Melodious Korean musical evening
FED-UP with the cocktail receptions, Yours Truly was quite happy to enjoy a melodious Korean musical evening. This music concert by Kang Eun II Haegumplus entitled “Remembrance of Future” gave all the audience an opportunity to spend at least one and a half hour engrossed in the traditional .... more
By Cocktailman
New/old roadmap to state collapse
New book by Prakash A. Raj explores options
A recently published book by the well-known writer Prakash A. Raj narrates the turbulent events of April 2006. With the colourful title "The Dancing Democracy. The Power of the Third Eye", ray captures the momentous tug-of-war between the so-called forces of change and .....
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By Sashi PBB Malla
Indo-Nepal equation and the Maoist card
The last decade of the millennium has seen Nepal besieged by the worst political crisis in its history, where a constitutional monarchy is struggling to coexist with forces of violent insurgency. The emergence of Maoist Guerrillas' movement in 1996, with strong Indian linkages,
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By Momin Iftikhar
Counting the cost of Capriciousness
Even after stripping the monarchy of the basic powers and prerogatives commonly inherent in a titular head of state, the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) and the Maoists continue to project the palace as the principal threat to Nepalese democracy.
In any other place, such an ... more
By Maila Baje
Romeo and Juliet replaying in Nepal’s politics
In the wake of Nepal’s hurried transition into democracy, the Nepal government is courting with the rebel leaders just like in the classic play “Romeo and Juliet”, where Juliet (a Capulet) finally confesses to Romeo (a Montague), “My only love sprung from my only hate” ... more
By Dr Laba Karki
Small arms trade and killing innocents
A two-week U.N. conference reviewing efforts to fight the illegal weapons trade ended in failure Friday, with nations too divided on too many contentious issues to agree on the best way to combat a scourge that fuels conflict worldwide. After days of negotiations, ... more
By Kamala Sarup
Conflict resolution: Challenges to a democratic peace
A poverty-stricken heterogeneous country like Nepal -- based on ethnic, creed, gender and race distinctions became vulnerable to political conflict. On 13 February 1996 the Maoists initiated a 40-point demand defending on the 'new peoples democracy as a historical
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By Prabal Raj Pokhrel
Good Riddance
was astounded to watch the interview of British ambassador Keith Bloomfield to Bijay K. Pandey for Nepal-1 Television before he left for his country after completing his term here. Throughout the interview, it felt as Pandey was actually congratulating Bloomfield for the ... more
By Bhuwan Sharma
Tale of two weddings in a very confused Kathmandu
Sometimes back in May, daughter of Nepal's chief of army staff (Pyar Jung Thapa) got married to some Indian prince. Nepali press wrote about this "big, fat, Nepali-Indian" wedding, how much money was being spent, how much trouble the ... more
By Bhumika Ghimire
Constitution:
A living
instrument
Lately there has been much attention given to the need for a new constitution in Nepal. And it is true that the constitution as it now stands, enshrining the king with special rights and emergency powers, must be brought into ... more
By Jenik Radon
Perilous Koirala-Kerensky Parallels
Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala's visceral faith in the Maoists' full commitment to a nebulous concept of "total democracy" amid a
sustained pattern of rebel defiance has invited comparisons with Alexander Kerensky, Russia's short-lived ... more
By Sanjay Upadhya
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