United We Blog

Month: April 2007

  • Constitutional Monarchy in Nepal: Shift (to republicanism)+Delete!

    Select ‘Constitutional Monarchy’ and press the Shift and Delete keys: Ultra-monarchists are advocating for ceremonial monarchy, constitutional monarchists are advocating for republicanism and republicans want Nepal to be declared republic state right now! In the past few days, unthinkable are happening in Nepal. It’s not that frogs are falling from the sky or dead men…

  • Story of How Chandi Raj Dhakal Looted Nepal

    We always knew many businessmen in this country were corrupt and cheating the nation. While taking about the corruption of politicians only, the businessmen’s misdeeds were under shadow. In fact, they were the ones who promoted corruption in political circle. The government rarely took action against corrupt businessmen. We only heard about the blacklist but…

  • Mobile Phone Craze and Shameful Failure of Nepal Telecom

    In a shameful act today, Nepal Telecom, a government entity, couldn’t provide mobile phones as per the demand and halted the distribution of SIM cards indefinitely By Dinesh Wagle If there is any name that represents the incompetence, pessimism and failure in a grand scale in the Nepali corporate sector, it’s undoubtedly Sugatratna Kansakar. It’s…

  • Campaign For Democratic Republic Nepal Continues

    Human Rights and Peace Society of Nepal organized a program in Jorpati, Kathmandu as part of the organization’s nationwide campaign for democratic republic. In 2006’s April Revolution that began today (or tomorrow by Nepali date), Jorpati had seen some of the intense demonstrations against the despotic royalist regime. Jhyamma..Jhyamma Ganatantra: In the democratic republic tune…

  • The Maoists in 'Lose-Lose Situation'

    The recent escalating violence between the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF or MPRF) and the Maoists, and level of brutality involved therein, indicates that some groups are indeed well-prepared to answer the Maoists in the same language that the Maoists spoke and understood the best. By Chattra Bahadur We have had mixed results in terms of…

  • Remembering the April Revolution of Nepal

    Exactly a year ago today yet another round of movement against king Gyanendra’s regression and coup had started, and fortunately, that turned out to be the final and decisive. Tired of not getting as much public support as they would have like to have, political parties had announced another phase of movement against regression from…

  • Prime Minister Koirala: Forget the King, Talk About Gyanendra

    Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, who is also the president of Nepali Congress party, has been over the past several months showing signals that his party might leave the king behind the history and go for the constituent assembly election because of the increasing public pressure. A few weeks ago in his hometown Biratnagar, Koirala…