Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Hamro Nepal Will Not Be Registered


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When you are looking at Hamro Nepal, you are looking at the cutting edge. I got news for you. The organization that has been described as the "world's first digital democracy organization" in the blogosphere will not be registered.

There will be no country chapters. There will be only one organization, unregistered, existing in cyberspace, but for its members to decide on the screen time, face time dynamic, hence vastly decentralized. You are looking at the cloud model of group dynamics.

The action is here: Hamro Nepal Virtual Parliament.

All you got to do to become a member is to commit yourself to a Democratic Republic in Nepal and submit your full name, email address and phone number. That is all there is to it.

The organization is fast evolving.

Many people looking at Hamro Nepal through the eyes of a traditional organization are not unlike A Plant Looking At An Animal. You got to see Hamro Nepal for what it is.

Hamro Nepal does events, but that is not centrally decided. Actually, the organization has no center. That is one of the things the cloud model of group dynamics means.

The traditional event is where you get people together in a formal setting. You likely have a stage. But the Hamro Nepal ways are different. You could organize a massive conference on a topic where people talk for five minutes each into the phone, from wherever they are. And you amass all those MP3 files at one place. And that is a conference. Or you organize a small get together in an informal setting and digitally record all the talk. That is also an event. Or you could organize a traditional, big event, and blog the whole thing. Cover it with text, audio, photos, video.

The whole idea is to prove geography irrelevant.

As Hamro Nepal grows, it will spew off a think tank that could play a key role in delivering a double digit economic growth rate for Nepal, year in year out, for 30 years.

So all those members who have signed up but are waiting for Hamro Nepal to be "registered" before they will go on their membership drives, I have news for you: the future is now.

Now you are no longer limited by geography. Any Nepali anywhere on the planet is a potential member. If you want to become a Central Committee member, all you got to do is sign up 100 members. And you are in. The structure is meritocratic, the structure is transparent.

We got to make the best possible use of the forthcoming ANA convention.

Democracy Diwali 10

We have to organize the 100,000 Nepalis in America. How else will they earn voting rights? More than one organization can get into it. It does not matter that the 100,000 Nepalis will join different organizations. As long as you are a member of at least one organization that has signed up to earn voting rights, and as long as that organization is part of the network, you are fine.

But of all organizations, Hamro Nepal is best situated to grow fast. Because it is so simple.

And the digital divide does not get in the way. Bridge activists act the go between for those who are offline and the organization's online backbone.

So stop whining, start talking. Engage in debate. Get down to dialogue. Go rumbo.

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What's Wrong With The ANA Convention


What's Wrong With The ANA Convention

A prominent Janajati person commented to me on Saturday that he has for the large part avoided the ANA conventions. It tends to be exclusive, just like Nepal. The social justice agenda is very much pertinent also in the mini Nepal of America. The Bahuns just get fatter in America, their hearts don't change.

But boycotting is not enough. Work has to be done to form a strong DaMaJaMa coalition. That is the more effective way.

Bahunbad is alive and well also in America.

Janajati Sammelan

I attended the day long event on Saturday. And some promiment speakers used the word "Madhise" and "madisey" to mean Madhesi. Those people are banging their heads against the concrete wall.

It is high time the Janajati either launched a political party, or joined forces with the Sadbhavana.

The Sadbhavana could be a great vehicle for the Madhesi-Janajati coalition.

Dr. Om Gurung told me a Janajati-Dalit-Madhesi coalition has been formed in Morang. I urged him to form the same in all the other districts.

Janajati Sammelan At The New School

Surya Bahadur Thapa

I got to spend time with him on Sunday. Listening to him comment on Nepali politics is like watching soccer to me. He knows the craft, the contours. He is quite a player.

Surya Bahadur Thapa

Girija: Same Old, Same Old

The guy is showing his colors, alright. He talks of a ceremonial monarchy, and that means he is against a republic. And he is talking of decentralization: that means he is against federalism. In short, the guy is against a federal republic.

The social justice forces will just have to see him for what he is. He is part of the old guard Bahun brigade. There is an urgent need to organize against him.

Just like only a revolution pushed the king out, only major political organizing at the grassroots level will show the Koirala Congress its true size.

ANTA

The Association of the Nepali Terain in America (ANTA) should be taking the lead on the Madhesi issue now that the constituent assembly has been secured. But its officers are too busy doing the social thing. As soon as they start asking the hard questions, the nobody Pahadis of the American diaspora are going to socially part ways with them. That is how they seem to feel.

Youth Council's Limitations

The Youth Council in the city might have held a few rallies, a few programs, written a few letters to a few office holders, but it is no mass based organization. It has about 10 core members, and maybe 50-100 supporters. And it also has a few other limitations. It is affiliated with one particular political party, the Koirala Congress. Some of its patrons are elitist. The organization is territorial. It is not for a republic, because the Koirala Congress is not for a republic. It lags behind on the social justice agenda.

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President, Hamro Nepal

Some Pahadis are really struggling with the fact that a Madhesi leads the organization. At the level of earning voting rights for the 100,000 Nepalis in America, the Pahadis in America have the mentality of the Madhesis in Nepal.

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