CA revival or fresh elections?

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Constituent Assembly revival or fresh elections

 Personally  I am in favour of CA revival because it will save time, cost, it will prevent polarization of society, and it will definitely guarantee Constitution. Prashant Jha, in his article, also fears of some kind of uncertainty if new election is held. He writes:

Elections are more democratic and will accurately reflect the new balance of forces. But the outcome is almost certain to be fragmented. Will the next house, which will consists of parties who have fought elections purely on positions of federalism, be able to throw up a document of compromise? The interim constitution did not envisage that CA would not produce a constitution, but Nepal no longer has that luxury of not contemplating failure; how will it deal with a scenario where a social contract is not drawn again. And listening to the conservatives — those who mythologize the 90s and want to go back to that period — will not work. Radical democrats, republicans, federalists and secularists will wage a battle for survival to protect existing achievements.
 
On Oct 28, 2012, the retired judges of Supreme Court have suggested to go for fresh CA election rather than to opt for the revival of CA. 

Posted by Govind Thapa at 6/13/2012 06:45:00 PM

Taming domestic problem first

Taming domestic problem first

Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Taming domestic problems first
The problems of justice and security begin from our doorsteps; so do the solutions. If we look into the causes of every problem we find ‘human being’ sitting down at the root. The solutions of problems are perceived by people from different perspectives and proximity. Today societies suffer from inequity, inequality, injustice, and insecurity. These are also basic factors for conflict in the societies. Global/world security is more political in nature. The first thing we can start right now is: address these local problems. These are domestic, more important and urgent than regional problems. Let these be tackled first then we can think of regional politics, not at this moment.
Posted by Dr. GP Thapa at 10:41 AM 1 comments

Magar's origin and history

Aug 10, 2015

बागलुँग मगर समाजले “मगर आवाज” भन्ने पत्रिकाको विमोचन गरायो । त्यसमा एम. एस. थापा र नरु थापाका लेख पनि छन् । एम. एस. थापा मगरको उत्पत्ति  बारे लेख्नु हुन्छ–

कुनै पनि जातिको ऐतिहासिक एवम् साँस्कृतिक परम्परालाई दृष्टिगत नगरी ठाडै हिन्दु हो भन्नु वा झाँक्री, भुत, प्रेत, पितृ र प्रकृति पुजालाई मात्र दृष्टिगत गरी मगरहरुलाई प्रकृति पुजक वा वोन धर्मावलम्बी भन्नु गलत हो । …..प्राचीन समयमा मगरहरुलाई बृजि, बाज्जी, बिज्जि आदि भन्न्थ्यिो । …..अहिले पनि घर गाउँमा गैर मगरलाई गाली गर्दा बजिया शब्द प्रयोग गर्ने चलन छ । यस बजिया शब्दले पनि मगर हरु बृजि भएको थप पुष्टि गर्छ । …आजका मगरहरुलाई प्राचीन लिच्छवी (बृजि) भनिन्थ्यो एवम् लिच्छवी बंशजका बुद्ध र अशोक भएको प्रष्ट देखिन्छ । ….यि सबै ऐतिहासिक तथ्याँक बाट बुद्ध मगर जातिकै देखिन्छ ।
आफनो लेखमा नरु थापा लेख्नु हुन्छ–आर्यन हरुले वेद र उपनिषदहरुमा जताजतै उल्लेख गर्ने गरेको नाग, किन्नर, र गन्धर्व यिनै सौभार वंशीय किराती वा जनजातिहरु हुन् । काठमाण्डौलाई पहिला नागदह भनिन्थ्यो नागदह इलाकामा नागवंशीय मगर राजा कर्कोटले राज्य गर्द थिए । उनले आफनो रक्षार्थ आजको नागार्जनमा नागजौंग किल्ला खडा गरेका थिए । नागजौंगनै अपभ्रंश भएर नागर्जुन हुन पुगेको हो त्यस्तै नागदहको पानी नागहरुले (नागवंशीय मगर) प्रयोगमा ल्याउने हुनाले सो ठाउँहरुलाई नागहरु आहाल खेल्ने ठाउँ भन्दा भन्दै अपभ्रंश भएर नाग आहाल गर्ने ठाउँ नाग आहाल र नेपाल हुन गएको हो ।