Khagendra Sangraula

Hi Indi, i am/was always around but just didn't feel like writing. anyway, houston did sent me that huge plasma TV. Aur uske baad to mai naach te hi raha gai naach tehi. I also got hindi satellite connection so nowadays i lazy around and watch B4U, Aajtaak and various other kaam na lagne channels.like day before yesterday i watched a feature on the bara boy in aajtak; Ram bahadur jo buddha ke awatar mane jate the lapata ho gaye and other bakwas. again, many thanks to houston. saw god must be crazy part I and II a couple of days back (make sure to watch it if u haven't). That coke bottle falling down from the sky and the ensuing fight between the bushmens for it made me think deeply about my own materialistic persuits, although i have very little materials to call as my own. like i just got 6 banana republic ko pants for myself- u see i've graduated from gap to a more expensive brand. but, i am not feeling good about it. Where is Ruina? talking about Bannana republic i remembered watching woody allen's movie BANANAS a couple of years back. watch it if u haven't already. it's worth watching. ok, i am leaving. u Sangraula lovers and baiters fill up the rest.

God was always in threat from mankind which was the most intelligent species he created. He thought a while and, bingo, an idea popped in his mind. He dropped his dearest invention "EGO" in humans' mind. God then took a sigh, smoked weed, gave all his eighteen wives their goodnight kiss, turned off the light and fell asleep.

Sunny, That was funny. *** *** *** *** *** एक लम्बरकी महारानी, कता बेपत्ता ? >Ashu ra Nepe ko Jagada - dulhadulhai ko jasto jagada. हो र ? यसो होईन ? आशु र नेपेको झगडा, जो पछारियो उही तगडा ! *** *** *** *** *** Ashu, If you can not make distinction between a person and a cause, then this discussion is useless. Yet, I would like to reiterate that I have throughout and consistently advocated that the khattam leadership the major political parties have is a part of the problem and that this is as bright as a daylight to every common Nepalis and that, therefore, putting this issue aside or for future itself to take care of will make it difficult for whatever political agitation we have to become a popular movement. I have been 'a pain in the ass' for some pro-democracy activist friends in the US who believe in patronizing rather than ostracizing these leaders at this point might help the movement better. As for my treatment to you, I might have been unkind to you for your failure to show solidarity to professional groups who came to street to oppose the King's take over. However, as I explained earlier, if these protests also supported the political parties, that's because distinctions between political parties and individual leaders and between a party and a cause can be and must be made. Kura tetti ho. Nepe

Nepe wrote: "If you can not make distinction between a person and a cause, then this discussion is useless." I can make that distinction, but that still would NOT mean anything. In Nepal, whether you like it or not, Nepali Congress IS Girija, Girija IS Nepali Congress. Anyone who thinks otherwise is fooling herself. Where, for instance, is Gagan Thapa these days? Girija -- much like, for instance, some of your comrades in that so-called democracy google group called me -- publicly called Gagan a "rajabadi" with ZERO evidence. Soon, Gagan was pushed aside. Now, as things stand, Gagan's career as a Koirala-family-led Nepali Congress activist appears to be finished. See, how easy it is in Nepal (and in Nepali communities) to stick labels on one's potential rivals in an effort to discredit them and push them aside, for fear that they might eclipse/overshadow you? The larger point is: Just as king's bhaardars are blindly loyal to the person of the king and NOT to the institution of monarchy, Girija's bhardaars too are blindly loyal to Girija the person and NOT to the institution that is Nepali Congress, which, in any case, has long been running like a khattam family business anyway. It's just that, of the two, Girija's bhardaars can chant a little louder about "democracy" on the street. That's all. **************** Nepe wrote: "As for my treatment to you, I might have been unkind to you for your failure to show solidarity to professional groups who came to street to oppose the King's take over." Not only were you "unkind", you were also foolish to do that. And the reason is this. For many days, I watched those demonstrations right on the streets of Kathmandu. I can tell you FIRSTHAND that there were NO "professional groups who came to street to oppose the King's take over". There were individual professionals, yes, in those rallies; but no professional groups as such. That is why, those protest programs fizzled out soon enough, and, today, there remain no "professional groups" to provide continual sustenance to the khattam netas' protest programs. Those who took part in those protest programs at the time in individual capacities have since seen that they were being used by the netas and the media, and have since stayed away WHILE remaining, from a distance, sympathetic to the andolan's broader ideals, which, alas, appears to recede further day by day. Your foolishness was and is to think that ONLY street protests represented a clear measurement that one was/is actually opposed to the king's taking over, and then use that as a yardstick to publicly measure the DQ (democracy quotient) of jagirays like me. There were/are MANY forms of through which one could protest. In my case, for what it was PUBLICLY worth, drawing examples from around the world, I used my Nepali Times pieces to think aloud about democracy, autocracy, Nepal's worsening position and so on. Sure, I wish I could have done more. But then, I do not live in a world where there are 50 hours in a day! One does what one can, and learns to live with it with a clear conscience. oohi ashu

Pade_Queen_no.1 Still waiting for your address to mail HUGE flat panel. Let me know what would you like. DLP, LCD or Plasma. 1080i or 1080p, or just 720 wroks?

Pade maiya, Always full of interesting twakka tukkas.:) Do I miss your masaledaar ktm ko guppe haru or what? Anyways, good old days! Naya khabar chaina? :p So you haven't received your plasma after all? Lier! Ajai nachte hi rahe gai re, ha ha. :) B4u, Aajtak and all sounds so alien to me. Not that American idol, reality shows and Lost are any familiar. I find these television shows like my lost lover. If I catch the fervor for it again, it is bound to cause me much harm. The only time I open my idiot's box is when I want to visit my "mistress," that being, of course the "sporting events" - however rare that is. They shall always have that charm on me. :) 'God must be crazy' was ekdam jhakaas. Saw it aeon back when I was in school. I do remember that coke episode. It is a must watch, I concur. Materialistic pursuits? Tell me about it! The way I see it, if a person does not have materialistic pursuit, and rather claims to be in spiritual hunt or complete "samaaj sewak" s/he is only living off aruko materialistic pursuits ko faal. Bhanchan ni - aru ko bhar ma bachna parcha parakh nahunele or nagarne le. ;) Kasaima kaam kasaima badi. Sabai ma huncha, ki kaso? I plan to go all guns blazing for the rest of my life. But not all quests lead us to final frontier, alas! :) Gap is so-so. Banana is much better. No silly, I was talking about "Republic." Not this political "Republic" stuff which seems to be in much hype lately - justifiably so - but somehow, banana republic sounds better. Sunna ma ke :p. Talking about which, latterly, I have really graduated to more affluent brands as well. Somehow those pretty nice, affordable pieces do not look any good. I bet we both are caught by the same bug. And I really do not feel much good about it, akin to you. Hope it is a minor flu rather than a full fledged cancer ;) Ruina, eh'? She is hibernating. I bet she misses me as much, but we all have our own shares of "gaar nai parne kaam" ni hoina? :p I shall put a word about your question when we'll lock horns. Am sure she can just drop in to say hello when she is free. :) Have not seen Woody Allen's "Bananas" - perhaps sometime soon! But hey, if you have not seen "Deconstructing Harry," - spare an hour or two. It's worth it. I like Sangraula, but I know just because a courtesan, metaphorically - NOT literally speaking - talks sweetest, does not mean I take every word she croons. But who would not enjoy listening? Catch the gist? Tara Feri - Kuch to log kahengee, Logo ka kaam hein kehena........... Like me, like you - and them. Bato birsiyera jhardai garnu "maisaap" ;) IndisGuise:)

If calling Nepe a foolish helps Ashu to turn his history into one of democracy-fighter's, more power to him. As I said, I am all for helping Ashu to bring him to pro-democracy kitta. So no more argument about that. I have not read and heard anything from Ashu that categorically condemns Feb. 1. All I remember is how he was ridiculing those who stood up to condemn Feb. 1. If I have missed Ashu's statements against Feb. 1, my apology. As for Nepali Congress, there is no doubt that it is under the hostage of GP Koirala. However, it is inaccurate to say NC is GP and GP is NC. NC is like a body that has a conservative head (GP) and progressive legs (majority of party members). Head controls the body, that's for sure. So we must make this distinction when we condemn or support NC. Kura simple chha.