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Vol: 23 | No. 10 | October 2015 | R20 www.opinionexpress.in A MONTHLY NEWS MAGAZINE COVER STORY TROUBLE IN NEIGHBOURHOOD Anti-India protests erupted in Nepal over the blockade of trade routes 2 OPINION EXPRESS editorial Trouble in the RNI UP–ENG 70032/92, Volume 23, No 10 EDITOR PRASHANT TEWARI neighbourhood ASSOSIATE EDITOR nti-India protest has erupted in the bordering town of Nepal after the Himalayan DR RAHUL MISRA state accused India of enforcing a blockade on transit of goods from India side in POLITICAL EDITOR support of the Madhesis who are protesting against the changes in Nepalese con- PRAKHAR MISRA A stitution. Nepal’s cable federation said it would suspend Indian television channels and BUREAU CHIEF protesters marched in Kathmandu carrying an effigy of India’s GOPAL CHOPRA (DELHI), VEELAAS KENJALE prime minister on Monday, accusing their neighbor of imposing (MUMBAI), SIDHARTHA SHARMA (KOLKATA), an economic blockade and meddling in internal politics. Tension LAKSHMI DEVI ( BANGALORE ) DIVYASH BAJPAI (USA), KAPIL DUDAKIA (U.K.) RAJIV AGNIHOTRI between the South Asian nations has spiked since Nepal adopted (MAURITIUS), ROMIL RAJ (DUBAI), HERMAN a new constitution last week, upsetting southern minority groups SILOCHAN (CANADA), DR SHIV KUMAR (AUS/NZ) who fear being marginalized in a new federal structure. More than 40 people have been killed in protests in the Himalayan republic CONTENT PARTNER THE PIONEER, PRATHAM PRAVAKTA since August. Indian oil trucks stopped crossing into Nepal be- cause of protests in the south, prompting authorities to try to limit LEGAL ADVISOR the use of cars and save fuel. Nepal is almost totally dependent on ASHOKA KUMAR THAKUR, VISHNU SHARMA India for overland supplies following earthquakes in the spring that killed nearly 9,000 MARKETING DIRECTOR people and blocked crossings from China. India has been critical of Kathmandu for rush- DIWAKAR SHETTY ing through the constitution, despite opposition from minorities living close to the In- dian border. ADMINITRATION DIRECTOR BAL MUKUND GAUR However, over the years, despite the free movement of people, Indo-Nepal ties have gone through tumult, bitterness and trust deficits. Factors like the assertion of Nepali CORPORATE COMMUNICATION nationalism and India’s overt support for Madhesis, among others, have created strains SANJAY MENDIRATTA and bitterness in their relations. Some political parties and groups in Nepal have tended GRAPHICS & DESIGN to use their anti-India tirade to cultivate their own political constituencies and support GREY CELLS base. India too seems to have taken its ties with Nepal for granted. Lack of high-level bilateral visits and meetings too has created elements of indifference, suspicion and ONLINE PRESENTATION AMIT SONI doubt about their relationship. Thus not so much the federal constitution but the way it was implemented too became the reason for further bitterness between the two coun- PHOTOGRAPHER tries. Internal dynamics of Nepali politics like Maoist insurgency, Madheshi agitation, RATAN SHUKLA constitution-making and economic blockades etc. also influence India-Nepal relations. OVERSEAS MARKETING China’s growing influence is another factor that has a bearing on India-Nepal ties. Over OEMCL (MAURITIUS), OEHCL (DUBAI) the years, China’s footprint has grown dramatically in Nepal. China’s interest in Nepal is not merely to keep an eye on Tibetans but to entangle India in the region. Nepal has be- ADVERTISEMENT / PR / CIRCULATION DELHI / NCR: CAPT. VINAY GOYAL DHRUV JANAK & CO. R -51 come a launch pad for China’s broader strategic alliance in South Asia. Nepal’s participa- BASEMENT, RAMESH PARK,LAXMI NAGAR,DELHI-92 tion in the ‘One Belt, One Road’ project clearly measures up to such a policy goal. China TELE: +919871232631FAX: 011-22056817 has surpassed India as Nepal’s top aid donor and investor in Nepal. Both in terms of FDI MUMBAI: VIJAY KALANTRI - ADVISOR NEW EXCELSIOR BUILDING, 6TH FLOOR, A.K. NAYAK and ODI, China has edged past India. China’s growing economic engagement with Nepal MARG, FORT, MUMBAI - 400 001 (INDIA). has given China instruments to change the security architecture of South Asia. China has PHONE: 91 - 22 - 2201 9265 / 2201 9160 become assertive in forging strong ties with India’s South Asian neighbours. Chinese aid FAX : 91-22- 2201 9764 / 2201 9760 and investment have the intended objective to hedge and reduce Nepal’s dependence on The magazine is published and printed by Rajiv India. This is China’s way of getting Nepal’s support on sensitive issues such as Tibetan Agnihotri for Opinion Express Communications refugee protests within the country. In dealing with Nepal, India may have made strategic & Entertainments Pvt Ltd, from 2 Ashok Nagar, miscalculations during Nepal’s prolonged constitution-making, adoption of the federal Lucknow And printed at Kumpu Graphic Press constitution and economic blockade (even though India did not impose any blockade) EDITORIAL & CORPORATE OFFICE: or in its inability to tap investment potential. India continues to face what Ambassador OPINION EXPRESS HOUSE 24 - A CLYDE ROAD, Shyam Saran calls the ‘challenge of proximity’. LUCKNOW-226001 (INDIA) Nepal is wrestling with the challenges of implementing the new constitution. It has PH: 91-522-4045728/4060880 FAX: 91-522- 4060880 24X7 MOBILITY +91 9984437000 long been a centralized country with centuries old feudal mindset of the past monarchy Email: [email protected] and oligarchy. The new constitution is a blend of mixed federal features under multiple parliamentary orders of governance. Nepal is dealing with the complexity of a new con- All content published may be subject to copyright, seek written permission to re-produce. Opinion stitution and faces a number of pragmatic implementation challenges. These and other Express is trade mark brand of Opinion Express issues will be discussed by the day-long seminar. The thrust of the discussion will be the Communications & Entertainment Private Limited major challenges facing India-Nepal relations, the China factor and internal dynamics of All disputes are subject to be under jurisdiction of Nepal, particularly in implementing the new federal constitution. courts in Lucknow. —Prashant Tewari, Editor-in-Chief OPINION EXPRESS OCTOBER 2015 3 OCTOBER 2015 COVER STORY: P6-20 COMMON MESS IN NEWS OBAMA COMING P5 FASHION SIBLING REVELRY P21 P32 SPOTLIGHT CHANGES IN JAPAN POLITICS Comment: Our petty little Health: Eat good and live long, say P31bureaucrats P39doctors Achievers: Two of a kind women Jai Ho: Proud to be an Indian P34show the way P35 Entertainment: RDB, Nindy Kaur walk Memory: Is this the stuff legends are P37red carpet in Tornonto P47 made of? IN NEWS FIX KASHMIR FOR UN SEAT, SAYS OBAMA o for a Kashmir solution and help the meeting between Secretary of State But that is easier said than done, ac- bring stability to the region for a Hillary Clinton and her Indian counterpart cording to Bruce Riedel, author of the Gticket to UN Security Council mem- S.M.Krishna, saying the two had agreed Obama administration's Af-Pak strategy, bership and fulfilling your big power aspi- the "President's visit will be a defining who has canvassed the centrality of the rations. That's the broad message moment in the history of our bilateral re- Kashmir issue to peace and stability in President Barack Obama will be bringing lations." The clearest insight into the region. The spoiler to any settlement to New Delhi during his upcoming Obama's thinking on the matter comes is the hardline Pakistani military and its ji- November visit to India, preparation for from Bob Woodward's latest book hadist proxies for whom attrition and con- which are in full swing in Washington DC. "Obama's War" in which top US policy frontation with India is an article of faith. Key administration officials are con- makers are shown mulling on defusing In fact, the solution Washington has in firming that the UNSC issue will be on the Kashmir situation as part of an exit mind (also proposed by Riedel) is likely Obama's agenda when he visits New strategy for US from the AfPak theater. more palatable to New Delhi than to Delhi. The US President is expected to an- "Why can't we have straightforward Islamabad. It's on the same lines of what nounce an incremental American support talks with India on why a stable Pakistan Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and to India's candidature during his address is crucial?" Obama is reported as musing Pakistan's deposed military leader to the joint session of India's parliament, at one meeting. "India is moving toward a Pervez Musharraf broadly agreed on be- depending on New Delhi's receptiveness higher place in its global posture. A stable fore the latter was turfed out of office: to resolving the Kashmir tangle. Pakistan would help." Implicit in the rumi- The Line of Control would become the in- "[UNSC reforms] is something that is nation is the idea that settling Kashmir ternational border, but it would be a soft, under discussion as we prepare for the would mollify Pakistan, where, US offi- permeable border, allowing Kashmiris on President's important visit," US cials say, hardliners are using the unre- both sides to move back and forth. The Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake solved issue as an excuse to breed an rest – safeguards, procedures etc – is a confirmed on Monday during a read-out of army of terrorists aimed at bleeding India. matter of detail. OPINION EXPRESS OCTOBER 2015 I 5 Commonwealth Games should have been a thing of pride for us. Sadly, we have become a laughing stock because of it. INCHARGE OF MESS WITNESS TO CHAOS: OC CHAIR- MAN SURESH KALMADI AND DELHI CM SHEILA DIXIT INSPECT A VENUE COVER STORY Commonwealth Games 2010: Incompetent and Deceptive mazing sequence of comedy of errors led to the national shame, but the player on ground are unfazed.
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    TOKYOJan./Feb. 2011 No. 140 NUKECitizens' Nuclear INFO Information Center Akebonobashi Co-op 2F-B, 8-5 Sumiyoshi-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0065, JAPAN Phone: +81 3 3357 3800 Fax: +81 3 3357 3801 URL: http://cnic.jp/english/ e-mail : [email protected] Monju's Never Ending Problems will be particularly difficult, because the reactor contains molten sodium, heated to over 200oC, which would cause a fierce fire if it came into contact with air. The next stage in the Monju tests is to start raising power output to 40%. This was scheduled to begin in June this year, but JAEA announced that because of the problems with the fuel relay device it is now aiming to commence the next stage by March 2011. There have also been several other problems at Monju recently. On December 27 an operational error at Monju caused Photo: On the beach facing Monju a drop in voltage in Hokuriku Electric Power n December 4, about 1,000 people Company's power transmission system. It was a gathered in Tsuruga City for a public momentary phenomenon, but as a result power was meeting and demonstration to demand lost by 35,000 households and factories in Tsuruga Othe closure of the Monju Prototype Fast Breeder City, Fukui Prefecture, where Monju is located. Reactor (FBR, 280MWe). Demonstrations have The following day, one of Monju's three emergency been held at this time each year since the first diesel generators released inflammable gas when anniversary of the December 8, 1995 accident at it was damaged during testing.