Hip-Hop Generation and New Nepal

The other day I was online and talking with a junior relative of mine in Nepal. As the CA Election result is still a hot cake we began to share view about it.

Though I was not astonished by the sudden Maoist victory this time, but had and still have doubt about how they will handle the nation.

During the short "chat" I found that Nepalese youth; which I am calling the Hip-Hop Generation are very much hopeful and are in blind support of Maoist.

As we are all free and are also free to carry-over any ideologies, isms or support a particular party, group of organization, I found that the blind support of the Hip-Hop Generation to Maoist is a basic and main cause of their victory this time.

"Now the New Nepal will be constructed!" he was flying in his dreamland and telling me that how our country will become a Developed nation in a short period.

As it was not possible for me to drag him up to the thinking level of mine, I just joked and asked " well â€¦ tell me where it will be constructed?" , I just gave him an example of New Baneshwar and Old Baneshwar and asked him in which empty land the so called "New Nepal" is being built. "No Big bro!â€¦ you don't understandâ€¦ this is a completely a new concept!".

I told him that "Mao died in 9^th. September 1976 and it is already more than half a century that his ism was introduced" and again asked him that how it is a new concept"

He became answer lessâ€¦ just to freshen his mood and give continuity, I threw another card " Yes like America purchased Alaskaâ€¦ we can also buy some landâ€¦"

He interrupted my lines with a big surprise "â€¦.What ???, Alaska was purchased by America? from whom???". I just laughed and asked him to search the net for detail. But his spirit and enthusiasm was in it's zenith " No Big bro!.., you will see â€¦. our economic will boom in short periodâ€¦"

I just asked him to get thorough and basic knowledge of Nepal's economic condition and reminded him that

Only 30% of Nepalâ€™s population have easy access to all weather roads

Where, average annual rate of inflation is about 6%,

24%of population lives below US$1 a day/income,

GDP per capita average annual growth rate is only 1.9%,

Population living below the national poverty line is about 42%,

There is only about 7,080 Km of Highway (I'd rather call it "Road'), 52 Km of railroad and only one international airport

And the scaring data of population growth is still above 2.4%.

I told him these are just few data's and static's, and our country's market is 'alive' hardly due to the "remittance" .

" No Big bro!, we'll make itâ€¦", he was still hopeful that, a magic will happen and everything will be changed. It was clear enough for me that he only had dreams and 'goals' without any means and practical methodology to achieve it.

It seemed to me that all The Hip-Hop Generations were never aware of these fundamental facts and are only flying high in the seventh sky thinking that what the leaders promise in election time will become reality with a magic stick.

I also do wish that Nepal will be transformed (I am using the term "transformation" because I understand that we can't built a 'New Nepal' as no more Alaska's are on sale now, where we can construct it) for betterment and whoever does this great work will be remembered in Nepalese history, without any prejudice of ism, ideology or doctrine, but I feel pity over these Hip-Hop Generation who only have wings to fly but no foot to walk in the ground.

Maoists Transfer Nepalese Money from India to Switzerland

By Halshi Bash

I am a Swiss national and practice Buddhism. I have been to Lumbini, Nepal, the birth place of Siddharta Gautama and other places like Kathmandu, Pokhara, Lukla, Gorkha and several Himalayan regions, many times. I love Nepal the way Nepalese do.

The reason I have so much affection towards Nepal may be because my professor and mentor, the late Tony Hagen, renowned economist and very popular with Nepalese people, loveed Nepal more than his own country, Switzerland. He never tired of talking about Nepal.

Though I am a native of Zurich, the German speaking city of Switzerland, I am currently residing in Rue de Rhone (Rhone lane or avenue) of Geneva, the French speaking part of the Swiss confederation. I have been here three years because of my employment contract with the Swiss Bank, "Credit Suisse". All of Switzerland's major banks are located within walking distance.

It is the reason most of the employees of different banks come to a very popular eatery, "cafe de Geneve" to have their breakfast and lunch. At these times, we always try to outsmart our colleagues and friends of different banks by initiating a very hot or new item of talk. Swiss tradition is that whoever has a new or very hot topic is considered to be a smarter than the others. But the topic should be genuine and authentic. Anyone can lose his or her image for a whole lifetime if he or she tells an unreliable story. So, the Swiss people have a habit of speaking based on authenticity.

Very recently, we were all outsmarted by our friends at another bank. I was particularly shocked because the topic was related to Nepal, my dream country and by faith my mother country because Buddhism was born in Nepal.

The very hot item of talk was so shocking that if the people of Nepal listened to it, they would have a million watt electric shock. The leaders of the Maoist Party including ministers of the present Nepal Government, namely, Prachanda (Pushpa K. Dahal), Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, Krishna Mahara, Hishila Yami and others were here to transfer a huge amount of money from Indian Banks to major Swiss Banks. The amount of that money is even more shocking because it is in the hundreds of million Euros. If the people of Nepal ask the Swiss Government, it can influence the Swiss Banks for the disclosure of the amounts and the account holders.

For my part, as a person having deep affection towards Nepal, I will do my best to find things in details but the Nepali people should understand my limitations as an Assistant Manager. The Nepali people should ask the Swiss Government to freeze the money as soon as possible otherwise the Swiss politicians could be bribed by the Banks to keep the Bank's secrecy.

It has also been said that some European Union members are helping the Maoists to transfer money to Swiss Banks. Why are the capitalist western countries helping extremist radical Maoists is beyond my understanding which could be a good subject of research for the people of Nepal.

Halshi Bash
Geneve, Switzerland (CH)

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Maoists Transfer Nepalese Money from India to Switzerland

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