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Phalgunanda Lingden Limbu (1885-1949 A.D.)

Phalgunanda Lingden was born in 1885 A.D. in Illam district, Nepal. He is renowned as Mahaguru (the great teacher) especially among the Limbus. He is remembered for his outstanding socio-cultural and religious messages in the Limbu ethnicity, while not less exemplary are these to others as well. His one message is practice no animal sacrifice, since this sacrifice (taboo) raises social expenditures on celebrations; like birth, wedding and funeral. His further messages are similarly: eliminate social orthodoxies, run school for children, give literacy and awareness to children through their mother tongue. Education he stressed on chiefly because he believed it brings in knowledge to wash one's heart clean which alone is key to emancipation which again is the Ultimate Truth to realize God. In his philosophy there can be no better friend than love and nonviolence. Falgunanda who also built innumerable shrines died in 1949. (source: Nepal Government, Postal Services Department, Nepal Philatelic Bureau, Kathmandu)

Nepal Government, Postal Services Department, Nepal Philatelic Bureau, Kathmandu has issued his Postal ticket as in Distinguished Personalities Series in 1993.

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Another great blog regarding Kirat

Kirat-or Kirati- are indigenous Nepalese people of Tibetan stock the southern slopes of theHimalayas extending eastward from Nepal into India, Burma and beyond. Although only thesunwar (the people who inhabit the region westward of River Sun Kosi), Rai (also known as Khambu or Zimdar), Limbu (also known as Yakthumba or Subba), Yakkha (also known as Dewan) and Lepcha (also known as Rong-pa or Lapche) are generally regarded as Kirati, the vast majority of ethnic people of the region eastward of Nepal too address themselves as Kirati.

The original inhabitants of the Doars region of India known as Koche and Meche claim themselves to be Kiratis and so do the Bodo and Kachari tribes of Assam: they derive their titles from the original place of their dwelling, i.e., Koche from the River Kosi, Meche from River Mechi and the word Kachari is derived from Kachar which means river basin. The basis of these claims relies on the fact that they are mongolians even though they distinguish themselves from Mongolians elsewhere. They are therefore often identified as Kirati-Mongolians.

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Dr. Yam B. Limbu Introduction

Biography 

Dr. Limbu is an Assistant Professor of Marketing at Montclair State University. He received his Ph.D. in Marketing from the New Mexico State University. His research interests include pharmaceutical and healthcare marketing, advertising, consumer behavior, internet marketing, and marketing ethics. His publications have appeared in the Journal of Promotion Management, Journal of Health and Human Services Administration, and Journal of Business to Business Marketing. As a teacher, Dr. Limbu specializes in consumer behavior, marketing research, and pharmaceutical and healthcare marketing courses. He is currently a member of the Institutional Review Board of Montclair State University.

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More than 17,000 women and girls from Nepal become sex slaves every year. Many end up in India, China or other Southeast Asian countries, and roughly half of them are children.

Remembering Iman Singh Chemjong

Below is the article from Sirjana in her blog 

When I remember Iman Singh Chemjong, I remember him in two ways. First, I remember him as an academic person. Second, I remember him as an activist. Chemjong’s academic works are the treasure of Kirati people and of Nepal as a whole. He has written several books on the account of Kirati people’s (Limu, Khambu/Rai, Sunuwar, Yakkha and others) history. Beside history, he has written and compiled social, cultural, religious and literary works of Kirat and especially of Limbu people. He is the pioneer for taking Limbu community from oral tradition to written tradition. His academic works are the foundation to study and advocacy on Limbu and Kirat people.

Iman Singh Chemjong is die-hard activist of Limbuwan and right to self-determination. Limbus of Eastern Nepal has organized movement against the abolition of Kipat system (i.e. the autonomy and self-rule of Limbus) in scattered manner. But Chemjong started Limbuwan movement in an organized way. He formed an organization called Limbuwan Sudhar Sangh (Limbuwan Reform Association in 1953). He knew that movement cannot be achieved its goal without support of historical and written document. Documentation of historical accounts/documents to claim Limbuwan was must for him. So, Limbuwan movement on his leadership had a strong documentation to claim Limbuwan autonomy. Similarly, he knew that Limbuwan has become a home of multi-cultural communities so he gathered support of non-Limbus in the Limbuwan movement. I knew that respect for multi-culturalism is necessary for the Limbuwan autonomy though the term multi-culturalism was not popular at that time. So, he included non-Limbus in the organization.

He concretized the concept of ‘Kirat’ to build solidarity among indigenous peoples. I think, this is his strategy for the creation of broader and stronger indigenous movement. At that time indigenous communities could not understand his concept. But it came to reality only after 1990s as Adivasi Janajati Movement took momentum.

When I remember Iman Singh Chemjong, I remember challenges he has given to us. First, he has written and published so many books that all Kirat organizations still has not been able to publish. So, there is a challenge for Kirati organizations and Kiati people to write and publish more on the history, culture, religion and other aspects of their life. Second, according to Chemjong, Kirat is a broad group which includes people like Nagas, Khashi from the north-east India to Gurung and Magars from the west of Nepal but until now only four communities – Limbu, Rai, Yakkha and Sunuwar, has claimed to this identity. Other communities have not strongly claimed this identity and this four community alliance has not been able to bring other communities in Kirati alliance. For the strong Kirat identity there is a need for strong Kirat alliance beyond four communities. Third, Chemjong did not have higher academic degree, he has gained bachelor degree but his works are challenging to Ph.D. and Post Ph.D. holders. He has proved that dedication is important than degree. He will always be challenging Master, Ph.D. and Post Ph.D. holders to produce the work like him. Fourth and the most important, is to claim his Kiratologist position in Tribhuvan University. There can be no second Iman Singh Chemjong but there can be another Kiratologist. For the establishment, continuity and development of Kirat people, Kirat culture, religion, history and language, Kirat must claim this position of Kiratologist.

Looking at the Iman Singh’s persona, I must say, “he is a legend” and “he is a one man Institution”.

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