{"id":4500,"date":"2015-01-20T20:30:09","date_gmt":"2015-01-20T14:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/?p=4500"},"modified":"2021-08-16T10:42:37","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T04:57:37","slug":"no-can-do-in-kath-man-du","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/no-can-do-in-kath-man-du\/","title":{"rendered":"No Can Do In Kath Man Du"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While last night the Constituent Assembly members from the coalition of thirty opposition parties lead by the Maoists had their violent uprising in the parliament hall injuring a number of people and destroying public property within (see images below), their foot soldiers were busy today enforcing a <em>bandh<\/em> (general strike\/shut down) the parties had called.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/FB-post-goons-rule-vandalism-inside-parliament-hall.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"743\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/FB-post-goons-rule-vandalism-inside-parliament-hall.png\" alt=\"FB post goons rule--vandalism inside parliament hall\" class=\"wp-image-4503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/FB-post-goons-rule-vandalism-inside-parliament-hall.png 743w, https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/FB-post-goons-rule-vandalism-inside-parliament-hall-283x300.png 283w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 743px) 100vw, 743px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><a title=\"Goons Rule\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dorje.gurung.73\/posts\/10153013134487095\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook post<\/a> linking to <a title=\"Yesari Macchiyo\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinekhabar.com\/2015\/01\/231569\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the article<\/a> about the incident inside the Parliament Hall. The post was supplemented by a link to another <a title=\"Yesari Bhayo Todfod\" href=\"http:\/\/www.himalkhabar.com\/?p=92311\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news article<\/a> containing more details about the incident and more photos.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/FB-post-gooans-rule-vandalism-inside-parliament-hall-VDO.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/FB-post-gooans-rule-vandalism-inside-parliament-hall-VDO.png\" alt=\"FB post gooans rule--vandalism inside parliament hall-VDO\" class=\"wp-image-4504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/FB-post-gooans-rule-vandalism-inside-parliament-hall-VDO.png 724w, https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/FB-post-gooans-rule-vandalism-inside-parliament-hall-VDO-272x300.png 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><a title=\"Video of Incident in Parliament Hall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dorje.gurung.73\/posts\/10153013611342095\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook post<\/a> linking to an article containing an embedded <a title=\"Breaking News:- Protest on Nepal&#039;s Parliament Hall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinecanadanepal.com\/2015\/01\/breaking-news.htmlhttp:\/\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video of the incident<\/a> inside the Parliament Hall.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>And when our <a title=\"Sumargi or Kumargi? (Part I)\" href=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/sumargi-or-kumargi-part-i\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">corrupt<\/a> political leaders are not vandalizing the parliament hall, they are usually found conniving with both our<a title=\"Sumargi or Kumargi? (Part II)\" href=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/sumargi-or-kumargi-part-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> equally corrupt<\/a> and <a title=\"Kissing Ass Could Mean Sitting On Your Asses\" href=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/kissing-ass-could-mean-sitting-on-your-asses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sycophantic<\/a> bureaucrats &#8212; in running an <a title=\"Where Everything Goes, Anything Goes, And Nothing Goes\" href=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/where-everything-goes-and-nothing-goes-forward\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">atrocious bureaucracy<\/a> &#8212; and <a title=\"Close Encounter of The Unnerving and Sobering Kind\" href=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/close-encounter-of-the-unnerving-and-sobering-kind\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">other authorities<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Bibeksheel Nepali<\/em>, another political party, on the other hand, called a rally to peacefully protest today&#8217;s <em>bandh<\/em>. I attended the rally and recorded some of the events on video, the final product of which appears below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe title=\"No Can Do in Kath Man Du\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7rYFf99iMf8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>The transcript:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>No Can Do In Kath Man Du!<br>January 20, 2015<\/p><p>In the last several days, a coalition of the opposition parties, headed by the Maoists, have been holding <em>bandhs<\/em> (general strikes) unsatisfied with the way the constitution drafting process has been going.<\/p><p>Bandhs call for, amongst a number of things, closure of school, vehicles to be off the road, businesses to be shuttered etc., basically holding the citizens hostage and bringing the valley to its knees.<\/p><p>Bibeksheel Nepali, a political party, organised a peaceful protest rally opposing today&#8217;s Bandh.<\/p><p>The rally started at Maitighar late morning and was heading towards Basantapur via Bhadrakali Marg when the enforcers of the <em>Bandh<\/em> caught up&#8230;<\/p><p>The peaceful protestors are in the background.<\/p><p>&gt;&gt;Off screen voice: <em>Thok<\/em>! (Pelt them!)<\/p><p>&gt;&gt;Off screen voices of enforcers: <em>Vigilante haru hosiyar<\/em>!<em> Hosiyar, hosiyar<\/em>!! (Vigilantes beware! Beware, beware!!)<\/p><p>&gt;&gt;Off screen voice: <em>Aayo aayo, toli aayo<\/em>! (More support is arriving!)<\/p><p>&gt;&gt;Han han han! (Pelt pelt pelt [them with stones]!)<\/p><p>More enforcers of the <em>Bandh<\/em> break through the Armed Police Force human barricades.<\/p><p>What the &#8220;vigilantes&#8221;&#8211;participants of the peaceful rally&#8211;were pelted with by THE vigilantes (of the <em>Bandh<\/em> callers)!<\/p><p>The rally participants get stopped by the Armed Police Force human barricade!<\/p><p>Prevented from going any farther, the &#8220;vigilantes&#8221; end their peaceful rally&#8230;peacefully and disperse!<\/p><p>So it seems&#8230;<em>Bandhs<\/em> also call for a <em>bandh<\/em> (ban) on peaceful rallies opposing such <em>bandhs<\/em>!<\/p><p>One of the guys enforcing the <em>bandh (<\/em>one of the real vigilantes) said it best when he shouted the following as he went past me&#8230;<\/p><p><em>&#8220;Kasto, Bandh garna pani napaune?! Bandh garnu ta hamro adhikar ho yaar!&#8221;<\/em><\/p><p>(&#8220;So now we can&#8217;t even have a strike?! We have the right to strike!&#8221;)<\/p><p>In other words, it seems we must respect their right (to call a strike, bring the city to its knees AND enforce it violently) to take away our right (to protest peacefully)!<\/p><p><em>Jai Nepal! Pashupatinath le hamro sabaiko rakchha garun<\/em>!<\/p><p>(Long live Nepal! May <em>Pashupatinath<\/em>&#8211;the God of Destruction&#8211;protect us all!)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">* * * * * * * *<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Nepal, it seems, some rights &#8212; even when it infringes on the rights of others &#8212; can be asserted especially when you can back it up with violence! In other words, some rights &#8212; granted by the law and constitution of the country &#8212; which you should be able to assert peacefully, you might not assert, or be able to assert, because of the threat of violence against you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[152],"tags":[214,154,209,144],"class_list":["post-4500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kathmandu-mustang-nepal","tag-activism","tag-nepalese-culture","tag-protest-rally","tag-videos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/the-bandh-enforcers-feat-image.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Jbro-1aA","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}