![]() ![]() The international community too, is wary. ![]() The special military-to-military relationship will be a major casualty. But majority of officialdom including chunks of the Congress and bulk of the BJP parties, are steeped in the old mindset: Hindu Monarchy, special relationship and security concerns. Despite the spin and damage-containment only a small section of the establishment has reconciled to the new ground reality, recognising it as an opportunity to rewrite the warped India-Nepal relationship. The immediate fall-out is that with monarchy gone and the army subjugated, for the first time Delhi can now deal with one centre of power even though it will be a Maoist-led coalition government. For India the result is not unwelcome though it is a bolt from the blue. While the wrangling will go on, Prachanda is likely to prevail but with a chastened flock. Maoists would have to give up their bad habits and follow the democratic path in words and deeds. The once-bitten twice-shy political parties have imposed conditions for their support. Instead, Prachanda and his military commanders were able to manipulate the establishment to their advantage. The seven-party alliance government was generous to a fault in ignoring the misconduct of the Maoists and their affiliates in the run up to the elections fearing the Maoists would walk out of the peace process. The disaffected political parties will extract their pound of flesh and pay back the Maoists in the same coin as they did when inside yet outside government. But government formation will neither be easy nor smooth. Nepal���s indigenous peace process has achieved the unexpected but positive outcome of ensuring their irreversible transformation into a non-military political outfit. ![]() Not in recent history has any guerilla force come to power through the ballot after rejecting the bullet. That���s the urgency of Maoists to lead a coalition government in Nepal after their stunning victory at the Constituent Assembly elections last month, from the shock and awe of which everyone, including the Maoists themselves, is still recovering. For more information, go to first, the rest can wait". #WARPED REALITY DALHI FULL#A $50 donation pays for a full medical exam for a child $35 purchases a school uniform. The Salaam Baalak Trust, co-founded by film director Mira Nair, runs five shelters for Delhi street children, providing them with education, health care, arts and athletic training, and other support. But if we avoid it, we'll never see a destination-or even ourselves-in full. How else would I have met the young man who has lived on the streets of Delhi since he was eight and is now finishing college? Or the former street kid who's now breaking into Bollywood? Dharavi taught me that I have a lot to learn. Far from being the exploitative experiences I'd anticipated, they opened up a world that I felt privileged to enter-one which allowed me to make a brief but meaningful connection with the locals and, in turn, their country. In all, I took three poverty tours in India. Once a week, Chris Way uses the space to teach chess to anyone who'd like to learn. "The city will give us a place to live," one of them said, "but where will we find new jobs?" We ended the tour at a one-room school and community center, where Reality Tours now offers English classes twice a day and an NGO trains electricians at night. ![]() Poojari has come to know many of the locals, and he introduced me to several who were eager to tell me about their lives in Dharavi and to learn about mine in America.Īt one point, I sat down with three men in their 20s who told me that in four years Dharavi will be gone the government is making room for office towers. But the human side of the slum is another story entirely. ![]()
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