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By Vishnu on December 21st, 2005 in Bashnet Ko Guff
Nagarkot Massacre: mourning and protesting go side by side

A man holds placard with the photo of Suntali Nagarkoti who was killed in Nagarkot Massacre. This man is participating in a mourning program organized today in Basantapur. Pic by Shaligram Tiwari via Kantipur
A strong sense of fear [...]

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By Vishnu on August 8th, 2005 in Bashnet Ko Guff
UPDATED: A Dangerous trend which will worsen the bloody situation in Nepal.
In yet another instance of state-supported violence, seven people have been killed while dozens more have been displaced in Agra and surrounding villages of Makawanpur and Dhading districts. It is a state-sponsored lynching mob, ostensibly [...]

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By Vishnu on July 27th, 2005 in Bashnet Ko Guff
With the living condition deteriorating, indigenious people in eastern Nepal are forced to migrate to India
As their plea to the government demanding their rehabilitation fell on the deaf ears, the people belonging to the largely overlooked indigenous Satar tribe in the eastern Nepal are gradually heading [...]

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By Vishnu on June 26th, 2005 in Bashnet Ko Guff
Nepalis suffer from famine: I/NGOS hold seminars at Five Star Hotels, ostensibly to alleviate poverty.
Recently I have had the privilege of attending a number of seminars and workshops on child rights or poverty alleviation, which are usually held at star hotels. I have very rarely visited [...]

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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 is Knowledgeâ??. The [...]

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Are the Nepalis on the royal road to modernization?
By Vishnu Basnet
Most of us agree with Clifford Geertz that ‘ something is happening to the way we think about the way we think’. Yes, change changes not only in circumference but also in the center. The spectacles through which we perceive also wear out along [...]

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By Vishnu Basnet
A few days back I was at Osho Tapoban. It was after a long time I was there. The grand panorama of scenic beauty of the Nagurjuna hill was striking. There, Tapoban lied on the backdrop of the hills towering one after another formless and vast striking the strings of my being and [...]

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