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Posted on 01-31-08 10:23 AM     Reply [Subscribe]
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Nepal king attends Bollywood wedding
 
 
Indo-Asian News Service

Tuesday, January 29, 2008: (Kathmandu):


Nepal's royal family has hit the headlines again as beleaguered King Gyanendra attended a Bollywood wedding in Kathmandu.

Accompanied by Queen Komal, Gyanendra, who could be the last king of the once powerful Shah dynasty, went to the upmarket Soaltee Crowne Plaza hotel to attend the wedding of Bollywood actress Manisha Koirala's brother Siddharth.

Siddharth, also an aspiring actor in India's multibillion-rupee Hindi film industry, has acted in films like "Anwar" but is yet to establish himself in Bollywood like his sister did.

The groom donned the traditional Nepali attire of daura-suruwal - the traditional long shirt and tight pyjamas - complete with a Nepali cap and the traditional Nepali garland of grass.

The bride, Yulia Wekitova from Kazakhstan, was also dressed like a traditional Nepali bride in a red, richly embroidered sari with one end modestly draped over her head.

Siddharth, a virtual stranger in Nepal, has not played any significant role in the nation's politics, despite being the grandson of BP Koirala, Nepal's first elected prime minister and grandnephew of current premier Girija Prasad Koirala.

His elder sister Manisha, however, faced much criticism in the past for supporting King Gyanendra's grabbing of power with the help of the army.

Though a non-resident Nepali, she came to Nepal in 2006 to campaign for the municipal election held by the royal regime though her grand-uncle was boycotting it. Her support for the polls caused the Maoists to "ban" the screening of her films in Nepal's theatres.

Manisha's father Prakash Koirala, who was appointed minister by King Gyanendra, was later expelled from his father's Nepali Congress party, which was opposing the royal regime.

The end of the royal regime seemed to affect Manisha's stars as well.

Her plan to start a film city in Nepal and promote Nepali films as well as signing up for a Nepali remake of the Hindi classic film Mother India failed to get off the ground.

A Nepali tabloid commented tongue in cheek how the Koirala family always seemed to hold weddings when Girija Prasad Koirala was passing through a bout of illness.

The prime minister was consicuous by his absence Monday. In the past, he has been too ill to attend the wedding of his granddaughter Melanie in Kathmandu.

The prime minister named Melanie's mother Sujata minister this year, triggering widespread public criticism.

Siddarth's wedding also comes at a time the prime minister has been advised rest after suffering from cold and breathing problems.

This is the third high-profile wedding attended by the king since he was shorn of his powers.

Soon after the fall of the royal government, he attended the wedding of the daughter of the then army chief Pyar Jung Thapa to a scion of a former Indian royal family.

Though the king did not attend the Delhi wedding of Devyani Rana, once known as the woman former crown prince Dipendra wanted to marry, he went to a banquet organised in Kathmandu later.

Crown Prince Paras, who is once said to have had a huge crush on Manisha, was also invited to Monday's party.


 
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My silence has a meaning underneath: King Gyanendra
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Nepal's sidelined monarch Gyanendra, in a special interview granted to the chief editor of the Rastravani weekly, Mr. Hari Lamsal has broken his silence and has ventilated his inner feelings for the first time after the 2006 April uprising that forced him to relinquish power and handover it to the people.
"We acquired a mode of silence because we wanted the peace process to conclude successfully", Gyanendra said.
"Where is the county heading, what course it is taking and where is the mass being carried…mainly, the Nepali people have to speak now", King Gyanendra suggested.
"The Nepali monarchy has never asked for power…in the entire history of the institution such ups and downs have come so many times, however, the institution survived mainly as per the wishes of the people", he said further indicating that the monarchy always acted as per the wishes of the people.
"I have been listening properly and I know what is going on here, the people cannot either speak due to several known and unknown constraints ", King Gyanendra responded to a query as to why he kept mum for over such a long period.
"I feel that in the name of democracy, the physical infrastructure of the country are being devastated, which I presume is not democratic", Gyanendra added.
"People cannot be taken for granted for all time to come" writes Rastravani Weekly further quoting King Gyanendra.
"Lasting Peace, a functioning democracy and a strenghtened Nationalism" said the King that were his prime desires.
"What system of governance will have to be there should clearly be in existence as per the wishes of the people and that is suitable for the Nepali soil…so that we do not have to bow our heads down", he continued.
To a question of the editor, the King said that he was completely unaware that the interim constitution had already incorporated "republic" in the country.
"...if it is so then, I must look into that", King Gyanendra.
"Silence is also an action" says King Gyanendra continuing, "Our silence has a meaning underneath, those who have understood it they have understood it properly else they are ignoring it".
"Some have understood my silence, some pose not to have understood and some simply ignore it", is how the King summed up his brief talk with Mr. Lamsal.
(Courtesy: Rastra Bani Weekly dated, 30, Janury 2008)
2008-01-31 09:16:52


 
Posted on 01-31-08 10:28 AM     Reply [Subscribe]
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Nepal King Breaks Long Silence On Coup Anniversary Eve

Thursday 31st of January 2008
On the eve of the third anniversary of his disastrous army-backed coup that triggered an anti-monarchy movement, Nepal's King Gyanendra has finally broke his long silence and said that time would prove him right.

After a long silence following the rapid axing of his powers, privileges and ancestral properties, the king finally spoke his mind in an interview to a Nepali weekly, once known as being close to the palace.

Hari Lamsal, editor of Rastravani, the weekly that published the scoop interview with the king, said the king spoke to him for over an hour.

King Gyanendra, who faces an election in 69 days when the centuries-old crown of his ancestors might be axed to make way for a federal republic, told the editor that he wouldn't flee Nepal, come what may.

'I will stay in this country,' said the king, who last year was advised by the prime minister to leave the country.

The interview, published Wednesday, hints at a secret understanding between the king and the opposition parties.

Gyanendra, who seized absolute power on Feb 1, 2005, was forced to step down in April 2006 after nationwide protests led by the opposition parties and the Maoists. It was whispered that the parties had secretly agreed to support a ceremonial king in return for power handover.

The reports seemed to be borne out by the government's failure to hold elections in June last year and Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala advocating a ceremonial king and then suggesting that the king and his son, Crown Prince Paras, abdicate in favour of the king's baby grandson Prince Hridayendra.

'Don't ask me about the pact now,' the king told Lamsal. ''Both the parties and I know what was in it.

'If things do not go according to that roadmap, I will speak out.'

The king, whose coup isolated him in the international community, said his step three years ago would be proved right by time.

'Democracy has weakened (in Nepal),' the king said. 'So it is necessary to strengthen the bond between monarchy and democracy.'

Gyanendra dismissed the new change in the constitution last year after parliament voted to proclaim Nepal a federal republic.

'Does the constitution say that?' he asked. 'I haven't even tried to figure out what it says.'

In the interview, the king, who could be the last monarch of Nepal, said he had faith in the people.

'Nepali people have a large heart,' he said. 'They can accommodate all Nepalis (including the king.)'

Defending his power grab as done in accordance with the constitution and people's yearning for peace, he claimed it was a democratic move.

Saying 'silence is also action', the king said he had kept quiet so that the peace pact between the new government and the Maoist rebels could succeed.

However, now it was time for Nepalis to speak out on the turbulence in the country and the direction it was heading towards.

The man whose political ambition endangered his 239-year dynasty claimed in the interview that Nepal's kings had always acted as per people's wishes.

'The crown never sought power,' said Gyanendra who had stepped out of constitutional monarchy to head the government directly.

'The crown is older than the unification of Nepal.

'If (my forefather) Prithvi Narayan Shah had not unified Nepal, where would we be today?'

The interview is being regarded as a calculated move by the king to gauge the reaction of the people, who are fed up with the government's failure to provide security, control inflation and corruption, and resolve a mounting fuel and power crisis.

The last time the king had issued a public message defending his coup, it had triggered intense anger from the Maoists and ruling parties with parliament ordering the king's inherited property to be brought under state control.


 
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some shreepach(?) ka mahabadi

To a question of the editor, the King said that he was completely unaware that the interim constitution had already incorporated "republic" in the country.
"...if it is so then, I must look into that", King Gyanendra.

 

The interview, published Wednesday, hints at a secret understanding between the king and the opposition parties.

'Don't ask me about the pact now,' the king told Lamsal. ''Both the parties and I know what was in it.

'If things do not go according to that roadmap, I will speak out.'

 

I will stay in this country,' said the king, who last year was advised by the prime minister to leave the country.

The king, whose coup isolated him in the international community, said his step three years ago would be proved right by time.

 

Gyanendra dismissed the new change in the constitution last year after parliament voted to proclaim Nepal a federal republic.

'Does the constitution say that?' he asked. 'I haven't even tried to figure out what it says.'

 

In the interview, the king, who could be the last monarch of Nepal, said he had faith in the people.

'Nepali people have a large heart,' he said. 'They can accommodate all Nepalis (including the king.)'

 

If (my forefather) Prithvi Narayan Shah had not unified Nepal, where would we be today?'

Democracy has weakened (in Nepal),' the king said. 'So it is necessary to strengthen the bond between monarchy and democracy.'

Saying 'silence is also action', the king said he had kept quiet so that the peace pact between the new government and the Maoist rebels could succeed.







 


 


 


 
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"Nepal King attends Bollywood wedding" re..title itself is very offensive .....King did not go for a bollywood wedding there and that was not a bollywood thing for the common Nepali folks too? One cant expect esteemed and legal words from indian media if the matter is about those less powerful than india.

 

that media person is ignoring the fact that King was attending a wedding ceremony of a Nepali citizen (tht groom is nepali citizen first and may be an actor beyond Nepal)...the party was held in a Kathmandu hotel (Kathmandu is not bollywood)...where and how the heck King was attending one bollywood event there.

 

and this piece of news was necessary to draw information about our own thing? Do we have to take Indian' version of our stories? Do we allow them to make mockery on every bit of our identity? And by doing so are we promoting them?

 

Hey even the super white yanks feed on tortilla these days though their displeasure over mexicano is overwhelmingly evident....nobody wants to loose identify though its a fact that one’ influence over other is quite normal if and when they are adjoining....one cant avoid amitabh bacchan but that doesn mean one should start quizzing about him…influence is inevitable but human have brain large enough to make out two different colors ...two different identities.

 

 


 
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WELL SAID I RALLY ROUND KALE'S POINT
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Posted on 01-31-08 1:51 PM     Reply [Subscribe]
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btw BKC...you didn find anything to talk about him other that his present over those social (wedding) ceremonies? did he throw tantrum in those parties...was he unsocial...did he kill people?

 

He was not selling citizenship to the indian criminals, he was not letting the Indians to monopolize water resources…there was nothing bizarre nothing uncivilized nothing against people nothing against Nepal...he was there as an invitee and attended those gracefully even when situation is not in his favor...

 

One should acknowledge this action in positive way rather...one can still learn from him how to hold nerve during dreadful days...especially indian’s nokkar should learn all these before he departs, and before time runs out for them too.


 
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take it easy BKC..nothing personal against you...no grudge at all


 
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WELL KALE JI I THINK WE CAN LOVE OR WE CAN HATE GYANENDRA BUT WE CANT IGNORE HIM......CERTAINLY WHEN HE MAKES A MOVE ,IT CATHES OUR GLIMPSES AND PSYCHS.FRANKLY SPEAKING ROYAL FAMILY IN NEPAL CERTAINLY HAS GLAMOUR LIKE EACH COUNTRY HAS 1 SUCH GLAMOUROUS FAMILY LIKE GANDHI IN INDIA,BHUTTO IN PAKISTAN,ROYAL FAMILY IN BRITAIN AND KENNEDY FAMILY IN U OF SA.SO PPL ALWAYS WATCH THEM AND FOLLOW THE STORY.IT DOESNT MEAN I AM AGAINST OR FOR HIM.ITS JUST OUTLAYING OF THE CURIOSITY.

HE CERTAINLY DESERVES BETTER.....................


 
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thats true....so lets wrap it up here for now...ajako diin pani pakne bela bho aba ta...lol


 


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