Month: August 2006
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30,000: Number of the Century
That’s the number, if you didn’t know earlier, of ropanis of land king Gyanendra owns in Nepal making him, most probably, the biggest landlord of the country. And the most interesting thing is that our government still pays him monthly salary. The paradox is that the parliament, on the one hand rightly thinks that the…
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Kantipur Ghearoed For Hours. An Experience
By Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal An angry mob ghearoed Kantipur Complex yesterday shouting angry slogans against the media institution. The mob, dissatisfied about Kantipur TV’s coverage on the killing of Rajesh Gurung, wanted to invade the complex, destroy the facilities and burn the buildings. It reminded me, a Kantipur journalist, September 1, 2004 when…
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Maoist Students Surround Nepal Army Headquarter: Wrong Move
Students from around Kathmandu were forcefully taken to surround the army headquarters by the Maoists student organization. A wrong way of protest in wrong times at wrong venue. All pics by Shailendra Kharel Looking at the photo above reminds me of that day when thousands of school students were forcefully lined up on the road…
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