Posted on 04/22/2006 11:26:16 AM PDT by minus_273
A little update for freepers tracking events in Nepal. It now appears that the state might collapse. Two things are currently happening. First, my contacts in Kathmandu valley report that the political parties and Maoist alliance are pushing for a republic and second, waves of (yes, uniformed) Maoist fighters have now entered the capital from the outlying hills and are now controlling parts of the valley outside the city's beltway. Fighting is confirmed in the following areas of the city Thapathali, Maitighar and Bhotaity.
From a strictly historical perspective, this looks very very bad. We've seen all of this before. It appears that the seven political party alliance which goes by SPA has been manipulated as predicted. In all likelihood, there will be much more combat in the city soon. If the Royal Army loses, the result will not be the democratic republic the SPA wanted but a communist one.
The King is close to China and the SPA/Maoist alliance operates out of India. .
My connections in the Indian military (yes, I have a few) say there are plans for an invasion. This would be in the event of a Maoist takeover. Indians have their own problems with Maoists and whatever their reasons for supporting the SPA/Maoist alliance, the outcome will be pretty bad for them. Nepal is close to some parts of India with Maoist violence (Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand. Maharashtra and Bihar). A Maoist victory in Nepal will not only embolden those India but create a training an staging area in Nepal.
The Indians have changed sides. Previous governments of the nationalist BJP supported crushing the Maoists however, the socialist Congress party which now runs the country moved the other way. It was probably a gamble intended to put pressure on a hostile king and seems to have gone horribly wrong.
I expect an invasion and unfortunately, that seems the best possible outcome.
"To questions on Maoists, Saran said: "No military solution is possible. We need to have a political solution" and the Maoists should accept multi-party democracy and abandon violence."
Read: "We've made a deal with the Chicoms".
yes, where exactly did they arrive from? granted this is not something that is understood or studied in depth, but i think it is a safe bet they did not come from India. Bhote literally means tibetan that would be refugees.
this is bull. india isnt supporting the maoists. they are guilty of NOT supporting the king. but that doesnt mean they are supporting the maoists.
from what i read about nepal there are three players: the king, the political parties and the maoists. the first two were united against the maoists till the king suspended parliament and political parties.
frankly india should have supported the king in putting down the maoist violence. imagine a maoist terrorist state ready to send cadres for a red revolution in india too!!!
anyways time that we big boys jumped in and armed the nepalese army to the teeth against the maoists.
Sounds like there ain't much time!
i know. it is stupid to allow a maoist terrorist state to come up in that area. it will be one more north korea. i am sure that some day chinese nuclear technology and missiles will be on nepalese soil if that happens.
And not an encouraging one.
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America will support India for the invasion of Nepal in case of Maoist to take over the government.
"America will support India for the invasion of Nepal in case of Maoist to take over the government."
Thats probably why India is facilitating the Maoists behind the scenes.
The Argumentative Indian : Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity; Amartya Sen it has a chapter on Indian Calendrical Systems... you will find it has more than one :-)
no, i am sure india has a ton of them. But when i visited, they had holidays on sunday X-mas etc and used a gregorian calendar. I did not see any use of an indigenous calendar.
Not on my local news. Sorry, no story.
Isnt it better that you find out before taking it up with me.Anyway for you convenience I have this site for u
http://webexhibits.org/calendars/calendar-indian.html
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