Nepal in way of making a republican nation

Five years back, we dethroned monarchy system in Nepal with the aspirations of creating a better Nepal, but still after facing years of trial and error method, the country has not been able to evolved from the treacherous influence of communism. 16,000 people lost their lives which have proven to be worthless, and there is no  rule of law. For what did we  faced the struggle is my question.

We removed one king and today we have thousand kings who live among their  people ruling and terrorizing the public with their criminal approaches and strategies. 

What more can you expect and find within a country that survived civil war and trying to make its way through development. The struggle of the past decade has pulled the country backward in every aspect of its management and operation, where we have become slaves of foreign donation and aid. Nepal's development efforts have just been limited towards utilizing the foreign aid. We have emptied our homes community and towns sending our brothers and sisters to foreign countries in view of earning money.

What can we do? There is no security for normal public, the rates of women violence has gone up, crime rates have gone up and criminals in association of politicians are legalizing their status what more worst can you expect. You acquire a degree and there are no jobs, the government policies weak in every aspect of providing employment opportunity. 

There is a saying that says, “If you put cold water in between hot water then gradually the cold water changes into hot.” I have always tried to relate this scenario with our country which hold its image among the giant super power India and China. But reluctantly I know the reality that Nepal cannot develop with such political leaders and political culture that professes the ideology of party politics, corruption, nepotism etc.  

Even at government administration level the situation has worsen so much that the governance or leadership of the government has been handed over to the bureaucracy which is leading the country nowhere. How is it possible in a democratic country that reflects the image of Republican have a prime minister with no consensus? It’s like the jungle rule that influences the government with money, power and corruption.The difference in between the haves and haves not is increasing more, the country faces huge economic crisis in coming days.  

Reality of today, Nepal was made Republican in retrospective of the political aspirations that influenced the strategy of divide and rule. Nepal being a republican makes a clear platform for the foreign power players to play their games, it is just their strategy that challenges the sovereignty where Nepal faces great hindrance in its future.

In a country where the GDP rate that is blow poverty line and which has been marked as a under developed country, how can the nation survive with futile policies and leadership. We need education, health, resources and infrastructures not states and province. How can this debate be ended that its not about the governance or ruling its about the facilitation and how its can be managed? 

If only our so called political leaders would understand and make it work Nepal could be somewhere else than this.

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no one is responsible in this country

May 20 2013, the summer has just landed and with the temperatures soaring up to 20 to 30 F, people are easing with the rain. Rain is considered one of the most benefiting factors with regards to land but in the city area with concrete running everywhere due to lack of proper drainage might result in as a big problem.

Having said that I'm not against the rain but the lack of proper management of sewage system certainly makes you think where I am going.  It can be  a disaster during the rainy season  where the roads become rivers for drainage. Like such, it rained today and the roads of kamaladi were spill over by sewage that stinked and blocked the road, restricting people from commuting.

What can we say its a Metropolitan city with big corporate offices and the drainage spills over every time it rain, its one of the most pathetic examples of Kathmandu Metropolitan city (KMC) management skills. at least they need to be tight with their jobs in assuring  a proper drainage system. We pay taxes to the government for this and its is lack of carelessness shown that makes the public suffer.....

We all have to bear this in regards to no one hearing public outcry but it has to be managed as it affects us. Apart from that many of us have well appreciated the road expansion strategy of Nepal Government  but with such volatile situation of electrical wires running around you never know anything can happen.

who is responsible for public safety management ?

I don't see the government, the political parties and any other institution  then why should we Bloody pay taxes to this Government when there is no management.....................


If this is the case then why should the public pay taxes


   

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Cheap publicity stunt or not

Traffic Inspector Sitaram Hachhethu dancing in the middle of the road 

Traffic Inspector Sitaram Hachhethu was seen dancing to the beats of rhythm, might sound amazing but its true, today  morning at around 9:45am  (May 16 2013)  near the Durbarmarg police station inspector Sitaram was seen dancing and entertaining the traffic with a loud music.

It seemed as if sitaram was trying to enjoy his work but it looked as if he was doing circus in the middle of the road. One thing that was very certain was  it was not looking natural moreover it looked like a cheap publicity stunt pulled for popularity. With high influence of politics and popularity, Nepal's government administrative body is  full of talents.
 
May be done intentionally or not but Sitaram with such image and prestige should have at least thought about the prestige of his institution( Nepal Traffic Police).

More or less with a prestigious image and responsible trying to imitate others might not seems a good idea. In the recent past an american traffic police was seen handling the traffic dancing with a Walkman in his ears but Mr. sitaram had to do it big so he brought in big speakers and boomed the road with heavy music that at peak hour. How logical is it for a traffic police to do it in such a manner that too during the peak hours with such loud music is my question?



what can we expect from police personnel like him ?   

 

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Lokman becomes the SUPERMAN of Nepal

 Lok Man Singh Karki has been appointed as the Chief of Commission on Investigation into Abuse of Authority (CIAA) by the president for six years term amid a program at office of President, Sheetal Niwas on Wednesday morning. The appointment has been hugely criticized and termed un-constitution by political gurus.

 The Supreme Court on Friday has issued a stay order at the appointment of Karki till the next hearing on April7.  A single bench of Justice Sushila Karki issued the interim order to halt the appointment process till the next hearing. The apext court has also directed both defendants and petitioner to appear before the court and asked the defendants to furnish a clarification on why Karki was being appointed to head the CIAA.

 The ‘High-level Political Committee’ of UCPN-Maoist, NC, CPN-UML and UDMF had recommended Lokman Singh Karki to the Chief of Commission on Investigation into Abuse of Authority (CIAA)

In the past CIAA had convicted Karki of and declared him not eligible for the government services in future. Karki was accused of suppressing the People’s Movement-II (2006) during the regime of King Gyanendra Shah. He was also accused of amassing properties through illegal means during his tenure at the Department of Customs as director general.

The student organizations including the ALL Nepal National Free Students Union (ANNFSU), and ALL Nepal National Independent Students Union (ANNISU)-Revolutionary are on protest and demanding a quick resignation and further investigation.

CIAA is the state of anti-corruption agency in Nepal.

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LOKTANTRA DIWAS or loottantra

Today is LOKTANTRA DIWAS hundreds of so called shahids died for it and only few group of people  are enjoying the loot-tantra. Billions of rupees were wasted in marking and reclaiming the pride and prestige of people but unfortunately there were too many issue of party politics, people's individual ego and so many things that the country was lest prioritize. The nation should have been the priority but it was the least, our political leader made it worst indulging themselves in power politics and corruption. They degraded the pride and prestige of their name where today a the word Neta is considered a slang....

Nation first, was never a condition it was just a slogan for the political manifesto...........

Democracy believes in equality and law by the book but a country like ours that follows the rule of corruption, nepotism and favoritism, things are more biased and manipulative. We have a President who aspires to have been redeemed because of his cast, we have parties that believe in communism and they have million of dollars, our poverty rates have gone up,  reservation gives upper hand to a janjati when his percentage is less and a qualified person has to draw back because of his cast etc these are the achievements of LOKTANTRA

We need a standardization in terms of politics. Politics in education sector is wrong, political parties doing anything and everything for the benefit of their party is wrong
Country should be the priority  not the party ........

The country needs intellects not reservation, the country needs good leaders not politicians..................
I'm not celebrating this LOKTANTRA because I fail to believe in this LOKTANTRA and this system.

POLITICS SHOULD BE DONE ONLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION ......

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KYC- kill your customer....................

Most of the banks have asked their account holders to update their information in compliance with Nepal Rastra Bank’s directive of filling the Know Your Client (KYC) form where most of us think it is done against corruption. But reality is KYC is not just being done for the purpose of public it has been imposed by the US government with pressure to blacklist us if we do not take initiative against the money laundering. Nepal was in the line of being blacklisted internationally for failing to comply with international money laundering rules and regulations. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global anti- money laundering body, was considering blacklisting Nepal if the government had failed to introduce a law against organized crime. In a worst-case scenario, all banking correspondence could stop, and flow of aid and grants come to a standstill.

 

If blacklisted, foreign banks may not approve the letters of credit issued by Nepali banks. Such a scenario will also severely diminish Nepal’s prospects of getting foreign aid and investments. 

The KYC forms is based on Anti Money Laundering and Combating Finance to Terrorism regulations, that require detailed information of the account holder, including citizenship certificate numbers and issue date of the kin, including that of grandparents, parents, sons, daughters and daughters-in-law. Likewise, the banks also require proof of address or the details of landlords. Know Your Customer refers to the procedures needed to be undertaken by financial institutions to identify and understand their customers in order to detect any sign of abnormal financial activities in their account. The insistence by banks that customers provide the citizenship numbers of their grandparents has irked account holders the most. The forms that require the citizenship numbers of the customers’ grandparents and daughters-in-law seem to keep potential customers away.

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The fb generation

Using facebook on one hand people have become so dull and addicted with it where as on the other people are so expressive, they are networking, exploring their possibilities and trying their entrepreneurship skill, voicing their rights, speaking about their problems etc. It has given people a common platform of voicing their ideas and thoughts and to relate them  to the issues that were previously hidden. In fact realty is FB is next achievement of the twenty first century that has socially, psychological  and individually affected each and everyone of us at different level.

The Egypt revolution, the Indian rape case and Nepal Facebook movement all are examples of people's will, determination  and interest but there was a common factor, yes it was facebook. It was through facebook that people coordinated. One idea of change that was alone and had the courage to stand found many to voices and support. It made the change possible with just the form of expression that was easy and that was limitless of any boundaries.

Looking at individual level, every individual has so much to say and express but in the run of making your life work, the feelings, emotions and expressions are overshadowed by tensions, and problems. At the end of the day your left with loads of frustration from irregularities happening around to corruption to your wife not giving you attention to everything  that piles up. FB gives you a platform where you can express yourself to be who you are and to have your say ...?

Regardless of any consequences of making it loud that you are you and no matter what you will remain the same.......


Reality of today with facbook is the only standardize platform that talks about all phase of life from politics, psychology, crime and everything. Its unlimited and due to its unrestricted ability its has scored an image of being a friend of all. A friend that listens, that awakes and that increasing the LIKES saying you are not alone.

Except for the fact that it gets annoying at times with its marketing technique of showing unrelated post of groups that you cannot stop from displaying in your  news feed but hey its reality they also need to survive and  it just for the sake of numbers.....
 
The fb generation certainly has a way of change, how is the way you interpret.....................

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Contemporary Nepal is a possibilities of prosperity

Nepal is a developing country with an agricultural economy. Agriculture is the mainstay of the economy, providing a livelihood for three-fourths of the population and accounting for about one-third of GDP. Industrial activity mainly involves the processing of agricultural products, including pulses, jute, sugarcane, tobacco, and grain. With an estimated 42,000 MW of feasible capacity, Nepal has considerable scope for exploiting its potential in hydro power but political instability hampers foreign investment. Additional challenges to Nepal's growth include its landlocked geographic location, civil strife and labor unrest, and its susceptibility to natural disaster.

Investment opportunity: Nepal has huge potential investment opportunities.  Due to bad political condition and lack of stability, Nepal has not been able to use it resources.

Hydropower: It is estimates that Nepal has approximately 42,000 MW of economically feasible hydropower potential. However, the present situation is that Nepal has developed only approximately 600 MW of hydropower.

Tourism:  Rated one of the top ten holiday destination by Lonely Planet in 2013, Nepal is considered as one of the most friendly and naturally beautiful country in the world. Possessing 8 of the 10 highest mountains in the world, Nepal is a hotspot destination for mountaineers, rock climbers and people seeking adventures.

Transit Point: Landlocked in between China and India, Nepal has huge potent to exploit its location. Its location at times is its weakness but with diplomatic relationship there is a scope of   business opportunity if it could established itself as a Transit point in between the two super powers  

Human Resource: Due to low cost human resource in Nepal is very cost effective. In the current trend Nepal has been receiving a lot of outsourcing businesses in IT sector and technology field.   

Contemporary Nepal is an aspiration of the fresh blood who believes in making the country move towards the path of development. Looking at the current pretext development process in Nepal was never a challenge but the administration was always a problem.  Bad politics, corruption, manipulation etc are some of the hindrance where things are slowly and gradually changing.

 The contemporary Nepal believes in the young and fresh energy and leaders who have envisioned and promised to lead Nepal to the next phase of development and prosperity. Contemporary Nepal is not just about problems but it’s about looking at the opportunities to strive back against poverty, hunger, corruption and bad politics. Contemporary Nepal is about you, me everyone associated with Nepal who believes to be lawful citizens of Nepal- in the making of good governance……..

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Nepal Moving towards the Path of Failed State

Wiki defines Failed state as "A failed state is a state perceived as having failed at some of the basic conditions and responsibilities of a sovereign government. There is no general consensus on the definition of a failed state."

According to NY times, "Since the civil war ended, after the loss of more than 16,000 lives, a stalemate has ensued as each party caters to caste, class and ethnic divisions instead of national unity. Many politicians are maneuvering to get their hands on money from foreign aid, tourism and hydropower; even the Maoists have become crony capitalists, reaping large profits for themselves and their ostensibly proletarian party. Meanwhile, the bureaucracy, army and police — historically dominated by privileged social groups that never held them accountable — are becoming even more politicized and corrupt." 

After making the Chief Justice (CJ) Khil Raj Regmi the Prime Minister (PM) of Nepal, the country has automatically landed into situation of uncertainty and anarchy.  

The appointment of the current CJ as PM is unconstitutional under following reasons 

1. No working class civil servant can occupy two posts.  

2. According to the criteria of the Chief justice he or she cannot be involved in two jobs

         According to the interim Constitution 2007 state under section  106.  Chief Justice and Judge not to be engaged in any other assignment :
(1) No Chief Justice or Judge of the Supreme Court shall be engaged in or deputed to any assignment other than that of Judge.

           Provided that the Government of Nepal may, in consultation with the Judicial Council, depute the Chief Justice or any Judge of the Supreme Court to work concerning judicial inquiry, or to legal or judicial investigation or research, or to any other work of national concern, for a specified period.

          (2) No person who has once held the office of Chief Justice or a Judge of the Supreme Court shall be eligible for appointment to any government office other than the office as referred to in Sub-clause (a) of Clause (1) of Article 131 nor shall such person be entitled to practice law before any office or court. 

          Like such, involving the ex-sectaries as government ministers by the CJ is yet another mistake that cannot be undermined.

By signing the 11 points agreement the 4 political parties have landed the multi-party political system of Nepal into political vacuum of no revival........

         1. There is a no probability of the election happening as only four parties made the agreement of appointing the CJ . How can there be an election or  fair election without the participation of all parties?

          2. The 11 points agreement secures the position of the CJ stating that the proposed head of the government will resume his function as chief justice after he accomplishes the task of holding the CA elections, which is described as the main responsibility of the election government. Regarding the dissolution or time frame of elected government has been lapsed stating the election will end the term period of CJ after the election which is too vague.

Time and again the president of Nepal, endorsing the idea to find a solution for the political crisis failed when   Nepal's political leaders failed to provide one common candidate for the post of prime minister. They kept the steady fight of opposing one other showcasing an image of bad politics and bad political culture. Nepal's Political leaders are FAILED and the Political situation is UNCERTAIN which can result in hard consequences. This is the example of a FAILED STATE in making that lacks to recognize its constitution and  peoples aspiration. The values of the pro democratic movement have been lost in the practice of power politics and corruption. The leadership and vision of political parties have just been limited within the scope of position and government. They failed to understand the pros and cons of Nepal's economic development as well as bilateral relationship.  With high influences and interference of  foreign ambassadors  and delegates in various high profile political meetings customizes the sovereignty of the country.

        Nepal's Politics has suffered the consequences of Bad political culture where there is no trust in between political leaders and political parties. The values of  Democracy and democratic system is lost in the long term practice of freedom and secularism. Reality of Today is Anything can happen in the politics of Nepal where legality is just a phrase that can be erased or manipulated ..........  

          In case of  election, the political leaders will need to put stability and justice ahead of power and profit, which is impossible to imagine. The past practice of  cultural  impunity and social degradation has uprooted so much that it would be hard for the new government to tackle the problem which can neither  be curbed by the new constitution nor the leaders ......... 

         Now its not upon the people to take the decision whether they want to suffer the consequences of bad politics or create a new system that is more prune to irregularities ............................
   

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Bus for only tourists not for citizens

Why we Nepalese are so weak ?

The Nepal government provides Bus services for the so call Tourists (goro challa) and for us Nepalese we have to walk. It is pathetic just to give service to the tourists and how it is practical to do that. Isn’t the government supporting Nepal Bandha by doing so? What about the police and resources they keep a watch doing nothing and that's just because the opposition party is doing it? If the police prohibits then later when they to power they slack the police, what a rule ..............

I feel like a second grade citizen in my own country where a citizen is being treated like this. There should be a manner of equality or else there should be no discrimination. It’s  us the citizen who pay taxes to run the government not the tourists and I can guarantee you that we pay more taxes than them then why are we being be discriminated….

The political culture of Nepal has gone insane where politics has become a tool of power and corruption. Moral, Ethic and dignity are just words limited in books which is a hard to find.

This is an example of the weak mentality of discrimination, EITHER THERE SHOULD BE NO NEPAL BANDHA OR THERE SHOULD BE TRANSPORTATION FOR ALL..

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