Comments on: Identity Politics in Nepal Terai: Madhesi, Pahadi & Tharu Conflicts

By: Harsh Vardhan

Harsh Vardhan — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:40:35 +0000

Dear Readers / concerned Nepal Lovers

What has been done is done?

But where is the solution all agitating protesters demand of state , continued disturbance falling economy ,unemployment .

Who is loosing ?

Every Nepal resident.
Think about it Phadis/madehsis/Tharus.
what r u giving to Ur coming generations.

Think from your mind & Heart and find a peaceful solution.

Don’t think from your Assholes.

You have disturbed the severity of peaceful Nepal.

FUCK Maoists Fuck Prachand

By: Prayas Gurung True Nepali

Prayas Gurung True Nepali — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:44:53 +0000

dear what the fuck

i know wanna why you ppl wanna stay in nepal man…. come on
why don’t you madhesis fuck off to bangladesh….. i don’t want any fucking ugly
madhesi’s living in my country man go somewhere else…. fuck off and go somewhere else

but tibetans are welcome in Nepal
ulgy madhesi can fuck off and bother showing your ugly face in Nepal

bcuz nobody wants to see your Black Ugly Dark skin ppl like u in Nepal
go to fucking Africa To All Fucking Madhesi

By: Deepak Bista, Australia

Deepak Bista, Australia — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:47:12 +0000

I am happy to say that I like Dirgha Prasain’s comments and it also a valid point that one article cannot provide the solution of a country which is being destroyed by misguided unethical leaderships.

By: divas

divas — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:58:17 +0000

Enough is enough. Yesterday’s news reports state that the agitating Tharus of Chitwan, Siraha, & Bardia prevented even the rickshaws carrying sick people from reaching hospitals. Hundreds of foreign tourists and thousands of Nepali passengers are stranded on the road. i was sympathetic to the Tharus until they were protesting decently. But now i don’t understand why Tharus are protesting for being categorized as Madhesis – especially when Tharus seem to be imitating the same Madhesi method of ethnic cleansing & terror strategy during the first Madhesi Movement. Torturing commoners in the name of movement is a crime regardless of who do it – Madhesi, Pahadi, or Tharu. If this is called the New Nepal, I’m sorry to say that for me it’s a Wrong Nepal.

By: dirgha Raj Prasai

dirgha Raj Prasai — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 08:14:41 +0000

Dear friend
Please, correct – ‘we should request the King to mediate to salve the crisis.’ but not ‘mideate’
D.R. Prasai

By: dirgha Raj Prasai

dirgha Raj Prasai — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 08:07:38 +0000

Dear Madhesi Friend,
I am not convince about your arguments about the Nepalese nationality & monarchy. I am not the blind supporter of monarchy, but, I am in Nepal, as a Nepali, I want the soverign country, I think, without monarchy Nepal can’t stand.
Nepalese monarchy is the most convincing identity of Nepal’s independence and its sovereignty. Nepal could remain an independent and sovereign country only because of monarchy. Indian conspirators are taking some deviant leaders of the political parties on their shoulders with the sole aim that it will be easy for them to control Nepal if monarchy can be displaced. But such a situation will be a happy one for India also.
Dear friend !
If we want to save the identities & sovereignty of our country there must be reinstate the monarchy. So, all the nationalists withen the parties & outsite we should request the King to mideate to salve the crisis.
Can the future of the country be decided just because so called big political parties ganged up together? Those powerful nations, who in the past shed blood in Vietnam, North and South Korea, East and West Germany, Cambodia, Afghanistan and Yugoslavia, are now trying to drag Nepal into a civil war. So, if the political leaders, including the Maoists, tried to trample on this truth, one should know that the existence of Nepal will be finished. Please, reply with comment.
Thaat is all.
Thank you.
Dirgha Raj Prasai

By: Madhesi

Madhesi — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:26:46 +0000

Dirghaji,

Royal institution as a uniting force is all good, everyone would be all smiles if it were effective as an institution.
As a good analyst, you must have realized how royal institution was becoming defunct and aristocratic in the past. By appointing Panchayat-era hardcore royalists, it was not moving in a positive direction. It was not giving us hope, instead,we were apprehensive that the royal institution was trying to move us in Panchayat era, an era that our countrymen got rid of through struggle.
Royalists were proving to be very irresponsible. Road accidents by royalists was on the rise and they didn’t care because they could get away with it. If Maoists were the terrorists at that time, royalists were the criminals impersonated as protectors.
Also, our taxes were not being used in the best ways possible. Why would we pay our taxes for private tours of royal family members to foreign countries. If they have such lofty demands for luxury then they should be using their own earnings which are not insignificant either keeping in mind the low living costs of a poor nation, Nepal. The expenses of royal palace was adding insult to the penury, widening our deficits.
Also, what was our king doing? He was only seen as participating in religious ceremonies. He left all his administrative works to his little puppets and was busy in religious rituals. What for? You can not make ‘virtue out of poverty’. Religion is not going to feed hungry stomachs. If you advocate a royal institution, dirghaji then all of these aspects will have to be taken care of. Moreover, if the king tries to be active and take administration into his own hands, there is always the chance of he becoming a tyrant since he would have unparalleled power. A tyrant dictator could be worse than incompetent and corrupt Prime Minister and his cabinet since there is always the option of check and balance.

By: chhetri

chhetri — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:32:34 +0000

Chhetri and brahmin are different caste, so why we are included in the same in above chart . Chhetris are now being deprived due to this case and hardly seen in UML, NC and maoist parties. So, we should fight for our different identity.

By: divas

divas — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:06:49 +0000

Well friends, although we share many similar traits, Divas and the semi-underground editor abc of this blog are as different people as are Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. While Divas has his own opinion and sometimes even expresses offensive remarks, I’ve found that abc tries to remain neutral is all disputes…& like most bloggers incl you, sometimes we think of quitting blogging altogether…

Yes Madhesi frien, i wished u fr next president of Nepal because of ur generosity to accept Pahadi origin people in Terai as members of ur own community. However, it has it’s own practical difficulties…but i think showing ur openness is more imp in resolving any conflict.

Prez Dr. Rambaran is doing a great job simply by wearing a defunct dress called daura surwal & speaking of national unity in all his speeches to address the ‘hamro bhasa hamro bhesa’ concerns of so-called nationalist people like Dirgh ji…

About Dirghji, I’d say again that although he shuns other Pahadiya Bahuns except himself as the RAW agents, he himself seems to be unaware of hw his Bahunbad arrogance pervades in his jingoistic national & cultural views.

By: dirgha Raj Prasai

dirgha Raj Prasai — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:48:19 +0000

Dear friends,
I am convinced about ‘The main problem of Nepal is the lack of a strong leadership.’ But, how you can find among these leaders who are all the agents of India. If we have parmanent institution (people oriented monarchy) we should stand as a sovereign citizens.
Dear editor,
May I analysis about the situation frankly ?

Why would there be a need of a King if Nepal can survive without it ? But Nepal should not be compared to other nations. Nepal does not demand an autocratic royal institution but a pro-people institution. The institution of monarchy is such a force that fights off imperialist force to create a greater Nepal. The King of Nepal never sold the nation, pleaded before foreigners nor killed the people and will never do so. I wouldn’t have said so if I was a citizen of Japan or any other nation, I would have said that the nation will survive without the monarchy, but I am in Nepal. The geographical and class reality of Nepal is such, that the absence of monarchy would mean there will be no Nepal.

This nation was created with joint efforts between the people and the King. Royal Institution is the backbone of Nepali nationality; it is a pillar of trust for continuing stability between China and India. The royal institution is the base pillar for the lasting creative democratic nationalism, which is pessimistic towards autocratic and imperialist management, traitors and terrorism. Nepal as a republic can pose a threat to both India and China. The royal institution is in row, because some Maoist leaders, puppets from Nepali Congress, and UML following Indian directives went against the royal institution. Nepal is a country having a rich cultural heritage. Now, the Maoist is in regime. The antinationalist pro-Indian leaders are trying to destroy our culture and traditions. The Maoist leaders are going to undermine our culture Dashain & Tihar and the Maoist leaders and Prime Minister Pracanda have violated our traditional dress for official functions which demonstrate Nepalese identity.

Nepal & Indian culture & traditions is in danger. But, Why India is striving to end the identity of Nepal Nepal and Nepali people spread across the world are very much angry at the nude intervention by India.

So, please, never try ‘exercise in futility’. Their should me our moto-
no ends justify the means but,means justify the ends’ for Nepal’s around stability.
Thank you.
Dirgha Raj Prasai