Democracy For Nepal

The Madhesi issue is the number one issue in Nepal. It is bigger than the Dalit, Janajati and Mahila issues put together. It is bigger than the poverty issue.

Madhesis of the world, unite.

There is a need for a revolution within a revolution. Democracy will not be enough. So a movement to establish democracy is not enough. There is need for more.

This is a Pahadi Raja. That is why he needs to be shown the door. A Madhesi could be president.

The royal army is a Pahadi army, it needs to be dismantled. The Maobadi army is a Pahadi army, it needs to be dismantled. Nepal is a poor country, it does not need an army. One supreme goal of this revolution is to create a Nepal that does not have an army.

Baburam Bhattarai might be a revolutionary, but he is a Pahadi revolutionary. Look at his most recent writing: Baburam Bhattarai: Lokatantric Ganatantra Ko Prasab Bedana. The word Madhesi is missing.

Gagan Thapa might be a republican, but he is a Pahadi republican.

Have you seen the online photos of the revolution by the Pahadi journalists? Madhesis are missing. Madhesis have taken the lead, but they are missing.

When politicians started getting arrested before January 20, I was happy to note the Sadbhavana leaders had been spared. Only later I learned through a private email that it was not true the Sadbhavana leaders had not been arrested. They just did not make the news. The Pahadi patrakars had decided they were only going to report on the Pahadi arrests.

The nobody Pahadis in the American diaspora reek of intense prejudice.

If there are five central figures in this revolution worldwide, I am one of them. Madhav Nepal acknowledges that, and he is the person who is going to be the first president of Nepal. He might say I am one, and he is another. But I am being generous, I am saying five.

I routinely interact with Pahadi activist amateurs who are part timers, who probably can't spell the word politics correctly. But I have written a whole full-fledged constitution for the country. I am second to none in this revolution in the message department, be it in Nepal or India or Europe, America, Australia, Hong Kong, Arabia.

There was a rally on September 16. I was politely passed over. There was a rally a few days back and I was politely passed over. That does not inhibit my political productivity. My blog reaches a global audience like magic. I don't need no rally, I got my own mega microphone, bigger than anyone else's.

But the thing about the rally on Friday is at that point in time I also was doing well in the organization department. I am the founding president of Hamro Nepal which has been hailed in the blogosphere as the "world's first dital democracy organization." But Pahadi media has still to pick it up.

In the diaspora I am the father of the idea that moral support and lobbying is not enough, we need to extend logistical support. The nobody Pahadis of the Nepal Democracy Google group kicked me out when I was busy shaping the medical emergency details back in November. I saw Gongabu in November.

Money, message, organization.

But I have not been mentioned once in the Kathmandu media. I get mentioned vociferously in private circles. But god forbid these Pahadis go official with their fascination with the Paramendra Bhagat name. Every accomplished Pahadi I ever met really struggles with the idea of Madhesi leadership. BBC World Service wants to talk to me, BBC Nepali Service pretends I don't exist.

Well, folks, I want the king out because I want to see some Madhesi president within an election cycle. In the mean time let Madhav Nepal warm the seat.

Pahadi kranti is not going to cut it. Madhesis need to wake up now. There is a need for a Madhesi kranti. There is a need for a revolution within a revolution.

The token Madhesis, and the internalized prejudice Madhesis, and the slave mentality Madhesis are like the Mandale Pahadis. They are no good for the Madhesi cause any more than Mandales are good for democracy. Shun them.

My personal life does not depend on any Pahadi. My career neither. As for Hamro Nepal, I get reminded of the Subhash Chandra Bose line, tum mujhe khoon do, main tumhe ajadi doonga. The Pahadi nobodies in America need me to attain political dignity. When you go grocery shopping, you don't do the grocery store a favor.

क्रान्ितलाई नबुझ्नु, बुझ पचाउनु
ये तो क्रान्ित है
यो सडक ितम्र्ो हो
हृदयेश त्रिपाठी: मधेसी समस्या र राज्यको पुनर्संरचना
संघीय गणतन्त्र
कांग्रेसले रोज्नुपर्ने बाटो
अहिंसाका प्रश्न
डा बाबुराम भट्टराईलाई शान्तिको सन्देश
डा बाबुराम भट्टराई: आन्दोलनको उत्कर्ष र त्रस्त सत्ता
मधेशी अधिकारको कुरामा पहाडीहरुको सहभागीता
प्रवासी नेपाली: "नैतिक समर्थन कायम राख्दै भौतिक समर्थन थप्ने।"
भूपि शेरचन, गोपालप्रसाद रिमाल, प्रवर जिसी
मधेशी पहचान
देशव्यापी पम्फलेटिङ
प्रहार गरिहालौं
अइ आन्दोलनमें मधेशी अधिकारके बात
लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नै किन?
चुनाव बहिष्कार बाहेक विकल्प छैन: सात दल

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Hamro Nepal: Draft Constitution
Interim Constitution, Revolutionary Parliament
Constituent Assembly: 300 Seats Of Roughly Equal Population
Crime, Organized Crime, Terrorism, State Terrorism
BBC Calls
April Revolution: Document Every Atrocity
The Fascists In Kathmandu
Kamal Thapa Is A Nazi
Hamro Nepal All Set To Be Launched
Kamal Thapa Going Jail, Kamal Thapa Chukkie Pissing
Dinesh Tripathi, Your Worst Nightmare
Needed: Dynamic Agreement, Concrete Eight Party Alliance
Surya Subedi, Not A Democrat
Undeclared Ceasefire, Decisive Movement
The King's Clowns And The Baathists Of Iraq
Dinesh Tripathi Raising Dust
Up The Ante: Smart Sanctions
Congress Not Yet For A Republic
Govind Shah: Social Inclusion Of Madheshi Community In Nation Building
The Demosphere Manifesto
Organization: Hamro Nepal
Money, Message, Organization
"Robin Hood Im Internet"
Conspiring Against Democracy Is Treason And Can Be Legally Punished
One King Is Six Blind Men
RNA To Deliver Mail
Not Journalism But Politics At The Speed Of Thought
Subedi Surya, Not Surya Subedi
Hridayesh Tripathi Arrested
Republic Of Nepal Flag
Curfews Will Not Save The Crown
Tea, Coffee Or Soda?
Dinesh Tripathi, "Arthur Kinoy Of Nepal"
Janakpur Rally, Biggest In Nepal Since 1990
Nepal Needs To Be Hitting The World Headlines: Write To The Media
PCP: Pahadi Chauvinist Pig
Forget Constituent Assembly, Head Straight For A Republic
Proposed Republican Constitution

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Madhesi
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Tibetans And Madhesis

In The News

3RD LD NEPAL 2 LAST
Outlook (subscription), India - Apr 4, 2006
Hundreds of activists belonging to the Madhesi community today staged demonstrations in Nayabaneshwor to extend solidarity to the seven-party pro-democracy ...

Police arrest 15 leaders from protest rally
Nepalnews.com, Nepal - Apr 4, 2006
Police arrested 15 leaders of seven agitating political parties from a protest rally organized by Madhesi community to support the general strike of seven ...

Nepal King tightens anti-terror law
India Monitor, UK - Apr 5, 2006
... Meanwhile, the police arrested over 50 activists belonging to the Madhesi community, including Nepal Sadbhavana Party (A) general secretary Rajendra Mahato ...

Dozens of political activists detained from demonstrations
Kantipur Online, Nepal - Apr 4, 2006
Activists from the Madhesi community were arrested from a protest organized to mark its solidarity with the upcoming nationwide general strike called by the ...

Nepal Govt bans mass meetings; 50 activists arrested
Outlook (subscription), India - Apr 4, 2006
... Police arrested over 50 activists belonging to the Madhesi community, including Nepal Sadbhavana Party (A) general secretary Rajendra Mahato, NSP Vice ...

Alliance Call: Take to Streets on April 8
Himalayan Times, Nepal - Mar 13, 2006
... aims to restructure the state and establish inclusive and total democracy to accommodate women, indigenous and nationalities communities, Madhesi community and ...

Gorkhapatra

Nepal's steps for free press significant: Mission member
Gorkhapatra, Nepal - Mar 26, 2006
... of Nepalese Journalists (FNJ), but it includes several groups like Sancharika Samuha, Jagaran Media and media group related to Madhesi community," he said. ...

HEARING ANYONE FOR PEACE IN NEPAL?
PeaceJournalism.com, Nepal - Mar 12, 2006
... At the same time, a few affiliates of the Maoists––the Tamuwan National Liberation Front, Magarat National Liberation Front and Madhesi National Liberation ...

Participation of Women Increasing in Nepalese Media
OhmyNews International, South Korea - Mar 14, 2006
... Similarly, 8.7 percent Chhetri, 14.7 percent Indigenous groups, 9.8 Newar, 1.8 percent Madhesi & Dalit, and 0.4 percent from the Muslim community are ...

On The Web

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