Author: UWB

  • Meeting Barack Obama: Nepal is a Beautiful Country!

    I think part of the reason many of prominent leaders in Nepal lost in the April 10 CA election is they are not attached to the common people the way Barack Obama is. Letter from America By Deepak Adhikari It’s been more than a month I am in the US as an Alfred Friendly Fellow…

  • Nepal Update: Today's Political Developments

    For the record: Maoists ask UML to reconsider pull-out from govt: A day after the CPN-UML, humiliated in the April 10 polls, pulled out of the government citing that the mandate was against them staying in the government, CPN Maoist chairman Prachanda met the UML’s Madhav Kumar Nepal, who resigned from the General Secretary after…

  • Rumours In Kathmandu

    This piece talks about rumours that are flowing through Kathmandu air in the past couple of days. These are not verified. Believe at your own risk. If we are to believe one of those countless rumours that are flowing through the air of Kathmandu, Maoists will not lead the government. Maoists will not get majority…

  • YCL Continues Bullying Even as Maoist is Set to Lead the Govt.

    Eye on Maoist: Even as the Maoist leadership that is set to lead the government and is struggling hard to convince the international community that they will accept multi-party competitive politics and is pledging to fully respect others’ rights; Maoist cadres on the ground continue with their old practices of bullying, intimidating and threatening those…

  • It's Economy Stupid! Maoist Comrades Try to Assure the Business Community

    Stock market has been crashed and business circle is confused. As the news of Maoist victory in the polls come out, the Maoist leadership is trying hard to assure the business community that they are here for capitalism. For the CPN Maoist, the victorious party in the April 10 CA polls, the campaign hasn’t ended…

  • Humiliated By Stunning Defeat in Polls, UML Calls It A Day

    Nepali Congress should follow the suit on the first day of the CA and play the constructive role of an opposition thereafter Seven ministers of the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist Leninist), whose hope to become the largest party, if not with majority, in the CA was shattered last week resigned from the interim…

  • As Nepal Is Getting Election Results, India Responds-2

    A compilation of articles and commentaries in Indian media about CA election results of Nepal. Part two of two (here is part one). Delhi paved the path for Maoists in Nepal Arati R. Jerath. Wednesday, April 16, 2008 02:23 IST (Daily News and Analysis- DNA- India) NEW DELHI: The best-kept secret of the stunning developments…