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Author: UWB

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Army Gundagardi. Nepal Army Becoming Rascals Club

    Papers Burnt: We’ve learnt that some miscreants, suspected supporters and relatives of brat Captain Rabindra Bikram Rana, have burnt copies of Kantipur and Kathmandu Post, newspapers that extensively carry reports about the incident, in Chahabil. This again shows the schooling and mentality of army and their elite family. Gundagardi by army personnel at Durbarmarg Over…