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Month: May 2005

  • From Jail, Ram Chandra Paudel Hits Hard Against Autocracy

    NEPAL politics: Now is the time to critically analyze the monarchy and democracy By Dinesh Wagle on May 31st, 2005 in Wagle’s WebLog Today’s issue of Kantipur has one of the most brilliant articles in it’s Op-Ed space. Written by Ramchandra Paudel, former speaker of the House of Representatives and jailed Nepali Congress leader, the…

  • A Spectacular Show Turned Into a Sour Event: Are all poets so royal?

    By Dinesh Wagle on May 30th, 2005 in Wagle Monologues Why Madhav Prasad Ghimire stands on airport in a rainy day and why Jana Kavi Keshari gives such a royalist speech on a musical program? My today was drastically different from my usual routine. Well, what did I do? Nothing. That is why it was…

  • Q: Why I am Not Balanced? A: Tell Me Who is Balanced.

    By Dinesh Wagle on May 29th, 2005 in Wagle Monologues Some words on ABC of Nepal’s Journalism When I was in college, teachers tirelessly repeated in the classes what was written in the books: Journalism is all about ABC. Yes, so simple, teachers said, it is all about ABC: Accuracy, Balance and Credibility. While in…

  • State-friendly Textbooks and Other Versions of Truth

    By Vishnu Basnet on May 29th, 2005 in Bashnet Ko Guff Is Nepal adopting ‘personality-cult’ oriented education system? Nepali textbooks are being changed to fit the interest of particular persons and families. Is that okay for the future of Nepal? Take the truism â??Knowledge is Powerâ??, and turn it on its head. It becomes â??Power…

  • An Unsolved Mystery of My Life

    A soul searching odyssey of an ex-Nepali journalist By Leelaraj Khatiwada Saturday Blog I wanted to be an actor since my early childhood; this passion never let me be serious enough on Journalism. Although, I am not an actor yet, whereas I tried many ways to be an actor but fortunately, I know many such…

  • Reading Between the Lines of Royal Decisions

    Will Nepal’s HR Commission work for people? By Dinesh Wagle on May 28th, 2005 in Wagle Street Journal I do not know how many decisions the government took yesterday, but two of them made me scratch my head. One about the National Human Rights Commission and the other related to the release of several political…

  • United They Vowed To Bring Back Democracy

    By Dinesh Wagle on May 27th, 2005 in Wagle Street Journal Nepal parties show their strength in Kathmandu Nepal Protest: This was the biggest rally against royal takeover. All pics by Wagle. For more pics of the event, go to Jana Andolan-062 (May27) album here. In one of the biggest demonstrations against the Feb 1…