Army Gundagardi. Nepal Army Becoming Rascals Club

Papers Burnt:
We’ve learnt that some miscreants, suspected supporters and relatives of brat Captain Rabindra Bikram Rana, have burnt copies of Kantipur and Kathmandu Post, newspapers that extensively carry reports about the incident, in Chahabil. This again shows the schooling and mentality of army and their elite family.
Gundagardi by army personnel at Durbarmarg
Over 3 dozen soldiers [...]

A Doctor From Thulo Syabru, Andrew Hall Is British Ambassador To Nepal

Andrew Hall, who did PHD study in Thulo Syabru village of Rasuwa district in the 70s, has come to Kathmandu two weeks ago as the British ambassador to Nepal. Pic by Wagle
By Dinesh Wagle (Saturday Blog)
Wagle Street Journal
Encouraged by his grandfather’s friend in the neighborhood, the teenager flew to the Nepali capital immediately after finishing [...]

Peace Process Politics: Questions

Cease fire extended but why aren’t Maoists allowing internally displaced people to go back to villages?…. Last Friday’s talks were cancelled because the SPA leaders realized that they hadn’t done enough homework…Excuse me…Peace talks is not your old school class room.
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle’s Web Log
There are so many questions arising in my mind regarding [...]

Representation In The House of Representative

By Shree Shrestha
UWB received this article in email
At present there are 205 members in the House of Representative. Talks are going on in different circles on how to change the system of election so that every ethnic group will be represented in the new House. I read many articles regarding this issue. Most of the [...]

Democracy and Development in Nepal: An Analysis

By Chattra Bahadur
UWB received this article in email
As opposed to the findings of the researches, the parliamentary system in Nepal has not been able to influence liberalization process significantly. It has failed to provide direction and initiate actions to alter structural policies.
There is always never-ending debate on the forms of governance and specific institutions [...]

Maoists Quibble Over Returning Seized Property

Here are points to be noted, Mr Prachanda. We know you are readying yourself for the next round of high level peace talks (Friday, July 21). Before that will you please read this news published in today’s Kathmandu Post? Artwork by Dewen via TKP
By Yuvraj Acharya
A son can bear with equanimity the loss of [...]

Nepal Peace Process: All Eyes On Friday High Level Meeting

Nepal is anxiously waiting for the next round of High level talks between the government and the rebels that is scheduled for coming Friday
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle’s Web Log
“Dari katera aayeko dekhda pharkelan jasto lagdaina” [Seeing them coming clean shaven, I feel that they will not return back to Jungle.] While I was talking about Nepali [...]

Spring Thunder In Nepal…Glorious But Inconclusive-II

By Govinda Neupane
Rejoinder to the previous article.
[UWB published an article by Neupane on May 30 (Spring Thunder in Nepal: Glorious but Inconclusive) which was equally appreciated and thrashed by fellow bloggers. Here in this esay, Neupane defends his article and responds to criticism. Govinda Neupane is one of the founding members of the Communist Party [...]

Nepal Budget: A Few Numbers and Maoist Disagreement

Keshav Pradhan aka COMRADE BISHWASH, a party worker of CPN (Maoist) listens to the live bradcast of the budget speech at Maoists Dialogue Secretariat at Baneshwar on Wednesday. Finance Minister Dr. Ram Sharan Mahat presented Rs. 143.91 billion for the annual budget for the fiscal year 2006/07 in the parliament in four years after the [...]

Nepal Economy: We Are Eating Better, Drinking Less

By Prem Khanal
Budget Day
KATHMANDU- Nepalis are consuming more meat and fish, smoking less, and have become more sober - per capita alcohol intake has dropped. According to the Economic Survey for the fiscal year 2005/06 released on Monday (July 10) by the Ministry of Finance, the total meat consumption went up by 2.95 percent [...]