A local woman worked on a historic mural. Image : NY Times
It looks like that lomanthang , a tourist hub of upper Mustang, has been chasing by New York Times. This year only world's reputed newspaper has printed more than 6 times about Upper Mustang. In pictures only it has crossed across 2 dozen stories.
Unfortunately, this news has not been given much importance by the Nepali news media. It has its own selfishness, compulsion and reasons. If only there is to be international news for Nepal, it will be for Lomanthang. Recently New York time has published about - how Tibetian culture has been painted and how it has been stolen. To know on follow up of American newspaper one need to know about famous Khampa Operation between Mustang-China borders.
American Himalayan Foundation, an US company which has established monastery on its own investment and Thanka sketch of so has been written by New York Times correspondent, Edward Yong . A month ago along with his family he has reached to Lomangthang , he felt that the story is one sided and incomplete. He has only mentioned one of the saying of the monastery. Still his effort is apprecitable .When this story was being written by Yong, here in Nepal Mohan Baidhya said,"This is the conspiracy against China only." Both statement seems to be coined. Indepth, this works seems to be inter-related.
America not letting the China to be the most powerful country so its alliance country India has invested a lot in health post, school and in education sector. China too has invested at lower Mustang only. Even, in the statement of Mohan Baidhya same intention has been hidden. Nepal is in trilateral proxy war.After looking the investment of US and India, the north Bejing has sent the message to Baidya saying that there should not be ethnicity federalism in Nepal. The regular coverage of New York Times has to be seen in same phase. Now Mustang is not itself Mustang, it turns into the arena of proxy war.
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