucallon. The re was onl y o ne primary to un iversity leve l and up in I rasl ruct l ie vvas a key person to change Nepal'<; uni ve rsity and the gtw~.: rnm e n l was providi ng technical cdu ~.:at i o n . W hen joh to decic. ed ucation system by encouraging unable to provide the budget t o t he I wa~ t he education mi ni.'otcr, we had \I\' hat s public private partnership \t .tLJme education <;ector ·1he option bdorc me ju'>t one ~.:nglllccring college .tnd one of the gov! "hen there arc growmg debate'> over \\as tn ln\lte the prl\atc <;ector 111 medical college l hcgm thl.: 4 ua\ity or edueali on,.Jo'ihl spoke education. W hat changes did your policy a.'> tO hl1W Lo NEW SPOTI IG I-I T o n various W hy did yuu w ant s uc h a hring? monitor at 11>s uc~ regarding pr ivate inve'>tmen t in change? Alter Sl ( , paren ts were com pelted .o;~.:ctnr I he ~.:dutallon lkt,tusc of the l.td: nl budget, the to '>end the1r thliJrcn abroad for quallt} ~en• How do you look at the !>tate or Trihhuwan l nh· cr~IL} and the education, '>ptnthng.t hug~.: <~mount< ':\ 011 1tOI'IIlg 'lepa lese education? \·llnlstry ol Fclucat10n were un able tn loreign c urrc n ~.:y . We n e~.:dc tl lo sto pnrtant l Nc pal 's ~.:dw.:.tli cm system h"' ~ been in crea<>c the budget Lo cx Lcnd t he this t re nd I here wus a tr ~.: nd that 1 n t rn d u~.:ct p.t s~mg through a very cnllcal tunc. sc h ool~ and campu'>e'> . It is an people uc,cd to send thei r ~.: hi ldrcn ~.:ontep t , un 1he recent perlormancc 1n the School international norm that th~.: abroad \\'1th an a1m to c.lc,·clop .tnd public I ca' mg ( crurtcate exam'> mdttatcd go,·crnment U'>u.tlly spend!> more ed ucatiOil lllSlltUllOn In thCt:OUnll)' tO edu~.:ation ~e how the gove rnment in vestmen t 1n bud ge t Ln th 1.: prima ry level nl provide quality ec.J ucauon, we opened 1nthepol edut:atio n was bei ng wa!-itcd I he education, ll owcver, the situation hen; etl ucatinn sec tor lo private Pn v.tte ~cc tc pos1uve side h that the private ~thoob wa'> ddlcr~.:nt . 1 he university got a inve'>tment Actually, ourdet:I'>IOn has i mprnvt th havt uonc rcall} \\ell, ~hnwm_g the h1gher ch unk olthe budget There I'> been J1UCCC!>S of pnvate 1nvc.!>tmcnt sull the demand 1n lor more budget a do=cn of uni versi ties and a number exu·crn~.: l y w At a time w hen everyone is higher ed ucation. ·1h c government of medical c..:o ll cges, engin eering rc.%1il'>, nuL < crit iciz ing t he private sectur and needs Ln '> pend more money in primary t:o ll egcs, nLJrsing college'> and other number ';LU call ing for nationalizing education, educa tion. At a umc wncn t he schools lor h1 gncr cdueationto provide mark-; are r~ what do you ),ay? government school'> and campu'>c'> quailt} cducauon. 1 hi'> ·IS a big I'> unlonun I am not say1ng that a ll pnvatc were unable to pnw1tk education to ach icvemcnt I here arc had s1c.lcs also. puhl1c<.choo .sc hools arc doin g everything nght. all , we decided tn \)pen th e pnvatc 13ut tnc t'lcpalcsc need nnt go abroad Whcre haso W hat do you suggest for the uwestrn cnt in education. fo r an}' kind o l study, including II ow i rn provcment 1 of epaJ's cd ucation llow did you manage the technical and social \Jcpal can b ern men !.Cctor? change? made the center for excellence i ucation? \\'e need to devclop our education It wa!> a team cflort. I had persons ed ucauon and health sector. \ \ 'hat 1s t SCCll) r [0 meet the as pira t io n .~ or the like l) r. Tircba Khaniya and education W hy arc yo u i11 s i stin~ on the in educauon 21" ccnlll ry peo pl e . The el ucat ion in sec retary lshwo ri l>rasad Upadhyaya. private sector? \CC LI I'Cd the n 21" century is gomg to be different Withou t their support an d help, The government alone Ctcm could not anything in any pan of the world. cducauon '>e now The governmen t and policy have changed. After l he restoration ol There is the ncccl or private margmal pen makers must co me up with a new democracy in 1990, people bad high in vol ve ment. Ne pal is nOl an arc ~tudy in g i, vision and policy IOL· education. aspirat ions IJ owevcr, Ne pa l's exception. It is a wrong mentality to complete th W hat were your experiences as education system was in a me~~ . t h.in.k that the private 'lector is the There arc le the minister? without requisite policy and budget. enemy of the people. Actually, t he pass the 10 W hen I too k charge as thddinister Jn that context the need was there fi nd private SCC tOr is the rricncf of t he students fro Cor Education in 1994, the cd ucation mor e budget, but the government d id society. f\lo coun t ry in the world mc di ea l , eng~ syst em was in a mess a nd the not have the money to meet the develops Wlt hom the private sector is negligible government was allocat ing a very demand So, J had no option other than involvement In liberal democratic these people

1.------NEW SPOTLIGHT June 28, 2013 14 ------' countries like the Uniu:d States or Amcnca and Japan, the gO\'ernmenl cannot run businesses. hw instance, America's Lop un iversities and col leges are run by the pri\'ale sector. -1he concept or communist fon..es seekmg go\'crnment in vestmen t in ed ucation, health and other ~ec tors i'> 'cry wrong 1 he government's role is ju~tlhat ol a 1acil llator a nd it c.ln bu il d in lra.~tructure . IL is the government'~ job to decide the polic) v\'hal should be lhe other role!-. oi the governmenl? ·1he government need 'ItO be Celor 1 he gO\Lrnmenl mu'>l ensure quahtyo;er-vrccs. Policy, managcmcnl, 1ton ng and eva( uatmn arc most portant Jtl the cducauon sector \\ c inlrodu<..c<..lthc mulu unr,crslt)' concept, un ivcr'>ity grant cnm mr.ss1on, un em ployed. l1 nvau: sc hools arc How did you get in vol and public prrvu tc partnership m ved in Lhc maintaining quality ec.luc.llion Our educalion sector? education sector , othrng has changed students ha\l' to compete Wilh I JO Ined the cducauon 111 the policy prorounded h} u.s. ~ector Wllh intenmtinnal studems. ILi s due Lo the the i nsp1mlion Irnm Private sectors arc also con tributing to B. P. 1-:tmala, who pnv<.~Le ~c hoo l.~. the '\epa be students a l wa)'~ believed imprnvc the yu.dil)' ol cducauon that etlucaunn i~ the arc competing mall sector!> IL i~ the ke)' to Pnvatc boarthng school-; arJ.' d01ng all kind~> of Lran .~lormau on. weakness nl the pnliey ol t he in cluding op extremel y wel l l·vcn in the rcecnt Sl C. ening the mind of the government. Our cducutioni:-> t '> people Because re.sults, out of 41 '57, an overwhelming ol B P's inspi rauon , I normally 'i<,il the etlucatll)n jumped to the cducauon number students who sccurctl Lop sector lie in .~ llluti ons in different parts of the ~ ugp;csted I go LOvillages. mark!. arc I rom the private schools. [L I have run a world ll owcvcr, they try to copy the school on my ow n irwc~ is unlonunalc that the res ult!. ol u~t:nl I have edueauon \\'c cannot transplant establhhcd l wo pu hhc. school., arc less than 20 percent h1gh schnolc; and four ed ucauon sy<,Lcm of other coumnes college'> in Taruhu \\'here has our huge investment gone? I am Lhc launder W hat was t he sce nar io w he n ol Adikabi Bhanubhakta fl ow do you view t he Campus. yo u introduced 10+2? How did you join vernrnent investment in ed ucation \\'hen we mtroduccd 10+ 2 with an tu:al ion? sector? aim to phase out the prof icient:y We openeclthe college during th vV haL is the uti lity Lo in vest money e ccrtilit:ale level from 1 U affiliated Panchayatlimc in education seclor1 Private school<, I alc;o taught there lor campu<,cs, no pnvale or government two ycarc; voluntaril)' secured the results between 80 ant1 90 I was even schools agrectl to run ll. Thus, we detained ror running the schoo percent. Gove 1'11mcnt in vestment in ls and dec id ed to stan the 10+2 from was tran.c;ferred to far west Some o[ education sector is a waste. Only a my Budhanilkantha Schoolrn early clay'>. stutlents are\ IPc; and some of margrnal percentage of students who them arc The cu lture or tuition is so rampant min i'>ters. During my arc stud ying in the govern mcm schools five years a.~ ·.1. that a parent of Pokha ra went to mini ster, l had changed the educati complete the university ed ucation on i\'lumbai for work to send his children poli cy with rhe help There are less than five percent who of m) experience to t uiuon. It was shared by education as a teacher. \Vhcn I was l he educa pass the 10+12. The enrolment of tion secretary with mcjusl a few days ago. minister, there were 92 question students from government <>chools in This means: where has our government papers and I reduced medical, engineering anti other sector rhem to 9 I had investment gone} Actually, we have totally changed rhe curri is negligi ble. It is unfortunate that c ulum , made our high school free. mak1.ng it more timely. • these people work for parties orremai n '------NEW SPOTLI GHT June 28, 2013 15 ------...... 1 DELHI DIARY

Let The 'Admission' Begin DR. SING

By ,\ BIJ IT SHARMA

lhe Delhi l nl\el''>ll) (Dl') opened ll~ gate for new option ol applytng onhm. [rom tht'> year. But student::. The admi<>sionc; e,trlier thl'> month complain that the new '>a\'V\ l 1nh•er::.il) web::.tle hasn't C:trccr dip/( • \s the admissions for the ne\\ four \"Car undergraduate catered exacth to their needs as the l njversit)' had course kicked off, thous.1ntls ol stutlents were '>poLLed in promi'>ed lt eom.. un<; hnk tnformauon Thcr~.: is therefore job· in 200 J the '\onh Campus area m the scorchmg heat, loitering no option other thwn process As some complete lhl: rmccc,~ . student~ were lnok 1ng arnuntllor the 'Payment' \\inclow Foreign students mcludmg '\cpah as pi r.tnts arc facmg B} \ CO l others were hovenng tol1ntl out\\ here their forms were to equal problem 'S1nce our adml'>'imn process requires us to l l,l\'1 ng '>el bcstgned geL in LOuch with the \li..:pale.'>e emh.tssy firsLanc.l then the \<.:p.d'., lore The procedure which hat! .tl way!> been hectic and l·oretgn Students Olllec, the process becomes even more .unh,t'>s.tdor u coni us1n p; was nn tliflcren L Lh1s pu:::: l1n g lor us' says one '\cpali S1 ngh.t B.th.td l Lime. Although the l niverslt) student who had come LO Delhi 'I the Cll Jl '>C/'1 off iciah claimed Lo have 111 .tnd <.: sluucnls remai ned hem U'>cdlnthc he add-. t\l nnp; With the tardy hc.trl and tnliH chantic oiLmosphcrc form.thlie1>, lnrcign studen ts face Dr 1\a'>nH '\.\hen I appm.lch an niTiccr he the burden ol ~ecur in ga hostel 11~1ngthl '>M Lelh me Logo to the mher on<.: I k, lor Lhem'>dve'> or f1nchng oth ctght nl 'ih1• in turn, Lranslcrs me Ln lhl other. mean'> of al·enmmndatlon prngro.un 111 lt''> so lruc,traung', complains one \\ '1th .t nL w I nur Year program .un ha'>'>.tdm ll young a'>plranl 'It become-. very and a .,]owly mot! ern 1::mg sy~tem . l he pres~ n~:c .tggra\ aLing when you arc nrdcrcd Lo mo\'e ,tround so much there I'> '>orne hope tlMtmthc commg ve.trsthl .tdmis'>ion d1plnm.tl'> h.t 111 this heat', add., .tnnthcr l in lnopcrauvc c,talls add to proccs'> 111 I 111\'ersiLY w1ll h~.:lome ea~1cr and '>lutknts will :"\cp.tbl ln11 the <,LUdcnt<;' woe'> ' I h~.: of l1cerc, do nnt pro\'lde adcliUalc not havL tn endure .tllthn'>e old trouble'> • 1nlormal1nn and \\hen we a'>k questions they get .tnnnycd', c,ay'> a <>tudcnt ~tudcnLs d 1d geL u sense In of rclid com pared to the prcvinu'> a~l+u ~nR1-tt~C4t~ ~ ~Cfilft yc.trs, however, hcc.tusc ol ..,:, vol u nte<.: rs who were there LObel p .students ~qi~Chl ' Ill{ \lO(l tl Delhi l lni versity hus begun tL.s d i1 1~'1' CIII("I/IIIII:JIICC/111/1 uclm iss ion at a Lime when tl has 'lillll lllll lc::-l'> 1'\'1.:1 \ d,l\ faced flab Irnm all angles lor its Four Year Llndergraduate 9~, remain perplexed The> are clueless on what to ~ ~HCfll( expect and how to prepare for the new program. ~~ f1:>i'4( ( ~'"?f({"f~ It would be unfa1r, however, rdlcumg on to put all the blame on the lmd mg~ dl:c.tt Un iversity In irs bid to faci litate rer~ ~~~ in the: n.: motc:' the students, it introduced the mc:nllLlnt'd ,\1 ~------~ l1<1d pnndtt l'd '------NEW SPOTLIGHT June 28, 2013 16 ------_..

:~:.. . . - PROFILE DR. SINGHABAHADURBASNYAT Dr. Basnyat earned his academic degrees from world's renowned unl\ersittes, such a::. a \laster in The Jureli Eyes J nternational Af fairs (\ II A) from University ol Columbia, :'\ew York. Ct1recr diplomnyat, who retired from his U~,\ and a ~ra.,ter in Philosoph} job in 2()()3 after 'icn·ing w,· the \epu/c.•;c ambtls..., ·udor to { nited (\I Phil) and a Ph.D m poltttcsudDr Ln l ntted k.ingdom Dr \t a ll mL ''hen \!epa! ~1ngh<1 B.th.tdur Ba'>l1\ .tl rLtm:d I rom h.t'> heLn pa'istng the Ll\ tl '>ervice, hut ht.., loH .tnd th rnugh a \'ery crttte.tl p.t'> .'> inn lnr Ncp.ll· .~ ~cop;ruph1c.d, pcnocl with p;rowi np; n:lip;inu'> .111d cultural divcrslt) 1s 111 lm L h<1os heart .tnd mtnd .tnd pnlttilo.d unu:rt •.llnty, Or Dr B,t.,n) .lt .,hnm.:d hi'> t.dent h) Basnyat's '>1111p;'> and ng1ng the 'iong .Jure it rt:ccntly .tt the \\111'ds emitted hope 1e1ght nl 'ihlv;tpun \lnunta111 r.telt l ntver'itt) \lumnt am ha<;o.,,tdtH to 'ntlallnn \ep.tl, \'H.L the pre.<,L' I1ec o f do=L' Il ,'> of lnre1g11 Dr H.t>n>•at presented hi<. snng.Jureli, eluirman of l h.tscd 111 1--.tthm.tndu .tntl .tllrust, nl1\'Jl \Jcp.tlt:'>t: I rnm dtlll rent walk<. t)l ltiL t'> ntm Lh P\l ltd • ------~------~-- hilllln Olll M lllll1lL p1t~lt\'ld lot "lntgd till wc,U IIIesst lwil-nl .tndtlw1 Bird Inspired Flight Of gl'tll'l .t1 1nn 111 thl' IL 111 al t 1adtl tnn, 1hus I In·t" so llllllltHlll ,unong IHml.ln h~ i ng~ Imagination · wnmk1 '' h.tl kmd 11l lo~xlt hl lml hI mel '' llll h t hcJlllllt hml h' mg" .unongst llw 1111ght h,t\ l t".ttlll .uul \\ h.tl k1nd ol It,\\ t'l b,tsl nc\ l r kn11\\ n~ ( lotlll • sht lntght h.l\'l \\ orn It ll lllttcd \ It\\ days ~ " 1\C. HA B. B \S' tht s,um Jurclt hud ol the on]uu:h, ll.m.m~c~:mcdddlghtt:d\\lth 1 "' mg l111 ~ \\ h,u 111 p1r~:d 1m "h.u ,llltll Ill t uncs (I nn.tgmcd ), \\I Ill h IMd till ltk.t, gnt 1 ht: hook 1'11 bu do;, sho\\l d su1pnsul tnl \\ h.tt llllll hed 1111' .tnd suln.ttkd sages, sn rs' ordlll.ll~ lnlks, thL pt< I me lll ]1111 lt and 11 1\'lll'tl me to wh,tt h,td ltlll\'t'd mt ycst l'l tl.w? "n I lt) t•mpt•ror.<>.md 1inwn.s. jmn Ills gut:"·>! ~ fill picnll at \.1g<~rllll1.l to ltgutL Olll \\ h,lt Cllldd h~ the \nd I rc.dl=l·d lurch in o.;m,dll l~xks l1lp .tncl [lll'Slllt the jurdt l\11es .md ch.diL·ngts fo1 mL .tnd \\ h l'\l'ry ll1011l lllg, l'\'er) On rehru.tn 1t)B, the ln -,t (h~tfl \\,\S tune cvuy d.t}' even ing \'lsiting tilTS i11 Ill\' g.mil'n lo [ll't:.,emetl intt·rc-;llng lorthcjureli hml I felt like I would join got me intn.tdl,\loguewith thcjureh.tt lintlmgs dct:ades b.K k '" hile tr.tvdhng tlw Jureli binl'i, 11) with thu11 on tht· 111\ garciLn \\ ith llan.1n's words in the remote villagt•softhecountry lie ''\'il'\\ kss ~ings 1>f poesy~ ancl"kavc the ",'kpal's t,rifted w ith rich nat ural beauty" mentioned abolll how some villagers world unseen, to lack- far away into the 111 the back oltny mind, I lclt the bird had ponlkrt'd about the beautiful Jurcli forest dim" with the \\ ishful tdea to wrote literal!} the rest olthc text. •

'------NEW SPOTLIGHT June 28, 2013 17 ------1 BOOKWORM I of ground \I'll Desmond liimlcuc' o, \cpa/ auclthc George Hart Dc!>mond Gimkuc the goddcv; Tallqu, <;omc small temples kind , hr'> f \q}(l/csc ( london II I & li writes about many thrng~ that hrc, ncar 'irmlnmarh , and othen near slccpr ng, co \\'rthctb) n, l927) wac, puhlrc;hed at a prcdcce!>Sorswritingon '\cp.tldid not Pa\I!Jlcl/1 , were dcfded and worship in death .1ppc lime when the Primt: \hmc,terol \cp.tl menuon or elaborate. l lc dc!>c.nhc'> the tht:m lorhrdden " Pr11ne \linisLer would he ta was ( handr.l ~hamc,hu J HR 22 '\o,·cmbcr, 1885, coup ol Brr Bhrm llh,umhcr hac, been described as hr'> legs to L lhc book came 1nLo Ll'> present Shamsher and hi~ brothers t 11<1\'Lng .~uffercd from phthisis (the i\tll mt.:s, t~ !thape alter srxtccn yc..tr'> olthe 1 LSIL ol Lhcrr uncle RanauclcliJl Singh, who w,l'> dr~e.t'>t: c..tu~Jng the wasung of the LO c.ilc i\t 0 the Brili~h K mg lreorgc \ and '>IX years tht: prime mtnisLcr of Nepal .lW pcopk• altcrthc VL.'> It ol Pnncc ol \\'ab the Lime. But be refers to the coup as a tuherculmr~) ( · orrccun~ the cxtsltng Lhu.c, p..trtly lu turc r dward \'Ill It was Jll '>L lnur revolution and doec, not explain the m rsconception. he chml ics that the ln one cac,c year~> bel ore the '> lgn 1n p; olthe /\nglo drcum.c,Lances lead ing Ln it. li e notes p..tlicnl wa' '\cp..tlcc;c l rcaLy ol l·ril'ntbhip, ,lnd ,t the Newar merchant population in water and 1 ycar bel ore the dholition ol slavery in I hasa Ln be three thousand. but iL was assr'ltanl, sl Nepa l. (;imktlc wa<> yet anmher probably less. ~1 he bulk nf '> Lit:h but cvenLU su rgeon working al Hrilish residency article.<, or l_; urnpcan manufacture exposu re ' in Kathrnanuu the other l.unou.c, reach Tlrilw rr om lncl ia, pas<,t:S I rorn situ.llmnw notable c; urgcons who <>ervcd th ere \Jepa l. i\ncl allcrnpts to divert Llw. n Lhe.~IICII\ being Danrcl \t\' rr p;ht and II ,\ Lratle to the Darjceltng route have: lltJII'I"UI.IW ~ll()'t ntt lan)' c.·nq l'llllllloQlWI Oltlllcld l·ven though the hook was hrlhcno meL with but scanty succc.c,s" \\ rthnut hL ~ 7. ' 11l the lacL'> \lt'S/clll,~, IIICI'tlllllltrN ~tll"Kill .IHCII to the h.mk public;hcd 111 192 m.Ul) I le menlionc; Taldahat or Yan. I'N'r4' llli... ().I'W'W'C) and I igu res rclcrrcd 111 ll were moc,Lly f\cnmg, Kull, 1/atra and \Val/au~ as lnl (;rmlell I rom hr'> experrcncc rn \epc;ec; mthe I lnnala)a'> ~ But hundred ni decade earlier ( rlmlcllc lrvcd Ill '\cp'>C'> arc th~: mctllum:c, Irom '\m·emht:r 188 ~ LO .June 9, 1887 ncarec,L Lo I hasa .1nd hence the mo'>L .,uptr'>lltll1 I he hook 'il..trtc, wrth a bncf lrcquenLec.l" I lowcver, the Kuu pac.,c; w~: rc ..til tw geographic. l h1s '" lollmved hy tmdc route from where the most oi Lhe intLrC'>tmg Kh.t.c., Lnbc nl f\ep.d rs not alwayc; the description ol the v that rnLcrc,Latc Lrarfic ha~ been carried on t •lin kttt.: II' live here '( he Lhrrd chapLcr highlights ·r he author cle.scrihcc; Ne pal as a people who have htl len from therr ohc,erwd, w ex1 .~ll n~ ca.~ t c, a.~ the offsprrn g of the the religious lcstivals, Lem pies, etc. It country rich in iron and copper In hr.<; ~tltnl Vt.:r) is he re that the authoras'lt:rts that "Lhe desc ription ahouL \Je pale.<;c uni1111 nl high ea.~ tc I Iindu s (father) perlct.: tl}' and lower cac.,Le (mother), hut also that lorm ol llindu ism .tlm osL universally agricu lture, herders Lo two kind.~ nl hcha,•wur, lollowcd is Shaivism, the tem 1lcs local rice: viz, the Gaya or upland rice, "rl Wa'> a tribe Ithat existed in Ne pal i Ln dr.s..t ppr dedicated LO and WOI'shippers or and the PuyCI or· low land rice. The sinc.:c days yore." I le mention'> the appe.lr.Lnc Vishnu being very lew." rhc ll CXl transplantation ol the lowland ri ce systern olthc "Mana Clwwal" in lepa l. clcph.ln L II chapter deals with the econo my or takes place in june and upland ri ce in ·1hi s has been desc ri bed ac; "th e piece nl .1 jnlkcd 11 hn by all classes, except, ol cour'ie, traders ye ll ow pepper, wheat, and polatoes, famil y." I he system allowed the heir u~cbc,qucc, LOe nJ OY the produce olthc land as long and soldiers actually .!>e rving in the radishes and mher vegetables. ~Besides 1\CIT not n: army. The book au empls to deal with the celebrated pepper, another epal as he lr vcd "1 here is :.t li(e pension on \Jid , \\llh constitution and laws ol :-.Jepal also. spccialt y is the large cardamom, which the Jagir system. No tax is paid to ex prc'>'il111 Discussion about the history ol whaL is gown in extensive gardens in government i\(Ler the death of the I lnnour," t the a uthor describes as the Rajput different parts of the valley, near the holder the land lapses to Government." tmploycd lt dynasties ol :\'cpal valley has been foot of the hills, in shady, well-waLcred I here rs also an account of rhe lhcn.: ,lr lumped in the sixth chapter The corners." horror of cholera epidemic that in tht.: ho seventh chapter deals with Lhe origin Gimlette stares that King Ran erupted rn Kathmand u and the i nd ILJtcd and hisrory of the Khas race and the BahadurShah had made largeoUerings adjoinmg districts in 1985. It started 1ntroduclll l House of Gorkha The erghth chapter at shrines of Devi for the long life of in the month of J unc and continued abo puhlrc,l explains the history of the Rana family. his Brahmini queen to whom he was till the end of August claiming many lm/rmr \!111111 This follows the author's personal greatly attached. Unfortunately. when lives every day. There is a reference that Cllrrcrs am/ recollections o( some of Lhe events the lady died, the King was so upset it spread to llanuman Dhoka palace as 1857 1858 l that transpired at the time when Lhat «he re ve nged himself by well, where 23 people, most of them the crcdit u '------NEW SPOTLIGHT I Jun e 28, 2013 18 ------...1 TRENDS Ketrs, d i ~.:d . ~As soon as the '>)' mptoms had declared themselves, the sufferer was hurried Obsessed With Internet orr lo Lh eg/wts on the banks ol the Bagllmatl, By ADITI ARYAL ..t nd laid in some par i (veranah ), often on the ground with Do bedding or co,·ering of any ln Loday's world people are very impersonated other people such as kind; hi s friends generally sal hy him , obsessed with the inlcrncl and its celcbrilles, other f.1mous people or amazing outreach and flexibility. ~lte pin g, cooking, and caring thei r fnncl until even lay men Just for merriment, 'V./e try and accc.'>~ death appcurcd near, when the mnri hund the int:erneL revenge or t•vcn Lo keep themselves I rom every spherL possiblcsw.:h a~ wn uld he L follow '>mart phone'>, hh legs to the knees, placecl in the stream " PC"· mu ltimedia }'OU ;. c\·cry move .tnd admission into gadgets Iike lPods. IP .td'> .md other our Ji,•co; is nnl d1fftcult. J\t Li me'>, the watchers left t hese '> iek people Then then; tablets \\'e ll)Ck our de,·icc'> but arc ca'>l:'> nl bull} 111g, harassment tl1 die 1\t one t he author say'>. "l fn:qu~.:nLI} [orgcl Ln run se<.:urtl)' checks and blaLkm.ul mu the internet hkc '>..tW peopk '>llll breathing who had been lying pcriodtcally [ urthermorc, we b) pmung ohsLcne and explicit thu'> p.trt l} im mersed for perhaps an hour access the Internet at all places picture<;, L<.:xls .md threats \!any In nne ca~e. "h ich had l)fOtn l'>ed " ~,; II , the from all londs ol neL\\'ork and people ha\'c<.ulfcrcd damage O\\'mg p.Hk nt \h l 'i lound to have been placed tn the lorgn Lo chctk 1f ll i'> -.ccurccl or t o cyhcrcn nH:s water and wa .~ taken out of it by my h o~; p1t a l unsc<:urcd ln Lh1s cr.t::y Wlwld of Pcopk who lull prey to these I or pt.:\)plt to sl<.:al our b.tnkrupl \\ 1Lh Lhw· credtt carcl si LU .tllnn when t he dead people were hurnt:d privatLIIllorm.tLHln and LI'>L them numlxr stolen and olh<.:r'l ma) ltnd n the,t:/u/1\ m l ull view of the s~~.:k ly1ng th<.: rc ..1gainsl U'> . unneces .... tr} <.:ma1b hung o,cnl and 1.111)' corpses, thrown out 111 the rt\'t:r \\ ·c try and '><.:curL our em.ti!... r~o:cclved \\llhnuLLhclr knowledge "ILhouL burning them, were brought baLk <;oc1al net wnrk1ng acwunt'>, hlog'> and elHl'iCill \llllOL''i that gLt Ln Lhe h.tn ko, by dog'> and p<.:kalo, ···1he n.:gt'>tcr ami oth~,;r pcr .. on.tl items hut we bl,t<.:km.ulcd and thrc.llened (aLe In l (, i ml ~,; u ~,;'s h o~>pi t al I shows ..t total nl n 1n c Lough Sllll..tllOil>; hundred nlnt: per<;o n.'> treated , nr to whom The virtual world is not as nice as it .tnd m<.:ntal fear 111 mcd ici11 CI> Were stn L f r0 111 the tl i'>pen'>ary; hut seems to be. It is in fact instilled with their real Ide. l.asc>; supcr.<;tition, ignorance and indi l krcncc, many shortcomings, threats and lies. nl complcll " ere all ~:o m bined '>.ttl '> Lnry a p•.trt , L h c r ~,; ..t rL l)Lh er been .~1ghtcd and 1nL"resung even ts rnenuonl'd 1n the honk lorgLL how in~>c<:urc the network pcl1piL h..t,.L hLcll h l.trned lor ( •lmlcLLc \\'ri te'> about an cxhlhlllnn Lh.lt he we use c..1n be I or LXamplt:, lllst.tnce'>Lhe\ thd llllltommiL w1Ln ob\cn ed, '' 1Lh <;orne other \ep,tle'>e gcller.tl\, connct..llng our dt:\ IC t.'> Ln ..tn} digital cmlentc.: "h1ch ,., f..1r bLyond '>nmc \Cf} good look1ng gu·J<. "I hough unknm\ n w1rclL ..,., con IH.:<.:llt1ns can our rLaLh 11! venlluunn 1 hcextcnl pcriLctly demure a nd proper Ill t he ir lead Ln all our persnn.d data hci ng of L)·buLnmL n.1turc .tnd harm I'> heh.tviour. lthcy l tltd nm ~ec m Ill the ica'>t rcachcd out to Ull\\.tpprovc nf t he adm 1rall n n their trying Ln takL .tlh'.un.tgc nl our people can 1Krcei\'L he~.:ause a.\ .tppca run cc evoked I rom Lh o.'>c n n o ur l'rnl it card numbers or pas'>wnrcls much ha ., the: v1rus In ve nted 2'i dcphanl. 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'>0 ht:\ ond that Ide crime<, llkL fraud , thcll, \lorclWLr thue .trL lll1t many law~ cx p rc'>~io n , t hat they were "m ..ll d '> or harassment and rnumithHion LhJt scun Ln ~ovcrn l lnnnur," this is t he euphemism generall y our '>tcurity on online Spammers trick us by the web I urLhermorc, the em ployL·d to cl escri be court '> lave g1r ls " sending cmails, lcXL'> or phone calls Lechn11lngy c:xpcns never seem Lo There arc some errors and i ncnnsistelleies ahout visiting .1 certain place or wam us enough ab()ut what we in Lh e hook, which have been c learly websi te. This phwc or we heme will need to knnw to safeguard our indicat ed hy T. R. \ 'aidya 111 hi'> 199~ surely have malluou.<; contcn c t hal personal ~~~ucs l hcrefore, we mtrodu<.:Lito n Lo he book. In 1927, (.,jm leu e can be harm I u I to you or your our.sclvc'> need to be careful and try aho publi'>hed A Posistript tMhc RrumlsoJ rl1c computer Likc\\'lse, frauds [ake and mak<.: '>..tlc what has Lo be. It t'> l11

'------NEW SPOTLIGHT June 28, 2013 19 ------' ARTICLE On Health & Education By HEMA 1G DI XIT After democracy was ushered in Nepal in 1950, it was \linistr)' of EducatiOn and also those of the ~linistry of felt that a local ~IP could realistically ask roads for his llealth and Population to be ready to face action If they do e s t comp this was [or improving the lntol the people. ·1ran slating constitutional body. Al l th is brings to one's mind a letter but hIS WI thi .~ into reality meant either a primary or secondary school written on 16th April 101) by an Under Secretary of the o .. pcritntc 111 one case and a health post or a c.lisuict hospitalm another Cli\ 1\ prior to the appointment oil ok r\lan Karki taking undn'it.tndi \c;ki ng for a hydropower project '>eemed i ncom prchcnsi ble charge of the tmutution. Th1s leuer was sent to the '\epa! unl\u·..,c Pc and impossible. 1-..ledical CouneJ I, ~lcdica l Colleges, l 'niverslties, Lducation T ri hh u \ 'Jn l Now the limes have changed I he district hospitals and Mini~t ryancl ll ea l th \1inistry. ·1 his missive, whkh dwells rcscnrch on PIIC centres have come UL) in almost all the districts and on the ~landard'i being followed, ha-; raised many question~ pMLi.tl rcqu all constituencies. Lven the requests lor medical college'> aboUL the funcuonmg that need to be rectilied 1 he :"Jepal \1 •\ 1n \c ha\'c reached allno'>t twenty and arc mcreasmg \\'hat I'> \ledtcal Council t\ct i'i in dire need of revision bUL who is tc<;umnm the limit? \!o one seems to havt an an.,wer. I he health of gotng to bell the cal. i\nother example forcorrccuon too is of the people has clef m1 tlltcly i pnwcd. but not becau~>c of the t he I unctionmg ol the CT[\ rl . •tn institution re-.pcmsiblc l lC ge govern ment input. It is due tn involve ment olthe private lor the procluctkm o[ health and other technical manpower puhlisht:d \1 sector. As we glance at the pages nl our dad)' newspaper<;, hclow the level ol waduates journah and we rc.td of he.tlth m'>Litutionc; Without cloctor'i, nur'>es or \II th1s simp!)' meanc; that both the [ducauon and the h 1p;hcr '>t:COll other paramcdical-.ta!l. cqutpmcnt lying idle or l1Ut ol order llcalth \limstry arc rn maJor need of overhaul 1he'\ r he Cha or even lcaki ng roofs andlall ing wal b of health lll'>titution'i. \ 1cd 1cal As'>ocmuon cal led a mccung recently tt')'lllg to I hen there is the tltrcstion ol drugs whi ch arc either ex pired up en thusiasm and 'lupport lor lnhhymg :\cpa I <. .owrnment nr not avai lable at alii to rcvi .... c the \cpa! and propt:lll One read~ from lime This interim government of Khil Raj Regmi could \lcdicivcnec,'> olthc do a great deal by passing this Umbrella Act by an thoroughly re\'lscd \\ f'ltC up p.ttlent's p.t rl ie<, ordinance and regulating this sector. Then we could 'I he M t n is try o l melle u l ou~ l tnwarc.l s health t:arc have single or multiple subjects/sciences university, llcaiLh .tnd Pnpulation nccorn phshl j1CN)nncl i\llthl'> IS on a localised, regional or country-wide in term~ olnumht:rs ic; reader~ to tl t.tki ng pl.tcc when basis. '>till the largest \trangc pent our m:w con'>tttuunn tnlllii>Lry and needs to JU~t 11n thl: Sl 1s gn1ng Lo cmhnd)' llealth Right'> ac; •l ba'lic nght ol the he organised il it is to funct ion dlccuvely and serve the pnwer. lie r Nepal i people. interests or the people.. , hough nOla rea li stk slogan, the nl N 1rcd ( C Simi lar i.'i the case with education. During King llcalth For Al l 2000 1 ~ now a lorgotten clrcaml rc,tdcr.., t'. lahendr-a's rcign,the c,logan 'I ducation for ,\II' wa'> pnntcd It has still to put its own house in order l he \cpa! Autobiogr on <;tamps and Clrcu!.ued widdr 111 \cpa! and .throad !hat llcalth Act, though tt has been .tmcnded a numbcr'oltnncs Indian with uucranee is still to he rcal1sed and though con.'>iderable has still w be 11nplcmented. Ac ts pertaining to the various t:Ontn bution has been made by t he pri vate scctnr, there is cou ncils relati ng LO various aspects of health de livery have h11mcll. I tk sti ll a lot ami<>'>. Ripping the gull ible public hy way ol .'>til l to be updated and lunctinning properly. annual admi%ion fees m the same school or by sel ling Commg to the l'c.Jucation \ linlstry we have hcen heari 'compulsory' overpriced textbooks which arc hardly ever ..thout an Open llniver!>lt}' for over two decades rven It IS l used are just two examples of rampant malpractices. In 1>Cll111g up of other univer~ l lleS by the passmg o[ the power ol ac the public sector schools without walls, non existent "Llmbrclhu\t.:t" wou ld solve some problems but this is not 1\mod and C schools where deputed teachers collect pay regularly are be ing allowed to be implemented by way ol Act or 1\ mod's also news that one reads about in our daily papers Ordinance. -,his intenm government of Kh il Raj Rcgmi I'>'>LIC'> <\lld th In this second millenmum. some fortunate districts of could do a great deal by passing th1s Umbrella Act by an !me mamh \lepal were chosen for hydropower projects. 1 he mterparty ordinance and regulating this sector Then we could have experience ' bick ering, which always occurs, has deprived the country si ngle or multiple subjects/sciences university, on a cvcryd ..ly lile of substanrial elec trical energy that would have been localised, regional or country-wide basis. A Medical Lcsti fyi ng tb generated by now . We, the common folks, continue ro university, en com passing the dil ferent aspects or health, wntcr (lrea suffer load~shedding and are likely to do so for some years m both the Public and Private sectors, could be thought tht:m'iCh-cs t( LO come. The future is indeed bleak as our major parties about. Even a Deemed Cniversity should be allowed to the and race. which clandestinely seem to be playing musical chairs are private sector and should not be restricted to the public transcended ever true to form agree to everything, and then deny all onl y. Steps such as this will improve th e status of ed ucation tc li s the ca lc or part to backtrack Hurrah for such leaders. and health and save a lot of the foreign exchange that is acro~s the g The CIAA has warned government officials of the going out of the country.• people h<\\ SPOTLIGHT June 28, 2013 20 ------....1 REVIEW Chapters: Reflection Of An Anguished Heart PROr. DR. SH RI:EDHAR GAL TA\1

Amod Dev Bh..ttt.trai 15 .tn f undatnclllal que!> lion ollifc. It io; why because oi the ugly an cl mhuman war csLablishctl writer in 1'\cpctli liLerature. Amnd's narrati ve shows plethora oi especially in wa r t urn coun t ries. ITt: iLyle oi S1milarly. m anntherstor). ,\modgl\'CS but ht'i ''riLing rdlccts hh rich people 1n different countrie<; Ill'> the and account oft he rescue ol prisoner~ expcnencc of ldc and tlccp gn;atncs~ or the writer that t he though a we ll planed tl!plomatt<: uncle rsLandi ng about people aero.'>s l he chamctcr~ seem quite convincing and mhsion withoullhc volunteers geLLi ng univcr 1n real to rc.Klers ·1he first stor) 1n the 111\'0h cd i nlhe mis.~ion. e\'oking heart) TnbhU\an l niver'ill\ ha\'cconduetc.:d book LL II'> us a ~tor) .t '\cpal1 m.m. '' ho .tthmration \ml)d''> deep Jn'>lghtlnto rc ..,eareh on his work'> to fulf il l the 1s Ill a f1x alter tnming Ln \Jepal the cause<, .tnd effect<, ol W pan 1,d requi rement lnr the dcgrce nl regard ing whcthcr to accept his past rellccted here and th.tl 111 t he hook. •. \1 i\ in \!ep.1U '>Ub(Cl'l, which I'> ,t in Ru~'>iu or not hceauc;c of the ttdLural S\)mcllmc. he takes rc,tdcr<; tn tc~llmOn) of the rccogmllon of \m1XI\ con~trallll'> Llut bar h1m from (•Lrman) \\here man) ploplc sull arllSllC geniUS lie I'> .1 Wltkl) m.lrry1ng a lore1gn g1rl Wllh dd fncnL sutler I rom thc harrow111g memory nl publtshc.:d writer .d'>\1 111 ncw'> pnpc r, cu lt ure and race . the Sec.:o ntl \ Vnrld 'v\'ur t hat snalchcd .JilUrnal'> ..tnd maga=lnt:'> ever ~inn: hi'> I he sceond '>Lory pnrtra)., the sihk cnn'>c.:qucncc'>or an lrr.tllonal '>ltmc'> resemhiL the quJhl) nl science The Chapter:-. Is a cnlkc.:tion nllm Ilk '>Lyle of member'> Ill afamdy ilthey l1el1nn, aga111 a Lci.L imnn) th.tti\mod\ sltmes written 1Wer the l hapcd hi'> mind lurther .t'>pccts I [tHvcvcr, writer in Nepali literature. He is and propelled him to the w1dcr realm \mod\ ~l \ k ol wriung ol literature comparatively a young writer, but his 1 hough a tran.,l.ttion doc~ not put readers 111 !rom writing reflects his rich experience of life Nc pal1, the hc.tuty of 0np;1nal c.:on l usion and gi vc~ nn wr1 t e up has been maintained and deep understanding about people across the universe. -.cn~cof complexity and meueulou'>l)' by the u-.tnslator \<,an l:nrn pi il:.tllnn .\LLomp\,,heu ''mer, ,\mod ta\ inha h1 tcd by a nd eco nomy Lo p r c.~c r vc the lmm the soc io political .situation nl '>t rLructurc of their l.tmdy thc1r cou11L rics. Amodi~ not cxcepunn JU'>l nn the ~trcngth ol ht'>lmagm.tuve \\'c IM\' C~ccn in nunmn countr) ho\\ Ln ll, thought he t'> not an O\'crLiy power. lie rcmmdc, U'> olthc wnung man) L.l!Tllllc'> L.tkc the p.tth of propagandl'>l. Amod touehcs upon the of ~ 1r ed ( . Chauc.l hary. who takes h1,c; tli.., lntcgra t ion and destruction pol itical rcaliL)' and history nl Nepa l. r,·adcrs to I ngl.tnd in his bccaUM.: of lack nJ harmony among \Vritcrs cannnt ignore the harsh Autoh iog;raphy of a n l nknow n elder'> and young'>terc; I hb '>Lory help'> political rca lit y niLhc1r eountrie'>, .md Indian Without ever' I'>ILmg I ngl.lnd u., under.,tand the tragic '>Lor) of the \mod ha'> dnne that ton 1 ho, 'itonc'> himself 1 1ke Chaudhu ry. Amnd al.<,o once well to do l.un il ics in 1\Je pali have become powerful aiM) because of hi gives no room to doubt that he has nOL ~OC: I cty too. I he writer I rcq ucntly .s use ol devices like irony and itcd the place<, dc~cribed 111 hi'> Lake'> U'i Lo the fnrc1gn land, e ... pcemlly par.tdox wo " t \nclthi~ I'> not a story" l'> one of ~uch ~.Ill'> the lmr.tclcofJmaguMli\'C the\\ .tr Lorn countnc~ like C ambodia, swrie'> '' h1eh Jctuall) JMITaLes Sl\) 1")' of man power ol accomplished wri lcrs lil touch upon all giv1ng an impre'>sion that he has to 2012, the.'>!.: stories 1n ,t !.ense arc 1.ssuco, and Lhcmes, Including '>ex and \'l'>Jtcd thc.•.e countries, cxpenencecl testimon ial ol t\mod'<; 111 Lcllectual hwc ma 1nly focusing upon t he real thci r pams and shared their sorrow as growth at. an lllc:l ivi clual llowevcr, u ex perience nr pai n a nd betraya l in an i nl llnate fr iend or them I uckily fi t crar~r ctt:COllll t li ke thl'> hook also cverycla) life of common people, again Nepal has not had the bJ[[er '>peaks about the growing Iam iliaril y tesufymg the sem1Live heart of the expcncnces of ~ectarian and of \epah "ntcrs Lo t he creative writer. (~ r eaL wri ters c.lo not confine commu nal wants '>CCn in countncs like writing in other coun t ries. Amocl 's lhemsclvcs to the bound aries of nation Iraq, Nigeria and Afghanis tan. personal acq uaintancc with writers and race, anc.l /\mod too he eount r1 es have and people of global community hao, transcended all such limitations and suffered [rom the wars perpetuated by alo;o helped a lot m make h1~ characters tells t he tales of people of all places colonial and imperialist<;. ln /\ mod's representati ve, who, in his own words, across the globe to suggest t bal all stories, one can reel chc pain ol a person constamly appear in the vicissi tudes people have identical feelmgs on who i'> forced to hide his actual age or real tile. • '------NEW SPOTLIGHT June 28, 2013 21 ------..J FLOOD

West Rapti, Narayani and Eastern Rapti. "I am happy to say that the water eros ow nership is now Laken by local warning is i ~ government and community. Proper channels. use of Farly 'Warning Syslem can "FioocJ is reduce human casualty and movable save the eror property. Even last year, t here was people," said ·As the nominal clatn~lge in Banke despite heavy Oood in western Rapti.'' Nallon.d Er 'vVith supporL from Prac tical Center at ,vi i Action, a web based t:elemetry system coordinate J­ for real Lime moo itonng of water ecntcr on lie leve ls and rainfalls and community Once th based warn ing disscm imtlion and an communiea im rn cd iaLc response mcchanism have directs cone also hcen set up in East Rapt i, necessary <.ll:' Narayani , West Rupti unci Karna li llomdvli basi ns. locusing lbc To alert the concerned o[[icwls, an wurni t1gsyst EARLY WARNING SYSTEM automated alert system has been s rom clisast up aLL heoOiceo[the District Disastl:! II rcpllcau R.c lit:l Com mitL ~:c ol Wcst Rapli ol early wa r Curbing Damage has in whi ch Lrigge rs the s iren places als( alluchcd to the elect ro ni c d iS[)lay 1\·ludhav Pra Aller the implementation of tbc Early vV:trning .'i'ystcm by tbc Pmctic;t/ blmrd automalicall y whe n Lhe ri ver Spotlight ... Action, lwm:w cusuultics ;md Joss of movuhlc property lm vc dnJslk11J/y leve l reaches th e warning mark.l he than rescue declined in the mid~ wcstcm tmd ccnlml regions inundation maps prcpat ihomi, n worth of bill ions rupees annLlall y. program is s mall , the ea rl y warni ng level information could also be used Hanke and I This is whaLPractica l Action's Earl y system int:roduccd by Practical for land usc plan ni ng at the Lown and Warning System s howed in t he far­ AcLion hus conLuincd the damage ol village level. This approach of Jlnod western and m id -wesLcrn regions. movable properly und saved t he li[e warning has been found simple, fasL , Unlike in t he pas t, farmers of of the people. DespiLe record ~ oods reliable and cost cfkcti ve. Banke and Bard iya districts avoided in l(arnali River, lhere was no Ex perls argue Lhal generating the damage of movable properLy and casualty in Bardi ya disLricL leve l of awareness an d prov idi rio us

L------NEW SPOTLIGHT I June 28,2013 : 22 ------__. DOCUMENT \\'ater crosses the water level, warning is issued through various Talks Take Up Nepal..-Britain Ties ch.tnnels By PRA T!Vf '\.Po\ 'IDF. ~Flood is natural and we c.mnoL sa\'e the crops, but we can save the ·1 h~: epa! Brnam ~ociet) ha~ rdmburgh at the Sidhartha \rt c..,,dlcl) pcnple,n said Bhandari. played an imrortanL role in fostering and Dr. ~lark \\'atson gave OcJal 2012 l he \cp.. tl Brit,tin Soc tel) together program'> CLnlcr at \lm1str) o(Iloml, IL can .tnd ~Lrcngthenmg harmtm\ with thL lltmalayan \aturc 1ru~l and unuer<,tanding between the l\\'0 coorclmat~.. between distncls and mgani:ed a '>j)CL ial program to honour counLJ'lcs. lcacltng center on flood related d isastcrs. ., iger rxpcrt and 0\'er the last two yeMs, the Ncp.tl Once the warnJng IS Con.scrvali01llsl Chuck \\eDougal wtth Rnt.un "'oLJety ha'i e\lnductecl man> the Bnan communicat1..d to the CLntcr. ll llndg'>on 1\\\.trd lnr nature '· talk pn1p;rams One of the mnc;L cnnscn auon 2012 <.IJrects conc~..rncd officials Lo Lake la~unaung '>rLo~ker'> the \cp.tl13nL.tln Our1ast ncccssar) ucunn. pro~ram \Va'>.lJl,II1L lecture SncJt:l)' Wt:IT lucky wltstcn to \\ Str between the \Jcpal Brit .. un Soc teL) and I rome i\l 1nistryo1Ii<.:ia lsan; nnw Ranu lph hcnnes /\~.:cording tn the t hc Ncp•tl 11Lrtmgc Sm.1ct 111 focusmp; their .Attention on c..trly v wh 1ch we \\,trnmgsystun to prcn:ntthL loss h.td ncar!) We also supported a print/photographic '>1:\L) peopk uJsastcr " 1 hL p;o,·Lrnmcnt exhibition brought over by the Royal Botanical I rnm II repl1catc the succcsslul model th<. Garden in Edinburgh at the Sidhartha Art Gallery Depanmcnl of early wurning system in oLh<:r and Dr. Mark Watson gave a wonderful lecture at n I plan:s also." ll omc \ 11n1 stcr the Stirling Club. \n:h,tcolog\ \l..tdh..t\ Pr.ts.td (,IHmirL told\~,.,, .tnt! lhL Spotlight "lim 1s much Lh<:apLr (,ulnnc .. , Bn t . rutte~t 1t\'tng Sm:icty who l'h l)arn..tl. \\ hn I .trl) \\'.trnlllg DissLmlnJtJon it .. m\nlr \\,t'> •a gre.tl mentor and 1"1 an cxp~.:rt on the · \rLh.knlo~> 11! S)Slun, and CommunJL)' based friLnd 1)J my friend' ~lr \1tch.tel Buddhi-.rn' recent discovLnc~ with the System lnr ellccu vcly Knhnld. Ka Iiya Rq~i1111 ol \Jcp \V,l<, lXCILtng~'> thts \\.1'; the ltl'.'ol lormallon to the communities, Que~.:n llt:aheth II\ Dtamnnd Jubilee Lime th..tt \\'1. got a ghmJN.! of I ord .tgcncJLS arc respons1biL for in a gr.md man ncr .llld ~a,·e a chCLJUL !orR~ ). lakhs Buudh..t s m.ttlrn,tl hirth pbLe .md home IS.tstcr m.uugcmcnt and d1stnct tor hurn \'JcLims to thL organt:aunn The ,\mt,unt and saw th<: .tncicnL rcliL."' ,\lld buiklings level authorities I he system has rai~cd Wlts !rom nur mvn dr,tma!Lheatcr groups which wcrc new ly dug up and hccn scl up in co llaboration with the nc\\ Sh.tkcspcarl \\',dlahs, and thL unearthed h) the Learn ~cp a1 Br1tatn D1strict Dis.tstcr Rehel Commiuee chtldren nl the Bnu~h School .1nd Socict) .mu Its ~:xecull\ c mun here; arc wtLh tcehn1eal and fJnanc1al '' h1ch W performed at the Rnw.h ,·nluntar~ munber'l .tnt! ,til program~ supportlrom Pn1ctil:al Acllon Schonllalh.:cl the \\'inter Revue. }.1r-;. that wc.:<.i.liT)'OUL are fumh.:d by our own Although annually govern mcnt Greta Rana ha.s played a very I unclr.lislllg programs and we also gel .mel Nep.d's mujor internrilislt nominal a mounl o[ money can photographic exhibit inn brought over AmlxLssador ,,, ".icpal Andy Spwhs) change the situ..ttion.• by the Royal Botantt:al Garden 111 JUDICIARY Supreme Delay In DispensingJustice By AB HISHEKH ADriiKARI

I here arc people Lra\'dling a ll the lawyers hired by the same parties btch Court. Sometimes the cO many period on 1·xpectinp, their e.tscs will be heard soon, lmi«h b.i<> arguments bdore 1\ 1 o~t oJ the t·ases arc pending bdon: it right now? chfficulty, thq -.pend momhs in Kathm;tndu. the l1111C lawyers re[ll'ill their 0\\'11 T0 nuke l he m,\lll')s \\'01 '>e l here cU:C not the SOCl mo~t e\pcn~t\'C ctt}' m1\cpal \lo!o.L ol ell gumcnts thinking th.u 1lldgt•s olll not enough judgt.., .1ppnnned to the deprived s the lllnc, 1 htll tra\'cl bearo; no frutt I ht') t·on,·mccd or ,u-c not conu·ntt.lltng on ~upremc Court By not .tppmnting the this di~tr tctutn to thetr home disappmntcd Jll~l '' h.tt thl')' are argumg there ts .tl.~t·k ol j uclges, .tggne\'ed p.trt I( s '' ocs lt~ted [ot t'•K h bent h to d.ly ltfd p.trtics tnt ht• dtspllll' ..tnd cl..tim Sollll'lll1llS, tl11. h~t has more liMn 10 Is JUSllle ol\:lC'iSihk Ill ,til Ill l hl' nmm,tlly the justit'l' dt•n rcd beL·ausL' nl dd.ty rn lJill'stmn-, 111 111)' rn rnd .tntl bt:IMl' 1 U 11 dtt Is the ~ ~ '~1~tliil~ ~ 20·17 B ~ hnlll l.lll Ont· lil'>l' norm.tll) t.lkl's up ILth.ng) tn p nth 1\l ( tht· '' hnk d.t) II the tssue 1s k)ng, ll'g,tl S) stem 111~1.~\l.:d 11 snmcllllle!o. thl' casl' goes on ull tltl' m:xt nnt a n dprit to ~ ~) Cflld'11"'11!cffl ~ "141 ~ pu hbc..tuo day, making the next da)"s liMed L'ilSL's l'l ode pl'oplc's 31TCI·~ W!lm ~ "l1ff1ln ~ 'lffi toork h,lpa bemg pn-;t pnnl'd I or anOLher day II is I. ti t h i 11 j usticc ~ \#ft' '11 flfilrLrlOUSI) I c.t~L . \I tel ht·.mng the arguments oft he (mal judgment h

get support r rom both countnes, Bajhang Calling China and India. Ind ia and China also should be involved to prqmote By OHA.'\A PRASAD PA '\DIT tripartite relation!> general reader~ of that article can eas Bajhang is one of the llimalayan Kailash (11indu and Buddhist ily understand this sense. Simple understanding and remote districts of '\epal. This pilgnmage is the shortest route from ol his expressiOn will be bene I cl1vic;ion was fL"eJ during Panchayat Delhi via <. hampur, Ugri lek to icial to all 1f there is no any bidden imcrest. period on the ba.sis ol geographical Mana'>arowar. So, it is the bes t The western area of dilticult y. underdeveloped Situation ol pilgr1mage roucc to connect two ·r ibet i'l also remote .tnd difficult, the soc1et) ,backwa r dne'>~ and worlds in populated countries through thus Ch11u should expand its railway deprived '>odal situation That is why the land route. Actually there is s from Lhasa thl'> cil~tm to Kaila'>h anc.l \lanac;arowar. It wtll : t i~ among the other 24 another posc,1hlc route. linkmg ~eli open up the pro!>penty in district~ 1nthc domain of rem me area =one from nnrth to sou tb (Bajhang to that rcp;1on . This railway will also he development comm ittee Now the Kai l,di ) v\'c can e the mid hill lp to export ( hinc<,e good 'ito '\epa I .lntllndJ..t mm1str) ol fec.ler.tl affa1rs .mel local naunnal h1ghway and connect Tald..tkhar Ka il ash \\ de\·elopmentls lookmg after this area. lvl.tnasarowar mad to lpent) or thlHegton Bajhang and :\. lahenclra\constJtuuonul cnupoJ R.~ . people of LhL.'> area h.we very 017 Pow,h l. l ~ajhung~ prince Um)ung low per capiw income, lack ol adur ~mgh opposed eJueaunn.ll oppnrtunity, .tnd kmg''> acuon ~~l~lt,~~J'~~I!'E~~[;.':!~~.O,...o~ Jnd claimed the independence nl Jnclu.,tn.d 111lr.t'>tructure ,,., H.ljhang ·1h1 '1 i ~ also known .t'> 'Baj.tng the ohst..tcfcs to devclopmt:nt ",\ntla 201H 'l nul the I mal 'tuge ol Ioaddrc'>'>alltht:'>e prohlum, undicauon ol i' in hydro power prinupahlle'> ol :-..ep<.tl and it remamcd project'>, hulitli ng ol .~monp; the lour reengnJ=cd Jnlrwilructure, exp.msion and pnncip.tlit1es Bajhang, \lu'>tan~ . Clm'>trUctinn nll11ghwav'> J.tprkot .md Sal) .111 unlll the end ol 1 he ... hortc'>t route to 1-..ulash i\lanasarnwar ( nnstitullnn of the K1ngdorn oi J'Jepal road'>. Chain pur C hhanna, Ba.Ju ra, lroni \;epal would he 20-17 B.S I hen lhlj hangi Raja Jaya Ace: ham, Ti kt north <;outh routt..mScu=one Babu ramad1 \)<.trkhcd .Jadaya 1\atyi'itec.l lbna reg ime to 'itart the lhtjhang and ·1ib et lHwc almost a Dhuli ·rand l agamandu publication of the clde~t new~ paper one thnu al.<;o l ~hatra , Chee lehool in Bajhang one ol the de,·clopmcnt partner'> ol ha=a.u, Kaihlsh (,aurikunda, Dropa hh.lnjyang nnging te<.tchcr., I rom lndi.t Nepal. People ol remote area~ need of t hmu Now the Lime ha.s come to think more .c;uppnrt lor in I rastructure Cl ihct). According Ln unwritten hic;tor)' ol sLnously lor the development of that development So thl'> h1ghway B,tjhang ,hi'> .c,hort foOL tnal have cx1~tccl there hac.kward area ol Nepal through construction will hendit the three ~incc 12 ~')b . '> ·y h1s loOL trial was opened by the international road con nection , cou ntries, Ncp..1l, India and China. lt order ol I angct (god)under the leadership e'> peciall)' \\ ith road to northern prm•Jdes an easy acee~c; to "adash ot Suncl Ra.) hould Still when old runote part of both count nee; be opened b) either ol the countries dharni of mastadJc'>, the devotees 'ltJrt searching A Chinese company has agreed to or through mutual cooperation of all new dhami wor'l< on West Seti 710 M\V thesecountries. One oi the major challenges and h)tlropower project con">truction l·ormer( hineseAmhassadorYang tests lor the cl<.~iming new dhami IS to \ 1~1t \ lanasarowar [ h ree Gorges has experiences with Houlan wrote in his article, 28'h Sept. via unadventured ro mJny hydro power projects in China. 2012 , in New Spotlight maga::ine ute and take a holy bath there. He has to show some It will be the largesc hydro power about :\epal and it~ neighbor He miracle ro prove the existence pr~jecttill now. . . focused on the issue o,f Nepalese of divin ity in him Chainpur-Taklakhar Manasarowar development and argued "\epalshould . Pandll IS Mso.larc profcss..>r Padma Ka '------nya Campus NEW SPOTLIGHT June 28,2013 25 ------_, TRENDS Human Development By BIDUSHI ADHlKARl \\'ith the world mm·mg 1n dt!fercnL dtrcctlons, Yatlous tluck, trash filled stream~ or that the piles and piles of new tdeas and pnorille'> .tppe.lr licorg llegcl, a German garbage and '>cwagc .1ren't not bemg l.1kcn care ol. \\'hal is philosopher and ..1 major ~:ontributor lo the German happening to the Kingdom in llimala\as? \\'ho is doing ldeali'>m, '>L.lted th.tt there .tl\\'.1)' '> cXJ'lled a '\truggle anything to stop Lh1s> \\ here the .lpprectauon of nJlllte between tdea'> 1 n ~oc tel) I il '>La ted that there was a gone> \\'hat h.1ppcned Lo pre~en mg n..tlJOnJILrcac;urc'>? domin.lting idea L;.dlcd a " LhL~I'> " and other minor idea'> llnlonunatcly,thc'>e tjUe~uonc, .tre c,lill hard to answer called the "•mlllhem " llt'>Lor~ , he '>lated , wa'> an efforllo \\'htle annual g.1thcnng'> .tnd protcc;Ls, lJkc the Slut \\'alk, O\'ercomc thl'> struggle, .tJH.I when a compromic;e was happen .111 over thL world, WL, .1., '>Upporter~ ol l..tt people reached, IL would hc~.:nmc .t "'>ynthc'>t'>" olthe two And ~o. ,md thin people .tntl chubby penpk and lJI I people, should ll egclsaJd , thts e1rc lc would he carried on and on until we help mobi li::c the com m uniLy we live in \\'c should try to rcac hctl .tn itlc.d world con,·mce tho!>c who arc unw i llln~ Lo accept that women Some may '>ay that our wnrld today may seem like the can be lal and la'> h111 tmblc. \\'c have t11 point nul to others ideal world. 'v\'c IMve the technnh1gy, Lhc dcvclopmcnL, the thuttbc danger that ourenvimnment i'> 111 is a growing 1ssuc Jnfra.strucllln.:, tht: luxury, •lnclthc privil eges. Sc1ence has l hal shou ld he atklre-. .'>ed c.;nnn, bel nrc we come to n:greL taken tli<>covery und experiment Ln another magnitude it.\\'e need to stan eanng I on h1 ngHllhcrthan ourselves Superpower'> h.1vc emerged lo take the economy hy the Just because these t hing!. do not ltffecl us di rcctly does mainLtinl throat and wngglc It enough lo extract buLkcts [u ll n[ not mean, in any w:ly, that we should not talC tn rc.tLh the '>)'nthe'>l'> I'> yctlo he and de\'clnpment, we need to l111d '>IMce lor empathy, lor \\hat .tcwmp!J..,hctl accepl.lnLc , r------.., l hLIJr'>L..tnd lnremo'>l L~.tmpk th.lt wmes mto mmd lor open rJl.;ft ~,..(1~ 1s thL '>L.llL nl kmtnl'>m m our" orldwd.l\ 1 he oth~.:r d.l) , mtndcdne'>'> t:&'l=lbt.fJ\!.U~ I c,um: .llfO'>'> .1 hlog called " \ ( u nnu.., I JilL\" h) a woman "" or nght n.1mcd R.1p;1111 \.1g R.1n o..,hl unphJ'>J=~:d, ..tmongc;t other no" . '>LILn<.:L International Get: thmg'>. the horror'> nf the '>tmpk t~'>k nltrJ\ clllng .done in a n d ,t countr} like lndt.t, how her mother had ~~:olded her lor tcchnologt<.:al wan ling Lo wei.ll' a dre'>'> whcn she was .llittlc girl , and how adv.lnt..c'> .c;hc ldLune11m lmuhlc weanng .'>1<1 rl'> .tnd '>horl.'> even when h .l \' c ... hc he~:o.tmc a lull gt0\\11 wnmJn With .t th.:grcc from the outgr,1wn us, l lnJted Kingdom ht~htlll1l:.unc todci Jnc her, whileS11t:icL)' J'> hum.1n It looked kin /\[tcr i.s ou r a she gained a lot of We ight and hattl ing Ca'>C ol anl11'CXio1, res ponsi bi lity Sagtani ~tol rled ..tlash 1011 hlng and became more coni idenL. \Vhcn Lo grow U'> looking at <,uch an example, it 1s impnrl.lntto ask ou rselves: humans and docs weigh dietollC whn we ure in'>idc? Docs feminism only develop key refer lo o;kinny, ta ll women? l)o w~.:, <~'> fcmalcc; , whether charactcrbw.:..~ ral, skinny, 'lhorL, tall, or m•crwcight, get LO express that t he oursclvcs thmugh wh.1t we wear) modern [n\'tronmcnL.liJ'>SUes arc .lnnthcr aspect ol our lives that w o r I d we don't gtve much nnporl.lncc to, wh1ch i'> surprising as requ1res we arc in the second nchcst country m water resources Only then When I II) 111 from Dclh1 t\\ice .1 year, the beautiful can we reach mountam range that I!> 111 \'Je\\ JU!>l before we land never the le\ cl of fads Lo lea\'C me in .twe. 1 he beauty and tranquility that <.synthesic;" Nepal has to ofler is something rare and should be Hegel talks protected. However, once we arc flymg over the vaUey of about Only Kathmandu, there 1s a ccnam change in the air, a thick then can we embodiment of smoke and pollution, and a sight or a dirty possibly hope MALPI INSTITUTE city. 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