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http://www.telegraphnepal.com/news_det.php?news_id=5630
Now India resorts to man-eating Tigers to evacuate Nepal settlements
TGW
After forceful evacuation in the recent weks of some six thousand Nepali citizens by the Indian security forces in the bordering areas of the district of Dang, Indian side is planning to raise man-eating Tigers in the areas adjoining Nepal.
“In the 83 kilometer long strip in the dense Jungle adjoining Nepal, the Uttar Pradesh State Government,India, is trying to construct a “Tiger Park”, reports debutant Nagarik Vernacular Daily June 18, 2009.

“The assistant Commander of the 18th G-Battalion of the Indian SSB, Shakti Singh, told me personally that the Uttar Pradesh Government is constructing a Tiger Park along the Nepal-India border”, says Padma Lal Biswokarma who is heading the National Interest and Human Rights Preservation Committee of the Constituent Assembly, Nepal.
“We have plans to raise two to four hundred Tigers along the border…we will then be able to evacuate Nepali settlements along the border and perhaps all the settlements till Lamahi in Nepal”, Shakti Singh is further quoted by Mr. Biswakarma as saying.

The line between India and Pakistan drawn by the one ‘neutral’ authority acceptable to all sides – Sir Radcliffe – precipitated so much bloodshed that 40 years had to go by before people could even begin to talk about what actually may have happened those hundreds of thousands of human lives!

what I like about this essay is actually not merely that it presents the Nepali side of the story, but that it pays attention to the accounts of people whose lives cannot be contained by the borders – and who have to pay a heavy toll for choices that are not in their power to make. These accounts are of a piece with what people at many places along India’s borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh also have to tell. These are not neutral locations. But I prefer them because they are more humane than what most authorities – can give, partisan or otherwise.

Well written article. Good job!

Bibek

Like Nepal? I seriously doubt this. You can test this by asking some of these alleged “Nepalphiles” a few simple questions about Nepali history and geography. The “elite” Indian (especially “Hindu”) attitude is one of condescension allied with little actual knowledge of the country itself. The fact that this is also our attitude towards Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Maldives is, I’m sure, little consolation.

How much this “superior” attitude (especially the pride in our “democracy) grates upon others is for the most part missed out and is indicated by the innocent “Why do you guys hate us so much?”

I’m no admirer of the government of India but I doubt that the India-Nepal diplomatic conflict, including the border issue, is as one-sided as you present. I have tried to locate a “neutral” portrayal of India-Nepal relations but have not found much. At any rate, thanks for giving us a Nepali view of India and Indians.

The truth is that the Indian State has not even learned to treat Indians with respect and dignity.

Anyway, great article.