Maoist strongman, Pushpa Kamal Dahal's newly found love for Indian interests in Nepal comes as little surprise given the support the South Block has extended to the Nepali Maoists (officially over the past year and unofficially over the past decade).
Pushpa Dahal's most recent suggestion (that Indian Gurkhas be employed under a UN mandate in Nepal), conveniently overlaps with a suggestion that Retired Indian Army General, Ashok Mehta made approximately 6 months ago.
The writing below, was posted on NepaliPerspectives in June of 2006. The contents deserve a second review, given recent developments inNepal's peace process.
The questions our readers may want to ponder while reviewing this peace are as follows:
1. Is Nepal's peace really "organic" or was it fostered with directIndian assistance?
2. How relevant is UN presence in Nepal without a chapter 7 mandate (or some alternate enforcement mechanism)?
3. Where does one draw the line between the right to self-determination and sovereign national interest versus independent, impartial UN operations?
4. How impartial can Nepalis who have served in the Indian Army (even under a UN mandate) be? What attracts more loyalty, a disoriented sense of nationality or the source of one's pay check?
http://nepaliperspectives.blogspot.com/2006/06/consolidating-peace-in-nepal-general.html
1 comment:
Just goes to prove that anything goes in Nepal. When the destiny of a nation is brokered, compromised and bartered what else can be expected.
What I fail to understand is this-there are quite a number of intellects and common people who are fully aware, see the denegartion,disintegration, impending destruction of nation, but chose to keep quiet with only contribution being critcal analysis of things that are happening. Is this right? Why can't we forge ahead and be proactive and kill it in the bud.c'mon, timw won't wait
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