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Nepali Aawaz | 20 Mangsir 2063   Nepali Aawaz | 20 Mangsir 2063 Gambu on Baag Chaal at the go Running NYC Page7» Rubin Museum Page7» Page6» Nepali Aawaz December 7.06 • Mangsir 20.63 Vol.2 Issue 19 nepaliaawaz.com FREE United we stand AIDS REPORT d[To';+u n8\b}, r]tgf 5b}{ afFsL hLjg c?sf nfuL DAMBARKRISHNASHRESTHA Ps ;dodf cfk\mg} kl/jf/sf nflu klg af]em ag]sf g/]znfn cfh ;a}sf lk|o ag]sf5g\ . ;fg} b]vL nfu' cf}ifw b'Ao{;gsf] ntdf kmF;]sf pgsf] /utdf PrcfO{eL kf]h]6Le ePkl5 pgL cfk\mg} kl/jf/ eLq lt/:s[t h: t} ePsf lyP t/ cfh To:tf] 5}g\ . )%$ ;fnb]lv PrcfO{eL;+u n8\b} cf- Psf #^ aifL{o g/]znfnn] clxn] afsL hLjg v'zL ;fy ljtfO{ /x]sf dfq 5}gg\, democracy failed?” ;dfhpkof]uL sfd u/]/ c?sf] lg/z lhjgdf ;d]t v'zLofnL NofPsf5g\ . lhjgsf] cGTo / d[To'sf] kof{o dfgLg] PrcfO{eL nfu]kl5 hLjgsf ;a} ;kgf / rfxgf cGTo x'G5g\ eGg] w]/}sf] ;f]rfO{ 5 . t/, g/]zn] o:tf] ;f]rfO{ ePsf PrcfO{eL ;+qmldtx?nfO{ Pslqt u/L d[To'sf] cft+s leq ;'Gb/ hLjgsf] Still Waiting vf]hL ul//x]sf5g\ . @)%* ;fndf k'jf{~rn If]qd} klxnf] k6s cfkm'nfO{ PrcfO{eL ;+qm- ANUPKAPHLE dLt 3f]if0ff ub}{ ;+qmdLtx?sf] xs clwsf/sf] kIfdf cfjfh p7fpb} ;fj{hgLs ePsf g/]z 16 YEARS AFTER THEY WERE FORCED OUT OF THEIR COUNTRY BY A DICTATOR, MORE THAN A HUNDRED eG5g æ;'?df ;+qmdLt eGbf dfgL;x? 6f9f THOUSAND BHUTANESE REFUGEES IN NEPAL CONTINUE TO WAIT FOR A SOLUTION TO WHAT HAS efUy] clxn], dfof / ;Ddfg u5{g .Æ pgsf] BECOME ONE OF SOUTH ASIA'S WORST REFUGEE CRISIS. 11 » k|of;af6 clxn] k'jf{~rn e/L g} ;+qmdLtx? ;+u7Lt aGg k'u]sf5g . Plastic jerricans, marked with the names of its owners, are lined up by 2PM to collect water at this communal water tap in the Khuduna Bari Bhutanese Refeugee Camp in remote eastern Nepal. The water runs for an hour or two at 3PM. Photo: KASHISH DAS SHRESTHA 15 » Dr. Govinda in US ls/fFt k|b]zdf lsrnf Digital Himalaya Op- Ed klZrddf juL{o ;+3if{sf] gf/f lbP/ One of the dynamics of the late 20th ;kmn ePsf dfcf]jfbLnfO{ k"j{df k|e'Tj hfpg century and early 21st century politics klxNo}b]lv æhftLoÆ gf/f rsf{pFb} cPsf] ljb|f]xL has been the import of democracy /fO{–lnDa"x¿nfO{ ;fy lng' k/]sf] lyof] . in third world countries. However, hftLo :jfoQtf / cfTdlg0f{osf] clwsf/ democracy (in the purest, most liberal cyf{t\ 5'§} ls/fFt /fHosf] ;kgf b]vfP/ sense) has succeeded in only a handful of countries around the world. The dfcf]jfbLn] vDa"jfg /fli6«o df]rf{ / lnDa"jfg reasons behind democratic failure /fli6«o d'lQm df]rf{ xft lng ;kmn eP . t/ can only be evaluated by reviewing clxn] oxL If]qdf /fO{ / lnDa' :jfoQtfsf historical, social and 8 » nflu lsrnf] v8f ePsf] 5 16 » 21» economic factors. 18 » Nepali Aawaz | 7 December 2006 Vol.2, #19. A New York minute, it is said, can be a A lot happens in a year and anniversaries and year This struck us so much that we decided to lifetime. New York has now been home ends make for great excuses to muse over them. Not to find out just how many of us have been to Nepali Aawaz for a year! Our first undermine other important issues, but one particular coming here over the years, as students issue was published on October 8, 2005 thing that struck us the most was perhaps the fact that or otherwise. You will see glimpses of and modestly distributed in a few east this year Nepal was the top 19th country contributing our research as a special feature in the cost cities. Today, the newspaper is still to the International Student body here in the US. We diaspora section. While in this issue we distributed modestly, but to over 10 cities went up on the charts despite the fact that the fees are only able to publish numbers, we hope across in the United States. And Nepalis for student visa was increased by over a $100 in 2004. in the coming issues we will be able to and others across the world take the time explore what those numbers represent, to download and read the paper's PDF in terms of academics, jobs, incomes, version from our website regularly. political inclination and the rate at which they return home or make new homes Officials of a royal dictatorship to former here amongst other things. While those prime ministers and current ministers and who have come before have helped create deputy prime minister of a democratic the Nepali community as know it now, It Nepal, personalities leading the fight for is the student body of today that will truly sexual minority groups to the voice of shape the Nepali community of tomorrow ethnic minorities, Nepali students and here in the US for three reasons: they are immigrants who have made new homes arriving in greater numbers than ever in countries far from home and Nepalis before, they are pursuing a diverse area of who were forced to leave their homes, studies or work as opposed to certain waves artists and athletes, are just a few of the such as 'IT' or 'Business Management' that people who have found space in these we have seen in the past. And finally, they pages. Naturally, the paper has had a have the advantage of being half adapted political overtone; it would be difficult to the lifestyle and culture of the West, be not to, at a time of such intense political it the popular culture or the fact that one movement in Nepal and an unforeseen has to put in endless hours of work along heightened interest in Nepali politics with college and slog through summer from all quarters. But we hope to be able breaks to make ends meet, or half-heartdly to give more space to other issues in the pursue a Mater's degree in case one fails year ahead, particularly the environment, to secure an H-1 visa during their OPT. information and technology, and Nepali We could be wrong, but either ways we students studying away from home. look forwarding to exploring the Nepali student community in the US this year. In July this year, for the first time in its 24 Their future, after all, will play a large role years, the annual Association of Nepalis not just in the Nepali diaspora but also at in the Americas convention, the largest home in Nepal. international gathering of Nepalis, had an official media because a media company To wrap things up, we admit Nepali had managed to establish itself here; Nepali Aawaz has been published on time only Aawaz. In the several decades that Nepalis sometimes. But we can proudly say have been living here in the US, a formal that we have always presented crucial newspaper had never been published Like nothing before: Nepali Aawaz published its Vol. 1, issue 1 (top) on 5 Oct. 05 and Vol. 1's last issue issues timely, every time. This issue of although community newsletters were (below), #18, on 30 Sept. 06. Nepali Aawaz is five weeks past its print common and many had come and gone. "deadline," and our plans of publishing Of course, none of this would have been a Nepal edition almost seven months possible without the unquestioned behind schedule (and counting!) since the support of our friends in Nepal who take promotional issue in April. But here we time out from their busy life of a full-time are now, in your hands or on your screen. journalist to send us news and in-depth We are still a fortnightly paper but we'll reports. Anushil Shrestha in Kathmandu refrain from promising strict publication and Ananda Koirala in Eastern Nepal, timelines. And we apologize to the many namely, along with our early contributors Nepali communities and student groups Anup Prakash, Bhushan Shilpakar, Dr. that have requested for copies of the paper Pradeep Bhattarai, Preena Shrestha and for distribution in their areas but haven't Subel Bhandari, Birat Media, Safal Media, received them, sometimes we just can't R.B. Distribution and Budhi Katel. Other afford the shipping and handling. We do, volunteers- students and Nepali journalists however, promise to keep this publication in exile- in various parts of the world have free of cost for our readers and give them also helped tremendously. Our cover story a reason to continue picking up a print on the Bhutanese refugee crisis in this copy or reading it online as they have in issue, by Anup Kaphle, and the chronicles the past. And we promise to continue to of Nepali students working in Ocean City offer this unique experiment and effort (Vol.1, #18), by Bibek Bhandari, are both for and about the Nepali diaspora that did great examples of contributions by Nepali not exist before 8 Oct. 2005. As best as we students in the US who aspire to become can, for as long as we can. We thank you writers and journalists. Moonlight reading us during our first year and wish Records Inc. NY, our publisher, also you all happy holidays! deserves credit for its effort to ensuring the Editorial team's work sees the light of day by continuing to publish the paper and agreeing to distribute it for free to ensure maximum readership despite near nil revenue and countless advertisement payment defaulters.
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