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This is completely not true. There were small skirmishes between Hindu and Muslims on small city in the western part of Nepal but there is no communal violence
by bipop5000 3y ago
This is completely not true. There were small skirmishes between Hindu and Muslims on small city in the western part of Nepal but there is no communal violence as you think there is. Nepal arbitrarily bans things without any due diligence, well because we have inept leaders.
- alephnerd 3y agoFair, but the implications and chances of a communal flair up are high after what happened to the Nepali migrant workers in Israel. I'm sure the Nepali Govt doesn't want a repeat of 2004. Mix that with the rise of Hindutva, a bad economy, and divisive discourse across the border for the 2024 elections and things can probably get ugly if precautions aren't taken. Shutting down TikTok is a small price to pay to prevent actual communal violence.
- bipop5000 3y agoHinduvta does not exist as a driving political force in Nepal. You are thinking of India. Nepal is secular albeit there is a small faction vying for power based on hindu ideologies but they are a very small portion of nepal politics. Again there is no communal flair that has entered into national discourse like we see in India or some ME countries. Nepal is pretty chill in that regards, surprisingly so given the whole country has multitudes of ethnic groups. There are still caste based incidents in remote areas but not so much in urban cores. Knowing the decisions the nincompoop leaders have done out of whim over the last decade or so I am fairly certain that this decision was also not done with due dilligence.
- alephnerd 3y agoIt's not a driving force in Nepal, but it takes a handful of "Kattar Hindu" idiots (most of whom seem to be Awadhi and Maithili based on the IG Reels and TikTok shorts I've seen) to light a spark in the Terai. Most of these incidents and flareups are happening in the Terai areas where ethnic communities straddle the India-Nepal border. While the secessionist movement seems to have largely been tamped down, I wouldn't be surprised if many people who were in that milleu ended up becoming more fundamentalist. And it's extremely worrisome that events and discourse like this is much more common, despite not existing 20 years ago.
- bhickey 3y ago> well because we have inept leaders. Not to mention corruption. About 15 years ago I got dragged along to a lunch in Kathmandu. My host[0] was meeting with some officials to discuss embezzling from an infrastructure project. It speaks to their impunity that they carried on in public in front of a basically unknown foreigner. [0] Last I checked he was recently arrested on various corruption offenses.
- baz00 3y agoTo be fair I worked for a startup who turned out to be doing exactly that in the UK.
- hnhg 3y agoI am intrigued! Can you say more? Did anyone get caught?
- baz00 3y agoNot really much more. I quit the moment I heard it. Got some threatening letters from a lawyer. The director was deported shortly afterwards. Then I immediately went and worked for an even bigger turd where I quit by lunch time on the first day.
- sparrowInHand 3y agoYou seem to have a noose for things. Have you considered working for a anti-corruption agency?