April 8: New Year

Movement Time.
April 9

From: Dr. TN Niraula
Date: Apr 7, 2006 9:29 AM
Subject: reminder--re saturday event

Dear friend,

Good morning!

This is just to remind you that we have about a day and a half before we come together to celebrate Nepali New Year 2063 organized by the America-Nepal Friendship Society.

We have made every effort to reach out to community members, but because of the lack of contact information I am sure we have missed many.

Please make sure that people in your network know about this Nepali social and cultural event on Saturday, April 8, 2006. Space is limited and therefore we encourage you to make reservations in advance.

The doors will open for check-in at 7PM so please make every effort to arrive on time.

Again the event is on coming Saturday (April 8, 2006) at the Dhaka Club located at 59-15, 37 th Avenue (between 59th and 60th Street) Woodside.

For traveling by public transportation, you may take # 7 subway line either to 74th Street and Broadway or 61 street & Woodside Station—(Woodside station is closer to the venue) or F, E, G and R subway lines (which ever is convenient for you) to Roosevelt Avenue and Jackson Heights) or R and G to 65 th Street station (65th Station is closer to the Venue).

If you are driving, you may get your driving direction for Yahoo Maps or MapQuest.

Please see the attachment for other details.

Look forward to welcoming you at the event

Tara Niraula, President

On behalf of the ANFS family

BBC Calls
NYC Rally Photos: Arnico Panday
April 9
April Revolution: Document Every Atrocity
Protests
The Fascists In Kathmandu
Final Act: Disobey The Curfew
Himal Survey
April 6,7,8,9, April 16,17,18,19, April 26,27,28,29
Even If The Worst Fears About The Maoists Are True
Write To Bush, Condi Before Possible Clampdown
Leahy Amendment Says No Arms To Nepal
यो सडक ितम्र्ो हो
Kamal Thapa Is A Nazi
Why The Maoists Should Cease Violence
Hamro Nepal All Set To Be Launched
Loktantra, Issue 5
Protests
Deuba Off To DC
Kamal Thapa Going Jail, Kamal Thapa Chukkie Pissing
Deuba In Jackson Heights
Deuba At Hotel Pennsylvania
Hridayesh Tripathy Released
Dinesh Tripathi, Your Worst Nightmare
Deuba At Columbia
Plan B
Way To Go
Deuba, Abused
This Movement Is About The Nepali People, Not Foreign Powers
Fundraising Mechanism
No Time Pressure, Only Principle
Democracy Spreading Mechanism
Sushil Pyakurel
Needed: Dynamic Agreement, Concrete Eight Party Alliance
Pin Plan
Sushil Pyakurel In Brussels
Pumping Money Into The Movement
Surya Subedi, Not A Democrat
Chiran Thapa: Snafu
March 22 Event, Deuba In New York

BBC Calls

Global Voices Online, Harvard Law School: Khatmandu’s tense political moves
BBC News, World Have Your Say: On The Streets In Nepal

Got Interviewed By German Public Radio: Final Act: Disobey The Curfew
"Robin Hood Im Internet"

Norway Public Television: Justin Krebs


Old Media, New Media

I got all worked up. Wow, so I will get heard on BBC World Service. This would be the global audience, not the much more localized Nepali audience served by the BBC Nepali Service.

BBC has an aura about it. For all the talk of new media and old media, old media still has this aura about it. Most bloggers link to articles by "old" brand names like the BBC, or the New York Times or the Washington Post.

The brand names will incorporate new technology as it will become available. New media does not get rid of old media, except in cases where old media refuses to grow.

This right here is a good example. I wrote a piece for Global Voices linking to many Nepali blogs, Anu read it, her team linked to it, and the next thing you know she wants me talking on BBC.

Thank you Mary Joyce, Neha Viswanathan. They are the people who got me on to Global Voices. This particular piece that got BBC's attention has a story of its own. Neha had been nudging me for days to produce something. Finally I did. And it got BBC's attention.

But, you know what, I missed it! I overslept. Anu did not have my number. It was a rather short notice. But perhaps she will get me on air next time. I think I sent her three different emails to the effect.

April 8, April 9, New York City

April 8 is the New Year celebration. April 9 is the event at the Nepali Mandir. Both is Queens. These were not planned as political protests. But there is no doubt that is what these will end up being.

Nepalis are getting fed up in Nepal, Nepalis are getting fed up in New York City, Nepalis are getting fed up all across the world.

April 9
April 8 Event

In The News

Security forces, Maoists clash in Butwal NepalNews
His Majesty calls all to work for permanent peace
Maoists leading and controlling anti-govt. protests: Minister Thapa
Demonstration continues across the country; protestors set fire to Lalitpur post office .... reports of clashes between police and demonstrators and arrest of dozens of party activists across the country...... The Patan area remains tense following the incident with a large number of people still continuing demonstrations in the area. The demonstrators burnt the district post office of Lalitpur and also torched two government motorcycles. Police fired many rounds of tear gas shells and baton-charged protesters who were demonstrating defying prohibitory orders........ Police also arrested dozens of protestors from New Road area at around 2:30 p.m...... According to the CPN-UML, party activists demonstrated at various parts of the capital and major cities outside the Valley...... Demonstrations were carried out by the SPA activists in Bhaktapur, Kirtipur and various other parts of Kathmandu including Ason, Tyaud, Balaju, Maitidevi, Gongabu, Thamel, Kalanki, Thahiti and Basundhara........ Police arrested at least 60 activists from Kalanki. At Chahabil, demonstrators vandalised four taxis. A private vehicle was vandalized at Sorhakhutte. At Baneshwor, demonstrators vandalised a trolley bus........ In Kirtipur, student protestors vandalised the office of the vice-chancellor of the Tribhuvan University. Nearly two-dozen protestors were injured in a clash between students and police following the incident...... party activists demonstrated in Pokhara, Biratnagar, Butwal, Janakpur and Hetauda.....
Doctors, Bank, Corporation employees join pro-democracy movement Employees working at government banks, telecommunication and electricity offices and Teaching Hospital have joined the pro-democracy movement launched by the Seven Party Alliance (SPA)...... chanted anti-government slogans in many offices ...... Premal Khanal, General Secretary of Nepal Bank Employees’ Association said have brought all the works of the bank to a halt expressing solidarity to the pro-democracy movement....... Professional Alliance, an umbrella organization of over 4.8 million employees, said that all employees will come to the street on Saturday...... Employees Union, Doctors’ Association, Nursing Association and Nepal Professors Association....... also demanded early release of all protestors arrested from pro-democracy rallies
Sarlahi attack minor incident: Govt. Spokesman
Amnesty condemns arrest of political activists
International communities express concern over government crackdown

Over 750 held in Nepal Hindu, India
Nepal parties claim hundreds arrested day 2 of strike Monsters and Critics.com
750 pro-democracy protesters arrested in Nepal, government says Canada.com
Hundreds arrested in Nepal protest Guardian Unlimited
Pitched battles in Nepal, 750 held Times of India, India Police fired tear gas and fought frenzied street battles with protesters on Friday on the second day of a strike ..... Of the 751 people arrested, 115 were sent to prison under a tough public safety law that allows authorities to jail people without charge for 90 days, home minister Kamal Thapa said...... we are doing what we can to foil the protest......
Nepal's Opposition Defends Rebel Alliance ABC News
Protests continue in Nepal as foreign allies condemn Govt. Hindu
India's Nepal dilemma Rediff, India
CPI(M) flays crackdown on Nepal's leaders Hindu
CPI-M seeks New Delhi's intervention in Nepal NewKerala.com
Fresh Protests Erupt in Nepal New York Times, United States
Nepal King prays for peace; rebels run amok Deccan Herald
Nepal King to announce poll dates on April 14 Hindustan Times
Nepal Maoists warn Manisha Koirala Daily News & Analysis, India
UN Asks for Ceasefire in Nepal Prensa Latina
Hundreds flee Nepal, enter bordering Bihar areas NewKerala.com, India
Protests in Nepal turn violent on second day International Herald Tribune, France
Students, cops clash on Day II of Nepal strike Hindustan Times
Day Two: Violence continues in Nepal Daily News & Analysis, India
Fighting Caste-Discrimination in the Context of Conflict in Nepal Mero Sansar, NY
Nepal Makes Mass Arrests of Pro-Democracy Protesters New York Times
US' comment on Nepal's new political development Mero Sansar
Nepal losing control, strike taking serious turn against Royal ... International Reporter, India chasing protesters down narrow lanes and beating them with batons...... Japan requests that no more arrests be made and those arrested be released as promptly as possible. ..... India said the arrests were counterproductive. ``We are concerned over the arrests and detention, once again, of several political leaders, professionals and students which we strongly deplore'' .....
Curfew, Emergency May be Imposed in Nepal: Home Minister CRI, China Kamal Thapa said that the government could impose a curfew or declare a state of emergency
Democracy Brings Nepal to Knees Prensa Latina, Cuba For the second consecutive day, a general strike against King Gyanendra´s authoritarianism has brought Friday normal life in Nepal to a standstill, with over a thousand political leaders and activists arrested.
Violence mars Nepal general strike on 2nd day+ TMCnet
Hundreds detained in Nepal ISN, Switzerland
Nepal‘s Opposition Defends Rebel Alliance The Westfall Weekly News, Canada With no letup in street protests or a rebel insurgency, opposition politicians argued Thursday that their unlikely alliance with guerrillas was the best way to force the king to restore democracy and end the violence.... "Our liberation army has been able to shoot down the sophisticated night vision helicopter. This ... has taken our fighting to a new level," a rebel statement said..... Working with the Maoists "is a gamble," said Ram Sharan Mahat of the Nepali Congress...... If the king fell, "the Maoists would be armed; the parties would be unarmed," U.S. Ambassador James Moriarty said in a speech earlier this year. "This stark scenario leaves the parties, and the people, defenseless against ideological ‘partners‘ long used to settling arguments with a gun."

Kirtipur And Patan Through Lesns United We Blog
Royal Madness
General Strike Day II Updates
General Strike Day I Diary
On Photos: April Uprising I

Patan: 1990 Revisited INSN
Reports On Arrests
Protestors Declare Kirtipur Independent
Day I: One Killed, Hundreds Arrested Nationwide
Two Hurt In Police Firing
Protestors Police Clash All Over The Valley

Curfew, Emergency could be imposed: Home Minister Kantipur Publications
King Gyanendra inaugurates WHF silver jubilee celebrations
Over two dozen injured, three dozen arrested in Pokhara, Chitwan
Over 200 arrested, dozens injured; police open fire in Patan, Dang
Bank, Corporation employees join protests
EU, Japan criticize crackdown
Doctors join protests
250 held, 2 dozen injured in districts
Day1 of general strike: 500 arrested nationwide
Annan troubled by arrest of political leaders
सहरहरू तनावग्रस्त
एमाले नेताको मृत्यु
मुलुकभर प्रदर्शन
अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय समुदायद्वारा गिरफ्तारीको निन्दा
चिकित्सक पनि आन्दोलित
पहिरो रोके गाउँलेले
राष्ट्रसेवकहरूको अवमूल्यन
कानुन जिताउने आन्दोलन

Phalano.com: Day 1 Photos, Day 2 Photos

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15:55

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