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The Nepal Digest Saturday 13 April 96: Baishakh 1 2053 BS: Year5 Volume49 Issue1
Today's Topics:
1. Message from the editor
2. TAJA_KHABAR
Bhutanese demonstrations-update 23 March 1996 (fwd)
3. KURA_KANI
Politics: No -trust motion collapsed. Who is the winner?
4. KATHA_KABITA
Muktak
5. JAN_KARI
AI Nepal Bulletin
Nepal-German Week 96 in Kathmandu
Nepali calendar 2053 in web
International Symposium "Mythos Tibet"
Talk Program on Nepali Politics
Email access in Kathmandu?
6. SODH_PUCH
TND Fund?
Request for the MOMO reciepe
Request for Nepali songs
Maadal
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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 11:22:55 -0500 (EST)
To: nepal@cs.niu.edu
Subject: No -trust motion collapsed. Who is the winner?
Cross-posted from SCN:
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The trust motion filed by UML against the present govt. of Nepal was failed.
Once again we have demonstrated ourselves an immature politics of our
socalled politicians. Power struglle is going on, coward politician playing
dirty games. But it is giving bad impact on innocent people of Nepal. Instead
of exploiting true meaning of democracy, we are fighting with each other
giving an unnecessary values for our old dictators of Panchayat System. It is
time and still, we have a chance to bring back political stability. There
will not be any winner unless Congress party and UML will struggle for Power.
Both of these Parties are loosers and making blunder mistakes extending hand
and bargaining with so called leaders of R.P.P. Previously known traitors,
dictators, now so called leaders again. In my opinion, It is unacceptable.
I, personally feel coailition of UML - Nepali Congress will be the only
option in such cases. Once should not repeate the same mistake of 2015.B.S.
It is strange a lay man can understand, however these two parties leaders can
not understand at all.
Saroj K. Joshi
skj@i-d.com
Renton, WA
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Subject: AI Nepal Bulletin
To: nepal@cs.niu.edu
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 96 17:12:51 PST
From: Paul Johnson <paulj@bbs.cruzio.com>
EXTERNAL AI Index: ASA 31/04/96
20 March 1996
Further information on EXTRA 41/96 (ASA 31/03/96, 18 March 1996) -
Arbitrary detention / Ill-treatment
NEPAL 14 Tibetans: Youdon, f, 38
Bakar, f, 27
Sonam, f, 26
Norbu Tsering, m, 35
Sonam, m, 35
Sonam, m, 18
Lhundup Gyatso, m, 20
Tenzin Jampel, m, 21
Thubten Kelsang, m, 22
Pema Gyalpo, m, 35
Namgyal Dorje, m, 28
Thubten, m, 25
Tenzin Gelek, m, 19
Lhundup Tenzin, m, 26
and five Amnesty International members
Fourteen Tibetans and five Amnesty International (AI) members remain
detained in Kathmandu following mass arrests made at an AI demonstration
against human rights violations in China held on 18 March 1996. The five AI
members are expected to be released on 21 March after appearing before a
District Magistrate.
All the remaining detainees are held at the Hanuman Dhoka central police
station. They were initially detained at the Mahendra police club but were
moved from there at 11pm on 18 March.
Other detainees, including Dr. Rajesh Gautam, the General Secretary of
Nepalese human rights organization Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC),
and several AI members, including Nepalese Section President Charan Prasai
and former President Krishna Pahadi, were released on 20 March.
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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 22:46:30 -0500
To: NEPAL@cs.niu.edu
From: sharma@plains.nodak.edu (Padam Sharma)
Subject: News and views from India...
Courtesy: India Digest
Nepal: Integrated development of Mahakali adds new dimension: Deuba
From Pankaj Kumar Sarkar
Kathmandu, Mar 25 (PTI) The Prime Minister of Nepal, Mr
Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that the agreement with India on
integrated development of Mahakali river has added a new
dimension to the development of Nepal's vast water resources.
Replying to the no-confidence motion by the Communist
Party of Nepal (United Marxist-Leninist) against him in the
House of Representatives yesterday, the Prime Minister said
Nepal and India would make efforts for timely implementation
of the Pancheshwar Multi-purpose Project and private sector
involvement in other hydro-electricity projects.
Efforts will also be made for the implementation of
Saptakoshi High Dam Project, Budhi Gandaki Hydro Electricity
Project and Karnali Multi-puropse Project, Mr Deuba said.
Mr Deuba said the Sunkoshi-Kamala diversion would be of
great importance in irrigating a vast area in the Tehri from
Saptari to Paroa.
Nepal, during talks with India, had laid emphasis on
Kamala diversion and India had agreed to proceed with the
project, he added.
''As proposed by Nepal both sides have agreed to
initiate talks on making the Nepal-India 1950 Treaty relevant
in keeping with the changed context and future necessities,''
Mr Deuba said.
About the Bhutanese refugee issue, Mr Deuba said
Bhutan has agreed to Nepal's proposal for Foreign Minister
level talks. He also said that he had held extensive talks
with the Indian External Affairs Minister on the resolution of
the Bhutanese refugee problem.
The Nepal Prime Minister said special instruction had
already been issued to Nepalese Missions abroad to apprise the
international community of the refugee problem.
Due to these efforts, the European Parliament has
recently passed an important resoultion in this regard, Mr
Deuba added.
Speaking about Nepal-China relations, he said the present
government is seriously considering the exchange of high
level delegations between the two countries.
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Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 20:50:34 +0000 (GMT)
From: strawn <chris.strawn@queen-elizabeth-house.oxford.ac.uk>
To: MAILBHUTAN <75013.1227@compuserve.com>, angert@chaph.usc.edu,
Subject: Bhutanese demonstrations-update 23 March 1996 (fwd)
This is a forwarded update on the Bhutanese refugees.
DATE 23 March 1996
REGARDING Bhutanese demonstrations-update 23 March 1996
Please distribute this report:
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution regarding the Bhutanese
refugees, and is calling for the government of Bhutan to begin making
arrangements for repatriation. And inside India, the last group of
marchers held under IPC 144 have been released after Indian courts ruled
the detention was illegal. A fourth group currently is being held under a
different penal code, IPC 151.
1. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION
According to a press release from the Foreign Ministry of Nepal on
Saturday 16 Mar '96, the European Parliament unanimously adopted a
resolution on the Bhutanese refugee situation. The full text of the
resolution is as follows:
The European Parliament is
a) deeply concerned at the plight of some 86,000, mostly Nepali speaking,
refugees from Bhutan who are currently in refugee camps in eastern
Nepal and of 15,000 others dispersed in the neighbouring areas of
Nepal and India.
b) is aware of Bhutan's policy of 'national integration,' on the
basis of western Bhutanese (Drukpa) traditions and culture, led to a
campaign of suppression of Nepali cultural expression in Bhutan
beginning from 1990, revocation of citizenship and intimidation,
arrests and sometimes torture of ethnic Nepalese, resulting in a
large scale exodus to Nepal of these people.
c) is disturbed that according to a recent report from the South
Asian Human Rights Documentation Centre, the conditions in the
refugee camps have deteriorated and that certain aid agencies,
including UNHCR, are now scaling down or withdrawing their assistance
to these camps.
d) is aware that certain Bhutanese refugee groups organised peaceful
demonstrations to protest against this unacceptable situation and
undertook to march from Nepal to Bhutan across Indian territory.
e) notes a report by Amnesty International that several demonstrators
were arrested by the Indian authorities in mid-January and released
after judicial verifications, but whereas several of them soon are to
be brought to the Siliguri court.
f) calls on the governments of Bhutan and Nepal, in co-operation with
all other parties involved, to reach an agreement which will allow
the early voluntary repatriation of these Bhutanese refugees to their
country of origin.
g) considers that the Indian authorities must take full account of
the humainitarian situation of the Bhutanese refugees in Nepal and
aquit all persons arrested during the peaceful demonstration.
h) CALLS on the government of Bhutan to make practical preparations
for the UNHCR-supervised return of these refugees and to safeguard
the rights of minorities on it's teritory.
i) CALLS on the Commission, the Council and the governments of the
Member States to provide assistance to the refugees in eastern Nepal,
both via the government of Nepal and via the aid agencies operating
in the field.
j) CALLS on the Commission, the Council and the governments of the
Member States, in liason with the UNHCR, to discuss with the
government of Bhutan proposals for the provision of assistance for the
voluntary repatriation and reintegration of these refugees in their
former homes in Bhutan.
k) notes that most of these refugees would appear to qualify der
International Law as being genuine citizens of Bhutan and considers
that Bhutan's Citizenship Act 1985 may need to be modified as a
result.
l) instructs it's President to forward this resolution to the
Council, the Commisiion, governments of the Member States, the
governments of Bhutan, Nepal and India and the Secretariat of SAARC.
Clearly, this is a major milestone in the Bhutanese refugees struggle
for repatriation. As an editorial in the Everest Herald expressed:
"Though the solution to the Bhutanese refugees still seems far away,
the recent resoluion of the European parliament has come as a respite
to both the Nepal government and the Bhutanese in exile."
The resolution has been enthusiastically received by the refugees and
BCDM has issued a vote of thanks to all Human Rights and support
groups who have been advocating their case and assisting with the
adoption of this resolution. Hopefully I shall have the ful text of
this tommorrow.
2. MARCHERS
2.1 3RD WAVE OF MARCHERS FROM MECHI BRIDGE
On the 18th March '96, the 344 Bhutanese refugees who constituted the
third group of peace marchers to be arrested at the Mechi Bridge
(ref 1.4 of jrsap update 19-Mar-96), were unconditionally released. At a
hearing before the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM),
Siliguri, the marchers were released after having been detained in
Baharampur Central Jail, West Bengal since 26th February under
Criminal Penal Code (Cr.PC) 144.
The release comes nearly two weeks after the 1st group of 150 and the
2nd group of 300 were unconditionally released on the 27th and 28th
of February respectively, after their detention was declared
"illegal." There are now no peace marchers detained under CrPC 144.
Following their release the 344 peace marchers made their way to the
temporary camp established on the banks of the Pancha Nadi River.
(ref 1.3 of jrsap update 19-Mar-96).
2.2 4th WAVE OF MARCHERS FROM MECHI BRIDGE
The 183 peace marchers who were arrested at the Mechi Bridgeunder
CrPC 151 on the 12th of March continue to be detained in Siliguri
Special Jail.
These are due to appear before the SDJM on the 25th of March.
2.3 PANCHA NADI CAMP
Following the release of the 344 peace marchers from Siliguri Special
Jail (ref 2.1 above), there are now c400 Bhutanese refugees in the
temporary camp which has been established on the banks of the Pancha
Nadi River in Siliguri.
2.4 1st WAVE OF MARCHERS FROM PANCHA NADI CAMP
During the court sessions of the 27th and 28th of February, SDJM
declared that the Bhutanese citizens have the right to freedom of
movement in India under the provision of the 1949 Indo-Bhutan
Friendship Treaty.
In line with this, on the 15th March, 150 of the Bhutanese refugees
from the temporary Pancha Nadi Camp, Siliguri, attempted to resume
their peaceful demonstration to Thimpu to petition the King of
Bhutan. With an Indian police escort under the Darjeeling district
administration, the peace marchers left from Siliguri.
After having walked approx 5 km, the peace marchers reached the
Mahananda bridge, which marks the border between the Darjeeling and
Jalpaiguri districts. Here, they were prevented from proceeding by
the Jalpaiguri district administration and warned that they would be
arrested under CrPC 151.
On the 17th March, following a sit in of 2 days, the refugees again
tried to proceed. They were arrested under CrPC 151, produced before
the Jalpaiguri court and taken to Jalpaiguri jail.
When questioned as to why their path was impeded, the District
(Executive) Magistrate of Jalpaiguri district administration could
provide no satisfactory response. He said he was fully aware that
the marchers had not committed any crime which deserved arrest but he
had to follow orders from the government authorities.
The marchers had already sent a petition to the Chief Minister of
West engal, Mr Jyoti Basu, to allow free and safe passage to proceed
to Bhutan. So far, this has not been forthcoming.
2.5 2ND WAVE OF MARCHERS FROM PANCHA NADI CAMP
On the 18th of March, another group of 150 peace marchers from the
temporary Pancha Nadi Camp resumed their peace march to Bhutan. These
are now squatting on the Mahananda bridge, Siliguri, replacing the
previous group of 150 who were arrested on the 17th (ref 2.4 above).
3. STATEMENT BY OFFICIALS OF BHUTAN
3.1 THE FOREIGN MINISTER OF BHUTAN
In an interview with the weekly Indian magazine "Outlook," the
Foreign Minister of Bhutan, Dawa Tsering has said: "Our position is
that not all the people in the camps are from Bhutan and all those
who may have gone from Bhutan aren't Bhutanese citizens. They are
immigrants sans citizenship status."
Here he refers to the position in Bhutanese law that one forfeits the
right to citizenship by emigrating.
3.2 THE KING OF BHUTAN
The full text of the remark made by King Jigme Singye Wangchuk of
Bhutan in an interview with the "Indian Express" 7-Mar-96 is: "If
the Nepalese, 99% of whom are not Bhutanese nationals, had crossed
into Bhutan, we would have definitely broken off our talks with
Nepal."
He refers here to the bilateral interministerial talks between Bhutan
and Nepal regarding the repatriation of the Bhutanese refugees.
These, reportedly, are due to be held on the 4th to 8th of April and
are the first to be conducted at foreign minister level rather than
home minister.
It is interesting that although the talks are to be held between
foreign ministers and that under the 1949 treaty between Bhutan and
India, "Bhutan agrees to be guided by the advice of the Government of
India in regard to it's external relations," that India refuses to be
involved, insisting that the issue is a bilateral one.
This is to be the 7th round of talks. All previous rounds have failed
to produce anything substantive and have been largely futile.
4. UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS.
The Annual meeting of the UN Commission on Human Rights commenced on
the 18th of March 1996, in Geneva, Switzerland.
In a press statement, the AMCC has urged the Commission "to resolve
to work towards finding an immediate solution to the human rights
problem in Bhutan and the Bhutanese refugee crisis."
Background
All the marchers have lived in refugee camps inside Nepal since being
expelled from their home of Bhutan in the early 1990's. Over the last six
years international talks have failed to resolve their situation, even
though many of the refugees carry valid citizenship and property documents.
The marchers began a peaceul march back to Bhutan in January of this year,
but were detained illegally by Indian officials.
The peace marchers have all along insisted on acting non-violently.
The refugees in Nepal, totalling about 1/6 of the 600,000 people populating
Bhutan, were forced to leave the country in the early 1990's after a "One
Nation/ One People" policy effectively rendered them stateless. The
international community has been thus far ineffective in resolving their
plight. Bhutan has the largest percentage of its people living as refugees
in the world.
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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 14:11:31 +0545
To: nepal-request@cs.niu.edu
From: guthier@mos.com.np
Subject: Nepal-German Week 96 in Kathmandu
I wonder whether you can help me. I would like to post the text informing about
the Nepal-German Week '96 to the Nepal Digest. It is not too long - see below.
But first I would like to have your permission.
In which way can you help me further. Do you know any e-mail addresses of
friends especially in Germany that could support the event? Or, what else could
I do to spread the information? Please, let me know.
best regards
Rudolf Guthier
Nepal-German Week 96
Organizing Committee
c/o Industrial Enterprise Development Centre
P. O. Box 3676
Kathmandu
Nepal
Tel.: <+977 1> 240469, 240485,240239, 230260
Fax: <+977 1> 240241, 521982
email: guthier@mos.com.np
Text to be disseminated
Nepal - German Week 1996
>From 27 September to 5 October 1996 the Nepal -German Week 96 will be organize
d
in Nepal. Many varied activities will take place to show and to intensify the
economic, cultural and political relations that exist between Nepal and Germany
Objectives
Nepal is physically far removed from Germany. And yet Nepal has important
relations with Germany. Most of the Nepalese do not know about Germany and the
Germans. The presentation of Germany and of the Germans in a variety of aspects
is one of the important objectives of the event.
Germany and the Germans are interested in Nepal. Many projects and organization
s
that are funded by the German government and by private sector organizations ar
e
active in Nepal in a variety of fields and tasks. Most of the Nepalese do not
know much about them: why they are here? what they do? what they have achieved
and want to achieve? where they are? To answer these questions is another
objective of the Nepal-German Week 1996.
The manifold ties that already exist between the two countries and their people
s
will be demonstrated during the course of the event. This may lead to an
improved co-operation in the future and hence to intensified relationships
between the two nations.
The German Foreign Office and His Majesty's Government of Nepal have declared
that they will support the event.
Overview of Already Planned Activities
Exhibition
Core of the event is an exhibition that will be organized by the Nepal German
Chamber of Commerce and Industries from 27 September to 2 October in one hall o
f
the Exhibition Ground (Bhrikuti Mandap). The exhibition space will be rented to
exhibitors at a rate of about DM 600 for one stall (3mx3m). It is possible to
rent more exhibition space.
Nepalese companies that represent German companies in Nepal, Nepalese companies
that export to Germany, German enterprises with interests in Nepal will
participate in the exhibition.
German organizations that are active in Nepal and German-Nepalese Organizations
and projects present themselves, so, that the general public will have an
opportunity to get acquainted with their intentions, work and achievements.
Cultural aspects of Germany, of Europe and of the German-Nepalese co-operation
will be presented as well.
Activities at the Fringe of the Exhibition
Other activities will take place on the fringe of the exhibition either in the
hall or on other locations of the exhibition ground or in other locations.
27.09.
Opening of the Event - Presentation of 'Siddharta', a Theatre Play
(translation and adaptation of the Hermann Hesse novel with the same title).
28.09. Octoberfest - Day 1
29.09. Octoberfest - Day 2
30.09. Disco-Evening for the Youth - Day 1
1.10.
Disco-Evening for the Youth - Day 2
02.10.
Children Festival
Film Presentations in the Goethe Institute
In the time from 27 September to 2 October the Goethe Institute will present it
s
own films as well as films from Transtel and of other organizations, that
provide their films for this purpose.
Other Activities
03.10. Reception by Invitation of the German Embassy to Celebrate the German
Unity Day
04.10. Food Festival in the Soaltee Hotel by Invitation of Lufthansa
05.10. Show in the National Stadium - Concert with 'Musica Antiqua'
The organizers hope that some further highlights may be added to the
programme.
This text is meant to inform you and to request you to consider in which way yo
u
could contribute to or support the event. We encourage you to inform
institutions, organizations, and individuals that are known to you and that hav
e
links to or interest in Nepal about the forthcoming event by forwarding this
text. If you decide to participate or support the Nepal-German Week 96, we
request you to inform us in which way you would like to contribute.
How can you contribute?
You can participate directly. You may rent a booth at the exhibition to present
your organization, your products, or your projects in Nepal. You may hold a tal
k
programme, a presentation or initiate another activity within the framework of
the objectives of the Nepal-German Week 96.
You may participate indirectly by sending information, public relation and
advertising material as well as catalogues to the organizers. This material wil
l
be presented - and if requested, distributed - within the framework of a
catalogue exhibition. Films you send to us will be presented.
A financial contribution either linked to a direct or indirect participation -
but also independent of the two - will be highly welcome. The funds we have for
the event are extremely limited. To ensure a successful Nepal-German Week 96, w
e
request your donations. All donations received will be made public. The
donations will be administered by the management committee with the
participation of the German Embassy. Any surplus funds will be used for social
services on the direction of the German Embassy.
Donation Accounts
DM Account Nepal-German Week 96 - # 14210A0
Rupee Account Nepal-German Week 96 - # 142100A
Address:
Himalayan Bank Ltd.
Karmachari Sanchaya Kosh
Tridevi Marga, Thamel
P.O. BOX 3810
Kathmandu
Nepal
Fax: 977-1-222800
Tlx: 2789 HIBA NP
We invite suggestions or ideas in which way you or your organization could
contribute to the event and how to improve it.
The Organizing Committee:
Mr. Kai Hennig, First Secretary, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in
Nepal
Mr. Binod Shrestha, Vice-President, Nepal-German Chamber of Commerce and
Industry (NGCCI)
Graf Christian von Hatzfeldt, Director Goethe Institute
Mr. Rudolf Guthier, Team Leader Small Business Promotion Project - GTZ
Addresses:
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Nepal
GYANESHWORE
P. O. Box 226
Kathmandu
Nepal
TEL.: +977 1 - 412 786, 416 527, 416 655, 416 832
Fax: +977 1 - 416 899
Nepal-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NGCCI)
Narayan Chour
P. O. Box 201
Kathmandu
Nepal
TEL.: + 977 1 244 417
FAX: +977 1 244417
(Mr. Binayak Shah, Chief Executive)
Goethe Institute
Nepal German Cultural Centre
Ganabahal
P. O. Box 1103
Kathmandu
Nepal
Tel.: +977 1 220528
Fax: +977 1 222967
Small Business Promotion Project
a joint project of IEDC and GTZ
Tripureshwor
c/o IEDC
P. O. Box 3676
Kathmandu
Nepal
Tel.: +977 1 -240469, 240485, 240239, 230260
Telex: 2334 GTZ NP
Fax: +977 1 -240241, 526834, 521982
email: guthier@mos.com.np
Rudolf Guthier
Residence:
Fax: 977-1-526834,
Tel. 977-1-521832
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From: Sumitra Maharjan <sumimaha@bsu-cs.bsu.edu>
Subject: Nepali calendar 2053 in web
To: nepal@cs.niu.edu
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 20:46:24 -0500 (EST)
I have created the Nepali CAlendar 2053 in web using the table format.
I would like you to look at this calendar and let me know if you have
any suggestions. The URL address is:
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http://www.cs.bsu.edu/homepages/sumimaha/cale2053/baisak53.htm
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Thank you.
sumimaha@cs.bsu.edu
Sumitra Maharjan
Graduate Student at Ball State Univesity
Dept. of Computer Science
Muncie, Indiana
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Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 16:24:55 -0500
From: MeeraL@aol.com
To: NEPAL@cs.niu.edu
Subject: Re: The Nepal Digest - March 31, 1996 (18 Chaitra 2052 BkS
Editor,
I hope you can answer the following question for me. Are the descendants of
the family of Gautama Buddha today Hindu or Buddhist? I believe they would be
of the Sakya sect, would they not? Also do you know of a good book or
resource for information on the birds of Nepal and also where I might buy a
copy of such a book or contact such a resource? Thank you very much.
Meera Lester
MeeraL@aol.com
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Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 18:41:16 -0600
To: NEPAL@cs.niu.edu
From: DODIN@uni-bonn.de (Thierry Dodin)
Subject: International Symposium "Mythos Tibet"
Dear friends of Tibet and the Himalayan region,
Hardly any other region on earth has fired our imagination in the course of
the centuries the way Tibet has done. After a perception of Tibet in Europe
that varied greatly as time went on (among others, "gold-digging ants", the
empire of the Amazons, one of the lost tribes of Israel, and the empire of
the mythical Prester John, were all suspected of existing in the highlands
of Central Asia), in the 19th century Tibet came to be regarded as the
"forbidden country" per se. It became an ideal object for projections of a
panoply of fantasies and desires, and these were soon to be reflected in
literature and the spiritual movements of the Occident; in fact, they even
impacted on political decisions by the colonial powers of the day.
Today, broad sections of the population are more aware of Tibet than ever
before. This can be attributed above all to the political situation there
and reports in the media. If we consider the image of Tibet thus conveyed,
then it strikes the eye that perceptions influenced by the past are echoed
in them in an unreflected manner. Moreover, depending on the underlying
political stance, one encounters diametrically opposed evaluations of that
country.
Research on Tibet also proves not to have freed itself from one-sided
angles, preconceived images and projections. To a not inconsiderable
degree, this is the product of the history of scholarly thought, for
research on Tibet has by and large been a spin-off of the study of the
political and cultural history of China and India. In addition, the special
Western fascination with Tibet (e.g. in the form of enthusiasm for Buddhism
or "nomadic life-styles") first kindled the interest of many a scholar in
Western countries and therefore influenced their perception.
Most recently, given that an interest in Tibet has long since gone far
beyond the narrower confines of the academic world, the need for a
fundamental inquiry into the images of Tibet among scholars and in Europe
as a whole has become ever more evident. The Institute of Central Asian
Studies at the University of Bonn and the Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der
Bundesrepublik Deutschland wish to take this into account with an
international symposium titled "Mythos Tibet". Internationally recognized
experts together with specialist colleagues have therefore been invited to
debate this topic from May 10-12, 1996 at the Forum of the Kunst- und
Ausstellungshalle.
The following topics will be of special interest:
- the historical development of our perception of Tibet
- the impact and intentions behind distorted images of Tibet in their
respective ideological and social context
- limited perspectives and unconscious projections in the scholarly
discourse on Tibet.
Thus, for the first time an attempt will be made to redefine our image of
Tibet somewhere between "Shangri-La" and "feudal society" in a manner that
comes up to scholarly standards. Precise details of the programme for the
symposium are given in the attachements. We hereby cordially invite all
colleagues and other persons interested in Tibet, the Himalayan region and
the reception of foreign cultures to participate in the symposium.
The Convenors: Thierry Dodin & Heinz R=E4ther
Preliminary Programme
=46riday, May 10th
I-Die historische Entwicklung des Tibetbildes im Westen/The Historical
Development of Tibet's Image in the West
Chair: Michael Hahn, Marburg
11.00 Opening Adress
Wenzel Jacob (Director of the Art and Exhibition Hall)
Max G. Huber (Rektor of Bonn University)
Introduction
Michael Weiers (Director of the Institute of Central Asian Studies,
Bonn University)
11.30 Das Tibetbild im Westen vor dem 20. Jahrhundert (The Image of
Tibet in the West up to the 20th Century)
Rudolf Kaschewsky, Bonn
12.15 The Tibet Images of the Great Mystifiers"
Donald S. Lopez
13.00 Lunchbreak
14.30 Images of Tibet in Western Literature
Peter Bishop, Adelaide
15.15 Images of Tibet among Researchers on Tibet
Per Kvaerne, Oslo
16.30 Perceptions of Tibetan Buddhist Art in Tibet and the West
Heather Stoddard, Paris
Introduction to the exhibition "Weisheit und Liebe. 1000 Jahre Kunst des
tibetischen Buddhismus":
17.15 Getting beyond Orientalism" in Approaching Buddhism and tibet: A
Central Concept Underlying Weisheit und Liebe"
Robert A.F. Thurman, New York (Curator of the exhibition)
Saturday, May 11th
II-Verwertungsformen und Wirkungsweisen idealisierter Tibetbilder/Use and
Effects of Idealized Images of Tibet
Chair: Detlef Kantowsky, Konstanz & N.N.
11.00 Tibet, Buddhism and Theosophy
Poul Pedersen, Aarhus
11.45 Das Tibetbild der Nationalsozialisten (The Nazis' Concept of Tibet=
)
Reinhard Greve, Hamburg
12.30 Coffeebreak
12.45 Das Tibetbild in der modernen chinesischen Kunst und Propaganda
(The Portrayal of Tibet in Modern Chinese Fine Arts and Propaganda)
Thomas Heberer, Trier
13.30 Lunchbreak
15.00 Tibet und die politische Rechte und Linke (Tibet and the
Political Right and Left)
Oskar Weggel, Hamburg
15.45 The Role of Tibet in the New Age Movement
Frank J. Korom, Santa Fe
16.30 Coffeebreak
16.45 Das Tibetbild in Produktwerbung und Alltagskultur (Images of
Tibet Used in Advertisement and Popular Culture)
N.N.
17.30 Tibetan Exile Self-Representation and Global Liberal Discourse:
The Recent Creation of Environmentalist, Pacifist and Feminist Tibet Images
Toni Huber, Christchurch
18.15 Coffeebreak
18.30 Die Problematik des populaeren Tibetbildes fuer die buddhistische
Lehre im Westen (The Impact of Popular tibet Images on the Teaching of
Buddhism in the West)
Loden Sherab Dagyab Rinpoche, Bonn
19.15 Repercussions of Western Projections on Tibetan Self-Imagination
Dawa Norbu, New Delhi
20.00 Party
Sunday, May 12th
III-Kontroverse Standpunkte im wissenschaftlichen Diskurs =FCber
Tibet/Controversial Positions in the Scholarly Discourse on Tibet
11.00 Debate on the Results of the First Two Days and Possible
Conclusions for the Ensuing Scientific and Political Discourse, Moderated
by the Chairmen of the Preceeding Sessions
13.00 Lunchbreak
1. Panel Discussion: Tibetans - Protagonists of an Ideal Ecological Lifestyl=
e?
14.30 Tibetische Kultur als oekologisches Modell? (Tibetan culture as
an ecological model?)
Ludmilla Tueting, Berlin
15.00 The Impact of Tradition and Modernity in Tibet: From Ideal to Prac=
tice
Graham E. Clarke, Oxford
15.30 Panel Discussion with Ludmilla Tueting, Graham E. Clarke, Tsewang
Norbu (St. Augustin), Lambert Schmithausen (Hamburg) and Toni Huber
(Moderator)
16.45 Coffeebreak
2. Panel Discussion: Tibetans - A Peaceful and Tolerant People?
17.00 N.N.
17.30 Orientalism and Aspects of Violence in the Tibetan Tradition
Elliot Sperling, Bloomington
18.00 Panel Discussion with N.N., Elliot Sperling, Jamyang Norbu
(Dharamsala), Thubten Jigme Norbu (Bloomington) and Michael Aris (Oxford,
Moderator)
19.30 Closing Address
All lectures and discussions will be translated simultaneously into English
and/or German.
Thierry Dodin
Zentralasiatisches Seminar
Universit=E4t Bonn
Regina-Pacis-Weg 7
D-53113 Bonn
=46ax: (+49) 0228/73 74 58"
e-mail: "DODIN@uni-bonn.de", or: "upp701@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de"=20
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From: "Shailesh R. Bhandari" <sbhandar@garnet.acns.fsu.edu>
Subject: Muktak
To: nepal@cs.niu.edu
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 09:06:49 -0500 (EST)
RAHAR
Nepali jantaa laai Nepal basne
Rahar puhechha,
Tyasaile,
Kasaiko mukhmaa America, ta
Kasaiko mukhmaa Japan chha,
Baato dekhaaune netaa haru vane basna khojekaa chhan,
Tyasaile,
Basne kursi ko taanaa taan chha.
ARUN-III
Arun ma kamisan napaaune bujruk haru dekhi,
Malaai yo lekhna kar laageko chha,
Nepal Andhyaaro ma ghhachedieko ta arkai kuro,
Aba ta paryaabaran ko kuro jhikera,
Tuki pani baalna nadine ho ki vanne dar laageko chha.
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Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 10:19:37 -0500 (EST)
To: nepal@cs.niu.edu
Subject: Email access in Kathmandu?
Cross-posted from SCN:
---------------------
I used Global Communications when I
was in Nepal to send and receive mail from Alaska. They use Mercantile
Communications, but provide a service to the public. To send a message to
someone, make sure to put contact information (phone number, etc.) on the
message so that person will be notified. You can send to:
It will cost Rs 20 per K to the recepient, and Rs 30 per K for that person
to send a message as well as Rs 30 to enter the message, if the person
doesn't have a computer. I found them to be very cooperative and helpful,
and had a 12-18 hour turn around time from the U.S. All my messages were
received in the U.S. and all those sent to me were received as well.
Global Communications is on Tri Devi Marg in Kdu inside that big building
with all the photo shops. I also heard that two new home services were
starting up. One was World Link on Ring Road in Kdu.
Pam Randles
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From: Rajesh Shrestha <rshresth@husc.harvard.edu>
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 11:05:54 -0500 (EST)
To: nepal@cs.niu.edu
Subject: Talk Program on Nepali Politics
If you happen to be in Boston area in the weekend of the April 6th...
There will be a talk program on Nepali politics at MIT on April 6
(that's a Saturday). The former Nepali representative to UN, Jayaraj Acharya,
who is currently a fellow at the Center for International Affairs at Harvard
will be our chief guest, although everyone is welcome to present their views.
Discussion will be moderated by GBNC president Bhupesh Karki.
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What: Talk Program on Nepali Politics
When: 5:30-7:30 pm, April 6
Where: MIT, Room 3-133
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Refreshments will be served.
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The easiest way to get to Rm 3-133 is to get off at 77 Mass. Ave. ("MIT" bus
stop). Walk into the main MIT building, and continue in the same direction down
the corridor for < = a minute when you will see another hallway on the right.
Go along that corridor and you will see a hall on the right which is Room
3-133. There will be posters put up for convenience.
Following are the questions which will serve as a framework for the discussion.
1) Is political democracy compatible with Nepali culture? Specifically,
give Nepal's hierarchic caste and class delineations, group oriented
culture, deep-seated and institutionalized corruption, economic
depravation and stagnation, can Nepal successfully adopt a political
system which is essentially based on human rights, pluralism,
decentralized and dispersed power and an "open" - opportunity based
economic system?
2) Is political democracy along with "economic democracy" the best way
of improving the economic conditions of most Nepalis?
3)Are the Nepali leaders who lead the country today, and who led the
struggle for a democratic system, genuinely committed to a democratic
Nepal? Or are these leaders of the various parties and ideologies more
interested in getting to power and advancing the causes they believe?
4) What possible steps (if any) can be take (accross the board) to
increase and ensure the long-term chances of democracy in Nepal?
5) Since the institution of "constitutional monarchy" in Nepal, has the
monarchy played a constructive or destructive role? What is the future
role of the monarch in Nepal and is it necessary?
6) Besides the popularly elected legislative body, what other
institutions (e.g. the judiciary, the monarchy, the military, the
bureacracy) can be bolstered or weakened to ensure the advance of
democracy in Nepal?
7) How important is intra-party democracy in the context of democracy
for the whole country?
8) How has Nepali democracy affected the social, political and economic
conditions of women in Nepal?
9) How has Nepali democracy affected the social, political and economic
conditions of other marginalized groups in Nepal?
If you need help with directions please call Shree Krishna at (617) 225-8128
e-mail: skpandey@mit.edu.
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Date: Tue, 02 Apr 96 13:05:37
From: "Sagar Shakya" <sagar@hauser.com>
To: The Nepal Digest <NEPAL@cs.niu.edu>
Subject: Re: The Nepal Digest - March 31, 1996 (18 Chaitra 2052 BkSm)
Dear Editor
Recently Amulya posted that jankabi has been nominated to
member of academy of science and technology. Initially, I
thought it might be a mistake made by media since there is
another academy for poets and artists. If the news is true,
then it is quite outrageous and shocking. I personally feel
it is an insult to persons who have devoted their lives in
scientific activities.
Would you mind conducting an opinion poll on this issue? I
would like to know the views of the members of Nepalese
scientific community.
I would like to thank Amulya for posting this news.
sagar shakya
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To: NEPAL@cs.niu.edu
Subject: Request for the MOMO reciepe
From: Rajani Rajbhandari(Amatya)
Dear editor
Many friends from different countries are requesting me to have the receipe
of The MOMO. So I would like to request you to send me the receipe of the
MOMO which you have published in TND before.
Thank you.
Rajani Rajbhandari(Amatya)
AIT
purna@rccsun.ait.ac.th
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Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 22:19:22 -0600 (CST)
From: Nabin Kumar Shahi <s097723@jaguar1.usouthal.edu>
Subject: Request for Nepali songs
To: nepal@cs.niu.edu
Dear Editor
We, the Nepali students at the University of South Alabama are
organizing a cultural show on the upcoming International Cultural Night.
One of a Nepali "Bhahini" here, is very talented in Nepali classical
dance and last year she won the first prize in the talent competition.
She does not have any songs for this year and she is wondering if any
Nepali Daju Bhai, Didi Bhahini could send her at least one of the
following songs by April 15,1996 (at the latest):
1. "Kasturi Bash Magmagayo Angaangama" - a filmy song
2. "Mero Pauma Aaj Pauju Bandh, Mayale Malai Bolayo" - Gopal Yonjan,
Mira Rana
3. "Bol Bol Pakha Haruma, Hijo Aaj Bato Chekachan" - a filmy song
We will pay for shipping and handeling, or any other costs in sending the
materials. Her address is as follows :
Shardula Joshi
750 Flave Pierce Rd, Apt A-1
Mobile, Al 36608
Will will be grateful to you if you could convey this message to all TND
readers. Thank you.
Nabin Shahi
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Date: Sat, 06 Apr 1996 09:09:16 -0500 (EST)
From: atuladhar@vax.clarku.edu
Subject: Nepal related NSF-funded reserach (fwd)
To: THE NEPAL DIGEST <NEPAL@cs.niu.edu>
Title : Dissertation Research: Transformation of Health in Rural
Nepal
Date : September 28, 1992
Prgm Manager: Stuart Plattner
Investigator: Thomas E Fricke
Sponsor : University of Michigan Ann
Ann Arbor, MI 48109 313/764-1817
Abstract :
This project supports the dissertation research of an
anthropology student from the University of Michigan in Nepal.
The project will examine changes in behavior and values
associated with changes in marriage practices. A case study will
be done of a small, traditional rural community where marriages
have recently changed from arranged to individually initiated
relationships. Using ethnographic methods of participant
observation, a community survey and intensive interviews, the
student will examine how behavior associated with individually
initiated marriages modifies the community social and authority
structures.
This research is important because marriage changes similar to
those studied have occurred, and continue to occur in many
regions of the world. Increased comprehension of the impact of
these changes on local communities helps us understand sources of
conflict and change.
Title : Dissertation Research: Maintenance and Production of Ethnic
Cultures in Nepal
Abstract :
This project supports the dissertation research of a cultural
anthropologist from Cornell University in Nepal. Using
ethnographic methodology, the student will study a diverse group
of Tibetan refugees to see how they maintain and construct their
Tibetan ethnic identity in the face of alternate ethnic
identities and foreign influences. The project will focus on the
production of Tibetan religious artifacts and their sale to
foreigners. Using in depth interviews, the student will study
how the Tibetan emigrant population defends its sense of itself
as a separate ethnic group.
This research is important because the rate of inter-cultural
mixing, borrowing and merging in the contemporary world is
unprecedented at the same time that the strength of particular
ethnic identities (and inter-ethnic hostilities) seems to be
growing. This is a global phenomenon, and the micro-processes by
which groups maintain and re-create their ethnic identities to
fit novel social situations is relatively little studied.
Understanding the issues involved in this one case will help
develop general theory.
Title : Erosional Unroofing of the Nepal Himalayas Over the Past
12Ma: 87Sr/86Sr and Sedimentary Petrological Indicators
from Siwalik Foreland Deposits
Abstract :
9418207 Quade Weathering of sediments derived from uplift of the
Himalayas has had a major impact on the chemistry of the oceans, on
regional (now monsoonal) climate, and probably on atmospheric pCO2. One
of the clearest proxies of the effects of Himalayan uplift is the marine
87Sr/86Sr record. However, the specific links between the marine Sr
record and tectonism and weathering rates in the Himalayan hinterland are
virtually undocumented. The Miocene-Pleistocene detrital record of
erosion of the Himalayas is contained in the Siwalik Group foreland-basin
sediments exposed in the Himalayan frontal ranges, and in the Bengal
submarine fan. This research will examine changes in the 87Sr/86Sr ratio
of sediment, weathering products, and aquatic (riverine) shells in Siwalik
sediments deposited in central and western Nepal over the past 12 Ma.
These isotopic compositions will be correlated with specific tectonic and
erosional events in the Himalayas, providing a direct link between
physical processes in the orogenic belt (e.g., individual
thrust-displacement events) and changes in sediment and water composition.
In turn, these studies will permit comparison of changes in 87Sr/86Sr
ratios and other aspects of Siwalik sediments to the isotopic evolution of
the ocean and Bengal submarine fan sediments.
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From: Pema Lama <lamap84@eng.uab.edu>
To: "'nepal@mp.cs.niu.edu'" <nepal@cs.niu.edu>
Subject: Maadal
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 15:35:34 -0600
Hi netters,
I am looking for some information about the history of Maadal(a
Nepalese Instrument/drum).
I will really appreciate for your cooperation.
Please respond ASAP
Nischal.
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Date: Sun, 07 Apr 1996 10:55:13 -0500 (EST)
From: atuladhar@vax.clarku.edu
Subject: HOLY COW! MAD COWS?
To: THE NEPAL DIGEST <NEPAL@cs.niu.edu>
HOLY COWS AND MAD COWS
=======================
International media has been abuzz with the "mad cow" disease, a brain
disease of cows said to affect humans who eat beef. The social
amplification of this tiny risk (so far only 8 people's death has been
linked to this disease), the $ 750 million dollar beef industry in UK is
doomed for the time being and all the EEC is going help doing that?
how?
By slaughtering 15,000 cows in incinerators every week for the next 6
years to gain public confidence that 5 million british cows have been
destroyed and so has all the germs responsible for the mad cows disease?
So,
why has not the *world's only Hindu-rastra, Nepal* raised a hell over the
sacrilege to our human values, the defence of the "C_O_W = COW, COW MANE
GAI, COW IS OUR MOTHER, COW GIVES US MILK" hindu indoctrination we learn
in our panchayat day nursery rhymes?
In a country where cowslaughter is equivalent to manslaughter in the
Hindu-derived legal code in terms of inviting legal and social and
political sanction, (recall how Nepali-context based intellectuals were
howling for PADMA rATNA TULADHAR'S head when he was alleged to have said
that those who do not believe that cows are holy should be allowed to eat
them last year), where have all these rabid social engineers gone?
An apologia can be made that Nepal should not export its values to other
countries, or is it that Nepali hindus are really ashamed of these
values?Can Nepal at least have offered to take in all the those cows
destined for the slaughter house? Think of all the ecological benefits we
would get. In a country with so acute fuel shortage that cow dung is
burned for cooking food, all this British-cow bhala dung would be
available for boosting agricultural production by recycling all that
nutrients to the soil, with 18 million nepalese in ag-based livelihoods,
that is 3 million familiew with 6 per family, or 2 cows per household,
Every nepali family will be happy!
Think of the political benefits, with so many happy nepalese, even all
the hindus of Bharatiya Janaa Party and Jana Sangah of India, the
alternate national party to the Congress would applaud Nepal for standing
up for the Hindu values in the world stage and this is nothing to be
ashamed of. The Brits themselves could be very grateful too, and just
like when they were happy with Jung bahadur rana when he voluntarily
offered his military to quell the nationalist mutiny of our desi-bbhais
in Lucknow, Nepal was rewarded with the handover of "naya-muluk" the rick
Teri territory west of Nepal gunj, which we lost during Sugauli Sandhi of
1816. Perhaps Brits can even be persuaded to lend technical support to
take care fof these "velayeti gai" and some more livestock centrs can be
opened as we have Lumle Agricultural Center and Pakribas Agricultural
Centers as ghoos for Nepal subsidizing the cost of reproduction of
crucial military labor, the Gurkhas, needed for the maintainence of their
neo-imperialist capitalist interests in hongkon, Brunei, or
Falklands/Malvinas, or prevent Labor for capturing the Tory govt
leadership of Thatcher.
Oh what a splendid foreign policy opportunit we missed, wish Jung bahadur
was here, he would probably get us more land and maybe even a sea route
to calcutta by volunteering to receive all the cows, our holy mothers.
In jest, ;\ (a wicked smile, if u turn your head sideways)
art
cu
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Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 17:56:52 EDT
To: tnd@nepal.org
From: Mahankal@aol.com
Subject: Subscribe
I was visiting your site and this address for subscription to the Nepal
Digest. Please include me on that subscription list as well. All you should
need is my address which comes with this. If there is any other information
that I forgot to include, please mail me back.
Also, I was wondering if you would have an article relating to a soccer
tournament that took place in Kathmandu among banks. The winner was the
Himalyan Bank Ltd. One member, Bikash Thapa, got an award for most goals in
the tournament. This occured during the days of January 28 and 30. If you
do not have some, please refer me to someone who does. Thank you.
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