Personally, I think this is a waste of time and a case of misplaced priorities at this time in Nepal.

Besides, no one really "owns" 24 Chaitra.

But hey, so long as people protest against things they don't like and they don't resort to violence and pit-pat/kutai/mukka-mukki and all that, freedom of expression is all that matters.


oohi
ashu


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Dears,

This year Miss Nepal Beauty
Contest is happening on 24 Chaitra 2063. Which is very
historical day in our political history.


Also every year we are protesting
against this contest.

In 2061 v.s.
we made 59 members organising committee. Khagendar
Sangraula was coordinator.

We are
planning to make broad joint organising committe. So I
would like to invite you with friends to come for the
meeting.

Time: 2
o'clock

Date: 8 Chaitra 2063 (22nd
March 2007), Thrusday

Venue:
Gautamm Buddha Sabha Ksha
New Plaja,


(United Graphic Printers and
Transperancy Imnternational office's building, white
house, fourth floor)

Tele:
4419610

Coordination: Women Forum
for Democratic Republican
(WFDR)


In
solidarity

I don't see any point opposing the upcoming beauty contest. The organizers as well as contestants are interested on it, then what is the problem to others. I understand that any public event in a open society affects the people who are outside the event. And, these types of programs have their own pros and cons, so I think no one can convince the mass that such events are absolutely bad or good for society at large. Lets not waste time protesting such events for the sake of 'protest'.

Instead, I was wondering, why nobody is seeking the role of Civil Society in protest of the 'court corruption' and the 'recent wave of violence if Madesh'.

A thing of beauty is joy for ever.

I read this line about 10 years ago and still I admire it.
We don't go for the thing that is not beautiful. That is why we prefer to buy polished vegetables and waxed Apples rather than black spotted ones or faded ones. There is another saying regarding this, "Eyes beholds the hungry stomach". Even if I am hungry I don't eat the food that don't appeal to me.

Why do magazines prefer to put beautiful ladies in their cover? Becoz people like it and they buy more. Why there are beautiful girls in advertizing? and why not the one with brains?
A sight of beautiful girl puts on smile on my face, isn't that beauty worth? I guess some more smiles be on her way.
If you wanna stop beauty contest, then first stop the advertising and modelling.
When you run after beautiful things for all your life then why do you cry if someone try to find out the better or more beautiful?

Regarding Sangraula, I hate the man when he organized the protest and later refused to take responsibility of the vandalism that followed his protest from the protestetors in Baneshwor. He was the one who led so called Dalits into the Laxminrisimha dham in Nawalparasi at the side of Narayani river and they flagged their symbol in the temple uprooting the flag that represents the hindu temple and later this ended up in brawl and he do not take responsibility but blame on the so called upper cast people. This man only want wah wah that is all, and these things are a garam masala issue for such people.

i think beauty contest would make sense if we had a huge consumer market or beauty products that needs sales. But in case where we rely so much on India or others for everything, we might as well see the beauty of their country.

Even the selection seem useless anyway

Bme,
I am glad you did not mention E8 or E8xE8 or schrodinger's equation , but just stopped on on Euclidean geometry to compare beauty contest with academia. Well, the question about you quatification of beauty is pretty complex or rather is a subjective reference. With your principle everyone is beautiful and can not be compared. So, apparently you are inferring that beauty contests selection is a fools game, ha ha ha.

Dude, the catwalk is a requirement. So why bother about it? Or, do you want to suggest your way of choosing beauty queens? Or you suggest them to solve human genome decoding problem?

I apologize but I fail to understand "I have not seen a single Miss Nepal cross the corridors of Nepali airlines cabin,let alone them impacting the lives of Nepalese people". You mean they are short --- :-)? Helloooo

Ashu,
Thanks for the compliment. I am glad to know that you are gettiing more than enough WAH WAH in your work. That is awesome dude. Thanks for forwarding your article. May be it is clear as crystal to everyone but I found that article a kind of mumbo jumbo. The reason: it failed to capitalize the western proverb in nepali context. It is like drinking diet coke with 1000 caloried Chicken Ciabatta to cut calorie in meal. Yes, there is no doubt, the younger generation is much smarter than before. They can google everything so quick. The beauty queens are the same. KUDOs again for being Ashu (continuous -- jharana) in Sajha since 2000 (reference: your own statement).

Kiran.

FYI:
http://www.nepalnews.com.np/archive/2007/mar/mar22/news07.php

Thanks Kiran for your compliments once again.

Well, the fact of the matter is this: So long as there are sober editors willing to print my "googled" articles and so lomg as there are readers willing to spend their time own time reading my garbage and commenting on it, I guess, I am fine, no, with no thanks to
you?

To my knowledge, no one has stopped you from setting up your own little soapbox anywhere you wish. So, why these catty remarks
for no reason here?

That said, your snide and catty remarks remind me of someone I
know about whom I have long wondered when he would grow up (he's
about 30/31 now and considers himself God's gift to Nepal!) and
START appreciating other people's different strengths and taking
joy in other Nepalis' different versions of successes and achievements . . .

But I guess doing that take a big, warm heart and an abundance of
self-confidence -- things of beauty that are, alas, in short
supply, Kiran.

Back to the thread . . . for further conversations, please write to ashu at sajha dot come, please.

oohi
ashu



oohi
ashu

In capatilism, there are many products to sell and beauty contest is one of them. . In america it makes little sense becos it is a part of culture like they have prom king and queen contest in early childhood. Same argument can be made about hiphop culture,it's genuine in US. But rest of the world, they just follow eventhough they have no connection to it, but it is cool to do it and they feel progressive by doing it.It is just sad that western countries are loosing interest in beauty contest becos they now know the truth but in full swing in developing countries becos many don't know the truth behind it. I pesonally don't think it is beyond beauty contest.. those scholarship,representation, world hunger eradication quest are mere a mask to coverup the fact that beauty is only skin deep.I rather salut those world nude contest where they are very frank and honest about the nature of contest :-). But hey glamour sells quick. Madness is found only in the masses and masses is needed to sell the product. Mr. Trump 's early intention was to find venue where he could meet those young girls, who knows? but it has become huge deal to those countries where "duee chhaak" is everyday struggle.