• Nepal: Deuba meets Baidya, conveys possibly Delhi memo

    It is only customary to believe that Sher Bahadur must have conveyed New Delhi’s message to Baidya but the reality has been that meeting India’s RAW agents directly has never been a big deal for Nepal’s top communist leaders. This is what Mohan Baidya’s party general secretary Netra Bikam declared publicly the other day.

  • Nepal: National sanctity experiencing threat, says Gautam

    The United Marxist Leninist vice chairman Bam Dev Gautam is totally confident that election will take place as per the schedule no matter who threatens to foil it or whatsoever happens. “Those who have stood against the election must prepare themselves to fight with the people. Even Baadshah (King) had to bow down to the might of the people,” said Bam Dev while addressing an interaction program in Kathmandu, June 18, 2013.

  • Nepal: Gyanendra Shah soon to be affirmed King, predicts local Tantrik

    A local Tantrik Baba Rakesh Kumar Karn upon meeting the former king even declared that soon Gyanendra Shah will be re-crowned King of Nepal. The local administration had heavily deployed security personnel and the highway connecting Chandranighapur to Gaur was closed for the movement of public vehicle for almost an hour.

  • Nepal: Sujata invites Thai PM to visit Buddha’s birth place Lumbini

    Nepal’s erstwhile Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Ms. Sujata Koirala has met with the Prime Minister of Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra in Bangkok, Monday June 17, 2013. Ms. Shinawatra is the first female Prime Minister of Thailand. Reports have it that Sujata during the meeting extended invitation to the Thai Prime Minister to visit Nepal.

  • Nepal: Dahal to contest election from loving Madhesh

    Rajendra Mahato had earlier claimed that Pushpa Kamal’s love with the Madhesi population was a one sided love affair. So sad! “I will contest the election from Madhesh because I am in love with Madhesh,” he said while addressing a program in Paraspur of Banke district, June 17, 2013. Paraspur is close to the Indian border.

  • Nepal: Convey message of people’s plight, ex-King to media

    When asked if his visit was strictly religious replied Shah, “It was religious as of now. It was not political however, after meeting you (the media) it has also become political,” and he added, “You are more aware of the plight of the common men, you can convey the message.” When further grilled by the media men if the election will take place he replied, “Those who are involved in holding the election you can ask them. I have no idea if the election will take place or not.”

  • Nepal: King Gyanendra is Head of State, Janaki temple Chief Priest

    These questions will be asked by the organizers when the now sidelined King will have been seated at the podium, Wednesday June 19, 2013, wherein former King is all set to make a brief speech in front of a massive gathering converged at the Tirhutia tree. Says Mahant Ram Tapeshwar Das that with the demise of the Constituent Assembly body, the notion of the republican order, of the republican President and also of the secularism all have come to an end.

  • Nepal: Youths trained to capture election booth in Dang, says Pun

    After forming Youth squads in each and every ward of the municipalities and in all the VDCs of the district of Dang, the Nepal Communist Party-Maoist is providing training to the youths to capture booths during the constituent assembly election. Great education. The training also comprises of a course on baton charging, claim reports.

Opinion

Yogesh Bhattarai, Central Committee Member, CPN UML, Nepal

I think China too have concluded that Nepal is in itself able to

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Mahesh Basnet, Chief, Youth Federation, Nepal

I have come across with the information that the followers of Dalai Lama

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Surya Bahadur Khatri, Tourism Entrepreneur, Nepal

I have already said that Chinese have begun projecting their presence and influence

Opinion

Devendra Thumkeli,Kaphle, Painter, Artist, Nepal

International political wrangling is its cause. US, Europe and Japan are the three

Opinion

Ram Saran Bajgain, Journalist, Nepal

Well, if China fails to step into Nepali politics for countering the attempts

Five Question

Amik Sherchan, Leader Unified Maoists, Nepal

This should also mean that the government is not being led by Khil

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Mohan Chapagain, Political analyst, Nepal

One has to recall the manner with which Nepal as a nation-state and

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Shri Pasupati S. Rana, Senior leader Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Nepal

Now it has become more than clear that the 12 point agreement was

Five Question

Ms. Bhusal, Leader, Leader, NCP-Maoists, Nepal

The manner the slogan of the CA poll has been initiated, I think,

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Ram Chandra Poudel, Vice Chairman, Nepali Congress party, Nepal

No! No! No! That’s not the line of Chairman Prachanda. Instead that is

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Dhruba KumarShrestha, Retd. Professor Political Science, CNAS, TU, Nepal

In essence, we must never forget to what late J. N. Dixit, India’s

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Rajendra Mahato, NSP Chairman, Nepal

We have not been talking of the inclusion of the Madhesi community be

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Rabindra Pratap Shah, Inspector General of Police, Nepal, IGP

It is totally unfair to label the entire Police Force as a corrupt

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Sushil Koirala, Nepali Congress President

The Nepali Congress warns the Maoists not to take the magnanimity of the

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Mitra Pariyar, Columnist, Nagarik National Daily, September, 22, 2011

“To reward any region and area in the name of a particular ethnic

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Nepal views on China and SA: Enhancing Cooperation for joint progress

China and South Asia combined hold enormous reservoir of water resources that can feed the entire Asian continent. And this is no small matter when the whole world is getting anxious over the shortage of water that is said to be the reason for imminent conflicts.
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Nepal: Antinomies of Democracy, Peace and External influence

Today, many people have realised that donors have clandestinely imposed their agendas and sowed the seed of long term conflict in Nepali society by taking so-called left political forces and intellectuals into their confidence.
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Nepal: Strengthening Social cohesion through democratic Process

Nepal is experiencing a spate of aspirational politics stoked by the inequalities of society based on class, income, gender and geography owing to pattern of uneven access to public goods and inequality of opportunity.
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Nepal: Antinomies of Democracy, Peace and Ideological Crisis

In addition to this, part of the blame also goes to the political culture that has evolved over the years. Although Nepali political leaders worked to install democracy, but thirty plus years of democratic [1950-1960, and 1990-till now] practice has not even instilled democratic political culture upon them.
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Nepal: Antinomies of Democracy, Peace and Civil Society

Proliferation of CSOs and individual members of society who identify themselves as civil society leaders are the product of this phenomenon. Nepal also witnessed the emergence of largest numbers of CSOs/NGOs per population unit in Asia after the restoration of democracy in 1990.
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Nepal: Antinomies of Democracy and Peace

People's movement of 2006 officially ended a decade old Maoist insurgency and brought hope for new politics in Nepal - that was viewed as a key source of peace and prosperity. However, ensuing political process so far have failed to deliver any tangible results.
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Nepal: Civil society a moral force in selflessness and impartiality

Initially, SPA was unable to make much headway or got only a lukewarm response from the Nepali people. The reasons behind such mediocre support were the lost credibility among parties due to corruption, squabbles, and inefficiency during the twelve years of power.
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Nepal: Social paradigm of national politics needs a clear shift

Nepali politics has moved from the control of the state and society by a consortium rule of four political forces—UCPN (Maoist), Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and United Democratic Madhesi Front- to the primacy of bureaucracy and technocracy led by Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Khil Raj Regmi.
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Nepal: Indian jealousy exposed by Dr. Shashank

Yet junior Koirala deserves deep appreciation in having revealed the possible reason behind the 1960 December event wherein his father, the then first ever elected Prime Minister of Nepal, was sacked by then ruling monarch, King Mahendra.
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Nepal: Is Mohan Baidya listening?

Is Mohan Baidya listening? Will he act in favor of his own motherland given the fact that Nepal as a nation-state has tentatively been awarded to the Indian pocket that will henceforth control the entire charge of Nepal’s security sensitive areas and locations.
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Nepal: Flop show that it proved to be

Just the other day, some innocent Nepali KAMALRIS were mercilessly beaten by the security agencies. Our sympathy goes to the innocent girls belonging to the Tharu community-a society that is genuine Nepali heart and soul.
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Nepal: Isn’t it time to expose traitors?

We once again claim that such traitors we may not have in our modest Nepali nation. But yet we are not sure on our own contention analyzing the recent dubious trends being observed in the Nepal’s politics. Mother Nepal has abundant reasons to weep looking some of her own wretched sons selling their own mother for meager financial gains.
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Dr. Rizal ko beizzat bhayo aslil Hindi gana ley

Chanting of dirty slogans and ugly songs inside the Nepal’s money spinner CA body has become a common phenomenon.
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Nepal ZoP recharged, thanks Isabelle Duquesne

The long forgotten issue has very freshly been brought to the world attention once again. Thanks Isabelle Duquesne, the writer of the book “Nepal: Zone of Peace”. The book has a touch of Hindu religion because the very cover has Om printed. Omkar embodies the universe.
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Magadh Emperor Chandra Gupta's Nepali linkage

Hari Narayan Apte, an eminent Indian scholar in his book entitled “Chanakya and Chandra Gupta”, clearly mentions in his carefully written book that Chandra Gupta was the son of a KIRATI girl, Mura Devi. He also mentions that Mura Devi hailed from the mountains wherein Kirats lived then and continue to live still.
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Biratnagar Nepal school days recalled: Dear Prahlad, I miss you

Prahlad, I must admit, was not only brilliant but a hard working student. Perhaps he was the class topper each year in the annual examinations. He used to tell me “Narendra! You must double your study hours...”.
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Nepal: Cacophony on Election date

Now, the blame game is going on in a full circle. UCPN (Maoists) likes to accuse the government for dillydallying on election date. CPN-UML leader, Mr. Madhav Kumar Nepal accuses UCPN (Maoists) for the delays. Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party leader, Mr. Narayan Man Bijuchhe blames on seen and unseen foreign forces.
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Nepal: Chinese Contribution in Restoration of Bhikshuni Order

Nepal is the birthplace of Buddha, India is the land of preaching and China is the land of Supreme fulfillment of Buddhism. This relationship, therefore, can be exemplified by a tree whose roots have in Nepal, its trunk in India and its branches extend far into China and the world.
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Nepal: Beijing quiet diplomacy puzzling, VP Jha enjoying State honor

Dr. Yadav, says sources, may not be invited by Beijing in the foreseeable future as all the Himalayan diplomatic efforts made by Nepal’s foreign ministry have failed so far to convince Beijing. Thus what is important and significant in all possible sense that China by accepting to receive VP Jha and providing him with State honor does tell that China’s quiet diplomacy is still alive and kicking.
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Nepal: Maoists bottom-line, CA with federalism

That he is still ferocious and a smart player of the politics came to the fore just yesterday, October 26, 2012, when Chairman Dahal declared in Bhaktapur that “we will not quit the government unless the parties agree to revive the Nepal CA body and draft a new constitution through the same authority”.
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Indo-Pak normalized ties must for Peace in South Asia

Indeed it occupies a paramount position in Indo-Pak relations and over the years it has abundantly become clearer that without its resolution, the peace of South Asia would continue to remain an elusive commodity.
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South Asia: Rehabilitation and Reconstruction in Post-Conflict Sri Lanka

It is in this regards that the International Community, especially the Governments in South Asia, has an obligation towards working with the Sri Lankan Government while sharing the lessons learnt on not only rehabilitation and reconciliation but also on counter insurgency strategy and practices.
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Nepal perspective: Military intervention is not the solution

US should critically evaluate over the differences of its decades long foreign policies that are creating an anti-American sentiment worldwide.
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The provocation of North Korea at Imjin River and dual strategy against Korea

In the time when the dual strategy of North Korea become more open, we must stick to the principle of non nucleus of Korea Peninsula and firmly cope with the provocation of North Korea such as discharge at Imjin River.
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