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Tuesday, March 01, 2016

South China Sea: Early Thoughts

Facing the South China Sea
Facing the South China Sea (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

  • America or India or Japan do not need the South China Sea. For China it's lifeline. You could practically choke the Chinese economy by disrupting this sea lane. And to make that point, China is building a $40 billion road through Pakistan to get to the Arabian Sea as an alternate route. It is not a legitimate alternate route. Land is more expensive than sea. The Chinese economy is mostly along the South China Sea. In western China there is desert. From western China the core China is literally a continent away. The road being built in Pakistan is a call for empathy. 
  • China could be close to being an alternate political system. As long as a country can create respect and protection for free speech, it is possible even to have a one party democracy. China might move in that direction. If China can evolve to respect free speech, and if the Chinese Communist Party can offer two candidates for every major office, like president, governor and mayor, that ordinary Chinese then pick from through adult franchise, then it might actually end up with a better political system than what America has. 
  • But the small countries surrounding the South China Sea don't have the luxury to empathize. It probably feels like a 800 pound gorilla is asking a mouse for empathy. 
  • As long as direct confrontation can be avoided, and channels of communication kept open, and all the major powers can show adult behavior, the South China Sea is actually a great way to build a meaningful positive relationship between America, China, Japan and India. The tussle, handled well, could be big country therapy. Because there is some healing that needs to happen. Ask how Modi feels about Britain. That is how Xi Jinping feels about Japan. Only Japan had Hiter, as far as the Chinese are concerned. Starving a people is not in the same league as gassing them. Churchill starved. Hitler gassed. 
  • For China it might be less about real estate, and more about an iron guarantee that the sea lane will not be disrupted. 
  • As for the islands, while they stay disputed, who has current control over them? Is there a catalogue? That was rhetorical. I am sure there is. Well, that's a start. 
  • The 12 nautical miles is a beautiful thing. A country has 12 nautical miles from its shores. Beyond that is international waters. Even if every island in the South China Sea ends up with clear, uncontested ownership, no matter which way they get decided, that still leaves the sea lanes open. And that's the key thing. 
  • There can be a process that all powers big and small can agree to. And that judicial process could take its time to decide on the final borders. 
  • By the way, that is also true for the India-China land border. The final border has not been finalized. 
  • All of the South China Sea can not belong to China any more than all of the Arabian Sea can belong to India, or any country. That goes against the 12 nautical miles rule. 
  • Just like the solution in Kashmir is to turn the Line Of Control into the final boundary and then tone down the tension enough to make the border meaningless, perhaps to the point of a South Asian economic union. Perhaps countries should keep islands they have and beyond that respect international law. The sea is globally shared, just like every other sea. 
  • The logic of the solution is the easy part. The hard part is the complex geometry that leads to it, step by step. 
  • Only in Kashmir there is no oil and gas. 
  • Forget building islands, if the tensions could be nullified, this might be the best place in the world to build ocean cities. As for oil and gas, think solar. The world is fast moving to solar. The ocean cities could run entirely on solar. 
  • The South China Sea tension might last as long as the China-Taiwan tension. The sea is a good outlet to the tension. It has to be managed until it is resolved. 
  • Who owns the Gulf Of Mexico? Or the North Sea? Or the Red Sea? Or the Bay Of Bengal? Or the Japan Sea
  • I guess this is a pretty good place where America gets to make itself useful. 













































































































































































Using Technology To Make The Dollar Go Further

Pete Souza, Official White House Photographer
Pete Souza, Official White House Photographer (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I have not read up on every Bernie idea. What I have read I have come across while reading election news. Which means, I have not deeply studied a single Bernie idea. But what I have read feels doable and, quite frankly, not enough. But he does not seem to be making any attempt to connect the dots. The dots can be connected.

Hillary is being rewarded across the US South by blacks because she served four years under Barack Obama. They were for Hillary before they were for Barack Obama. Now they are back with Hillary. For people with the black experience (the patent thing) it would mean a lot to you that Hillary served under Obama. They are like, Bernie who? That is where I myself was last year.

The gender thing is, women have to be made to feel equal at the workplace. Universal pre-K, universal child care, universal public transportation. Pay equality. Paid family leave. I believe workplaces with in-built child care would outproduce workplaces without. The obvious things. If women can be made to achieve purchasing power parity, the rest flows from there. Right now they don't even have an equal seat at the table.

It's not just about taxing people more, or getting a bigger bite out of the current budget. In fact, if you take a slightly bigger bite out of the current budget, you don't need a higher tax rate. But mostly it is just about using technology to make the dollar further. As in, better execute. Do more with less. It is not lack of money. It is lack of imagination.

Hillary Clinton could not ask for anything  better than Donald Trump as Opposition Leader for eight years. And Donald Trump could not ask for anything better for himself.

Libya: Laboratory

Signs grow of new Western urgency to stop Islamic State in Libya



Libya would be a great place where to test my Law Of Political Entropy.

What to do? Beam the internet from the sky across at least 90% of the populated territory. And smuggle a few million Android phones to be given out for free. Preferably they should have solar chargers.

And that's it.

Weapons and armed groups get in the way.

Do it and watch magic happen.

Nepal: Political Laboratory

The military action was not wrong. Fascism only has a military solution. So the first step was not wrong. Just that there was no second step. The people should have the option to peacefully, democratically organize themselves. That is where connectivity helps.

The thing about the Law Of Political Entropy is you can pre-emptively "attack" any territory. You don't have to wait for a dictator to go crazy. You don't have to wait for anything. And there is not much need for military intervention. Although a threat of force and some smart, surgical acts might help speed up the process and do some alignment work.

If you think Libya is about to go to hell anyways, why not give the Law Of Political Entropy a try?

South China Sea

To date I have never attempted a study of the South China Sea issue. Soon I might attempt a study to try and make sense of what's going on. Just like Kashmir is not about land, South China Sea might not be about water. It might be an ideological tussle. It is one of the most happening parts of the world in terms of commerce. The most important goal obviously is to keep it open for global trade.


भारत और लोकतंत्र

लोकतंत्र भारत का सबसे बड़ा धर्म है और बहुत पुराना धर्म है। ब्रिटिश ने गिफ्ट में दिया ऐसी बात नहीं। लोकतंत्र का आधार है मानव अधिकार। पहले मानव का राजनीतिक निर्माण होता है। मानव अधिकार द्वारा। तब जा के एक व्यक्ति एक मत। तो भारत के संविधान में सुरक्षित है मानव अधिकार। कोई व्यक्ति या संगठन मानव अधिकार का हनन करे तो कोई भी आम नागरिक कोर्ट में जा के उजुरी दे सकता है। वो तो इस पार्टी या उस पार्टी को वोट दो वाली बात नहीं है। फ्री स्पीच allow है। कोई गलत भी बोले तो बोल सकता है। लेकिन हिंसा नहीं allow है। कोई व्यक्ति या संगठन हिंसा पर न उतर सकती है। हिंसा का योजना नहीं बना सकती। हिंसा के लिए नहीं उकसा सकती। आगजनी तोड़फोड़ नहीं कर सकती। लोकतंत्र में सिर्फ व्यक्ति नहीं संपत्ति को भी प्रोटेक्ट करती है राज्य। राज्य का पहला कर्तव्य है व्यक्ति और  संपत्ति का संरक्षण। कौन पार्टी जिता कौन हारा उससे क्या फर्क पड़ता है? संविधान है, कानुन है, पुलिस है, कोर्ट है। अगर नागरिक शिकायत दर्ज न करे तो वो नागरिक की कमजोरी।

संविधान है, कानुन है, पुलिस है, कोर्ट है। ये बात मेरे को मालुम है। लेकिन नागरिक आगे न बढे तो वो हुवी नागरिक उदासीनता। Awareness Campaign करो।

रह गयी वाक स्वतंत्रता की बात। कोई गलत बोले तो आप उसके विरुद्ध बोलो। आप सही बोलो। जोड़ से बोलो। आप उसकी बोलती बंद नहीं कर सकते। कोई भी न कर सकता। न प्रधान मंत्री न राष्ट्रपति न पुलिस। आप भी नहीं। लेकिन आप बोल तो सकते हो। आप कह सकते हो उसने गलत बोला। सही क्या है वो आप बोलो।

और आप के सिर्फ बोलने के आधार पर आप को किसी सरकार ने धर पकड़ किया तो आप कोर्ट में जाओ। केस जित जाओगे। लेकिन आतंकवाद तो प्रत्येक लोकतंत्र में गैर कानुनी है। कानुन का राज्य जहाँ है वहाँ हिंसा पर प्रतिबन्ध रहता है। हिंसाका आह्वान नहीं किया जा सकता। वो फ्री स्पीच नहीं है। लेकिन विचार प्रकट किया जा सकता है। मान लो आप का मानना है कि कश्मीर में अन्याय हो रहा है। तो बोलो कि कश्मीर में अन्याय हो रहा है। वो फ्री स्पीच है। हिंसा allow नहीं है, स्पीच तो आप जो बोलो।

The Obesity Epidemic

The obesity epidemic in America is a forest fire. It is the clearest evidence of capitalism gone haywire. Capitalism is supposed to be subservient to the democratic process. The people are supreme. 

Metal, Glass And India

Women belonging to the aristocractic Nair cast...
Women belonging to the aristocractic Nair caste of Kerala ,India (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The caste system is like this dark, opaque metal that hammers away at the Buddhist egalitarian glass of social equality. The glass has broken so far in India. The metal has broken India’s backbone. There is no internal unity, no internal cohesion, no internal strength, and the caste system is to blame. A conscious effort has to be made to create a casteless Hinduism in India. And then in India the metal becomes transparent. You end up transparent like glass and strong like metal. And then India becomes strong.

This is not an argument against cultural diversity, only against inequality. 

Sunday, February 28, 2016

Hillary Is On

क्यारालिनामा क्लिन्टन भारी मतले विजयी



South Carolina might have decided. Hillary is on. By now the two parties have their nominees. And Mike Bloomberg might have waited too long.

This race is over. Hillary has won. There's no way a Democrat can lose in November.

Kathmandu And Jerusalem

Kathmandu And Jerusalem

Jerusalem is where three major world religions meet: Judaism, Islam, Christianity. A lot of people don’t see it that way, but Kathmandu is its own kind of Jerusalem. Two major world religions meet in Kathmandu. Buddhism and Hinduism. Jerusalem is also easier to understand because people not getting along is as obvious as can be. In Kathmandu outwardly Hinduism and Buddhism co-exist like no two religions anywhere on the planet. But do they really? Buddhism is an egalitarian religion. All human beings are not only equal, there is no other way possible. Hinduism and its caste system are not one and the same, but by now who can tell the difference? They co-exist like meat and bone. The caste hierarchy is like a body organ to a Bramhin. Preaching egalitarian thoughts is quite literally blasphemy. What makes things more complicated is the agitating Madhesis did not become Buddhist just like Jews did not become Christian, although Buddha was born one of their own. The agitating Madhesis are caste people and the top leaders of the movement don’t get along because they are from different caste backgrounds. Otherwise the political agenda is the same, and there are not really any major personality clashes. So the Brahmins in Kathmandu say, if I don’t have to even explain this to you, since you are big on caste yourself, how hard is it for you to understand that I have decided upon a second class citizenship for you? How is that any different from the caste system both you and I agree with anyways? Not only two major world religions meet in Kathmandu, two other are right at the heels. Islam is not small in the Madhesh, and Christianity is the fastest growing religion in Nepal, giving the Brahmins nightmares, like Islam is the fastest growing religion in America, and for the same reason. The oppressed are walking out in both places.

Kathmandu is home to two major world religions who are at peace but can not really be because the two social structures are like metal and glass. And Kathmandu, or rather Nepal, is a confluence of five major world civilizations. That there is no civil war is a miracle. The religions might take some of the credit. Because it’s not literacy, it’s not the per capita income, it’s not roads, it’s not bridges.

Maybe there will be peace in Kathmandu, and the same peace template can then be taken over to Jerusalem. Via Kashmir.

For now the question circulating around in Kathmandu is, if the Madhesis don’t have problems with the caste system, why do they have problems with being second class citizens?

India and China have both avoided micro interferences in Nepal not because they fear Nepal -- it is a small country -- but because they fear Jerusalem. Every major power in modern history has thrown the kitchen sink at Jerusalem, and it has stayed intractable. Both India and China stay informed, but the level of micro management that Delhi gets accused of in Kathmandu, if there is truth to it, Delhi has the most efficient bureaucracy on the planet.

The Muslims Did Not Invade India

The Muslims Did Not Invade India

The Hindus, or some of them, broke the Hindu society through a forceful imposition of the caste system. They did such a thorough job for a few hundred years, that they were basically begging to be invaded. There was nothing to invade. You just had to walk in. The Hindu society was so broken up.

The caste system is still intact today. The Hindus could still get invaded by the Americans and the Chinese. Only the creation of a casteless Hinduism will give India the backbone to stand firm. The creation of a casteless Hinduism should be the top project of the RSS. Hire a hundred poets to come up with Bachchan like last names. And “convert.” Get people to adopt these new last names.

Otherwise FlipKart is already owned 80% by non Indian investors. That is the new East India Company knocking at the door. It is already inside the house. The Americans and the Chinese are just waiting to swoop in through the digital doors. You could keep your borders and your army and still get hollowed out. So dangerous is the Hindu caste system. Buddhism is egalitarian. Mass conversion to Buddhism might be another option.

Science And Engineering

Expecting me to hold political office is like expecting a scientist to become an engineer. Makes zero sense.

China And The Next Thousand Years

China And The Next Thousand Years

The Chinese think in terms of a thousand years. As do the Jews. The Hindus are not mad at Muslims for no reason. Individual births and deaths are not that big of a deal, if you think about it. But the future is not always in the past. Maybe it never is. There ought to be a freshness to looking at the future.

To ask, does God exist, is like asking, do you believe in the Sun? It’s there. What’s there to believe? And the sun has nothing on God. Look up the YouTube video on 10 dimensions. A four dimension creature should perhaps approach the larger dimensions with some humility.

What if it is genetic? Speciation is genetic. We became a species only a few hundred thousand years ago. How did it happen? Did it start with one birth? Obviously the process did not stop. Every birth is a step forward in evolution. Was there only one beginning? And even if there was, by the time you end up with large numbers of people, is it possible that there is genetic variation? All human organs have genetic roots. The brain is no different. Is it possible that there is slight variation? For example, are the Jews genetically predisposed as a people to read more books than everyone else? I don’t know. I am only asking. Are the Karnataka people genetically predisposed to not fear death? To die in battle is no big deal, it is not even a consideration. How much do we know about genes?

Knowledge changes things. There is no artificial. A skyscraper is as much a part of nature as a tree in the Amazon. Because the human brain, the human limb, they are very much part of nature. How much do we know? How much can we know? How much can we hope to know? How much can we collaborate?

In 500 years we might become a multi-planetary species. I don’t know at what point, but there is a dollar figure to it. Maybe it is 10,000 trillion dollars. The global economy will have to move from 60 to 10,000, and then it is Star Wars time. There doesn’t have to be war, by the way. But if human history is any guide, be prepared for anything.

500 years is a blip. Perhaps the Homo Sapiens will forge one common identity, internal variations allowed, desirably allowed.

Maybe the human rights charter is too long. We just need two points. One, free speech. You may express thoughts, and you will not be bothered for it, not by the state. Two, zero tolerance for violence. Countries will not be allowed to go to war with each other. Civil wars are not allowed. Individuals may not kill or assault each other, except Putin throwing people around for sport. We could have a really small government, if those are the only two things that the government needs to do. The rest of the time we could focus on getting to that 10,000 trillion dollar figure fast. Because maybe we want to travel.

We have now the option to create a borderless world, thanks to biometric IDs and facial recognition technology, the policing part need not be expensive. Once we attain a world government and a species level identity, there is no room for talk of whose century it is, and who is the superpower now. All that goes by the wayside. Just like we laugh at the little kingdoms that were in our countries a long time ago. Every fort was a country. A city country.

The Chinese, once the leader in science, are great engineers. They think the British messed up with them because the British were great engineers, and the Japanese messed up through universal high school education. The Chinese have learned the lesson a little too well. They are great engineers. But there is this mention of a people in the Bible who were great engineers but did not believe in God. They did not do well. The Chinese need the Dalai Lama more than they realize. Buddhism is custom made for their atheistic tastes. And they are already half way there on their own. The Chinese did not abandon communism, they did not pick up capitalism. They got organized and they engaged in evidence based decision making. Communism made sense then, capitalism makes sense now. What has stayed constant is evidence based decision making. They have not changed in their ways. It is the evidence and the conclusions that have changed. Capitalism gives you the motorbike. Buddhism gives you the helmet. The Chinese just might end up with the best of both worlds: a capitalism that is subservient to the political process (fire versus forest fire) and Buddhism as the crown jewel. The material and the immaterial. Buddhism is practically science.

It is not possible the Chinese are atheists if the Chinese are Buddhists. Evidence based decision making is the most direct path yet to God, more so than philosophical surmising, crusades, superstition, witchcraft, and everything in between.

Building a road everywhere where there is a need to build a road, building a bridge every place where there is a need for a bridge: who will do it? Who is best equipped?

Parking money is a bad idea. That is admission that you don’t know what you are doing. The ocean currents are not supposed to stop. The money is supposed to keep flowing. That is what is best for both the money owners and the world.

We used to have gold coins. Then we used paper money and kept equivalent amounts of gold in a safe place. Then we realized gold is not necessary. Money floats on trust. Occasionally we become very good at losing that trust, but that is another story. Now is the time to lose the paper altogether. We have to go 100% digital and 100% global with the money. If every transaction can be recorded, we can let it loose. Blockchain technology allows us to move money globally like email, for free and instantly. And every transaction stays in the books. Money has to go where the need is the greatest. Every infrastructure project in every poor country can give you a 10% annual return easy. So if you have 10 trillion dollars just sitting there doing a 0%, something is very wrong in the picture. It is a primitive arrangement, quite literally. You are avoiding people you don’t like. You are not driven by self-interest. If all money can go 100% digital, and 100% global, and can reside 100% on the blockchain, forget leveraging to the tune of 30, which is where the markets crashed in 2008. We could easily leverage to 1,000. We could have plentiful money. Economic activity globally could hit new heights.

The market did not crash because one dollar got leveraged to 30. One dollar can safely be leveraged to 1,000. But when you park money, that is negative leveraging. One dollar gets turned to zero. A dollar out of circulation is a dollar that has been vaporized, as far as the economic system is concerned. Parked money is not neutral, it has a negative pull.

So why did the market crash?

To leverage to 1,000, you have to apply the Kumbha Mela concept. The largest gathering of humanity sees zero chaos.

While Mike Bloomberg is having his Arjuna doubts, and Barack Obama is plotting retirement (foundation and paid speeches) instead of a world government, the Chinese are engineering the hell out of it.

A global, digital 911 would have several community elements. You will ring up your neighbor for the most part. No matter where on earth, you could not get lost. Your biometric ID would allow you to check in with any police officer.

What is artificial is scarcity. Abundance is natural. Human beings are the only species that starves. Because there is not enough coordination.

Finance
Race

Humility

Humility is hard to achieve. But the reward is in trying.

Friday, February 26, 2016

US And World News (13)

Syria cessation of hostilities agreement comes into effect
Female genital 'nicks' should be legal: gynecologists
One area where the Pentagon is playing catchup with Russia and China
Trump's obsession with WW2 generals strikes sour note with historians
Why Russia and China may cheer for a President Donald Trump
Trump's march stirs growing sense of dread among Republicans
China says its warships to join major U.S.-hosted naval drills
When it comes to Russia, it’s Munich all over again – again
US, Russia-brokered cease-fire goes into effect across Syria
The billion-dollar question: With Trump’s surge, will Bloomberg run?
America needs a Sanders-Trump-Bloomberg-Johnson race
From their own party, on offer is a candidate who "just about runs the table on the seven deadly sins;" is fiercely opposed by respected religious and political conservatives; and has embraced positions anathema to the average Republican, like funding Planned Parenthood and the ObamaCare individual mandate. That a third of Republicans support Trump means two out of three prefer someone else — in fact, despite his impressive showing on Tuesday night, he is second only to Jeb Bush in unfavorability among GOP voters. ...... by November, Republicans may be feeling the need to become Johnson customers as well as voters
Nepal's insistence to exclude Madhesi issue led to no Indo-Nepal joint statement
Google PlaNet Can Look at a Photo, Tell You Where it Was Taken
Humble sea sponge may be the common ancestor of all animal life
How a Bloomberg Presidential Run Could Set Off a Constitutional Crisis
Bloomberg weighs his chances in unpredictable presidential race
Nepal’s police in Madhesi-hunting spree
The Asian Human Rights Commission’s (AHRC) partner organization the Terai Human Rights Defenders (THRD) Alliance have secured information that the Nepal police have started arresting Madhesi protesters in different cases, mostly related toevents that occurred during the 5 month long protests and blockade in the southern plains. This is a systematic trend of charging with false cases against frontline Madhesi demonstrators at district levels following the end of strikes in Nepal’s Terai on 8 February 2016. The trend is serious in a way that these local leaders who were active during the five month long protests have now been facing legal hassles, and they are now compelled to face intimidation from the state security agencies. There is no moral and legal support for them. ....... No doubt, killings of security personnel should be investigated and perpetrators should be booked. However, the recent actions are against Madhesi demonstrators only. The government authorities have not taken any action against the killing of 41 persons (of which 22 were bystanders). Neither has the State’s constitutional body, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), made its investigation report public, nor have any publicly visible actions against those involved in the killings of demonstrators and bystanders been taken.
Mysterious 'Fast Radio Burst' Pinpointed for First Time
Supermassive Black Holes Transport Matter into Cosmic Voids, Astronomers Say
Cosmic voids — vast underdense regions, forming an essential feature of the cosmic web and occupying most of the volume of the Universe — could contain as much as 20% of the ‘normal’ matter (i.e. the matter that makes up stars, planets, gas and dust) in the cosmos ..... the black holes at the center of every galaxy are helping to send matter into the loneliest places in the Universe
‘Satyamev Jayate’: PM Narendra Modi tweets link to Smriti Irani’s spirited speech in Lok Sabha
Signs grow of new Western urgency to stop Islamic State in Libya
"When you see an ISIL training camp and we see them doing push-ups and calisthenics every day, they're not there to lose weight," Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy to the international coalition fighting Islamic State ...... "They're there to train for something, and we're not going to let them do that."
IMF report urges G20 to prepare global economic stimulus plan
What makes just 16 missiles such a deadly threat in the South China Sea
Bloomberg
PM Narendra Modi​ tweets Smriti Irani's speech in Parliament, says 'Satyamev Jayate'
Watch: a 15-year-old Swedish girl explains why she joined ISIS — and why she regrets it
Are Republicans finally coming up with a plan to beat Donald Trump? (+video)
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul called Trump “a delusional narcissist and an orange-faced windbag,” in an appearance in January on Comedy Central’s “Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore." “A speck of dirt is way more qualified to be president,” Senator Paul added for good measure. Within days, he was out of the race, too. ...... With Trump, aggressive language shows he’s a fighter – a quality that voters are looking for at a time of economic and international insecurity. ...... “Mitt was a numbers guy, so he was caricatured as a cruel Scrooge. But Trump is a salesman: That’s been a big part of his campaign’s success. And how do you flip a salesman’s brand? You persuade people that he’s a con artist, and they’re his marks.” .....

Trump’s business history is fertile territory for arguments against him.

..... Her favored argument against Trump: that he’s a “conservative of convenience,” who supports government-mandated health care, tax hikes, and Planned Parenthood. ... To Trump, this is all just the Republican “establishment” trying to take him down and protect its turf.

US And World News (12)







GST to benefit Bihar, says expert
Indian-origin politician becomes South Africa's finance minister
66-year-old Gordhan's appointment sent the Rand up almost 5 per cent on Sunday night, but failed to quell a tide of criticism of the president. Gordhan was widely respected when he served as South Africa's finance minister from 2009 until 2014.
Madhesi leaders being framed: AHRC
The Asian Human Rights Commission’s partner organisation the Tarai Human Rights Defenders Alliance has secured information that the Nepal police have started arresting Madhesi protesters in different cases, mostly related to events that occurred during the five-month long protests and blockade in the southern plains. ...... The AHRC issued a press statement saying this is a systematic trend of framing frontline Madhesi demonstrators at district levels following the end of strikes. ...... “The trend is serious in a way that these local leaders who were active during the five-month long protests have now been facing legal hassles, and they are now compelled to face intimidation from the state security agencies,” the rights body said....... “It seems that these charges are politically motivated and are conspired to discourage peaceful and constructive political activities in Tarai in the days to come.” ...... “Evidence based criminal investigation should take place, not the politically motivated trend of keeping large number of names in the First Information Report and then issuing arrest warrants like in the case of assistant sub-inspector Thaman BK’s killing,” the AHRC said. ...... The AHRC said killings of security personnel should be investigated and perpetrators should be booked, however, recent actions were against Madhesi demonstrators only......“The government authorities have not taken any action against the killing of 41 persons (of which 22 were bystanders)........ the government should also obey the verdict of the Supreme Court in relation with Tarai protests.
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