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The Nepal Digest Thursday 12 Jan 95: Push 28 2051 BkSm Volume 35 Issue 7
Note: There was a file update problem on the system last week. If
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Apologies for the inconvinience.
Today's Topics:
1. Letter to The Editor - Nepali Wedding Customs, Please Help!
2. TAJA_KHABAR News From Nepal
Summary of Inflation News
3. KURA_KANI
Economics - Re: Foreign Aid
Tourism - Re: Toilets
Politics - UML and Congress Properties
10 + Ways to Build Nepal
Environment - Arun III
4. KATHA_KABITA
Poem - The Girl I Saw
Muktak - Kathaa and Pragati
5. JAN_KARI
Matrimonials
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Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 09:28:36 MST
To: "a10rjs1@mp.cs.niu.edu"@ATHENA.dnet.csdco.com,
From: ana_museum@csdc.csdc_net.csdcvx.dnet.csdco.com
Subject: Wedding etiquette and protocol
Dear Mr. Singh,
Would you be so kind as to give me some valuable advice and assistance? I need
to know what is appropriate in the context of being an older brother of a
woman who is marrying a Nepali. I am sure there are many things that I should
know regarding proper deportment and actions in the course of the matrimonial
arrangements, services and festivities.
My sister and I are Americans who are unfamiliar with the Nepali customs and
traditions. The prospective bridegroom's family is Hindu, from Katmandu,
probably Newari Chhetri, but I am not certain.
It would be very helpful to know what gestures, attire and wedding gifts or
other signs of friendship and respect might be expected of me (and for my
sister, too).
HELP!
Many thanks for any information you may be able to provide.
Sincerely yours,
Mr. R. Wilson
ana_museum@athena.csdco.com
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%%%%% only as a kid, I am unable to give detailed advices %%%%%
%%%%% except I remember brides receiving gold jeweleries. %%%%%
%%%%% Would somebody help Mr. Wilson please? %%%%%
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Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 12:01:56 GMT
To: nepal@cs.niu.edu
From: tiwari@husc7.harvard.edu (Ashutosh Tiwari)
Subject: Re: foreign aids in Nepal.
cheung@CAM.ORG (Shirley Cheung) writes:
>I recently read few books about the culture, and the development of
>Nepal. I am aware of a great number of NGO's and other organized project
>teams present in Nepal today. However, due to the deep attachment of
>Nepalis to their religion and the bureacracy existed in both the Nepal
>government and the NGO, I wonder if Nepal will be able to accelerate its
>pace of development to match the Southeast Asian levels, ie. Vietnam,
>Thailand, etc.
Attachment to religion and the bureaucracy exists well and alive in BOTH
Thailand and Vietnam. And you know what, it also exists well and alive in
the United States too. So, just what is your point?
>I do not want to be too pessimistic on this. I only want to have some
>NGO's and other concerned ppl to comment on this issue.
>Religion is LIFE in Nepal. Certainly, religion has its own philosophy and
>cannot be viewed as "good" or "bad" through a foreigners' eyes. However,
>certain detachement from religion is necessary to deal with some issues.
>For example, if Hindu Nepalis do not change their religious beliefs, how
>can we, NGOs, help to alleviate the women issues there?
How should Hindu Nepalis "change" their beliefs to suit some NGOs' agenda?
And how an NGO to decide that it's necessary for Nepalis to change
their religious beliefs?
how about the
>overpopulation issue? It is only a marginal help to help women there. The
>real NGO effort should be directed at educating BOTH males and females
>(It is the males who do the repressing, they should need 2-3 times more
>education than females). However, doing so involves changing their
>religious beliefs which is not a simple/pleasant tasks for any NGO to do.
Religion, of various shades and hues, is what that has been giving emotional
and social sustenance to many people across Nepal.
Your call for "changing their religious beliefs" shows exactly what's
wrong and misguided with your kind of NGO-approach to Nepal's
"development". You guys, well-meaning though you may be, but you just
don't understand the complexity surrounding Nepal (Not that, as a Nepali, I
know it any better either!)
If anything, you should be first learn how long a shadow that
religion casts in many Nepalis' lives. And, I'll tell you, reading Dor
Bahadur Bista's really-written-for-foreign-consultants, therefore
simplistic, "Fatalism And Development" is no way to form your
impressions about Nepal's various societies and their religious
endurance.
>If no NGO can grasp and solve the ROOT cause of all these problems,
>Nepali will only progress at a snail pace.
NGOs like yours can never "grasp and solve the ROOT cause of all these
problems" if you want to operate in Nepal by telling Nepalis why they
should give up their Hindu religion! That's like trying to win American
friends by telling them that they should give up their freedom of speech!
namaste
ashu
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 09:16:00 CST
To: a10rjs1@cs.niu.edu
From: sa01@engr.uark.edu (SUDEEP ACHARYA)
Subject: I won't be back till Aug
Your mail will be read when I return.
If you have something urgent, please contact
501-582-4879, in Fayetteville, Arkansas to get my telephone number in West Plai
ns, Missouri.
I will be working at Marathon Electric there from start of 95 to end of August
95.
Sudeep
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From: gshah@st6000.sct.edu (Gopal Shah)
Subject: Matrimonial
To: nepal@cs.niu.edu
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 1995 11:48:05 -0500 (EST)
Thanks to all TND board members for this Matrimonial("Lami")
section. Let's hope through this section many hearts will join
together. At the moment, we have two candidates. If it works, we will
have more candidates.
Descriptions:
Name: "Raju" Name: "Daya"
Height: 5' 8" Height: 5' 5"
Weight: 165 lbs. Weight: 155 lbs.
Caste: Brahmin Caste: Brahmin
Age Group: 25-30 yrs. Age Group: 25-30 yrs.
Education:BA in Chemistry,MBA Education: BA in Chemistry
Job: Work in a chemical company Job: Work in a chemical company
Location: Georgia,USA LOcation: Georgia,USA
Looking for:
Height: 5' 1" + Height: 4' 11"+
Age: 19 yrs+ Age: 19 yrs.+
Education: undergraduate Education: undergraduate
Interested candidates/parents can send confidential email to
gshah@st6000.sct.edu. PLEASE DO NOT CALL.All the confidential reports
including names will not be disclosed.
%%%% Editor's Note: Welocme to MATRIMONIALS! You quite possibly might %%%%
%%%% be the first romantic souls to be in matrimonial %%%%
%%%% "Nepali-Style" in Nepali history (Pratyoush, %%%%
%%%% please verify if I am correct). TND hopes more of %%%%
%%%% you will join in search of your soul mates. %%%%
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%%%% Best of wishes and good luck! %%%%
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Date: Jan 10, 1994
Forwarded by: Rajpal J. Singh <a10rjs1@mp.cs.niu.edu>
To: The Nepal Digest <nepal@mp.cs.niu.edu>
Subject: Matrimonials
Looking for 25 + years female.
Caste no bar
Name: Ramesh Shrestha
Age Group: 25-30
Profession: Self employed
Phone: 312-665-0214
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Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 16:58:10 GMT
To: nepal@cs.niu.edu
From: an173960@anon.penet.fi (Silent Do Good)
Subject: 10+ ways to develop Nepal [part II]
{Special note to Ashu and Bhanu: You guys are really good poets. Keep it
up! And, as far as my real identity is concerned, I am not about to reveal
it anytime soon.
I want my views to be accepted (or, rejected) based on their own
intrinsic worth; they do not need to be seen through any
gender/racial/ethnic/national prejudices.}
Here is the second part of 10+ things the Nepalese government should do
to develop Nepal:
7) Make the king declare how much money he has in Swiss banks.
Did you know that the Nepalese king is among the top ten richest royal
families in the world? (source: _Der Speigel_.) What a joke for one of
the poorest countries in the world. If he had invested the same money
in Nepal, Nepal may have become one of the Asian tigers by now.
8)Stop paying the king, and his family any stipends (is it several hundred
thousand rupees a month for the king alone?). A country like Nepal can hardly
afford to support these white elephants--they are good to look at, but are
of not much real use.
9) Make it illegal for people in high public office, or their family members,
to open up secret
bank accounts in Switzerland, or for that matter, anywhere else in the
world. When they do open ordinary bank accounts, or make some investments
outside Nepal, they should be required to make them known to a special
committee in the parliament.
10) Make it illegal for any international bank to solicit clients in Nepal.
At present, many banks from Switzerland, Isle of Man etc. do send out to
prospective clients brochures on how to open 100% confidential accounts.
I think they should have added this restriction as one of the GATT clauses.
If they had done that a lot of third world high-level corruption would
decrease drastically.
11) Destroy the royal palace to make a giant park. The Nepalese
version of the Central Park. Make the royal swimming pool into a public
swimming pool, the royal zoo into a public zoo, and the royal stable into
a public horse-riding club.
12) Privatize all colleges and universities in Nepal, and let them
have their
own academic time-schedule, curriculum, and budget. That way even if one
college
goes on strike, students at other colleges will not have any excuse to
follow suit.
13) Remove the position of the CDO (Chief District Officer) from the
government. (The new government or the congress government might have
already done that.) All that the CDOs ever did was
arrest people randomly, and harrass anti-government people.
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Date: Tue, 10 Jan 95 16:09:57 CST
From: sbshah@gumbo.bae.lsu.edu (Sanjay B. Shah)
Subject: Re: Bhanu's Posting on the Property Details of UML Ministers
Bhanu's posting was not something that was unexpected, but
it was definitely informative. I cannot supply details on how the other
ministers earned their livelihoods, but I do know what the Hon'ble
State Minister Salim Miya Ansari did to "make his ends meet". He
used to threaten private industries in the Parsa-Bara belt with
labor unrest if his monetary demands were not met. Some of the
Marwari-owned businesses like Annapurna Textiles and Eastern
Textiles were easy meat whereas others, notably Surya Tobacco were
less amenable to his pressures. He was also influential in getting
his supporters jobs in these industries. I must admit to one thing
though, I'm not sure whether the money was used to bolster the
party's war-chest or to acquire the property in Kathmandu.
The fact that most of UML's ministers have properties
in Kathmandu leaves me a very contented man. I am sure they will
do nothing to impede the bullish trend of real estate in Kathmandu
from which I also stand to benefit. I would have been more bothered
if the Govt. had taken steps to discourage investment and speculation
in real estate to encourage diverting investment to business and
industry. So long as my goose is cooked, why should I bother, if others
have to eat theirs raw, so be it. And the Govt. seems to agree with me.
But then, does the Govt. have a big choice? If they work to
undermine the real estate values in Ktm., come next election, they
will be in for a nasty surprise. No wonder, PM Adhikari was talking
of throwing out the property tax (I would be overjoyed if he did),
but that is one tax that only taxes the "Urban Landlord" and provides
much-needed revenues to the deficit-ridden budget. If the Govt. abolishes
this tax then I'll say" Its business as usual".
Sanjay Bikram Shah
sbshah@gumbo.bae.lsu.edu
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Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 18:13:14 -0800
To: NEPAL@cs.niu.edu
From: bhushan@Tanner.COM (Bhushan Mudbhary)
Subject: matrimonials
A great idea! But why identify oneself with a "caste". I just love people who
say " No, I do not believe in the caste system, and yes I am a brahmin".
Lets do away with the caste bigotry once and for all.
Bhushan Mudbhary
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%%%%% In order to encourage matrimonials, I would like %%%%
%%%%% to leave caste as an option and a personal choice. %%%%
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%%%%% On the other hand, TND is wide open for KURA_KANI %%%%
%%%%% process to unite Nepalis across all castes. All %%%%
%%%%% comments welcome, please! %%%%
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%%%%% "By all means get married, if you get an understanding spouse, %%%%
%%%%% you will be happy, else you'll become a philosopher" - Socrates %%%%
%%%%% %%%%
%%%%% It's a WIN-WIN situation, isn't it? :-) %%%%
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From: Suresh.Khatry@unep.no
To: Nepal@cs.niu.edu
Subject: KURA_KANI: Environment:- Arun Project & The World Bank
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 95 06:35: 1 GMT
Dear All,
Sorry to dig up the much debated issue again but I think the following
article which has been cross-posted from the UNEP-INFOTERRA subscription list
will be food for thought for all of us. Any comments on the included message may
be directly addressed to <scdc1@igc.apc.org> "Sierra Club".
Cheerio
SK
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
January 9, 1995 Stephen Mills (202) 675-6691
Roni Lieberman (202) 675-7903
SIERRA CLUB CHARGES WORLD BANK WITH VIOLATING ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
Washington, D.C.... Citing recent reports which reveal the World Bank's
attempts to conceal investigation results of a proposed venture in Nepal, the
Sierra Club today called for the colossal Arun Dam project to be canceled, and
for smaller, less environmentally destructive projects to be considered.
The Sierra Club is supporting Nepalese environmentalists who believe that the
Bank is pressuring their government to sign off on the $764 million project in
an attempt to circumvent the World Bank's Inspection Panel findings and to
preempt a comprehensive investigation.
The World Bank, Asian Development Bank and several bilateral aid agencies are
proposing to finance the million-dollar project, costing more than Nepal's
entire annual budget, in an isolated, biologically-rich and ethnically diverse
mountain valley near the base of Mt. Everest.
"This dam represents precisely the kind of foreign aid rat hole that has
caused some members of the new Congressional leadership to support sharp
reductions in U.S. contributions to the World Bank," said Stephen Mills of
Sierra Club's International Program. "One would think that after years of
local and worldwide opposition to such environmentally destructive projects
that the Bank would have learned a few things. Maybe 50 years is enough,"
continued Mills, referring to World Bank's 1994 50-year anniversary.
Nepalese citizen organizations have proposed a more sustainable approach to
hydropower development, based on local knowledge and indigenous capacity.
This alternative approach is based on decentralized, smaller-scale hydropower
development, and emphasizes public participation and practical projects that
take advantage of local knowledge, skills, materials, and equipment. This
approach would result in much greater social and economic benefits for the
Nepalese, while providing sufficient electricity for the country, starting
with those who need it most in rural areas.
On December 20, 1994 World Bank management issued an internal update to staff
which stated that the Bank's internal Inspection Panel "does not recommend
that further work be done on exploring alternatives". The memorandum directly
contradicts a December 16 Inspection Panel report which found policy
violations in the Bank's alternative project evaluation.
The panel memorandum clearly states that the World Bank has not demonstrated
"that equivalent levels of effort were devoted to an alternative economic
analysis," and that there was an "absence of a close examination of
alternatives." "For Bank management to come into compliance with its own
policies, a full investigation of viable alternatives must be a part of the
project analysis," said Mills.
The World Bank has a long history of excluding indigenous people, non-
governmental organizations, local experts and government officials from its
decision-making process. In this case, the Nepalese government, which is
still prepared to consider alterative energy projects, has repeatedly asked
the Bank for more time to review the project proposal. The Bank is unyielding
and is pressuring the Nepalese government to immediately indicate whether it
wants to proceed.
Last year in an effort to further reform the lending practices of the Bank,
Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) former Chair of the House Subcommittee with
jurisdiction over development banks, insisted on an exchange. In return for
U.S. funding of the World Bank's International Development Assistance fund
(IDA), the Committee required the Bank to increase its "transparency" or
openness to public review and to create a new independent inspection panel to
review controversial projects.
"The World Bank is attempting to subvert the work of its own panel. A
unanimous Bank board vote is required for an inspection to even occur," said
Larry Williams, Director of Sierra Club's International Program. "These guys
aren't even willing to play by their own rules when the risk is they may lose
one of their pet projects," he continued.
"This represents the antithesis of sustainable development: a mega-project in
a small country for the benefit of a small urbanized elite of industry,
government officials and foreign contractors," said Mills. "In Nepal, the
rural taxpayers and the environment will bear the burden."
Approximately 450,000 people from 10 ethnic groups would be adversely affected
if the project is funded. The Arun III hydroelectric project will also
directly impact the area's forests and wildlife because the forests
surrounding the site would be cleared. A Nepalese NGO, the King Mahendra
Trust has said that total deforestation is likely to occur in the Arun basin
in less than 15 years because new roads would make access to the forest
easier. And the World Bank itself recognizes the dam will block the movement
of migratory fish, although no studies have been done regarding those impacts
and the economic and social implications.
| Suresh Khatry (Mr.) <Suresh.Khatry@unep.no> |
| Network Systems Officer <Postmaster@unep.no> |
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 11:21:41 -0500
To: nepal@cs.niu.edu
From: wstinson@gcn.scri.fsu.edu (W. I. (Bill) Stinson)
Subject: The downside of going unnoticed
Re: Toilets and Tour-errism, posted by RaJesh B. Shrestha
>Has it ever occurred to anyone that the viewpoint of the Nepali people
>(and
>government) is that anything that can be done to discourage Western (and
>Eastern) tour-errism is, in the long run, what will save Nepal and her
>people from the fate of, say, Hawai'i and the indigenous Hawai'ian people?
Something to think about, of course. However, such devistation is not
limited to Hawaii and Nepal. My native state, Florida, has over 4 times the
population it had when I first became aware of such numbers in a junior high
school civics class. A huge proportion of growth here is from "immigration,"
and I don't mean Cuban, Haitian, or Latian American. Even here in northern
Florida, where growth hasn't yet reached the overwhelming rates that it has
in central and south Florida, I grieve at what we have lost, both
environmentally and culturally. I mention this to say that not only
acknowledged "quaint" places suffer.
On the other hand, without all those articles in National Geographic, and
all of those tourists who wanted to come and see for themselves (encouraged
by local entrepreneurs who saw the opportunity to profit), ...without all
that, Nepal might have easily suffered the fate of Tibet or Sikkim.
Perhaps there are no unmixed blessings nor any unmixed curses.
Bill Stinson <wstinson@gcn.scri.fsu.edu>
Bill Stinson
wstinson@gcn.scri.fsu.edu
voice: 904/875-4803
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From: adhital@st6000.sct.edu (Arun Dhital)
Subject: Literature
To: NEPAL@cs.niu.edu
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 11:51:44 -0500 (EST)
THE GIRL I SAW!
The girl I saw, whether it was on dream,
or was it my ellusion;
seemed so real and right, but
I guess I was just loosing my sight!
Big, deep blue eyes, and mine of vast knowledge, she had;
red golden chic like apples,
oh, just to see her I was so glad!
Long blonde hair, waivy like in the sea,
she wont say anything, but smiled at me !
Like rose petals were her lips,
and when she smiled,
could feel like a wind
blowing swiftly and very mild!
I was just standing, looking her
and opened the door of my heart,
hoping that she would come back,
knowing that, there is a love !!
Arun Dhital (norge)
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Date: Wed, 11 Jan 95 12:04:28 EST
From: tomt@erinet.com (Thomas L. Townsend)
To: NEPAL@cs.niu.edu
Subject: JAN_KARI
Please include the following ad in the matrimonial section. This is from my
friend Arati Joshi Cacciolfi:
Please respond the following Ad by phone:513-767-7221 or fax:513-767-2092
Matrimonials
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TWO sisters looking for eligible Newars:
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Born : Kathmandu
Caste : Newar (Joshi)
Age : 25-30
Education : T.U graduates
Job : Holding jobs at Private offices at Kathmandu
Height : 5' 1" slender
Complexion : fair
A Newar looking for a Newari girl
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Born : Kathmandu
Caste : Newar (Joshi)
Age : 27
Education : T.U graduate (Physics)
Job : Lecturer at Amrit Science College
Height : 5' 8" slender
Complexion : fair
N.B. He will be visiting his Sister in OHIO (April-May).
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From: Shailesh R. Bhandari <sbhandar@garnet.acns.fsu.edu>
Subject: Muktak
To: nepal@cs.niu.edu
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 15:57:51 -0500 (EST)
KATHAA
Pratyek Nepali sanga Kehi garu vanne
Josh, jangar ra hausalaa chha
Tara,
Voko pet ko byatha chha
Ritto khalti ko kathaa chha.
PRAGATI
Kasle vanyo yo des(Nepal) ma pragati chhaina
Pragati chha,
Gati po chhaina.
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Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 16:23:48 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Inflation through Mid-December (fwd)
To: Nepal Digest <nepal@cs.niu.edu>
From: Neal Cohen <ncohen@usaid.gov>
[This is only a minor-update of our report on inflation through mid-
November. It incorporates just released data from the Rastra Bank. The
attachment is the full document, it is in MS-DOS Word Perfect 5.2]
For the year ending mid-December, urban inflation was 9.0%, up from
5.8% in September. Inflation in November was 0.4% and in December
prices fell by 2.3%. The rumors that merchants would raise prices fol-
lowing the elections, is not borne out by Rastra Bank price data.
Leading the increase in inflation in recent months has been pulses,
edible oil and footwear. Vegetables and fruits, which had been increas-
ing in price, fell in December. The price of rice fell in both Novem-
ber and December. Most nonfood prices were relatively constant.
This Desain inflation was one percentage point higher than average, the
largest increase since 1991. In November inflation was just slightly
higher than normal. The fall in December was slightly less than normal.
Usually food and beverage prices fall late in the year, and this was
noticed this year. The main source of inflation in recent months has
been nonfood items. Food and beverage prices fell in the last three
months by nearly 2%, while nonfood prices increased 1.5%. Other than
pulses and edible oils no food items increased in price. The large
increases in fruit and vegetable prices (they increased 8% in October)
was negated by a 14% fall in December. This large a fall in December
is not unusual, vegetable and fruit prices usually fall considerably
in December and January. The fall in rice prices, was less than has
been observed in recent years.
Because inflation in tradeable items has been relatively steady, the
source of Nepal's inflation is not increasing inflation in India
(although that was true in November), but rather volatile inflation in
non-tradeables which are controlled mainly by the rise in Nepal's
money supply.
Neal Cohen, Economist, USAID, Kathmandu
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Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1995 09:20:01 GMT
To: nepal@cs.niu.edu
From: neup2011@mach1.wlu.ca (Bhanu Neupane u)
[This is for somebody: Here you go, this time the estimated booty of
Purba-kangresh ka mantri Haru ko, is on the table. A friend of mine, to
whom this "prologue" is addressed to, has strongly objected of my
posting such articles. He says, such articles demotivate him and "flick
sparks" on his apolitical self. I would react simply by saying "Cool!". This
should happen, at least we will have some "america-trained" rajnitigya to
choose among a bunch of inept and "politically over-sensitized" Neta jees.]
Purba Prdhan Mantri Girija Prasad Koirala
House built in 9 kattha at 9 no. Ward, Biratnagar Municipality
House built in 2 bigha 2 kattha 13 dhur at Dayaniya, Morang
Land 11-7-14 bigha at Biratnagar Municipality 7 and 9 wards
(What he has given to his daughter and Shushma meorial trust is
unstated.. (sure that worths millions)
bank balance: ??????? (you've to guess, not stated)
Purba mantri Basu Risal
Plot at Kupandole (size not stated)
3 story (sp?) pukka house built in about 1 ropani at lalitpur ward no 1
8 ana plot at Kaushaltar, Bhaktapur
Gold: 20 tolas
Silver: 100 Tolas
bank balance: ??????
Bal Bahadur Rai
Houses at Okhaldhunga and Kathmandu (? how many)
Land 18 bighas in Rautahat, Dumariya, Biratnagar and Moi, Okhaldhunga
Gold 20 tolas
silver 70 tola
Bank balance: ????
Share: Rs 100 (coop share, big deal eh!)
Jagannath Acharya
Only 4 houses at different villages in Bhaktapur
Bank balance and share: Rs. 1,08,895,96 (Gasp!)
Gold: 17.5 tolas
Shekh Idris
House (Kachcha and thatched) at Rampur, Rautahat
22 Bigha 1 Kattha, 10 dhur Land in Rautahat
bank Balance: ??????
Ramhari Joshi
He is stil not separated and lives with his parents (yuk!). He has got
nothing in his name to declare (good excuse eh!)
Bank balance: ?????
Sailaja Acharya
House built in 5 kattha at ward no. 9 of Biratnagar Municipality
Land (to be shared with Brother and mother) 68 Bigha 10 kattha at
Urlabari, Morang and Harinagara, Sunsari
Bank balance: ??????
Ramchandra Poudyal
House built in 6 ropani at Satiswara, tanahun
House built in 7 ropani 9 kattha at Damauli Bazzar, Tanahun
Land 35 ropanis
Gold 6 Tola
Silver 14 Tola
Bank Balance:?????
Dhundi Raj Shastri
House built in 15 dhur in Khasyaoli Bazzar, Butwal
Land Rupandehi 2 bigha 8 Kattha
Arghakhanchi 35 Ropanis
Gold: 16 tolas
Silver 200 tolas
Bank Balance: IRs: 100,000 in State Bank of India, Gorakhapur Branch
Maheshwor Prasad Singh
House Pukka in kathmandu
House Pukka in Mahottari
Land 28 Bigha 8 Kattha 7.5 Dhur (comon)
Gold 35 tolas
Silver 100 tolas
Bank Balance ??????
Chirinibi Wagle
Houses: 1 at Bungkot, Gorkha
1 at Chapakot, Gorkha
Land: 49 Ropanis
Bank Balance: 90,000
gold 9 tolas
Tara nath Rana bhat
1/3 of House+godown+land (?)
Plot: 7 Ropani, 12 Ana, 1 paisa
Gold 20 tolas
Silver 55 tolas
Bank balance: ?????
Khum Bahadur Khadka
2 story pukka House at Satbari, Dang
Plot (size??) at Gaurighat, Kathmandu
Land: 2 Bigha at Satbari, Dang
gold 7 tolas
silver 55 tolas
Bank balance: ???????? [he was the second most corrupt Mantri after
Laxman Ghimire in the purba mantri mandal. Obviously, Laxam Ghimire has
not made his booty public. East consult has undertaken 36 crore worth of
projects (I don't think I will have to explain why the projects were
awarded to East Consult), of which "55 BIG percentage" is the overhead]
Gopalman Shrestha
3 Houses, one each in Syangja, Pokhara and Rupendehi
plots: 8 Ana at Kupandole in lalitpur
9 ana at Samakhusi, kathmandu
Land : in Rupendehi 4 kattha 11 dhur
in syangja 2 Ropani 8 ana
Gold 70 tolas
silver 101 tola
Bank Balance: 3,50,000
Share: 3,27,500
Mahesh Acharya
House built in 2 bigha 4 kattha 3 dhur at ward no 3 of Biratnagar Munici.
Plot 4 kattha at Bhimsen gola in Kathmandu
Land 14 Bigha 8 kattha 3 Dhur at Pakali and Ekamba VDC of Sunsari district
Bank Balance: ???????
Gold: he is still a bachelor
The funniest part in the whole story is -- Most of these mantris and Netas
were either "undergroung" or "living in exile". Moreover, except of few
the pedigree of rest are not THAT WEALTHY. Then how come these people are
so much economically sound against a common Nepali janata, jagire and
Kishan???? I don't have an answer, if any of you have, please- react and
respond!
Bhanu
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From: rajendra@coos.dartmouth.edu (Rajendra P. Shrestha)
Subject: Newsbriefs
Date: 10 Jan 1995 23:32:47 GMT
January 8
Nepal, World Bank to discuss Arun-III project
State minister for water resources Hari Pandey, speaking in
Parliament, said that the Nepali governmetn has decided to send a
ministerial level delegation to Washington to discuss the Arun-III
project with World Bank officials. He said that the January 9 World
Bank meeting on the project was not meant for taking a final decision
on the project but for discussion of the Bank's Inspection Panel
report. The minister said that the new government is not against the
project and called for a national consensus on the matter. Earlier,
one Nepali Congress MP had demanded that parliament be informed about
the exchange of letters between the government and the World Bank
concerning the project and urged the government to finalize the
project, saying a delay in the project would incur big losses to the
country. (Xinhua)
January 9
Nepal and Bhutan to Hold meeting on Refugees
Home minster K.P. Sharma Oli informed the parliament that the fifth
round of talks on the Bhutanese refugee problem will be held in
Kathmandu in the third week of February. The fourth meeting of the
ministerial joint committee was held in Thimpu in June 1994. There are
over 100,000 Bhutanese refugees living in 10 refugee camps in
Nepal. (Xinhua)
Probe Faults Guide in Nepal Alpine Accident
Excerpts from UPI report
A probe into the worst accident in the Nepalese Himalaya has
determined that the expedition was ill-equipped and ill-experienced, a
member of the investigating panel told UPI. On Nov. 13, 11 climbers --
including eight German, two Swiss and a Nepali -- were killed while
climbing the 6,091-meter (19,983-foot) Pisang Peak. The probe found
that the expedition's German guide was on the peak for the first time
and was unfamiliar with the mountain, contrary to earlier claims by
the German alpine club which organized the expedition. None of the
European members had ever climbed a 6,000-meter (19,685- foot) peak,
the probe found.
The five member Nepali probe was headed by Partemba Sherpa who has
twice climbed Mt. Everest. The panel has submitted its findings to the
Nepal Mountaineering Association. The investigation found that all the
climbers were tied by a single rope and not by three different ropes
as was previously claimed by the organizers immediately after the
accident. The probe also found that on Nov. 15 -- the same day of the
elections in Nepal, atleast 12 helicopter flights operated in Nepali
skies, scotching claims by expedition handlers that a rescue could not
be launched because helicopter flights had been grounded for
elections. Of the 12 flights that operated on election day, four were
tourists flights, the source revealed. The probe could not determine
the cause of the accident, the source said.
Nepali Government Bans Alcohol from State Parties
Excerpts from Reuters report
Nepal's new Communist government banned alcoholic drinks from
official parties on Monday, but spared foreign leaders visiting the
Himalayan kingdom from the prohibition.
"His Majesty's government has decided to prohibit alcoholic drinks
at all parties and receptions except those hosted in honour of heads
of state or government, or foreign guests of equivalent rank," the
Education, Culture and Social Welfare Ministry said in a statement.
It did not say whether the ban was for cost-cutting, health or
other reasons. But the official Rastriya Samachar Samiti news agency
said the new government expected the edict to cut the cost of official
parties in half.
January 10
Deputy PM invited to visit India
Excerpts form Xinhua report
Nepali deputy prime minister and foreign minister Madhav Kumar
Nepal has received an invitation from indian minister for external
affairs Dinesh Singh for an official visit to india. The invitation
was extended by indian ambassador to nepal BimalPprasad to the
deputy prime minister at the latter's residence today, according to
the nepali foreign ministry.
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