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It is necessary to make the Nepal Army more inclusive but establishing a separate bat talion for a particular ethnicity is against the essence of inclusion. Pradeep Gyawali, UML Secretary

The ministers in the present government from the Madhes based political parties were corrupt, opportunist, and power-hungry. Moreover, in the present context it is not possible to recruit the 3,000 Madhesi youths in the NA.Upendra Yadav, Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) Chairman

Ministers in Bhattarai government are actively involved in bribery and amassing personal property by misusing government fund. PM Bhattarai has lost his initial image by leading the corrupt government.Jhalanath Khanal, CPN-UML Chairman

The court gives verdict considering the constitutional aspects. Hence, the verdict of the Supreme Court (SC) on the extension of the term of the Constituent Assembly (CA) will not be reviewed. Khil Raj Regmi , Chief Justice

The leader of the parliamentary party will be the prime ministerial candidate as per the party regulation. Otherwise, I am capable of becoming the first woman prime minister of the country.Sujata Koirala, Nepali Congress Leader

The current government led by Baburam Bhattarai, cannot turn into a national consensus government under any circumstances and therefore it is the turn of Nepali Congress to lead such a government.CP Gajurel, UCPN (Maoist) Secretary

We have decided to carry out various protest programmes from December 30 against the federalism, and to create momentum for completion of the constitution-writing process within the extended deadline of the Constituent Assembly. Chitra Bahadur K.C, Rastriya Janamorcha Leader

The cancellation of Chinese premier Wen Jiaboa’s Nepal visit is a diplomatic failure on the part of the Baburam Bhattarai government. The Government should inform people as to what caused the cancellation of the visit.Ram Chandra Poudel, NC Vice President and Parliamentary Party Leader

The Chinese PM’s decision was a serious jolt to the UCPN (Maoist) led government. I think the insecurity, rampant corruption and uncertainty of the continuation of the coali-tion government might have encouraged Chinese PM to put off his visit.Pashupati Shamsher Rana, Rastriya Prajatantra Party Chairman

Progress in the peace process is satisfactory. So, our party is not for changing the govern-ment. However, we want to form the national consensus government as soon as possible.Sushil Koirala , Nepali Congress President

The Nepal government doesn't want to extend the term and mandate of OHCHR as the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is enough to monitor and report on the hu-man rights situation in Nepal independently.Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, Prime Minister


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After conquering a number of small states and unifying them into one nation, the architect of the Nepal, King Pritvi Narayan Shah

used to say that Nepal is a garden of 4 varieties of main plants having 36 species of them. Even though King Prithvi came from Gorkha, he did not differentiate the people of other states after unification. The army used to be the main force of the state and he welcomed them all from the unified states.

After almost 250 years of King Prithvi’s rule the recently formed Nepalese coalition government of United Communist Party of Nepal – Maoist (UCPN) and the United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) agreed to implement their agreement of recruitment of Madhesi youths into the Nepal Army to make the armed forces inclusive. During the negotiation period of the 4 point agreements, both coalition parties agreed to recruit 10,000 Madhesis into the Nepal Army. But, with the lapse of more than 4 months the UCPN government has not initiated any concrete steps in the recruitment of Madhesis into the Nepal Army. On the other hand the faction of the UCPN party was spreading a rumour of change of maoist to the national consensus government with the Nepali Congress PM, UCPN PM Bhattarai was in threat of toppling his government.

A meeting of the top leaders of the UCPN (M) and the Madhesi Front held at Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai’s Baluwatar residence ended in an understanding. The two sides also agreed to set up a separate unit in the Nepal Army and agreed to recruit 3000 Madhesi youths to start induction of Madhesis into the Nepal Army. A Cabinet meeting held at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in Singha Durbar and issued ordered the Nepal Army to start the process to recruit 3000 personnel from the aforementioned marginalised communities after passing the policy paper for the new recruitment to turn NA “inclusive”. The Bhattarai government decided to change the language of recruitment as it recruited 3000 youths from the Adivasi Janjati, Dalit and Madheshi communities into the Nepal Army. The two ruling partners have also

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agreed to bring a bill through the Cabinet on inclusion of Madhesis, Dalits and Adivasi Janjati communities into the state organs.

The two main opposition parties UML and Nepali Congress have strongly opposed the government’s decision to establish a separate battalion of the Nepal Army (NA) by recruiting Madhesi youths to ensure inclusiveness in the army. The government should rethink this decision and stop activities that tend to divide the NA in the name of the caste and region. The decision was taken to please a particular group and is just an attempt to prolong the tenure of the government. It is necessary to make the NA more inclusive but establishing a separate battalion for a particular ethnicity or group is against the essence of inclusion.

The opposition parties said that the NA must open recruitment for women, Dalit, Janajati and other minority groups as well. Meanwhile, ex Lt General Kul Bahadur Khadka said that the government’s decision goes against the NA’s principle. The NA does not have a specific policy to open vacancies for a particular group. It will be difficult to implement decisions. The Defence Ministry has clarified that the new recruitment in the Nepal Army will be done on competition, denying that there will be "group entry" of Madhesis. Meanwhile, the secretary of the Defence Ministry informed that recruitment centres would be established in eight locations of Terai, five locations in the hilly region and three locations in the mountainous region.

A single bench of Justice Baijanath Upadhyay of the Supreme Court issued an interim order to the government not to implement its decision to start group entry of Madhesi communities in the Nepal Army (NA). The stay order was issued after conducting a hearing on the writ petition filed by Chure Bhawar Rastriya Party, a fringe party in the legislature parliament. The stay order of the SC does not only stop the coalition government to politicise in the NA but it also saves the President to revoke the government decision as he did in the Rukmangad sacking case earlier.

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Six UK diabetes experts attended Diabe-tes Nepal Conference held in Kathmandu on 9th & 10th December 2011. The team was led by Professor Satyan Rajbhandari, consultant in diabetes, from Preston Lan-cashire.

Satyan is a native of Nepal who has been active in various health educational ac-tivities in Nepal through Health Exchange Nepal, a charity registered in the UK. Professor Roy Taylor from Newcastle, Professor Ken Paterson from Scotland, Professor Phil Wiles from Manchester, Professor John Harvey from Wales and Dr Frank Bowling from Manchester attended this conference, which was participated by 160 Nepalese doctors and health care professionals.There are estimated 800,000 people with diabetes and half of them do not know that they have diabetes. Diabetes can lead to complications such as heart attack, stroke,

The Britain-Nepal Society 51st AGM Held

The 51st Annual Gen-eral Meeting (AGM) of the Britain-Nepal So-ciety was successfully held in the Nepal Em-bassy, London on 1st December 2011. The AGM was attended with great interest by big number of old and new members of the Britain-Nepal Society (BNS). The Chair- man of BNS Lt. Col Gerry D Birch submitted a report on past activi...ties in detail. He also presented the new Executive Committee comprising of following elected unani-mously:Lt. Col Gerry D Birch, Col. John Swanston, Kul Kadel and Dr P A Trott as Chair-man, Vice Chairman, Hon. Secretary and Hon. Treasurer respectively. Similalrly - Lt. Col GC Bicket, Dr Raghav Dhital OBE, Mr Gavin Edgerley-Harris, Mrs Jenifer Evans, Mr Harish Karki, Mr Ishwar Manandhar, Miss Jane Loveless, Mrs Frances Spackman and Mrs Maggie as Committee Members.Mrs Ambika Luintel, Lt. Col Gerry D Birch, Mr Simon Lord, Miss Rosalind Cor-rigan and Mrs Celia Brown are Ex-Officio for Rep. The Nepal Embassy, Editor of the Journal, Rep. HQ Brigade of Gurkhas, Rep. The Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Britain-Nepal Society ArchivistHon. Treasurer Dr PA Trott presented the Audited Accounts and Financial Report as at 30 June, 2011.Dr Raghav Dhital OBE submitted a Report on Yeti- the Nepalese Association.

The AGM was also addressed by His Excellency, the Nepalese Ambassador Dr Suresh Chandra Chalise and Maj. Murray Jones of the Britain-Nepal Chamber of Commerce.The AGM ended with Nepali supper.

Supreme Court revoked Old ‘Roy-al Orders’

The Supreme Court of Nepal today revoked the Four Cabinet decisions taken on July 30, 2003, November 25, 2004, December 6, 2004 and June 10, The court said the decisions to give continuity to the "royal orders" contradict the democratic spirit.A division bench of Justices Abdhesh Kumar Yadav and Bharat Raj Upreti was responding to a Public Interest Liti-gation filed by Advocate Ram Chandra Poudel on March 27. The petitioner had argued that the deci-sion to provide facilities including fuel for vehicles, maintenance of the vehicle, security personnel and house rent, was taken at the cost of the taxpayers' money. Those decisions were made by the Govern-ments responsible to "royal orders" and is against the spirit of Republic Nepal.

As per the old decisions, following are the benefi-ciaries:Former PMs - Surya Bahadur Thapa, Lokendra Ba-hadur Chand, Sher Bahadur Deuba, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Madhav Kumar Nepal, Jhala Nath KhanalFormer Home Ministers - K P Oli, Purna Bahadur Khadka, Krishna Prasad Sitaula, Bhim Bahadur Rawal, Bam Dev Gautam, Ram Chandra Poudel, Khum Bahadur Khadka Party Parliamentary Leaders - Bhim Acharya-- CPN- UML, Ramjanam Chaudary-- MJF (L), Jaryram Ya-dav-- UCPN (Maoist), Prem Bahadur Singh—SPLP, Rukmini Chaudhary-- SPLMFormer MPs - Ishower Pokhrel, Amresh Kumar Singh

UK experts attend Diabetes Nepal Conference in Kathmandu

blindness, heart failure, kidney failure and amputations. Most of these can be prevent-ed with good control of blood sugar, blood pressure, stopping smoking and lowering

cholesterol. This can be achieved with in-creasing exercise, modifying diet, loosing weight and taking medicines prescribed by doctors.

The biggest single problem is not the dia-betes itself; it is the lack of knowledge not only with the general public but also with

the health policy makers. Diabetes can be prevented in many cases by being careful on what you eat, increasing physical activ-ity and loosing weight. Unfortunately this message has not been promoted widely. Even in pre-diabetes, risk of developing diabetes can be reduced by up to 60% with this and this does not cost any money. Dia-betes Nepal is active in educating general public and health care professionals about diabetes. They have recently released a short film ‘Diabetes’ by Madan Krishna & Hari Bansha to educate general public about diabetes.

This 2 day conference was aimed at doctors and other health care professionals from all over the country. The conference was inaugurated by Health Minister Rajendra Mahato. The participants found this con-ference very useful to learn about diabetes. Diabetes Nepal plans to hold similar con-ference again next year.

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NAC will have the (Chinese) planes at any cost The flag carrier of Nepal, the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) which was formerly known as RNAC is presently facing an acute shortage of aircrafts to operate internal and external flights. At present the RNAC is flying 2 Twin Otters in the internal sector and 2 Boeing 757s in the international sectors. During the Hisila Yami’s ministerial time, RNAC entered into agreement with the Air Bus Company without the consent of the Finance Ministry for two wide bodied aircrafts which resulted in a court case and finally cancelled the deal.Recently, the new Tourism Minister Lokendra Bista Magar announced that he will bring eight planes at any cost by completing all the legal procedures. Though, our sources confirmed that the deal was signed without taking approval from the government and the Ministry of Finance. As per the source, the agreement was already signed with China for 5 Harbin Y-12 twin-engine planes of 19 seater and 3 MA60 turboprops planes of

58-seater. The RNAC team who went to China for a study believe that both types of aircrafts are feasible for Nepal. But aviation experts disagree with that and were of the opinon that it may face maintenance problems. The experts find the Y-12 aircrafts are not viable in Nepal both economically and technically. In the past Nepal had already tried the Y12 unsuccessfully in the Nepal skies.The so called ‘messiah’ in sorting out the shortage of aircratfts in RNAC is silent in acquiring aircrafts for its international sectors.

Sankhadhar Sirapa to Pasaa Puchah Guthi UK15 December 2011, London: The Sankhadhar Sirapa Smiti, Kathmandu has today decided to award the Sankhadhar Sirapa to Pasaa Puchah Guthi UK for promoting Nepal Sambat outside Nepal since its inception in 2000 by celebrating ‘Mha Puja & Nhu Dan’. This is the first time on the Sankhadhar Sirapa Samiti, Kathmandu has awarded anybody or any institute outside of Ne-pal. The Samiti has also decided to convene the award ceremony in Naagadesh, Bhaktapur on Friday, the 30th of December at 12.00 PM. Mr Sachetan Tuladhar, who is currently holidaying in Kathmandu will be collecting the Award on behalf of the PPG UK. Respected Satya Mohan Joshi has consented to be the chief guest of the ceremony.

Thaksin visited Lumbini It has been learnt that former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shi-nawatra has come to Nepal to visit Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Gautam Buddha on 16th December for a two days visit to Ne-pal. He landed at Kathmandu airport in his chartered plane which flew from Myanmar. Upon arrival in Kathmandu he immediately boarded a Yeti Airlines plane bound for the Gautam Buddha Air-port in Bhairahawa and then further headed towards Lumbini, which lies 22 km west of Bhairahawa in the Rupandehi district. The next day, Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shi-nawatra visited Lumbini, the birth place of Gautam Buddha, and performed worship as per the Buddhist tradition .Shinawatra, who was also a successful businessman, ruled Thai-land from 2001 to 2006. He was overthrown in a coup while he was abroad. Thaksin faced allegations of corruption and tax eva-sion, among others, after that. The Thailand Supreme Court even sentenced him to two years in prison in absentia. His passport was revoked in 2009, but was given back to him in October 2011 after his sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, became the Prime Minister.He did not visit Kathmandu nor did he meet anybody from the Nepal government.

Trust to award for informer on Royal PropertyThe Nepal Trust which was set up by the Government after abolish-ing the Monarchy in Nepal has issued a statement on thir perfor-mance. The Nepal Trust was founded on 22 November 2007 as per Article 159 of the Interim Constitution of Nepal, 2063 to find out and preserve by nationalising the property owned by the late king and his family members inside and outside the country.The Trust in their statement said that the Trust has so far found re-cords of 6,244 ropani of land owned by the late royal family mem-bers of which ownership of 1,179 ropani has already been trans-ferred to the trust. Similarly, they also found various bank accounts and 44,116 pound sterling and around 120 million rupees has been transferred in the accounts of the Trust.

The Nepal Trust has announced rewards for those giving informa-tion related to the property owned by late King Birendra and his family inside and outside the country. But they have not specified the reward amount.

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SMRITI BHAWAN PROJECT FOR BHAKTAPUR CANCER HOSPITAL

Introduction – The Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital (BCH) was established in 1999 when the Rotary Club of Mansfield, UK helped to establish the first purpose built Radiotherapy Department in Nepal with half a million dollars Grant from The Rotary Foundation to buy the Cobalt Radiotherapy machine.Concept of Smriti Bhawan in 2004 – As it is the only cancer hospital within the Kathmandu Valley the BCH started growing rapidly serving the cancer patients from all over Nepal. BCH desperately needed new buildings from as many sources as possible. I knew one fact that many Nepalese wish to do something in loving memories of their respected parents when they depart from this world. If we plan to build a building costing Rs.2 Crore it might be practical to seek for a donation of Rs.1 Lakh from 200 Nepalese living in UK, US and Nepal who can afford and call the building Smriti Bhawan which will be a communal building with equal participation from 200 Nepalese. The main Conference Hall inside the Smriti Bhawan will be called Smriti Baithak and 200 plaques with names of the donors and their loved ones will be displayed permanently over the walls of the Baithak. This will be followed by an annual observation of Smriti Divas when all the donors will be invited to participate on a solemn function of remembrance and prayer in the names of their beloved dead.UK Friends of l (UKFOBCH) – This new idea received wide spread support from the Nepalese in UK and we formed this organisation with 10 members who are - Prasanna Gautam, Chuda Karki, Subarna Shrestha, Basant Shrestha, Padam Rai, Dharma Shakya, Mahanta Shrestha, Achuyut Dhital, Satyan Rajbhandari and myself. We registered it with UK Charity Commission (Charity Number 1107897) for two reasons – tax benefit through Gift Aid and implementation with strict guidelines under UKCC for transparency, proper accountancy and accountability.America Nepal Medical Federation

(ANMF) – I visited US during that year and met Dr Gauri Adhikari, Chairman of ANMF at that time. He got very interested and helped in promoting this project in US acting as the Project Manager.Nepal visit in 2004 – My main base in Nepal is Rotary and I visited many clubs in Kathmandu for the presentation of this new project. The response was overwhelming and I met the local leaders at Bhaktapur and members of the BCH Management Board who all were very supportive. We decided to demolish the old dilapidated Chandra Lok Dispensary in the middle of BCH and build the Smriti Bhawan instead on that site.BCH Smriti

Bhawan Committee (BCH SBC) – We formed this in order to promote this Project in Nepal and to construct the building with six members and three trustees and Gopal Kakshyapati as Chairman. A well known architect Swarup Gurung Koney volunteered to take full responsibility for surveying, drawing and supervising construction. We entered into a bilateral agreement between UKFOBCH & BCH SBC to work under the guidelines of UKCC.Nepal visit 2005 – We did extensive campaign through press, FM radios and TV interviews and the response was very encouraging. Towards the end of 2005 when everything including working drawings was ready we met the first hiccough. Few local people objected to the demolition of Chandra Lok Dispensary for one reason or other best known to them and the progress suddenly ground down to a halt.

We went on haggling for two years and ultimately they influenced the Ministry of Health who killed that plan for ever.Nepal visit 2007 – We decided to reclaim a sloping land within BCH down to a small rivulet. It took another two years for surveying, drawing and costing only to abandon the plan as the cost estimate rose to prohibitive amount of Rs.5 Crore.Nepal visit 2010 – We found another piece of suitable land site through the favour of Bhaktapur Municipality and it took more than a year for surveying, planning, costing and so on. Because of inflation and rise in costs of materials the new estimate is Rs.3 Crore which we thought we can manage to raise.Ceremonial Foundation Laying by Honourable Narayan Man Bijukchhe on 18 October 2011 – Ultimately we progressed to this stage and I was very touched by the ceremony with much pomp and panoply for which Nepalese are very good. The Bhaktapur classical musicians playing, the chanting of mantras in Sanskrit by Purohits, the pujas and huge attendance simply touched me. I was choked with emotion and could hardly speak when my turn came to speak on this Project. However I was delighted that 8 people from the audience pledged Rs.1 Lakh each after my speech.Present status – We have Rs.66 Lakh in hand and 36 firm pledges besides the new ones so that the total is well over Rs.1 Crore. The Foundation Ceremony attracted lots of press, FM radio & TV reports and TV interview. So we all are confident that more promotions with progress reports will definitely encourage hundreds of Nepalese to donate and participate on this project. And we aim to complete the Smriti Bhawan building within two years.

Further appeal in UK– If anyone in UK would like to donate Rs.1 Lakh in memory of your loved ones it will cost you £800 but you have to pay only £640 if you sign Gift Aid.

Please contact me.Bibek Pradhan, Chairman, UKFOBCHEmail: [email protected] Telephone: 01623 490789 Date: 5 December 2011


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In order for any country to develop both economically and harmonious-ly it must firstly achieve a level of political maturity. Like many other countries that do not have a long history of democracy such as Libya and Egypt there will of course be a process of discussion and self re-flection in order to find the best way forward for the country, its people and therefore its constitution.The major countrywide strike (bandh) organised by the Nepali Congress and its sister organisations (which was reportedly mainly peaceful) on 19th December led to the closure of schools, shops, markets and businesses with roads being completely empty for 10 hours.

This came following the death in prison of the youth leader of the Nepali Congress (Nepal Tarun Dal Chitwan), Shiva Poudel and it has been reported his death was premeditated. The strike brought most of Nepal to a standstill includ-ing the capital and districts as far ranging as Kaski, Banke, Palpa and Kailali. He had apparently been arrested for the alleged involvement in the murder of a member of the CPN-UML affiliated youth group, of which all charges have now been dropped.

The act could now derail the agree-ment on a new constitution or at

the very least, delay it at a time when the country desperately needs a resolution. The NC (Nepalese Congress) has recently announced it will for now put on hold the continuation of further protests and strikes. Whilst his body has been repatriated, the NC are still request-ing that he be given the official title of martyr.

Prakash Singh the Nepali Congress Secretary has announced that the chances of the party joining any current Maoist led government are at the very best slim. Whilst coalitions can be fraught with difficulties as can be seen currently in the UK at this mo-ment in time, stability and national unity should really be of most im-portance.

He did however say that a full conclusion to the peace process was of greater priority. Six of the par-ties based in Tarai have formally requested the withdrawal of the bill on Inclusion as they argued it

Nepal's need to grow to political maturity

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would bring about the formation of a separate battalion of Madhesi youths into the Nepalese army. It is these types of difficulties that have brought about the impasse on the formation of a new constitution.

The United States has warned Ne-pal that due to the political instabil-ity and strikes, it may reinstate its travel warning to its citizens which were only recently lifted. History has shown us that when political in-stability occurs it has a far reaching impact on the country, not some-thing that is unique to Nepal. What it does is to affect the whole coun-try. In some areas of Nepal such as Okhaldhunga for example most of the youth have left in order to find work abroad.

The infighting and lack of political maturity could well have implica-tions on inward investment, its global standing and the economy. This coming at a time when Nepa-lese are looking at a 20% rise in the cost of electricity as it has to look to buy in extra power from neigh-bouring India. Only once Nepal can find a way to a peaceful democratic future will it be able to start its movement towards raising stand-ards of living and a more homogo-nous society, rather than the current political infighting which of course will achieve neither.

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INTERVIEWProfessor Kul B Luintel is a well-known academic. He has been in the UK academia for last 15 years or so and has held a full professorial position in economics and finance for over a decade. He has taught in several universities in the UK and

currently holds a Chairs Economics at Cardiff Business School. The Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), in its recent most (2008) evaluation rates Cardiff Business School as the top 4th amongst all (one hundred plus) UK Business Schools. Prof. Luintel has published widely in top international journals and has several successful PhDs to his credit.

His published work covers a broad range of issues in economics and finance. Particularly, he has published in banking, finance, exchange rates, growth, R&D and innovation, fiscal issues etc covering OECD, South- and East-Asian and African countries. He has acted as external examiner, served as a consultant to OECD and the UN-WIDER.

Recently, Sagarmatha Times caught up with Professor Luintel in London. In this economically testing time, we put to him some of our curiosities and queries. He courteously shared his views with us

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ST. What is wrong with the global economy? Europe and the US seem to be in economic and financial malaise. How deep is the problem? and how long this is to last? Answer: Today, the size of the global economy is about 63.0 trillion dollars of which EU and USA account for about 49% and the rest of the world accounts for the remaining 51%.Outside the EU and the USA are the key emerging economies, viz., China, India and Brazil, which account for about 9% of the world output. Emerging countries are doing very well – they are growing fast. However, the problem of world economy is that Europe and the US, which produce almost a-half of the global

output, have not grown since 2008. This has stalled the growth of global economy for last four years. Further, Europe and the US are engulfed in large debt and deficit. Governments in these countries are reducing their expenditures to get a handle on their deficit and debt. Virtually near zero growth rates coupled with massively curtailed government expenditures have produced high level of unemployment across Europe and America. Even those who are lucky to have a job are also not unscathed. Public sector pays are either frozen or severely cut which has impacted very badly on households’ real income and living standard. Moreover, inflation is rising – fuelled by food and oil prices - which exacerbates the hardship. In short, we have a situation of high inflation, high unemployment which is known as ‘stagflation’ plus a very low growth with a real potential of another recession. The problem in global economy is indeed deep and it is very serious. How long this will last is anybody’s guess. However, business cycle (boob & bust) used to be rather short-lived in the past but this down turn has already lasted for four years – already too long. Without going into further details, it may take another 2/3 years for the global economy to sort itself out.

ST. What will happen to the Euro? Will it collapse? Did the British PM take the right move for the country (UK) by vetoing against the new treaty on EU? There are plenty in this country who think it was a serious mistake on the part of David Cameroon, the PM. Answer: With hindsight, Britain’s decision not to join the Euro turned out to be a wise one. Today, unlike France, Italy, Greece or any Euro zone country, UK has free hand on its monetary and fiscal policies to revive the economy. For most of the Euro zone countries it must appear a (policy) luxury. On the fate of Euro, Economists have always said that a monetary union without a fiscal union will end up in tears and this is what precisely has happened to Euro. Euro was never an economically tested project; instead, it was a political project – driven by the political ideology, will and agenda of Europeans and particularly those of Germany and France. Even today, if European politicians particularly the Germans wish to bail out Euro they can do so but, of course, with a cost to German tax payers. This is what appears to be

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happening already. Following the recent announcement of over 400 billion new monetary injection through the European Central Bank, the German spread (borrowing costs) have gone up. Further, this type of monetary injection also has a very high inflationary potential. Indeed, there is a view suggesting a possibility of two tire Euro countries – i.e., core countries like Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxemburg etc sticking together to the Euro but peripheral countries like Greece, Spain, Italy, Ireland etc opting out of Euro. If this were to happen (i.e., Euro were to break up) then the peripheral countries - like Greece, Italy, Spain, Ireland - will have unimaginable financial costs and distresses. And my understanding is that the main players of Euro zone are trying to avoid such a breakup in Euro from economic policy perspectives and on grounds of national interest, the British PM Mr. Cameroon did the right thing for Britain by vetoing the re-write of EU treaty. The issue was very serious, it had to be dealt with firmly and he did just that. There was no choice (option) left for Mr Cameroon. The VETO is never designed to be pleasant. So, it should not be judged in the light of cosy diplomacy. That no Euro country should exceed budget deficit of 3% and national debt of 62% of its GDP is already in Maastricht treaty but, among others, Germany also violated this rule. EU is an open trade zone for the EU countries; no country can stop free trade amongst the EU member countries. UK can be Singapore of Europe – there is some strength in this argument. Also we should not forget that Britain is not a marginal country – it is the third largest economy in the whole of Europe and it has the most flexible labour laws.

ST .What is your view on the UK economy? Will it go through double dip recession? Answer: The UK economy is going through a very difficult period for a considerable period of time now. Following the financial crisis of 2007, the UK economy went into recession in the second quarter of 2008 and it came out of recession after six quarters in January 2009. However, the growth rate has since been very poor. As you know, there is a real possibility of UK slipping into recession in 2012; this is widely perceived by various economic forecasters. The UK’s current problems are: (1) a very low or no growth at all, (ii) very high unemployment currently over 2.6 million (note this unemployment was only 0.9 million in 2006), (iii) high

inflation rate of close to 5% (RPI), and (iv) high fiscal deficit, debt and current account deficit. Property market is flat and property prices, in general, are either flat or decelerating. So there is a long list. It appears doom and gloom all around. Unemployment is expected to climb even higher. Despite wide anticipation of a double dip recession, I am a bit optimistic and slightly edge in believing that the UK economy may just avoid this – it will not grow fast but may just escape the negative growth required to be officially declared under recession – a two successive quarters of negative growth rates. This is because UK is in relatively better position than the Euro zone countries. For a start, UK can take relevant policy decisions rather swiftly because it does not have to go through the process of 17 countries agreeing to it. Unlike in Europe, there is no sterling crisis in the UK. Euro zone has all the problems UK has plus a big problem of currency (Euro). UK government’s plan to reduce its debt and deficit has been taken credibly by the market hence the cost of government borrowing has remained low; UK’s credit rating is excellent. Unfortunately, high unemployment and low economic growth hits the exchequer hardest making it difficult to reduce dficit. Revival in growth rate, of the magnitude that we saw prior to 2007, is still some way off, nonetheless UK has the best chance of recovery in Europe. It is also highlighted by the fact that German economy grew by 0.5% in the third quarter of 2011 whereas the UK economy grew by 0.6% for the same quarter.

ST. Sagarmatha Times is a paper for Nepali Diasporas. Most of our readers are trying to find their feet in this society. One of their main concerns is the current housing market. What is your view on this? Answer: The housing or property market has been flat for some time now (four years). When precisely it will revive is any one’s guess; However, if you look at it historically, UK had the last property market crash in early 1990s and that took almost a decade to revive fully. Thank fully, this time round, property market is flat but it has not crashed; prices have come down modestly. Employment and market confidence are vital for the revival of property market and both are currently in short supply. My expectation is that housing market should start reviving from 2013 but, this time round, the revival is going to be rather slow and gradual. So, if you can hang on to your property please do so.


ST. What is your view on recently signed BIPPA between Nepal and Inadia? Answer: Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (BIPPA) is important but not a unique agreement between nations. They have been around for a considerable period of time between nations. Recently, Dr Bhattaria, the PM of Nepal signed one with India last October. This, by no means, is the first ever agreement of this kind Nepal has signed; Nepal has entered into this type of agreement with France, Germany, UK etc. The idea behind this type of agreement is to provide mutual legal protection to respective countries’ investors when they invest in another country. However, the technical details relating to breadth and depth of the cover (compensation scheme) are important when viewed from the perspectives of economic and political parameters of the country concerned. In my view this is the issue here. I have not had access to the details of the agreement hence cannot comment on them. However, it is always the case that the government should develop a conducive environment for foreign direct investment which include rule of law; law, order and security; competitive tax provisions; political stability etc rather than entering into separate agreements with separate nations. So, my answer to your question is if Nepal has signed a special (with different provisions) BIPPA with India than there needs to be a impartial evaluation of the current standing BIPPA agreements with other countries

ST. Interest rates are very low in Europe but why iare the nterest rates so high in Nepal? In view of the high deposit rates, is it advisable to invest in Nepal?

Answer: When you indicate low interest rates in Europe I guess you mean bank deposit rates. Even in Europe, Government borrowing rates are above 6% or 7% for countries like Greece and Italy. In order to figure out the bank interest rate in Nepal one needs to take into account the Indian interest rates. Given the open boarder, free convertibility of Nepali and Indian currency, and the size of the Indian economy, Nepal cannot operate with its independent interest rate policy. Moreover, the exchange rate of NC is fixed with the IC, which severely limits Nepalese authorities’ ability to set interest rates independently of India.

Bank deposit and lending rates are high in India too. Typically one year deposit rates in India range between 8.25% to 8.75%. Similar bank deposits in Nepal attract 11% to 12% interest rates. Personal loan rates in India range 14% to 17% and this is up to 15% to 18% in Nepal. Mortgage rates are quite high in Nepal. Currently, inflation rate in Nepal is quoted to be at 10.5% per annum and it is 9.73% in India. So, it is not difficult to infer that Nepali deposit and lending rates are set as a mark-up on Indian rates. Given these figures, the real interest rate for bank depositors in India appears negative whereas it is marginally positive in Nepal. So savers are not getting a very good deal in India and Nepal which you might think simply by looking at the nominal interest rates. India is growing at 9.70% in real terms but Nepal is at 4.5%; thus Nepal’s growth rate is less than a-half of the Indian growth rate.

Economists attribute economic growth to (i) factor accumulation (growth in Capital and Labour) and (ii) productivity growth. If one were to suggest that 25% of economic growth comes from improvements in productivity then Nepal’s productivity is growing by 1.13% a year and that of Indian productivity is by 2.43% per year. However, Indian productivity growth is likely to be higher than this simple calculation. From the perspectives of the growth rate of economy, the potential productivity growth and the rate of inflation, (nominal) interest rates appear somewhat higher in Nepal – probably by a 2.0 percentage point across the board. However, the key to the reduction of interest rate in Nepal must be a reduction in inflation; otherwise, a negative real interest rate will dissuade the depositors.

ST. Dear Professor Luintel, thank you very much for your valuable time. Sagarmatha Times is highly appreciative of you in sharing your thoughts with us. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy new Year 2012.

Answer: Thank you very much for your greeting and kind words on behalf of me and my family we wish the Sagarmatha Times and family a very prosperous New Year.

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Dr Raghav P. Dhital - Principal General Medical practitioner, Walthamstow, London, UK.

Dr Dhital was born in October 1943 in Kharibot, Gorkha, Nepal.

In 1959 as a young boy he attended the JP High School in Kathmandu, Nepal where he got his SLC. In 1963 He went on to attend the Tribhuwan University in Kathmandu, Nepal and achieved a B.Sc.After completing his studies in Nepal he travelled to Bangladesh in 1969 to study M.B., B.S at University Dhaka.

Dr Dhital then travelled back to Nepal in 1970 and became a Medical Officer at Bir Hospital in Kathmandu and worked there for 2 years. In 1972 he moved to Baglung Hospital and became a senior Medical officer and worked there for 5 years. He then moved to Hetauda Hospital in Makwanpur, and was a Senior Medical Officer until 1977.Dr Dhital has achieved many awards and decora-tions and is an advisor to the following; NRN UK, Nepali Literature Development Council UK and Gorkhali Samaj UK.

In 2007 He was awarded an OBE title - Dr Dhital is the second Nepali to obtain the ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE after Prof Dr Surya Prasad Suvedi. He has also achieved Birendra Aishwarya Smriti Padak in2002, Prakhyat Trishakti Patta in1997, Prabal Gorakha Dakhsin Bahu in 1977 and Subha Rajyabhishek Padak in 1975.

Dr Dhital holds many positions and is a member of various different committee’s in the UK and has done, for many years. Currently, Dr Dhital is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, London UK,

President Yeti Nepali Association UK since 1983, Founder Chairman of Yeti London Welfare Founda-tion London since 1997, a member of the British Medical Association in the UK and the First Initiator NRN movement in UK in 2002.

Previously, Dr Dhital held positions at Constitution Draft Committee, Nepalese Doctors Association UK and was the founder Member and Chairman. He also was the Founder Honorary Secretary for the Nepal Red Cross Society in Baglung, Nepal. The Founder Member and President for the Nepalese Students’ Association, Bangladesh (then East Paki-stan). And finally the Chairman for the Foreign Stu-dent’ Association in Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangla-desh (then East Pakistan)

Dr Dhital is very much involved with the Nepali com-munity in London and is the architect and founding Chairman of the Yeti London Welfare Foundation www. yetilondonwelfarefoundation.org This is a charitable trust registered with UK charity commission, established to set up a Nepali commu-nity centre in London. The foundation is mainly concerned with socio-cultural and welfare activities of the Nepalese com-munity. For many years Nepalese living in United Kingdom have dreamed of having a centre in London where they can meet, organise Nepali language class, provide library of Nepali books & literature and wel-come visitors.

Dr Raghav P. Dhital

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The conservative British Prime Minister Mr David

Cameroon promised that he will reduce the numbers of immigration down to thousands as it was in the 1990s In the developed western countries immigration has always been a serious issue for the government and a hot topic for political parties in general elections. It is also the case that a majority of the population are against immigration from outside the country.

The general public fear of job losses or tougher competition in jobs, increased pressure in public transports, schools, hospitals and so on. To be perfectly being honest, it can not be denied that these fears are not genuine concerns especially in the current time of high unemployment and economic crisis. On the other hand, it is often the case that minorities are marginalised in the game of majority politics. Countries such as, United Kingdom, is truly a multicultural nation. There are people from around the globe in varying numbers depending on the historical or other connections with the Britain such as people of Indian origins and former colonies, ex-British Ghurkhas Army and their families and the British Commonwealth citizens. In addition, there are significant numbers of new European migrants under the European Union Treaty.

Obviously immigration means increase in the size of the existing population which naturally demands increased level of services in most public sector areas. It is not surprising that the political leaders and its parties try to please the sceptical majority to gain votes in election. However unfortunately it is often the case that political parties exaggerate the actual effects of the immigration in inflammatory languages to woo the conservative electorates. They misinform, mislead, use provocative languages and play with the psychological fears of the general public. The opportunist politicians tactfully play with the fear of the public, and they are able to manipulate and gain election success. After the formation of coalition government in May 2010, the coalition adopted a general policy on

in Immigration and Equality, amongst other areas of policy making, which was published on 20 May 2010. Its main features can be summarised as follows: a) Annual limit on number of non-EU economic migrants; b) End detention of children for immigration purposes;c) Create border police force as part of Serious Organised Crime Agency; d) New measures to minimise abuse of student visas; e) Citizens from any new EU member states to be banned from working in UK for a transitional period.

The Conservative’s promise to cap annual migration featured strongly while the Lib Dems' commitment to an amnesty for illegal migrants who have been in the country for more than 10 years was wholly absent. The document was also silent on what will happen to the estimated 500,000-plus illegal migrants living in the UK with no mention of increased deportations or plans to give them a route to citizenship.Although the policy, at least on the face, seemed to use a moderate tone and language, the Home Office run by the Tory ministers, adopted a very harsh policy on admission, compliance, and enforcement of legal/illegal migrants, asylum seekers and refugees to reduce the immigration numbers.

The Home Office has made numerous policy announcements and changes in immigration rules during the last one and half year period. The Home Secretary Teresa May announced in parliament in June 2010 that immigration will be controlled by new limits. Consultation was published on the annual limit for Tier1 and 2 and Interim limit announced for Tier1 and Tier 2 in July 2010. On 24 November 2010 the government announced the closure of Tier1 (G) from April 2011. Annual limit of 20,700 for Tier2 /work permits from April 2011 was set. On 4 July 2011 Changes to student visa rules brought into force. On 13 July 2011 the government launched consultation on family migration. On 23 November 2011, it extended the employment restrictions for Bulgarian and Romanian nationals.

On 16 November 2011, Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) recommended to set a new high income threshold to bring in family in the UK from the overseas. The MAC in its recommendation stated that ‘The MAC recognises that family migration regulations are not determined by economic factors alone. But it is an economic issue – required family income – that we have been asked to address.

On this basis, the present income stipulation is too low. The MAC suggests, instead, a minimum gross income figure to support a two-adult family of between £18,600 and £25,700. We estimate that nearly two thirds of sponsors would not have sufficient gross income to meet the higher of these thresholds’. From this report it was clear that almost two third of sponsor will not be able to bring in their loved husband, wife or children if the higher threshold is implemented. Please note that the MAC was asked by the government to recommend on ‘economic basis’ alone and not other considerations.

It is now the government’s turn to consider and respect the minorities’ basic human rights, the likely adverse effects, the need to strengthen and empower communities, legal, social, political and other considerations. It must be recognised that the most likely victims of these potential high income threshold rules are people from the ethnic minority communities. Further if the recommendation is implemented, it may be discriminatory on women since majority of the spouses who require visa or entry clearance to come to the UK are dependent women after marriage with a UK resident. If a set of rules target certain sections of the community or disproportionately disadvantage a certain group, it may be illegal under the European Convention on Human Rights. The potential damage it may cause in community relations and co-existence of the communities will be enormous. It will badly damage the peace, harmony and relationships between the majority and ethnic minority communities living together in the UK. Mr Deepak BhattaraiPrincipalBhattarai & Co. Immigration Practice

Draconian immigration policies by Deepak Bhattarai

BP KOIRALA'S DIARY - Compiled by Ganesh Raj Sharma


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Wednesday, 27 April 1977-no entryThursday, 28 April, BP 130/80, SundarijalDr Shrestha (police + jail doctor) saw me + has prescribed some medicines for throat + liver + digestive disorder. He is a homely type of person, not inspiring great confidence as a doctor, but a man with common sense and like Pinaky Babu believes in minimum medication. He introduced himself as police doctor + I asked him whether he was in charge of the prison also. He said: yes. Then I asked him about Shailaja. He said: who Shailaja? I said: Acharya. Then he said his assistants visit the jail regularly. Obviously he was reluctant to tell me about her. Otherwise there was no point in him asking me in the 1st instance which Shailaja I meant.

DSP informed me that the army was refusing to allow the police the use of the refrigerator at the colonel’s place in the arsenal where perishable food meant for us needs to be stocked. The DSP didn’t know what to do now. Sundarijal has no market, hence everything has to be brought from Kathmandu, even vegetables.

The officer here is perplexed. The doctor has advised me to give up tea + coffee altogether because of my heart condition. This is a problem. I don’t take coffee at all, but tea I need in the morning and in the afternoon, and I take it strong. In jail, this habit is reinforced. As a matter of fact I was not keen on tea outside altho I took it in the company of others. Since Sushila is extremely fond of it—addicted to it—I used to like it for her sake also. But here—particularly after GM was removed from this camp

+ I was made alone, I started taking interest in tea and its preparation. I have almost made it into some kind of a ceremony, and I enjoy every sip of it. The whole process takes me about 45 minutes to 1 hour in the afternoon. I take some biscuits + a piece of cheese along with it. I bring everything in a nice tray from the dining room into my study. All this I will have to give up—and without knowing what other alternative activity could be devised.

Friday, 29 April, SundarijalWas taken to the court today. There advocates Ganeshraj, Kusum and Krishna Pd are defending me. I had about an hours private consultation with them. I showed them the statement that I have prepared. They approved of it. I told them that I would like the cases to be demolished on facts themselves—because I feel that the cases have been falsely framed or at least don’t have sufficient basis on fact.

I am particularly interested in the case of Capt Thapa in which I too am involved. Krishna Pd seems to think that we shouldn’t take the stand on charges being framed because, in that case, the political character of the cases would be lost + those who are undergoing various terms of imprisonment would feel left out. I think there is some

substance in his argument. But you also want to establish that previous decisions of the court have been based on insufficient materials—there has been no attempt at finding the truth before the judgements were handed down to the accused.

I told the court today that I take moral responsibility for everything. Since I wanted to make a long statement [about] why I had given a call for revolution, the court was hesitant to record my statement. There was some stalemate, the discussion was proceeding when the court rose for the day. I have to appear again the day after.

The judge permitted my family members to see me during the recess of 60 mt—Sushila, Rosa, Chetana, Kalpana, Sujata, Nona, Niru, Santosh, Sriharsha, Kalpana’s daughter + Manisha. The small courtroom was full of them—Manisha always kept herself close to me + when it was time for them to go, she insisted that she wanted to stay with me in the prison. I had some difficulty inducing her to go home with Sushila.

The DSP provided tea, biscuits for all of us. The atmosphere was very friendly. Sushila told me that Chandra Shekhar had come + was leaving Kathmandu this afternoon. All our friends in India have sent us greetings. Chandra Shekhar perhaps saw the king who had high praise for me (“a great man”) but who also said that he had difficulties about my release as a result of great pressure. Chandra Sh. Should have inquired what the king’s difficulties were. Chandra Sh. wanted to meet Shailaja in prison, which was not allowed. I am full of excitement today. In the evening returned to the loneliness of the camp. to be continued.....

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The good old days were when the choice over which airline to fly with, when travelling from UK to Kathmandu was simple and obvious. The National Nepali carrier, which was called Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation, everyone referred to it as RNAC (‘are-nessy’) for short.

RNAC was the joy and much loved National Carrier of all Nepalis and tourists travelling to Nepal, but sadly RNAC has stopped operating this route for over a decade and travellers now have to choose between several airlines offering connecting flights through the Middle East and India; and through Hong Kong and Bangkok if you like flying!

Sagarmatha Times will be reviewing each airline that flies between UK and Nepal so that the next time you are trying to decide which airline to fly with you will be able to make a wise decision very easily.

We are ‘taking off’ with Jet airways as the first airline to be reviewed and will continue covering each airline in every issue in the months to come.

Jet Airways offers a user friendly website to book the flights and to make any necessary changes to all reservations. We selected the Jet Airways flight that departs London Heathrow at 8.50 pm, connects through Delhi to a second flight that arrives in Kathmandu 2.10 pm (local time) the flowing day with a total travel time of 11 hours and 35 minutes, which is quicker than connections through the Middles East by over 2 hours .We selected the return flight to leave Kathmandu at 09.40 am and arrive into London Heathrow at 5.40 pm with a total travel time of 14 hours and 25 minutes, which is slightly longer on the return leg yet it is still one of the fastest.

Jet offers on-line check in 24 hours before the flight which is very handy in selecting seats to suit your preference and to print boarding

passes so you are more in control of your flight experience. Note, that that this was not available on the flights between Delhi and Kathmandu but these flights are very short anyway.

Airport check in experience at London Heathrow is by third party staff who are friendly and courteous. The check in staff in Kathmandu are also employed by a third party and are also friendly and courteous. However, the staff at Delhi are employed by Jet airways but they were disappointingly miserable and short tempered. The quality of service offered at the flight connections desk and around the airport by the Jet Airways staff leave passengers feeling like they have done something wrong (repeatedly!) and are being told off by the headmaster (repeatedly!).

The service on board the aircraft was different every time on each of the connecting flights, ranging from very poor on the long flights where it matters most, to very good on the short flights where service is not very important. Overall the service is only at satisfactory level (just) and this is not one of the strengths of Jet Airways. This is disappointing for an airline that boasts it has won so many awards.

Jet Airways’ fleet of aircraft are new and very young and it does boast very good ‘in-flight entertainment’ that offers a wide choice of movies, music and programmes. The meals offered caters for customer that like Indian food and is of a good standard. The seats are very well designed ergonomically across all cabins and offer a comfortable flight with good amount of space.

Many people are concerned with the connection experience through Delhi airport. The security process is extremely arduous with only two machines with a very slow flow rate. There is on-going work to increase the number of security screening machines and this should decrease the waiting time.

The new ‘Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport Terminal 3’ is impressive and very much like other top international hubs, such as London Heathrow Terminal 5 (LHR T5). Even the automated public enouncement voice is the same as the one in LHR T5 and houses some top brand retail outlets for a great shopping experience while you wait for your flight.

The terminal is extremely large, big enough to shoot the filming of a sequence to the movie ‘The Terminal’ starring Tom Hanks. So make sure you spot your gate on the map and take the free shuttle carts available to any gates that are far or you could easily find yourself walking for 20 to 30 minutes!

The main question remains is “Does Sagarmatha Times recommend taking Jet Airways?” The positives of Jet Airways are the young fleet of aircraft with good in-flight entertainment and good connection times offering very quick total travel time when comparing to other carriers. The connection experience at Delhi airport could be better and may get better as the Terminal gears up to its full capability.

The big drawback is poor customer service at Delhi, satisfactory level of service on-board the aircraft balanced with a good level of service at London Heathrow and Kathmandu. Decision time, Sagarmatha Times does recommend Jet Airways for its aircraft, in-flight entertainment and total travel time but travellers are warned not to expect great customer service.

ST Airline Review to Nepal ... fasten your seatbelts !


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Quantum Touch EnergyHealing By Nitima Shrestha

BSc, Dip Hypno & Psychotherapy, EFT, QT & Psych-k Practitioner www.acceptancetherapy.co.uk

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We have all fallen pray of falling sick in our life at least once. Generally, we tend to search for the cure of sickness, but have you ever thought of preventing the cause of getting sick? You may have noticed that at times you feel irritated, upset or sad without any apparent reason and you just cannot figure out why you are feeling that way? This will then result in the change of your behaviour and will impact pretty much everything you do throughout the day. The way you talk, behave and the actions you take will reflect in the relationship with your work colleagues, friends, family and even yourself.

It is important to understand the energy system in our body in order to make sense of how we get sick. If you investigate anything that is solid you will come to know that everything is made up of matter/energy and in fact, nothing is solid like we think it is. That itself is an evidence of the energy system in the human body. There are many factors that influence the functions of our organs, some external as well as internal. One of them is the energy system and this is influenced by our mental thought patterns which, in turn, affect us physically. Latest research has shown that the mind and body is interlinked and this affects the way we think, talk, behave, actions we take and decisions we make etc. At the same time, external environment also takes huge role on this (Dr. Bruce Lipton: Where Mind and Matter Meet).

There are certain ways that energy flows in our body and when this flow is disrupted we get sick. This happens due to undealt underlying emotions from the past. Some examples are: you have raised your hands on your children some 12 years ago. Maybe you were a victim of an unfortunate incident, you have been insulted/embarrassed? Failed an exam? Tortured, fear or guilt of something, etc. People go through all sorts of hardships in life. In the society we live in, we have a high defence mechanism and we

need this to protect ourselves. However, if we accumulate too many unresolved emotions, it can start to pop out physically. Therefore it is very important to express them and work on those emotions skilfully with a professional therapist, because you will not be aware of the underlying issues.

If you analyse organs, blood, veins, muscles, tissues, cells, protons, and neurons are all vibrations of energy. Energies are flowing constantly to keep us alive and healthy. When we experience a stressful situation – for example at work – our body tends to get overwhelmed and stores this stress in a particular section of our body, blocking the flow of energy. The energy then finds an alternative route. Over time when this section of your body is no longer receiving energy, it will not function properly. You will feel some form of discomfort in this area: pain, cramp or rash, etc. That is, your body alarming you to seek attention. What do we do? We go

to the chemist and pop a pill or two, pain stops after some time; pain comes back in another form. The process repeats itself until something big comes out of it. Taking painkillers is like cutting weed on

the surface without removing its roots, the causes of your pain. Eventually, the body gets congested like traffic in rush hour on the London roads. However, if the traffic is managed with traffic lights and roundabouts, it starts to flow again. In another word, physical disorders are symptoms of congested

emotional issues that are stored in your body. You need to work with these matters and be able to release them. This could be long term stress, conflicts and issues that you have not dealt with from your last job, last marriage or from your childhood. They show up physiologically, because they show up in your energy system. We need to keep that energy moving and flowing.

One of my clients had a headache for over 33 years. When she checked with doctors by doing all

sorts of scan, everything was normal, yet the headache still existed. In situations like this, we take pills as she did – day after day – resulting in side-effects or changing to other pills. And the story goes on. I’m sure some of you may have been in a similar situation to this. However, it does not mean you should not go to the doctors and not take anything prescribed by GP. It can be very helpful to know where in your body is causing the problem and take medication. However, if the medicine is not working, then you know there is more going on. There are simple energy balancing exercises that only take three to five minutes of your time and I strongly recommend - given one does them on a daily basis - these techniques can bring great changes and benefits to one's body and mind.

In conclusion, it is important to work with your energy system, because it affects your thought, behaviour and action. You will find out about working with energy system in my next article.

"Taking painkillers is like cutting weed on the surface without removing its roots, the causes of your pain"


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Attending a Christmas carol concert of my 5 year old daughter was wonderful. I was looking forward to it since as she had been rehearsing it with us every night, since a fortnight ago. So when I attended it was good and to some degree a relief that her anxiety will be over. All the songs were magical and had a sense of high spirit no matter what your religious bearings are. One song that was of a particular interest to me was “Wish you a Merry Christmas” with a twist. It followed with all the festivals observed by the students such as Hanukkah, Eid, Kwanzaa and Diwali.

It was truly exhilarating! In addition, throughout the year they make a point of observing all the students festivals when it happens. I think that it is a good way of teaching the next generation about oneness…the true spirit of Xmas/Eid/Dasai or any festival to have peace and love among each other. So someday she comes home and teaches us about the festivals of the world!

In contrast, I recently read an article regarding “Human Zoo” on display in Paris. It looked at how during the colonial time, inhabitants of foreign land was brought in as specimen for display in European societies like London, Paris, Berlin for people to observe out of curiosity. This carried out for over four centuries. During the 1800s, the curiosity turned into pseudo science and researchers began searching for theory of races.

There were many human zoos especially in Africa, where the native people were paid to act out their tribal dance and rituals for their amusement. This was the period when classification of racesand superiority of races developed. The Europeans were naturally very much interested to see how “others” lived. In the beginning these specimens had names and were recognized as individuals, later they were not identified as individuals rather as specimens only.

They were looked upon as wild uncivilized groups, a subject to form labour class for their advantage. During this time a lot of Evangelical missionaries were sent out to spread Christianity and to teach them “civilization”, sadly in the process these people over generations began losing their unique heritage and belief system.

Thankfully, this type of museums or displays ended after the World War II, apparently Hitler was the first to ban it. The last display was in 1958 in Belgium.

Today’s world is comparatively different, in part thanks to people immigrating, globalization and technology development, the world has become smaller. It seems that people are taking interest in travelling to new places and learning new cultures thus helping them to integrate more.

However, the classification of races that developed during colonial time still exists in both sides where the Europeans/West feel superior and the “others” feel inferior. One suspect that this will gradually change, hopefully, with people overlooking the skin colour, embracing all humankind as one, and learning about each other’s culture, we are preparing the future generation to be “colourblind” and share a common unity of love and peace.

With that I wish you all the readers a Happy New Year…. wishing a world of love and peace…

Peace to the World by Mala, Chicago, USA

Directory of Nepalese Restaurants in UK

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Crossed Khukuri Gurkha Restaurant115 Abbey StreetNuneaton, Warwickshire - CV11 5BXTel: 02476344488Contact: Om Prakash Gurung

Gurkha Tandoori78 Bedfont LaneFeltham, Middlesex - TW14 9BPTel: 0208 890 0099 / 0208 890 3474Contact: Bimal Pandey

Nepalese Tandoori Restaurant121 Uxbridge Road, Shepherds BushLondon - W12 8NITel: 0208 7407551Contact: Ojesh Singh Dangol

Darjeeling Inn468 - 470 Lady Margaret RoadSouthall, Middlesex - UB1 2NWTel: 0208 578 5666. www.darjeelinginn.comContact: Daulat Rai

Hayes Tandoori110 - 112 Coldharbour LaneHayes, Middlesex - UB3 3HATel: 0208 573 4949Contact: Hari Karki & Bhimsen KC

Oriental Buffet Club79 New Broadway, EalingLondon - W5 5ALTel: 0208 8407888, 0208 8406111Contact: Madhav Lal Shrestha

Eastcote Tandoori124 Field End Road, EastcoteMiddlesex - HA5 1RJTel: 0208 866 8020 / Fax: 0208 866 8020Contact: KC Thapa & Shyam Thapa

Jai Kathmandu345 Palatine RoadNorthended, Manchester - M22 4FYTel: 0161 9460501 Fax: 0161 9457948Contact: Buddhi Ram Shrestha

Pink Rupee Nepalese Restaurant38 Cricklewood BroadwayLondon - NW2Tel: 0208 4527665Contact: Rabindra Malla

Everest Inn32 - 34 High StreetHythe, Kent - CT21 5ATTel: 01303 269 898Contact: Pashupati Bhandari & R Kharel

Kathmandu Inn6-7 Seven Stars Corner (Crnr Paddenswick Rd)Off Goldhawk Road, London - W12 8ETTel:0208 743 7192, 0208 749 9802Contact: Bansha Deep Manandhar

Ruislip Tandoori115 High StreetRuilsip, Middlesex - HA4 8JNTel: 01895 632859 / 01895 674890Contact: Bachchu Ram & Tara Rayamajhi

Great Kathmandu140 Burton RoadWest Didsbury, Manchester - M20 1JQTel: 0161 4346413, Mobile: 0958643096Contact: Gopal Dangol

Khukuri Restaurant82 London StreetReading, BerkshireTel:01189511881 / 01189566688Contact: Kuber Hoda

so asia69 High Street, Camberley, Surrey - GU15 3RBTel: 01276 29138 / 29078 Fax: 01276 29135www.so-asia.com, email: [email protected]: Ashok Shrestha

Great Nepalese Restaurant48 Eversholt StreetEuston, London - NW1Tel: 0207 3886737 / 0207 3885935Contact: Gopal Manandhar

Khusi23 Boston Parade, Boston RoadHanwell, London - W7 2DGTel: 0208 5665068, 0208 8401226Contact: Shiv Das Acharya

Sun-Koshi Restaurant226A Broadway, DidcotOxfordshire - OX11 8RSTel: 01235 813573Contact: Roshan Aryal

Gurkha's67 Sydenham RoadSydenham, London - SE26 5UATel:0208 778 3222 / 0208 778 3322Contact: Bal Jung Aryal

Monty's1 The Mall, Ealing Broadway, London - W5Tel:0208 5678122, 0208 5675802 www.montystandoori.com Contact: Mahanta Shrestha

Wembley Tandoori133/133A Wembley Park DriveWembleyMiddlesex - HA9 8HQTel: 0208 9022243 / 0208 9009485

Gurkha Bar & Oriental RestaurantSandford Road, SandfordWareham, Dorset - BH20 7ADTel: 01929556959 Fax: 01929556964Contact: Capt. (Retd) Asbahadur Gurung

Monty's53 Fife RoadKingston - Upon - Thames, Surrey - KT1 1SFTel: 0208 5461724 & 0208 5496118Contact: Kishore Shrestha

Ma Ma's Nepalese Kitchen441 Great West RoadHounslowTW5 0BYTel: 0208 5777439

Gurkha Brassarie148 Old Christchurch RoadBournemouth - BH1 1NLTel: 01202 293355 / 01202 296600Contact: Rajesh KC & Ashok Shrestha

Monty's692 Fulham RoadLondon - SW6 5SATel: 0207 3715971Contact: Achyut Shrestha

Gurkha Palace78 Farnborough RoadFarnborough, Hampshire - GU14 6THTel: 01252511550, Tel/Fax: 01252 521666Contact: Surya Gurung & Nabin Gurung

Monty's54 Northfield Avenue, London - W13Tel: 0208 5676281, 0208 5665364 www.montys-restaurant.com Contact: Bishnu Karki

Gurkha Square327 Fleet RoadFleet, Hampshire - GU51 3BUTel: 01252 811588, 01252 810286 Contact: B Ghale & I Ghale

Nepal Gurkha Cuisine2A The MoorFalmouth, Cornwall - TR11 3QATel: 01326 311483Contact: Ram Prasad Sharma

Kathmandu Valley5 West HillWandsworthLondon - SW18 1RBTel: 0208 871 0240

Himalayan Gurkha Restaurant31 Church RoadTunbridge WellsKent TN1 1JTTel: 0207 3715971

Gurkha's Diner1 The BoulevardBalham High RoadLondon - SW17 7BWTel: 0209 675 1188


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Oriental Buffet Club has an inviting atmosphere with traditional Nepali music played in the background but it has an oriental twist. The restaurant serves an ‘eat as much as you like’ buffet, which has a diverse range of cuisines ranging from China, Thailand, Malaysia, India and Nepal.

The restaurant offers fantastic value for money as the all you can eat dinner is priced at the reasonable amount of £10.95 on Monday to Thursday. There are over 50 dishes which are on a rotating menu consists of a wide range of start-ers, main course and desserts along with the healthy option of a salad bar. This can cater for all members of the family and pleases meat eaters and vegetarians.

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