United We Blog

Day: April 8, 2006

  • General Strike Day III Updates

    A demonstrator was shot dead in Pokhara while people in Kathmandu defied the curfew orders. The nation witnessed the biggest protest so far Since the curfew is on around, I am, as many others, passing time by watching television. Television news has become the source of information on what’s happening in the city (other than…

  • The Kaushaltar Story

    Kaushaltar, a urban village on the Arniko Highway between Bhaktapur and Kathmandu, is witnessing a unprecedented incidents of protest and police-people scuffle; an example of how people are uprising for fight for democracy By Ujjwal Acharya Kaushaltar was never an unlikely place. In 1990 AD too, during popular movement, there were a few incidents like…

  • Curfew! Clashes! Communication cut-off!

    For 11 hours, from 10am to 9pm on Saturday, people in three districts of the Kathmandu Valley will live under the curfew the state has imposed to quash the scheduled mass rally against the King. The cellular mobile service has also been cut off. Before the curfew began this morning, people protested at many places…

  • Listening Clinton Speech in LA

    UWB Note: Nepali blogging in UCLA. See this page. By Dinesh Wagle Saturday Blog Wagle Street Journal, American Edition “Waw..,” she couldn’t hide her excitement. She was constantly saying “wow”and “waou” and “hum” as he was speaking about the relationship of private citizens in public life. I don’t know who she was but I could…