United We Blog

Month: October 2007

  • No Deal With Maobadi but A Deal With Badi

    Badi women, who are traditionally involved in prostitution, have reached a deal with the government So what if Nepali Congress and Maobadis (Maoists) are unable to reach deal over the voting method in the CA elections, the government yesterday signed a two-point agreement with the agitating Badis. Both the sides agreed to form a taskforce…

  • Maoists Suspected of Corruption in Managing PLA Fund

    Government says no more funding for disqualified, absentee Maoist soldiers (PLA members). After failing to furnish details on the expenditure, Maoist leaders have put pressure on the government to convert the amount into grant so that it will not be binding on them to audit the amount. By Yuvraj Acharya ,the Kathmandu Post The government…

  • Festivals of Dashain and South Asian Films

    Happy Dashain to all. Here is today’s account from my South Asian Film Festival Diary: I was deeply saddened by watching a film that detailed the horrifying accounts of a Nepali journalist who was arrested by the (Royal) Nepali Army in 2004, locked up in a dark hell called Bhairabnath Battalion and tortured by mad,…

  • House Special Session: How Much To Expect?

    The special session of the parliament has begun in Kathmandu but few believe that it will be able to solve the current political impasse A Maoist cadre shouts slogans in a rally in Kathmandu today while his leader in the parliament tables proposals that, if passed, will direct the government to table another proposal to…

  • Ian Martin Q and A

    Ian Martin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Nepal, talks to journalists in a press conference in Kathmandu today. Transcript by United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) Shirish Ballav Pradhan, Press Trust of India: Who do you blame for the postponement of the Constituent Assembly election? Do you think that the election would now be…

  • Referendum Politics: Revisiting Regression?

    Referendum would be a step backward from where we are now and many steps backward from results of the Constituent Assembly elections. By Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal “Roop” and “saar” (appearance and essence) are the two words that comrade Prachanda loves using the most. Many might not instantly believe if I say the Maoist…

  • Thanks To Maoists, Constituent Assembly Election Postponed Again

    No new date has been fixed. The Election Commission alone does not have the right to fix a new date. In a very sad political development in Nepal, the Election Commission today suspended the entire process of Constitution Assembly elections scheduled for 22 November after it received a request this morning from the government to…