Tashi Tewa

       Dho-Tarap (now falls in Dolpo Buddha Rural Municipality) was imagined as a central administrative center by Dolpo-pa for a Dolpo Autonomous State. Geographically located somewhat at a center of those scattered dolpo communities from Phoksumdo, Saldang to Tinje and Mukot, historically Dho-Tarap is also the place where the main leader, Chikyab used to organize the annual gathering and meeting to settle local conflicts and disputes. In addition, compared to Vijer, Saldang, Tinje and Chharka, Dho-Tarap is also somewhat closer to Dunai, the district headquarter. The present ongoing road construction connecting Nepal with China vis-a-vis Dho and Tinje further makes this area strategic. Therefore, Dho-Tarap falls among these webs of culture, geography and development in Dolpo and Dolpa, the biggest district. Still under the context of centralized state, why and whose political conspiracy led to the region's failure to claim DAS? Will we ever question and seek an...

It was June 14, 2014 when two Dolpo locals were killed by the state security officials in Dho-Tarap (currently falls in Dolpo Buddha Rural Municipality). In addition, nearly ten locals were caught and later put in prison in Suligaadh, Dunai (one of the prison in the Army Camp of Dolpa) where they were also tortured and threatened not to speak anything against the state. Consequently, many delegations and protests nearly for four months led by locals also in Kathmandu somewhat failed to convince the state to provide justice to deceased and their family. Kantipur national media and its two media person even for the first time went to Dho (at-least 500 kms away from Kathmandu) itself and later analysed the violence and injustices happened to locals. One of the noted scholar including Deepak Thapa and CK Lal later even wrote about the particular incident. Here is the link of the article written by former: http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/printedition/news/2014-06-18/death-...