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| nepalisoul | Posted
on 02-Feb-03 11:48 AM
http://www.lsnepal.com/nudup_condolence.htm#condolence |
| Arnico | Posted
on 02-Feb-03 12:50 PM
Thanks for the links. I knew her too. My condolences to her family and friends... Arnico. |
| SITARA | Posted
on 02-Feb-03 03:04 PM
My Best wishes for Nudup's family and friends! Thank you, Nepalisoul. |
| ashu | Posted
on 02-Feb-03 07:52 PM
My condolences to the Shrestha family. Just wondering: Now with cease-fire, talks and all that, did the Shrestha couple die in vain? Will any so-called Maoist ever be caught and brought to justice for murdering, among others, the Shrestha couple? Should Nepal NOT have an independent "War Tribunal" a la Nuremberg to shift through the war crimes of the Maoists and the government in the last 7 years? Or do we just forgive and forget and life can go on? My fear is that, even if the talks succeed in getting Babu Ram into an above-ground political fold, there will never be a clean break from the past . . . and this will come to haunt us one way or the other. oohi ashu ktm,nepal |
| fRank | Posted
on 02-Feb-03 07:59 PM
Ashu ji, you always touch the most significant part of any topic. As you said, I do think we do need a tribunal to bring those responsible for the death of thousands of innocent nepalese, including the Shresthas to justice. But I hope they come up to some agreement in the peace-talks. I don't want Nepal to be in a situation like Israel- Palestine. My condolences to the Shresthas immediate family (their three daughters), relatives and their friends. Peace and Jai Nepal |
| khai_k_vanu | Posted
on 02-Feb-03 08:06 PM
I think they will broker some kind of deal which will grant them life time immunity just like Pinochet did. Laaj hune lai po laaj huncha...nahulae k ko laaj? |
| suva chintak | Posted
on 02-Feb-03 10:05 PM
Ashu, You raise a very, very significant issue. There is a saying in politics: if you kill one person, you are a murderer if you kill a thousand, you are a hero and if you can kill them all, you are God! I think the pragmatics of politics and the weakness of the government will take this course, the killers and murderers who killed ordinary teachers, farmers, housewives, and school children in the most inhuman ways will soon be sitting in Singhadurbar and teaching the families of those victims about peace (after engaging in the most brutal massacre and terror the country has ever seen), democracy (after physically eliminating all dissent in their area of control), national development(after they systematically destroyed all infrastructure and development projects) and human rights (after maintaining the most inhuman terror through out the country)! What can we do except throw up? I think that is the great tragedy...for example how will the daughters of Mr and Mrs Shrestha ever be able to look up hero duo Prachanda and Baburam as anything but murderers even if the realpolitics makes them presidents and prime ministers? What kind of justice is there for the victims and their families as they now see their tormentors get scot free from the political deal? So my fear is that this ceasefire might bring us peace (maybe), but it will not bring justice to the thousands and thousands of sufferes of the conflict. Sure, it will get the likes of Baburam, Prachanda, Baadal and the rest of the high command plenty of legitimate power as they get into the government(they already had enough illegitimate power and money already). I know they say all is fair in love and war, but it is difficult not to see the whole thing as a climb to Singha Durbar on the corpses and skeletons of 8000 innocent Nepalis. They talk about a ceasefire, but from what I seen in the press, it seems like the government just surrendered unconditionally by accepting all the conditions of the maoists: round-table conference, constituent assembly, joint government, and the release of all their comrades from jail. What did the government get in return? The Maoists students won't even stop the strike on the educational institutions! I personally think the Maoists really scared the shit out of the king, prime minister, ministers and the security chiefs by gunning IGP Shrestha - a simple yet chilling message which said: if we can get the APF IGP when we want, we can also get your ass whipped when we so desire. So King G, fearing not only for his crown but also his royal skin, promptly raises the white flag from Narayanhiti. I don't support the Maoist philosophy, politics, least of all their inhuman tactics. But I will give them this: brilliant strategists, they got everyone by the balls, even the royal ones. But, let us hope for the best! |