Posted by: bhikhaari June 28, 2009
ANA 2009...Invitation to Nepe's talk on Federalism
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nepe,

feels like your talk is polarized heavily. i don't find it very logical on your choice of going against the maoist proposed classification of nepal. while i too am strictly against maoist's demarcation agenda, i feel that you think the maoist's agenda is the only one that's going to be discussed over, or somehow only their agenda will make it to the final constitution print. no. there are several classification schemes, proposed by parties, naagarik samaaj, sociologists, educatioists, cultural and economical activists and so on. and i am quite hopeful that they all will (and must) be discussed thoroughly before letting it make into the books.

my point being, talk about the overall plan of classification, and which works the best rather than criticizing one. it will also make the other attendees feel that you are not affiliated to any parties. we've all seen the waaiyaat and uninvited political activities in ANA in the past, and need no more. moreover, i don't think it's a good idea to propose anything that's based on cast and culture. we can leave everything as it is now, just that some of the geographical divisions need to be dissolved and some created to have a uniform distribution of the resources (incl. human) so that each region gets equal share and attention later in the planning books. there was an article in himaal 2 mnths ago which had about 5-7 great articles about this classification issue..i hope you went/will go through it before delivering your speech.
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