Comments on: Nepal: Money Needed For Movement http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/02/13/money-needed-for-movement/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:04:52 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: neish http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/02/13/money-needed-for-movement/comment-page-1/#comment-301115 neish Fri, 13 Oct 2006 17:15:16 +0000 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/globalvoices/?p=6548#comment-301115 how many stamps does one need to mail letters to kathmandu nepal? or do i go to the post office and they do it for me..? how many stamps does one need to mail letters to kathmandu nepal? or do i go to the post office and they do it for me..?

]]> By: Paramendra http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/02/13/money-needed-for-movement/comment-page-1/#comment-26634 Paramendra Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:54:48 +0000 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/globalvoices/?p=6548#comment-26634 Jeanette. You seem to buy into the king's propaganda, and invent some of your own. (1) The Chinese Communist Party has no relationship whatsoever with either the Nepali Maoists or the Naxalites in India. The CCP actually disapproves of both. So China marching into Kathmandu is a figment of your imagination. (2) The Nepali Maoists are fighting for a democratic republic like India and America are, not for a communist republic. (3) The idea is not to "destroy" the Maoists, but to mainstream them, to disarm them. (4) Deploying Indian troops into Nepal is out of question. India instead could impose economic sanctions to weaken the autocratic regime and help the democracy movement. Jeanette.

You seem to buy into the king’s propaganda, and invent some of your own.

(1) The Chinese Communist Party has no relationship whatsoever with either the Nepali Maoists or the Naxalites in India. The CCP actually disapproves of both. So China marching into Kathmandu is a figment of your imagination.

(2) The Nepali Maoists are fighting for a democratic republic like India and America are, not for a communist republic.

(3) The idea is not to “destroy” the Maoists, but to mainstream them, to disarm them.

(4) Deploying Indian troops into Nepal is out of question.

India instead could impose economic sanctions to weaken the autocratic regime and help the democracy movement.

]]> By: Jeanette Rodrigues http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/02/13/money-needed-for-movement/comment-page-1/#comment-26473 Jeanette Rodrigues Tue, 14 Feb 2006 05:27:45 +0000 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/globalvoices/?p=6548#comment-26473 While agreeing that King Gynendra's attempt to democratise Nepal is a farce, we must not forget that the only power committed enough to destroy the Maoist threat in Nepal is King Gyanendra. Right now, India's main concern is to flush out the Maoists from out of Nepal so that it can tackle them and consequently eliminate the menace. The moment Nepal doesn't have a leader, the people will turn to the Maoists for guidance. Democracy will have a turbulent birth in that country and the interim will cost India dear. Once the Maoists take control of Kathmandu, it won't be long before China stamps its authority over the valley and the Maoist menace in India (known as Naxalite violence) will worsen. The solution India must adopt must be partly political and partly economic. Alongwith troop deployment into Nepal, India must also invest in the kingdom. Just as the Indian businesshouse of Tata has now ventured into Bangladesh, the Indian governement must provide diplomatic backing and protection for any business house willing to invest in Nepal. This is the only way to truely democratise Nepal. While agreeing that King Gynendra’s attempt to democratise Nepal is a farce, we must not forget that the only power committed enough to destroy the Maoist threat in Nepal is King Gyanendra. Right now, India’s main concern is to flush out the Maoists from out of Nepal so that it can tackle them and consequently eliminate the menace. The moment Nepal doesn’t have a leader, the people will turn to the Maoists for guidance. Democracy will have a turbulent birth in that country and the interim will cost India dear. Once the Maoists take control of Kathmandu, it won’t be long before China stamps its authority over the valley and the Maoist menace in India (known as Naxalite violence) will worsen.

The solution India must adopt must be partly political and partly economic. Alongwith troop deployment into Nepal, India must also invest in the kingdom. Just as the Indian businesshouse of Tata has now ventured into Bangladesh, the Indian governement must provide diplomatic backing and protection for any business house willing to invest in Nepal. This is the only way to truely democratise Nepal.

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