HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: Rajendra.P.Shrestha@dartmouth.edu (Rajendra P. Shrestha)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: Situation in Kathmandu
Date: 8 Apr 92 00:23:22 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

Does anyone have the latest news on the situation in Kathmandu? Today's
New York Times reported that at least 5 people had been killed when
police opened fire on demonstrators in Kathmandu and Patan yesterday.
It also said that an overnight curfew had been imposed. The incident
occurred when people trying to enforce a general strike called by the
CPN-Unity Centre clashed with police.
If anyone has been in touch back home, maybe they could update the
situation.

rajendra.shrestha@dartmouth.edu
From: jana@equinox.unr.edu (Jana Dunn)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: World Factbook Entry (Nepal) #1 of 5
Date: 14 Apr 92 19:27:45 GMT
Followup-To: soc.culture.nepal
Organization: University of Nevada, Reno

NEPAL: CIA World Factbook entry

I recently discovered that the 1990 CIA World Factbook is 
available via the Internet (Rutger's Univ. information system).
Readers of this newsgroup might find the entry on Nepal interesting.

The following series of postings are based on the 1990 CIA World
Factbook entry for Nepal.  I have supplemented the Factbook entry
with information from the 1992 World Almanac (St. Martin's Press); 
these additions are in square brackets [ ].  I have enclosed my 
own comments in angle brackets < >.

I have no way of checking on the accuracy of the content of these
postings and am not asserting their correctness--this is simply
what is listed in the Factbook and the World Almanac.

While many, if not most, of the figures are out of date, they do
serve to illustrate the rapid pace of change in Nepal.

Postings in this series:

1 of 5:	this posting
2 of 5:	Geography
3 of 5:	People
4 of 5:	Government
5 of 5:	Economy

Jana Dunn Subedi
jana@unssun.nevada.edu
jana@unssun.scs.unr.edu
jana@equinox.bitnet

Any opinions expressed or implied in these articles are
those of the material's writer and not of the University
of Nevada administration.

Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
From: sanjay@media.mit.edu (Sanjay Manandhar)
Subject: Samachar-Bichar (a quarterly)
Organization: MIT Media Laboratory
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 17:26:12 GMT

We've started mailing the April '92 issue of "Samachar-Bichar." If you
want to receive this publication (so far in print only, perhaps
software distribution if there is enough interest), please send me
email. If you have been receiving it but do not want to receive it,
also send email.

**What is Samachar-Bichar?
In Nepali the words mean (for non-speakers of Nepali) News-and-Views.
As the name suggests, it "is a forum to discuss and exchange issues
concerning Nepal, including general issues of development, and a
medium to disseminate important news from Nepal."  It is a quarterly
publication in English published by the Boston community of students,
scholars and professionals.

**What are its affiliations? Who supports it?  
It has NO political or any other affiliations. It is a voluntary
effort run by personal contributions of Nepalis and friends of Nepal
in the US. Many readers in the US, Canada, Europe, Australia and Nepal
have shown support for it and publications such as "Himal", "The
Independent" and "Friends of Nepal" have recognized it.

**What topics does it cover?
Economic, political, sociological, environmental and other aspects of
Nepal and Nepalis. Some of the recent titles include, "Nepal's
Economy: Some Recommendations", "Costly Consequences of Political
Irresponsibilities", "Architectural Recycling", "The Yama of our
Culture", "A New Perspective on Planning", "Thirty Years of Peace
Corps in Nepal" and much more.

**How can I subscribe?
Send email to: sanjaym@sni-usa.com
Or snail mail to: 	Samachar-Bichar, 
			P O Box 391251, 
			Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
There is no subscription fee -- and we'd like to keep it that way as
long as possible -- but we accept contributions since we run on a
shoe-string budget.

**How can I contribute articles?
Again use the same addresses above and send in your proposed piece
(query) or the article itself. The next deadline is June 15, 1992.
-- 
___________________________________________________________________________
Sanjay Manandhar  MIT Media Laboratory       sanjay@media-lab.media.mit.edu
                  Siemens-Nixdorf Info Systems          sanjaym@sni-usa.com
                  Cambridge, Massachusetts. USA              (617) 349-5047
From: sojha@taco.ucdavis.edu (Suresh Ojha)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: giving away Nepal?
Date: 13 Apr 92 06:37:23 GMT
Distribution: soc.culture.nepal


I recently read in this news service that the current Nepali govenrment has
agreed to cede a portion of western Nepal to India.  This has disturbed me
but I haven't been able to find any information to confirm or deny this.
Could someone please post any information they may have.
From: jana@equinox.unr.edu (Jana Dunn)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: World Factbook Entry (Nepal) #4 of 5
Date: 14 Apr 92 19:30:35 GMT
Organization: University of Nevada, Reno

Posting #4 of 5

NEPAL: Government

Sources: CIA World Factbook: 1990
	 World Almanac: 1992

< Most of World Fact Book govt. entry edited out -- out of date;
  I may not have managed to edit out all the out-of-date statements. >

[ World Almanac: government in transition to democracy ]

Capital: Kathmandu [World Almanac--1987 pop. est. 422,000]

Administrative divisions: 14 zones (anchal, singular and plural);
Bagmati, Bheri, Dhawalagiri, Gandaki, Janakpur, Karnali,
Kosi, Lumbini, Mahakali, Mechi, Narayani,
Rapti, Sagarmatha, Seti

Independence: 1768, unified by Prithyi Narayan Shah

Constitution: 16 December 1962

Legal system: based on Hindu legal concepts and English common law; has
not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Suffrage: universal at age 21

Member of: ADB, CCC, Colombo Plan, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, IDA,
IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTERPOL, IPU, IRC, ITU, NAM, SAARC, UN, 
UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO, WTO

Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Mohan Man SAINJU; Chancery at 2131
Leroy Place NW, Washington DC 20008; telephone (202) 667-4550; there is a
Nepalese Consulate General in New York;
US--Ambassador Julia Chang BLOCH; Embassy at Pani Pokhari, Kathmandu;
telephone 411179 or 412718, 411601

Flag: red with a blue border around the unique shape of two overlapping
right triangles; the smaller, upper triangle bears a white stylized moon 
and the larger, lower triangle bears a white 12-pointed sun
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: <none>
From: mallick@skyblu.ccit.arizona.edu (MALLICK, KESHAW)
Date: 7 Apr 1992 10:08 MST  
Distribution: world,local
Organization: University of Arizona
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41
From: kumarv@topaz.ucq.edu.au
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: NEPAL/NEPALI DIGEST
Date: 10 Apr 92 11:46:43 AET
Organization: University of Central Queensland, Australia


 
	 This is regarding the Nepali/Nepal digest.
       	 Amit Pant has been using kumarv@topaz.ucq.edu.au to post (occasionally)
         to  this news group. 
	 Could you redirect any ffurther mail to panta@topaz.ucq.edu.au.
	 			
						 Regards,
						 Vinayak.
From: jana@equinox.unr.edu (Jana Dunn)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: World Factbook Entry (Nepal) #3 of 5
Date: 14 Apr 92 19:29:44 GMT
Organization: University of Nevada, Reno

Posting #3 of 5

NEPAL: People

Sources: CIA World Factbook: 1990
	 World Almanac: 1992

Population: 19,145,800 (July 1990), growth rate 2.4% (1990)
[ World Almanac: Population, 1990 estimate: 19,158,000 ]

Birth rate: 39 births/1,000 population (1990)
[ World Almanac: 40 births/1,000 population (1989) ]

Death rate: 15 deaths/1,000 population (1990)

Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1990)

Infant mortality rate: 99 deaths/1,000 live births (1990)
[ World Almanac: 101 deaths/1,000 live births (1989) ]

Life expectancy at birth: 50 years male, 50 years female (1990)
[ World Almanac: 50 years male; 49 years female (1989) ]

[ World Almanac: 1 hospital bed per 4,234 persons ]

Total fertility rate: 5.6 children born/woman (1990)

Nationality: noun--Nepalese (sing. and pl.); adjective--Nepalese
< I believe many prefer Nepali for both the noun and adjective >

Ethnic divisions: Newars, Indians, Tibetans, Gurungs, Magars, Tamangs,
Bhotias, Rais, Limbus, Sherpas, as well as many smaller groups

Religion: only official Hindu state in world, although no sharp
distinction between many Hindu (about 88% of population) and Buddhist groups;
small groups of Muslims and Christians

Language: Nepali (official); 20 languages divided into numerous dialects

Literacy: 20%
[ World Almanac: 29% (1989) ]

Labor force:
4,100,000; 93% agriculture, 5% services, 2% industry; severe lack of 
skilled labor

Organized labor: Teachers' Union, not officially recognized
From: Rajendra.P.Shrestha@dartmouth.edu (Rajendra P. Shrestha)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: Re: giving away Nepal?
Date: 13 Apr 92 15:36:41 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

I think I can shed some light on this matter. The controversy involves 
a hydroelectric project of India in Tanakpur, in the west of Nepal. The
controversy is not new, but had existed during the panchayat time also.
In 1924 A.D. the then Rana government and the British government signed
a treaty that defined the border in that place. However, in 1984 A.D.
India started building a barrage in what was apparently the Nepalese
side of the border. During his visit to India on December, Girija
Koirala signed a treaty that ceded that land to India. The goverment
initially denied the opposition's request to see the treaty and only 
gave in after the opposition took over the rostum in the parliament for
eight hours. It seems that this treaty was not grouped as "having a
long term effect" on the nation, since it did not require the
ratification by two-thirds of the parliament that such a treaty would
need.
rajendra.shrestha@dartmouth.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
From: sanjay@media.mit.edu (Sanjay Manandhar)
Subject: Renewed disturbance in Kathmandu
Organization: MIT Media Laboratory
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 13:54:36 GMT

{From the BBC and a call to Kathmandu}

Following a week of great tension, there has been renewed violence in
Kathmandu. According to the BBC, 6 people were killed by the police (other
estimates put the figure at 15). In Kathmandu, there was an overnight,
twelve-hour curfew imposed yesterday.

The violence follows people's dissatisfaction with soaring prices
(100-300%) since the new government took power and its alleged
inordinate tilt towards India. The opposing Communist parties had
warned of mass demonstration and a nation-wide strike ("Nepal-bandha")
which was not heeded by the Congress government and was subsequently
caught off-guard.


-- 
___________________________________________________________________________
Sanjay Manandhar  MIT Media Laboratory       sanjay@media-lab.media.mit.edu
                  Siemens-Nixdorf Info Systems          sanjaym@sni-usa.com
                  Cambridge, Massachusetts. USA              (617) 349-5047
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
From: sanjay@media.mit.edu (Sanjay Manandhar)
Subject: Re: Idol worship in Hinduism
Organization: MIT Media Laboratory
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 20:12:29 GMT

Why all this treatise on religion suddenly? While it is interesting,
there are many other more suitable groups such as:
soc.religion.christian!
soc.religion.eastern!
soc.religion.islam!
alt.religion.emacs!
alt.religion.scientology!
talk.religion.misc!
talk.religion.newage!
....
....

Just wanted to avoid a discussion/flame war in the name of religion on
SCN.

sanjay
-- 
___________________________________________________________________________
Sanjay Manandhar  MIT Media Laboratory       sanjay@media-lab.media.mit.edu
                  Siemens-Nixdorf Info Systems          sanjaym@sni-usa.com
                  Cambridge, Massachusetts. USA              (617) 349-5047
From: sigurd@bach.udel.edu (Sigurd Andersen)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: Re: Peace Corps Volunteers
Date: 8 Apr 92 16:54:47 GMT
Organization: University of Delaware

In article <23434@scorn.sco.COM> paulj@scholar.UUCP
	(Parenthetical Paul) writes:
:	...
: Are there any other early years Returned Volunteers out there?
: -- 

I look at this group sproadically.  I was in the Peace Corps group
Nepal 19 - around 1969-1970; stay cut short for medical reasons.

-- 
Sigurd Andersen    Internet: sigurd@brahms.udel.edu    CNS User Services
      __o           or Sigurd.Andersen@MVS.udel.edu    115-B Newark Hall
    _ \<,_                    Phone: (302) 831-1992    Univ. of Delaware
   (_)/ (_)                     fax: (302) 831-2920    Newark, DE. 19716
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
From: sanjay@media.mit.edu (Sanjay Manandhar)
Subject: Nepali festival dates
Organization: MIT Media Laboratory
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 20:25:31 GMT

I just got my nepali candendar (paatro) yesterday. Note the following
dates, for those of you going home or arranging special events outside
Nepal:

April 13(Baisakh 1)	New Years (Bikram Sambat 2049)
Sept 10	(Bhadra 25) 	Indra Jatra
Oct 03 (Aashwin 17) 	Phulpaati
Oct 06	 		Dashami (Tika)
Oct 25 (Kartik 09)	Laxmi Puja
Oct 26 			Mha Puja (Nepal Sambat 1112)
Oct 27 (Kartik 11) 	Bhai Teeka 


-- 
___________________________________________________________________________
Sanjay Manandhar  MIT Media Laboratory       sanjay@media-lab.media.mit.edu
                  Siemens-Nixdorf Info Systems          sanjaym@sni-usa.com
                  Cambridge, Massachusetts. USA              (617) 349-5047
From: sivaram@plains.NoDak.edu (Sivaram Hariharan )
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: Science, soul and the Supreme self
Date: 9 Apr 92 18:48:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: plains.16585
Organization: North Dakota State University, Fargo


The crux of Hinduism is the liberation of the individual soul,
the Jivaatma, which then merges with the supreme self, the
paramaatma or the Almighty.

There have been different school of thoughts on this. Two principle
schools are Adi-Shankara's MONISM and Madhvaachaarya's DUALISM.

According to Shankara's monistic theory, there is nothing but
the supreme self that pervades this universe. The Jivaatma or
the individual soul is a mere projection or reflection of the
supreme self. Liberation of the Jivaatma is defined as the state
when the individual soul realizes its oneness with the supreme
self and discards everything else as MAYA or mere illusions.

According to Madhva, the Jivaatma and the paramaatma are seperate
entities and liberation is defined as the Jivaatma inhibiting the
abode of the supreme self called Brakma-loka(the world of brahman
or the supreme self).

But with the progress of modern science, especially in the field
of bio-chemistry and genetics, one asks: Has this concept of Jivaatma
and paramaatma has reconciled with modern science.

Latest discovery on the bio-chemistry of the human brain is homing
in the notion that our human bodies are nothing but bio-chemical
entities(See latest papers published in CELL). As a result of this,
the concept of a soul inhibiting the human body is becoming moot.
These discoveries are also shaking the foundations of Western
Phsycology. Assuming that we are mere bio-chemical entities, products
of evolution from lower life forms over the aeons, we
can DISPENSE of with the concept of soul(See ILya Pregogene's ORDER
OUT OF CHAOS). 

But the million dollar question is whether modern science can
ever dispense of with the concept of the Supreme self or the
Paramaatma. 

The answer is NO and maybe never. If the initial nucleus, from
which the universe may have evolved can be designated as the
creator, or as the Hindu scriptures say, the MOOLA-KAARANA KARTA,
which in other words is the ROOT-CAUSE of this material universe,
then things fall into place. One may effectively postulate that
the Supreme self, gave the universe with properties to evolve(the
properties of protons, electrons, elements compounds etc.etc.)
and then left the universe to take its own course and th evolve.
We are the products of this evolution. Thus the concept
of evolution(Darwin's theory) DOES NOT CONTRADICT THE CONCEPT
OF THE PARAMAATMA OR THE SUPREME SELF. 

This also falls in line with Adi-shankara's MONISM where everything
is attributed to the WILL of the creator.

Comments are welcome.

Sivaram
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Life is complex, make it simple 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
From: psycho@makalu.Stanford.EDU (Mr. Knotty Sycho)
Subject: News: violent demonstrations
Organization: Peace and Freedom Institute, Stanford University
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 17:41:44 GMT



	KATHMANDU, Nepal (UPI) -- Five people were killed and 51 injured as
demonstrators clashed Monday with police during a nationwide strike
against government, hospital sources said.
	Witnesses said police fired on stone-throwing demonstrators in the
capital and the adjoining town of Patan in fighting sparked by a strike
over rising prices and alleged government corruption.
	With a number of serious injuries, the death toll was expected to
rise in the demonstrations, organized by hard-line communists in the
opposition Unity Center Party, according to hospital officials in the
region.
	A German national was among those injured. He was admitted to the
Katmandu teaching hospital but was not among those seriously injured, an
emergency room spokesman said.
	Police and demonstrators fought pitched battles in various parts of
the capital. Police used tear gas to disperse angry crowds.
	Public transportation was brought to a standstill. Tourists and city
dwellers were forced to huddle indoors.
	Demonstrators, mainly youths, torched a vehicle of the state-owned
Royal Nepal Airlines, and stoned government buildings and police booths,
witnesses said.
	Royal Nepal Airlines announced its inaugural biweekly flight to
Bombay Tuesday would be canceled because of the unrest.
	In the capital, which resembled a ghost town after several hours of
fighting, sharp sounds of gunfire could be heard late into the evening.
	``The situation is also very tense in the towns of Pokhara, Hetauda
and the district of Chitwan,'' a police spokesman said.
	The strike was called Monday to protest double-digit inflation and
alleged corruption by the ruling Congress Party, which is accused of
doling out jobs and favors to party faithful.
	Communists also accused Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koiralas, who
heads Nepal's first democratically-elected government in 32 years, of 
``selling out'' to India during December talks in New Delhi.
	Communists in the Center Unity Party advocate the overthrow of
Nepal's Hindu monarchy and the establishment of a republican state.
	The main opposition party, the Nepal Communist Party, a moderate
communist group, is negotiating with the government to defuse the
crisis, opposition sources said.
From: kumarv@topaz.ucq.edu.au
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: Editor's(Nepal Digest) eyes only.
Date: 14 Apr 92 10:03:23 AET
Organization: University of Central Queensland, Australia


  

The editor,
Nepal Digest,
		Sorry for posting this in the news , but  right now as
my directory is full(in the VAX) this is the only way I can write to you.
	        I saw my name in the list of Nepalis, but my address is
wrong, could you please correct it ?

	        My add is:
			  Amit Pant
	     		  Department of Maths & Computing
			  University of Central Queensland
			  Rockhampton
			  Australia.
					Regards,
					panta@topaz.ucq.edu.au.

				












Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
From: jana@equinox.unr.edu (Jana Dunn)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: World Factbook Entry (Nepal) #2 of 5
Date: 14 Apr 92 19:28:55 GMT
Followup-To: soc.culture.nepal
Organization: University of Nevada, Reno

Posting #2 of 5

NEPAL: Geography

Sources: CIA World Factbook: 1990
	 World Almanac: 1992

Total area: 140,800 km2; land area: 136,800 km2

Comparative area: slightly larger than Arkansas

Land boundaries: 2,926 km total; China 1,236 km, India 1,690 km

Coastline: none--landlocked

Maritime claims: none--landlocked

Climate: varies from cool summers and severe winters in north to
subtropical summers and mild winter in south

Terrain: Terai or flat river plain of the Ganges in south, central hill
region, rugged Himalayas in north

Natural resources: quartz, water, timber, hydroelectric potential, scenic
beauty; small deposits of lignite, copper, cobalt, iron ore

Land use: 17% arable land; NEGL% permanent crops; 13% meadows and
pastures; 33% forest and woodland; 37% other; includes 2% irrigated

Environment: contains eight of world's 10 highest peaks;
deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution

Note: landlocked; strategic location between China and India
From: yagna@spectrum.cs.unsw.oz.au (Yagna Raj Pant)
Subject: Rough guidlines for research students.
Reply-To: yagna@spectrum.cs.unsw.oz.au (Yagna Raj Pant)
Organization: The University of New South Wales
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 09:03:35 GMT

1. Have you published any papers ? Is your work publishable ?
2. Is your work the application of a new idea or just a minor
   improvement of an old one ?
3. Is your work leading to a patent ?
4. Are you learning to plan your experiments by yourself ?
5. Are you learning good research techniques from more experienced
   workers ?
6. Are you learning to interpret your results correctly ?
7. What knowledge of research have you gained ?
8. Is it sensible to spend time on a project which has an industrial
   application but no new knowledge ?

Prepared by the Postgraduate Representative Association, UNSW, Australia.

----

Yagna Pant, School of CompScEng               phone: (02) 697 5169 (o)
University of New South Wales                        (02) 349 6993 (ah)
Kensington, Australia                         fax:   (02) 313 7987
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: West Nepal information?
From: chem194@csc.canterbury.ac.nz (Alex Ferguson)
Date: 10 Apr 92 13:09:01 +1200
Organization: Chem Dept, UoC NZ

I require information on trekking in western Nepal,
especially the Dolpo area.

1.) When is the best time for this area?
2.) Which are the non-restricted areas?
3.) What transport is there available to this area?
4.) Any detailed trekking information about:-
        Pokhara - Dhorpatan
        Dhorpatan - Tarakot
        Trek to Jumla, Rara Lake
        Trek to Phoksumdo Lake
        Other treks towards the Tibetian border
5.) What supplies (food, accomodation/teahouses etc.) on
    these treks?
6.) When (what year) was your information relavant?

I presume that the exchange $US20 per day rule brought in in
mid October 1991 still holds?

 -- 

Alex Ferguson - chem194@csc.canterbury.ac.nz

Chemistry Department, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
From: jjj@mits.mdata.fi (Joni Jarvenkyla)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: Re: Nepali prostitutes
Date: 15 Apr 92 11:01:32 GMT
Organization: Microdata Oy, Helsinki, Finland

What's the status of prostitution in Nepal, and does Kathmandu differ
from the rest? By spending a month in Kathmandu I could see almost
nothing which would have hinted to prostitution. But what's the reality?
Is it probably growing because of the amount of tourists; I heard that
some Japanese were harshly robbed in Pokhara and some people were robbed
in Kathmandu; which is said not to have happened very much before.

I truly wish that Kathmandu will not be a second Bangkok...

-- 
jjj@mits.mdata.fi   Mind         Heart         No      Me
jjj@niksula.hut.fi  Difference   Destruction   Death   You
From: deviant@yang.earlham.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: in quest for freedom
Date: 7 Apr 92 13:44:28 GMT
Article-I.D.: yang.1992Apr7.084428.16794
Organization: Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana


Someone posted something a while back that had a short quote about freedom 
in it.  If anyone still has this, I would appreciate it if they could send 
it to me.  If your all confused than please mail me and I'll try to clearify.

-- 

ala the Deviant@Yang.Earlham.Edu