By Bhola B Rana

Weddings and swinging ladies

The wedding season is over, but some parties to celebrate the occasion are still taking place. Cocktail Man had his share of invitations to such parties, and as Nepalese tradition goes, they say you cannot miss the wedding party if you are invited .... more

By Cocktail Man

Politics of obfuscation

To a casual observer, it seems that all the political actors in Nepal – whether domestic or foreign – are keeping their cards close to their chests and are dilly-dallying regarding the furtherance of democracy and peace. The Royal regime has adopted a self-satisfying attitude with ..... more

By Shashi PBB Malla

Nirlazza: India’s Killing Business

In the past India had always denied any involvement with the Maoist terrorist of Nepal. They had even denied any knowledge of agreement between the agitators and the terrorists, which took place a couple of months ago .... more

By Bhuwan Sharma

Is SOCIALISM dead?

In this twenty-first century, ‘democracy’ has become a cherished word for both its foes and friends. With the end of Second World War and Cold War, democracy emerged victorious and unrivalled beating communism, fascism and Nazism. Thus, democracy that ... more

By Ritu Raj Subedi

Introducing Pokhara as tourist destination PART XII

The howling of not only the foxes but also noises made by the various night creatures had woken and disturbed Tom so many times that he had hardly slept. Every time he woke up he would start thinking weather it was really worth opening ... more

By Gyanendra P. Adhikari "Hanson"

Chinese President CALLS for reviving army build-up to safeguard national sovereignty

Higher income, affordable housing, better education and less pollution are among the promises in the nation's 11th Five-Year (2006-10) Plan that the government's chief planner highlighted yesterday. It is the first ... more

China's top advisory body calls for resolute fight against "Taiwan independence"

China's top advisory body concluded its annual session Monday morning in Beijing after adopting a political resolution that calls on the nation to firmly oppose and check "Taiwan independence" secessionist forces and ... more

Globalization and Nepal

US has large budget (fiscal) and trade deficits, which can't be sustained forever and might lead to a depression in a few years. Of course, a US depression would result in a depression for the rest of the world. That is why other countries buy US dollars, stocks ... more

By Kamala Sarup

Innocent deaths of IHK

Even as the Kashmiri populace has become accustomed to fake encounters or 'collateral damage' deaths by the Indian military, two recent "error-of-judgment" killings, closely following one another in the month of July, made ... more

By Momin Iftikhar

Delhi Drama

Once more we are witnessing a political drama unfolding in New Delhi, strangely though, which has nothing to do with Indian politics, but is directly linked to the political impasse here in Nepal. Yes, we are talking about the .... more

RAW, South Block promoting terrorism in Nepal

Once again, leaders of the agitating political parties are holding talks with the Maoist leaders in New Delhi. The meeting is taking place at Nepal Centre in Yusuf Saraya-25, New Delhi, as reported by newspapers. This scribe has time and again ..... more

By PR Pradhan

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Indian president Abdul Kalam last week paid an official visited of Myanmar after vowing to promote democracy with president George W. Bush. Bush and Manmohan Singh issued a tough statement deploring human rights abuses in ..... more

Behind NGOs' distorted perspective

As I shall be retiring on 15 March 2006, after more than thirty-one years of long service. I think, I should update you about some little things that seemed important to me, and for which I always utilized my energy. ... more

Excerpts from weeklies and dailies

Compiled and translated by BHOLA B. RANA... more

Water, KEY for industrial power: Dr Upendra Gautam

The US establishment does market-responsive resource-based international power politics. They found in energy hungry India a unique combination of a huge consumer, a strategic partner and an Islam-balancer. Opening ... more

Our Focus Basically Is One Trade: Jitendra Dev Basynat

The Banker selects a bank for the top awards on the basis of growth, assets, profits, management etc. and we have been rated number one in Nepal in these areas two times in three years. Obviously, it feels good to know that we are ... more