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Category: Foreign Affairs

  • Darjeeling Today: Talks of the State of Gorkhaland

    Nepali Indians-Gorkhas-Want Their Own State Under the Union of India By Swaroop Chetry A routine day in Darjeeling begins with cabbies waiting for tourist to clamber on to their seats and rush to Tiger Hill to see the majestic Kanchanjunga change colour as the Sun rises from the far horizon, but nothing of this is…

  • Hail the Republic: How Indians Wrote the Constitution

    Republic Day is both a day of celebration and introspection for India Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal [This article originally appeared on the Op-Ed page of the Kathmandu Post today. See it here as it appeared on the paper.] On the 26th day of every January a grand ceremony is held on Rajpath (formerly King’s…

  • Indians Discuss About the Changed Nepal

    By Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal A group of eminent Indians with deep interests in Nepal gathered in New Delhi on Saturday to talk about the ‘changed Nepal’ in which they critiqued the first 100 days of the Maoist-led government, raised eyebrows on the Integration, expressed suspicion to ‘the China Card’ and discussed on ways…

  • Democracy And Jumbo Jets [From Bangkok Under Seize]

    By Paul Reitman, expat from Nepal, stuck in Bangkok [The Nepali version of this article, written two days ago, appeared in today’s Kantipur Daily] Of late, there seems to be a growing relationship between democracy and jumbo jets, although there has always been some connection ever since Jumbos first took to the air. In recent…

  • Nepal Suffers From Cold War Paranoia

    Ties with Beijing doesn’t mean alienating Delhi Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (right) upon arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, on Tuesday (2 Dec). Jiechi is on a three-day visit to Nepal. On the left is Foreign Minister Upendra Yadav. By Akhilesh Upadhyay Kathmandu has seen a flurry of high-profile visits in recent weeks. None…

  • 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…

  • No Need for Panic, India

    One word can’t describe India’s unnecessary concern about Nepali prime minister’s Beijing visit. That’s the combination of hypocrisy, double standard, childishness and hegemony. When their Sonia and Rahul Gandhi can visit China and meet Chinese leaders, why can’t the Nepali prime minister do so? Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s first foreign trip to China…