I just visited The Nepal Digest ( www.thenepaldigest.org) site after a very long time, and found out -- much to my dismay -- that it has ceased publication as of last March.

The parting editorial implies that the editorial team quit over its supposed inability to implement free and fair editorial decisions, and hurls veild blame at other people (whoever they might be!)

My question: What happened, guys? Were the differences of opinion so great that
the publication had to, well, die out like this?

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Likewise, sometime late last January, The NATION newsweekly in Kathmandu died out after the editors and the publishers had a falling out after only a few months together.

My question: Again, were the differences of opinion so great that the patrika had to be killed?

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My observation: While working in Nepal as a business advisor, one thing I noticed
again and again was this. That most business partnerships (among Nepalis), started
with great hopes among friends, eventually soured to bitterness . . . so much so
that people who were earlier friends had become sworn enemies by the time the
ashes cooled off from the corpses of their business.

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My question: Are most of us Nepalis fundamentally incapable of working on a team that has people who hold different ideas from us?

Alternatively, when the going gets tough, is it easier for us to fight with one another than address the problems at hand so that at least minially amicable solution can be found?

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My comment: Isn't it ironic that while we do everything nice and polite with one another to avoid conflicts and confrontations, our lives in Nepal and Nepali societies might well
be mired in unaddressed and simmering conflicts . . . ranging from that of the Maoists
to businesses gone sour?

oohi
ashu

No point debating with the above poster ^^^^ who resorts to making ill reference to a poster's PARENTS when he cannot sustain a reasonable debate.

As I had mentioned they catagorize anyone not of their prejudiced mentality as being oppositely prejudiced - whereas the sad fact is that they are just closed minded to recognize any open minded thinkers who are merely observing details without taking any sides.

Ashu,

OMG, so many trump cards on the table, all against me. I concede. You won, Ashu.

As I said earlier, I am not going to lock my horns with you for silly debates.

However, I thank you for all the complements although I failed to recognize some of them.

Regarding AcNielsen survey, I am up for a serious academic debate on it. I think it has a lot of interesting flaws besides what I pointed out earlier. Some of these flaws are common in other surveys and polls conducted in Nepal as well. So I believe it's an interesting topic for discussion. But that for a more academic atmosphere.

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Thank you all for watching the show, for encouraging order and sanity and even offering refereeing service. I hope you all enjoyed as much as Ashu and I did.

Best
Nepe

Nepe,

To reiterate my lahure mantra:

CARRY ON SERGEANT MAJOR!

I remain,
Sir,
Your obedient audience

SAJHA signed

Sandhurst Lahure

What happened!

Prithivi Naryan Shah Happend,
Many years happened,
Rana sasan Happened,
Many Years happened,
Democracy happened,
Misreable happened, tears shed and blood flow happened.
Many years happened,
Then suddenly everlasting war happened!

Ashu, partnership is not only in decline over conservative and traditional world, but even in country where Democracy has flourished and many people are educated- which gives an entity a knowledge of colaborating with other people, sole proprieteiship is larger. (talking about U.S.A) Basicly its human nature! and its money, isnt it ?

What happened!

Prithivi Naryan Shah Happend,
Many years happened,
Rana sasan Happened,
Many Years happened,
Democracy happened,
Misreable happened, tears shed and blood flow happened.
Many years happened,
Then suddenly everlasting war happened!

Ashu, lack of great university kowledge again :P sorry had to say that!

Partnership is not only in decline over conservative and traditional world, but even in country where Democracy has flourished and many people are educated- which gives an entity a knowledge of colaborating with other people, sole proprieteiship is larger and working with much better potential. (talking about U.S.A) Simple as it can get, isnt it human nature?

I still think that this thread is illustrative of what probably happened to TND. Personality-driven organizational behavior driven by egomaniacal narcissists. I could be wrong, though. Dunno.

TND has STOPPED publication despite its loftily stated policies:

"The Nepal Digest is the first Nepali electronic magazine in the Internet. The Nepal Digest hopes to create a free and democratic electronic plaform -- free of all political views, free of cultural biasness, against prejudices and unjustness of all kinds."

Source:
-http://thenepaldigest.org/aboutus.htm

Compared to that, discussions of various political and whatever stripes go on and on Sajha.

Sure, some of these discussion do get heated and seem to go on and on (those with very fragile sensibilities do have a hard time appreciating Sajha for its freewheeling culture at times); but, lets be honest, things rarely get downright ugly here.

That, to me, is a CAUSE for celebration on Sajha, and the DIVERSITY of personalities posters bring to this forum is something worth celebrating additionally!!

At the end of the day, so what if opinionated people discuss, debate and sharply disagree with one another?

That's democracy at its sprawling best, isn't it?

oohi
ashu