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I was pub crawling from durbarmarg to Thamel with my Amercian born and raised Nepali cousin .A Steet kid around 9 year old who was euphoria high from glue sniffing was lying down in the side walks .My cousin with a moist eyes and a heavy throat looked at me and said“Its real.Its like in the post card ”.He took out this SLR camera from his back pack and started caputraing this price less movement .After walking a few sec he pointed at this huge pink building with christmas light,fenced all around and asked me what was it ? I told him it’s the king’s palace .When we reached thamel ,we were in the hunt for pubs with happy hours offering .On the way we saw kathmandu digital genertation teen ageers fully loaded with high tech mp3 players and cells phones, gangster style hip-hop dress up, fancy bikes vrooming down the streets and getting the beast out of there 750 cc toys. Some sipping there Carmel lattés, hogging there double Decker sundaes in a balcony of a hip café and enjoying the night life of Thamel, Some queuing out side the ATM machines. MY cousin asked me “How come some people have so much and some so little?”
Since the unification of Nepal, King use to take all the political, economical and social decision. From 1846 to 1950 all the immediate power of the king was literally eliminated by the Rana prime ministers. During the entire Rana regime there was almost a negligible social economical development. In 1854 A.D., Jung Bahadur Rana, the first Rana prime minister of Nepal, promulgated the Mulki Ain - Nepal's indigenous legal system. Society was divided into castes like Brahmins and the Kshatriyas, the scholars and the warriors, were placed on top, while Tharus were at the bottom of the social hierarchy. The land they owned in the terrain plains was distributed among army generals and government officials, uprooting the community and making them landless. When in April 16th, 1853.The first train ran in India. East India company started expanding there railway networks to northern Indian state of Uttar paradesh and Bihar .Large amount of hard woods were exported to India for the construcation of the railways tracks .Revenue collected where dircetly send to the rana admistators ,common public didn’t get a small piece from that huge pie . Kathmandu in that time was the financial hub for tibeatan and Indian traders . Mawari from india started settleing in Nepal for trade and commerce ,Rana admistators backed them up for the gift shower they use to get in return. Rana lobbites were given more pirortity then the comman people of Nepal for trade.
The family reign of Ranas which brutally raped economically and socially the people of Nepal for 104 years ended in 1950.By that end Rana family owned emeses amount of the real Estes and properties in the country .They started businesses in India by establishing a family relationship with royal Rajput of India. With the help of NEPALI congress party and Independent India, King was established as the head of state. The first census of 1951 mathematically signifies that out of a total population of 8.2 million people only 2% percent were literate. After the first general election of 1959, the Birta
Abolition Act was amended which decrease the power of the local land lords throughout the kingdom. In early 60’s king Mahendra sacked the government and abolished multiparty democracy and injected a new system in Nepal, a party less pachayat system. Though Nepal was not any more socially isolated form rest of the world and foreign aid started poring in Nepal .Nepal did not make any significant economical growth which eventually lead to economical crisis in 1960. Due to the huge amount of foreign aid flowing in to the country .The poor people were addicted to foreign aid. “In a troubled environment, with violence, frequently changing governments, coups d’Etat, riots, etc., aid may hardly .contribute to growth.” (Chauvet, Guillaumont, 2002) . Project funded by aid were limited to Katmandu valley and the constituency of the key players in the government. In 1968 only hand full Nepali had a privilege of first class world standard of living, mostly bourgeois of Nepal (Shahs and Ranas).Statistical analysis done in 1969 computes a horrifying result which shows more than 95% of Nepalese population was living below the poverty level. The centralized development of the Panchyati system led to massive inequalities among padhis and madishes. Unbalanced economic growth was evident from Mechi to Mahakali, (east and west, hill and plain areas).Economy moved in the same sluggish pace for 30 years with increasing gap between rich and poor.

The fall of the Berlin wall in November 1989, Ignited the sprit of democracy and capitalism Through out the world .The people of Nepal also celebrated there self own democracy in 1990 .Then came the Pajero and parado era much worse than the suppression of Shahs and Rana . Corruption was running in the veins of politicians, INGOS and International donors .Nepal started being the political play ground of western countries and emerging nations. Millions of dollars had already flowed in threw loans, grants and foreign aid but there was a weak sign of developments. Nepal faced considerable political instability and governments have been short-lived since 1991, there have been 12 governments in as many years.

In 1996 “People’s War” had spread with an attack on a police post at Halleri in Rolpa district of Western Nepal. The root cause for the breeding of Maoist revolution in the reason were poverty ,Under development , Long standing grievance against royal family .Till 1973 main cash crop for the farmers in the under developed western Nepal was hashish . It is believed the 37th president of united state Richard Milhous Nixon with his recently formed Drug Enforcement Administration offerred new king Birendra 65 millon dollar to out law hashish and marijuna use in Nepal. Which caused economical crisis for the farmers.Studies show that the region with more development and less poverty has suffered less in the same period . In February 2005, in the face of growing attacks by Maoist activists, King Gyanendra Dismissed the Prime Minister, placed major political figures under arrest and seized power.This move and the subsequent curtailment of civil liberties in Nepal was sharply criticized by
Several nations, including the United States and India. In September 2005, the Maoists declared
a unilateral cease-fire, which was reciprocated by the government. The Maoist activistsbegan talks with seven major political parties in November 2005 in an attempt to present acommon front against the monarchy. In April 2006, King Gyanendra gave up absolute power and called on the seven-party coalition to designate a Prime Minister and organize elections.

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