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A policewoman joins in the rejoicing (below) Nepal’s first human anti-trafficking activist with other women at a function this week in group set up by former victims, Shakti Kathmandu in the run-up to Teej on Sunday. SHAKTI Samuha, is awarded this year’s Ramon CELEBRATING Magsaysay Award. Shakti Samuha’s Sunita It is the day dedicated to women in Nepal who mark it by dressing in red, singing and Danuwar says although trafficking to India dancing deep into the night on Saturday. has diminished, Nepali girls are being WOMANHOOD increasingly traffi cked to the Gulf countries and Africa. Young Nepali women work as PAGE 8-9 PAGE 6 entertainers in night clubs in Dar es Salaam.

BIKRAM RAI 2 EDITORIAL 6 - 12 SEPTEMBER 2013 #672 SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET he theory of revolutionary violence justifies the Without justice there is no peace process. Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal told BBC Nepali taking of human lives in order to overthrow an in 2006 that he had given orders to execute enemies Tunjust political order. It has been seen historically of the people with a bullet to the temple. This week, he as a legitimate, and necessary, means to an end when all dared human rights activists: “I gave the order to kill, other political measures have been exhausted. The arrest me if you can.” His spokesman, Agni Sapkota who argument is that a state that is either repressive or is himself accused of summary execution, fell back on the perpetuates structural violence through neglect and usual Maoist argument that raking up war crimes would exclusion can only be brought down through revolutionary “wreck the peace process”. counter-violence. The Maoists may have suspended their armed struggle, This Robin Hood doctrine was given the imprimatur but they have never to date publicly renounced the use of of political legitimacy by Lenin, Stalin and Mao. Indeed, political violence. In fact, they continue to use the residual these three gentlemen were together responsible for the terror in the public mind of their past brutality to instill deaths of nearly 80 million people in the last century, fear and acquiescence. justifying the bloodshed through the 'scientific logic' of As former Chief Election Commissioner Bhojraj Pokhrel revolutionary violence to establish a dictatorship of the points out in his new book, they repeatedly blackmailed proletariat. other political forces with a return to war if they didn’t get History books tell us that the Soviet comrades actually what they wanted. It may be too much to expect Maoists to used the term 'revolutionary terror' or 'red terror'. They change their spots, their ideology is intrinsically violent, were just following their guru Karl Marx, who had intolerant and unrepentant of the suffering they caused. written: ‘There is only one means to shorten, simplify and Both sides in the Nepal conflict are now trying to concentrate the murderous death throes of the old society protect each other from facing up to the atrocities they and the bloody birth pangs of the new, only one means committed. It is now meaningless to segregate war crimes – revolutionary terrorism.’ The chief ideologue of the Maoist party, Baburam by who perperated them, the guerrillas or the army. Both Marxian doctrine was obsessed with blood and the Bhattarai, told this newspaper in an interview in 2002 now represent the state, and it is the state’s responsibility shedding of it to lay down the justification for 'mass terror' that no price in terms of human life was too great for the to deliver truth and justice to the families of victims like as a weapon to further the class struggle. Leon Trotsky liberation of the people, and added that the Khmer Rouge Krishna Adhikari, Maina Sunwar, Dekendra Thapa, the later starting having doubts about the zeal of his comrades genocide was exaggerated and “western propaganda”. Doramba 18 and Bhairabnath 36. for violence, and felt that the end had started justifying the The rationale and limits of revolutionary violence, The Maoists say individual insurgency-era killings means. But even he believed that feudalism would never and who should be held accountable for violations should be addressed by the Truth and Reconciliation reform by itself, and had to be terrorised into submission. of human rights during the insurgency, has now Commission (TRC), but their government was complicit in The word ‘terrorist’ has today been hijacked to describe come back to haunt Nepal’s revolutionaries. The Maoists watering down the TRC ordinance until it was toothless religious extremists, but neo-Maoist revolutionists are took up arms in 1996 against a democratically-elected and meaningless. The former enemies both want conflict proud ‘terrorists’ in the purest original definition of the government, and although discrimination and social era crimes to be buried, but the skeletons are rattling in term: terrorising oppressors with torture and executions, injustice were rife in society, this could have been addressed their closets. and terrorising the populace to toe the partyline by making through political evolution. One didn't need to kill 17,000 Far from endangering the peace process, addressing an example of those who deviate from the revolutionary people to achieve it. Today, looking at the behaviour of the truth and justice will protect it. Without justice, there is path. comrades, one is forced to ask: is this want it was all for? no process, and there will be no long-term peace.

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DISAPPEARANCES families to fi ght strongly for justice. 2008 during his watch. While the war has become a thing Shyam Shrestha Jang of the past for Nepal’s political leaders, for the families of the ELECTIONS KATHMANDU MURALS disappeared, it is still going on. I am not going to vote and I would not Great effort by the concerned (‘Whereabouts unknown’ by Bhrikuti be bothered to fi nd out if my earlier ID to lighten up the valley. Great Rai #671) I can’t imagine the pain is still valid as I am yet to get a new educational artwork, vibrant and and suffering of the people who one. (‘The best of worst alternatives’ by alive. (Colourful capital by Sangam have lost their loved ones without Bhojraj Pokharel #671) It is not likely Shilpakar #671). But to some extent it knowing what they have lost them that the infi ghting among the parties looks out of place and does not “click” to, and then to see the guilty walk will cease right away. Seeing the with the city. It has got rid of political scot-free trend, things are not likely to get better slogans and what not, but I personally just makes the whole thing even any sooner either way, with election would have left the walls clean and worse. happening or not happening. empty. Kathmandu is a very ancient Meena Lama Armugam city and these artworks have done nothing but turned it’s identity and No one is going to get justice Bhojraj Pokharel has brought this spirit into an obscure question mark. in this country especially if the book out only to save his face because Concerned powerful political leaders are this year’s election is bound to bring involved.My heart goes out to back 2008 election on the comparison Kathmandu has become a thousands of Nepalis who lost their chart. And given all the rule-bending dumping ground for the mediocre by- loved ones during the ‘people’s he did in the past election, this book is products of Western civilisation. The war'. Look where the war waged by in no way a handbook for any election recent government move to tear down those select few have taken us the for us. All the foreigners have done is hoarse about human rights violations especially not post-confl ict election. But billboards has had a far more positive people. reward murderers and those who want perpetrated by the security forces, and since this time the Maoists don’t have impact on our streets. Roshan Sharma to break this country into little pieces. are completely silent on the case of the arms maybe we can hope for a truly Ram B Yubak murderers of Krishna Adhikari’s parents free and fair election. It is clear by now that the who are in Intensive Care on their hunger Suraj Giri foreign embassies in Kathmandu Justice will always be inaccessible strike demanding the arrest of their are only paying lip service about for the poor and marginalised, son’s murderers. And they are coddling Kunda Dixit is extra kind to Bhojraj their concern for human rights. especially in a country like Nepal. The the Maoists whose Chairman instead of Pokharel and his repeated attempts to Weekly Internet Poll #672 (‘Frozen grief’, Editorial, #671) They former rebels now have tasted saying sorry and showing some remorse rescue his reputation by saying that Q. What will you base your votes on in the upcoming looked the other way when the power and will never look back to is threatening human rights activists. holding elections was more important CA elections? Maoists cheated and threatened correct their past mistakes fearing Shiv because we had to protect the peace Total votes: 1,117 their way to victory in 2008, and future consequences especially when process. That is like saying a fl awed now they have suddenly gone all the election is fast approaching. Let I feel sorry for Ram Bhandari who election is ok. The same mistake is quiet on the TRC Bill and the plight us all show them the power of our votes has been writing so many articles to being made again as we head towards of the disappeared so that the this election bring attention towards the plight of the another election at the behest of Indian “peace process” can be protected. Krishna Pant families of disappeared people intelligence. Just like one cannot be The lesson from this is clear, it is during the war. (‘My missing father’ by half pregnant, you cannot have a half- that the Nepalese victims of the What is surprising (or not so Ram Kumar Bhandari #671) It is clean and semi-free election. Pokharel confl ict need to speak up for their surprising) is the hypocrisy of the heartening to learn that he turned his is trying to cover up and justify the Weekly Internet Poll # 673. To vote go to: www.nepalitimes.com own rights, no one else will do it international community that cried itself grief to bring together hundreds of massive cheating and intimidation in Q. What are the chances of free, fair and independent election?

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elections in May 2014 is already generating heat. There is some wishful thinking among India-watchers that the BJP would like Nepal’s polls to be deferred till next year. There A Raw Deal is a feeling that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has just too much on his domestic plate India wants elections in Nepal in to be scratching his head about November, but is too preoccupied Nepal. In past few months, there has to pay attention to crucial details been a long queue of Nepal’s political figures officially invited to visit New Delhi and ndian Ambassador Jayant personality. Yet, this did not shake hands with India’s movers Prasad will probably mean that the hidden Indian and shakers. Each of the leaders Ilook back at his tenure in hand in Nepali politics was not came back with exactly the same Kathmandu and describe it as busy behind the scenes. message: everybody in Delhi “two eventful years in which There are undercurrents wants Nepal to hold elections nothing happened”. Prasad of Indian politics that have at the earliest and draft its arrived in 2011, following his a bearing on the neighbours: constitution. father’s footsteps, and assumed Tamil Nadu politics in “There is a rare convergence an office that had taken Sri Lanka, West Bengal in of views on Nepal in the Indian some hard knocks not just in Bangladesh and in Nepal it is power centre on the need to Kathmandu, but even more in the BJP’s Hindutva ideology push for elections,” Prashant Jha and the open border. The fact of The Hindu newspaper told of the matter, whether we me on the phone from Delhi this like it or not, is that Indian week. India has done everything influence in Nepali politics it can to send positive signals BY THE WAY is stronger than what we, as a about the CA elections, and Anurag Acharya citizen of a sovereign nation, pledged massive logistical would like it to be. support. India’s intelligence After being caught flat-footed New Delhi. It wasn’t the most agencies are often accused of in 2008 when the Maoists popular job in town, to put it micro-managing people and surprised everyone by winning, mildly. institutions through unsavoury New Delhi appears to be So Prasad wisely kept a Nepali political middlemen exasperated with our politics as Lately, there has been courting all political figures, just low profile, and didn’t get into much to the detriment of we are, and New Delhi’s interest speculation about whether or in case. The Nepali Congress unnecessary controversy which India’s own long-term national as well as capacity to dictate the not the elections will take place has always been the favourite was probably easier for him interest here. However, by course of politics in Kathmandu as scheduled in November, for India’s own Congress because of his more relaxed and large, the Indians are as is often overstated. given how India’s own politicians, as seen by the South Asia shining and suffering Region faces huge challenge to generate jobs for its bulging youth population

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naugurating the sixth South Asia Summit in the there ought to be. It’s no wonder then that countries steer their countries to the track towards democracy. MORE TO DO: Nagesh Kumar of UNESCAP Sri Lankan capital on 2 September Pakistan’s in the region are better connected to Europe However, the challenges of dealing with this gives the lead presentation during the IMinister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal in his keynote and Southeast Asia than with one another. Land demographic currently outweigh the advantages. special panel on ‘A Closer South Asia: Re- address highlighted fl agging growth and the gap connectivity is even worse, and has remained much Despite making unprecedented progress in primary energising Regional Economic Integration and between rich and poor in the region, a theme the same for centuries. education, the quality of education and employability Connectivity.’ revisited many times at the three-day conference. Jagdish Sharma, former vice-chairman of of young people remains poor. Schools fail to foster Despite forging ahead financially in the last Nepal’s National Planning Commission, suggested the kind of creativity and originality that is needed for decade, the region is plagued by deep-seated an ‘energy mix’ between countries with comparative real entrepreneurship. As a result, a staggering 90 common South Asian identity that will not only inequalities: economies are ‘shining’, but large advantages to promote greater integration and per cent of South Asians work low-skill jobs in the ensure our workers’ strength and safety but also populations fi nd themselves outside the purview of intra-South Asian trade. For instance, Bangladesh informal sector. promote investments back home. this prosperity with incomes of less than $2 a day. with its reserves of natural gas could swap energy The solution lies in rebuilding our education Even cooperation within trade and business Host Sri Lanka is an example of this conundrum. with Nepal, which is rich in hydropower. systems so that when young people graduate from – which should theoretically be easier to deal Four years after the end of its devastating civil war, Academics, researchers, former government schools and colleges they are equipped with skills with than politics – is littered with barriers. The roads cratered by bombs have given way to neat officials, and businessmen gathered at the that matter to the economy and provide competent private sector, surprisingly, is reluctant to let go of black topped highways, new high rises dominate conference orangised by the Institute of Policy human capital for the region. States will also have its domestic market. Strict regulations impede the the skyline, and international companies are lining Studies (IPS) in Colombo said the most effective to work on streamlining heavily politicised education movement of goods, money, ideas. up to start invest. way to tackle the ‘challenge of exclusion’ is through and combating malnutrition that affects millions of A suggestion for the next summit in Delhi But what about those left behind? This greater investment in the region’s young human children every year and inhibit their performance in in 2014 was to invite policy makers so that “challenge of exclusion” should be the focus of the capital and promotion of entrepreneurship by school, and eventually the workforce. deliberations lead to concrete strategies that pave eight countries as they look ahead to the future, easing the process for individuals or groups to start South Asian countries will also be tested on the way for a stronger, more collaborative South Iqbal said. their own business. how they handle their migrant labour population. Asian union that exists beyond the conference Given that all South Asian nations share many One-fi fth of South Asians are between the ages Governments seem to be using foreign employment room. of these challenges – post-conflict rebuilding, of 15-24. More than half of India’s 1.2 billion people as a solution to joblessness at home and to prevent under-nourishment, low HDI rankings – regional are under 25. South Asia’s youth have strength in dissatisfaction from spiraling into instability. Experts Trishna Rana represented Nepal as the World cooperation makes sense. Caught up with domestic numbers and can infl uence politics, those currently suggest that the eight countries in the region band Bank Youth Delegate at the South Asia Economic fi re-fi ghting, there is not as much engagement as living under autocratic regimes have the potential to together to build migrant policies: a more cohesive, Summit 2013. 6 - 12 SEPTEMBER 2013 #672 NATION 5 redder carpet treatment that Sher Bahadur Deuba and BIZ BRIEFS Sushil Koirala got in Delhi compared to the others. Creating jobs Still, the NC has deep Branching out Laxmi Bank expanded its reach in suspicions about the role of central and western Nepal with addition of two branches in Bhaktapur and Indian handlers in forging For the past seven Dhangadi. Both Bhaktapur and Dhangadi branches offer ATM services. With a Maoist-Madhesi alliance years, Global Academy the addition, Laxmi Bank now has 34 branches, 2 extension counters and in which one of their very 47 ATMs spread across the country. own party colleagues played of Tourism and an active role. However, Hospitality Education although the Madhesi parties (GATE), a hospitality New models may benefit from leverage in Him Electronics, the authorised distributor of Samsung New Delhi they still derive a management school in cameras in Nepal has introduced three new ranges of mandate and legitimacy from Mandikatar has been Samsung cameras in the market- WB200F, ST150F, Nepal’s Tarai constituency. and ST72. The prices of WB200F, ST150F, and ST72 are Rs 24,990, Rs providing vocational 14,990 and Rs 13,990 respectively. The Maoist-Madhesi alliance and academic was based on federalism and education based on inclusion, and unless the Dream home NC comes clear on the two the Swiss model of Asian Paints has launched ‘Asian Paints Apex issues, New Delhi’s backing teaching. Ultima Dream Home Contest’. Cutomers will have for Madhesi parties will not Nepali Times caught to paint their home with Apex Ultima and upload the really matter. photo in Asian Paints Facebook page app ‘Dream Talking to BBC Nepali up with CEO Khem Home Contest’. The winning home owners will Service this week, retired Lakai to discuss what receive holiday package in Singapore and Malaysia. Indian Army General Ashok the institution has to Mehta said federalism has offer young Nepalis . Dashain Delight not worked for India, and HH Bajaj launched its ‘Dusavatar’ Nepal should not tread Nepali Times: What inspired you to start this program in Nepal? campaign for the occasion of Dashain down that path either. One Khem Lakai: I studied in Switzerland and when I was visiting and Tihar on 1 September. Every may be tempted to read Bahrain, I met a lot of young Nepalis who were working menial jobs. customer buying any Bajaj motorcycle Mehta’s words as tacit The skills they possessed were far better than the jobs they were will now receive instant cash prize from Rs 5000 to Rs 100,000 on Indian position on Nepal’s doing. So I decided to come back home and help give people jobs in purchase. A weekly lucky draw prize of Rs 1 million is also on the offer. contentious federalism my own country. debate, but there just isn’t enough proof to confirm that What can hotel management graduates in Nepal do? Loyalty card Etihad Airways has extended BusinessConnect, this is how official India is Despite our political problems, Nepal is still a top tourist hot spot thinking. its loyalty program for businesses to 11 new and our cultural and geographic diversity will keep attracting markets including Bahrain, Kuwait, Lebanon, India is concerned about visitors. Tourism will always be one of our biggest earners, but what Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands, Oman, Philippines, Qatar, and Thailand. Nepal, wants elections to we need are well-educated, skilled Nepalis who can maintain a high take place as scheduled, standard of professionalism. There is still social stigma attached to and has convinced the the hospitality sector and we need to change this so that people see it Magnifi cent Malaysia international community as a dignified profession. Visit Malaysia Year 2014 was announced at a including the northern press conference in the capital which was attended neighbour about this line. It How does the Swiss model complement the Nepali education by Amran, representative of Tourism Malaysia for also wants the constitution system? India and Nepal, Fadli Adilah the Charge d’Affaires drafted at the earliest, so that Switzerland is the number one place for hotel management and at the Malaysian Embassy and Subodh Rana, there is stability. However, CEO, Mall Travel and Treks Services. With the campaign Malaysia aims to tourism. They have a strong infrastructure, their tourism products welcome 28 million tourists. the devil is in the details, are diversified, and they give a high degree of respect to vocational and that doesn’t seem to courses. The people who work in the hospitality industry are not interest the Indians too only passionate about their jobs, but also extremely competent. And Easy banking much. no matter how unconventional their profession is they are proud and Everest Bank has launched landmark Mobile ATM service across Nepal. The new Indian never degrade it. We need to replicate this mindset in our country. With the launch of Mobile ATM, customers who don’t have dire easy access Ambassador Ranjit Rae will to an EBL branch can now open an account at any Everest Bank branch, have his work cut out. He is How is GATE different from other colleges that provide hospitality make deposits and withdraw cash through the network of EBL Business hitting the ground running training? Correspondents reads the press release. because he has handled The Swiss model is based on two core values: competence and Nepal from Delhi before. practical knowledge. Rather than just rote learning, we make sure There will be a legacy that our students have practical experience and know how to work from his predecessor, there in the real world. are long-time favourites, but having dealt with all sides Where are GATE graduates today? now India seems confident Some are team leaders in Qatar, and some are working in different that it can negotiate its international hotels across the globe. Some work for event interests no matter who wins management, in banks, while some have started their own business in November. and are providing jobs. 6 NATION 6 - 12 SEPTEMBER 2013 #672 Sunita’s long walk to freedom Once refused citizenships by their own country, human trafficking victims become national heroes

200 Nepalis. Many of them were The Ramon Magsaysay helped to return to Nepal where Award Foundation’s citation Sunita found she didn’t have praised the founders of Shakti a home, her relatives weren’t Samuha ‘for their exemplary willing to help, and she had lost work to abolish human touch with her parents. trafficking and help survivors The Nepal government to live with dignity and pride’. refused to recognise them On return to Kathmandu as citizens, and seven of the on Wednesday from Manila, 12 young women in Sunita’s Sunita said although human shelter had HIV. They were trafficking to India was determined to help other declining, Nepali women were trafficked Nepali girls so they being increasingly trafficked didn’t have to suffer what they to the Gulf countries. Sunita went through. said she will plough the Sunita finally got their $50,000 prize money into citizenship papers and turned Shakti Samuha, but more than a new page in her life. She the money it is the recognition NIMESH RAI/KANTIPUR got married in 1998, gave her of the work of her organisation SLC in 2010, and is currently that will encourage her, she DEVAKI BISTA the roadside. One day, she was UNSUNG HEROES: Shakti Samuha’s enrolled in an undergraduate says. tricked by a friend and a truck chairperson Sunita Danuwar (centre) course. She and fellow Sunita and Shakti Samuha driver into eating sweets laced treasurer Lakshmi Puri (left) and survivors from Mumbai set up follow two other pioneering unita Danuwar is now 39, with drugs. She was sold and member Chari Maya Tamang with Shakti Samuha in 1997, the Nepali women who have been but when she remembers taken on an overnight train to the Magsaysay Award trophy in first Nepali anti-trafficking voted CNN Heroes in the past Kathmandu on Wednesday. Sthe first five months of Bombay. organisation run by victims of three years for their work to abuse and torture she suffered When she regained trafficking themselves. help destitute women and in a Bombay brothel 25 years consciousness, Sunita found On 31 August, Sunita children: Anuradha Koirala ago, she still has nightmares. out she was in a brothel. The were Nepali, and some girls Danuwar the President of Shakti of Maiti Nepal and Pushpa Born in Dolakha to a family owners tortured her and didn’t were as young as nine. Samuha and her colleague Basnet of the Early Childhood from an under-privileged give her anything to eat or drink, Rich clients would pay up Laxmi Puri were standing on Development Centre. caste, Sunita was five when but Sunita says she managed to to INR 4,000 per hour to take the stage of the Philippine Other Nepali recipients her parents moved to India’s avoid being forced to have sex them to private quarters, but the International Convention Centre of the Magsaysay Award Jammu and Kashmir state to with customers. Exasperated, going rate at the brothel was INR with five other recipients of are Mahesh Chandra Regmi, seek their fortune. They found the owner sold her to another 40. Foreigners, businessmen, this year’s prestigious Ramon Bharat Dutta Koirala, Sanduk work in a potato farm, and nine brothel for INR 100,000. army and police personnel were Magsaysay Award in Manila. It Ruit and Mahabir Pun. years later the family was still “I refused to sleep with their regular visitors. was a well-deserved recognition poor and living at the margins clients, too,” recalls Sunita, Within five months of for a Nepali woman who battled nepalitimes.com of society. “but the new madam ordered Sunita’s captivity, activists and overwhelming odds not just to Even before she turned 14, her male staff to gang-rape me.” police raided Mumbai’s red light survive trafficking and sexual Two decades of vision, #633, Beyond the digital divide, #392, Sunita was helping her family’s Most of the women forced into areas and rescued 500 girls, slavery, but is determined to Mahesh Chandra Regmi, 74, income by crushing rocks by sexual slavery in the brothel among whom Sunita was one of help others like her.

dancers in Nairobi were arrested by Kenyan police for being in possession of heroin.They were from Baitadi in the west to Taplejung in the east, and had come to Africa in search of employment. Many have been tricked by DANCING middlemen who have promised them jobs in Europe or America, but bring them to Tanzania and Kenya where Nepalis get visas on arrival. They are then forced to work in ‘Mujra’ bars which are essentially fronts for prostitution and IN DAR are patronised mostly by Indians. They make the equivalent of Rs 32,000 a Young Nepali women month, and say they could never earn that kind of money back home. “Circumstances have find employment in driven us to come here to work,” says one dance bars in East Africa of the women, careful to be away from close circuit surveillance cameras. Taking photos is prohibited, and this reporter was asked to SEETASHMA THAPA leave after taking a picture with her phone of in DAR ES SALAAM the stage (left). SEETASHMA THAPA The girls are vulnerable because they work without permits, some are exploited by their he arrived in Tanzania three months ago from back home like ‘Simple Simple Kanchiko me sad to look at fellow Nepalis?” handlers and abused, often sexually. Their to work in a dance bar, and looks over her Dimple Basne Gala’, ‘Chyangba oh Chyangba’ At immigration in New Delhi and Mumbai, passports are seized, and they are locked up in Sshoulder warily as she tells a fellow-Nepali and ‘Musu Musu Hasi Deuna’, and the songs Nepali women are singled out for special scrutiny closed compounds. It is common knowledge in her name. have become popular even in the dance bars because many of them have poor documentation. the bars here that ‘dancing girl’ is a euphemism Slim, and dressed in a short black dress with here. “There are more than 50 Nepali girls going to for ‘prostitute’, and customers bid for girls who golden sequins, she had stood out among the 12 Nepalis in the audience get nostalgic for Africa every month,” one Indian immigration offi cial are most popular dancers. other young Nepali women on stage. She was home, but their consciences are seared by the told this reporter in Mumbai recently. “If you are a Nepal’s political instability has hurt the shimmering and radiant, her eye makeup smoky presence of these vulnerable young women Nepali, do something for them.” investment climate, and the country never giving her a seductive look, long black tresses driven so far away from home to seek jobs here For bar-hopping Africans and Indians in Dar reaped the peace dividend from a confl ict that fl ailing with every pirouette. in Tanzania. The women say they were forced es Salaam, ‘Nepal’ has now become synonymous ended six years ago. And as long as jobs are She has many admirers in the audience, to migrate because of the lack of opportunities with ‘dancing girl’. The Nepali word ‘kanchhi’ is not being created back home, Nepalis will made up mostly of Indian Tanzanians and back home, they get a three month advance and part of the vocabulary of Dar es Salaam’s nightlife. continue to migrate abroad at the rate of 1,400 Africans. The regulars adorn her with garlands appear happy enough with their earnings. There are some 60 young Nepali women in a day. An increasing number of them are now and a fake crown after the performance. That is Some Nepalis in the audience feel it is wrong. dance bars in Dar es Salaam alone, there are women, lured by middlemen to the Middle East her only tip. But another says: “Who am I to make judgments more in Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria and even or Africa. The Nepali dancers perform to musical hits saying it is wrong or right just because it makes Congo and Madagascar. In July, 10 Nepali women [email protected] This has been one of the wettest monsoons in the past decade, and it’s still coming. The average July precipitation is 360mm, this year Kathmandu got KATHMANDU 20. August average is 320mm and this year it was 429mm. The way we are headed the fi rst few days of September promises more rain. However, the eastern Tarai is suffering a drought, with only 40 per cent of paddy crop planted in Saptari. Overcast with light night rain this weekend.

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The inpromptu celebrations at Rangasala had louder echoes on the social media, with Nepalis discussing Bimal's wonder strike late into the night. he 18,000 strong crowd at the “I had been waiting for this moment for Dasrath stadium was reduced a long time. It is a dream come true for me to silence. After conceding to to score for my team,” said Magar to the Pakistan in the 13th minute, it press after the match. “The massive number looked like Nepal was bound to of audience at the home ground was very leaveT empty-handed despite starting the day encouraging.” with a chance to leapfrog into the semifinals For the U-16 player, the goal was not with one game to spare. fluke but a result of years of hard work. But fifteen- year-old Bimal Gharti Magar Since joining All Nepal Football Association had other things in mind. When a cross was (ANFA) Academy in Butwal at the age of fired from the right wing, Nepali players 13, Magar had been training tirelessly to bombarded into the d-box and the Pakistani improve his game and earn himself a place goalie could only flap at the ball. Bimal had in the national squad. In the last three already peeled away from the defenders in years, the boy from Nawalparasi had left his anticipation and fired a one-touch volley into mark on the U-16 and U-14 matches he had the net to make Dasrath Rangasala erupt in played. joy and relief. At the recent SAFF U-16 Championship’s GOAL group level matches, Magar scored six goals Running across the field chased by his After scoring an equaliser fellow teammates, Magar looked equally in three matches, including a hattrick against jubilant. With this important goal, the Bhutan and a brace against Pakistan. It was against Pakistan in teen became Nepal's youngest goalscorer his goals that propelled Nepal into the finals the undergoing SAFF in international football and an overnight before they lost to India. Championship, fifteen- celebrity. “Bimal’s performance in the last few years have given hope to fans and coaches year-old Bimal Gharti who were often left disappointed with Magar has shot to fame Nepal's wayward finishing,” says Bal Gopal Maharjan, Nepal’s U-16 coach, who considers Magar's discipline as his biggest asset. SANTA GAHA MAGAR Although the youngster is far from the finished article, Maharjan is convinced his raw talents can be honed into that of a champion if he is nurtured properly. The young football star is currently studying in grade 10 and has been living at the ANFA Academy’s hostel in Lalitpur for the last two years. A fan of Argentina and Barcelona player Lionel Messi, Magar says he wants to emulate the skills, success, and humility of his hero.

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PRAKASH MATHEMA Knockout Books are expensive and some of them ith the group stage matches done and dusted, the hard to find, so go share and find like- WSouth Asian Football Federations Championship 2013 minded people bringing what they have to enters the knockout rounds. the study table

Semifi nals – 8 and 9 September Date: 14 September, second Saturday of Final – 11 September every month Dashrath Rangasala Stadium, Tripureswor Time: 2.30pm Tickets: Rs 300 to Rs 700, on sale at venue Venue: Cafe Soma, Jhamiskhel Live coverage on Kantipur TV http://www.youtube.com/user/saff championship http://ktmbookswap.wordpress. com/2013/08/29/september-bookswap/ 10 One day in the life of What 20 years ago was a strange grass growing on a caterpillar is now Himalayan gold

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very summer, almost all of best pickers can find 70 pieces the adults and children strong per day, and make a fortune. Eenough to walk living in the Mingmar (pictured right) Nepal Himalaya make a difficult is 28 and has left his wife, two journey to the higher reaches of children and a newly born baby the mountains, risking their lives boy back at home, and walks up in search of yarsagumba. the mountain everyday from his It is a parasitic fungus that stone summer shepherd hut close grows on a caterpillar hibernating to the snow line with his cousin underground and yarsagumba and their young friend, Kumar. literally means ‘summer grass, They crouch and crawl all day winter worm’ in Tibetan. The in mulled silence, picking through fungus mummifies the caterpillar blades of grass and staring at and then thrusts out of the soil. the soil with hawk eyes. A lucky This tiny protuberance looks like picker lets out an excited cry, as a blade of grass, and that is what he lifts a yarsa stalk. Others rush harvesters spend weeks each over, and the treasured piece is spring searching for. wrapped carefully in a plastic bag. For some, it’s two or three They break for a brief lunch day walk to a scenic Himalayan and some barley brew. “Hey, meadow at 4,300 m here in the how much did you find so far?” Tsum Valley of Upper Gorkha. The someone asks Mingmar. “Just a villagers don’t waste any time to few,” he replies. Then it is back pack their lunches, and head up to the slopes and every group has the slopes where a slight misstep their own secret spot. can be a fatal fall. By afternoon, it is snowing, Yarsa has now earned itself the but Mingmar is still focused name ‘Himalayan viagra’ and one on his work, crawling up the quality piece can fetch $20. The slope on all fours. He is the sole

Yarsagumba growing TIBET area in Nepal $38,000 /kg CHINA KATHMANDU $24,000 /kg $97,000 /kg

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breadwinner of the family, and caterpillars. In the evening a knows that every yarsa stalk is Tibetan-Chinese middleman, cash income. arrives to buy the day’s harvest. “I realise I have to help my He can sell the yarsa for parents somehow when they are three times the price across the alive because if they die when I am border in China. In this two- busy in my studies I would regret month season, Mingmar hopes that,” he says with sadness in his to earn up to Rs 3 million. eyes. “I decided to abandon my studies and help them as much as Life in Transit, a 24 hours I can.” long video documenting Even though Tsum has been Mingmar's life will be declared a holy no-violence zone available online at where animals cannot be killed, www.globalives.org end it doesn’t seem to apply to the of September.

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free-thinking, spirited creature into a hunted, proscribed spouse who becomes a shadow of her vibrant, THE PORTRAIT self romanticised being through her own supposedly independent choices. As in her most recent film OF A LADY Bright Star (reviewed previously in this column), which starred Abbie his week I am writing Cornish as Fanny Brawne (the about one of my favourite lover of the poet John Keats), all of Tdirectors, the New Zealander Campion’s leads are indomitable Jane Campion. While she is one women with their own flaws, of my favourites because of her carrying a certain adventurous unique feminine sensibility when spirit within their female bodies. It it comes to her craft, it is not just is perhaps this particular trait that because she is a woman that I am captivates Campion’s imagination, so enamoured of her films. For who, while in search of realising anyone who has seen her searingly them, makes them in turn, so very vivid to us. HAPPENINGS Campion’s latest endeavour is a six part series titled Top of MUST SEE the Lake, a mini-series starring Sophia Pande Elizabeth Moss as Robin Griffith, a detective who is investigating brilliant film The Piano (1993) woman, Isabel Archer (played by a the disappearance of a twelve-year which brought Campion firmly luminous Nicole Kidman), and the old pregnant girl. It has received into the limelight and won an people whose lives she affects. The glowing praise thus far and is due 11-year old Anna Paquin and the novel is a disconcertingly astute out soon. phenomenal Holly Hunter Oscars portrayal of people and their Campion most often for Best Supporting Actress and motivations, and the film with its concentrates on the unique trials Best Actress respectively, you will excellent cast more than brings of being a complicated, imperfect probably have several images of those famous characters to life. woman in this difficult world. As the film indelibly embedded in With John Malkovich as Gilbert always, I await her new endeavour your head. This remarkable film Osmond, Isabel’s malevolent impatiently, and with a great deal about a young mute woman, Ada and insidious husband; Barbara of hope. During the wait, everyone

(Holly Hunter) is a remarkable Hershey as Osmond’s scheming who has missed her films thus far BIKRAM RAI study of the feminine psyche. and amoral former lover Madam can catch up on the adventures JUSTICE FOR ALL: Anuradha Koirala (right) of Maiti Nepal participates in a Clearly this is a subject that Merle; Martin Donovan as Isabel’s of Ada, Isabel and Fanny. You will candlelight vigil organised in support of Ganga Maya and Nanda Prasad Adhikari Campion excels at: her next film gentle, deeply perceptive but ailing be rapt, you may weep, hopefully at Bir Hospital on Monday. The Portrait of a Lady came out cousin, Ralph Touchett - who has some of you will be altered in 1996 rather surprisingly to loved her for years; and the ever forever– that is the power of Jane somewhat mixed reviews. Adapted charismatic Viggo Mortensen as Campion’s cinema. from the Henry James novel of Caspar Goodwood, Isabel’s other the same name, The Portrait of a long suffering admirer, the film is nepalitimes.com Lady is a thoroughly engrossing as gripping as the book, following psychological study of a young Isabel’s evolution from a young Watch trailer

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SEA OF RED: People take pictures of the rally organised by Young Communist League near Sundhara on Saturday.

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ReVIEW Rajaratnam comes across as a smart Bollywood gangster type in appearance and actions. The gentle character of Rajat Gupta thus contrasts sharply with Rajaratnam’s rowdiness. The two characters represent the people and the generations of South Asians South Asians who who were “twice blessed”: to be born after Indian Independence in 1947 which allowed social advancement and world travel, and the civil rights act in the US in 1965 which did conned Wall Street away with limited annual immigration of only 100 Indians to America. More were welcome merica is either a melting pot or a salad originally from Sri Lanka, founded Galleon, based on their skills. bowl, depending on who is talking, a hedge fund company. He has nurtured his For many Indians like Rajat Gupta who Abut in The Billionaire’s Apprentice it is talent well in the dog-eat-dog world of Wall had attended the fiercely-competitive mainly populated by Indians. Indian Indians, Street and has been duly rewarded. He is a The Billionaire’s Apprentice: The Rise of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and were that is, not native Americans. The crooks in billionaire, but his addiction to making more Indian-American Elite and ready to take on the world, America with its this true story are of South Asian descent money insatiable. Rajat Gupta is a handsome the Fall of the Galleon Hedge Fund. changed immigration policy clearly became (Rajaratnam, king of kings, and Rajat Gupta, Indian businessman-philanthropist, who is by Anita Raghavan a beacon of hope in the Indian darkness. his apprentice), and the other important a millionaire but aspires to be a billionaire by Hachette Throughout his trial Gupta continues to players (Preetinder S Bharara and Sanjay becoming friends with Rajaratnam. 481 pages deny any wrongdoing. It appears he has Wadhwa) from the US federal government Harvard-educated Rajat Gupta, one of the $ 29 rationalised his actions. Whiffs of pervasive who painstakingly bring them both to most accomplished Indian-Americans, sits corruption from South Asia have clearly justice. on the board of many important financial Rajaratnam nor his apprentice, Rajat Gupta, been transported to greedy, welcoming Wall Author Anita Raghavan is also of Indian organisations such as McKinsey, Goldman needed to be cheats as they were already Street. descent, used to work for the Wall Street Sachs, and American Airlines. After a board rich and well respected in American society, To a South Asian audience this book Journal, and has done a magnificent job meeting, he would secretly phone his friend from its President (Gupta was a guest at the also feels like a cautionary tale from the of using tapped phone transcripts that US Rajaratnam and illegally share juicy financial White House at least on one occasion) to Hindu Purans of prodigious talent, hard courts allowed to be used for the first time in nuggets prompting Rajaratnam to sell or buy ordinary Americans who marvel at these elite work and immense wealth all turning in a insider trading scandal for her book. certain stocks and make big bucks instantly. South Asians for making it into the American to ashes. Rajaratnam, a mathematics wizard The exquisite irony is that neither system. Buddha Basnyat

here was a time when I felt unsafe walking through the Tquiet Krishna Galli at night. But that was a long time ago. The dense bamboos that shadowed the galli are now gone, replaced by posh boutiques and cafes, which have transformed this once quiet street into a swanky new lane. Among PICS: PM SOMEPLACE ELSE the list of new establishments, the chic Embers restaurant, located right next to EMBERS Bhat Bhateni, is sure to catch your eye. Perhaps that’s why our last reviewer went in to give it a try even before the restaurant had RESTAURANT formally opened. crispy corns. The corns reminded I wished the meat had been a little Undoubtedly, Embers has of Bu Keba’s Twaaka Makkai and softer. one of the best spaces among were fun to munch on with the Despite being packed to the restaurants in Kathmandu. An open roasted red chillies leaving a nice brim, we took a risk and ordered courtyard welcomes you as you aftertaste. a cheese cake (Rs 285) to share. walk towards the white European- The steak was served with Even on a full tummy, the cake was styled building. After a tour of the As soon as the brushetta had us competing for each piece. organic salad, fries and topped delicious, delicious, delicious! restaurant, which included a large arrived on our table, we knew we The prawns coated in a golden with red wine sauce. The meat Embers has a lot going for it. semi-formal dining room, a private were in for a treat. The classic batter was crispy on the outside was tender and cut into easily. Serve good food and maintain the roundtable and an open seating antipasto was packed with all the and juicy on the inside. And the A bite and you could tell it had space, and Embers will soon be a area, we settled for the nice cosy right flavours. Perfectly layered spicy dip perfectly complimented been marinated well.The creamy crowd favourite. sofas next to a fireplace. grilled eggplant, tomato and the prawns. red wine sauce had a hint of black PM The menu at Embers is a mix of capsicum topped with sour cream For the mains we ordered pepper that added to the dish. continental and Nepali favourites. and a peanut based green paste tenderlion fillet steak (Rs 585) The honey braised duck was How to get there: walk along For starters we tried vegetarian worked gracefully together to give and honey braised duck (Rs 645). sliced into just the right sizes to Krishna Galli, Pulchok. Embers is brushetta (Rs 245) and deep fried us a flavourful bite. As we waited for our mains to hit share and had good meat and fat between Bhat Bhateni supermarket prawns (Rs 425). The fried prawns at Embers the table, we were asked to try ratio. Although the taste was good, and Panchakanya building. 14 6 - 12 SEPTEMBER 2013 #672

pesticide in patients. The chemical GIZMO by YANTRICK inhibits the natural destruction of an enzyme called acetylcholine in Poisoned the human body which then sets off a cascade of secretions. Organophosphate has been Gaming delight environment classified as a chemical or bioterrorism agent, especially after eleased in June 2013, the Nvidia Shield is an Android based the sarin gas attack in the Tokyo premium portable gaming device from the legendary gaming ne of the deadly chemical subway in 1994 when the victims graphics card manufacturer Nvidia. Although at first glance, the agents used in the gas complained that “their world R Shield might look like a screen stuck on an Xbox style gamepad, a lot is attack on a suburb of went black” followed by all the O going on underneath that simple exterior. Damascus last week was Sarin. symptoms of ‘SLUDGE’. Sarin is a The Nvidia Shield sports a flip up 5-inch HD touch screen (720p) on This is an organophosphate vapour form of organophosphate top of the physical gamepad, and you have the option of controlling the compound which is also that first causes injury to the eyes device either by using the touch screen, or via the gamepad. While the extensively used as pesticides in leading to pupillary narrowing and Shield’s HD screen allows for an impressive display, making the games South Asia, including Nepal. partial blindness after exposure. look splendid, the 1.9 GHz quad core processor, 72-Core Nvidia GeForce These symptoms can potentially graphics processor backs it up with a powerful performance. be fatal depending on the amount Android users will find themselves familiar with the look and feel ingested or inhaled and just of the Shield’s operating system as it runs on Android’s Jelly Bean how promptly the treatment was DHANVANTARI version (4.2.1). A huge catalogue of games is available for download started. The main cause of death Buddha Basnyat, MD from Android’s Google Play store, or from Nvidia’s own Tegrazone is respiratory depression triggered store (some free, others paid), although not all games are compatible by the undestroyed acetylcholine with the gamepad. But worry not for these games are playable via What may not be known to 10 PER 100,000 which is widely distributed in the the Shield’s touch screen. At the moment, only a couple of hundred readers is that organophosphate SUICIDES IN NEPAL (HIGHER FOR WOMEN) brain. games are compatible with the gamepad, ingestion is the most common The most essential drug used to with Riptide GP 2 looking way to commit suicide in our part treat organophosphate poisoning is particularly impressive but of the world. When you read of a derived from plants (datura, deadly the number continues to suicide, either of cotton farmers in nightshade, mandrake, among 46 PER 100,000 soar as Yantrick types this India or students who failed exams others) from the Solanaceae family review. in Nepal, they will mostly have SUICIDES IN SRI LANKA (HIGHER FOR MEN) and is called atropine. Atropine An attractive feature taken pesticide. Sadly, this poison effectively blocks the effects of of the Shield is the option is available over the counter at acetylcholine. Ironically, the word % OF ALL SUICIDES to connect the device to ordinary shops, sometimes sharing atropine comes from Atropos, BY POISONING your HDTV via a Mini HDMI 18 one of the three Fates in Greek shelf space with food items. output at the back, and using The 23 children who died in mythology, who decides the HDTV as the display. Another Bihar after eating free school lunch how someone should % OF POISONING BY unique and impressive feature is in August were poisoned by food die. In the case of ORGANOPHOSPHATES its ability to stream and play games laced with organophosphates. The 96 organophosphate from your PC to the device over Wi- Bhopal gas disaster in 1984 that poisoning, atropine organophosphate poisoning. As Fi, given both devices are connected killed nearly 4,000 people in India is clearly a life-saving the doctor takes the history and to the same network. However, be was caused by a leak in a pesticide antidote. It is easy to examines the patient with this aware that your PC needs to be factory owned by Union Carbide, imagine how atropine could be in affliction, a truly preventable equipped with an Nvidia GTX 650 or higher although the gas in that case was short supply in war-torn Syria. human tragedy unfolds. Many video card to utilise this awesome feature. methyl isocyanate. In South Asia the patients are young women who A device with the capabilities of the Shield requires serious juice. There is no enforced regulation organophosphate poisoning tragedy have tried to inflict self-harm Sporting an immense 7350mAh battery (compared to 2600mAh in India or Nepal of the sale of can be prevented in large measure because they had a quarrel with battery on the Galaxy S4), the Shield is capable of 5-6 hours of intense, organophosphate pesticides. The if there is political will. So long as a their husbands, or were abused by graphics heavy gaming / videos and 10 hours of casual gaming, internet perpetrators of violence in Syria teenager that has fared badly in her in-laws. browsing, music, and videos. are allegedly using this compound SLC exams can go to a general store Local brands of The handheld gaming scene has traditionally been the playground to deliberately kill civilians, and easily buy organophosphate organophosphate compounds go of Nintendo’s Gameboy and Sony’s PSP. But with the Nvidia Shield but for decades the misuse of pesticides, we will continue to by names like nuvan, metacid, dalf, priced approximately at Rs 31,000, things may be changing soon for organophosphates has caused witness these preventable tragedies and suchlor. Medical students use good. untold tragedy in our part of the the acronym ‘SLUDGE’ (salivation, unfold here in future. world. lacrimation, urine incontinence, Yantrick’s Verdict: This high-quality device with killer specs and In most major hospitals in diarrhoea, gastrointestinal cramps nepalitimes.com stellar performance is here to stay. Nepal, half a dozen patients at and emesis or vomiting) to help Self-destruct, #489 any given time are admitted with remember the effects of this 6 - 12 SEPTEMBER 2013 #672 REGION 15 The anatomy of radicalism The politics of riot and terror have a long evolutionary history in India

hen the Indian IN NET: Indian Mujahideen Mujahideen’s bomb- co-founder Yasin Bhatkal was Wmaker, Yasin Bhatkal, arrested in Pokhara on 30 August was caught in Pokhara last week, there was justifiable jubilation in India. Yasin spilled turned increasingly strident the beans on interrogation, as a reaction to riots in India, revealing that Nepal’s scenic and broke away from the JIH lakeside resort has become a in 1982, describing its leaders hideout of choice where Indian effete. extremists can lie low. In 1996, SIMI issued a statement declaring that Indian secularism and democracy had failed the country’s Muslims, leaving LOOK OUT them with no option but Ajaz Ashraf to struggle (jihad) for the establishment of the But few know that Yasin Caliphate. Thus, the old idea was radicalised by what he of jihad was back in currency. erroneously believed was Post-9/11, the BJP-led just retaliation to the 2002 government banned SIMI, anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat. and many of its activists went Pogroms and terror require underground. Among them an ambience and ideology to RSS among Muslims was the was Yasin Bhatkal. The Gujrat flourish. Hindu and Muslim Jamaat-e-Islami, which drew riots radicalised this group communal politics date back its inspiration from Maulana further and was born the to decades before India’s Maududi, who wanted to Indian Mujahideen. independence. capture political power to In the weeks to come, There was the Rashtriya establish an Islamic state we will be provided deeper Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), and shariah. But at partition insights into Yasin’s which defined Indians as those Maududi migrated to Pakistan, motivations. Nevertheless, whose holy land and fatherland leaving behind a rump which this much can be said: the were the same. Muslims and was renamed Jamaat-e-Islami politics of riot and terror are Christians, therefore, were not Hind (JIH). It continued to harp linked through ideas Muslim Indian. The RSS’s aim was to on its original goals, absurdly ideologues had propounded build a Hindu nation in which unmindful of the demographic decades ago. Such ideas are Muslims and Christians would reality of divided India, and reinterpreted and applied to not have citizens’ rights. declared participation in contemporary reality. Political power was vital elections un-Islamic. You can scarcely counter for the RSS to realise its Roundly rebuffed in two ideas of jihad until the avowed goal of Hindu Rastra. Indian general elections, the JIH Indian polity, until they were lock of the Babri Masjid in 1986 ambience in which it thrives Masquerading as a cultural rescinded the ban on Muslims, brought to centre stage in the and its eventual demolition is also transformed. Eight organisation, it spawned a other than those constituting 1980s. In response to growing six years later sparked off months away from India’s bewildering variety of outfits, its cadres, from casting their militancy in Punjab, Indira countrywide tension which general election in May 2014, each assigned to play a specific ballots. Subsequently, it Gandhi, on return to power in the Sangh Parivar rode to the RSS has been trying to religious role and electorally redefined its goal as Iqamaat- 1980 but still anxious about the become the principal alternative keep the communal cauldron bolstering its political wing: the e-deen, or establishment of durability of her support base, formation to the Congress. in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh Jan Sangh earlier, and now the religion. Now, much like began to play the Hindu card, The rise of the Sangh-BJP simmering. Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). the RSS, it floated its own thereby legitimising what had and the palpable partiality of suspected to have allowed The agenda was thrust political outfit. However, been decidedly the RSS’s policy the Indian state in tackling the targeting of Muslims into the public consciousness the JIH’s worldview remains till then. the riots stoked the anxiety of in 2002, is flaunting his through agitations demanding sharply religious and socially It was also the decade Muslims and had an impact on prime ministerial ambitions. a ban on cow slaughter, and conservative. in which Hindu-Muslim Jamaat politics. Earlier in 1977, One wonders what India’s participation in periodic These groups and their riots occurred with alarming the JIH floated the Students radicalised Muslims are communal rioting. divisive ideologies were mostly frequency and severity. Islamic Movement of India thinking. The mirror image of the confined to the margins of the Ultimately, the opening of the (SIMI) as its youth wing which [email protected] 16 NATION 1

TALE OF TWO SLRS Juna Rai (right) looks back at her life from a teenage guerrilla to the young soldier and mother that she has now become. “It only seemed like yesterday when Sagar Dai took that picture,” she recalls.

It was 2006, and Sagar Shrestha (above) saw Juna on lonely sentry duty on a foggy morning in Daburang Bhanjyang of Bhojpur, guarding a Maoist base. He took the picture with his Nikon SLR, but never expected it would become so famous. Juna’s war weary demeanour came to symbolise battle fatigue among fighters, and the role of women in the Maoist army. “She was looking on as her comrades took part in morning drill,” recounts Sagar, who submitted his photograph for the book, A People War and also to Associated Press. “We had to take care of our weapons more than our lives back then, that is the only reason I was holding on to the SLR so tightly,” explains Juna, “but I still wonder why people find the photo so fascinating.”

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BHRIKUTI RAI The photograph was included in Kunda and Diktel on opposite sides, and could the passing-out parade in Trisuli,” says Dixit’s book, A People War, published by have ended up killing each other. Nepal’s Juna, showing us pictures of the ceremony. nepa~laya in 2006. conflict wasn’t just a civil war, it was a Inspired by her family’s martial tradition una Rai, appears for a rendezvous at Juna’s Rai’s iconic picture has gone sibling war. (her grandfather was in the British Army Kapan in a grey sweatshirt and military around the world, toured the country After languishing four years in the and uncle in the Indian Army) Juna always Jhaircut, looking much more petite than as part of a travelling photo exhibition Udaypur cantonment, Juna was fancied herself in uniform. As a expected. It is impossible to tell she is the seen by 500,000 people, and has been among 1,422 former guerrillas lance corporal in the Nepal Army, Comrade Chunauti of photojournalist used in movie posters and lately even in inducted into the Nepal Army she is now undergoing a bridge Sagar Shrestha’s famous image of the Kathmandu’s new street murals. last month. She has lost her long course to receive her insignia and Nepal conflict. It was only when Dixit’s sequel, People tresses, and is proud to call herself was in Kathmandu this week for Shrestha took the picture in Bhojpur After War, came out in 2009 did it become a ‘soldier’ now in the same army a short break. in 2006 as Rai was on sentry duty at a known that Juna’s brother, Bhuwan, was as her brother. “It is difficult to believe that Maoist base, huddled against the cold in the Royal Nepal Army. The siblings “There are no words to PEACE life still turned out good after and keeping her SLR assault rifle warm. actually took part in the battle of Bhojpur describe how happy I was during BUILDING all those years, and I am glad 6 - 12 SEPTEMBER 2013 #672 17

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Sagar Shrestha’s famous photograph of Juna Rai on 1 sentry duty in Bhojpur in 2006 Looking at her own pictures at the Shanti Sangralaya in 2 Patan this week. Juna at the passing-out parade for ex-guerrillas inducted 3 into the Nepal Army in Trisuli last month Juna on the cover of the book, People After War, reunited 4 with her father and brother, Bhuwan in Khotang in 2008. Juna at her home in Kathmandu for a short break from 5 the Nepal Army.

BIKRAM RAI 5 THE 4 END OF A SIBLING WAR A brother and sister who served on opposite sides during the conflict are now part of the same army BIKRAM RAI the bloodshed is over,” she says, looking Four years ago, speaking to this was hard work. But Juna says: “I joined Maoist army, and believes she was fighting pensive. paper, Juna was optimistic about joining anyway, because I realised nothing in life for justice and equality. “The changes we Juna decided to join the Maoists her brother Bhuwan in the same army. comes easy. I have never shied away from fought for will take time, but at least we in 2003 after hearing a rousing speech “Luckily we didn’t encounter each other, challenges.” prepared the ground for it,” Juna says. by a Maoist recruiter in Khotang who or else we may have killed each other,” she Juna is now 27 and married to Kumar She admits there were misgivings among promised equality and a society free of said. During the conflict Juna and Bhuwan Tamang who was also a guerrilla who took her comrades about joining what they discrimination and exploitation. She was prayed for each others’ safety even though voluntary retirement because of injuries. were trained to regard as an enemy force, in Grade 8, and didn’t even tell her father they were on opposing sides. Their seven-year-old son Sachin lives with but everything went smoothly. when she left home with some friends. Bhuwan is currently posted in Jhapa, Juna’s sister Guna in Sunsari. Having lost She was nearly killed by an exploding and Juna will probably be assigned to her own mother when she was two, Juna nepalitimes.com grenade during the battle for Bhojpur in the army unit guarding the Sukla Phanta talks to her son every day. “I hope he will Bhuwan and Juna , #454 2004 in which her commander and 20 Nature Reserve in western Nepal. Juna understand that I am in the army only to Brother and sister together again , #454 others were killed. A deep leg injury still says Bhuwan tried to dissuade his sister ensure a better future for him,” she says. Watch video of Juna Rai reminds her of that battle. from joining the army because he said it Juna has no regrets about joining the 18 FROM THE NEPALI PRESS 6 - 12 SEPTEMBER 2013 #672 What they really, NEPALI TWEETS

really want Himal Khabarpatrika, 8 September Dr. Mahat: Congrats to Nepali players, don’t let the victory get to your head, need to work harder. Phalano: Doctor sahab, we Nepalis let success get to our head only after winning election.

“Good writers in Nepal are either agents, Neighbour’s mafi a or a big time drunkard. Very few writers with good conduct.” Completely fl ipped out Ram Baran Yadav Madhav Kumar Nepal Bijay Gachhedar when I heard this at Sajha bus. President UML Coordinator, UDMF keeper Says: Elections on 19 Nov Says: If Baidya comes on Says: Polls in November with CPN-M board, postpone polls. with or without Baidya Wants: Neutralise Wants: UML can beat Wants: Advantage of early Navin Singh Khadka on visited Kathmandu. I asked rightwing by bringing CPN- UCPN(M) if CPN-M takes polls and coalition with BBC Nepali, 2 September Ashok Mehta, former Indian M on board part by splitting Maoist vote UCPN(M) to self Army general and Nepal If the government can set aside rupees and weakening party in the expert why. fi fty million for Colonel Kumar Lama who Madhes. At a time when the “This is a failure of Indian is accused of war crimes why can’t it lend support to Dr. Chitra Prasad Sharma Wagle? international community is politics and diplomacy,” being accused of supporting says Mehta. “But India has divisive federalism in Nepal, legitimate security concerns what do Nepal’s neighbours because of the open border. WEEKLY BAZAR POLL #26 think? Do India and China And this was highlighted by also support federalism in the detention within Nepal In weekly polls conducted with the Pushpa Kamal Dahal Nepal? Raj Kumar Lekhi, of leaders of Lashkar-e-Taiba former head of the Nepal and Indian Mujahideen.” support of The Asia Foundation, Chairman, UCPN (M) Himal Khabarpatrika asks 375 Federation of Indigenous Nepal’s efforts to address Says: Elections on 19 respondents in 12 cities across Nov with CPN-M out, but Upendra Yadav Nationalities says: “The Indian security concerns Nepal every Monday for their opinion postpone if they reunite. Sher Bahadur Deuba Chairman, MPF-N interests of India and China was most apparent during on contemporary issues. This week’s Wants: Advantage if CPN- NC Says: Polls on 19 Nov with are different from western the Baburam Bhattarai-led result of interviews is about Nepalis’ M doesn’t take part in polls, Says: Postpone elections to or without Baidya and European countries. They government, and some say opinion on the upcoming elections. and brownie points with give Baidya time to take part Wants: To benefi t from don’t say it directly, but we the planned handing-over international community for Wants: Will be seen as unpopularity of fellow get the feeling that they fear of Tribhuvan International being pro-election. a consensus-builder, and Madhesi parties, and take What do you think is more important, Baidya takingpart will benefi t credit for having got the federalism in Nepal is going to Airport to Indian holding elections on 19 November NC vis-a-vis UCPN(M) HLPC to expand CA seats create problems in their own management was also a or postponing if Baidya’s party will countries.” part of this. But Mehta says: take part? British ambassador to “From 1950, through 1990, Holding elections 54% Nepal, Andrew James Sparkes and right up to 2013, India Postponing 31.6% (in pic above, greeting people has not changed the way it Don’t know 12.8% in Ilam this week) has a sees Nepal.” Won’t say 1.6% different take on this, with Nepal’s government the following example: “In has repeatedly said it tries Do you think elections will still take the recent visit by Maoist its best to address India’s place on time? leader Prachanda to both concerns. Bhusal says, “We Sushil Koirala Yes 44.4% President, NC Baburam Bhattarai India and China, neither of wanted to discuss these No 35.4% Says: Hold polls on 19 Nov UCPN(M) Mahant Thakur those countries told him to things. Upgrading the airport Don’t know 19.4% even if CPN-M keeps out Says: Put off polls to Chairman, TMLP drop federalism. In fact, they and addressing security Won’t say 0.8% Wants: NC benefi ts if convince Baidya to join Says: Polls on 19 Nov wanted to know what kind of concerns is no big deal. CPN-M boycotts or takes Wants: More time to Wants: Will bring stability federalism was being proposed. But until there is a formal Will Nepal’s politics be more part in polls since it will strengthen party by reuniting to country, will keep India Everyone knows these two proposal, we will never see complex if the CPN-M does not weaken UCPN-M with CPN-M happy, benefi t from united countries are concerned that eye to eye and this delay in participate? front of federalist parties Nepal might have more states the transition process will Yes 43.5% than feasible, because they continue.” No 14.8% have their own issues which No, if major parties have unity 27.8% they must address.” Listen to BBC Nepali podcast Don’t know 13.3% India plays a big part in events that transpire in Nepal. Its bureaucracy and, more importantly, intelligence agents have become increasingly active. But Kamal Thapa of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party says Jhalnath Khanal Kamal Thapa he isn’t surprised about this. Chairman, UML Ram Chandra Poudel RPP-N “All the internal power Says: Hold polls on 19 Nov Vice-president NC Says: Polls on 19 Nov with centres were always in one whatever CPN-M decides Says: Postpone polls if or without CPN-M way or another influenced by Wants: UML benefi ts from CPN-M agrees to polls, Wants: Benefi t from split vote bank if CPN-M otherwise hold it on 19 Nov surge in popularity, take external power centres,” says takes part or doesn’t Wants: Baidya taking part advantage of backlash Thapa. “Everyone talks about will benefi t NC by dividing against secularism and India, but even the Indian Maoist vote bank ethnic politics establishment has various departments. Among them, RAW has been active and has had more influence than anyone else, especially since we know that they even gave the Maoists military training.” Fast Unto death Former minister Mohan Baidya “We want justice.” Chairman, CPN-M Ghanshyam Bhusal of the UML agrees with Thapa. He says: Says: Postpone elections, Batsayan in Kantipur, 5 September all-party meeting to “It doesn’t seem that India’s

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constitution KP Oli for all the unwanted meddling QUOTE OF THE WEEK Wants: More time to UML Ashok Rai in Nepal. Events show that it is “ prepare for polls and Says: Polls in November FSP-N India’s intelligence agency that We gave the orders to kill. Catch us if come out stronger than with or without Baidya Says: Postpone polls is most influential here.” you can. UCPN(M). Buy time with Wants: Will personally Wants: More time to Even though India says “ demand for all-party benefi t from Nov polls while campaign on basis of ethnic that Nepal has a strategic roundtable meeting. strong within party politics Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal importance, it has been years quoted in Nagarik. since an Indian prime minister 6 - 12 SEPTEMBER 2013 #672 NATION 19

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cadet award, “We set a peaceful precedent by becoming the first country to bring together former warring sides into the same army. Combatants to captains Now we need to take this a step further, draft an inclusive and just constitution, and close the “We made immense sacrifices to come this far, the parties too chapter.” Yet reckless leaders like need to also sacrifice their self-interest for the greater good.” Mohan Baidya continue to threaten - from the comfort s Ganga Maya and of the PLA is undoubtedly a elections and countless High us build a more inclusionary and of their offices - a return to Nanda Prasad Adhikari notable achievement. Level Political meetings later, the fair society. bloodshed if their demands are Acontinue their hunger More than 17,000 Maoist big four and the fringe parties Those who actually put their not fulfilled. Even if another strike in Bir Hospital for the fifth soldiers languished in seven seem to be finally nearing an lives on the frontlines have large-scale armed conflict seems week, an entire country awaits cantonments across the agreement. Disillusionment swapped their uniforms for a quite unlikely, using it as a in anticipation to see whether country for years. Keeping among voters – many for the first new, stable life. They are keen political slogan shows just how the state will follow through them there any longer would time – is growing. At this late to leave their past behind and out of tune some leaders are with its promise of prosecuting not only have run the state’s hour, the political parties need want Nepalis to judge them based with the aspirations of ordinary their son’s murderers. The treasury dry, but increased the to think beyond winning and on what they now do with their Nepalis. couple’s struggle is emblematic potential for future unrest. losing because the constitution future. When we are trying to draft of the deep-seated impunity “Six years in the camp was is neither a competition, nor an Says 30-year-old Keshav Raj Nepal’s modern history, why the worst time of our lives, we end goal. It is simply the first Dhami from Bajura who was do the political parties insist on were treated like prisoners,” step among many that will help the winner of the best male standing on the wrong side? recalls Bimala Pant, who HERE WE GO graduated with her husband Trishna Rana Ram Bahadur Lama from Kavre. “It was far more terrible than the war because we joined that has plagued Nepal since the PLA of our own accord and the end of conflict. How fairly were ready to die for the cause, and efficiently the government but we hadn’t signed up for handles this case will set the this.” precedent for thousands of other The couple list the families. 2006 People’s Movement, Post-war reconciliation and transformation of Nepal into justice for victims and their a secular republic, growing families remain painfully slow, political awareness and but we finally managed to end participation specially of one aspect of the peace process women and marginalised this month. On 26 August, communities and their 70 former Maoist combatants demands for increased became captains in the Nepal recognition as major Army they had fought a decade accomplishments of the long war against. As Chairman conflict. But they are quick to of the Interim Election Council, point out that army integration Khil Raj Regmi, handed over is not the end of the peace insignias to the new graduates, process as everyone has been those gathered at the military so eager to claim. academy in Kharipati heaved Lama told me, “Writing a a collective sigh of relief. constitution is not easy. There Nepal’s messy, protracted are many players and it is transition has taken us seven natural for the process to be agonising years. But from delayed. We made immense squabbling over the number sacrifices during the 10 and ranks of combatants to year conflict and the parties the opposition of the Army too need to sacrifice their in admitting ‘politically self-interest for the greater indoctrinated’ individuals, the good. Nepalis deserve a new country has come a long way. constitution, the leaders owe it The successful integration, to the people.” management, and rehabilitation Two months before 20 BACK SIDE 6 - 12 SEPTEMBER 2013 #672 www.nepalitimes.com www.nepalitimes.com

Vermicultural revolution

or the class warriors that locomotion. And we show a CORRECT: …but only if he has they claim they be, the singular lack of sensitivity to been a visionary statesman for FBaddies sure have a knack DIWAKAR CHETTRI the feelings of Mr Blitzer when donkey’s years. for shooting themselves on the we say we “wolf” down hors WRONG: The Chief Justice foot. Pukada once told GPK d’oeuvres. As a public service selfishly kept a lion’s share of during the war he wouldn’t talk to readers, therefore, the the portfolios. to the “servant” when he could donkey offers below a guide CORRECT: The Censor Board talk directly to his “master”, to replacing objectionable has decided to allow Lion viz: Kingji. BRB has repeatedly language with formulations King to be screened only if it is insinuated that comrades in less disparaging towards other renamed Lion President. the UML were a) “impotent” species with whom we share WRONG: Reporters at the b) “politically promiscuous”, this beautiful planet of ours: press conference behaved like c) third-gender, or d) all of the vultures. above. WRONG: Comrade Yummy CORRECT: The popular It may be because they said the earthworms she Vulture Restaurant in remembered this slight amassed during road-widening Nawalparasi will henceforth that members of the LGBT would not be sufficient to offer dining birds cloth community decided this week finance her election campaign. napkins. to join the bi-sexual UML CORRECT: Vermiculture WRONG: Birds of a feather en masse. The homophobic experts at the CIAA still don’t flock together in the Cash Maobuddies once again went to know who first used the word Maoists. town poking fun at the alleged “earthworm” to mean “bribe”. CORRECT: Except chicken. sexual orientation of the United attitude towards the animal molluscs to lodge a complaint WRONG: The only fly in the  Marxist Leaning comrades. kingdom, and that could be against proponents of hate ointment was that Baidya We all knew Sunil Babu had no because it hasn’t been declared speech that deliberately malign still refused to take part in Big Plop air dashes to China love lost for Babu Ram, but why a republic yet. PKD has often us in this way. Ever since biped elections. and on return, he has suddenly did he chose to join the UML? passed objectionable and primates climbed down from the CORRECT: Finally, towards the toned down his rhetoric The reason is that a rival faction derogatory remarks about acacia trees in the Rift Valley, end of the cocktail reception, from threats of Armageddon of the gay lesbian bi-sexual chicken, comparing them to the shed their prehensile tails, the host mustered the courage to threats of unity with the and trans-sexual community Nepali Congress. What an insult and started riding around in to whisper to the Dash Baddie Mau party before elections. was kangres-leaning. The big to roosters in general and cocks mopeds, humans have treated that his fly was open. But because he has burnt his question now is just how big is in particular. And he went on to us animals abominably. In WRONG: Nepalis have now bridges with PKD, it looks like the LGBT vote bank in Nepal compare his party to the eagle. referring to Nepal’s current realised that you can’t teach an the Dhobighaut alignment with and whether they are made up What an insult to eagles. political scenario as a “snake old dog new tricks. BRB is being revived, much to of lefties or righties, or both.  pit” think of how disparaging it CORRECT: Kathmandu’s Awesome’s consternation. is towards our hissing comrades. canines yowled with joy on Quite a formidable  We often hear such speciest Similarly, in describing the being told that the country was combination The Baddies aren’t just language in ever day political constitution-writing process going to the dogs again. it will be of insensitive to the gay discourse, and as a Nepali Ass as moving at a “snail’s pace”, WRONG: It is quite acceptable Comrades Big community, they have also I consider it my duty towards we underestimate and belittle in politics to lick the ass of Plop, Hit Man demonstrated their speciest fellow mammals, reptiles and the velocity of gastropod one’s coalition partner. and Horrible.

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