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Three Images From Nepal: Brutality, Dispair and Celebration Comrades’ Crime: He is Dhani Ram Chaudhari, a resident of Dudhrakshya VDC, Rupandahi district. He was injured in an ambush set up by the Maoists in a bridge over Tulbulia Khola near … Continue reading
The Writer, his daughter and the book: Samrat Upadhayay, has dedicated his latest book The Royal Ghosts to his daughter Pic courtesy Samrat Upadhyay
By Deepak Adhikari
“What remains if sex is taken out from your fiction?” Samrat Upadhyay, acclaimed 42 year old writer, told us in our rendezvous at Babar Mahal Revisited in mid-June, “You’ll find your answer in my upcoming story collection The Royal Ghosts. There won’t be much sex in it, though not entirely sexless.” Samrat’s writing is often dubbed as ‘soft- porn,’ an epithet he thinks more fitting for Shobhaa Desque works. Continue reading
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By Prateek pradhan
Editor , the Kathmandu Post
Pic by Narayan Wagle
Together with Narayan Wagle, editor of the Kantipur daily, I embarked on the journey to interview Prachanda alias Puspa Kamal Dahal.
We were neither nervous nor excited. We were only apprehensive that Prachanda, the supreme commander of the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-Maoist), underground for over 30 years and leading the armed rebellion in Nepal for ten years, would really see us in person. We were not excited because we were not sure about publishing the interview; it would depend hugely on what he would have to say. More ominously we were worried about threats from both the armies if our movement was tracked. Continue reading
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We all know that pro-democracy CPN UML cadre Umesh Thapa was killed by the army on the Feb 8 Municipal Election Day in Dang. In addition to that, securitymen had come heavily against unarmed activists who were protesting the election. … Continue reading
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Their Achievement: Kamal Thapa, the Home Minister of the royal Nepal Cabinet and Chairman of the “victorious” pro-government faction of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) in the municipal election lifts the Award (that reads “20%”). He asks: “Is this small?” And … Continue reading
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