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  • Royal Officials in Probe Commission: King Gyanendra Should Explain

    King Gyanendra should use the forum of High Level Probe Commission to explain Nepali people why he did what he did in 2002 and 2005 and how he failed to do what he wanted to do. We don’t know what exactly Dr. Tulsi Giri told the High Level Probe Commission (HLPC) Tuesday (June 27) but…

  • While My Village Gently Weeps: Story of an Internally Displaced Citizen of Nepal

    By Dinesh Wagle in Duragaun (Ramechhap) Wagle Street Journal [This is the extended version of Wagle’s reporting that was originally published on the front page of Kantipur daily on Sunday June 25. Kantipur wrote editorial on the same topic the next day.] Toyanath Poudel inspects the lock put up by the Maoists on his house…

  • Batsyayana and His Cartoons: Now in a Book

    The book Batsyayana and His Barbs: A Cartoonist’s Take on Post-1990 Nepal will be available online on UWB for sale. (read more about the book below) Prachanda: O Buddha! I take refuge in thee Guerillas: O Buddha Cartoon by Batsyayana via (the front page of) Kantipur (Monday, June 26, 2006). Batsyayana is Nepal’s foremost cartoonist…

  • Misadventure of Bharat Keshar and Heroic Policing of Timilsina

    For the record: For latest on this case, see inside Isn’t this a historical photo? YES. This is what is called democracy perhaps. Police Inspector Abhushan Timilsina drags a brat royal honorary ADC (on June 20) who thought he could do anything he wished on the streets of Kathmandu. This was very much needed to…

  • Comparing Notes: Nepal One Year Later

    An American writes his experience of having close encounter with the Nepali Maoist comrades in a remote village Maoist graffiti in a village in Myagdi district Left: “Up with Republic of Nepal: CPN Maoist.” Right: “Down with Killer Gyanendra.: CPN Maoist”/ “Whoever deletes this slogan will die.” By Neil Horning in Pokhara (West Nepal) There…

  • Understanding Nepalese Politics: Playing the Game of Peace

    The Maoists have adopted a simple strategy and are exploiting the current situation to the hilt. By Chattra Bahadur UWB received this article in email The great ‘peace-ball’ has finally started rolling with the declaration of the 8-point understanding between the SPA and the Maoist leadership before the Prime Minister flew to Bangkok for medical…

  • No Farewell to Arms?

    By Deepak Adhikari Wednesday saw contradictory statements (aired by BBC Nepali Service) by top-notch negotiating leaders of ongoing dialogue (or is it over?). Though, the committees headed by Maoist leader Krishna Bahadur Mahara and Home Minister Krishna Sitaula looks irrelevant after summit level talks between Prachanda and the Prime Minister, they made two different statements…