United We Blog

Month: December 2005

  • Attending a semi-underground press meet in Nepal

    As we all know there is no freedom of expression in Nepal. Pro-democratic activists are detained and regularly harassed. Police kicked pro-democratic students from their offices yesterday. Later in the evening, they organized a press conference. Participating in that semi-underground press conference was an interesting experience for journalist Jeetendra Sah. Terrified students just ousted from…

  • All The King’s Parties

    Lets look at the Nepal’s ‘political parties’ from whose help king Gyanendra hopes to bring democracy back in Nepal. Of the 72 parties taking part in the civic poll, 52 have never taken part in elections. Of the remaining 20, only one party had representation in the last parliament. They collectively got less than 2…

  • The Hope of Peace Extended: Maoist Ceasefire

    The Lead: Thank God, Nepal Communist Party (Maoists) has extended the unilateral cease-fire by one month. “Those terrorists, they need to go back to their business. They should start terrorism. They shouldn’t talk peace. We are here to talk peace. We are supposed to bring peace in this country. No one should talk or bring…

  • The American Notice and Nepali Expectation

    The American warning and Nepal’s pro-democracy demonstrations. By Dinesh Wagle on December 2nd, 2005 in Wagle’s WebLog A few weeks ago, an American girl came in the photography section of Kantipur Publications as an intern. She wasn’t feeling well just like her boy friend because of the sudden change in climate. But the Californian lady…