Adding Video Clips To This Blog

Nepal Movement For Democracy: Message To The Democrats: Video Clips

• Part 1
• Part 2: Monsoon is time for homework ... The 1990 constitution is dead.
  
• Part 3: A king who might ruthlessly suppress the movement will have to seen an exit.
  
• Part 4: Logistical support to the movement in Nepal from the west. There should be a democratic government in power by 2006.
  
• Part 5: The Maoists have to disarm before the country goes to a Constituent Assembly.
  
• Part 6: Democracy, for the very first time.
  
• Part 7: This movement is also to establish democracy inside political parties, also a movement against corruption, also a movement for federalism.
  
• Part 8: Make it fun. From NYC to Nepal.
  
• Part 9: It took the seven parties months after 2/1 to come up with a common minimum program. That is a travesty.
  
• Part 10: I have no plans to go to Delhi or Kathmandu. I can be very fully involved from this end. This is the globalization and the internet era, that's why.
  
• Part 11: The democrats need to snatch away the initiative from the Maoists and the Monarchists. Got to become proactive, not stay reactive.
  
• Part 12: I have proposed a new constitution that can be found at my blog. I have not yet seen a better meeting ground for the three warring factions in the country. My document can be a great starting point for dialogue among the three.
  
• Part 13: The real sexy stuff: the race for rapid economic growth after democracy.
  
• Part 14: I have never been more politically involved before.
  
• Part 15: The king is an obstacle to the democrat Bahuns, those Bahuns are an obstacle to the DaMaJaMa.
  
• Part 16: (Hindi and Maithili) What can the Madhesis do for Madhesi rights?
  
• Part 17: (Maithili) Madhesi hum lenge sau mein pachas.
  
• Part 18: (Maithili) The Sadbhavana is a litmust test for the Madhesis who have made it.
  
• Part 19: (Maithili) At the global level, even the king is a "Madhesi," politically speaking.
  
• Part 20: (Maithili) India shold work to abolish the veto at the UN.
  
• Part 21: My personal story.
  
• Part 22: I do not see myself a political person. My primary interests are elsewhere.
  

I started with text, and links and quotes, with options for comments by readers.

Then I added a few audio files.

Between yesterday and today, I added a bunch of photos. Pretty much every blog entry here now has a photo to it, sometimes more than one.

And now I am adding video clips.

Earlier today I also added a RSS feed option. I am trying to get INSN, Samudaya and United We Blog to put those feeds onto their sites. Perhaps other bloggers too.

Yesterday I got an offer from Kantipur to write a weekly or bi-monthly column for them. I gave a go ahead for the bi-monthly idea. As the movement gets along, I have been looking for ways to reach the audience inside of Nepal, the offline audience, the audience that does not speak or read or access stuff in English.

And of course, there is Loktantra, the Delhi magazine. It is an honor to be able to write for it, because that magazine is totally to do with the movement.

This blog is fast emerging a mini multi media house in its own right. I am so glad for it.

In The News

• Guerrillas abduct 40 people in far-eastern Nepal Xinhua
• Guerrillas bomb biggest spinning mill in Nepal Xinhua, China
• Nepal lifts curbs on Indian joint venture IANS, India
• False publicity about Nepal hampers tourism industry: Bajracharya Gorkhapatra, Nepal
• Nepal fail to achieve goals set in previous year's budget People's Daily Online, China
• A fresh democracy or Maoist disaster? The Japan Times, Japan
• HK visa ban for Nepalis may be temporary Himalayan Times, Nepal
• EIGHT IFEX MEMBERS JOIN INTERNATIONAL MISSION TO NEPAL Samudaya.org, AZ
• Hippie trail takes Dev to honour in Nepal The Statesman, India
• NRN Japan delegation meet Crown Prince and Princess PeaceJournalism.com, Nepal
• Nepal Maoists patch up, Bhattarai is back Newindpress, India ..... Prachanda dramatically reinstated party's key ideologue, Dr Baburam Bhattarai, and two others in the party's apex decision-making body, signalling that the six-month long rift and the threat of a split among the guerrillas is over ..... two of his supporters - Ashok and Rahul - have also been reinducted in the politburo ..... as Bhattarai is the only public face of the party .... Prachanda said the party was going to consolidate its position on the basis of renewed unity, struggle and self-criticism for mistakes and at the same time undertake to unite all political forces against the absolute monarchy...... He, however, made it clear that no one in the party would have the freedom to air internal issues in public, indicating that Bhattarai would not have the liberty to write in the media without being assigned by the party.
• Nepal Maoists rehabilitate leader NewKerala.com, India
• Nepal's Maoist leaders heal rift Journal of Turkish Weekly, Turkey
• Nepal Maoists rehabilitate leader IANS, India
• Bhattarai Back in Maoist Politbureau Himalayan Times, Nepal
• Nepal's Maoist leaders heal rift Matamat.com, Bangladesh
• Maoist leaders patch up differences Kantipur Online, Nepal
• Nepal's Maoist leaders heal rift BBC Bengali, UK
• Nepal's Maoist leaders heal rift BBC News, UK
• Nepal rebel leaders patch up differences Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates
• Nepal's Maoist leaders heal rift Journal of Turkish Weekly, Turkey
• Nepal rebel leaders patch up differences Reuters AlertNet, UK
• Remembering Rosa by Li Onesto Revolutionary Worker Online, IL
• I am emotionally involved with Nepal: Dev Anand Glamsham.com, India .... "'Hare Ram...' needed the emotional and physical involvement of the Nepalese. There were Nepalese actors in every frame. I knew the whole country inside out. I am not alien to Nepal, I am an international citizen, my media crosses all barriers of nationality."..... said he would have to study the political situation on his own before he could pass judgment on whether Nepal needed the almost two-month-long period of emergency.... "Some countries do need the institution of kingship," he said, "like Britain, Scandinavian countries. The king is the one cementing factor to bind different political parties together. I support democracy but freedom must come with lots of discipline and no violence."..... had opposed the state of emergency declared in India by then prime minister Indira Gandhi in 1975-77, said he was not making a political statement in Nepal..... "I opposed emergency in India because I am an Indian," he said. "I am an outsider here, you can't make assessments in a hurry. I have to live here to comment on the political situation."..... The star, who will celebrate 60 years in showbiz in October with the release of his new film "Mr Prime Minister" - a satire on the Indian political system of which he is the director and also plays the lead - said he would think about making another film in Nepal since the visit had "opened windows" in his mind...... the palace massacre in Nepal in 2001.... "It is a very sensitive subject," he said. "I can't make a film on it unless I have the permission of the people involved in it - the royal family as well as the people of Nepal."
• We are in the process for a new office for Tibetans : UNHCR Phayul, Tibet
• KG erasing King Birendra? Samudaya.org, AZ
• The media’s ethnic gap Nepali Times, Nepal .... an anguished email from a well-known author and editor, a pahadi janajati, citing a small news item which reported that no journalist turned up for a press conference called by madhesi students. He was agitated by this gross discrimination..... The media influences public knowledge and opinion both by what it reports and what it leaves out...... the grievances of a handful of madhesi university students being beaten up .... one more example of the perhaps unconscious collective effort of the pahadia dominated press to erase madhesis from the media and thus from public knowledge and national discourse .... the press on the whole did not report on the first ever national conference on the tarai, focusing especially on the madhesis...... conference was held in a well-known hotel, press releases were faxed and it was attended by several journalists..... no serious reporting on the discussions of the conference nor even a mention of the dukkha of being a madhesi .... Journalists do write or speak about the madhesh or tarai but mainly as a location down south where negative events occur. The madhesis themselves hardly figure in the stories. Or as one madhesi journalist bitterly complained during a conference, the national press usually ignores madhesis except to portray them in bad light. A reputed organisation which has published a series of landmark books on the media’s coverage of dalits and janajatis has not yet brought out a publication on the media and madhesis....... pahadi media gatekeepers are doing injustice to madhesis ....
  
• A fight against autocracy Kathmandu Post, Nepal
• Nepal Maoist leader back in politburo Hindu
• Maoist top guns bury hatchet in Nepal Calcutta Telegraph
• Political feuds dampen Nepal’s quest for democracy Daily Times, Pakistan .... internal feuds within the country’s two biggest political parties .... both parties have been struggling to organise pro-democracy rallies .... power struggles among leaders in the two largest parties - Nepali Congress and the Communist Party of Nepal - have emerged in recent weeks. Party workers say this is hampering demonstrations ...... Only about 1,000 protesters showed up for a much-hyped rally in Katmandu last weekend. ..... “The lack of credibility of these party leaders and their failure to come up with a clear agenda are the main reasons for people losing interest in the movement”
• 'No differences among seven parties fighting for democracy' Hindu, India "United we remain united we fight."
• Congress failure! Kathmandu Post, Nepal GP Koirala, who is, to a large extent, responsible for the undemocratic culture prevailing inside the party.
• Koirala to contest third term Kathmandu Post, Nepal
• Mainstream parties discuss Maoist proposal, fail to form negotiations team NepalNews .... renewed its appeal to the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) to create an environment of trust before they could sit for negotiations...... There exists ‘pacific ocean of distrust’ between us...... opposition parties have maintained that Maoist guerillas continue to harass, intimidate and even kill their workers and supporters in the rural areas.
• Dr. Bhattarai rehabilitated in the CPN (Maoist) party NepalNews ..... Prachanda said the ‘organisational status’ of comrades including Dr. Bhattarai has been resolved “on the basis of forging new unity on new basis ..... Dr. Bhattarai has now returned to the party’s top leadership as its standing committee member ..... Bhattarai’s wife, Hisila Yemi, and Maoist leader Dinanath Sharma were also subjected to disciplinary action..... Prachanda said his party would organize special internal programmes to resolve intra-party disputes..... decision seems to have been motivated to control further damage due to the intra-party feud, analysts say
• The True Face Of The King's Ministers Deshantar
  
• The Nepali Congress Convention And People's Expectations Deshantar
  
• Narahari Acharya On The Monarchy Deshantar
  
• Villagers Seek Peace In The Red Fort Drishti
• The King's Dilemma Drishti
• Mysterious UML Drishti
• Benefits For Bishta Budhabar
  
• Narahari Acharya On A Constituent Assembly Budhabar
  
• How To Democratize The Parties Budhabar
  
• Why Does The King Trust Giri? Budhabar
• Maoist Press Statement INSN
• Janadesh 31
  
• Janadesh 30