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 ।

Seminar on Origin of Magar

आज आफ्नै जातिका बारेमा छलफल थियो अर्थात मगरको उत्पत्ती र नामाकरण बिषयमा । नेपाल प्राग्या प्रतिस्ठान का कुलपती बैरागी काइला मुख्य अतिथी र मगर अध्ययन केन्द्र का अध्यछ डा गोविन्द प्रसाद थापा को सभापतित्वमा भएको गोस्ठीमा बिष्णु सिन्जालिको अवधारणा पत्रमा प्रा डा प्रेम कुमार खत्री तथा
डा रमेश कुमार ढुङेलको टिप्पणी साथ प्रारम्भ भएको छलफलमा धेरै वक्ताहरुले आफ्नो धारणा राख्नुभयो । य्स्तो गहन बिषयमा आगामी दिनहरुमा पनि छलफल हुनुपर्ने सुझावका साथ गोस्ठी सम्पन्न भयो ।

Upon Iman Singh Chemjong's book

Late Iman Singh Chemjong was a historian. His book 'History & Culture of the Kirat People' is a much applauded book among Kiranti people. However, Saurabh has found some anomalies in his work. Here is the link to that article of Saurabh.

https://www.kantipurdaily.com/koseli/2013/11/29/309740.html

Buddha's Birth Place

Buddha's Birth Place

Over 2,600 years ago, the Buddha was born in a natural grove, where rare and beautiful flowers bloomed and one could hear the humming of five different types of bees. Queen Maya Devi was passing through this earthly paradise on the way to her parents’ house when the pangs of labor began. After bathing in a nearby pond the queen walked 25 paces, took support of a sal tree and gave birth standing up. The infant Buddha then took seven steps forward and declared that this would be his final birth.

There are many versions of this well-known story, but they all take place at the same sacred site: Lumbini, Nepal. In the time since the Buddha’s birth, individuals as well as organizations have played a role in discovering, maintaining, and developing Lumbini as a Buddhist pilgrimage site, beginning with Ashoka, the Mauryan emperor of the 3rd century B.C.E who first marked the place with one of his stone edicts. In 1967 U Thant, then secretary general of the United Nations, called international attention to the neglected site, in accordance with a wish from the Nepali government. Presently, Lumbini is undergoing a complex development process. Unlike long-established pilgrimage sites such as Varanasi, Mecca, or Lourdes, Lumbini was rediscovered only a little over a century ago.

5th Century B.C.E.
Siddhartha Gautama is born.

3rd Century B.C.E.
Emperor Ashoka erects a stone pillar, proclaiming Lumbini as the Buddha’s birthplace.

5th and 7th centuries C.E.
Two famed Chinese pilgrims, the monks Fa-hsien (Faxian) and Hsuan-Tsang (Xuanzang), make pilgrimages to Lumbini, writing down detailed travel accounts of their journeys.

14th century C.E.
Ripu Malla, the king of Jumla (now a district in modern Nepal), carves his name on the upper portion of the Ashoka pillar.

1896
The longstanding interest of the ruling British authorities in finding
the location of the neglected site bears fruit, and Lumbini is rediscovered during explorations.

1967
UN secretary general U Thant visits Lumbini and presses for international cooperation to develop the Buddha’s birthplace.

1972
The renowned Japanese architect Kenzo Tange is assigned to create the “master plan” for Lumbini. It was completed in 1978.

1997
UNESCO declares Lumbini a World Heritage Site.

To watch a video about the Buddha’s birthplace today, click here.

To watch an interview with Venerable Metteyya about Lumbini, click here.

Images: Envelop from Lumbini, 29 July, 1970, courtesy United Nations Archives; Photograph of Ashokan Pillar © Ajay Pillarisetti; Photograph of U Thant courtesy UN Photo/Grunbaum; Lumbini master plan courtesy of United Nations Archive

Calling for Change Nepal

On April 9 we went to Patan Durbar Square where KUTUMB band was displaying music. This even was sponsored by Ncell. And the message was 'Calling for Change'. We liked it...the loud drums beating and young people dancing.