Important events in the History of Darjeeling Hills
BY BARUN ROY
REPRODUCED FROM FALLEN CICADA – UNWRITTEN HISTORY OF DARJEELING HILLS
1641 Penchoo Namgyé (PHUN-tSHOGS rNAM-rGYAL) is declared as the first Buddhist Gyalpo (King) of the nation of hBras-ma-lJongs or Sikkim.
1706 Bhutanese Army captures a part of Sikkim
1730 The great Dutch Traveler Van De Putte, after his travel of Tibet and the fringes of Sikkim publishes his sketch map where he calls Sikkim ‘Brama-scjon’ a phonetic distortion of ‘hBras-ma-lJongs’.
1763 Monks from the Pemî.iộng.chî Monastery arrives at Darjeeling.
1765 The construction of the Dorŕ.jéeling Monastery is completed.
1814 The Nepąlese War – Between British East India Company and Nepal
1815 Treaty with Nepal and the start of Gőrkha recruitment in the British Army.
1816 The transfer of land captured by Bhutan back to Sikkim
1835 Lord William Bentick is given the entire of Darjeeling Hills through the Deed of Grant by the Sikkimputee Rajah Chophoe Namgyé.
1840 The Declaration of the Nepąlese Army Revolt
1841 The Sikkimputee Rajah Chophoe Namgyé receives 3,000 Rupees as emoluments on lieu of partying away with the Darjeeling Hills
1842 The emolument is increased to Rs. 6, 000
1850 Darjeeling Superintendent Dr. Campbell declares the population of Darjeeling to be 10,000
1865 British defeats Bhutan and captures Kalimpong and the DoOars
1869 Population of the Darjeeling town declared to be 22,000
1870 First Tea Plantation in the region
1879 The Darjeeling Steam Tramway Company commences work on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
1880 (March) Lord Lyton, the Viceroy of India becomes the first individual to travel on the ‘Tiny’.
1880 (August) Services of the ‘Tiny’ opened formally for the general populace.
1881 (July) Line is extended from K.rsǽng to Darjeeling. The Darjeeling Steam Tramway Company is renamed Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Company.
1885 (June) Line is extended from the Darjeeling Railway Station right to the Market Square / Gundreé Bazaar.
1887 (8th March) Dalbâhâdur Giri is born.
1895 A map showing the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway route is published in a German book called Die Entwicklung von Seeschiffahrt, Eisenbahn, Post und Telegraphie, in Berlin. Darjeeling is quoted as ‘Dardschilling’ and the average gradient of the Himalayan railway given as 1:36. Darjeeling becomes a ‘must visit’ place for the Europeans and Americans.
1897 (10th November) The first Hydro-electric undertaking in the Indian sub-continent, Sidrāpöng Hydro-electric station is inaugurated by C. C. Stevens, acting Lieutenant Governor of Bengal.
1899 Hajji1 Ghurmiya and his wife become the first pilgrims from Darjeeling to travel to Mecca.
1913 (November 5) Vivien Leigh is born at the Eden Sanatorium.
1915 A Branch of the railway is opened from Siligūrî to Kalimpong Road and named as the Teesta Valley Line.
1917 A memorandum for the declaration of a separate state (region) of Darjeeling Hills (Jậlpaîgūrî and Doars amalgamated) is submitted to the Secretary of State and the Viceroy of India.
1919 The famous Batasia Loop constructed.
1923 Treaty with Nepal
1924 (9th March) Dalbâhâdur Giri, Mahatma Gandhi’s close associate and an ardent freedom fighter dies. Mahatma Gandhi fasts and prays for the ‘great patriot’.
1925 Mahatma Gandhi arrives in Darjeeling
1926 (16th June) Deshbandhű Chitranjan Das dies at his Step Aside residence at the age of 55. The nation plunges into mourning.
1928 A memorandum is submitted to the Simon Commission for the separation of Darjeeling Hills from Bengal and the creation of an autonomous province / state.
1940 Sushil Chaterjee, Satyendranath Majumdar, Dr. Sachin Das Gupta, Ratanlal Brahmin and Bhadrabâhâdur Hamal establishes the Communist Party in Darjeeling Hills.
1942 Communist Party seeks for a separate ‘Gőrkhasthan’.
1943 All India Gőrkha League established. Darjeeling becomes the ‘Hill Bangkok’. As a recruitment centre for the Gorkhas and the sanatorium for the allied forces, Darjeeling is filled with British, Irish, Australian and American Soldiers. American, British and the Kuomintang Flags adorn the streets. The town prospers as war rages on.
1946 Ratanlal Brahmin seeks for the establishment of an autonomous administration for the economic upliftment of Darjeeling Hills.
1946 (9th May) Communist Party writes to the All India Gőrkha League stating its stance on the Gőrkhasthan.
1948 Pragatîsîl Nepąli Sahi.t.ya Parîshad established. The likes of Mahakavī Bal Kr.s.na Sam, Pundit Dharnidhar Koirala (Sharma), Parasmani Pradhan, Laxmī Prasad Deokata, and Agam Singh Giri for the first time brought together in one platform. Agam Singh Giri declares the beginning of the Golden Era of Nepąli language and literature.
1948 (20th October) Indian Government purchases the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway and absorbs it into the Indian Government Railways Organization.
1950 (21st July) India signs a treaty with Nepal. The Teesta Valley branch of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway closes following major washout. Darjeeling Himalayan Railway comes under the management of the Assam Railways Organization.
1952 M. B. Gurung leads a delegation of All India Gőrkha League leaders and submits a memorandum to Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Assam Railways including the Darjeeling Himalayan Railways and Oudh and Tirhut Railway regrouped into the North Eastern Railway zone. Chandan Singh Rawat becomes one of the first footballers from the Hills to play in Europe. He is dubbed as the ‘Human Locomotive’ by the Hamburg press. (May 29th) Swami Prabuddhananda dies.
1954 (May 29th) Tenzing Norgay unfurls the United Nations, England, Indian and the Nepąlese flag on Mount Everest. The soft spoken and humble ‘Sherpa’ from Darjeeling becomes a hero world wide. Darjeeling braces to become the spring board for Himalayan Expeditions.
1958 Darjeeling Himalayan Railways and ex-Assam lines transferred to the newly created North East Frontier Railway zone.
1962 Railway line realigned and extended from Siligūrî to New Jậlpaîgūrî for freight.
1963 (14th April) Pundit Rahul Sankritiyayan dies.
1964 (April) The New Jậlpaîgūrî – Darjeeling Rail line opened for general populace.
1969 The United Front Government of West Bengal gives recognition to use Nepąli language as an official language in the three sub-divisions of Darjeeling.
1978 Morarji Desai’s anti-Nepąlese statement brings life in Darjeeling Hills to a standstill.
1980 (30th July) Gőrkha National Liberation Front established.
1981 (13th April) All India Gőrkha League submits a memorandum demanding for a separate state to Home Minister Zail Singh.
1986 (13th March) Gőrkha National Liberation Front demands for the nullification of
1950 Indo-Nepal Treaty and for the formation of a separate Gorkhaland at its Ghoom session.
(12th May) The first 72 hours strike called. One of the first casualties of the Gorkhaland Movement occurs in the police firing – One dies, seven are injured.
(25th May) Police fires at GNLF cadres at K.rsǽng – 5 are killed and 22 injured.
(26th May) K.rsǽng plunges into indefinite strike. Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi declares “The Central Government would support the State Government on the question of Gorkhaland.”
(24th July) Home Minister Buta Singh during the ‘Question Hour’ in the Rajya Sabha answering to a question declares that without the State Government’s approval the Central Government could not act on the Issue.
(27th July) 9 protestors killed in police firing in Kalimpong. The town plunges into curfew.
(28th July) Six people succumb to injuries at hospital increasing the number of casualties to 15. 108 hours strike is called to protest the death.
(1st August) The 108 hours strike is increased to 120 hours strike.
(4th August) Police fires at protestors in Tindharia
(18th September) Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi declares – Bengal will not be divided.
(26th September) Chief Minister Jyoti Basu makes the statement – As long as I am the Chief Minister, Bengal will not be divided.
1987 (July 10) GNLF passes the resolution on the acceptance of an Autonomous Council.
(August 22) The Darjeeling Gőrkha Hill Council Accord is signed.
1992 (20th August) Nepąli Language included in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution
1999 Darjeeling Himalayan Railway granted World Heritage status by UNESCO
Sunday, 17 January 2010
Saturday, 16 January 2010
NEPAL: Heroes & Builders of Nepal
Source:THE HIMALAYAN BEACON [BEACON ONLINE] EXCLUSIVE
BY DIRGHA RAJ PRASAI
Dirgha Raj Prasai
Pous, a month as per the Bikram Era is known as the shortest month with short days and long nights. The period from 15 December to 12 January that lies in the same month holds its own significance. Modern history of Nepal was created in the period between the start and end of the month of Pous. Creator of the modern Nepal Prithvi Narayan Shah the Great, was born on 27 Poush or 10/11 January. The then king Mahendra assumed power abolishing the parliament to save Nepal from drowning on 1 Poush (13 December). Nepalese across the nation and non resident Nepalese illuminated butter lamps at houses against Indian expansionism while celebrating king Mahendra’s step on 1 Poush. Similarly, on 16 Poush, Nepali Congress leaders BP Koirala, Great Ganeshman, Shailaja returned from India citing danger to nationality and work closely with the monarchy to free the nation of Indian pressure. The creator Prithvi Narayan Shah the Great, king Mahendra, king Birendra and BP Koirala and Ganeshman Singh among the people’s representative can never be forgotten.
King Prithvi Narayan Shah the Great was born in the month of Pous created a greater Nepal to protect it from British attack. The British Empire, spreading in Asia, after getting hold of its influence in India had eyed on mountainous region of Nepal. It was not an easy task to fight British imperialistic force in the mid 18th century. But the nation’s nationality is in a dangerous turn. The rulers after the 2006 insulted the major policy of Unity in Diversity to disrespect the creator of the nation and national unification. They have disrespected the Nepal’s sovereignty by scraping public holiday on 27 Pous celebrated as National Unity Day. It is condemnable. Nepali people aspire for political stability and peace through the medium of parliamentary democracy. But an attempt has been made to break these very norms and ridicule the golden history of Nepal’s national unification.
It has to be noted that Prithvi Narayan Shah has mentioned a dream in his divine message as a source of encouragement for greater Nepal’s unification, “a girl of 8/9 years of age came to me holding two ‘Kadga’(sword) and I asked- ‘who’s daughter are you and she said she was the daughter of Priest Rana and handed me both the ‘Khadga’. Brought something from ‘Khokila’ and asked me to eat it. Your wishes have been fulfilled.” The girl of Magar caste had incited the king to create the foundation for national unification. In the initial stage Magar, Gurung, Khas, Thakuri, Bhramin including Kami, Damai, Sarki among other castes had helped in the campaign for unification. Later, all the castes supported the campaign. Prithvi Narayan Shah unified the small Hindu states and protected Buddhism and other religions. Because the king had kept the originality of mountainous Nepal was kept alive by allowing the Moon-Sun depicting flag to flutter, we Nepalese are proudly known in the world. Nepalese who disrespects and forgets Prithvi Narayan Shah will never be known as patriot.
What the then king Mahendra did on 1 Poush 2017 (15 December 1960) for prosperity of prosperous, sovereign Nepal and Nepalese is immortal in the history of nationalism. Before 1960, foreigners were free to purchase land in Nepal. After 1961, king Mahendra banned foreigners from purchasing Nepalese land. People were compelled to walk through Indian roads to move from one Nepali district to other. In 1961, King Mahendra laid the foundation for East-West Highway at Gailakot to free the people of Indian torment. Nepali language was continued as national language across the nation. Before 1960, 90% of Indian currency notes were in use which was removed and use of Nepali currency was made compulsory. Our pride was restored. King Mahendra without any condition asked the Indian force deployed for security of Nepal to leave.
King Mahendra incorporated the phrase ‘Hindu Kingdom’ in the constitution upgrading the morale of India and Hindus all over the world. His work increased Nepal’s prestige. He introduced Nepal in the United Nations by adopting the ideology of foreign policy. He maintained a balanced friendship with Chinese powerful leader Mao Ze Dong and Indian powerful Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. King Mahendra introduced more than 50 industries and organizations that directly benefit the people, fulfilled the essential as education, health, transportation, roads construction, irrigation, electricity. In 17 August, 1963 the late King introduced the Muluki Ain (people’s code) and made attempt to break untouchables, caste discrimination and policy of gender-discrimination. In 1955 he declared land reform act and abolished landlords, secured the right of farmers by ending Birta system. That is why he is immortal.
Likewise, patriotic King Birendra was born in 14 Poush (29 December). King Mahendra’s decision to continue Hindu Kingdom in the constitution and King Birendra’s proposal to declare Nepal a zone of peace are the norms of the Nepal’s prestige and security opinion. King Birendra supported the democratic norms and rules. He made the people’s direct participation in the nation’s development and went on nation-wide tour encouraging all sectors. He bore the expenditure and arranged for medical treatment in US for BP Koirala, King Mahendra and his opposition. King Birendra held referendum on state’s political system reflecting the democratic image of Nepal’s monarchies. He played a big role in development based on geography in mountains, hills and Tarai plains.
Congress leaders among BP Koirala and Ganeshman Singh living in exile in India returned on 16 Poush (31 December 1976) in condition of working hand-in-hand with the monarchy with the slogan of national reconciliation. BP Koirala acknowledging danger upon Nepal’s nationality after Sikkim was annexed by India returned to Nepal. Since then he has been alive in Nepal’s democracy. Although BP’s brother Girija has burned all his ideologies, although BP’s views will not be forgotten by Nepal’s society. All sides may agree with BP’s ideologies that came after 1976. There is no alternative to move ahead in unison between King Mahendra’s nationalism and BP’s democratic socialism. Lastly, the month of Pous reminds us of the leadership and creators in Nepal. King Mahendra, King Birendra, democratic leader BP Koirala, Ganeshman Singh are remembered in month of Pous while on 27 Poush nation’s creator Prithvi Narayan Shah is venerable.
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Source:THE HIMALAYAN BEACON [BEACON ONLINE] EXCLUSIVE
BY DIRGHA RAJ PRASAI
Dirgha Raj Prasai
Pous, a month as per the Bikram Era is known as the shortest month with short days and long nights. The period from 15 December to 12 January that lies in the same month holds its own significance. Modern history of Nepal was created in the period between the start and end of the month of Pous. Creator of the modern Nepal Prithvi Narayan Shah the Great, was born on 27 Poush or 10/11 January. The then king Mahendra assumed power abolishing the parliament to save Nepal from drowning on 1 Poush (13 December). Nepalese across the nation and non resident Nepalese illuminated butter lamps at houses against Indian expansionism while celebrating king Mahendra’s step on 1 Poush. Similarly, on 16 Poush, Nepali Congress leaders BP Koirala, Great Ganeshman, Shailaja returned from India citing danger to nationality and work closely with the monarchy to free the nation of Indian pressure. The creator Prithvi Narayan Shah the Great, king Mahendra, king Birendra and BP Koirala and Ganeshman Singh among the people’s representative can never be forgotten.
King Prithvi Narayan Shah the Great was born in the month of Pous created a greater Nepal to protect it from British attack. The British Empire, spreading in Asia, after getting hold of its influence in India had eyed on mountainous region of Nepal. It was not an easy task to fight British imperialistic force in the mid 18th century. But the nation’s nationality is in a dangerous turn. The rulers after the 2006 insulted the major policy of Unity in Diversity to disrespect the creator of the nation and national unification. They have disrespected the Nepal’s sovereignty by scraping public holiday on 27 Pous celebrated as National Unity Day. It is condemnable. Nepali people aspire for political stability and peace through the medium of parliamentary democracy. But an attempt has been made to break these very norms and ridicule the golden history of Nepal’s national unification.
It has to be noted that Prithvi Narayan Shah has mentioned a dream in his divine message as a source of encouragement for greater Nepal’s unification, “a girl of 8/9 years of age came to me holding two ‘Kadga’(sword) and I asked- ‘who’s daughter are you and she said she was the daughter of Priest Rana and handed me both the ‘Khadga’. Brought something from ‘Khokila’ and asked me to eat it. Your wishes have been fulfilled.” The girl of Magar caste had incited the king to create the foundation for national unification. In the initial stage Magar, Gurung, Khas, Thakuri, Bhramin including Kami, Damai, Sarki among other castes had helped in the campaign for unification. Later, all the castes supported the campaign. Prithvi Narayan Shah unified the small Hindu states and protected Buddhism and other religions. Because the king had kept the originality of mountainous Nepal was kept alive by allowing the Moon-Sun depicting flag to flutter, we Nepalese are proudly known in the world. Nepalese who disrespects and forgets Prithvi Narayan Shah will never be known as patriot.
What the then king Mahendra did on 1 Poush 2017 (15 December 1960) for prosperity of prosperous, sovereign Nepal and Nepalese is immortal in the history of nationalism. Before 1960, foreigners were free to purchase land in Nepal. After 1961, king Mahendra banned foreigners from purchasing Nepalese land. People were compelled to walk through Indian roads to move from one Nepali district to other. In 1961, King Mahendra laid the foundation for East-West Highway at Gailakot to free the people of Indian torment. Nepali language was continued as national language across the nation. Before 1960, 90% of Indian currency notes were in use which was removed and use of Nepali currency was made compulsory. Our pride was restored. King Mahendra without any condition asked the Indian force deployed for security of Nepal to leave.
King Mahendra incorporated the phrase ‘Hindu Kingdom’ in the constitution upgrading the morale of India and Hindus all over the world. His work increased Nepal’s prestige. He introduced Nepal in the United Nations by adopting the ideology of foreign policy. He maintained a balanced friendship with Chinese powerful leader Mao Ze Dong and Indian powerful Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. King Mahendra introduced more than 50 industries and organizations that directly benefit the people, fulfilled the essential as education, health, transportation, roads construction, irrigation, electricity. In 17 August, 1963 the late King introduced the Muluki Ain (people’s code) and made attempt to break untouchables, caste discrimination and policy of gender-discrimination. In 1955 he declared land reform act and abolished landlords, secured the right of farmers by ending Birta system. That is why he is immortal.
Likewise, patriotic King Birendra was born in 14 Poush (29 December). King Mahendra’s decision to continue Hindu Kingdom in the constitution and King Birendra’s proposal to declare Nepal a zone of peace are the norms of the Nepal’s prestige and security opinion. King Birendra supported the democratic norms and rules. He made the people’s direct participation in the nation’s development and went on nation-wide tour encouraging all sectors. He bore the expenditure and arranged for medical treatment in US for BP Koirala, King Mahendra and his opposition. King Birendra held referendum on state’s political system reflecting the democratic image of Nepal’s monarchies. He played a big role in development based on geography in mountains, hills and Tarai plains.
Congress leaders among BP Koirala and Ganeshman Singh living in exile in India returned on 16 Poush (31 December 1976) in condition of working hand-in-hand with the monarchy with the slogan of national reconciliation. BP Koirala acknowledging danger upon Nepal’s nationality after Sikkim was annexed by India returned to Nepal. Since then he has been alive in Nepal’s democracy. Although BP’s brother Girija has burned all his ideologies, although BP’s views will not be forgotten by Nepal’s society. All sides may agree with BP’s ideologies that came after 1976. There is no alternative to move ahead in unison between King Mahendra’s nationalism and BP’s democratic socialism. Lastly, the month of Pous reminds us of the leadership and creators in Nepal. King Mahendra, King Birendra, democratic leader BP Koirala, Ganeshman Singh are remembered in month of Pous while on 27 Poush nation’s creator Prithvi Narayan Shah is venerable.
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Gorkha Freedom Fighters listings
source: barunroy on January 16, 2010
The listing below is in alphabetical order
Amar Singh Thapa
Agam Singh Giri
Bhagat Bir Lama (Martyr)
Bhim Singh Rana (Martyr)
Balbhadra Chhetri
Bairagi Baba
Bhairav Singh Lama
Buddhiman
Bir Bahadur Gurung
Bishan Singh Khatri
Bishan Singh Rana
Bishnu Lal Upadhayay
Bhakta Bahadur Pradhan
Bhagwan Singh Thapa
Bhim Bahadur Khadka
Bhim Lal Shamra
Captain Dal Bahadur Thapa (Martyr)
Captain Ram Singh Thakur
Chandra Kumar Sharma
Chabilal Upadhyay
Dal Bahadur Giri
Dig Bir Singh Ramudamu
Dalbir Singh Lohar
Dhruba Singh Thapa
Devi Prasad Sharma
Dharmananda Upadhyay Mishra
Damber Singh Hingman
Gorey Khan
Gaga Tshering Dukpa
Gopal Singh Rana
Gopal Singh Shahi (Martyr)
Hari Prashad Upadhayay
Harish Chhetri
Hoshiyar Singh Karki
Hari Prashad
Hira Singh Khatri
Ishworananda Gorkha
Indrani Thapa (Martyr)
Jung Bir Sapkota
Jai Narayan Upadhayay Nepal
Kumud Chandra Gorkha
Krishna Bahadur Sunwar
Khadga Bahadur Singh Bista
Laxman Limbu
Lal Bahadur Basnet
Man Bahadur Thapa (Martyr)
Mohan Singh Thapa (Martyr)
Major Durga Malla (Martyr)
Master Mitra Sen Thapa
Mahabir Giri
Maya Devi Chhetri
Norbu Lama
Norbir Lama
Neetanand Tim Sinha
Pratiman Singh Lama
Parash Ram Thapa
Putlimaya Devi
Pushpa Kumar Ghisingh
Punna Singh Thakur
Padam Prasad Dhungel
Prem Singh Bista (Martyr)
Ratan Singh Lama
Ram Lal Upadhyay
Ram Singh Gurung
Shyam Bahadur Thapa (Martyr)
Samsher Singh Bhandari
Shyam Singh Shahi
Shiv Singh Thapa
Sher Bahadur Thapa
Sher Bahadur Allay
Sharker Dev Sharma
Savitri Devi
Thakur Prasad Kumai
Tej Bahadur Thapa (1)
Tej Bahadur Thapa (2)
Tej Bahadur Subba
source: barunroy on January 16, 2010
The listing below is in alphabetical order
Amar Singh Thapa
Agam Singh Giri
Bhagat Bir Lama (Martyr)
Bhim Singh Rana (Martyr)
Balbhadra Chhetri
Bairagi Baba
Bhairav Singh Lama
Buddhiman
Bir Bahadur Gurung
Bishan Singh Khatri
Bishan Singh Rana
Bishnu Lal Upadhayay
Bhakta Bahadur Pradhan
Bhagwan Singh Thapa
Bhim Bahadur Khadka
Bhim Lal Shamra
Captain Dal Bahadur Thapa (Martyr)
Captain Ram Singh Thakur
Chandra Kumar Sharma
Chabilal Upadhyay
Dal Bahadur Giri
Dig Bir Singh Ramudamu
Dalbir Singh Lohar
Dhruba Singh Thapa
Devi Prasad Sharma
Dharmananda Upadhyay Mishra
Damber Singh Hingman
Gorey Khan
Gaga Tshering Dukpa
Gopal Singh Rana
Gopal Singh Shahi (Martyr)
Hari Prashad Upadhayay
Harish Chhetri
Hoshiyar Singh Karki
Hari Prashad
Hira Singh Khatri
Ishworananda Gorkha
Indrani Thapa (Martyr)
Jung Bir Sapkota
Jai Narayan Upadhayay Nepal
Kumud Chandra Gorkha
Krishna Bahadur Sunwar
Khadga Bahadur Singh Bista
Laxman Limbu
Lal Bahadur Basnet
Man Bahadur Thapa (Martyr)
Mohan Singh Thapa (Martyr)
Major Durga Malla (Martyr)
Master Mitra Sen Thapa
Mahabir Giri
Maya Devi Chhetri
Norbu Lama
Norbir Lama
Neetanand Tim Sinha
Pratiman Singh Lama
Parash Ram Thapa
Putlimaya Devi
Pushpa Kumar Ghisingh
Punna Singh Thakur
Padam Prasad Dhungel
Prem Singh Bista (Martyr)
Ratan Singh Lama
Ram Lal Upadhyay
Ram Singh Gurung
Shyam Bahadur Thapa (Martyr)
Samsher Singh Bhandari
Shyam Singh Shahi
Shiv Singh Thapa
Sher Bahadur Thapa
Sher Bahadur Allay
Sharker Dev Sharma
Savitri Devi
Thakur Prasad Kumai
Tej Bahadur Thapa (1)
Tej Bahadur Thapa (2)
Tej Bahadur Subba
NEPAL IN SEARCH OF LOST IDENTITY
January 15th, 2010
BY: PREM RAJ
INTRODUCTION
South Asia is injured and bleeding due to the chicaneries of India using her intelligence agencies as the tools of governance within and without the frontiers of her country to make its dream of expansionism realize by grabbing the land, sucking the resources and placing its own stooges in the parliaments of neighbouring countries. Whether it’s Bangladesh, Bhutan, Pakistan, Srilanka, Myanmar, Tibet or Nepal, the water resources are being ceased by India while making barrages and dams all along to turn the neighbour’s land barren and this aqua bombing has since long been pounding but it is an apathy on the part of suffering countries who are keeping silent on this criminal quagmire thus making it more mournful and lugubrious. All the intelligence agencies of India, especially the “RAW” are following the philosophy of “Chankya”alias Kautilya (literal meaning ‘crooked’). ‘Chankya’ advocates deceit, guile, hypocrisy, machination, killing and gore are nearly 2500 years old lessons adopted by ‘RAW’ truly following her God Father (Chankya). With a friend like you (India) who needs a foe. Indian doctrine to display friendly gesture towards any country means becoming parasite and thus making it weaker by sucking its resources. ‘Chankya’ teaches that to whom you want to kill, first make him a thick friend and cut his main artery when offers you his neck and then let every one know of this truth but no one would believe rather they all would become sympathetic that you have lost the senses when confessing the guilt. The inbuilt geographical weakness of Nepal has been blessed with the cactus called land locked country fully being cashed by India through her ‘RAW’ the RASCAL. Name anything and there one finds the impure hands of ‘RAW’ scratching Nepal’s proud & rich civilization having its roots since time immemorial. Whether it’s a parliament or drafting of constitution, eviction of monarchy or driving out Maoists from the government, according of citizenship to an unauthorized Indians or the matter of electricity, the massacre of king’s family or grabbing the precious land of Nepal, every where there hangs a logo of India enameled with intrigue set by the ‘RAW’. What a comic tragedy, if one asks a common citizen that who is the Prime Minister of Nepal, he would simply reply that ‘Swine Sood’ is the Premier of Nepal.GREATER NEPAL
“GREATER NEPAL” is a concept or a dream yet to be realized. The existing Nepal is not the real picture of Nepal depicting its bonafide land as that had been shrinked due to the mischief of India getting in to intrigue with some of the Nepalese leaders at the helm of an affair at that point of time when the Britishers were leaving this subcontinent. India kept folding the precious land and the leaders of Nepal kept grabbing the benefits or the bones thrown by India. This selling of their motherland is still continuing by the politicians to be purchased by India on a much lesser rate than the prostitute who sells her chastity. The book written by “Jasoosi ko Jaalo” by Saroj Adhikari” a well renowned journalist has mentioned until the time of publishing of the book, it has been revealed there are an estimated 70,000 people working in ‘RAW’ including 30,000 permanent secret agents, part timers and agents. Likewise, it is assumed that there are about 15,000 ‘RAW’ agents deployed in countries including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Srilanka, Maldives, Afghanistan, Bhutan, China & Nepal. The activities of ‘RAW’ in all its neighbouring countries clearly expose its intention. Another famous writer Wang Khangwe Jo, a Professor of Beijing Institute of Asian Pacific Studies, has said, “Bharat wants to make Nepal a second Sikkim or Bhutan”. Further he said, that the leaders of Nepal who are always complaining of foreign intervention in the country, when they get to the power, they are the ones dancing to the tunes of the foreigners in order to remain in power.
These politicians do not mind even the drifting of border pillars today when India trying to encroach the land of Nepal because making objection means loosing the seat or position in the parliament due to the prevailing hegemonic influence of India on Nepal. Where as the UNNF (United Nepal National Front) and other nationalist organizations in Nepal are demanding for the lawful return of Nepal’s extended territories beyond present boundaries that were ceded by the British East India Company after the Saugauli treaty. At the public meeting organized in Ratnapark, the president of UNNF, Mr. Phanindra Nepal a flag bearer of the concept of ‘Greater Nepal’ demanded that the idea of ‘Greater Nepal’ must be included in the new constitution that is to be drafted by the Constituent Assembly in Nepal. “In the year 1960, The UN Security Council had passed a resolution against Colonization, in such a scenario India can no longer occupy Nepal’s legitimate territories”, Mr. Phanindra Nepal said. As per the International Laws, in the absence of the British East India Company with which the Nepal Government had signed the treaty in 1816, that automatically becomes null and void and the ceded lands must be handed over to Nepal as in no way India has any right to illegally possess the same. In addition, the clause 8 of the 1950 treaty of Peace and Friendship with India clearly advocates that “with this treaty in force, the past treaties signed by Nepal become obsolete” which mean that the territories lost by Nepal under the Saugauli treaty automatically should fall back to Nepal. But who will bell the cat as India is alien to the decent and friendly language. Will this be done by the parliamentarians to include the stance in the new constitution which looks to be impossible or by the UN Security Council to implement the resolution but who will agitate the point when annoying Bharat Mata who is sitting like a serpent in Nepal in the shape of ‘RAW’ and the only course left for the Nationalist Groups is to launch a public awareness to create momentum in the movement against India for the rightful cause of taking the land back from the mouth of this ‘Alligator’ called India.
NEPAL’S CONSTITUTION
The preparation of constitution of Nepal is still in dole drum. It is a daunting task to complete the constitution by May 28th, 2010, as it has yet to be clothed in the first draft which is long awaited. All the major parties almost get in to the rifts whenever it sets forth its direction. If the parties are sincere to give constitution to the nation then they have to change their working style while paying no heed to the Indian dictation. The tragedy is there are some who always look towards the Indian ambassador ‘Rakesh Sood’ to score the point rather than keeping in mind the interest of the country. They always have an idea that their blessings begin and end in Delhi. This is the vital reason of the constitution not getting in to shape. There are many challenges the constitution is facing like confrontational position amongst the political parties and the prevalent situation deprived of peace process in the country. These both forms are the outcome of Indian doctrine so to create unrest and unhealthy atmosphere for the constitution to breathe in Nepal. This must be remembered that any nation without constitution is no nation and there is always the constitution which brings people at par with the world at large and thus describe their character, justice and moral philosophies of life. There is lot to be done in context of the constitution within six months but every time obstructions being created by those who are dancing like puppets in the hands of an unseen forces primarily keeping the strings obviously lead by the “RAW” are the real culprits whiling away the precious time of this poor nation. It is rumoured that draft of Constitution of Nepal by the Constituent Assembly is a humbug as the same has already been prepared by India, if so the parliamentarians will always remain answerable to the people of Nepal who had bestowed trust on them to draft a ‘New Constitution of Nepal’ and not the one imported from Delhi having written on its face, ‘The Constitution of Nepal, (Made in India)’.
INDIA STRETCHING LEGS IN NEPAL & TARGETING TERAI
How doleful it is that India through its illegitimate son ‘RAW the Rascal’ is bent upon mounting on to the back bone of Nepal called Terai region which is the precious economic belt of the country. It is continuously changing the demographic complexion of ‘Terai”. ‘RAW’ is mostly pushing the criminals and the offenders across the independent border existing between Nepal and India. These criminals are ruthlessly on behest of this very monstrous ‘RAW’ are involved in the heinous offences like raping women, killing innocent civilians and looting villages adjacent to the border areas, thus forcing people to flee. Since its independence in 1947, India has been settling the outlawed in the jungles and various parts of Terai especially in the border areas that have been stealing the precious wood from the jungles of Terai and then moving it to India. Now this sizeable force of Indian origin works as eyes and ears of the ‘RAW’ against Nepal and China to safeguard the interest of India. They are fully armed and can explode violence in Terai region as and when asked by the ‘RAW’. Not only this hundreds and thousands of Indians have contracted forcible marriages with the Nepalese women, hence during the period of last Interim Government, the Indians managed to get the Citizenship Act passed, by virtue of which all those Indians related to Nepalese by marriage and their offspring, were given Nepalese Citizenship. The aim is to have Indian population ascendancy to outnumber the real Nepalese origin people to make them elect as MPs in the parliament, thus in turn to safeguard Indian interests.
But interestingly a dangerous kind of contraband item is in use called FICN (Fake Indian Currency Notes) floating mostly by the Indian agents of the’ RAW’ infiltrating in to Nepal. The Indian fake currency is being sent across the border for the purpose of collapsing the economy of Nepal. Not only had this in all the major sectors Indian hegemony is exposed seriously thus causing alarm in the society as well.
‘RAW’ has sent its agents in Nepal, in the guise of journalists who are mainly working in the Himalayan Times and also in Kantipur whereas the editorial staff belongs to India, for the purpose of propagation and justifying the India’s hegemonic designs. Most of the Indian agents have got married in Nepal which provides them the natural cover for conducting subversive acts.
All the outfits and the criminals are being provided weapons in Terai by agents of the ‘RAW”. The main aim is to cut Terai morally, physically and isolate it from rest of Nepal. And after doing so capture it like Sikkim & Bangladesh while making hue and cry in the world that this adventurism has been done only to save the people of Terai from the aggression of Nepal’s Army. Man Mohan Singh must not fall prey to ‘RAW’s” scheme of intelligence because these buffoons lack intelligence and so untrustworthy they are that always tries to stab their benefactors like got killed Mrs. Indira Gandhi and same way the ‘RAW’ wrote the fate of her son (Rajiv Gandhi) to bring him to a point where the suicide bomber was there to embrace him for death. The ‘RAW’ did all this massacre of Nehru family because it could not digest the popularity of this elite family who had devoted their lives in the politics of their country and more so had spent billions of rupees on up-bringing of this illegitimate spoilt son of India. But what a price they had to pay for the kind gestures displayed by the family of Nehru and the reward paid by the ‘RAW’ to drive them one by one to an altar to get slaughtered. So if the ‘RAW’ is pampering Mr. Man Mohan Singh to chop off Terai from rest of Nepal and annex it with India to mount on the back bone of Nepal may turn out to be a nightmare like Hitler who tried to go on to Ukraine to satisfy its lust for wealth. The people of Nepal will never allow this misadventure of India committing a folly on behest of ‘RAW the Rascal’. India has to shed away the hypocritical style of hegemonic designs like her going in to Sri Lanka with the motive of capturing it but failed miserably, moving in to Bangladesh with the aim of making it her colony but her aim went in vain, spending billions of rupees on subversive activities of ‘RAW’ to disturb peace of Pakistan but since long hitting her head with a strong wall, India is leaving no stone unturned to create fuss in Tibet to stand against China and not allowing Nepal to construct 16 miles shingle road adjoining Nepal with China to form hurdles to restrict trade & commerce between the two countries.
After giving illegally the right of Citizenship to almost 80,000 Indians, having well settled on the grabbed Land of Nepal fully loaded with weapons and making Hindi as an official language would force Nepalese to hibernate in the refugee camps that too in their own country exactly on the lines of Bhutanese, hence before ‘RAW’ tries to inject this menace, the nation has to strike against thugs of the ‘RAW” mostly working under the umbrella of ‘Rubbish Swine’.
UNBECOMING OF AN AMBASSADOR
In Nepal, Rakesh Sood is popularly known as ‘Rubbish Swine’ who mostly displays the conduct ‘Unbecoming of an Ambassador’ and is mostly remembered as a miscreant, a rake and a rogue. There are so many spy net works working under-cover of diplomatic mission in Nepal but still no action has been taken against the ‘RAW’. ‘RAW’ was responsible for the Royal massacre through its agent named ‘Devyani Rana’ and it was done so to destabilize the country. The same tradition is being followed by the Unbecoming of an Ambassador the one and the only ‘Rubbish Swine’ who in all the sectors of Nepal have planted agents of the ‘RAW’ to disturb peace in the country. Is there any country in the world where rules the unelected members who sit in a parliament except in Nepal and wear the caps of a Foreign Minister to the Premier, solely by the ‘Rubbish Swine’ having blessings of the Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh. Rubbish Swine is a ‘Vulture of Fortune’ who draws the luck lines on the palm of politicians for the ultimate gains of India. The impression outside the world is given as if Nepal is not a sovereign state but is one of the states of India. India through ‘RAW’ was the one which provided weapons to the Maoists to make the country crawl on its knees and after making her weak brought Maoists in to power, the group called as the terrorist that too none other than the India herself. And when the Maoists looked towards China to break the iron curtain of Land Locked Country and Mr. Parchanda had all the plans to visit China for the second time but was forced by Delhi through ‘Rubbish Swine’ to step down and that too once for all. At that point of time the extra ordinary jumping of ‘Rubbish Swine’ like a monkey was a worthwhile show to witness his maestro gutsy gestures of withering one elected government and shoe polishing the members on the other who had lost miserably in the elections but yet being garlanded as victorious to rule the country. Unbecoming of an Ambassador displays hateful debonair and is in a habit of summoning the parliamentarians to Indian embassy as to mark their presence in the school of faithfulness like the kindergarten students are counted in the class. But here these buffoons of parliamentarians of Nepal are baptized by the ‘RAW’ to do all those acts where India stands like pylon and Nepal as Pygmalion. Rakesh Sood will always be remembered like the character of a ‘SHYLOCK’ as in Shakespeare’s drama.
Rakesh Sood is a real ‘Rubbish Swine’ an active agent of the ‘RAW’ & an Unbecoming of an Ambassador, the character of a Shylock in the history of Nepal and the one who turned Indian embassy in Nepal, in to a den of spies.
CONCLUSION
India has all along been intoxicated to drive South Asian states to concur with an idea of designing hegemony which has never hesitated to culture economic strangulation, political blackmailing and even carrying out naked aggression against the neighbouring countries. But Nepal has suffered a lot due to the treacherous tentacles spread by the ‘RAW’ which almost sits on the wealth of the country. Nepal’s traditional pride of having to be ruled by the king was abolished due to the massacre in the palace hatched by the ‘RAW” to kneel down the country for its ulterior motive. India, compelling Deputy President of Nepal to announce ‘Hindi’ as an official language which had met the major opposition from the public sector. Awarding citizenship of Nepal to those who were hardened criminals and were mainly settled by the ‘RAW’ in the border areas. Most of the land comprising of thousands of hectors area was grabbed by India. And the most hateful personality, an unbecoming of an ambassador, the persona non gratis, and the only ‘RUBBISH SWINE” enjoys facilities like the ruler of Nepal.
There are so many pitfalls made by India, which have compelled Nepal to search for her lost identity and yet voicing ‘Nepal as my friend’.
“I DESTROY MY ENEMIES WHEN I MAKE THEM MY FRIENDS”
Abraham Lincoln
source:wwwlankaweb.com
January 15th, 2010
BY: PREM RAJ
INTRODUCTION
South Asia is injured and bleeding due to the chicaneries of India using her intelligence agencies as the tools of governance within and without the frontiers of her country to make its dream of expansionism realize by grabbing the land, sucking the resources and placing its own stooges in the parliaments of neighbouring countries. Whether it’s Bangladesh, Bhutan, Pakistan, Srilanka, Myanmar, Tibet or Nepal, the water resources are being ceased by India while making barrages and dams all along to turn the neighbour’s land barren and this aqua bombing has since long been pounding but it is an apathy on the part of suffering countries who are keeping silent on this criminal quagmire thus making it more mournful and lugubrious. All the intelligence agencies of India, especially the “RAW” are following the philosophy of “Chankya”alias Kautilya (literal meaning ‘crooked’). ‘Chankya’ advocates deceit, guile, hypocrisy, machination, killing and gore are nearly 2500 years old lessons adopted by ‘RAW’ truly following her God Father (Chankya). With a friend like you (India) who needs a foe. Indian doctrine to display friendly gesture towards any country means becoming parasite and thus making it weaker by sucking its resources. ‘Chankya’ teaches that to whom you want to kill, first make him a thick friend and cut his main artery when offers you his neck and then let every one know of this truth but no one would believe rather they all would become sympathetic that you have lost the senses when confessing the guilt. The inbuilt geographical weakness of Nepal has been blessed with the cactus called land locked country fully being cashed by India through her ‘RAW’ the RASCAL. Name anything and there one finds the impure hands of ‘RAW’ scratching Nepal’s proud & rich civilization having its roots since time immemorial. Whether it’s a parliament or drafting of constitution, eviction of monarchy or driving out Maoists from the government, according of citizenship to an unauthorized Indians or the matter of electricity, the massacre of king’s family or grabbing the precious land of Nepal, every where there hangs a logo of India enameled with intrigue set by the ‘RAW’. What a comic tragedy, if one asks a common citizen that who is the Prime Minister of Nepal, he would simply reply that ‘Swine Sood’ is the Premier of Nepal.GREATER NEPAL
“GREATER NEPAL” is a concept or a dream yet to be realized. The existing Nepal is not the real picture of Nepal depicting its bonafide land as that had been shrinked due to the mischief of India getting in to intrigue with some of the Nepalese leaders at the helm of an affair at that point of time when the Britishers were leaving this subcontinent. India kept folding the precious land and the leaders of Nepal kept grabbing the benefits or the bones thrown by India. This selling of their motherland is still continuing by the politicians to be purchased by India on a much lesser rate than the prostitute who sells her chastity. The book written by “Jasoosi ko Jaalo” by Saroj Adhikari” a well renowned journalist has mentioned until the time of publishing of the book, it has been revealed there are an estimated 70,000 people working in ‘RAW’ including 30,000 permanent secret agents, part timers and agents. Likewise, it is assumed that there are about 15,000 ‘RAW’ agents deployed in countries including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Srilanka, Maldives, Afghanistan, Bhutan, China & Nepal. The activities of ‘RAW’ in all its neighbouring countries clearly expose its intention. Another famous writer Wang Khangwe Jo, a Professor of Beijing Institute of Asian Pacific Studies, has said, “Bharat wants to make Nepal a second Sikkim or Bhutan”. Further he said, that the leaders of Nepal who are always complaining of foreign intervention in the country, when they get to the power, they are the ones dancing to the tunes of the foreigners in order to remain in power.
These politicians do not mind even the drifting of border pillars today when India trying to encroach the land of Nepal because making objection means loosing the seat or position in the parliament due to the prevailing hegemonic influence of India on Nepal. Where as the UNNF (United Nepal National Front) and other nationalist organizations in Nepal are demanding for the lawful return of Nepal’s extended territories beyond present boundaries that were ceded by the British East India Company after the Saugauli treaty. At the public meeting organized in Ratnapark, the president of UNNF, Mr. Phanindra Nepal a flag bearer of the concept of ‘Greater Nepal’ demanded that the idea of ‘Greater Nepal’ must be included in the new constitution that is to be drafted by the Constituent Assembly in Nepal. “In the year 1960, The UN Security Council had passed a resolution against Colonization, in such a scenario India can no longer occupy Nepal’s legitimate territories”, Mr. Phanindra Nepal said. As per the International Laws, in the absence of the British East India Company with which the Nepal Government had signed the treaty in 1816, that automatically becomes null and void and the ceded lands must be handed over to Nepal as in no way India has any right to illegally possess the same. In addition, the clause 8 of the 1950 treaty of Peace and Friendship with India clearly advocates that “with this treaty in force, the past treaties signed by Nepal become obsolete” which mean that the territories lost by Nepal under the Saugauli treaty automatically should fall back to Nepal. But who will bell the cat as India is alien to the decent and friendly language. Will this be done by the parliamentarians to include the stance in the new constitution which looks to be impossible or by the UN Security Council to implement the resolution but who will agitate the point when annoying Bharat Mata who is sitting like a serpent in Nepal in the shape of ‘RAW’ and the only course left for the Nationalist Groups is to launch a public awareness to create momentum in the movement against India for the rightful cause of taking the land back from the mouth of this ‘Alligator’ called India.
NEPAL’S CONSTITUTION
The preparation of constitution of Nepal is still in dole drum. It is a daunting task to complete the constitution by May 28th, 2010, as it has yet to be clothed in the first draft which is long awaited. All the major parties almost get in to the rifts whenever it sets forth its direction. If the parties are sincere to give constitution to the nation then they have to change their working style while paying no heed to the Indian dictation. The tragedy is there are some who always look towards the Indian ambassador ‘Rakesh Sood’ to score the point rather than keeping in mind the interest of the country. They always have an idea that their blessings begin and end in Delhi. This is the vital reason of the constitution not getting in to shape. There are many challenges the constitution is facing like confrontational position amongst the political parties and the prevalent situation deprived of peace process in the country. These both forms are the outcome of Indian doctrine so to create unrest and unhealthy atmosphere for the constitution to breathe in Nepal. This must be remembered that any nation without constitution is no nation and there is always the constitution which brings people at par with the world at large and thus describe their character, justice and moral philosophies of life. There is lot to be done in context of the constitution within six months but every time obstructions being created by those who are dancing like puppets in the hands of an unseen forces primarily keeping the strings obviously lead by the “RAW” are the real culprits whiling away the precious time of this poor nation. It is rumoured that draft of Constitution of Nepal by the Constituent Assembly is a humbug as the same has already been prepared by India, if so the parliamentarians will always remain answerable to the people of Nepal who had bestowed trust on them to draft a ‘New Constitution of Nepal’ and not the one imported from Delhi having written on its face, ‘The Constitution of Nepal, (Made in India)’.
INDIA STRETCHING LEGS IN NEPAL & TARGETING TERAI
How doleful it is that India through its illegitimate son ‘RAW the Rascal’ is bent upon mounting on to the back bone of Nepal called Terai region which is the precious economic belt of the country. It is continuously changing the demographic complexion of ‘Terai”. ‘RAW’ is mostly pushing the criminals and the offenders across the independent border existing between Nepal and India. These criminals are ruthlessly on behest of this very monstrous ‘RAW’ are involved in the heinous offences like raping women, killing innocent civilians and looting villages adjacent to the border areas, thus forcing people to flee. Since its independence in 1947, India has been settling the outlawed in the jungles and various parts of Terai especially in the border areas that have been stealing the precious wood from the jungles of Terai and then moving it to India. Now this sizeable force of Indian origin works as eyes and ears of the ‘RAW’ against Nepal and China to safeguard the interest of India. They are fully armed and can explode violence in Terai region as and when asked by the ‘RAW’. Not only this hundreds and thousands of Indians have contracted forcible marriages with the Nepalese women, hence during the period of last Interim Government, the Indians managed to get the Citizenship Act passed, by virtue of which all those Indians related to Nepalese by marriage and their offspring, were given Nepalese Citizenship. The aim is to have Indian population ascendancy to outnumber the real Nepalese origin people to make them elect as MPs in the parliament, thus in turn to safeguard Indian interests.
But interestingly a dangerous kind of contraband item is in use called FICN (Fake Indian Currency Notes) floating mostly by the Indian agents of the’ RAW’ infiltrating in to Nepal. The Indian fake currency is being sent across the border for the purpose of collapsing the economy of Nepal. Not only had this in all the major sectors Indian hegemony is exposed seriously thus causing alarm in the society as well.
‘RAW’ has sent its agents in Nepal, in the guise of journalists who are mainly working in the Himalayan Times and also in Kantipur whereas the editorial staff belongs to India, for the purpose of propagation and justifying the India’s hegemonic designs. Most of the Indian agents have got married in Nepal which provides them the natural cover for conducting subversive acts.
All the outfits and the criminals are being provided weapons in Terai by agents of the ‘RAW”. The main aim is to cut Terai morally, physically and isolate it from rest of Nepal. And after doing so capture it like Sikkim & Bangladesh while making hue and cry in the world that this adventurism has been done only to save the people of Terai from the aggression of Nepal’s Army. Man Mohan Singh must not fall prey to ‘RAW’s” scheme of intelligence because these buffoons lack intelligence and so untrustworthy they are that always tries to stab their benefactors like got killed Mrs. Indira Gandhi and same way the ‘RAW’ wrote the fate of her son (Rajiv Gandhi) to bring him to a point where the suicide bomber was there to embrace him for death. The ‘RAW’ did all this massacre of Nehru family because it could not digest the popularity of this elite family who had devoted their lives in the politics of their country and more so had spent billions of rupees on up-bringing of this illegitimate spoilt son of India. But what a price they had to pay for the kind gestures displayed by the family of Nehru and the reward paid by the ‘RAW’ to drive them one by one to an altar to get slaughtered. So if the ‘RAW’ is pampering Mr. Man Mohan Singh to chop off Terai from rest of Nepal and annex it with India to mount on the back bone of Nepal may turn out to be a nightmare like Hitler who tried to go on to Ukraine to satisfy its lust for wealth. The people of Nepal will never allow this misadventure of India committing a folly on behest of ‘RAW the Rascal’. India has to shed away the hypocritical style of hegemonic designs like her going in to Sri Lanka with the motive of capturing it but failed miserably, moving in to Bangladesh with the aim of making it her colony but her aim went in vain, spending billions of rupees on subversive activities of ‘RAW’ to disturb peace of Pakistan but since long hitting her head with a strong wall, India is leaving no stone unturned to create fuss in Tibet to stand against China and not allowing Nepal to construct 16 miles shingle road adjoining Nepal with China to form hurdles to restrict trade & commerce between the two countries.
After giving illegally the right of Citizenship to almost 80,000 Indians, having well settled on the grabbed Land of Nepal fully loaded with weapons and making Hindi as an official language would force Nepalese to hibernate in the refugee camps that too in their own country exactly on the lines of Bhutanese, hence before ‘RAW’ tries to inject this menace, the nation has to strike against thugs of the ‘RAW” mostly working under the umbrella of ‘Rubbish Swine’.
UNBECOMING OF AN AMBASSADOR
In Nepal, Rakesh Sood is popularly known as ‘Rubbish Swine’ who mostly displays the conduct ‘Unbecoming of an Ambassador’ and is mostly remembered as a miscreant, a rake and a rogue. There are so many spy net works working under-cover of diplomatic mission in Nepal but still no action has been taken against the ‘RAW’. ‘RAW’ was responsible for the Royal massacre through its agent named ‘Devyani Rana’ and it was done so to destabilize the country. The same tradition is being followed by the Unbecoming of an Ambassador the one and the only ‘Rubbish Swine’ who in all the sectors of Nepal have planted agents of the ‘RAW’ to disturb peace in the country. Is there any country in the world where rules the unelected members who sit in a parliament except in Nepal and wear the caps of a Foreign Minister to the Premier, solely by the ‘Rubbish Swine’ having blessings of the Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh. Rubbish Swine is a ‘Vulture of Fortune’ who draws the luck lines on the palm of politicians for the ultimate gains of India. The impression outside the world is given as if Nepal is not a sovereign state but is one of the states of India. India through ‘RAW’ was the one which provided weapons to the Maoists to make the country crawl on its knees and after making her weak brought Maoists in to power, the group called as the terrorist that too none other than the India herself. And when the Maoists looked towards China to break the iron curtain of Land Locked Country and Mr. Parchanda had all the plans to visit China for the second time but was forced by Delhi through ‘Rubbish Swine’ to step down and that too once for all. At that point of time the extra ordinary jumping of ‘Rubbish Swine’ like a monkey was a worthwhile show to witness his maestro gutsy gestures of withering one elected government and shoe polishing the members on the other who had lost miserably in the elections but yet being garlanded as victorious to rule the country. Unbecoming of an Ambassador displays hateful debonair and is in a habit of summoning the parliamentarians to Indian embassy as to mark their presence in the school of faithfulness like the kindergarten students are counted in the class. But here these buffoons of parliamentarians of Nepal are baptized by the ‘RAW’ to do all those acts where India stands like pylon and Nepal as Pygmalion. Rakesh Sood will always be remembered like the character of a ‘SHYLOCK’ as in Shakespeare’s drama.
Rakesh Sood is a real ‘Rubbish Swine’ an active agent of the ‘RAW’ & an Unbecoming of an Ambassador, the character of a Shylock in the history of Nepal and the one who turned Indian embassy in Nepal, in to a den of spies.
CONCLUSION
India has all along been intoxicated to drive South Asian states to concur with an idea of designing hegemony which has never hesitated to culture economic strangulation, political blackmailing and even carrying out naked aggression against the neighbouring countries. But Nepal has suffered a lot due to the treacherous tentacles spread by the ‘RAW’ which almost sits on the wealth of the country. Nepal’s traditional pride of having to be ruled by the king was abolished due to the massacre in the palace hatched by the ‘RAW” to kneel down the country for its ulterior motive. India, compelling Deputy President of Nepal to announce ‘Hindi’ as an official language which had met the major opposition from the public sector. Awarding citizenship of Nepal to those who were hardened criminals and were mainly settled by the ‘RAW’ in the border areas. Most of the land comprising of thousands of hectors area was grabbed by India. And the most hateful personality, an unbecoming of an ambassador, the persona non gratis, and the only ‘RUBBISH SWINE” enjoys facilities like the ruler of Nepal.
There are so many pitfalls made by India, which have compelled Nepal to search for her lost identity and yet voicing ‘Nepal as my friend’.
“I DESTROY MY ENEMIES WHEN I MAKE THEM MY FRIENDS”
Abraham Lincoln
source:wwwlankaweb.com
Indian Intervention in Afghanistan- A Reality Check
Col. R.Hariharan, C3S Paper No.427 dated January 9, 2010
Recently the question of India stepping into the American shoes in Afghanistan when the U.S. and allies withdraw their troops is being debated by many strategic analysts. In particular Nitin Pai and Rohit Pradhan writing in the Pragati January 2010 issue have made a strong case for Indian military intervention in Afghanistan; Dr. Subhash Kapila writing in www.southasiaanalysis.org has focused on the need for India to evolve contingency plans for what he calls “the day after” when Americans pull out.
My take on this issue is a loud no to sending troops although one can understand the strategic imperatives of such a decision. After a pragmatic look at our current capabilities, Indo-Afghan relations, and likely strategic developments in the region, my findings are as follows:
a. Our armed forces are hardly in a position to implement the recently revised ‘cold start’ military doctrine which envisages the possibility of a two front war with China and Pakistan. It also includes pre-emptive neutralisation of terrorist bases across the border without holding ground to prevent it from escalating into a nuclear confrontation with Pakistan. These are tall requirements and our force levels are just adequate to meet our current needs. They are not enough to fully implement the cold start concept on two fronts.
b. Our armed forces have huge deficiencies in basic equipment i.e. artillery guns, tanks etc. Even the small arms are obsolete. Such large scale deficiencies could affect the fighting efficiency. Added to this we have 25% shortage in officer strength in the army. These are cumulative effects of years of our bureaucratic military procurement methods and lack of accountability of defence research. These have managed to keep our armed forces with the bare minimum capability to fight a 20th century war, let alone the 21st century one. Even with immediate remedial measures this situation is unlikely to improve before 2013.
c. For meaningful military intervention in Afghanistan we have to plan forcontaining a belligerent Pakistan while fighting Pak-supported Taliban. Even if Pakistan is contained, for a COIN operation against Taliban in Afghanistan we would require at least 100,000 additional troops. That means raising a field army of at least five divisions.
d. It will be a logistic nightmare to support five divisions in Afghanistan as both air lift and shipping would require strategic support of Iran and CIS countries and probably Russia. It would be an enormously costly affair.
e. To weaken our effort Pakistan has the option to heat up proxy war in J and K front or trigger a shooting war on our western front. So whether we like it or not it would be prudent for India to be militarily prepared to face Pakistan as a proxy in Afghanistan and J &K and for a direct confrontation on our western front, if we embark on war in Afghanistan.
f. Given our nebulous internal security situation, it would be strategically prudent for Pakistan to aggravate it through sponsored terrorism. This could add to our internal woes and distract our attention.
Apart from the security aspects discussed above, there are other considerations. Our political parties are well known to play the minority card at the drop of a hat; so how will New Delhi politically sell the idea of sending an expeditionary force to Afghanistan? And Marxist parties would dub any move to send troops to Afghanistan as reactionary response to satisfy the Americans. New Delhi’s political style in contentious situations is to strike a compromise. If our experience in Sri Lanka, the only overseas operation of Indian forces ,is any guide the coalition in power would try to soften the impact by delaying decision making, and then evolve compromises on force levels and avoid providing clear cut strategic goals to the expeditionary force. This would affect the effectiveness of our forces in prosecuting the war in Afghanistan.
Indo-Afghan relations are age old and if we have to make a strategic move it should be at a time of our choosing based on our specific requirement and not because the U.S. quits or brings pressure on India to face the flak there. Historic milestones of Indo-Afghan relations are as follows:
a. India had always had strong relations with successive governments in Afghanistan except for the short period when Taliban was controlling the nation. Thanks to Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan’s leadership, during freedom struggle Congress had the support of Pashtuns who populate both sides of Pak-Af border. In fact Pashtuns led by Khan Sahib had boycotted the referendum on partition. So Pakistan got NWFP by default. However, subsequently when we became independent we failed to maintain the rapport with Pashtuns alive perhaps because it was no more politically relevant.
b. American Cold War response to Soviet occupation provided enough incentives for Pakistan to expand its strategic hold in Afghanistan. Pakistan used Pashtuns and other frontier people who were influenced by Wahabi obscurantism to strengthen Afghan insurgents fighting the Soviets forces supporting the pro-Communist regime in Kabul. It is noteworthy that the Afghan regime in this period had enjoyed India’s full support; so in a way Pakistan was indirectly whittling down Indian influence in what it considered as its strategic backyard. When Soviets vacated Pakistan helped the Taliban to occupy this strategic space in the emerging power struggle in Afghanistan after the collapse of the pro-Communist regime there..
c. Indian supported the Northern Alliance (predominantly Uzbek and Tajik militias) which fought the Taliban (composed of mostly of Pakistanis and Pashtuns).But India did not provide any troops though it probably provided arms.
Given this historic backdrop, India’s present non-military involvement in Afghanistan is only a continuation of its policy to keep Afghanistan as a strategic ally. India has constructed some of the strategic border links and rebuilt schools and hospitals in Kabul. Our BRTF men are undertaking the road construction with the limited protection provided by Indian paramilitary. India probably have close intelligence links and liaison with Karzai regime. Although Indian presence is affected by the US sponsored COIN operations it is not part of it. Of course, as India is providing strategic support to Afghanistan in improving vital infrastructure, the U.S and NATO forces are also benefited.
When the US and its allies withdraw and leave Afghanistan to fend for itself Taliban is likely to politically try to gain power. A compromise solution where Taliban share power with Afghan regime is within the realms of possibility. If its cosmetics are right, it could have international support.
But even if there is a compromise arrangement, it is likely to be unstable as there are strong ideological and tribal differences between Taliban and others. So any move by Taliban to militarily usurp power is a strong possibility; it will have the support of Pakistan military and the ISI, though the Pakistan government may play down its direct involvement.
If such hostilities breakout it would be natural for Afghanistan to look for international support. In such a contingency Afghanistan would probably enjoy tacit cooperation and support of Iran (which has its own ideological score to settle with Taliban) and material assistance from the U.S. The Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, has already given notice of have Russian intentions: “we cannot stand aloof and impartial on what’s going on in the friendly neighbouring countries too.” So Russia could also chip in. But none of them would provide troops.
Of course, there is the China factor. Chinese are making huge investments in Afghanistan and they would probably like a peaceful Afghanistan to consolidate their position. Steve Hynd in his article “China eyes its Afghanistan moves” in Pragati has quotes the deputy general of the China Council for National Policy Studies, Li Qinggong’s view that China would help facilitate “deployment of international peace keeping missions in its land and accelerating its reconstruction process” when the U.S. withdraw military forces. Does this mean Chinese troops could become a part of an international peace keeping force?
If an international force is not constituted, China’s options become limited. China is a strategic ally of Pakistan. So obviously Pakistan could influence the Chinese response. If the Pakistan supported Taliban and India supported Afghan government are in conflict Chinese would be comfortable if Pak-Taliban alliance wins. So China is a factor to contend with in the region, although we may try to wish it away.
India is the regional power that could provide sizable military assistance including troops. While it could easily provide material, political and diplomatic support and probably military equipment to beef up Afghan army to fight Taliban, intervention with Indian troops would not be such an easy task for reasons already discussed.
Beyond providing material assistance and military resources, it is extremely doubtful whether New Delhi would send troops to Afghanistan. If it decides to do so it has to get its act ready in double time. Our “democratic decision making style” is usually to take a plunge and then work out a way to get out of the maze. Such a strategy could be suicidal in Afghanistan if India intervenes without adequate political, military and diplomatic homework.
The moral of the story is simple: anyone getting into the Afghanistan morass will be sucked in as Pakistan, Soviet Union, and the U.S. had experienced. At present India is neither politically nor militarily ready to take the plunge. In spite of it, if India plans to do so it should go with its eyes wide open to bear tremendous human and material cost over at least five years of campaigning. Can we afford this luxury? Any takers?
( The writer, Col R Hariharan, is a retired Military Intelligence specialist on South Asia, is associated with the Chennai Centre for China Studies and the South Asia Analysis Group. E-Mail: colhari@yahoo.com Blog: www.colhariharan.org )
Col. R.Hariharan, C3S Paper No.427 dated January 9, 2010
Recently the question of India stepping into the American shoes in Afghanistan when the U.S. and allies withdraw their troops is being debated by many strategic analysts. In particular Nitin Pai and Rohit Pradhan writing in the Pragati January 2010 issue have made a strong case for Indian military intervention in Afghanistan; Dr. Subhash Kapila writing in www.southasiaanalysis.org has focused on the need for India to evolve contingency plans for what he calls “the day after” when Americans pull out.
My take on this issue is a loud no to sending troops although one can understand the strategic imperatives of such a decision. After a pragmatic look at our current capabilities, Indo-Afghan relations, and likely strategic developments in the region, my findings are as follows:
a. Our armed forces are hardly in a position to implement the recently revised ‘cold start’ military doctrine which envisages the possibility of a two front war with China and Pakistan. It also includes pre-emptive neutralisation of terrorist bases across the border without holding ground to prevent it from escalating into a nuclear confrontation with Pakistan. These are tall requirements and our force levels are just adequate to meet our current needs. They are not enough to fully implement the cold start concept on two fronts.
b. Our armed forces have huge deficiencies in basic equipment i.e. artillery guns, tanks etc. Even the small arms are obsolete. Such large scale deficiencies could affect the fighting efficiency. Added to this we have 25% shortage in officer strength in the army. These are cumulative effects of years of our bureaucratic military procurement methods and lack of accountability of defence research. These have managed to keep our armed forces with the bare minimum capability to fight a 20th century war, let alone the 21st century one. Even with immediate remedial measures this situation is unlikely to improve before 2013.
c. For meaningful military intervention in Afghanistan we have to plan forcontaining a belligerent Pakistan while fighting Pak-supported Taliban. Even if Pakistan is contained, for a COIN operation against Taliban in Afghanistan we would require at least 100,000 additional troops. That means raising a field army of at least five divisions.
d. It will be a logistic nightmare to support five divisions in Afghanistan as both air lift and shipping would require strategic support of Iran and CIS countries and probably Russia. It would be an enormously costly affair.
e. To weaken our effort Pakistan has the option to heat up proxy war in J and K front or trigger a shooting war on our western front. So whether we like it or not it would be prudent for India to be militarily prepared to face Pakistan as a proxy in Afghanistan and J &K and for a direct confrontation on our western front, if we embark on war in Afghanistan.
f. Given our nebulous internal security situation, it would be strategically prudent for Pakistan to aggravate it through sponsored terrorism. This could add to our internal woes and distract our attention.
Apart from the security aspects discussed above, there are other considerations. Our political parties are well known to play the minority card at the drop of a hat; so how will New Delhi politically sell the idea of sending an expeditionary force to Afghanistan? And Marxist parties would dub any move to send troops to Afghanistan as reactionary response to satisfy the Americans. New Delhi’s political style in contentious situations is to strike a compromise. If our experience in Sri Lanka, the only overseas operation of Indian forces ,is any guide the coalition in power would try to soften the impact by delaying decision making, and then evolve compromises on force levels and avoid providing clear cut strategic goals to the expeditionary force. This would affect the effectiveness of our forces in prosecuting the war in Afghanistan.
Indo-Afghan relations are age old and if we have to make a strategic move it should be at a time of our choosing based on our specific requirement and not because the U.S. quits or brings pressure on India to face the flak there. Historic milestones of Indo-Afghan relations are as follows:
a. India had always had strong relations with successive governments in Afghanistan except for the short period when Taliban was controlling the nation. Thanks to Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan’s leadership, during freedom struggle Congress had the support of Pashtuns who populate both sides of Pak-Af border. In fact Pashtuns led by Khan Sahib had boycotted the referendum on partition. So Pakistan got NWFP by default. However, subsequently when we became independent we failed to maintain the rapport with Pashtuns alive perhaps because it was no more politically relevant.
b. American Cold War response to Soviet occupation provided enough incentives for Pakistan to expand its strategic hold in Afghanistan. Pakistan used Pashtuns and other frontier people who were influenced by Wahabi obscurantism to strengthen Afghan insurgents fighting the Soviets forces supporting the pro-Communist regime in Kabul. It is noteworthy that the Afghan regime in this period had enjoyed India’s full support; so in a way Pakistan was indirectly whittling down Indian influence in what it considered as its strategic backyard. When Soviets vacated Pakistan helped the Taliban to occupy this strategic space in the emerging power struggle in Afghanistan after the collapse of the pro-Communist regime there..
c. Indian supported the Northern Alliance (predominantly Uzbek and Tajik militias) which fought the Taliban (composed of mostly of Pakistanis and Pashtuns).But India did not provide any troops though it probably provided arms.
Given this historic backdrop, India’s present non-military involvement in Afghanistan is only a continuation of its policy to keep Afghanistan as a strategic ally. India has constructed some of the strategic border links and rebuilt schools and hospitals in Kabul. Our BRTF men are undertaking the road construction with the limited protection provided by Indian paramilitary. India probably have close intelligence links and liaison with Karzai regime. Although Indian presence is affected by the US sponsored COIN operations it is not part of it. Of course, as India is providing strategic support to Afghanistan in improving vital infrastructure, the U.S and NATO forces are also benefited.
When the US and its allies withdraw and leave Afghanistan to fend for itself Taliban is likely to politically try to gain power. A compromise solution where Taliban share power with Afghan regime is within the realms of possibility. If its cosmetics are right, it could have international support.
But even if there is a compromise arrangement, it is likely to be unstable as there are strong ideological and tribal differences between Taliban and others. So any move by Taliban to militarily usurp power is a strong possibility; it will have the support of Pakistan military and the ISI, though the Pakistan government may play down its direct involvement.
If such hostilities breakout it would be natural for Afghanistan to look for international support. In such a contingency Afghanistan would probably enjoy tacit cooperation and support of Iran (which has its own ideological score to settle with Taliban) and material assistance from the U.S. The Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, has already given notice of have Russian intentions: “we cannot stand aloof and impartial on what’s going on in the friendly neighbouring countries too.” So Russia could also chip in. But none of them would provide troops.
Of course, there is the China factor. Chinese are making huge investments in Afghanistan and they would probably like a peaceful Afghanistan to consolidate their position. Steve Hynd in his article “China eyes its Afghanistan moves” in Pragati has quotes the deputy general of the China Council for National Policy Studies, Li Qinggong’s view that China would help facilitate “deployment of international peace keeping missions in its land and accelerating its reconstruction process” when the U.S. withdraw military forces. Does this mean Chinese troops could become a part of an international peace keeping force?
If an international force is not constituted, China’s options become limited. China is a strategic ally of Pakistan. So obviously Pakistan could influence the Chinese response. If the Pakistan supported Taliban and India supported Afghan government are in conflict Chinese would be comfortable if Pak-Taliban alliance wins. So China is a factor to contend with in the region, although we may try to wish it away.
India is the regional power that could provide sizable military assistance including troops. While it could easily provide material, political and diplomatic support and probably military equipment to beef up Afghan army to fight Taliban, intervention with Indian troops would not be such an easy task for reasons already discussed.
Beyond providing material assistance and military resources, it is extremely doubtful whether New Delhi would send troops to Afghanistan. If it decides to do so it has to get its act ready in double time. Our “democratic decision making style” is usually to take a plunge and then work out a way to get out of the maze. Such a strategy could be suicidal in Afghanistan if India intervenes without adequate political, military and diplomatic homework.
The moral of the story is simple: anyone getting into the Afghanistan morass will be sucked in as Pakistan, Soviet Union, and the U.S. had experienced. At present India is neither politically nor militarily ready to take the plunge. In spite of it, if India plans to do so it should go with its eyes wide open to bear tremendous human and material cost over at least five years of campaigning. Can we afford this luxury? Any takers?
( The writer, Col R Hariharan, is a retired Military Intelligence specialist on South Asia, is associated with the Chennai Centre for China Studies and the South Asia Analysis Group. E-Mail: colhari@yahoo.com Blog: www.colhariharan.org )
DARJEELING HILLS:BIMAL GURUNG lord of the DARJELLING hills
FROM TIMES OF INDIA
BY KESHAV PRADHAN
Bimal Gurung, 44, is often called a mass leader born out of the television tube. In 2007, the Nepali diaspora across the globe was seized by frenzy when Prashant Tamang, a Kolkata Police constable and native of Darjeeling, reached the voting round of Indian Idol-III , a reality TV show. In no time, numerous fan clubs named after the new singing sensation sprouted everywhere.
Gurung, then a Subash Ghisingh loyalist , volunteered to raise funds to help people vote for Prashant. Money poured in from India, Nepal, Bhutan, the Gulf, the US, Britain, Hong Kong and Brunei (the last three have a sizeable number of serving and retired Gorkha soldiers from the British army). Prashant is believed to have got over five crore votes, twice the size of the Nepali population, in the final. Prashant’s victory turned Gurung into a hero. Grateful Gorkhas rallied behind him as he geared up to take on Ghisingh, who had refused to help Prashant. The impulsive former militant leader quit Ghisingh’s GNLF to float the GJM in collaboration with leaders of Prashant Fan Clubs on October 7, 2007. By then, Ghisingh’s popularity was on the wane for a number of factors. The crafty former bantamweight boxer had landed himself in a mess by trying to bring the Darjeeling hills under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution . People were very unhappy with him for not helping Prashant, the way Sikkim chief minister Pawan Kumar Chamling did. Gurung was waiting to avenge the raw deal he had always got from Ghisingh. A school dropout, Gurung roped in intellectuals , whom Ghisingh always shunned, to add respectability to his party. Within weeks, he hounded his discredited mentor, who headed the DGHC for 19 years, out of the hills. To consolidate his hold, he shifted his focus to the Gorkhaland issue. This paid immediate dividends as West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee invited him to Kolkata in February 2008. Since then, Writers’ Building has always treated Gurung as the sole representative of the hills. A rabble rouser, Gurung has declared that he will shoot himself dead if he fails to achieve Gorkhaland by March 10, 2010. Like Ghisingh, he is superstitious and consults astrologers before taking any crucial decision.
All through the 1986-88 Gorkhaland stir, Gurung was attached to Gorkha Volunteers’ Cell, the GNLF’s police wing that beheaded people, burnt down houses of CPM workers and launched armed attacks on government installations and security posts. He went into hiding for years thereafter . When he resurfaced in the ’90s, he organised unemployed youth under the banner of the Parbatiya Bekari Sangathan and worked as a contractor. Later, he returned to the GNLF and represented Tukvar , his native place, in the DGHC after disgruntled party workers killed sitting councillor Rudra Kumar Pradhan in 1999.
“We took up arms because Ghisingh misguided us. I have now realised that violence is bad for everybody,” Gurung once said. Possibly because of this, he has so far desisted from arming his cadres, including those from Gorkhaland Personnel. The man who has seen poverty and suffering from close, now talks about Gandhi and his non-violent agitations like noncooperation and satyagraha. His party workers pointedly display his portrait along with that of Gandhi. His wife, Asha, leads the GJM’s women wing.
FROM TIMES OF INDIA
BY KESHAV PRADHAN
Bimal Gurung, 44, is often called a mass leader born out of the television tube. In 2007, the Nepali diaspora across the globe was seized by frenzy when Prashant Tamang, a Kolkata Police constable and native of Darjeeling, reached the voting round of Indian Idol-III , a reality TV show. In no time, numerous fan clubs named after the new singing sensation sprouted everywhere.
Gurung, then a Subash Ghisingh loyalist , volunteered to raise funds to help people vote for Prashant. Money poured in from India, Nepal, Bhutan, the Gulf, the US, Britain, Hong Kong and Brunei (the last three have a sizeable number of serving and retired Gorkha soldiers from the British army). Prashant is believed to have got over five crore votes, twice the size of the Nepali population, in the final. Prashant’s victory turned Gurung into a hero. Grateful Gorkhas rallied behind him as he geared up to take on Ghisingh, who had refused to help Prashant. The impulsive former militant leader quit Ghisingh’s GNLF to float the GJM in collaboration with leaders of Prashant Fan Clubs on October 7, 2007. By then, Ghisingh’s popularity was on the wane for a number of factors. The crafty former bantamweight boxer had landed himself in a mess by trying to bring the Darjeeling hills under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution . People were very unhappy with him for not helping Prashant, the way Sikkim chief minister Pawan Kumar Chamling did. Gurung was waiting to avenge the raw deal he had always got from Ghisingh. A school dropout, Gurung roped in intellectuals , whom Ghisingh always shunned, to add respectability to his party. Within weeks, he hounded his discredited mentor, who headed the DGHC for 19 years, out of the hills. To consolidate his hold, he shifted his focus to the Gorkhaland issue. This paid immediate dividends as West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee invited him to Kolkata in February 2008. Since then, Writers’ Building has always treated Gurung as the sole representative of the hills. A rabble rouser, Gurung has declared that he will shoot himself dead if he fails to achieve Gorkhaland by March 10, 2010. Like Ghisingh, he is superstitious and consults astrologers before taking any crucial decision.
All through the 1986-88 Gorkhaland stir, Gurung was attached to Gorkha Volunteers’ Cell, the GNLF’s police wing that beheaded people, burnt down houses of CPM workers and launched armed attacks on government installations and security posts. He went into hiding for years thereafter . When he resurfaced in the ’90s, he organised unemployed youth under the banner of the Parbatiya Bekari Sangathan and worked as a contractor. Later, he returned to the GNLF and represented Tukvar , his native place, in the DGHC after disgruntled party workers killed sitting councillor Rudra Kumar Pradhan in 1999.
“We took up arms because Ghisingh misguided us. I have now realised that violence is bad for everybody,” Gurung once said. Possibly because of this, he has so far desisted from arming his cadres, including those from Gorkhaland Personnel. The man who has seen poverty and suffering from close, now talks about Gandhi and his non-violent agitations like noncooperation and satyagraha. His party workers pointedly display his portrait along with that of Gandhi. His wife, Asha, leads the GJM’s women wing.
Friday, 15 January 2010
Another Lecture From China
Bhaskar Roy, C3S Paper No.424 dated January 5, 2010
The Chinese Communist government appears to carry a curious gene which has put it in a permanent state of paranoid hallucination. Nothing else can explain its behaviour of seeing fault all around but can never see itself of having done anything wrong. Given this state of political mind, the Communist Party of China (CCP), which is the sole power in the country, is unable to go beyond the traditional tactics of “denial and deception”, and the communism with Chinese characteristics habit of lecturing others. This situation is not only sad but dangerous.
In another example of lecturing, the CCP mouthpiece, the People’s Daily (December 23, 2009) carried a commentary on how the Indian free media should behave so as not to disturb the growing India-China relations. Titled “Indian media agencies harm themselves in playing up strife between China and India”, the commentary chastises the Indian media, especially the mainstream media, of promoting the “China threat” theory with malicious intent, while Indian leaders including Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh do not accept that China is a threat to India. It concludes that the anti-China writings in the Indian media are for both economic interest and political advantage. Thereafter, the CCP and government controlled Chinese mouthpiece lays down guide lines on how a free media in a democratic country should conduct itself. A closer reading of the People’s Daily commentary suggests it is not a press council guideline, but a far deeper strategic statement with a subsumed warning. China has reached a new level in the global scale, with the United States offering it a G-2 (US-China) status. China is enticed with the US offer, but suspects pitfalls. There are reasons for their suspicion. China is not yet ready for such a role. There are other countries and issues to be tackled first.
Like its recent 350 km per hour fastest train in the world, the Chinese authorities are in a supersonic hurry to consolidate their politico-economic-military development to take the country to the top. And they want a free run and expect their transgressions to be ignored by others. Generally, the rest of the world is exuberant about the Chinese economic behemoth. Statistics point to this fact. But do the Chinese leaders see a truth which is different? Reading these statements, suggests there are serious concerns.
For one, China’s demographic profile is going to change for the negative from around 2025 when the retired population will surpass the working age population. An energy starved country, its energy dependence abroad is going to grow and become captive to global political and strategic shifts. So is the case with its natural resources like iron, copper and other strategic materials. Its food dependence and employment is also going to acquire overseas oases.
Therefore, time is of essence for the Chinese leaders. At the moment, China is on a high with political, economic and military power. It has succeeded in subsuming most of its neighbours in South East and East Asia with both economic allurement and military stick.
At this phase, China requires to emphasise its arrogance, assertiveness and supremacy to take a quantum jump to a high orbit. Any opposition to its above characteristics, or an interlocutor’s determination to hold its own, is perceived by Beijing as a challenge to its ambition. This encompasses many of its territorial claims in the South China Sea with other independent claimants, and an accelerated naval and air force development to impose its sovereign status over international shipping routes.
Over the years and decades, China used anti-westernism and its own ethnic Chinese Trojans in South East Asia to muzzle the free media of these countries. Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad, in his battle against the west, joined the China camp. Ethnic Chinese in the region control about 80 per cent of the financial resources. The umbilical cord between these ethnic Chinese financial power brokers and Beijing, is very strong.
Successive Indian governments over the decades have been prone to brush under the carpet Chinese incursions across the disputed borders and China’s increasing claims on Indian territory. New Delhi did not want to open up another large confrontation with Beijing along the borders after 1962. But in two face offs in 1967 and 1987, China understood that 1962 was history. This was discussed in a book by two Chinese army Colonels in 1993.
The Indian media has been reticent for decades in writing on China. One was the inexplicable reason of not knowing China. India, generally, was fixated on Pakistan, and for a brief while on Bangladesh from 1971. In the Indian bureaucracy, Pakistan was bread, butter and jam. This translated to the media.
Perceptions and reality have changed both in the Indian government and media. The Chinese authorities are shocked that the Indian media is not willing to follow the government line and is determined not to pull punches. In a democracy, the government has its own job to do, and the media its own. This does not mean irresponsibility. The Indian media’s role in exposing Chinese machinations is responsible, and a national obligation.
Taking a look at China’s India policy over a short period of the last three years, the Indian media exposed the gulf between Chinese proclamations of friendship and their nefarious deeds. For example, in trying to obstruct India’s clearance as a legal recipient of civilian nuclear technology at the Nuclear Supplies Group (NSG) Beijing was kicking at the belly of India’s strategic civilian development. It opposed the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) tranche for development projects in Arunachal Pradesh. It started issuing paper visas to Kashmiris holding Indian passports to encourage Kashmiri separatists. It also opposed putting Pakistani anti-India terrorist leaders in the UN blacklist.
The People’s Daily will not answer these questions. What the Indian media is doing is exposing China’s duplicity. This is making it difficult for the authorities in Beijing to deceive other countries. As a recent report in the CCP Weekly Liaowang (Issue No.50/2009) admits, no one trusts China, and China trusts no one.
(The writer, Mr Bhaskar Roy, is an eminent China analyst with many years of experience. Email: grouchohart@yahoo.com)
Bhaskar Roy, C3S Paper No.424 dated January 5, 2010
The Chinese Communist government appears to carry a curious gene which has put it in a permanent state of paranoid hallucination. Nothing else can explain its behaviour of seeing fault all around but can never see itself of having done anything wrong. Given this state of political mind, the Communist Party of China (CCP), which is the sole power in the country, is unable to go beyond the traditional tactics of “denial and deception”, and the communism with Chinese characteristics habit of lecturing others. This situation is not only sad but dangerous.
In another example of lecturing, the CCP mouthpiece, the People’s Daily (December 23, 2009) carried a commentary on how the Indian free media should behave so as not to disturb the growing India-China relations. Titled “Indian media agencies harm themselves in playing up strife between China and India”, the commentary chastises the Indian media, especially the mainstream media, of promoting the “China threat” theory with malicious intent, while Indian leaders including Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh do not accept that China is a threat to India. It concludes that the anti-China writings in the Indian media are for both economic interest and political advantage. Thereafter, the CCP and government controlled Chinese mouthpiece lays down guide lines on how a free media in a democratic country should conduct itself. A closer reading of the People’s Daily commentary suggests it is not a press council guideline, but a far deeper strategic statement with a subsumed warning. China has reached a new level in the global scale, with the United States offering it a G-2 (US-China) status. China is enticed with the US offer, but suspects pitfalls. There are reasons for their suspicion. China is not yet ready for such a role. There are other countries and issues to be tackled first.
Like its recent 350 km per hour fastest train in the world, the Chinese authorities are in a supersonic hurry to consolidate their politico-economic-military development to take the country to the top. And they want a free run and expect their transgressions to be ignored by others. Generally, the rest of the world is exuberant about the Chinese economic behemoth. Statistics point to this fact. But do the Chinese leaders see a truth which is different? Reading these statements, suggests there are serious concerns.
For one, China’s demographic profile is going to change for the negative from around 2025 when the retired population will surpass the working age population. An energy starved country, its energy dependence abroad is going to grow and become captive to global political and strategic shifts. So is the case with its natural resources like iron, copper and other strategic materials. Its food dependence and employment is also going to acquire overseas oases.
Therefore, time is of essence for the Chinese leaders. At the moment, China is on a high with political, economic and military power. It has succeeded in subsuming most of its neighbours in South East and East Asia with both economic allurement and military stick.
At this phase, China requires to emphasise its arrogance, assertiveness and supremacy to take a quantum jump to a high orbit. Any opposition to its above characteristics, or an interlocutor’s determination to hold its own, is perceived by Beijing as a challenge to its ambition. This encompasses many of its territorial claims in the South China Sea with other independent claimants, and an accelerated naval and air force development to impose its sovereign status over international shipping routes.
Over the years and decades, China used anti-westernism and its own ethnic Chinese Trojans in South East Asia to muzzle the free media of these countries. Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad, in his battle against the west, joined the China camp. Ethnic Chinese in the region control about 80 per cent of the financial resources. The umbilical cord between these ethnic Chinese financial power brokers and Beijing, is very strong.
Successive Indian governments over the decades have been prone to brush under the carpet Chinese incursions across the disputed borders and China’s increasing claims on Indian territory. New Delhi did not want to open up another large confrontation with Beijing along the borders after 1962. But in two face offs in 1967 and 1987, China understood that 1962 was history. This was discussed in a book by two Chinese army Colonels in 1993.
The Indian media has been reticent for decades in writing on China. One was the inexplicable reason of not knowing China. India, generally, was fixated on Pakistan, and for a brief while on Bangladesh from 1971. In the Indian bureaucracy, Pakistan was bread, butter and jam. This translated to the media.
Perceptions and reality have changed both in the Indian government and media. The Chinese authorities are shocked that the Indian media is not willing to follow the government line and is determined not to pull punches. In a democracy, the government has its own job to do, and the media its own. This does not mean irresponsibility. The Indian media’s role in exposing Chinese machinations is responsible, and a national obligation.
Taking a look at China’s India policy over a short period of the last three years, the Indian media exposed the gulf between Chinese proclamations of friendship and their nefarious deeds. For example, in trying to obstruct India’s clearance as a legal recipient of civilian nuclear technology at the Nuclear Supplies Group (NSG) Beijing was kicking at the belly of India’s strategic civilian development. It opposed the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) tranche for development projects in Arunachal Pradesh. It started issuing paper visas to Kashmiris holding Indian passports to encourage Kashmiri separatists. It also opposed putting Pakistani anti-India terrorist leaders in the UN blacklist.
The People’s Daily will not answer these questions. What the Indian media is doing is exposing China’s duplicity. This is making it difficult for the authorities in Beijing to deceive other countries. As a recent report in the CCP Weekly Liaowang (Issue No.50/2009) admits, no one trusts China, and China trusts no one.
(The writer, Mr Bhaskar Roy, is an eminent China analyst with many years of experience. Email: grouchohart@yahoo.com)
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