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  • Tomorrow: Thoughts of a Nepali Student in New York

    The real question is what will each of us give back to the country to which we owe our identity? Or will there be no members of our generations to shoulder the responsibility – will there just be a void? By a Nepali student This article titled was originally published in the Nov 1-15 issue…

  • A Nepali Survives The Mumbai Attack

    Purushottam Basyal Was Making Chinese Cuisine When Terrorists Stormed Into Taj Mahal Palace Hotel In Mumbai By Dinesh Wagle in New Delhi Wagle Street Journal [Read it here in Nepali on the front page of Kantipur] Purushottam Basyal, who hails from Malungwa village in Syangja district, works a Chef specializing in Chinese cuisine at the…

  • Army Integration….Nepali Congress Speaks

    For the record: Nepali Congress “will not let the integration happen if the Maoists continued their criminal activities.” Nepali Congress (NC) President Girija Prasad Koirala today said he is not in favour of integration of the Maoist combatants into the Nepal Army (NA). He said that the NC, the opposition party in the Constituent Assembly,…

  • Now That They Are in Power, Maoist Comrades Start New Fight

    Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” and Mohan Baidya at loggerheads By Renu Kshetry The central committee (CC) meeting of CPN (Maoist) held on Monday (yesterday) saw party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and leader of the hard-line faction Mohan Baidya present separate political documents. Prime Minister Dahal presented three options on republicanism – the federal democratic republic,…

  • Ian Martin of UNMIN Speaks to the Press

    The UN Secretary-General will visit Nepal latter this month, is spokesperson said Thursday. While in Nepal, the Secretary-General will meet with the President, the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister and members of the Constituent Assembly. The Secretary-General will also visit Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, the spokesperson said. Ian Martin, Special Representative of the…

  • Bad Ass Economy: Inflation Soars to 13pc

    A press statement issued by Nepal Rastra Bank said that food and beverage prices shot up by 13.4 percent while non-food and service rates were up 12.7 percent. Propelled by a remarkable rise in the prices of food and non-food commodities, the rate of inflation during the first month of the current fiscal year climbed…

  • Maoist New Nepal: Industrial Capitalism Covered by Socialism

    By Bishnu Pathak and Neil Horning The reactions to the budget from the nation’s policymakers and critics are often guided by four motives. Those who made the budget in the past regard it as imbalanced and untenable and heap praise on their own budget. Others who suffered defeat in the CA polls from the Maoists…