Posted by: newStudent January 2, 2009
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Winners And Losers in Himal Media Prakaran
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Winners:
1. The Maoists --- This issue was mishandled from the start. In a country where citizens have been cowed down, industrialists have been harrassed and institutions have been thrown into topsy turvy by the goons of YCL, the Maoists found a perfect redherring to divert attention from their more heinous crimes. Kathmandu didn't care when a small time journalist Bikas Thapa was threatened, Kathmandu didn't care when centuries old tradition in Pashupatinath was discontinued and YCL goons ushered in their appointee in Pashupatinath (exactly the way Chinese govt appoints Panchen Lama flouting the tradition). By pointing at relative level of decibels in different incidences, the Maoists were able to prove that the country still belongs to rich people. Poors suffer quietly, rich whimper and throw tantrums.
2. Those Two Criminals: They are now identifiable, they have built their resume for their supporters to see, and what more, they knew that their punishment wouldn't be harsh anyway. I mean what can law do about an incident of beating? Five days of lock-up and a few thousands rupees of fine, right? If someone has to follow rule, jatti karae pani, that's the worst punishment.
3. Ex-Royalists: Judging by the glee of ex-royalists in sajha, it is hard not to note 'we-told-you-so' chuckles. Well, folks, we democrats knew where we were heading, but we have to deal with one at a time! Despite the chuckles, you are still humiliated lots, you are still just the pretender who still waive at the parade that has long passed by. But enjoy your moment of glory.
Losers:
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1. Industrialists: The industrialists are bitterly disappointed lot right now. Himal media chose to stick to 'press freedom' naaraa, eventhough the incident has not much to do with the press freedom. The incidence started long ago, when they fired some people after finding they lost money. It was within their rights to do so, but the majdoor union walaa started throwing stones , burning newspapers etc. This problem is similar to what all Nepali industrialists are suffering, and Dixit brothers could have spoken like an employer demanding good environment for investment, for the protection of individual property rights, and for weak worker's union. But they chose the easier path, and they accomplished nothing. The message is again simple: if you are from well connected moneyed class of Kathmandu, may be you won't be touched by the Maoists--but the rest of Nepal belongs to them. The pussy intellectuals and petty burgeouise of Kathmandu will be happy to hide their head in the sand--until it is their head that is being chopped by the Maoists.
2. Law: It has always lost in Nepal, more so at this time. YCL is the law.
3. The People: Yet one more time, we saw the flagrant violation of law, an influential group of people able to extract some concession from the terrorists. The rest of us got the clear message: make a deal with the terrorists if you want to survive, and don't expect anyone to help you.
4. US based Nepali organizations like NAC: They issued communique, as if it mattered. But then where are they when other similar incidences happen to other journalists/newspapers? Are they going to issue some communique over the Maoists intervention in centuries-old traditions, such as discontinuation of jatra money or the overt intervention in Pashupati. The attack on Pashupatinath is the attack on the tradition that concerns Nepali all over the world, Hindus all over the world. Pashupatinath , after all , doesn't belong to one country, he is the god of all Hindus. So, to say that it is humiliating to find Indian Bhatta worshipping Pashupati is a idiocy at worst. NRNs, foreign based Nepali should be the first to quash this quasi-patriotism, shouldn't they?
Bhagawan Pashupatinath le haamee sabaiko kalyan garun.
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Winners:
1. The Maoists --- This issue was mishandled from the start. In a country where citizens have been cowed down, industrialists have been harrassed and institutions have been thrown into topsy turvy by the goons of YCL, the Maoists found a perfect redherring to divert attention from their more heinous crimes. Kathmandu didn't care when a small time journalist Bikas Thapa was threatened, Kathmandu didn't care when centuries old tradition in Pashupatinath was discontinued and YCL goons ushered in their appointee in Pashupatinath (exactly the way Chinese govt appoints Panchen Lama flouting the tradition). By pointing at relative level of decibels in different incidences, the Maoists were able to prove that the country still belongs to rich people. Poors suffer quietly, rich whimper and throw tantrums.
2. Those Two Criminals: They are now identifiable, they have built their resume for their supporters to see, and what more, they knew that their punishment wouldn't be harsh anyway. I mean what can law do about an incident of beating? Five days of lock-up and a few thousands rupees of fine, right? If someone has to follow rule, jatti karae pani, that's the worst punishment.
3. Ex-Royalists: Judging by the glee of ex-royalists in sajha, it is hard not to note 'we-told-you-so' chuckles. Well, folks, we democrats knew where we were heading, but we have to deal with one at a time! Despite the chuckles, you are still humiliated lots, you are still just the pretender who still waive at the parade that has long passed by. But enjoy your moment of glory.
Losers:
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1. Industrialists: The industrialists are bitterly disappointed lot right now. Himal media chose to stick to 'press freedom' naaraa, eventhough the incident has not much to do with the press freedom. The incidence started long ago, when they fired some people after finding they lost money. It was within their rights to do so, but the majdoor union walaa started throwing stones , burning newspapers etc. This problem is similar to what all Nepali industrialists are suffering, and Dixit brothers could have spoken like an employer demanding good environment for investment, for the protection of individual property rights, and for weak worker's union. But they chose the easier path, and they accomplished nothing. The message is again simple: if you are from well connected moneyed class of Kathmandu, may be you won't be touched by the Maoists--but the rest of Nepal belongs to them. The pussy intellectuals and petty burgeouise of Kathmandu will be happy to hide their head in the sand--until it is their head that is being chopped by the Maoists.
2. Law: It has always lost in Nepal, more so at this time. YCL is the law.
3. The People: Yet one more time, we saw the flagrant violation of law, an influential group of people able to extract some concession from the terrorists. The rest of us got the clear message: make a deal with the terrorists if you want to survive, and don't expect anyone to help you.
4. US based Nepali organizations like NAC: They issued communique, as if it mattered. But then where are they when other similar incidences happen to other journalists/newspapers? Are they going to issue some communique over the Maoists intervention in centuries-old traditions, such as discontinuation of jatra money or the overt intervention in Pashupati. The attack on Pashupatinath is the attack on the tradition that concerns Nepali all over the world, Hindus all over the world. Pashupatinath , after all , doesn't belong to one country, he is the god of all Hindus. So, to say that it is humiliating to find Indian Bhatta worshipping Pashupati is a idiocy at worst. NRNs, foreign based Nepali should be the first to quash this quasi-patriotism, shouldn't they?
Bhagawan Pashupatinath le haamee sabaiko kalyan garun.