Fatalism Never Dies In Nepal

As journalists constantly struggle to seek fair, reliable and relevant sources for their reports, Dhruba Adhikary, a Nepali journalist finds an easy way out. Adhikary writes a report about the country’s future based on an astrologer’s predictions. The world reads it on Asian Times. 

Fatalism never dies in Nepal. Excerpts of Adhikary’s report:

It all began when Bhimeshwar (one of the manifestations of Lord Shiva), housed in a temple in the eastern hill district of Dolakha, oozed what looked like beads of perspiration, attracting thousands of villagers. Another inauspicious moment for the monarchy surfaced when the pole of the chariot of the deity Machhindranath fell to the ground while being taken around the Kathmandu Valley a couple of months ago.
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Astrologer Gopal Baabaa, in a wide-ranging interview published in Tarun, a Nepali-language weekly, said Nepal is destined to remain in bad shape until mid-March 2010.