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I met him. I guess I get to take him around town on the 15th. And of course for the rally on the 16th. Then he is off to his daughter and son-in-law in St. Paul the day after.
I met up with him in his hotel room near Penn Station. Then I went off to an Alliance talk program in Jackson Heights. Then a bunch of us came back to Adhikari's hotel room. He is the most prominent democrat to have come this way since 2/1.
I also learned Sharad Chandra Shaha, Lokendra Bahadur Chand, and Taranath Rana Bhat are all staying at the same hotel. I am going to make an effort to go meet all of them. I am particularly eager to go meet Shaha. I was at high school during the 1990 movement and I have been in the US since 1996. Nepal's past does not mean the same to me that it might mean to people who have been there for decades. For me it is the idea of making peace and I find it intellectually fascinating. I am going to make one last ditch effort to hammer the monarchists through Shaha: Proposed Constitution. If I have had the patience with the Maoists, I should have some also for the Monarchists. But I intend to speak from a position of strength. There is always Plan B.
I wanted to comment on Adhikari's expansive analysis on Nepali politics, but I guess I will interview him formally later on. And as for the talk program, I will add a link to the audio clip itself once Anil and Sarahana have put it online.
And, yes, the samosa was great.
In The News
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- Nowak meets CJ, NHRC officials
- Royal commitment to democracy hasn’t been translated into action: RJP
- ICRC team in Kalikot for release of Pili captives
- Nearly dozen injured, scores arrested in 7-party protests
- Feeling the heat, Nepal king cancels UNGA visit The Tribune, India
- Maoists accuse King Gyanendra of sabotaging ceasefire
Press Trust of India - Let’s visualize Nepal without king: Nepal Kantipur Online, Nepal
- ‘Make democratic republic common goal’
Kathmandu Post - Torture victims in Nepal fail to get justice Navhind Times, India
- Indian businessman bails out Nepal king's deputy Newindpress, India
- Chaos in Kathmandu
Khaleej Times THE world, preoccupied as it is with the goings-on in America’s South and Iraq, has lost interest in the remote Himalayan kingdom called Nepal. Even the country’s neighbours like India seem to have given up on the landlocked nation.
- The slow road to democracy wins Taipei Times, Taiwan
- Maoists say Nepal truce at risk, appeal to UN ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland
- King, parties should reconcile: Speaker Kathmandu Post, Nepal
- Police crack down on anti-king rally; 100 held Peninsula On-line, Qatar Nepal Students Union leader Gagan Thapa and CPN (Marxist Leninist) leader Tanka Rai were seriously injured in police beating. Thapa, Rai and some ten other injured persons have been undergoing treatment at the Bir Hospital. ...... A leading Nepali organisation, Centre for the Victims of Torture or C-Vict, says nearly 5,000 cases of physical or psychological torture were reported to it last year......victims are now getting more afraid of coming forward
- Tibetans worldwide go to polls Phayul, Tibet
- Smash terror before it sparks war: Atal Indian Express, India
- Maoists take their class war to cyberspace Expressindia.com, India
- Nepal: Koirala rib broken in scuffle with police India Daily, NJ ...... Nepal's octogenarian former prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala suffered a fracture in one of his ribs in a scuffle with police during a pro-democracy demonstration here last week ...... Koirala (83), "suffered a broken rib due to the harsh treatment by the police when he was leading the pro-democracy agitation" of the seven-party alliance last Sunday ....... The fracture was revealed yesterday, when Koirala went for a medical check-up at a nursing home here after having pain in his rib ...... Koirala's personal doctor has advised complete rest for the leader....... Koirala, the President of Nepali Congress, briefly fell unconscious during the tussle with police trying to arrest him. He was detained and taken to a hospital by police. ........
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