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Nation Weekly View Him As an Elected Prime Minis- Candle on the Dark Background Looked Ter cover.pm6 1 12/10/04, 2:13 PM cover.pm6 2 12/10/04, 2:14 PM DECEMBER 19, 2004 REPORTS VOL. I, NO. 35 COVER: RAJ SHRESTHA 18 All the Kings Men By Satish Jung Shahi www.nation.com.np A meeting called at the pleasure of His Majesty displeases many 26 Involuntary Disappearances By John Narayan Parajuli A U.N. team is in town amid reports of an alarming number of disappearances. Rights activists hope the visit will force the government to come clean. 28 Radio Gaga By Satish Jung Shahi More than 40 FM stations, including 14 in the Valley, are in operation. Having a wide range is good, whats not clear is if they are all sustainable. ServingMinds COVER STORY ARTS AND SOCIETY 35 Musings on the 20 Outsourcing Bonus National Museum By Veneeta Singha By John Narayan Parajuli Outsourced jobs from developed countries hold promises of employment for 36 Hope for Nepals younger generation. Thousands are already working, and the potential Nepali Fiction has barely been tapped. By Ajit Baral Interview: Biplav Man Singh, president of Computer Association of Nepal In the next decade or two, the best writing in Nepali fiction will be in English COLUMNS DEPARTMENTS 11 HIV and Us 37 Love in the 6 LETTERS By Suman Pradhan Time of War 10 PICTURE OF THE WEEK By Biswas Baral 30 The Fate of 14 CAPSULES Violence is always pointless Quota Babies 16 MILESTONE By Swarnim Waglé SPORTS 16 BIZ BUZZ 49 Colombo 44 CITY PAGE Countdown 50 SNAPSHOTS By Sudesh Shrestha 52 KHULA MANCH The Sports Council took everybody by surprise last month when it revealed 56 BOOKS training plans for next years South 58 LAST PAGE Asian Games. Now the onus lies on it 33 Beastly Instincts to put the plans to practice. By Jagdish Arya PROFILE 42 Resham Phiriri and LIFESTYLE the Music Man 46 Catering to the 40 Jomsom Journals: By Karuna Chettri in Maryland Crowd Part 2 A music legend in America brings back By Dhriti Bhatta By Kunal Lama fond memories of tunes from Nepal From tent houses to top hotels, busi- ness is booming 5 Letters Social exclusion is a simplistic mantra used to explain an extremely complex insurgency MAHADEV THAPA Conflict diagnosis should at least try to read Collier and see I READ WITH KEEN INTEREST if there can be some parallels for Nepal Bipul Narayans column that questioned in his work. I have always believed that the conventional theory that Nepals social exclusion is a simplistic and do- conflict has its roots in social inclusion nor-driven mantra used over and over (Conflict Diagnosis, Opinion, Dec. again to explain an extremely complex 12). He offers Paul Colliers empirical insurgency that is becoming even more study of conflict in 27 countries, be- so. tween 1965 and 1999, to establish that MAHADEV THAPA civil conflicts thrive on opportunities VIA EMAIL to build their movements and not nec- essarily on social exclusion. The oppor- Deuba in denial tunities include access to finance (as MINENDRA RIJAL, LIKE HIS MENTOR scope for extortion), to natural resources Deuba, chooses to forget that the gov- and to donations from the diaspora as ernment has outlived its utility well as opportunities offered by geog- (Endgame, Cover Story, Interview, raphy and poverty. While I do not be- Dec. 12). The Deuba government has lieve the Nepali diaspora has contrib- steadily lost its early goodwill, and its uted much to the Maoists, the rebels primarily because it could never make have benefited enormously from extor- the Nepali people believe that the tion at all levels inside Nepal. And they prime minister was in control. With have relied on sheer violence toward all his tall claims of being a democratic that end. People are less likely to take leader, Deuba now seems to worry chances when they see their neighbors solely about his survival. He has failed hacked to death for refusing to cooper- to articulate why the people should ate with the Maoists. Our talking heads 6 DECEMBER 19, 2004 | nation weekly view him as an elected prime minis- candle on the dark background looked ter. He is a royal nominee and behaves attractive, I couldnt quite figure out how like one. Like Deuba, Rijal fails to pro- the message Endgame fitted with the Nation Weekly, The Media House, Tripureshor, nounce the inevitable: The buck stops dark shadows trying to snuff out the Kathmandu, Nepal (Regd. 165/059-060). at Narayanhiti. Since the King dis- burning candle? Tel: 2111102, 4229825, 4261831, 4263098 missed an elected government and sat RAMAN GURUNG EDITOR: Akhilesh Upadhyay [email protected] on top of the dissolution of Parliament TIKHE DEWAL CONTRIBUTING EDITOR: Suman Pradhan COPY EDITOR: John Child and local bodies, the onus now lies on LALITPUR SENIOR STAFF WRITERS: Sushma Joshi, Satish Jung Shahi, him to get the country back on track. Tiku Gauchan STAFF WRITER: John Narayan Parajuli The charade of frequent government Porn business PHOTOJOURNALISTS: Sagar Shrestha, Das Bahadur Maharjan DESIGNER: Raj Shrestha changes needs to stop. These govern- YOUR DEC. 5 COVER STORY EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS: Indra Adhikari, Yashas Vaidya ments just arent capable of telling the (Porn Business) looked like a cheap AD & CIRCULATION DIRECTOR: Krishna Shrestha Maoists and the people that they hold attempt to sell sex. The article left ASST. MARKETING MANAGER: Rameshwor Ghimire MARKETING EXECUTIVES: Rena Hughes Sharma, Bijendra Pradhan the reins. So why even pretend you are me with more questions than answers. [email protected] in charge? Here are some disturbing ones. Why SUBSCRIPTION OFFICER: Akshaya Shrestha [email protected] PRAYASH SHARMA do an increasing number of young ASST. SUBSCRIPTION OFFICER: Jeshna Karmacharya DISTRIBUTION: Angiras Manandhar VIA EMAIL people now have easy access to porno- MARKETING CONSULTANT: Kreepa Shrestha graphic material? Who are we to CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Nripendra Karmacharya Jomsom Journal blamethe parents or the police? How KUNAL LAMAS JOMSOM JOUR- does porn impact the young minds? PUBLISHER: The Mirror Media Pvt. Ltd nals: Part I was a sight for sore eyes (No How does the society handle the ex- AD ENQUIRIES: Tel. 4229825, 4261831, 4263098 COLOR SEPARATION: ScanPro, Pulchowk, 5548861, 5552335 Laughing Matter, Dec. 12). Reading from plosion of erotica in the public space PRINTING: NPTC Limited 4476226, 4461745 the dust bowl of Kathmandu, the article and its impact on impressionable DISTRIBUTION: R.B. News, 4232784, 4244679 Nation Weekly is published every Monday by The Mirror Media Pvt. Ltd. transported me to that land of pleasures, minds? Every single day, I shudder at All Rights Reserved. The reproduction of the contents of this publication, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the the scenic landscape of Mustang. Then the thought of our young girls and boys prior consent of the publisher. in the middle of the flight I encounter viewing Baywatch as their ultimate some turbulence. The columnist goes fantasy. Vol. I, No. 35. For the week December 13-19, 2004, released on December 13 off on a tangent and begins talking about SUBASH KOIRALA CONTACT horse-riding being erotic and orgasmic VIA EMAIL www.nation.com.np to women. Kunal, you already write very well, why try too hard? Discretion is the No idiot this better part of valor. MY ATTENTION WAS DRAWN TO We prefer to receive letters via e-mail, without SUSHMA SHRESTHA an article Reborn Yogis (Lifestyle, attachments. Writers should disclose any connection NEW ROAD Nov. 28). I have no issue with Yashas or relationship with the subject of their comments. Vaidyas claim that TV has made yoga All letters must include an address and daytime and Harping the obvious popular in our lives. But I am not sure evening phone numbers. We reserve the right to edit letters for clarity and space. JOGENDRA GHIMIRES COLUMN whether I particularly like the way E-mail: [email protected] on the judiciary last week didnt really he mildly ridicules the people who Fax: 4216281 tell much but the obvious: That it is in seemed to have learned the art from Mail: Nation Weekly The Media House, GPO 8975, EPC 5620 urgent need of reforms (Wakeup Call, TV. Come to think of it, with all the Tripureshor, Kathmandu, Nepal. Legal Eye, Dec. 12). The article is leaden bashing it receives from us everyday, with heavy doses of NGO-ese, the the TV has been our great teacher. I SUBSCRIPTION E-mail: [email protected] consultancy language that makes up the saw war live on TV, I saw how the Nation Weekly, The Media House, GPO 8975 bulk of the paperwork that floats around British bury their royalty (when EPC 5620, Tripureshor, Kathmandu, Nepal the NGO-world. Here are my own Diana died), I now know the force Tel: 2111102, 4229825, 4261831, 4263098 Fax: 4216281 questions to the judiciary. Why did it of hurricanes, and I see George W. take so long for Baliram Kumar to re- Bush so often on my TV that he now sign? Shouldnt the Robinson saga make seems to me like someone next door. all the judges hang their heads in shame? Not to talk about the average TV The Legal Eye can surely do better than viewing youngsters phenomenal un- just dish out un-clever apologies. derstanding of the lives of people P NEUPANE around the world. 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