INDIA, NEPAL TALKS 14,15 NOVEMBER TO IMPORT ELECTRICITY IN WINTER

INDO-NEPAL TALKS TO IMPORT ELECTRICTY IN WINTER

Kathmandu, 11 Nov. Official talks between Nepal, India to
import electricity from the southern neighbour will be held next week in the Nepalese capital as winter has set in.
Officials have said 14—hour load-shedding could be enforced during the peak dry winter season beginning mid-December.
Minimum temperature hovers around 8 degrees Celsius and tap water is getting cold with the honest of winter.
Prime Minster Baburam Bhattarai proposed buying 22 MW
electricity during his just concluded India visit to meet power
deficit in the winter.
Talks will be held 14/15 November to implement the proposal.
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TU RELEASES NEW ACADEMIC CALENDAR

Kathmandu, 11 Nov.: The Tribhuvan University (TU) has released its new academic calendar on Thursday laying greater emphasis on holding academic classes and examination in time, The Rising Nepal reports.
Following lengthy interaction with all student unions, employees’ associations, TU Professors’ Association, campus chiefs, dean and the Controller of the Examination, the oldest university, in the coordination of the TU Higher Education Project, has brought up its new calendar.
Releasing the new calendar, vice-chancellor Prof. Dr. Hira Bahadur Maharjan informed that the TU was able to release the academic calendar after four months exercise with the related bodies. He said that TU released the new calendar with an aim to operate classes, examinations and to publish all examination results within the stipulated period.
According to the calendar, the Bachelor first year examination application forms have already been distributed from Bhadra 28 to Kartik 25 of 2068 B.S. Then class will be operated from Kartik 28 to he last week of Ashad 2069 B.S. Likewise, examination forms will be distributed from the second week of Chaitra and examinations will be held from second week of Sharwan to last of Sharwan. The results will be published in the last week of Mangsir. TU informed that the classes for all streams will be held for 155 days.
Likewise, the same level second year class will be held from first week of Bhadra 2069 B.S to the last of Baisakh 2070 B.S.. This year the exam will be held from the first week of Jestha to the first week of Ashad. The results of this Bachelor’s second year will be published on 10th to 15th of Bhadra. The classes will be held for 150 days.
Similary, the third year class will operate from 16th Ashad to the last of Falgun and exam will be held in second week of Chaitra. Then, the results will be published on 10th to 15th of Shrawan. The classes for this level will be held for 150 days.
Likewise, Master’s level first year class will start from 16th Ashad to 15th Chaitra of 2068. The examination for the first year will be held on the first week of Baisakh 2069 to the second week of Jestha and the result will be published on the last week of Shrawan. Classes for this level will be held for 165 days. The Master’s

second year classes will start from 1st Asadh to the first week of Falgun , 2069. The exam will be held in the last week of Falgun of which result will be published on the second week of Shrawan. This level will witness the classes being held for 154 days.
The TU has announced the class duration, exam schedule for all faculties including Humanities, Science, Management, Laws, Engineering, Forestry, and Medicine. Out of 886 campuses, 60 are constituent and 826 are affiliated campuses are being run under the TU.
The TU has a total of 654, 300 in all its faculties.
Various education related bodies including student unions have made their commitments that they would support the TU for the successful implementation of the new calendar.
At the programme, faculty deans, campus chiefs, representatives of various professors and students unions were present.
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PM’S SISTER GIVES INSIGHT INTO HER
BROTHER’S PAST; SAYS SHE’S NOT INTERESTEDD IN POLITICS





Kathmandu, 11 Nov.: Parbati Bhattarai is the youngest sister of Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai. She had her schooling in Gorkha. It was about that time when Dr. Bhattarai was in New Delhi, pursuing his PhD at Jawaharlal Nehru University. He insisted on her sister to continue education that eventually led her to Kathmandu, where she joined I Sc at Trichandra College. Later she pursued B Sc at Patan Multiple Campus. After having completed her B Sc from Patan Campus, she got married to Dr. Narayan Hari Ghimire, who teaches Population Studies at
TU Kathmandu, LM Thapa writes in The Rising Nepal..
Ms Bhattari, who has devoted her life to the teaching profession, has no interest in politics. It is her dream to work as a social worker instead. She wants to serve destitute women of our society. She served at Nava Prabhat High School, Pokhara, in the capacity of vice principal. However, she has recently been transferred to Kathmandu.
Before she left Pokhara to Kathmandu, this scribe spoke to Ms Bhattarai about her early life in the family. Excerpts:
How was your early life in your village Gorkha?
We had quite an ordinary life in the village, not different from many middle class Nepalese people. However, my family always lived with a principle in which they never compromised. My father Bhoj Prasad Bhattarai wanted to impart higher education to sons and daughters equally. My elder sister Thir Kumari Bhattarai, elder brother Dr. Baburam Bhattarai and another elder brother Shiva Prasad Bhattarai and myself had an equal opportunity to get higher education. I must say that being the kanchhi (youngest) in the family, everyone loved me a lot, but Dr. Baburam Bhattarai (Babu Dai) loved me more than anybody else in the family did. My elder brother’s constant support helped me to complete B Sc. I am proud to say that I was the first lady to have acquired a science degree in Gorkha district.
Was your family politically active right from the beginning?
My brother’s staunch support to Maoism makes
many people think so. But the reality is quite different. My parents don’t have any interest in politics. They are just
common and responsible citizens of this country. It was my elder brother, Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, who developed sharp inclination towards the communist ideology. Every single member of the family knew Dr. Baburam’s nature very well. He could do no wrong in his life. We were not afraid of the consequences because we believed in him. We were convinced that he was doing well for the people. At one time my brother did ask my parents, right before he went underground, "What do you expect from me money or welfare of the people?" My parents replied almost immediately, "We want the welfare of the people." Then after we couldn’t see him for years. My parents always glued to the radio to get news about him. This happened for years.
During the insurgency period, the state police handled the villagers mercilessly. How did they behave with your family?
I must say that none of the police or military
personnel ever mistreated us. My parents welcomed them with anything available at home. We had never been misbehaved by any police or army personnel. They had always been friendly with our family.
Being the younger sister of Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, your prospects in politics should be quite good. Why have you not joined politics?
Nothing happens by force. It should come out of your heart and mind. If you force yourself to like something, it will not last long. Speaking frankly, I do not have any liking to politics.
Could you tell something about your brother Dr. Baburam Bhattarai that many people don’t know?
Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, as a person, is more like an open book. He speaks straight from his heart. He is honest and loves to spend most of his time reading books. He is a voracious reader. Whenever he is alone, he reads a book of his choice. He is truly a very simple man who abhors pomp and ostentation.
We assume that you were in regular contact with your brother Dr. Baburam Bhattarai when he was doing Ph D in Delhi?
Yes, this is true. Let me tell you that my brother was serious about the English language. He used to say that we must improve our knowledge of the English language as most good books are written in English. He asked me to send essays to him at JNU and he would correct them and send them back to me.
Yours is an orthodox Brahmin family, but your brother got married to Hisila Yami, a Newar. What was your family’s initial reaction?
Bubu Dai was a very shy type of person. We were surprised how he fell in love. However, we knew Babu dai very well. We had no problem to accept them.
As you said, you don’t have any interest in politics. What is your area of interest, then?
This is a fact that I don’t have an iota of interest in politics, but I want to become a social worker. I want to work for the elderly women and those who have fallen behind in our society.
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