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| Himali_yatri | Posted
on 26-May-04 04:56 PM
Dear freinds May be most of you have already come across this clip.I just saw it today.Very touching and for a moment I felt like SUSHILA MAGAR is my sister who is fighting for nothing more than what she deserve as a human being. Although I don't consider any of your who has access to sajha been through Poverty and humiliation of what half of population of nepal going but I still feel that there are so many who believe that some of the issue MOIST are raising is genuilely worth considering. I am not a pro-moist politically, but sometimes i feel as a person of a country where majority of person still live on FURAL culture with Fural thinking, I think we should reconsider our culture and think about moving forward. Here is the story Shushila Magar is 24 years old and a fighter with the Nepali Maoist Militia for the Ropal district. She can often be recognised by the red, yellow & green bandana she wears with a huge cannabis leaf insignia. At the age of 16, Shushila was arrested by the police on suspicion of being a Maoist sympathiser. She was imprisoned for three days and constantly tortured. When she was released, she saw no alternative but to join the Maoists and embark on a struggle for the freedom of her people. for more detail http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/programmes/this_world/one_day_of_war/html/13.stm |
| kingkong | Posted
on 26-May-04 07:22 PM
honestly i am freaking sick of these so called foreign documentry makers who go to country like ours and exploit the stories there to make a name for themselves. that guy couldnt even spell the name ofthe rolps district right and he expects us to believe that he did all these things himself. he was probably somewhere high on ganja in a room in thamel and some poor guy was shooting it for him in rolpa. shame on him. |
| kingkong | Posted
on 26-May-04 07:23 PM
i spelled it wrong too lol i mean rolpa |
| Poonte | Posted
on 27-May-04 12:29 AM
Not only some, Himali_yatri-jyu, I think most of Maoists' demands are very legitimate -- they accurately depict the plights of ovewhelmingly vast majority of Nepali citizens who have known nothing more than utter destitution in their entire lives, i.e., IF they get to live to begin with! Frustrations of people who have been deprived of even the most basic rights such as education, safe drinking water, justice and, most imoprtantly, RESPECT (I put these slightly above bijuli-batti and baato-ghaato in the list of priorities) is wholistically understandable. I also believe that the Maoist crisis will never be resolved unless the leader(s) -- whoever that may be -- genuinely address those issues. Alas, IF ONLY they didn't choose the path of violence! |
| GurL_Interrupted | Posted
on 27-May-04 11:07 AM
Hey Yatri, Thanx for sharing the story! Very interesting to take a glimpse of what life is like ...! Good to know, u view life from different angles & not just black & white. Keep it up & continue to raise ur voice 4 matters close to ur heart...close to home! KK dear, I understand ur sentiments. But I, on the other hand applaud these journalist's courage to go in search of "facts" risking their lives, where many of us would dread or would love to stay 2000 miles away. And don't u think, it's more easier for a foreigner from different land to do that than someone from Nepal, keeping the consequences of writing from Maoists perspective? What if he was a nepali? What would be of him and his lovedones in Nepal at this moment? As I reflect while writing here, I think, it would not be easy! And besides, they are documenting a fact...something that is occuring. It's good that they are presenting a story from a different angle. Esp. in a media, that supports governemnt atleast 85% of the time, it's good to hear a fresh prespective. Don't take me wrong!, for I am ur fren and not a foe! Take care + Hope things are going well for U! ,Miss_Interrupted! Poo da, :), sorry 'bout the other day! I was tired & had lots to do at the same time. See u whenever! Boini! |
| GurL_Interrupted | Posted
on 27-May-04 11:13 AM
+ I also want to add that, by documenting someone who is maoist...they have given her the oppertunity to voice out her true sentiments (i.e. Killing innocent nepali lives is not her ultimate concern)...esp. at a time, when the government is doing a good job "Ha!" of portraying them as 'evil guys!' Hm...! Interesting, very interesting! |
| netaa_ji | Posted
on 27-May-04 11:32 AM
GOD !! holy crap... what do you mean by "My sister is MOIST" ..HIMALI YATRI ?? Do you mean "your sister is 'MOIST' (meaning sexualy aroused therefore got wet in her panties)" or a 'MAOIST' (meaning a person who is a member of CPN-Maoist) ? |
| chubby_cheeks | Posted
on 27-May-04 01:16 PM
me sad!! |
| smiling_hurt | Posted
on 27-May-04 01:49 PM
sunera khushii lagyooo ki nepali keti haru pani afno haak ko lago ladna thaleko chan aaba hami jasta jawan tannerii bahira bidesh lage pachi ... nepal aama ko K ma K K ho bhane jastoo...... tehai ho K :) himali tapai ko sis lai bholi nepali phoolandevi bhanera nepali mpress le samman gare bhani chakka na parnu hola ni.... |
| confused | Posted
on 27-May-04 02:14 PM
I CANNOT AGREE MORE WITH YOU G_I, Journalists are the real hero who put their lives in danger just to feed you with information....but SADLY many people dont view them as that. i really dont know what to say after reading this thread..good to hear such a story or bad to hear such a story?? , no wonder how many other sisters, sons, wives, husbands and brothers have joined "maobadi" "Alas, IF ONLY they didn't choose the path of violence! " if they didnt pick up weapons then they would have already been crsuhed by the Goverment of NEpal, and thier voice would have not even reached 100 nepalese around the country..thats why they choose voilence, but i beilive it was not thier First choice it was their LAST AND DIFFICULT CHOICE TO MAKE. |
| boston_dude | Posted
on 27-May-04 02:35 PM
I think it is great that foreign journalists take the time and effort to go to the remote villages of Nepal and bring such stories to the rest of the world. You and I may know about it, but most of the world does not. It sometimes takes media to bring out such clips to the international public to get their attention. Case in point: Just look at all the noise that has been created by the pictures and videos of the abuses in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. People did not pay much attention to the abuses until the stories came out alive in pictures and videos. So, regardless of what the intentions of the reporters might be, I am glad they do it, as long as they report the true story. I too agree with what “confused” and “Poonte” said about the Maoist insurgency in Nepal. My personal feeling: I am appalled by the violence but I agree with the fight. I just hope, sooner than later, the politics, economy and culture in the country would change so that the issues rightfully brought forth by Maoists are addressed for real. B_D. |