China is slowly building up its influence in Nepal - and its gain there is India's loss...

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The revolution eats its own children.

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INTERVIEW WITH HRIDAYESH TRIPATHI

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Tripathi warns of separatist movement if army is moblised in Terai Kantipur Report

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KATHMANDU, Dec 10 (Reuters) - A Nepali minister and three deputies from the ethnic Madhesi community resigned on Monday, saying the government had ignored the grievances of the people living in the Himalayan nation's southern plains.

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Still safe for tourists, but an inconvenient time for visitors to the Mountain Erstwhile Kingdom.

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The recent turmoil in Madhesh (The Terai plains bordering India) is a reminder to the current interim government that there are serious socio-economic and political issues which need to be addressed earnestly.

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Here's an inside blog about the complicated (to me, anyway) situation in the Terai districts of Nepal, the roles played by indigenous rights groups and the Maoists, and how the situation is political, not strictly "ethnic" or communal.

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News From Nepal: (No) Business As Usual

Whew....after a nauseating taxi ride down the Himalayan foothills into sweltering Delhi, then a 2-hour delay at the airport, I'm back in Nepal, and it's business as usual. Or perhaps, no business as usual.

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I would imagine the King is sweating, too. The Nepal Tourism board's slogan is "Naturally Nepal - once is not enough." It should really be, "Only In Nepal," which covers all sorts of phenomena such as below.

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What happened to the bodies of those the Maoists killed? Maoist demonstrators displayed the bodies of 25 slain activists in open trucks Friday to protest their killings in Nepal's restive south.

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So, I guess it's not a good time to take the cross-border bus through the Terai. Yesterday, I heard the Maoists paraded the bodies in Tundikhel (downtown Kathmandu), "martyrs" of the "Gaur massacre."

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This story is nearly a month old, but it's a good description of what's going on in Nepal.

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It is not yet clear what kind of federalism this multi-ethnic country will have, but the Madheshi Forum leaders say these changes are not enough. They want what they call "full autonomy" for southern Nepal and the resignation of the home affairs minister.

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Nepal's government Tuesday started marshalling its forces to break the indefinite strike called in the Terai plains in the south by ethnic Indian protesters, beefing up security on highways to give confidence to transporters.

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NEPALGUNJ , 1 March (IRIN) - At least two civilians were killed on Tuesday in street clashes between supporters of the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPNM) and the Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF) in the western part of the Terai region of Nepal.

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As the real tigers quickly become extinct, it seems the subcontinent keeps spawning new forms of deadly "tigers" (first Tamil, now Madheshi). An armed group, which describes itself as members of the "Madhesi Tigers", abducted 11 people from Nepal's eastern Saptari district.

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I'm trying to recall my political science classes...what exactly is federalism?

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Violence involving the Madheshi people of southern Nepal is spreading with dozens of people injured on Thursday. Madheshi activists are demanding greater autonomy, better representation in parliament and the removal of hill dwellers from important local jobs.

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Newly aroused sentiments of ethnic nationalism and ex-Maoist splinter groups join to make the Terai of southern Nepal a place of unrest.

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THE peace process in Nepal passed important landmarks this month as former Maoist rebels joined an interim parliament and started putting their guns into storage.

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Al Jazeera runs an interesting set of interviews from various factions, about the historic changes occurring in Nepal. Asmita says she is not fond of carrying weapons and killing people but will "do it as history requires, bringing about a change in the society".

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