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Born into a prestigious, influentialKoirala family that dominated Nepali politics and gave also spent three years in his life was that while his father for his involvement in a Koirala - or Sushil Daai as he wished him to join ser- Indian jailsnation, four prime ministers togovernment the Himalayan Sushil ushil Koirala, 76, who died vice, he dreamt of a career in Bolly- plane hijacking in 1973. While in in Kathmandu following res- wood. But the pro-democracy exile, Koirala was the editor of INSIDE PAGES was popularly called -led a simple life. piratory failure this week, movement in Nepal drew him to Tarun, the official party publication
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will be remembered as the prime minister of Nepal who stewarded a republican federal constitution of the former Hindu kingdom. Prime minister from February 11, 2014, to October 10, 2015, he successfully manoeuvred the new charter through Nepal’s Constituent Assembly on September 20, 2015 -thus bringing to a happy conclusion the seven-year-long odyssey that had | Volume 6 • Issue EDITION evaded a resolution. Born into a prestigious, influential family that dominated Nepali politics and gave four prime ministers to the Himalayan nation, Sushil Koirala — or Sushil Daai as he was popularly called — led a simple life. A bachelor with frugal Gandhian tastes, he was known for his integrity and simple lifestyle. He often described himself as a foot-soldier of the Nepali Congress which he served for more than 60 years. He was its current president and eyed a second term. A little-known fact of
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of the Nepali Congress. He served as member of parliament several times but declined ministerial posts, preferring to serve the party -- he was member of the Central Working Committee of the party since 1979 and was appointed general secretary of the party in 1996 and vice president in 1998. It was only after the death of his mentor — and elder cousin — GiriCOMMUNITY | THEKoirala 12, 2016ja Prasad FEBRUARY 345 parliament No. an elected and assumed in 2010 that FIRST the totalitarian rule. mantle of the Koirala clan fell upon During his exile years, Koirala the unassuming Sushil Daai. He was came in contact with prominent elected Nepali Congress president the Indian leaders, including then West same year. A cousin of three former Bengal chief minister Bidhan Chan- prime ministers of Nepal -- Bisheshdra Roy, and socialists Jayaprakash wor Prasad Koirala, Matrika Prasad Narayan, Ram Manohar Lohia and Koirala and Girija Prasad Koirala -Madhu Dandavate, among others. Sushil Daai was a grand-uncle of BolA gritty fighter of the pro-democ- lywood actress Manisha Koirala. racy movement in Nepal, Koirala Asked about his bachelorhood, was also a dour combatant at per- Koirala would candidly admit that sonal level — he overcame severe he was “too busy in politics” to have health complications in life and sur- considered tying the knot. “I was vived tongue and lung cancers. married to democracy....” politics. Inspired by the socialdemocratic ideals of the Nepali Congress, Koirala, then a callow 15year-old, entered politics in 1954. Aged 21, he went into political exile in India for 16 years following the royal takeover of 1960 when the then Nepal king Mahendra purged
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n Monday afternoon, India’s telecom regulator finally put to rest the fiery net neutrality debate in India -- by ruling against zero rating and differential tariffs. Zero rating lets Airtel users use Facebook, for instance, free of data levies, while charging for access to other services or websites. This violates net neutrality, which says there should be no differential pricing — free data for one service, but priced for another — based on the content or web sites. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has now forbidden such “discriminatory pricing” by whatever name it may be called. The watchdog’s ruling is clear and sharp, and a blow to Facebook’s high-stakes Free Basics platform, born as Internet.org, as well as to Airtel Zero and other zero-rating platforms tried out, or planned, by telcos. The year-long battle between the heavyweights, including telecom giants and Facebook, and a bunch of volunteers under the SaveTheInternet.in banner, was fiery, and
seemingly unequal. Facebook ploughed in an estimated Rs.300 crore into its threemonth campaign defending Free Basics. Against it, though, the lone volunteeractivists gradually managed to drum up a great deal of public support. A spokesman said Facebook was “disappointed with the outcome, but we will continue our efforts to eliminate barriers and give the unconnected an easier path to the internet and the opportunities it brings”. The reality may be more nuanced than that. A battle much bigger than activists versus Facebook is up ahead: Providing Internet access to nearly a billion Indians who are offline, or nominally online, today. First, the nuances. Facebook is responsible for a great deal of the Internet penetration in India. Of the 300 million mobile users who make up over 90 percent of India’s internet base, 56 percent use WhatsApp daily, and 51 percent use Facebook, according to a TNS survey released last October. So, at least two out of every three Internet users in India use mobile data -- purely to use one or the other of Facebooks apps,
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including WhatsApp. It would be great find a net-neutral way to let users access t apps or sites they need to (which m include WhatsApp or Facebook), free, cheaply. The Net neutrality movement, and n TRAI, have shot down Free Basics, wh would have got Facebook and a few sel apps free of data charges to subscribers one telco (Reliance Communications). But TRAI hasn’t yet suggested what alt natives could be used to provide cheap free Internet access to the hundreds of m lions of mobile users who are unable unwilling to pay for mobile data. There are several options as well. F instance, letting telecom companies offe certain amount of free data for all, or usi apps like Gigato which allow sponsors top-up data, free, for prepaid users of sp cific apps: that recharged data can then used for accessing any website or app. Th there’s Digital India. Former journalist Pierre Fitter puts it w “Good that all Web content will be treated equal. Now comes the important bit: mak sure everyone can access the Internet.”
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