If you look at the rank and file of the Maoists, who does not have have a blood in his/her hands? The same goes with the (Royal) Nepal Army and the Nepal Police. It is only a matter of who got caught or reported and who did not. There are many general in the Nepal Army who should be punished as well. What about the civil servants, particularly CDOs, Home Secretary and Defence Secretary of the Conflict Period? They outght to be booked too for the death of 12,000 Nepalis, many of them are innocept. The infamous Doramba Massacre perpetrated by the Nepal Army is still unresolved. The officers are yet to be punished.

The criminal case of Balkrishna Dhungel is clearly a non-political and he should not only be punished but discarded as well. The society should allow no room for such a behaviour. After all, Baburam turned out to be a phony one as artificial as his Mustang, and in love with the Baluwatar Palace. Where is the civil society and all those Keeraa Parosh T-shirt walas?

"Dhungel went on to fight the CA elections in April 2006 and terrorised the voters to get elected..."

Are you sure Kanank Mani? Didn't you and your ilk, who were hellbent to oust the "Old Regime", term the elections free and fair? Sorry but this statement is unacceptable.  And where are your partners from the civil society today? The likes of Devendra Raj Panday, Krishna Pahari and the rest seem to have gone into their holes.  Shame on you and shame on them.

I nonetheless give you credit for trying to redress your mistake of past and cry out against the injustice we see around us.  You will gain more credibility if you apologized for your misreading the Maoists and ignoring their intentions and booked Girija for all those ills he brought to our land. 

What is happening under this so-called scholar prime minister is astounding: we are bloating the government and supporting its excesses(something we cannot financially afford and practically it's unnecessary) and we are exacerbating the lawlessness which guts Nepal.  What we have seen in the past few years is also disgusting: we are dragging our feet on constitution drafting and finalizing the "peace" process while the three or four political parties are revelling in taking turns to rape Nepal and force us deeper into poverty and lawlessness.

I wish you success, Kanak Mani, as you try to redeem yourself and do the right thing a journalist does, ie., be the voice and conscience of the people.

Dhungel went on to fight the CA elections in April 2006 and terrorised the voters to get elected.

But you all considered the elections "free and fair". Even Jimmy Carter said so.

Make up your mind.

To satisfy Arthur's thirst for knowledge I would strongly advise to read PROJECT SYNDICATE 2011 UNDER THE ARTICLE Obama and 2 Asian future choices

Do not jump on the skinny and tiny goats the bigger ones are to follow and the last is the biggest.That's for ordinary people to chew as much more interesting actions to follow.

Mr.Dahal and his lawyer Dhungal .One hand washes the other.If political assasinations are excusable and life doesn't mean anything,then one should wonder what is the future of Mr.Dahal and his cronies.Mr.Dahal is not in a hurry to write a constitution as he is not sure  what to include in the constitution as his own principles and actions of a human being are on the opposite sides of human rights ,responsibilities and duties.However I think this is just a bone for as to chew as  time is on our side,it is Dahal and Bhattarai who needs time to make decisions and act.however at the present it is Bhattarai and Dahal who writes the script as you have oticed for Nepal,exccept if we look at the global and world picture.Will we be able to stand up to Dahal and Bhattarai ,depends just from NC ,Mr.Deuba,lawyers such as Malla -Pradhan,and I wish Mrs Koirala would act where it matters but as we see,everyone is worried about his own compound.

The time of SAARC was most fortunate for Mr.Bhattarai.

First,Mr.Dahal's bilateral talks with Chinese government oficial's about Lumbini Project, then Mr.Bhattarai's visit to India,then Mr.Dahal's visit to USA .In between politicians drop us some bones forall of us to chew on to divert our focus from the spider web's woven by Mr.Dahal and Mr.Bhattarai.Directives are coming from USA and China.
Mr.Bhattarai and his party openly wrote about it in their programme of action before Mr.Bhattarai came to office.PLA and its integration,Mr.Dhungel and his case those are all the events for interim government to chew on while Mr.Bhattarai and Dahal does his visits.
I would advise everyone who wants to understand what is going on in Nepal and why,the reasons behind Mr.Dahal's and Bhattarai's actions and visits, to read YURIKO KOIKE's article ,but most importatnly read PROJECT SYNDICATE 2011 indicated under Ms.YURIKo KOIKE'S article.Read all of those articles and put puzzle pieces together to Mr.Bhattarai's and Dahal's actions.To understand why Chinese politely declined to help EUROZONE,to understand wherelies USA interests in 21st century,to understand what are the hegamonous plans of Chinese,not the pharases spoken by Chinese officials is the indicator of their intentions but the actions taken and the analysis given in the Project Syndicate articles are the exact intentions of Chinese and USA government.

What are the common interests of Nepali politicians .Bhattarai .Dahal ,and the above mentioned governments,China and USA and their common projects.However ,in this triangle there is a dillema,ASIA'S 2 FUTURES in which Mr.Bhattarai and Dahal have already signed in single handedly,so there is no even more a choice for Nepalis,unless it is what Nepalis want .

Nepali politicians are only needed as messengers whose greed and thirst for quick and in their interpretation a quick flow of cash for them personali for a uncertain time lime line is assured,as we would need minimum another 25 years to see the results as a proof of the end of Bhattarai's and Dahals' actions to turn into disaster for Nepal and it's citizens.Let's look at statements Mr.Bhattarai gave to a press after his retun from SAARC meeting.He calls it s successful visit,I call it a betrayel of all small nations living in the Asian subcontinet ,including Nepal.The question here is a matter of choice Nepali citizens must make.Mr.Bhattarai and Dahal have done it single handedly.They have chosen the path of all small countries of EUROPIAN UNION.Those countries joined EU according to the tailored plan by Germany and other bigger states like France, ,Italy,Ireland etc.The opposite to these we see countries that didn't join EU.We also see the results of these countries and their economies.We also see the results of EUROZONE and all those vassal countries who joined EU with the promises of prosperity for it's citizens.The leaders of these small countries are the same politicians like Mr.Bhattarai and Mr.Dahal,they all have common interests,their personal ambition to get rich and as you see,not the politicians are getting poor it is the citizens of those countries who pay debts and taxes to stich together holes in the sacks of gold politicians so single handedly decided to share among themselves.
Why the end of EUROZONE is coming to an undenyable end ?

Let's understand and read these words and lets read and compare the analysis in PROJECT SYNDICATE 2011.

The results are most satisfying for Mr.Bhattarai and Mr.Dahal.Everything goes according to a plan.First Lumbini,then BIPPA,now SAFTA. Nepal will be a transit state for Chinese hegamonious plans , increasing connectivity through air, water and surface transport and communications as well as promoting the people-to-people relations in the region.

He said the leaders of the SAARC member states agreed to promote unhindered flow of goods and physical connectivity.

The prime minister added that the heads of states or governments of all the eight countries of the SAARC expressed their commitment to take the regional group to a new height by agreeing to build the infrastructures for collaboration, cooperation and participation among the countries of the South Asia region.
Yes,here Mr.Bhattarai has succeeded personali,he was able to catch into this trap other small Asian nations which are so desparate like Nepal ,but it must be up to people to vote and decide if we want to join the project Asia in multicultural region or be an independent state being able to stand upto Chinese and USA hegamonous plans.However,knowing Chinese history,one must be able to see the pattern.Has China included America in its final plans,remains to be carefully weight out.While Eurozone will leak its wounds,China easily with the help pf Nepal promotes its biznesses in all subcontinet,including Pakistan ,Afghanistan,Russia.USA's economie is at stand still speed.As you see,the advantage of beig away from the other continents of the world.
The question is ,are we willing to read and understand or are we just willing to take as it is,what comes along.do we have a choice.NC and other parties signing the 7PACT deal gave Bhattarai confidence to rush everywhere and sign anything.The politicins of other parties will have its piece of cake as well or are we willing to think like Japan and make our own decisions?
I think this is the most important discussions that needs to be presented to Nepali citizens ,it's a matter of urgency.
Will China and OBAMA agree?As long as their bizness interests are being served.China wants to rule our hemispere and America can always be safe on the other .As for Mr.Bhattarai, and Dahal's actions.These two politicins will do anything they please,even if there will be some spikes in a meantime.So if this is the case,we better implement all the plans we were promissed by our big neighbours,however the buttons,pursed and taps are not on our teritory.

That is the result of actions taken by Mr.Bhattarai and Dahal for nation,but most importantly for them personali.Do we want to make a multicultural Asia Zone?Do we want to have an identity like Japan?

"The move has been taken in the context of a specific stage in the post-conflict situation. Over 15,000 people were killed during the conflict. If we look into every case, none of us will be spared," said Bhattarai.

http://myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=38252

Translation- The whole Maoist enterprise was (and is) a crime but the Maoists should not be punished for it.

The very definition of impunity. Let's see how NT reacts to this.

Can the author name a Nepali politician who is not a bandit, reformed or otherwise?
With whom could any leader in surround himself?
Politicians and most of ruling class whose corrupt ideaologies have ruined Nepal for centuries should be in jail and not just the hyporcritical author's biased idea of who is and isn't a bandit.

Well, people like Kanak Dixit themselves brought these Maoists to power. When BRB used excuses like 'historical perspective' to hide their excesses, civil society leaders kept quiet then. When Maoists like Dhungel used violence to win CA elections in 2006, Dixit and his ilk kept quiet. When a farcical election (where all major competing parties were pro-republicans) was used to abolish the monarchy, Dixit kept quiet - in fact, welcomed the election despite the violence.

Are media-moguls like Dixit the time-keepers of justice dispensation? If it suits their whim (and hidden interests), injustice should be ignored and the unjust can be red-carpeted to power - as the Maoists indeed were. When the media-moguls' mood swings, then they remind us of all the past injustices to shake the powerful from power. So justice should be applied as per the time-keeping of Dixit and ilk, huh? Is that the lesson here? ...Or is there even more? Is it all about sending a message to those in power? Be warned: 'if we can bring you to power, so can we remove you!' (beware the true king-makers of this land!)

Selective justice, selective information dispensation, sequentialism... all tools in modern media's toolbox to manipulate the mass mind!

Dixit, you may fool the mass of the Nepalis, but you don't fool everyone! You too should be held up to justice. You demand justification from politicians for their actions and inactions. Well, how about yourself? You too should provide justifications for your actions/inactions, past and present. Why did you hide the crimes and excesses of the Maoists in the past? Why did you glorify their bloody revolution and legitimize their violence? And why did you wait until now to highlight their crimes?!

Nepali #38, don't understand your comparison to Bhishma of Mahabharata. Are you suggesting that Dixit (and 'intellectual/civil society' leaders like him) had to make a difficult choice just like Bhishma had to choose between Pandavs and Kauravs?

If so, you're quite delusioned. Bhisma had to side with the Kauravs out of a sense of duty and obligation. What duty/obligation did Dixit (and gang) have to side with the Maoists? ...it was simply their reckless and senseless choice as far as I can tell! 

...and again, maybe it wasn't. Maybe it was a well thought-out choice. Fact is, we the public, don't know. That's precisely my question, my point:

We need to know why our intellectual and social leaders made the choices that they did and lead the entire country in the direction they did? These 'intellectual and social' leaders need to be answerable and accountable to the people too!  

Now if that's "attacking", well I say there needs to be more of them!

# to SN

Unreformed - amended by removal of faults, abuses ,bandits- outlawing criminals,
was the point of the article to make people think.

The misperception here is,intelectuals do not have to make choices,therefore they are intelectuals as they should provide latest intellectual  world news from the most comprehensive global news network for us from the internet. It is an intelligent news and analysis on the international level not just one sided or based on religion ,ethnicity or political views ,it is a view presented us based on such analysis ,at least few of these we can see in Nepal and in NT ,or as many of us commentators choose to do,involve history,religion,ethnicity and political views ,which in line creates one sided opinions based on such examples,but we need more,we need to keep an open mind to be able to see.A news reporter must be impartial and and it is his /her level of intelligence that brings us the variety of news and in case of NT it is us who are getting involved in the discussions about the developments and processes in the country ,that are being ridiculed ,called names etc however for me it is important the overall understanding of a person ,willingness to see and understand the developments in the country so that politicians like Dahal,Bhattarai and many more who till now have misused the public trust ,would not base their speeches  on the religion,ethnicity or capabilities of people to think ,as we know very well,what is required for a person to become an intelligent ,critically thinking being able to decide for themselves ,which path to take,be able to make sound decisions ,but not surpress the development by exploitation both intelligence and disadvantegious people, motivated people,intrinsic thinkers.This is the example given by Mr.Dixit and what has become of a person like Dhungel if he as a lawyer has to use his intelligence and his intellect, as we know it has become a comercial value for such people like Dahal and Bhattarai.The only way how to get it right is for Dhungel to accept the consequnces if he is capabable of standing up to this so called sponsors as his intellectual property has become very valuable to maoist party leaders ,but then he has done murder already and for him the only way to survive is to take shelter in Dahal's and Bhattarai's camp.So it is up to Dhungel now ,either he accepts and comes clean as a person having done something wrong is more worthy admiting having done wrong ,than the one who walks with his face full with pretence like Dahal or Bhattarai.