Category: Guest Column

By Dev Joshi In 1789, 14th July, when the people of Paris stormed the Bastille, Louis XVI, the astonished King, said to his reporting officer: “But this, this is a revolt.” “No Sir” was the reply: “It is a Revolution!” I wonder if anybody, who has cared to observe things and scenes on 26th and…

Our blogger sneaks out of her suburban home at Lokanthali and narrates her kind of protest By Zade I saw a crowd of people with red flags from our window. I had just posted the last entry and finished reading Prabesh’s “I wonder if you are going to go out at all, and as always,…

The ongoing movement has provided an opportunity for Seven Party Alliance (SPA) leaders to create history by making Nepali people fully sovereign UWB received this article from Nepali Bhai What increasingly large and vocal demonstrations throughout Nepal are making very clear is what the people of Nepal do not want. They reject absolute monarchy and…

By D. Michael Van De Veer Overnight the sky above Kathmandu and much of the Kingdom was filled with beautiful displays of lighting and earth shaking thunder. The cold winds falling from the Himalayas clashed with the warm steamy air rushing up from the Indian sub-continent and bathed the country for 15 hours in cool…

Nepali people are in a historical juncture to decide on what they want: constitutional monarchy or a republican Nepal By Srijan Nepal When does a person become the most dangerous? It’s when he loses touch with reality. If the person in question is a common man, say you or me, then it’s not much of…

A few questions related to the importance and relevance of Bikram Sambat to Nepal and the Nepalese people. By Maheswor Shrestha Thought of the day The 2063rd year of Bikram Sambat is approaching closer and we are going to welcome and celebrate its New Year day with certain activities. The Nepalese people use more than…

Lets Salute the People in the Street! By Krishna Adhikari When our sisters and brothers are defying the curfew in the street for the cause of freedom and democracy meant for us all, it is time that we disobey the orders of duty and salute them.