THE HIMALAYAN UNIVERSE

An interview with Prachanda by Siddharth Varadarajan of "The Hindu" published in India daily, is given below as it appeared on the online version of the paper. The interview from the link to " The Hindu " interview is copied and pasted below. Happy Reading! “The people’s mandate is for all parties to work together” Siddharth Varadarajan If the Nepali Congress and the UML run away from the task of building the new Nepal, the people will never forgive them, says Maoist leader Prachanda — PHOTO: AFP “We want the end of the monarchy to be done in an orderly, peaceful way. It is better that Gyanendra (right) goes of his own accord. This way, a good atmosphere will be created for him to continue living in Nepal,” says Prachanda. In the final part of his interview to The Hindu, Maoist leader Prachanda discusses the future of the monarchy and Army in Nepal, and the need for the country’s new constitution to escape the trap of formal democracy and actually empower its citiz...

The Maoists have won 220 seats out of 575 seats. Others parties that won are: NC, UML, MJF and TMLP. They will be posted in the form of map here. Please wait for a day or two.

The color coded map of 240 constituencies of Nepal is given here. There are 10 colors for constituencies from 1 to 10. The districts that have single constituencies are also additionally shown by hatched lines. There are 14 such districts. Kathmandu has 10 constituencies and Morang has nine. Many Terai districts have constituencies between 4 to 8. Here is a map of Syangja district (middle hills), which has three constituencies. We will post you more maps as they become available. Or if any of the reader would be interested in a specific district, can leave a message on this blog. We will respond to the request in due time.

Nepali people will go to the polling stations on April 10, 2008 to elect their representatives for the Constituent Assembly first time in history. This assembly will write Nepal's future in the form of constitution within 2 years. The Government of Nepal's Electoral Constituency Delineation Commission delineated 240 constituencies based on total population, geography and access of the 3913 VDCs and 57 Municipalities in 75 districts. The distribution of constituencies by district is shown below (first is number of seats, second number is number of districts, the last is total seats): 10 x 1 = 10 9 x 1 = 9 7 x 3 = 21 6 x 9 = 54 5 x 4 = 20 4 x 6 = 24 3 x 14 = 42 2 x 23= 46 1 x 14 = 14 ------------------------------------------- = 240 seats in 75 districts. This is shown graphically in the map. There are 14 districts mainly in the north which have only one constituency. District of Kathmandu, which is also capital territory, has, by far, the largest number of constituenci...

We have been posting all the benefits of Moringa Olifera plant. The net is now full of information on Moringa. This time we found an inspiring news article from Kenya written by Maureen Ongwae. We are providing the link and the same article below. We are grateful to AllAfrica.com. The source of the article is: http://allafrica.com/stories/200804031060.html and here is the article, Happy Reading! Kenya: Farmers Eye Indigenous Tree to Boost Their Income Visit The Publisher's Site Business Daily (Nairobi) 3 April 2008 Posted to the web 3 April 2008 Maureen Ongwae When food crops failed to do well on her two acre farm, Beldine Anyuka resorted to the renowned moringa herbal tree. Mrs Anyuka started growing the trees on her farm in Bondo district in 1995 and 13 years down the line she is enjoying the fruits of the change. Her fortunes changed after the Kenya Horticultural Development Program (KHDP) started supporting groups to market the crop with the assistance of the United States ...