United We Blog

Month: August 2006

  • Nepal Peace Process Update: Maoist Atrocities Hit New High

    After they killed her husband Shusil Gyawali, a displaced citizen, Maoists attacked Mithu by Khukuri (Nepali knife). She was taken to Bheri Zonal Hospital in Nepaljung. Pic by Janak Nepal via Kantipur With the killing of Sushil Gyawali, a Nepali Congress activist, at his home in Bardia, and other atrocities committed by armed Maoist cadres…

  • Unification of Nepali Congress: Demand Democracy Within Party

    This is the right time for Kangressies of both sides to raise the issue of internal democracy in the party. Will Koirala give SPACE to opposing voices in the organization? By Dinesh Wagle Wagle’s Web Log No wonder Girija Prasad Koirala is a master politician even if he has some serious shortcomings. See how he…

  • Nepal Army Chief: Find a General With Clean Image

    The government should appoint a new general for the top post of Neapal Army to make people feel that it is actually serious in reforming and democratizing the army that is traditionally considered the private force of the king. By Dinesh Wagle Wagle’s Web Log Poet Arjun Parajuli was reciting his creations in MaHa Gaijatra…

  • Nepal Peace Process and DDR Buzz : Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration of Maoist Guerillas

    By Dinesh Wagle (back in Kathmandu) Wagle’s Web Log So the best thing about the month of August was the joint letter by the government and the Maoists to the United Nations on the contentious issue of, in the very much vague terms, Arms Management. Arms Management! The term has got so much attention and…

  • Tale of Two Movements

    Future of Nepal has gone in the wrong hands By Mahesh Poudyal After the euphoria of the so called April Revolution, the nation and its citizens seem to be slowly getting back into the reality of the situation. Especially their belief (if they ever truly believed) that the same incompetent and corrupt politicians would take…

  • Space For Monarchy: Shut Up Mr. Koirala

    By Dinesh Wagle Wagle’s Web Log So Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala wants to give space to monarchy (king Gyanendra). How do you interpret this ‘kindness’? This is a desperate effort by Koirala to inject the pro-monarchy and pro-feudalism and pro-slavery venom in Nepali peoples’ mind at a time when the whole country is preparing…

  • Who Is Blocking The Peace Process?

    One of the biggest achievements of Stephen De Mistura visit to Nepal is that both sides on the talks table felt pressure to quicken the process. Nothing was expected more than that from his visit. No doubt, real problem lies not in the guns and bullets owned by the Maoists but the failure in the…