I guess we should nationalise ALL Royal Palaces (except personal properties of Gyanendra Shah since he has got equal right as the rest of us to keep his own wealth) and convert them into Museums or Historic Monuments protected as World Heritage Sites. We should also preserve all historic articles from the palaces dating back to Malla or Kirant (or previous) era, if we have them, so that our future generations can have access to the history of Nepal and will have topics to do some research (even a PhD).
Your views are sought as to whether we should nationalise these palaces. Additionally what further use can be made of these palaces apart from museums and historic monuments? Would you like to see these palaces sold to some wealthy person or should they be left to the people of Nepal? If they are left to the people of Nepal as World Heritage Sites then these cannot be demolished for development nor can people's access be removed from them. Or should they be converted into expensive hotels or universities? As soon as their use is transformed from World Heritage Site to a university or hotel then an ordinary "joe bloggs" won't have access to them which is not fair!
Nepalko Bhavi Sambidhanma Kasta Kuraharu Bhaye Hunthyo?
What do you think the new constitution of Nepal should offer us?
I guess the constitution should provide an EQUAL OPPORTUNITY to ALL its citizens irrespective of their caste or race, religion, gender, age, origin, background and ability (et al). This literally means that you will be treated equally by the state whether you are a Muslim/Christian or Hindu/Buddhist, straight, transgender or gay, Shudra/Vaishya or Chhetri/Brahmin, 19 or 90 year-old, able or disabled, Madhesi/Pahade or Bhote, Oriental or Aryan, PhD holder, an illiterate or in-between!
It is fairly easy to say this but in order to offer such a fair opportunity to all we need a very transparent system in place in every walk of life. My philosophy is very simple: most good things including the Internet have now been invented by the rest of the world, we simply need to import good ones into our constitution and implement them! Most of them are tried and tested already by the world and we can only pick up those that are the BEST!
I have got a proposal: Hundreds of thousands of Nepalese live abroad now, some commanding fairly good positions where they have seen something work very well in their neighbourhood. I suggest they all suggest "best practices" from their walk of life to be considered in the new constitution of Nepal so that we will be heading towards having one of the best constitutions in the world!
I have got areas that I would like to mention in this site. If you have any reasons why they should or should not be included please list your reasons. Only constraint is that you should list commonsensical, logical (mathematically or scientifically), proven (those implemented successfully somewhere in the world) or tested (piloted successfully in some areas) issues with valid argument either for or against your points.
If you wish to read constitutions of other countries in the world, please follow these links (I think everyone involved in the making of the constitution of Nepal should visit these sites too):
http://confinder.richmond.edu/alpha.php
http://www.constitution.org/cons/natlcons.htm
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/const.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_constitutions_by_age
I suggest you read points raised here and make comments by clicking on "comment" at the end of each point, either anonymously or by logging in with your genuine address.
I guess the constitution should provide an EQUAL OPPORTUNITY to ALL its citizens irrespective of their caste or race, religion, gender, age, origin, background and ability (et al). This literally means that you will be treated equally by the state whether you are a Muslim/Christian or Hindu/Buddhist, straight, transgender or gay, Shudra/Vaishya or Chhetri/Brahmin, 19 or 90 year-old, able or disabled, Madhesi/Pahade or Bhote, Oriental or Aryan, PhD holder, an illiterate or in-between!
It is fairly easy to say this but in order to offer such a fair opportunity to all we need a very transparent system in place in every walk of life. My philosophy is very simple: most good things including the Internet have now been invented by the rest of the world, we simply need to import good ones into our constitution and implement them! Most of them are tried and tested already by the world and we can only pick up those that are the BEST!
I have got a proposal: Hundreds of thousands of Nepalese live abroad now, some commanding fairly good positions where they have seen something work very well in their neighbourhood. I suggest they all suggest "best practices" from their walk of life to be considered in the new constitution of Nepal so that we will be heading towards having one of the best constitutions in the world!
I have got areas that I would like to mention in this site. If you have any reasons why they should or should not be included please list your reasons. Only constraint is that you should list commonsensical, logical (mathematically or scientifically), proven (those implemented successfully somewhere in the world) or tested (piloted successfully in some areas) issues with valid argument either for or against your points.
If you wish to read constitutions of other countries in the world, please follow these links (I think everyone involved in the making of the constitution of Nepal should visit these sites too):
http://confinder.richmond.edu/alpha.php
http://www.constitution.org/cons/natlcons.htm
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/const.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_constitutions_by_age
I suggest you read points raised here and make comments by clicking on "comment" at the end of each point, either anonymously or by logging in with your genuine address.
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