Month: April 2009
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India's Two Big Leagues
India is currently consumed by its two great passions: cricket and elections By Dinesh Wagle This article first appeared in the Op-Ed page of today’s Kathmandu Post. Here is the PDF version of the page. This is a season of fierce competition in India. The two great Indian games are going on and, if the…
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The Military Coup That Wasnt
UWB Note: The Nepal Army today issued a statement strongly refuting the following report (and the one appeared in today’s Kantipur) as “imaginary and illusionary.” “We would like to let the general public know through this statement that the unified and disciplined Nepali Army is working according to laws and the chain of the command…
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Gorkhaland Goes BJP
By Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal This is part of an article that appeared on today’s Op-Ed of the Kahtmandu Post. The other part is here. The complete article in PDF is here. The high pitched movement for the state of Gorkhaland within India by the Nepali-speaking people of the Darjeeling area has reached an…
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Naya Barshako Suba-Kamana! [Happy New Year 2066!]
Today is 01 Baishak 2066 Change they can believe in: America’s new approach to public diplomacy. Hillary Clinton issues a New Year message to us: Nepali New Year (Bikram Sambat) Message Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC April 13, 2009 To all those around the world who share common Nepali cultural and linguistic…
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