United We Blog

Month: May 2006

  • Trashing Democracy: Nepal Case Study

    Learning from the past experience: Implementing democracy in Nepali society. By Nepali Bai (UWB received this article in email) The difference between pre- and post- 1990 is not the level of corruption, gentlemen, and corruption has actually gone down. Get used to it! Democracies all over the world have the same low opinion of their…

  • A Maoist Leader Talks About Peace Talks

    By Gunaraj Luitel and Ujir Magar [UWB: Kantipur News Editor Gunaraj Luitel and reporter Ujir Magar conducted an interview with Maoist spokesperson Krishna Bahadur Mahara who also heads the talks team set up by the rebel party. Mahara arrived in the capital this week “to make the environment favourable for talks with the government”. This…

  • Nepal as a Secular State: All Religions Equal

    Welcome to the secular Nepal where being Nepali is the true religion. Now extremists should stop politicizing religion. By Deepak Adhikari Nepal became another secular state at a time when fundamentalism is growing in different parts of the planet. But, this oldest nation state of South Asia has a history of harmony that is rarely…

  • Maoists Abduct, Maoists Extort and Maoists Loot: Nepal Army

    While the country is readying itself for the first round of peace talks with the Maoists, the rebels are continuing the activities, some say, they are best known for: extortion, intimidation and abductions. They are collecting money from not only big businesses of the country but also from general people and small businesses around Nepal.…

  • Meet the Rebels: Maoist Guerilla of Nepal

    A personal encounter with Nepal’s Maoist rebels is a ‘show’ of force in more ways than one. By Kevin Sites Pics and captions by Dinesh Wagle Even if you don’t have a gun, act like you have one! That’s what this guerilla girl was doing in a parade organized on the play ground of a…

  • Backpack Journalist: Kevin Sites In Kathmandu

    American war correspondent Kevin Sites points his camera toward an armed Maoist guerilla girl in Kailali, far west Nepal, this week. Pic by Wagle By Dinesh Wagle Saturday Blog A soldier heading for the war zone would carry a loaded rifle along with a bandolier of bullets. What about a journalist who is going to…

  • King Gyanendra Should Disclose Details Of His Properties

    King Gyanendra should dutifully disclose the details of his personal and royal palace properties and proudly pay the tax. Now that the House of Representatives has declared itself a sovereign and supreme body and people have joyfully welcomed the Proclamation, its time to implement those decisions without any delay. We have seen people at government…