Category: Guest Column

By ZaDed It is 5:15 pm on my table clock. The news just got over. Thank God! The anchor added: “We’ll be back with the 6 o’clock news soon.” 6 o’clock news. The hell with all the news channels. I am bored to death, sick of being given every minute details of what is going…

BY PREM DHAKAL The way chairman Gyanendra is responding, by acting to be oblivious, to the people’s movement has cleared all the doubts, if there were any, about the king’s commitment toward the people. Hearing the people’s pleas and making them hear his opinion has been the mantra of King Gyanendra right from the days…

Text By Krishna Poudel Photos by Sailendra Kharel At this moment of time, I wish I were in Nepal being part of those thousands on the street defying the curfew orders, asking the military to open fire if they could, and caring nothing but the absolute democracy. The puppets of Royal Regime have warned of…

BY AMEET DHAKAL Three events that took place in three different districts in Nepal on Wednesday reflect the bizarre status and tragedy of Nepali politics. King Gyanendra, accompanied by Queen Komal and surrounded by army men, busied himself in a state-orchestrated road show in Bhairawa. Protected by an umbrella held by security men to ward…

In a double tragedy, a martyr’s parents lament the death of their son as well as death of democracy in Nepal Text by Rajendra Phuyal/Photo by Shailendra Kharel While the leaders of Seven Party Alliance (SPA) were announcing fresh protests at Mangal Bazar, Lalitpur Friday (see the blog below), in nearby residence, a family of martyr was…

In a double tragedy, a martyr’s parents lament the death of their son as well as death of democracy in Nepal Text by Rajendra Phuyal/Photo by Shailendra Kharel While the leaders of Seven Party Alliance (SPA) were announcing fresh protests at Mangal Bazar, Lalitpur Friday (see the blog below), in nearby residence, a family of martyr was…