Flickr Tag: NepalDemocracy

Flickr Tag: NepalDemocracy

Rallies have to be organized in New York City, also all across the country, all over the world. But rallies are hard to organize. People are busy. People are scattered. But solidarity has to be expressed.

On the other hand, small scale get togethers can also be organized. People could get together once every two weeks at the same time all over the country.

There is yet another way.

Can we instead take pictures of groups and individuals who support the cause of democracy in Nepal and post them online at Flickr, all with the same tag, NepalDemocracy? That might be an idea.

Rallies tend to be a few hundred strong. But this Flickr way, we could show thousands of faces. And it would be self organizing. We would not need a central site, or a central webmaster, or some kind of a central committee. Message would get spread word of mouth.

A few enthusiasts could do the camera work and go around their city of residence, and take pictures and do the uploading.

Flickr Tag: NepalDemocracy

This might be the best way to show a ton of faces. Even when we hold rallies, it is ultimately pictures that get sent around.

Rallies will still be held. But this is also an idea.

It is easier to ask people to upload one of their photos than to show up at a rally.

This goes with the theme of online activism.

Another great idea was Googlebombing An Autocrat King.

Flickr Tag: NepalDemocracy

This Flickr tag idea will give me an excuse to go out and meet a bunch of Nepalis locally. The elitism among the Nepali organizations in the US bothers me. You get a handful of talking heads. They are usually well educated, making decent income. If there are 50,000 Nepalis in the US, perhaps more, 15,000 or more in New York City itself, we should be thinking thousands, not hundreds.

Most are working long hours, doing odd jobs. They need to be reached. After all, this is a democracy movement. There is power in numbers. Our activism has to move beyond a club culture to something more mass based.

I like the idea of perhaps raising $10 each from a thousand different individuals. And I like this Flickr idea.

Flickr Tag: NepalDemocracy

In The News

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Journalists demand official recognition for online media

Nice And Easy: President Nepal

The Seven Party Alliance, The Maoists

Come around to this: Proposed Republican Constitution 2006.

Then we will have the option to go for an interim government, and a referendum. Even a constituent assembly is about these top party leaders banging heads among themselves. Why not bang heads now?

40 Reasons Why The Three Forces Should Come Ar0und To My Proposed Constitution

The King

He vacates the Narayanhiti, because that belongs to the state. Other than that, he gets to keep the rest of his property, his private residences, his factories, his hotels, his tea gardens. He stays on in the country as a private citizen.

The President gets to live and work in the Narayanhiti.

The Army

The interim Prime Minister becomes the Commander In Chief. Other than that there are no changes made among the army top brass for the duration of the interim government.

Only a duly elected President makes the requisite changes.

General Amnesty

A Truth And Reconciliation Commission is set up, so that individuals and families that have suffered during the decade long civil war may get heard, such that their stories get told and archived.

Other than that the Maoists are granted general amnesty, as are the RNA.

The Maoists get to become an unarmed political party within a multi-party framework.

The RNA becomes the Nepal Army.

Madhav Nepal, Interim Prime Minister

It is a choice between him and Girija Koirala. Nepal is the obvious choice for many reasons. His party is the largest, it is much larger than the Nepali Congress. He and his party practice internal democracy much more than the Nepali Congress. They actually discuss things before they make decisions. He has been for the interim government idea: Girija has not. Madhav Nepal realizes the pitfalls of reviving the 1999 House, Girija does not. The UML has offered a greater clarity. The UML rallies have been the lifeblood of the movement recently. Koirala's health is failing.

Koirala is also disqualified. Madhav Nepal's job will be much tougher than that of Krishna Prasad Bhattarai's was in 1990. Nepal has to make peace with the Maoists, unify the two armies, and tame the army. On top of that, he has to bring forth a new constitution. Koirala does not have the political skills to engage in democratic debates, build coalitions, and such. He is good at taking stands and sticking by them.

Tulsi Giri

He gets jailed or deported.

Tulsi Giri going jail, and chukkie pissing.

President Nepal

A guy with last name Nepal gets to become the first President of Nepal, looks like. He sures looks like he is on his way.

Phone Talk With Madhav Nepal, Hridayesh Tripathy
Maoist, Moriarty, Madhav, Manmohan: Get Behind The 3 Point Program
Madhav Nepal, Commander Of The Movement
Email From Madhav Kumar Nepal