Wednesday, February 28, 2007
ta:da:
integrated form: creative writing piece
portfolio
complete ideology form
give matt a solid set list for poster
free the children on friday
guitar strings
talk to bob dylan
canada world youth tickets
midnight overpass spring nights
tell andrew he's the best friend ever
Monday, February 26, 2007
Finally, after a year of submissive relationship, it appears, Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and some of his colleagues within the Congress party have started realizing what the Maoists are up to. Prime Minister Koirala's refusal to toe Prachanda's line in declaring the country a republic through the reinstated parliament has once again demonstrated that Koirala does have the courage to lead the nation during this tumultuous period.
Prachanda, like in the past when the country was declared secular, failed to cast his spell and charm on Koirala and his colleagues this time around. With Koirala's refusal, Prachanda's uninterrupted run over the democratic forces has come to an abrupt end, even if it is temporary. Koirala's refusal to snatch peoples' right to choose has exhibited the subtle difference between a lifelong democrat who believes in people's right to choose and a radical communist who thinks "power comes from the barrel of a gun."
Negotiations with the Maoists were started with promises of peace. But the Maoists had something else in their mind; they want to take country toward dictatorship with promises of democracy. The Maoists are using the cry for freedom and ethnic equality to regiment people. It is understandable why Prachanda dislikes Upendra Yadav and Pasang Sherpa. When more and more people start to fathom the idea of ethnic equality and autonomy, the Maoist propaganda of fight against oppression becomes irrelevant and untenable.
Why do the Maoists who claim to stand for the people are in such haste of declaring Nepal a republican state? Why can't they wait until Constituent Assembly (CA) elections and let people decide?
The reason given by the Maoists to declare the country republic through the reinstated parliament is that the king has started his foul play. It is not anything new in the Maoists seeing foul plays. They see foul play in almost everything: ethnic protests, prime minister's stance on monarchy, and Ambassador James F Moriarty's statements. For the Maoists, if something is not in their interest, it's a foul play.
Nobody has a moral authority to stand for 27 million people and say, "here is the system that best suits you, take it." Out of many things, freedom to choose is one that keeps democracy afloat, and its absence sinks proletarian communist states.
Democracy is all about people's right to choose. Gone are the days when people were not allowed to choose. Let the Nepali citizens be the master of their destiny rather than slaves of someone else's whims. It is important to let people choose because the system that people choose will have better chances of succeeding and delivering benefits to the people.
Furthermore, people take greater interest in safeguarding the system that they choose, and not the one that is imposed upon them. They will nurture it with better care and sincerity, if they are involved in the process.
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Wednesday, February 21, 2007
W.W.C.D?
i said, "brother, you know it's a long road we've been walking on."
i said, "sister, here is what i know.. my salvation lies in your love."
i said, "but sister, you know my heart's been broken."
sister says, "sometimes your mind is too strong to carry on."
i have been searching all of my days. many a road we've been walking on. and i've been trying to find what's been in my mind, as the days keep turning into night. we have been quietly standing in the shade. i watch as the sky breaks on the promise that we made, all this rain pouring down. many a night, i find myself with no friends standing near. i cried aloud and shook my head..
"what am i doing here all of these days?"
for i look around me, and my eyes confound me. it's just too bright, as these days keep turning into night. now i see clearly, it's you i'm looking for all of my days. so i'll smile and i'll feel this lonliness no more. for i look around me and it seems you found me. and it's coming into sight, as the days keep turning into night.
"..even breathing feels alright!"
when i am alone, when i've thrown off the weight of this crazy stone, when i've lost all care for the things i own - that is when i miss you.
"you are my home."
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
these things will never be known
i'd talk to him but i wouldn't know what to say
and even passing glances make my day
Sunday, February 18, 2007
when your love stands up against mine
Midnight cars roll past
I've been chasing your room
While the summer lasts
So count it on your fingers
If we got it wrong
It's cause the days have no numbers
If we leave tonight
And we leave it all behind
It's my birthday. I am 17. And for reasons unknown, I am sad. And while copius amounts of cards and presents lay on my desk before me, I feel entirely alone.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
V
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
lose ourselves to lose our minds
all the time we spent in bed...
still i go to the deepest grave, where i go to sleep alone. counting miles before we said, fall in love and fall apart. things will end before they start. it is what it is.
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Reach out and stick someone
Thursday, February 08, 2007
it's said this is simply a void that can't be measured since it's located in other dimensions. along with our world, there does exist spritual worlds impossible to perceive/feel because they refer to other dimensions.