NESOCA Nepal’s sisterly web magazine Newa Post reports that the Pashupati Area Development Trust has recently banned Newa Bhajans in the Pashupati areas.

Our ancestors fought and gave their life for democracy and monarchy in Nepal. But we have always been rewarded only with outright oppression, suppression and discrimination.

Our attempt to use Nepal Bhasa as the second official language in Kathmandu Metropolitan City Office was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Nepal in May 1999. The Pashupati Area Development Trust has now banned to chant bhajans in our language.

This is too much against us and against our fundamental human rights. We appeal all of you to send floods of mails in condemnation of this tyrannical act of Pashupati Area Development Trust and demand with it to immediately allow chanting Newa bhajans to:

Pashupati Area Development Trust
Bankali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Phone: 4470574, 4470575
Fax: 977 1 4472962
email: info@shripashupatinath.org.np

We also appeal you to send floods of protests mails, demand to allow chanting of Newa bhajans without delay in Pashupati area, and punish the trustees and/or authorities who have taken and implemented such an oppressive and suppressive decision to:

Mr. Buddhi Raj Bajracharya
Minister for Tourism, Culture & Civil Aviation
Singh Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal
Phone: 4222846, 4225579, 4226992, 5533846 (Home)
Fax: 977 1 4227758
email: motca@mos.com.np, motca@ntc.net.np