[Stopwar-l] Public Forum on Nepal in Vancouver, June 26, 011

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Abi
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Crisis of the Nation and the Left in Nepal- Public Forum with Dr. Chitra Tiwari

Sunday June 26, 2011,  3.00 pm - 6.00 pm, Room No. A122b

http://www.yellowpages.ca/bus/British-Columbia/Vancouver/Langara-College/2366100.html



LangaraCollege
100 W 49th Ave, Vancouver

Nepalhas just averted a constitutional crisis by extending the deadline for its 
constitution writing by three months to August 28. 



Five years ago, in April 2006, the ten-year-old insurgency led by the Maoists 
came to an end with a 22-point agreement among the democratic political parties 
that aroused the hopes of the people of Nepal for a new Nepal. It also marked a 
great moment in the history of people’s struggles because an armed struggle that 
was poised for military victory chose to adopt the peaceful path of democratic 
transformation on Nepal’s society. This was historically unprecedented and 
unimaginable.

Nepalabolished its monarchy and established itself as a republic. It held 
elections to a Constituent Assembly, in which the Maoists emerged as the largest 
party in May 2008. And yet, thanks to continued foreign intervention by the 
IndianState, to the great disappointment of Nepali people, the Constituent 
Assembly failed to meet its already extended deadline of May 28.

Nepalfaces a crisis on many fronts. The people of Nepalsuffer from extreme 
impoverishment and inequality. The United Nation’s “Food For the World” program, 
which has been feeding close to a million people in remote areas of Nepalis 
cutting down its program to feeing only 100,000, leaving the rest to face 
starvation because of lack of donations. The key issue in the crisis in 
constitution-making is finding common ground among political actors of Nepalon 
the fate of the Peoples’ Liberation Army (PLA): either liquidating it or 
integrating it into the Nepal Army (NA). Though the leadership of the Maoists is 
willing to facilitate merger of PLAinto NA as proposed by NA, there are bitter 
dissents within the party in this regard. 



What happens in Nepalis a matter of grave concern for the people of Nepaland all 
who sympathise with their well being and aspirations. But it is also of great 
interest to all progressive people concerned with the questions of the right 
solution to problems of social justice.

Dr. Chitra K. Tiwari is a free-lance journalist and political analyst 
specializing in South Asian affairs. He has taught at Nepal’s 
TribhuvanUniversityand holds a Ph.D. in international affairs and political 
science from George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
 
South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD); Progressive Nepali 
Forum in Americas(PNEFA). For more information contact Abi at  604-506-9259
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