Madhesi Legal Defense FundI got off the phone with Ram Sah not long back. He and a few others like Biswo Pokharel have been toying with this wonderful idea. Let's create a Legal Defense Fund. I think that is so fabulous. Let's set it up under the leadership of Mukesh Singh.
We do not want to demand an investigation. We already know what happened. And even if we demand it, they will likely issue a report seven months down the line. It will be an attempt to push everything under the carpet.
The last time I checked ANTA had already raised over $20,000 for the injured. But news is the Nepal government is paying for all the injured, and they are also giving a 10 lakh compensation to the family of the martyred.
At least part of the money should be diverted instead to the Madhesi Legal Defense Fund. We want justice for the dead and the injured, starting from Nepalgunj.
The fund would hire lawyers in Nepal who would file lawsuits against the state on behalf of all the dead and the injured, and we would work to gain maximum media exposure for the whole thing. We would expose.
Madhesi Aawaz
Anand Jha At SEBS: Loha Lohe Ko Katta Hai
Last night I was on the phone with Anand. It was a long conversation. We want to reach the Madhesi population in Nepal through the three FM radio stations in Janakpur. We also thought we should get a lot of Madhesis at this end to get into audio blogging, so the FM stations can have a rich treasure of materials from which to pick and choose what they want to use.
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FM is better than internet. The majority of the Madhesis are not even literate. And a cheap Chinese radio costs Rs 100. Almost anyone can get hold of one. FM is the best way to reach our people. And we at this end should contribute.
Madhesi Movement II
Krishna Sitaula Not Going Risks Everything
Why Krishna Sitaula Has To Go
After Krishna Sitaula resigns, the second phase of the Madhesi Movement begins. But if he does not resign soon, we go back into the streets in large numbers. The 21 days will pale in comparison. And there is no saying where that movement will go, what it will lead to.
Stage Two, Stage Three
But if he resigns, we go to the second phase of the movement. We have to come up with a common minimum program that all Madhesis can agree to.
- Federal republic with a Madhesh state.
- Only Madhesi MPs from the Madhesi majority constituencies.
There are the two Sadbhavana factions. Hopefully the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum will become a political party. And hopefully the two JTMM factions will contest the elections just like the Maoists, after meaningful peace talks with the government. And there must be a few other outfits. Ram Raja Prasad Singh's Janabadi Morcha might be one.
Parties that are members of the Madhesi Alliance will not compete against each other in any constituency in the Madhesh. Any political party that will agree to the common minimum program of the Madhesi Alliance will be welcomed. The Congress and the communist parties are also invited. Otherwise we work to defeat every non-Madhesi candidate they might post in the Madhesi majority constituencies.
Black Is Beautiful, Brown Is Beautiful
When you see a Madhesi, do you see someone beautiful? Do you enjoy Madhesi company? Or do you get uncomfortable? Fighting self hate is a necessary precondition to fighting the hate and the prejudice.
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