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By Babbler Some Indian media are continuously lauding that if the interim government in Bangladesh betray India, the electricity supply to Bangladesh will be cut off. How the Nepali politicians and economic experts took such reports, we don’t know, however, they are still talking about earning money by exporting electricity to India. India is strengthening its bargaining card by importing more and more electricity from Nepal but where does the Nepal Electricity Authority manage the electricity produced in Nepal if India suddenly announces stopping the import of electricity from Nepal? In that case, Nepal should surrender and should say to India that we are ready to accept everything that India will ask to do. Believe it or not, we are creating an electricity trap while exporting electricity to India. To save the country from such a trap, Nepal should develop a domestic market for the consumption of electricity produced by Nepal. Which are the mainstream media?          The broadsheet dailies have shrunk to 8 pages from the previous 16 pages. People have stopped watching television, the so-called media houses are unable to pay the salaries of their staffers and journalists. This is the media scenario in the country. When a journalist publishes a report or a television journalist develops a story, they place the links on social networks just to inform that their reports have appeared. The television interviewers place their interviews on YouTube. All the television channels have linked with the YouTube and telecasting reports live. Still, the so-called media houses are carrying the past hangover and claiming their media as mainstream. Time is changing and the mainstream era has already ended. Always Gai Jatra Since we observed Janai Purnima (thread tiding ceremony) on Monday, the Gai Jatra festival has started nationwide. However, the main Gai Jatra festival was observed on Tuesday, August 20. It will continue until the Krishna Janmastami festival coming week. The Gai Jatra festival was started during the Malla dynasty in Nepal. During these days, there was a rule of law and the rulers were people-centric. As human beings, they could also have committed mistakes. And the Gai Jatra festival was observed to indicate such mistakes of the rulers. The artists or say comedians were free to criticize the act of rulers during the festival. Comedians and artists used to be busy while organizing a week-long Gai Jatra festival comedy show in Kathmandu. It was not easy to get a ticket to watch the show. During this “loktantra” era, the Gai Jatra comedy shows lost attraction as the political leaders are performing comedy and everywhere, there are anomalies. QUOTES OF THE WEEK The Modi Government amends the Electricity Act to allow Power Companies to discontinue electricity supply to Bangladesh in case of non-payment of dues. The Modi Government tightens rules on cross-border electricity exports. Bangladesh's annual inflation has jumped to a 12-year-high of 11.66% in July amid widespread anti-Hindu violence.  Times Algebra, India In the movement of 2062/63 BS, the protestors did not establish their recognition by winning, the movement was ended through an agreement between the king and the protestors. At the instigation of foreign powers, the parties and leaders betrayed the king by violating the agreement made with the king. Kamal Thapa In a country where a person becomes prime minister for times and even fails to lead the country, it makes clear that there is no longer a living society. Bhimarjun Acharya Arjun Parajuli took a loan by mortgaging the rented land; Rishi Dhamala got a bachelor's degree without doing an intermediate course; Ramesh Kharel digested an informer’s allowance in the name of his wife is active in an anti-corruption campaign; Hark Sampang plans to construct an airport; Ravi Lamichhane finds the location of GB Rai. This is really a crazy country. Ranjit Tamang There is no reason to remember Prachanda as the Prime Minister. Mumaram Khanal Is the United Nations a strong weapon of the West? The United Nations team is going to Dhaka to investigate the death of more than three hundred people in the anti-government movement in Bangladesh. Information has been received through the media that a complaint has been filed against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajid in the International Court of Justice. But what to say to the United Nations, which does not break a chain to prevent mass murder, and the Biden government, which condones murder, apart from taking action against the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, who took thousands of lives in Nihu Ma, who took revenge on Hamas? Russia-Ukraine was instigated by the United States and its allies. What to say about Zelenskiy who was instigated and what to say about Putin who is exhibiting excessive force? Kamal Pradhan On Independence Day, some newspapers received propaganda materials from the Indian embassy that reflected Nepal-India relations – and should have been printed as advertisements. Instead, it would have been easier for the reader to understand if it had been mentioned as 'Sponsored Page/Section' while printing in this way. The practice of printing sponsored content also exists in other countries. Dhruba H. Adhikary  

Excerpted and translated by Sushma Shrestha.