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  • The Military Coup That Wasnt

    UWB Note: The Nepal Army today issued a statement strongly refuting the following report (and the one appeared in today’s Kantipur) as “imaginary and illusionary.” “We would like to let the general public know through this statement that the unified and disciplined Nepali Army is working according to laws and the chain of the command…

  • Gorkhaland Goes BJP

    By Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal This is part of an article that appeared on today’s Op-Ed of the Kahtmandu Post. The other part is here. The complete article in PDF is here. The high pitched movement for the state of Gorkhaland within India by the Nepali-speaking people of the Darjeeling area has reached an…

  • Naya Barshako Suba-Kamana! [Happy New Year 2066!]

    Today is 01 Baishak 2066 Change they can believe in: America’s new approach to public diplomacy. Hillary Clinton issues a New Year message to us: Nepali New Year (Bikram Sambat) Message Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC April 13, 2009 To all those around the world who share common Nepali cultural and linguistic…

  • Ex-Prince Paras on Nepali Royal Massacre

    Eight years after the royal massacre, ex-Crown Prince Paras Bikram Shah talks to the New Paper of Singapore. Why? UWB Note: The exclusive interview has been translated and reproduced by many Nepali media including top selling and most influential newspaeprs in Nepal. That is one of the most read items in newspapers in Nepal today…

  • Nepali Constitution: In search of Excellence

    By Prof. Suryabahadur Singh* The experimentation of various types of Constitutions was carried out in Nepal. The country had to experience six more Constitutions until elections to Constituent Assembly, 2065 (2008) were held. It had been observed that, these procedural delay jeopardized the growth of democratic system to a greater extent and derail overall national…

  • Intellectual Poverty

    By Darshan Karki, after attending the David Seddon lecture last week There is a distinct pattern to the workshops, public discussion and lecture series that take place in Kathmandu. Firstly there is the speaker or pundit or whatever name they are called by. They are supposed to have mastered the issue in question. In most…

  • BAD: PLA's Reaction to Nepal Army Recruitment

    By Lilu Thapa Following the lines of the Nepal Army’s recruitment, the PLA also has started its own recruitment process for the “vacant posts”. How sane is that decision by the Maoist leadership or what will be the extent and effect of this new development is yet to be seen. However, if this new recruitment…