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

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Monday 15 September 2008

Legalisation of Prostitution

It is universally recognised that prostitution is the oldest profession and no matter how hard some religious fanatics try to deny its existence it is not going to vanish from the world. One can always buy sex between Alaska and Antarctic, Kathmandu and Karachi, Dublin and Dubai, Pokhara and Paklihawa, Singapore and Sundhara.

It is also noted that many Nepalese (and citizens of other countries too), either by choice or other situations, are engaged in prostitution in Nepal and overseas destinations. Most important issue about prostitution is that there is no one to be blamed apart from our own biological urge to have sex at times when our other half may not want or are not available (this is a very natural process)! Many countries have tried not to accept it as a profession but they are simply losing revenues from it. Countries like Holland sell sex in professional environment, as a result, people working in this industry are protected, taxed, given appropriate medical care and blue badges. Perhaps there are fewer number of HIV/AIDS cases amongst prostitutes in Holland than in Nepal too! Prostitution is not only about "women" since it normally involves both genders.

So if we cannot beat it I guess we should join it! Let us not consider rude a normal biological desire to have sex with consenting adults and let us not punish prostitutes. Instead let us legalise prostitution and raise revenue from it and protect people who are engaged in this profession.

If you think legalising prostitution is not the right way forward, please list advantages of not legalising, showing data from countries which have not legalised it. I would be pleased to hear about a place on Earth where at least a few thousand people live without practising extra-marital sex. Would anyone like to distinguish between extra-marital sex and prostitution except the money changing hand?

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