If you read Nepal’s newspapers (some of them), Indian Embassy issued a press release directly attacking the press freedom and went beyond the diplomatic norms.
If you read reports in some of Indian newspapers, Nepali media fraternity declared war against India by stoking anti-Indian sentiments for some of the media ‘unethically published news against products of Indian joint venture’.
A cursory look at the press release issued by the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu does not seem to be anything wrong. It does not directly attack the press freedom. I believe if anyone urges government to take appropriate action against unethical practices, there is nothing wrong.
But the scenario does not end here: the press release needs rethinking as it was issued by the Indian Embassy – the representative of the Indian government in Kathmandu. And, it also needs rethinking because the Indian Embassy is trying to bully Nepal on a lot of issues, more during the ambassadorship of Rakesh Sood.
I believe that Indian Embassy’s press release was unnecessary – both for the diplomatic norms and for practicality. Indian Embassy could have safely approached the concerned Nepali authorities via the Nepali foreign affairs ministry to make such a request officially. If they issued a press release, they meant they wanted to take on media themselves – a very wrong approach.
I do also believe that the beefing up of the issue by the media – and it looked like only some of the media – too was unnecessary because if an embassy crosses its diplomatic norms and do something as silly as releasing a press release on such petty issue, it’s something to ridicule. Publishing front-page news day after day, and opinions and editorials just doesn’t seem to do justice to the media space for this is not an issue of big importance.
If even the report published about the product of Dabur Nepal are biased as claimed (they claimed the newspapers published reports for they did not give advertisements to those particular newspapers in questions), there are ways in which the company can quash the reports and even move to the Press Council of Nepal for necessary action authorized by the legal provisions of Nepal.
About anti-Indian sentiments in Nepal, I believe it’s growing in last few years – more because of the activities of the Indian Embassy, and India, rather than anything else. Their attempt to bully Nepal in political issues and their media’s approach to associate Nepal with the land of abductors or no law or Pakistani playground has been instrumental in increasing the sentiments – especially among youths.
For India, the world superpower in next few decades, it’s unnecessary to bully a small neighbor; rather it’s of their best interest to keep Nepal calm, developing and stable largely because they have plenty of issues to resolve with other bigger neighbors – Pakistan and China. And, it’s better for India to ensure that Nepali people like India rather than dislike it.
And, India should become a caring big brother, rather than bullying one, by supporting in Nepal’s initiatives to develop, become calm and stable by supporting, but not dictating, those attempts. And, right now it looks like if they really want to be show Nepalis that they do care about Nepal, they should call back the current ambassador!
0 responses to “Media vs Indian Embassy: What’s wrong?”
I haven’t seen any Indian here who speak bad for Nepal.
Why would Indian Govt. bully Nepal ?
This is not true.
Its just after Maoist Govt. came in Nepal the relations are bit sore before that everything was fine.
Indian Embassy may have said something but not the Govt. here in Delhi.
@Abhishek
Indian Embassy works on behalf of Indian Government. I don’t think they are autonomous entity yet.
I know, normal Indian citizens don’t hate Nepalis, i have a experience with that BUT, Central Government of India has some different plans.
Its not only with Maoist. The Indian Government was a bully way before Maoist became a mainstream political party.
I will write a post on my blog showcasing why Indian Government does not wants a stable government in its neighborhood.
@Abhisekh: Tajim wrote my words! Thanks @Tajim!
It’s not about people – I know that well because at international level I have seen Pakistanis and Indians going well and saying it.
i know many Indians are weak in history when it comes to Nepal-India matters, so let me kindly remind (everyone reading this) what Indians might have forgotten, but Nepalese for sure haven’t, the fact that, in 1989 India imposed 18 months long economic blockade of Nepal, that not just broke Nepal’s economic backbone by scaring away foreign investors but also made Nepal one of the poorest country in the region. Till then Nepal was considered to be quite developed in regional comparison. The Indian-supported G.P. Koiralas government, formed after it, then sold away all our rivers for price of penny, which if India had bought at International rates, would still make Nepal richest country in South Asia. Then India started sending Biharis en masse into Nepal, and now 50% of people with citizenship are Biharis, who cannot even speak a f888ing word in Nepali. Every Nepali therefore, knows in his heart,that India has never ever wanted good of Nepal.So, stop pretending and keep spreading lies that India is in Nepal to protect it from China. cause nobody in Nepal believes your lies anymore. . . and as far as maoists are concerned then, again i ask everyone to go and get actual facts before making presumptions. When Nepali government, alongside, American government declared, the Nepali Maoist, a terrorist organization, it was India, and not China, that provided them with shelter. I believe, they even gave an interview to BBC, from Delhi. So, again keep spreading lies to look clean. but don’t think that any Nepalis will be fooled by your baised propaganda. . .
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