‘for our simple dreams of simple colors’ …indeed.

So, will we all stand together a protest against the tyranny of the Maoists over the rural people?

list of deaths at the hands of police/personnels during recent protests, compiled by ekantipur:

Umesh Chandra Thapa / Dang / February 8
Darshan Lal Yadav / Rajbiraj / Apr 6
Bhimsen Dahal / Pokhara / Apr 8
Tulasi Chettri / Chitwan / Apr 9
Shiv Hari Kunwar / Banepa / Apr 9
Bishnu Pandey / Nawalparasi / Apr 12
Hira Lal Gautam / Nijgadh / Apr 17
Setu Sunuwar / Nepalgunj / Apr 18
Rajan Giri / Jhapa / Apr 19
Suraj Biswas / Jhapa / Apr 19
Premlal Lamichhane / Guleriya / Apr 20
Basu Ghimire / Kalanki / Apr 20
Deepak Kami / Kalanki / Apr 20
Sagun Tamrakar / Kalanki/ Apr 20
Unidentified child / Kalanki/ Apr 20

indeed a full diaspora of Nepali diversity! may their courage and bravado serve as inspiration to keep our leaders accountable for years to come.

It is sad that they have died and together with the other 13,000 people that have died over the last 10 years -I hope that this violence against human beings stops sooner than later.

no one is justified to kill, including the Maoists. the Maoists leaders have to be held at same level of accountability as anyone else, especially if they aspire to form government one day. no double standard for anyone.

i am unofficially declaring this week the week of mourning, for all those who have died, beginning from the early 1900s, or as early as i have second-hand memory of by thinking of them in silent memory first thing afer walking up and last thing before going to sleep. anyone, feel free to join me. unofficially.

Yes, we will stand together to bring Maoists to mainstream politics, as for their tyranny, the HULK-TYRANT gave in, they(Maoists) now possibly will and try to prove their case peacefully. If not, the ‘UNEDUCATED COWARDS’(REF:Mr Ian’s observation of SPA LEADRES AND PEOPLE ON THE STREET) will rise again, I suppose.

Well Miss, That is very thoughtful…I cannot be honest about keeping it, Im gonna try it tonight and try and continue, I hope it telepaths to the bereaved and loved ones they left behind.

Have you guys realized that we need
a new national anthem now??

Every thought has its effect on you and the one you are thinking of - Mahabharata

i dont know why its the army and the police that everyone attackts.
what about all the students and villagers that the maoists abduct? what about children soldiers? what about the number of orphans, an outcome of this war? the number of people displaced and homeless? what about the number of deaths? what about the killing of innocent people and children(the maoists have done)..and so many more..what do you say about that..just one letter from the maoists saying that “it was a mistake”
is that justifiable?

Jhalak, Do you dare to meet up with me on Friday and insult me to my face? I would like to see you do so.

i suggest you lovebirds sign up for the message board and send each other private messages, not waste space on this page. — sweeper

smarika,
if we weren’t aware of the problems of the insurgency, why would we be so eager to end it, just like we were/are eager to end the king’s autocratic rule?

Who is just blaming the Police and the Army. They are agents of the state and therefore must hold themselves to greater standard. If they are at the level of the Maoist, the terrorists then what is the difference between them? There have been gross negligence of human rights on both sides everyone knows this but if the state itself is involved in terrorising the people then whats the disticntion? Like it or not the security forces have failed the people. There have been more killings from the state than the rebles in any case since the army was mobilised.

sarahana..i agree that the kings autocratic rule should end, definately.
just out of curiosity, do you trust girija or the king?
its a shame that the country is going back to the hands of the people that acutally brought it to this stage..
what next?
what do you think should be the solution to this problem?
the maoist insurgency must end. communism is not the answer, we have seen it fail in many countries.
And Kancha..if you were in the amry’s or police’s post, you would kill to protect yourself..im talking about children here?????and the mass of people that Maoists have killed..including..lincoln school guards, the police inspector and his wife??? are they sending out a political message through killing..they are nothing but loosers..who dont believe in negotiating.

well smarika, if the police/army can kill to protect their lives, so can the maoists. so can anyone with any form of weapon. this could go on forever, perhaps everyone should be armed to guard themselves from all possible threats, and so on.

girija may be the scum of the earth, but whatever credibility he has easily outshines the king’s. hands down. at least he is capable of giving passionate, fiery speeches, at least. at least he wasn’t vacationing in pokhara when shit had hit the fan in 2001. at least today the maoists have called off the blockade, theoretically in response to girija’s appeal. at least. but it’s not just girija that i trust more (relativity being key in your question), it’s also the people around him: bam dev gautam, the rest of the nepali congress and other parties, who have so far proposed logical, diplomatic steps towards the maoists, as opposed to the people around the king.

ps. even if were to assume girija and king were acting purely out of self-interest, king’s interest would be saving his institution, monarchy, and girija’s would be saving his insitituion, multiparty democracy. that’s enough reason to trust girija more than the king.

Sarahana I love you!

What a great explanation!

May all these brave men who gave their lives to bring the King’s nose to down to the mud rest in peace. Let’s all be greatful for ever and salute to them for their heroic sacrifices!

May all these brave men who gave their lives to bring the King’s nose down to the mud rest in peace. Let’s all be greatful for ever and salute to them for their heroic sacrifices!

“…a Nepali Congress activist who sustained bullet injuries at Kalanki in Kathmandu last week during a protest demonstration died while undergoing treatment in a hospital.

With his death, the number of those killed in the pro-democracy protests which ended earlier this week has reached 18, party sources said.”

Pradhumna Khadka, another martyr, 29 April in Delhi while undergoing treatment in AIIMS.

What do you young people feel about these martyrdoms and the picture of Girija taking oath by Gyanendra, in front of Paras, Pyar Jung Thapa and others who killed these brave persons?

I feel terrible.

the top brass of the army has to be fired if they are going to continue aerial raids on mass meetings that civilians attend.

Sarahana,

The army will continue to fight the Maoists until someone in the political leadership tells them not to do so.

I don’t know whether you have noticed but the Parliament has not declared a ceasfire yet. The idea has only been tabled.

The official figure of the total deaths under the Koirala government (April 1998-May 1999) was 596 (457 as the result of police action). In Bhattarai’s 11 month tenure 420 people were killed.

As Karki and Sneddon (2003) argue “Initially the police was dispatched to deal with what was perceived as a law and order problem. When the police failed more violent and barbaric operations, viz. Operation Romeo and later Operation Kilo Sierra was conducted in the mid-western hills. They treated everyone as a potential Maoist and many innocent people were arrested, ill-treated, tortured and killed almost randomly. The police actions resulted in a substantial proportion of the local population making common cause with the Maoist.” http://www.counterpunch.org/regmi04022005.html

Oh my goodness!!

Somebody trusting Bam Dev Gautam
the greatest scum of all time

either she must be deluded or senile

wow

Bamey:::
What can I say about this great politician??

he came to power being a hitman for communist party like khum bahadur khadga was for Koiralas
a person neither with intellectual scope nor with physical personality..

Bamey filled all his coffer when he was minister… are you his realtive???

Khum bahadur is gay. literally he is