Must Know topics for GD/PI.

[CC]

Hi few from my side
1> Grass is green
2> Invasions from sky
3> Black is beautiful.
4> 2+2=5

[Shaurya]

HISTORY

Nepal has had a history of monarchic authoritarian government; the roots of the monarchic dynasty could be traced back to 1743. However in 1993 a constitutional monarchy was established which although maintained the king as authoritarian figurehead of ‘Kingdom of Nepal’ and supreme commander of Royal National Army (RNA), scrapped him of most of his powers.

Now King Gyanendra who is the present king of Nepal (who ascended the throne after the 2001 palace massacre) has dismissed the government and declared an internal state of emergency on account of:-

è Inability of the government to deal with the Maoists who have virtually taken over the whole country.

è Failure of the government to conduct the promised elections.



What does emergency imply?

>He has house arrested almost all the minister.

>Cut the phone lines and the internet. Thus, the country is in isolation cut off from the rest of the world.

>Borders with neighboring countries have been sealed off.

>There are restrictions on freedom of speech of press.

>Fundamental rights have been withdrawn.



The points that are in favor of this move by the king

The king enjoys “monopoly of power”. He has backing of the RNA which during recent times has got richer, more influential and less accountable; the police have been rendered ineffectual by the Maoists.

No nation would counter his takeover by saying it supports the Maoists.



Points against the king

The following points are to be considered if the king plans to run down the Maoists:-

>The bulk of RNA has been recruited in the last 4 yrs. Hence is inexperienced.

>Size of the RNA is small, that is there is non availability of the nos. to put in each of the 75 districts of Nepal, out of which nearly Maoists control 68.

>The RNA lacks the intelligence most of its intelligence is through civil networks.

> The RNA lacks transport planes and choppers to fight the Maoists in the hilly terrains that dominate most of the national territory.



Implications to India

>the borders though closed are porous enough for the Maoists to sneak into India as they have strong bases in Bihar and other north-eastern states. Already there is growing relation b/w naxalites and Maoists.

>there is also indication that China might influence the future of Nepal thus India sees it as a potential and imminent threat.



Other Consequences

>Instability and civil war

>Exodus of more Nepali into Indian Territory.





Obviously this is rough guidelines, to be further studied on ur own

[prasunc]

NIce work Shaurya.
You rock!
Keep it up buddy

[gauri_j3]

nice work buddies but plz could u ppl post any websites u visited while making ur analysis.

gauri

[nanz]

thanx a lot guys for ur efforts n do keep up d good work ....

[nanz]

should govt fund elections ?
foreign figures in planning commission.
growth of communalism in india
are religious beliefs irrational ?

[Aarav]

Originally Posted by Shaurya

Obviously this is rough guidelines, to be further studied on ur own

Brilliant

[ceo_in_making]

hi folks
can smbdy enlighten me on the mony matters
say for eg
convertibility of rupee( funda of convertibility, and its impact on biz and economy)
yuan vs dollar?
kindly analyse these and post smth like shauryas post on nepal crisis guys ?
regards

[bfobombay]

From my experience at IIM-A, all I can say that depth of knowledge in a particular topic is more important than superficial knowledge about a whole range of topics.
During my interview, I was asked questions about elections in all sorts of countries whose names I hadn't heard. But eventually they asked about India and I think I spoke well about it and it helped me get through.

So guys get indepth and all the best

[prasunc]

Indepth yes, but a pointer to usual suspect topics is always helpful.
Ppl doing a good job here by listing them down for us.

Cheerio!