Category: Guest Column 2

By Chhatra Bahadur (UWB received this article via email) It appears that every moment in Nepal is being defined as “the crossroad of historic change”. It would not be incorrect to state that we may have taken a step forward, only to return to the crossroad again taking two steps backward. It is even more…

Article by Suman Golay ( UWB received this article in email) Ozymandias I met a travelers from an antique land Who said: “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert… Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell…

Justification of the Declaration of the Secular State and the Abolition of the ‘Hindu State’ by the Reinstated Parliament of Nepal as we are celebrating the most popular festival of the country. By Prakash Bom in Queens, New York Reasoning:Who are Nepali people in the first place of the existence? Obviously Nepali people are not…

By Shree Shrestha UWB received this article in email At present there are 205 members in the House of Representative. Talks are going on in different circles on how to change the system of election so that every ethnic group will be represented in the new House. I read many articles regarding this issue. Most…

By Chattra Bahadur UWB received this article in email As opposed to the findings of the researches, the parliamentary system in Nepal has not been able to influence liberalization process significantly. It has failed to provide direction and initiate actions to alter structural policies. There is always never-ending debate on the forms of governance and…

माया शनिवासरीय ब्लग UWB Note: In this concluding part of a series of articles written in Nepali language, Maya the blogger, a Nepali girl, describes her experience of growing up (early to late teen life) with expanding Maoist activities around her neighborhood. In previous articles (first, second and third), Maya wrote about how she felt…