I got this in an email. Dear friends of Nepal: As you all know after the advent of the so called democracy in 1990, the media sector was open to the private sector. Individuals with a shady past who had made a significant fortune during the panchayat period, needed to rehabilitate themselves in the post 1990 era. One of the fortunate individuals with a vast hidden wealth was a gentleman called Hemraj Gyawali. He had served in a number of posts during the panchayat period . One of those mentioned posts was as a Customs Officer in the Far Western Region in Nepal . Not only did he accumulate a vast fortune, he was also involved in a murder case and there is a case pending against him. With the help of some learned scholars and some businessman from abroad, he managed to open up Kantipur Publications. To disguise his illgotten fortune he found cover in businessmen like Upendra Mahato. Mr Mahato hence claims he hardly has any stake in Kantipur Publications. It becomes quite clear that Kantipur Publications is fulfilling the interests of India . Kantipur Publications is also not TRANSPARENT about its source of funding and revenue. Nepal possesses a vast amount of Hydropower resources. India obviously would like to tap in to Nepal's hydropower resources to fulfill its power requirements in the future. Booming economies cannot progress further without oil, gas and hydropower . What better way to go about it then to create unrest and insurgency in a landlocked neighbour . Kantipur Publications suited India's interest well . RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) is being used by the Indian Embassy to fund Kantipur Publications India used RAW to cancel ARUN III which would have helped Nepal tremendously. Kantipur lobbied vigorously against ARUN III at the behest of India. It is a known fact that Hemraj Gyawali has Bank accounts all over India. With the help of the so-called scholars like Damakant Jaysi, Puran Bista and Prateek Pradhan , Hemraj Gyawali and Kantipur Publications are promoting unrest and upheaval in Nepal. A weak Nepal is always in India's interest. The key word here is : HYDROPOWER . Infact Prateek Pradhan is in the pay of South Block. Puran Bista and Damakant draw supplementary income from New Delhi -- Dr GP Bhandari, MD Department of Community Medicine BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences Ghopa, Dharan Nepal Phone: 977-25-525563(Ext-Off:2626;Res:3073) Fax:977-25-520251 Email-gpbhandari@gmail.com URL:www.bpkihs.edu