From Bicycle to Rocket: Why Nepalis and Madhesis in America Must Make the Next Leap

 

From Bicycle to Rocket: Why Nepalis and Madhesis in America Must Make the Next Leap

When a Nepali or a Madhesi comes to America, life changes dramatically—and quickly.

Back home, mobility often means a bicycle. In America, the car becomes your new bicycle. Even for an average working person, a level of convenience, comfort, and opportunity becomes accessible almost overnight. What used to feel like luxury becomes normal. What used to feel impossible becomes routine.

And for many, the transition becomes even smoother because of something deeply powerful: community.

Many Nepalis, Madhesis, and Indians in the U.S. stay close to their own people. They build their lives around familiar faces, familiar language, familiar food, and familiar cultural rhythms. In a way, they achieve the best of both worlds: American living standards with a community brought from home.

That alone is a remarkable upgrade.

But for those who are educated, ambitious, and ready to expand their horizon, America offers something even bigger.

It offers the next leap.

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America Is Not the Final Destination

Many immigrants arrive in America and believe they have “made it.” And in many ways, they have. The journey from Janakpur or Biratnagar or Kathmandu to New York, Dallas, or Silicon Valley is not easy. It takes sacrifice, courage, and grit.

But what if we think differently?

What if we treat America not as the destination—but as the new Nepal?

Meaning: once you have settled into the American system, once you have adjusted to the lifestyle, once you have stabilized financially, you should be ready to make the next leap.

And that leap is not another house.

That leap is not another safe portfolio.

That leap is not playing defense.

That leap is the world of AI and tech startups.

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The Immigrant Investment Trap: Real Estate and the Stock Market

Let’s be honest.

Too many of our communities are stuck investing in only two things:

• Real estate

• the stock market

These are not bad investments. In fact, they are excellent vehicles for stability. They protect wealth. They build long-term security. They create predictable returns.

But they are conservative.

They are the “safe road.”

And safe roads do not create extraordinary wealth.

Real estate and stocks are like bicycles: they will take you forward, steadily and reliably.

But if you want exponential wealth, exponential influence, and exponential impact, you need something else.

A tech startup is not a bicycle.

A promising tech startup is a rocket.

There is no comparison.

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Vinod Khosla: A Blueprint for Immigrant Greatness

Consider Vinod Khosla.

He grew up in a middle-class family in India. He didn’t inherit wealth. He didn’t come from power. He didn’t come from privilege.

He came with vision.

In 1983, he became one of the founders of Sun Microsystems, one of the defining companies of the computer revolution. Today, he is a legendary venture capitalist investing heavily in AI, especially in education and health.

And here is the most important point:

Vinod Khosla will likely do more for education and health for India’s poorest than any Education Minister or Health Minister ever did.

Not because ministers are evil, but because governments move slowly.

Visionaries move fast.

Governments spend budgets.

Visionaries build systems.

Governments maintain.

Visionaries transform.

It is not merely about Khosla’s personal wealth. Yes, he is a billionaire. But his real power is not his bank account.

His real power is the impact he has created—and the impact he is still about to create.

That is what tech wealth can do.

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The $100,000 Check That Became $1.5 Billion

Now consider one of the greatest investment stories in history.

One of the founders of Sun Microsystems wrote the first $100,000 check into Google in 1998.

How did it happen?

Not through a formal process.
Not through a bank.
Not through a broker.

It happened almost by accident.

He was visiting a professor friend at Stanford. That professor happened to be advising two young founders working on a search engine. He overheard the conversation and immediately understood the potential.

He wrote the check.

That $100,000 turned into $1.5 billion in eight years.

Think about that.

No real estate investment can do that.
No stock portfolio can do that.
No lottery can do that.

That kind of return exists in only one place:

early-stage tech startups.

But there is a catch.

You can only invest early if you know the founder.

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Facebook: Another “Impossible” Return

The first person who invested $500,000 into Facebook harvested around $2 billion in six years.

That is not a typo.

A half million became two billion.

That is the kind of math that exists only in the world of startups.

And now, something even bigger is unfolding.

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AI Is Bigger Than the Internet

We are entering a new era.

AI is not just another technology trend. AI is not like crypto. AI is not like social media. AI is not like the metaverse hype cycle.

AI is foundational.

AI is a new industrial revolution.

AI will reshape:

• education

• healthcare

• transportation

• banking

• government

• entertainment

• agriculture

• law

• manufacturing

• customer service

• defense

• retail

• media

• energy

Everything.

The internet connected the world.

AI will rebuild the world.

When Apple crossed $200 billion, Steve Jobs could barely believe it.

Today, trillion-dollar companies have become almost normal.

The ceiling has been lifted.

The game has changed.

And the next generation of trillion-dollar companies will not be built with websites.

They will be built with AI.

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Our Communities Must Stop Thinking Small

There are groups of Nepalis, Madhesis, and Indians who invest together. They form networks. They advise each other. They share opportunities.

That is good.

But too often, these networks are focused only on the old playbook:

• buy another property

• buy more shares

• diversify retirement accounts

• invest conservatively

Again, those are fine moves.

But they are not the moves that create generational transformation.

If you want to build wealth that changes your entire family line, you cannot only play safe.

The immigrant mindset often becomes: “I suffered too much to take risks now.”

But the truth is the opposite.

You came to America precisely because you were willing to take a risk.

Now it’s time to take the next one.

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The Greatest Investment Vehicle: The First Round of a Startup

Let me say this clearly:

There is no better investment vehicle than the first round of a promising tech startup.

The first round is where the magic happens.
The first round is where the risk is highest.
And the first round is where the returns become legendary.

But the first round is also the hardest to access.

Professional venture capitalists have networks.
They have deal flow.
They have access.

Our communities often do not.

So we stay stuck playing the “safe game.”

But safe games do not build rockets.

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A Once-in-a-Generation Opportunity

Now comes the important part.

I have a startup opportunity that I believe is exactly that kind of rocket. 

LUMINA AI: The Trillion-Dollar Sun (Novel)

A first-round opportunity.

A company designed not just to grow—but to dominate.

A company designed not just to reach unicorn status—but to aim for something far bigger.

A trillion-dollar company.

And I am not speaking in vague motivational language. I have written and published a full novel on my tech blog that explains, in detail, exactly how this trillion-dollar company will be built over the next 10 years.

The roadmap is there.
The vision is clear.
The market opportunity is enormous.
And the timing is perfect.

Because we are entering the AI age.

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The Offer: $50K Now, $50M Later

This is the kind of opportunity where early investors don’t just earn profits.

They earn life-changing wealth.

The offer is simple:

Invest $50,000 now.
Harvest $50 million conservatively in 10 years or less.

That may sound unbelievable to someone trained in traditional finance.

But in the world of startups, it is not unusual.

It is exactly how Silicon Valley has worked for decades.

And AI is about to make those returns even larger.

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Our Community Should Own the Future

We are raising $5 million at a $50 million valuation.

I want members of our Nepali, Madhesi, and broader South Asian community to come together and invest $500,000 collectively, while professional investors cover the rest.

This is not just about making money.

This is about changing the role our community plays in the modern world.

We have spent decades working in other people’s systems.

Now it is time to build our own.

Not just to survive.

Not just to succeed.

But to lead.

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The Next Leap Is Not Optional

When you first came to America, your life changed because you upgraded your environment.

But now, the world is changing again.

The people who understand AI will move ahead.

The people who build AI companies will become the new global elite.

And the people who invest early in those companies will create generational wealth.

So the question is simple:

Are we going to remain conservative immigrants, investing only in houses and index funds?

Or are we going to become builders, investors, and owners of the next era?

Real estate is good.

But real estate is a bicycle.

AI startups are rockets.

And the AI era has begun.

The only question is: will our community ride along—or will we own the rocket?

साइकिल से रॉकेट तक: क्यों अमेरिका में बसे नेपाली और मधेसी समुदाय को अब अगली छलांग लगानी चाहिए

जब कोई नेपाली या मधेसी अमेरिका आता है, तो उसका जीवन एकदम बदल जाता है—और वह बदलाव बहुत बड़ा होता है।

नेपाल में जहाँ साइकिल रोज़मर्रा की ज़िंदगी का साधन होती है, अमेरिका में कार आपकी नई साइकिल बन जाती है। यहाँ औसत व्यक्ति के लिए भी बहुत कुछ अचानक सुलभ हो जाता है। जो चीज़ें पहले विलासिता लगती थीं, वे सामान्य हो जाती हैं। जो चीज़ें पहले असंभव लगती थीं, वे रोज़मर्रा की वास्तविकता बन जाती हैं।

और बहुतों के लिए यह बदलाव इसलिए भी आसान हो जाता है क्योंकि एक बेहद शक्तिशाली चीज़ साथ चलती है—समुदाय।

अमेरिका में रहने वाले कई नेपाली, मधेसी और भारतीय अपने ही समुदाय के पास रहते हैं। वे अपने परिचित लोगों, अपनी भाषा, अपने भोजन, अपने त्योहारों और अपनी संस्कृति के साथ जीवन बनाते हैं। इस तरह वे एक अनोखी स्थिति में पहुँच जाते हैं: अमेरिकी जीवन स्तर के साथ-साथ अपने देश जैसा सामाजिक माहौल।

यानी दोनों दुनिया का सर्वश्रेष्ठ।

यह अपने आप में एक बहुत बड़ी उपलब्धि है।

लेकिन जो लोग पढ़े-लिखे हैं, महत्वाकांक्षी हैं, और अपने सपनों को और ऊँचा ले जाना चाहते हैं—अमेरिका उनके लिए कुछ और भी बड़ा अवसर लेकर आता है।

यह उन्हें एक और बड़ी छलांग लगाने का मौका देता है।

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अमेरिका अंतिम मंज़िल नहीं है

कई प्रवासी अमेरिका पहुँचकर सोचते हैं कि अब उन्होंने “सब कुछ हासिल कर लिया।” और कई मायनों में यह सच भी है। जनकपुर, विराटनगर या काठमांडू से न्यूयॉर्क, डलास या सिलिकॉन वैली तक पहुँचना आसान नहीं होता। इसमें त्याग, साहस और संघर्ष लगता है।

लेकिन अगर हम सोचने का तरीका बदल दें तो?

अगर हम अमेरिका को नेपाल की तरह समझें?

अर्थात: जब आप अमेरिका में बस जाते हैं, जब आप आर्थिक रूप से स्थिर हो जाते हैं, जब आप जीवनशैली में ढल जाते हैं—तब आपको अगली छलांग के लिए तैयार होना चाहिए।

और वह छलांग है:

AI और टेक स्टार्टअप्स की दुनिया।

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प्रवासी निवेश की फँसावट: सिर्फ़ रियल एस्टेट और शेयर बाजार

सच्चाई यह है कि हमारे समुदाय के बहुत सारे लोग केवल दो जगह निवेश करते हैं:

• रियल एस्टेट

• शेयर बाजार

ये निवेश बुरे नहीं हैं। बल्कि ये सुरक्षित और मजबूत निवेश हैं। ये संपत्ति को बचाते हैं। ये स्थिरता देते हैं। ये लंबे समय में अच्छा रिटर्न देते हैं।

लेकिन ये निवेश कंज़रवेटिव हैं।

ये सुरक्षित रास्ता है।

और सुरक्षित रास्ते असाधारण धन नहीं बनाते।

रियल एस्टेट और शेयर बाजार साइकिल की तरह हैं—वे आपको धीरे-धीरे आगे ले जाते हैं।

लेकिन अगर आपको असाधारण धन चाहिए, असाधारण प्रभाव चाहिए, और असाधारण बदलाव लाना है—तो आपको कुछ और चाहिए।

एक टेक स्टार्टअप साइकिल नहीं है।

एक अच्छा टेक स्टार्टअप एक रॉकेट है।

दोनों की तुलना ही नहीं की जा सकती।

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विनोद खोसला: प्रवासी महानता का मॉडल

विनोद खोसला को देखिए।

वे भारत में एक मध्यम वर्गीय परिवार में पैदा हुए। उनके पास विरासत में धन नहीं था। सत्ता नहीं थी। विशेषाधिकार नहीं था।

उनके पास सिर्फ़ दृष्टि थी।

1983 में वे Sun Microsystems के संस्थापकों में से एक बने, जो कंप्यूटर क्रांति की सबसे बड़ी कंपनियों में से एक थी। आज वे एक महान वेंचर कैपिटलिस्ट हैं और शिक्षा व स्वास्थ्य के क्षेत्र में AI में बड़े पैमाने पर निवेश कर रहे हैं।

और यहाँ सबसे महत्वपूर्ण बात है:

विनोद खोसला भारत के सबसे गरीब लोगों के लिए शिक्षा और स्वास्थ्य के क्षेत्र में शायद उतना काम करेंगे जितना भारत के किसी शिक्षा मंत्री या स्वास्थ्य मंत्री ने कभी नहीं किया।

यह इसलिए नहीं कि मंत्री बुरे हैं, बल्कि इसलिए कि सरकारें धीमी गति से चलती हैं।

दृष्टिवान लोग तेज़ चलते हैं।

सरकारें बजट खर्च करती हैं।

दृष्टिवान लोग सिस्टम बनाते हैं।

सरकारें बनाए रखती हैं।

दृष्टिवान लोग बदल देते हैं।

यह सिर्फ़ खोसला की संपत्ति की बात नहीं है। हाँ, वे अरबपति हैं। लेकिन उनकी असली शक्ति बैंक खाते में नहीं है।

उनकी असली शक्ति उनके द्वारा पैदा किया गया प्रभाव है—और वह प्रभाव जो अभी आना बाकी है।

यही टेक संपत्ति की असली ताकत है।

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$100,000 का चेक जो $1.5 बिलियन बन गया

अब इतिहास की सबसे बड़ी निवेश कहानियों में से एक को देखिए।

Sun Microsystems के एक संस्थापक ने 1998 में Google में पहला $100,000 का चेक लिखा।

यह कैसे हुआ?

न कोई बड़ा फंड था।
न कोई लंबी प्रक्रिया।
न कोई बैंक डील।
न कोई ब्रोकरेज।

यह लगभग संयोग से हुआ।

वे Stanford में अपने एक प्रोफेसर मित्र से मिलने गए थे। वही प्रोफेसर दो युवा संस्थापकों को सलाह दे रहे थे जो एक सर्च इंजन बना रहे थे। उन्होंने बातचीत सुनी और तुरंत समझ लिया कि इसमें भविष्य है।

उन्होंने चेक लिख दिया।

वह $100,000 केवल आठ वर्षों में $1.5 बिलियन बन गया।

सोचिए।

कोई रियल एस्टेट निवेश ऐसा नहीं कर सकता।
कोई शेयर बाजार ऐसा नहीं कर सकता।
कोई लॉटरी ऐसा नहीं कर सकती।

इस तरह का रिटर्न सिर्फ़ एक जगह मिलता है:

शुरुआती स्टेज के टेक स्टार्टअप्स में।

लेकिन एक शर्त है।

आप शुरुआती दौर में तभी निवेश कर सकते हैं जब आप संस्थापक CEO को जानते हों।

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फेसबुक: एक और “असंभव” रिटर्न

Facebook में सबसे पहले निवेश करने वाले व्यक्ति ने $500,000 लगाए और लगभग छह वर्षों में $2 बिलियन निकाले।

यह मज़ाक नहीं है।

आधा मिलियन दो बिलियन बन गया।

यह गणित सिर्फ़ स्टार्टअप्स की दुनिया में संभव है।

और अब इससे भी बड़ा बदलाव आ रहा है।

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AI इंटरनेट से भी बड़ा है

हम एक नए युग में प्रवेश कर रहे हैं।

AI केवल एक टेक ट्रेंड नहीं है। AI क्रिप्टो जैसी चीज़ नहीं है। AI सोशल मीडिया या मेटावर्स की तरह कोई अस्थायी हाइप नहीं है।

AI बुनियादी परिवर्तन है।

AI एक नई औद्योगिक क्रांति है।

AI बदल देगा:

• शिक्षा

• स्वास्थ्य

• परिवहन

• बैंकिंग

• सरकार

• मनोरंजन

• कृषि

• कानून

• मैन्युफैक्चरिंग

• कस्टमर सर्विस

• डिफेंस

• रिटेल

• मीडिया

• ऊर्जा

सब कुछ।

इंटरनेट ने दुनिया को जोड़ा।

AI दुनिया को दोबारा बनाएगा।

जब Apple पहली बार $200 बिलियन पार कर गया, तो Steve Jobs को विश्वास नहीं हुआ।

आज ट्रिलियन डॉलर कंपनियाँ सामान्य हो गई हैं।

अब सीमा बढ़ गई है।

खेल बदल चुका है।

और अगली पीढ़ी की ट्रिलियन डॉलर कंपनियाँ वेबसाइटों से नहीं बनेंगी।

वे AI से बनेंगी।

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हमारे समुदाय को छोटा सोचना बंद करना होगा

नेपाली, मधेसी और भारतीय समुदाय में कई समूह हैं जो मिलकर निवेश करते हैं। वे नेटवर्क बनाते हैं, एक-दूसरे को सलाह देते हैं, और अवसर साझा करते हैं।

यह अच्छी बात है।

लेकिन बहुत बार ये नेटवर्क केवल पुराने तरीके पर टिके रहते हैं:

• एक और घर खरीदो

• और शेयर खरीदो

• रिटायरमेंट पोर्टफोलियो बनाओ

• सुरक्षित निवेश करो

फिर से कहूँगा, ये निवेश गलत नहीं हैं।

लेकिन ये वह कदम नहीं हैं जो पीढ़ियों का भविष्य बदल देते हैं।

अगर आप ऐसा धन चाहते हैं जो आपकी पूरी वंशावली बदल दे, तो केवल सुरक्षित खेल नहीं खेल सकते।

प्रवासी मानसिकता अक्सर बन जाती है:
“हमने बहुत संघर्ष किया है, अब जोखिम नहीं ले सकते।”

लेकिन सच उल्टा है।

आप अमेरिका इसलिए आए क्योंकि आप जोखिम लेने वाले थे।

अब समय है अगला जोखिम लेने का।

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सबसे बड़ा निवेश वाहन: स्टार्टअप का पहला राउंड

मैं यह बात बिल्कुल साफ़ शब्दों में कहता हूँ:

किसी भी निवेश के लिए सबसे अच्छा वाहन है—किसी शानदार टेक स्टार्टअप का पहला राउंड।

पहले राउंड में ही जादू होता है।
पहले राउंड में ही जोखिम सबसे ज्यादा होता है।
और पहले राउंड में ही रिटर्न इतिहास बनाता है।

लेकिन पहले राउंड तक पहुँचना सबसे कठिन है।

प्रोफेशनल वेंचर कैपिटलिस्ट के पास नेटवर्क होता है।
उनके पास डील फ्लो होता है।
उनके पास अवसरों की पहुँच होती है।

हमारे समुदाय के पास अक्सर यह पहुँच नहीं होती।

इसलिए हम सुरक्षित निवेश में फँसे रहते हैं।

लेकिन सुरक्षित निवेश रॉकेट नहीं बनाते।

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एक पीढ़ी में एक बार आने वाला अवसर

अब असली बात।

मेरे पास एक ऐसा स्टार्टअप अवसर है जो मेरे अनुसार बिल्कुल वही रॉकेट है।

पहले राउंड का अवसर।

एक ऐसी कंपनी जो सिर्फ़ बढ़ने के लिए नहीं बनी—बल्कि बाज़ार पर छा जाने के लिए बनी है।

एक ऐसी कंपनी जो सिर्फ़ यूनिकॉर्न बनने के लिए नहीं बनी—बल्कि उससे कहीं आगे जाने के लिए बनी है।

एक ट्रिलियन डॉलर कंपनी।

और मैं यह केवल प्रेरणादायक शब्दों में नहीं कह रहा।

मैंने अपने टेक ब्लॉग पर एक पूरा उपन्यास लिखा और प्रकाशित किया है, जिसमें विस्तार से बताया गया है कि अगले 10 वर्षों में यह ट्रिलियन डॉलर कंपनी कैसे बनेगी।

LUMINA AI: The Trillion-Dollar Sun (Novel) 

रोडमैप मौजूद है।
दृष्टि स्पष्ट है।
बाज़ार अवसर विशाल है।
और समय बिल्कुल सही है।

क्योंकि हम AI युग में प्रवेश कर चुके हैं।

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ऑफर: आज $50K, कल $50M

यह ऐसा अवसर है जिसमें शुरुआती निवेशक केवल मुनाफा नहीं कमाते।

वे जीवन बदल देने वाली संपत्ति बनाते हैं।

ऑफर सरल है:

आज $50,000 निवेश करें।
10 वर्षों या उससे कम समय में $50 मिलियन (कंज़रवेटिव अनुमान) प्राप्त करें।

यह पारंपरिक फाइनेंस में विश्वास रखने वालों को असंभव लग सकता है।

लेकिन स्टार्टअप्स की दुनिया में यह असामान्य नहीं है।

सिलिकॉन वैली दशकों से इसी तरह काम करती रही है।

और AI इस रिटर्न को और भी बड़ा बनाने वाला है।

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हमारे समुदाय को भविष्य का मालिक बनना चाहिए

हम $5 मिलियन जुटा रहे हैं, $50 मिलियन वैल्यूएशन पर।

मैं चाहता हूँ कि हमारे नेपाली, मधेसी और व्यापक दक्षिण एशियाई समुदाय के लोग मिलकर $500,000 निवेश करें, और बाकी प्रोफेशनल निवेशक निवेश करें।

यह केवल पैसा बनाने की बात नहीं है।

यह हमारे समुदाय की भूमिका बदलने की बात है।

हम दशकों से दूसरों के सिस्टम में काम कर रहे हैं।

अब समय है अपना सिस्टम बनाने का।

सिर्फ़ जीवित रहने के लिए नहीं।

सिर्फ़ सफल होने के लिए नहीं।

बल्कि नेतृत्व करने के लिए।

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अगली छलांग अब विकल्प नहीं है

जब आप अमेरिका आए, तो आपका जीवन इसलिए बदला क्योंकि आपने अपना वातावरण अपग्रेड किया।

लेकिन अब दुनिया फिर से बदल रही है।

जो लोग AI को समझेंगे, वे आगे निकलेंगे।

जो लोग AI कंपनियाँ बनाएंगे, वे नए वैश्विक शक्तिशाली वर्ग बनेंगे।

और जो लोग शुरुआती दौर में उनमें निवेश करेंगे, वे पीढ़ियों की संपत्ति बनाएंगे।

तो सवाल बहुत सीधा है:

क्या हम केवल कंज़रवेटिव प्रवासी बनकर रहेंगे—घर और इंडेक्स फंड में निवेश करते रहेंगे?

या हम निर्माता बनेंगे, निवेशक बनेंगे, और आने वाले युग के मालिक बनेंगे?  

रियल एस्टेट अच्छा है।

लेकिन रियल एस्टेट साइकिल है।

AI स्टार्टअप्स रॉकेट हैं।

और AI युग शुरू हो चुका है।

अब केवल एक सवाल बचता है:

क्या हमारा समुदाय सिर्फ़ यात्रा करेगा—या रॉकेट का मालिक बनेगा?

China And Political Reforms

The Chinese state has been designed thinking capital has to be subdued by people. And so the people organization, the Chinese Communist Party, sits atop pretty much everything. But capital is not that evil. Adam Smith's insight was that large masses of people all driven by self-interest end up taking care of the public good. So movement of capital can be seen as an expression of the people's will.

Be that as it may, and with concerns mounting in the American and European political and economic conversations (Piketty's insight that if capital grows at 10% per year, and wages go up by 3%, then the gap will just keep widening until society collapses), even if the Chinese thought is taken at face value, I believe that still creates a lot of room for political reform inside China.

It can be argued the Chinese Communist Party has deviated from its origins and is today just an organization with political monopoly. Ordinary members of the party are not the people that the party derives its power from, let alone the Chinese masses. The party members, large in number, merely provide legitimacy to the people higher up who hold the real power. The organization is well-funded, well-organized, arguably the best organized and best funded political organization on the planet.

The CCP currently provides two candidates for each office at the most local level, and then ordinary voters pick between the two. That is still something. But what if those two had to run in some kind of a primary election inside the party. All party members at that level would vote for candidates. The top two winners of such a primary election would then go face the voters. Would that take away from the original promise of keeping people above the forces of capital? I think not.

What if that is also made true for elections higher up? For the governor of a state? For the president of the country? So all party members inside Tibet would vote for candidates for Governor. The top two would go on to face the voters. Similarly all party members across the country would vote for all presidential candidates, and the two top candidates would then go face the ordinary voters. Would that take away from the original promise of keeping people above the forces of capital? I think not.

They say in China, economic rights over political rights. As in, feed the hungry before you talk about free speech. But that was a long time ago. The people have been fed. Now shall we talk?

If people could talk freely, and if the internet that an ordinary person can access in the US were also the internet that the people inside China could access, would that lead to a collapse of the current system? The system today perhaps. But if China were still a one party state where ordinary people could vote directly for their mayor, governor and president, I don't see how free speech could topple that system. I think China could end up with a system superior to the one in the US. Freely speaking Chinese would simply brag about their political system, them belly full.

The concluding argument of the Trump-Xi trade war from the Trump side was, China can't make chips. China has ambitions to do well in all sorts of cutting edge technologies. I don't see how you can deliver on that unless you have a culture of robust free speech.

The American political system has huge deficiencies. They can't do gun control! They go round and round in circles talking about abortion! They seem incapable of universal health care, or lifelong education. I think China undertaking political reforms would give the country a huge leverage globally. It would put pressure on America to do things like universal health care, and campaign finance reform.

The CCP needs to fight the forces of political monopoly within its ranks and should truly seek to reprsent the people. Minus that it will not be able to lead China to great economic heights on the way to 2030, 2040 and beyond. The political monopoly is moral corruption. With these political reforms most of China's border tensions will cease. There will no longer be any need for external enemies.

Economic rights have been achieved. Poverty has been eradicated (hardly the case in America!). Now it is time for political reforms in China.

China's Xi throws down gauntlet to US Xi warned that China will not be “bullied, oppressed, or subjugated,” and that anyone who dares to try “will find their heads bashed bloody against a great wall of steel forged by over 1.4 billion Chinese people.” The speech has been characterized as “defiant” and “fiery.” ........ in a speech of approximately 7,200 characters (where each character or ideogram is in effect a word), only about 770 characters were devoted to the military and the warnings about China not being bullied. ........... Above all, the speech focused on China’s (and not just the People’s Republic of China’s) efforts to modernize and advance from being one of the most backwards nations to reassuming its place as a global leader. ........ Xi placed the CCP’s development and programs alongside such events as the Taiping Rebellion (the Chinese civil war that was the bloodiest conflict of the 19th century), the Tung-Chih Restoration and the Boxer Rebellion. All of these were characterized as efforts at reforming China in order to modernize and progress. The salient difference, according to Xi, is that these previous efforts all failed, whereas the CCP’s efforts have succeeded. .......... the “Century of Humiliation” and the fall of China from economic and political preeminence in Asia (and arguably the world) to becoming the “sick man of Asia.” Xi noted that while China was exploited by foreign powers (in particular the United Kingdom during the Opium Wars), it was also internally weak and backwards. Xi describes it as semi-feudal, and that’s arguably accurate, certainly in the Chinese countryside of 1921. This domestic weakness, in turn, made China vulnerable to foreign depredation. ............ It is the CCP, Xi emphasized, that broke China out of this backwardness. In essence, the CCP has earned the support of the Chinese people through its demonstrated effectiveness. ...........

the CCP represents the pinnacle of 5,000 years of Chinese history and civilization

........... a full-throated reaffirmation of the socialist credentials and nature of the CCP and the PRC ........

there is an ideological component to the challenge posed by Xi and the CCP, one rooted in socialist thought

........ the PRC won’t tolerate being lectured, nor will it evolve in directions set by others. China has its own “core interests,” which it will not make concessions on — an important point when considering developments ranging from the South China Sea to human rights to cyberspace and outer space to expectations of a more liberal CCP. ...........

the United States was not qualified to criticize China

........... trying to get China to liberalize, whether with regards to the Uighurs or Hong Kong, was portrayed as “bullying” and “subjugation.” ......... Insofar as the West wants China to conform to the rules of a rules-based international order, Xi and the CCP are indicating that those rules must be ones that China has forged. ........... Napoleon is said to have warned, “Let China sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.” Xi Jinping’s speech suggests that China is, indeed, roused and ready to start that shaking.

To understand Xi Jinping's China, we must look back to Liang Qichao — the 'godfather of Chinese nationalism' Liang Qichao may not be as familiar to most of us as Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping or Xi himself, but Liang has been called the "godfather of Chinese nationalism" and is the voice that has whispered in the ears of China's leaders for the past century. ........... It is impossible to understand China today without going back to the fall of the Qing Empire in the early years of the 20th century, and a man whose writings triggered a dark night of the soul for the Chinese people. ........ When Xi Jinping talked about "national rejuvenation", "sovereignty and territorial integrity", he was channelling Liang Qichao. When he warned that no foreign force "will bully, oppress or subjugate us", he was echoing the words of Liang. It was Liang Qichao who helped popularise the idea of "humiliation" that Xi now uses as a mantra to bind Chinese people to a militant identity that pits China against the world. ................ He was a writer and activist, one of the most significant thinkers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries in China. He campaigned for reform of the Qing Empire, making him a target, and fled overseas, living in Japan and Canada. He visited Australia, meeting our first prime minister, Edmund Barton. ............ Liang embraced the West, soaking up new ideas. But it only reinforced

his view that China was morally corrupt

. Liang looked at his nation, and saw defeat, humiliation and weakness. .............. He coined the phrase "the sick man of Asia" to describe China's fallen state. ....... Being defeated in war by Japan in 1895, Liang said "awoke our nation from its four thousand year old dream". ........

Liang set about inventing a new nation. He advocated the unity of the "yellow race".

He coined a term "minzu" to describe the people of the nation. He began to talk of what he called "hsin min"' — a "new people". ............ a new "definition of the Chinese people as a nation ... based upon common ties of place, blood, custom and culture". In today's terms, we might call it "make China great again". .............. But Liang's vision for this new China did not include democracy. .......... Liang preferred what he called "enlightened despotism." ........ "from 1842 to 1942, China had been treated by the West with distrust, ridicule, and disdain, mingled from time to time with pity and charity, only occasionally sympathy and friendliness". .........

In 1949, Mao crowned victory in the Communist Revolution with the words "the Chinese people have stood up".

......... He grew disillusioned with politics in China and retreated to study and writing. But

he was perhaps the greatest influence on a young emerging revolutionary, Mao Zedong

. .......... It isn't a show of strength but a reminder of humiliation. It reveals

the paradox of China: at once powerful yet fragile.

........... for all of its undoubted success, the Party does not believe in its people. .......... Like Liang Qichao, Xi believes the people need to be re-made.

‘Keep your eyes on the sun’ the Chinese Communist Party that leads it will today celebrate 100 years since its founding and nearly 72 years in power. .........

The authoritarian regime transformed China so rapidly that today the nation identifies as both an emerging superpower, and a developing nation, at the same time.

......... when we see “China” in a headline, it’s often talking about the CCP, not the country’s 1.4 billion people. ........... Mr Xi oversees the party and its 92 million members — ..... less than 7 per cent of China’s 1.4 billion people. ......... the party and the government are inseparable. ........ The structure of the CCP is highly opaque and complex .......... Mr Xi sits atop what’s known as the Politburo Standing Committee (PSC), a circle of seven men who effectively run China. ........ the National People’s Congress — China’s parliamentary equivalent — some 3,000 delegates who meet annually to “rubber stamp” laws. .......... Every five years, thousands of CCP representatives convene to elect the party’s central leadership bodies. ......... the intra-party mechanics of the CCP get complex and bureaucratic ........ these ranks — who make up a tiny fraction of China’s population. ........ China does hold elections for local representatives. But all candidates must be CCP-approved. No photos or candidate information are provided — only a name. ......... in a nation with more than 680 million females, there are no women in the top rank ........ raising controversial issues is effectively prohibited ......... Single-party rule allows for significant policy changes and difficult decisions to be made without much political fallout from the Chinese people. It also means that long-term targets can be set and political decisions made without concern or worry that an opposition party will gain popular support or unwind policy every few years. ............... the idea for a population control policy had been ruminating within the Politburo Standing Committee for nearly a decade through the 1970s under Mao Zedong, before being formally enacted as the one-child policy in 1980 by late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping — it would stay in place for the next 35 years. ............. Deng’s economic reforms transformed the country from being one of the world’s poorest to the second-largest economy on earth within a generation. ......... “My parents explained to me that I was a second child, that it was forbidden, and if it was disclosed, they would lose everything” ............ “[CCP] leaders have nothing to do with the ones below them, just like the whole mechanism of the Communist Party — it

only looks at the faces above, not the people’s feelings below.”

......... “the CCP doesn’t use the ordinary people’s perspective, it uses a comparative sociological perspective” that prioritises societal progress over individual struggle. ......... “There is so-called ‘intra-party’ and ‘extra-party’ democracy. But if you can’t discuss the Central Committee’s policies, what kind of ‘democracy’ do you have?” .......... Despite its socio-capitalist wealth, the CCP is still guided by communist principles like

democratic centralism and collective leadership

. .............. These ideas strive for leadership through consensus and unity. ........ This “collective” order is also maintained under an extrajudicial process known as ‘Shuanggui’ – overseen by the PSC’s Disciplinary Commission – to punish disloyal party members who cross the line. ...........

what constitutes “the line” is fluid, and up to the discretion of senior ranking CCP members.

........ “The party guides rather than instructs: it saves giving direct orders for when something is really important.” ........ “Normally, the goal is to get everyone to read the leader’s mind, and so there are lots of [iterations of] what the party thinks.” .........

while issues like human rights do get raised, it’s not in a way liberal democracies would expect: the discussion is framed in terms of extreme rationality, with emphasis placed on the socioeconomic advancement of the society, not on the suffering of individuals, which is seen as counterproductive when governing so many people

. ............ “No Communist Party member — including Mao Zedong — sincerely believes in communism, and no Communist Party member would say that openly” .......... “The legitimacy of ideology is actually a very contradictory thing for the Communist Party of China —

it plays the Marxist-Leninist card, but it actually follows the Chinese emperor system.”

............ People like Yin maintain some policies seen by many as “cruel” would not be allowed to exist if the Chinese people could voice their opinions. ......... as a ruling party it is very much supported, but

I wouldn’t dare to say it’s supported by the majority of the people because it wouldn’t dare to announce a general election in China

............ policy in China does not attract much public consultation. If [the public had a chance to speak], these millions of tragedies wouldn’t happen.” ........ when a group of leftist-inspired students took over Tiananmen Square in 1919 to protest against foreign powers who were violating China’s sovereignty after World War I. .........

In July 1921, the CCP held its first National Congress, attended by a dozen members including a 27-year-old Mao Zedong.

By the end of the civil war in 1949, former student-turned-CCP leader Chairman Mao would declare the People’s Republic of China, and the party as its sole governing authority. .............. Some say this history informed the CCP’s own handling of the 1989 protests in Tiananmen Square some 70 years later, which were sparked in the same spirit as those of 1919. .......... In 2020, the CCP claimed it had achieved its centenary target of eradicating absolute poverty across the country. .......... The party also has a goal for the centenary of the founding of China in 2049. It hopes that by then the country will be “a modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong,

democratic

, culturally advanced and harmonious”. .............. Prioritising pragmatism over strict ideology — for example, inviting foreign investment into its communist tradition — has been integral to the CCP’s success and domestic popularity. ............ “By guiding more than directing, they can take the praise for things that go right — and many things have in the past 30 years — while blaming problems or failures on subordinates not acting the way top leaders want them to.” ......... “Politically, the West’s theory that capitalism is the ultimate has been shaken, and socialist development has experienced a miracle,” Mr Xi said in a speech after first coming to power. ............. “Western capitalism has suffered reversals, a financial crisis, a credit crisis, a crisis of confidence, and their self-conviction has wavered.

“Western countries have begun to reflect, and openly or secretively compare themselves against China’s politics, economy, and path.”

................ Foreign relations are regularly strained by an inability to see eye to eye on issues around human rights —

China’s frustration stems from alleged “hypocrisy” and “double standards”.

......... lifting “850 million people” out of poverty, a feat small Western countries have no experience with ..........

“As one African diplomat famously put it: ‘You cannot eat democracy.’”

........ 2022′s National People’s Congress might see a reshuffling of power, as the CCP seeks to project a more tame image in the future. .............. “Keep your eyes on the sun, and you will not see the shadows.” ....... look at the positives, and stop focusing on the dark sides.

नागरिकता समस्या का समाधान ब्लॉकचैन पर है

नेपाल में मधेसी समुदाय का प्रमुख समस्या नागरिकता का है। तीन चार बार मधेसियों ने आन्दोलन ही नहीं क्रान्ति ही की। अंतरिम संविधान के बाद देश में नया संविधान जारी हुवा। नए कानुन बनें। लेकिन मधेसी समुदाय का नागरिकता समस्या समाधान होने के बजाय और विकराल होता जा रहा है।

किसी भी मनुष्य को नागरिकता पत्र से वंचित करना मानव अधिकार का हनन है। यानि कि प्रत्येक मनुष्य को किसी न किसी देश का नागरिक होना मानव अधिकार है। जैसे कि वाक स्वतंत्रता मानव अधिकार है। नेपाल के संविधान ने मानव अधिकार को अकाट्य माना है। फिर भी खुलेआम ढेर सारे मधेसियों को नागरिकता पत्र से वंचित किया जा रहा है और वो भी बड़े सुनियोजित ढंग से।

राजनीतिक संघर्ष तो जारी रखना होगा और रहेगा भी। लेकिन मुझे दिख रहा है कि नेपाल के मधेसी के लिए ही नहीं दुनिया के सभी लोगो के लिए नागरिकता और परिचय के समस्या का समाधान नयी उभरती टेक्नोलॉजी ब्लॉकचैन होने जा रहा है।

ब्लॉकचैन (Blockchain) क्या है? बहुत लोग ब्लॉकचैन को बिटक्वाइन (Bitcoin) समझ लेते हैं। वो तो ऐसा हुवा कि आप इंटरनेट को जीमेल (Gmail) समझ लें। इंटरनेट एक बृहत् टेक्नोलॉजी है। उसका एक पक्ष है ईमेल। ईमेल भी ढेर सारे हैं। उस में एक है जीमेल। बिटक्वाइन (Bitcoin) एक क्रिप्टो करेंसी (cryptocurrency) और वैसे और भी हैं जैसे कि ईथरियम (Ethereum) हालांकि सबसे बड़ी बिटक्वाइन (Bitcoin) ही है। लेकिन जिस तरह इंटरनेट एक जीमेल से बहुत बड़ा है उसी तरह ब्लॉकचैन (Blockchain) बिटक्वाइन (Bitcoin) से बहुत बड़ा है।

इंटरनेट व्यक्ति को जानकारी (information) उपलब्ध कराती है। कहा जाता है आज दुनिया के एक मनुष्य जिसके हाथ में स्मार्टफोन है और जिससे वो इंटरनेट सर्फ करता है उसके पास उतनी जानकारी है जितना इंटरनेट से पहले सिर्फ अमेरिका के राष्ट्रपति के पास हुवा करता था।

तो ब्लॉकचैन (Blockchain) को मानिए इंटरनेट से १,००० गुना बड़ा। उससे भी बड़ा। पुराने दुनिया के मीडिया को इंटरनेट ने जो किया पैसा को ब्लॉकचैन (Blockchain) वही करेगी। और सिर्फ पैसा ही नहीं विश्वास (trust) को। ब्लॉकचैन (Blockchain) को मानिए बहीखाता। एक परमानेंट डिजिटल बहीखाता। अगर दुनिया का प्रत्येक ट्रांज़ैक्शन (transaction) एक परमानेंट डिजिटल बहीखाता पर रखा जाए तो क्या होगा? वही ब्लॉकचैन (Blockchain) है।

अगर दुनिया के किसी भी कोने से किसी भी दुसरे कोने तक पैसा आप तुरन्त और जीरो फी पर ट्रांसफर कर सकेंगे तो क्या होगा? क्रांति हो जाएगी। ब्लॉकचैन (Blockchain) वही करने जा रही है।

जिस तरह इंटरनेट न किसी देश का है और न किसी कम्पनी का उसी तरह ब्लॉकचैन (Blockchain) भी न किसी देश का रहेगा और न किसी कम्पनी का। समस्त मानवजाति का रहेगा। जिस तरह इंटरनेट अभी भी निर्माणाधीन ही है उसी तरह ब्लॉकचैन (Blockchain) बनना शुरू हो गया है और सालों दशकों तक बनता ही रहेगा।

वाक स्वतन्त्रता तो इंटरनेट से पहले भी था। लेकिन वाक स्वतन्त्रता इंटरनेट के बाद कुछ दुसरा ही मायने रखती है। उसी तरह मधेसी समुदाय के नागरिकता समस्या को महोत्तरी या धनुषा के जिल्ला कार्यालय अथवा काठमाण्डु के गृह मंत्रालय अथवा बालुवाटार के प्रधान मंत्री निवास से मुक्त किया जा सकेगा। ब्लॉकचैन (Blockchain) पर ही प्रत्येक मधेसी का ही नहीं प्रत्येक मनुष्य का राजनीतिक परिचय सुरक्षित रहेगा। उसी ब्लॉकचैन (Blockchain) पर बैंकिंग कर सकेंगे लोग। हाथ में स्मार्टफोन पर बैंक रहेगा। दिन में एक डॉलर पर दो डॉलर पर गुजारा कर रहे लोगों को बैंक लोन मिलने लगेगा ब्लॉकचैन (Blockchain) पर।

पृथ्वी के उपर हजारों सैटेलाइट घुमेंगे और धरती के कोने कोने पर इंटरनेट उपलब्ध रहेगा। किसी को भी नागरिकता पत्र से वंचित करना असंभव हो जाएगा। बैंक लोन लेने के लिए जमीन जायदाद की जरुरत नहीं पड़ेगी।

2016: The Year For Barack Obama's Revolution From The Top

2016: The Year For Barack Obama's Revolution From The Top



Barack Obama’s autobiography Dreams From My Father is full of little references to what Nelson Mandela in his autobiography called “a thousand little indignities.” But one was talking mostly about America, the other about apartheid South Africa. Can one black man’s ascension to the top make up for racist snarls at the highest levels of government like in the US Senate?

It is time we faced the fact the United Nations is not a world government. It is time to call a spade a spade. It is time to see this institution designed by the World War II victors no longer works. This is not a world government by the far stretches of the imagination. Often when we talk of civil rights movements, we think in terms of ordinary people marching out in the streets. But now is the time for a civil rights movement in which the heads of state march.

What we have is essentially apartheid. The leading country remains fundamentally racist, nowhere more evident than in the country’s criminal justice system. There is no world government. There is a need for one. The thorniest global problems, the loftiest trade deals are worked on outside the UN framework.

America itself needs to be reimagined if it is to fulfill its original mission of a total spread of democracy. It needs to become a country where African immigrants are as at home as European immigrants. White is black is white.

In a democracy you get to vote because you are a human being, not because you are literate or rich. But in the community of nations, there are countries that are rich and have guns, and most have neither. The entire continent of Africa stands disenfranchised. This landmass that is the most central of all, from where we all originated, is still in the clutches of a contemporary incarnation of colonization, slavery and apartheid. We don’t have a name for it yet, but the affliction is very real. Its poverty and disease stem from that disempowerment, not the other way round. And so, any voice that seeks to address its poverty and disease without taking stock of its disenfranchisement is shedding crocodile tears.

What is Barack Obama going to do? Leave the White House and do paid speeches? Write books? Launch a foundation? Raise money for AIDS? Share a stage or two with Bono and George Clooney? The guy is still young. This guy who has cleared up half century old cobwebs every year he has been in office is best suited to lead this revolution from the top. And this is not a cry for Africa, although Africa could use some empowerment. This is a cry for the world. Right now we are a species looking down a sinkhole of uncontrolled weather patterns that just might wipe out life and civilization as we know it. We still have immense poverty and disease that Bill Gates says “only a world government can solve,” and Gates is a guy who has thrown the kitchen sink at the problem, one of the leading entrepreneurs of the era in whose wake many billionaires have given money to fight basic poverty. We face security threats that no one government can solve. Globalization continues to move at breakneck speeds speeding up as the Internet takes deeper roots everywhere, but we have not done the task of institution building that that globalization requires.

Let’s open our eyes and take a look at the elephant in the room. Yes, what we need is a world government, and there is no person better than Barack Obama to take the lead on it. We are lucky we have a George Washington precisely when we need one. And lucky us that the guy is almost done with his current job where he has been stellar every year. Heads of state across the world should join in this chorus and shape this revolution from the top. Lucky us that our thorniest global problems have solutions in political concepts we have already designed, like one person one vote taken to its logical, global conclusion.

There is always inertia. Every monumental political change that in hindsight looks so obviously positive has faced inertia. And this likely will be no different. But the blueprint has to be made, and it has to be presented to ordinary peoples on all continents, so a groundswell of support can build around it.

We want to live in a world where human beings can feel equal everywhere. We want to live in a world with abundant clean energy. We want to live in a world with abundant water, and food and green space. We want clean air. We want to create the industries of tomorrow. We seek unprecedented rises in productivity, as well equitable distribution. We want people to be happy.

It is time the heads of state across the world came together and created the world’s first world government in the leadership of Barack Obama. In his birth as well as personality and outlook, he bridges the world. In his person the world has a chance to come together to reach new heights. This century can not only be the best ever, it can also be one where we have gone past our existential worries, where we have created a truly global civilization, one grand village where everyone can feel a sense of belonging everywhere, where people can take pride in their heritage and claim the common future at the same time, without hassle.

This is in essence a political struggle, where all you start with is a voice. Ordinary people have done it many times before. Heads of state can do it this one time.

It is still about Hope. It is still about Change.

We need a world government because it is time we established rule of law between nations. That is the civilized way.



राजेंद्र महतो लाई ICU पुर्याउने सरकार राजीनामा दे, काठमाण्डु छोड़, देश छोड़, ये धरती हमारी, ये मुल्क हमारा
E for Education, E for Entrepreneurship, E for Energy
Barack Obama: George Washington
आर्थिक क्रांतिका पाँच पाण्डव: सुशासन, शिक्षा, स्वास्थ्य, संरचना, (उद्योगव्यापार) सुलभता
Barack Obama Is Biologically Superior

स्याउ किन खानु हुन्न?

English: Diagram of principle of operation of a scramjet engine. Polski: Schemat silnika typu scramjet. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

संघीयता स्याउ हो। स्याउ किन खानु हुन्न भन्दा तर्क दिने हरुले तर्क दिएका छन --- स्याउ खायो भने फोक्सोमा कैंसर लाग्छ। त्यो त चुरोट हो, स्याउ होइन। चुरोट भनेको राजतन्त्र, चुरोट भनेको एकात्मक व्यवस्था। एकात्मक व्यवस्था को उपलब्धि: संसारको सबै भन्दा गरीब देश। चुरोट भनेको निष्पक्ष चुनाव नहुनु। चुरोट भनेको पार्टी हरु भित्र आतंरिक लोकतंत्र नहुनु। चुरोट भनेको पार्टी हरुको आय व्यय पुर्ण पारदर्शी नहुनु। चुरोट भनेको भ्रष्टाचार। एकात्मक व्यवस्था steam engine, संघीय व्यवस्था jet engine. तपाइँ लाई dial up internet चाहियो कि broadband? संघीय व्यवस्था ब्रॉडबैंड।

भर्खर हिजो अस्ति रामचन्द्र पौडेल ले भनेको ---- ६ बढ़ी प्रदेश भयो भने खर्च मात्र बढ्छ।  सिंह दरबार त मर्मत गर्न सक्या छैन। बाहुनले च्याउ खाओस न स्वाद पाओस्। हो त्यो सिंह दरबार मर्मत गर्न नसकेको एकात्मक व्यवस्था ले देश लाई गरीब बनाएकोले हो। Federalism is a more efficient form of government, and hence cheaper, and so more states will be cheaper, because it will be more efficient. If there are more states, state capitals will be closer to the people. And local governments will get stronger. संघीयतामा केंद्र को bureaucracy को साइज ह्वात्त घट्ने हो। संघीय देशमा केंद्र स्तरको कुनै पनि सरकारी कार्यालय मा आम नागरिक जानै पर्दैन। आम नागरिक ले सरकारी कार्यालय धाउनु पर्ने अधिकांश काम स्थानीय सरकार स्तरमा हुन्छ। राजधानी जाने MP हरु मात्र हो।

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