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Category: Nepali Society

  • A Maoist Comrade Shakes Hand With Kofi Annan (and Others)

    Maoist leader Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, second in rank after Chairman Prachanda, meets… …former UN boss Kofi Annan (right). The bespectacled tall guy is Ian Martin, chief of United Nations Mission to Nepal (UNMIN) Pic by Biwsodeep Pande.

  • A Different Diaspora: Story of Nepali Refugees in Austria

    Contributed by Dr. Bishnu Pathak and Chitra Niraula Case I: Somnath Ghimire of Chitawan reached New Delhi from Kathmandu via Mahendranagar on July 12, 2001. He stayed there for two days and flew to Moscow via Uzbekistan Airline. In Moscow, a broker from Pakistan took his passport and held him in a closed room. He…

  • If Confirmed, These Folks Will Be Nepal’s Ambassadors

    Envoy nominations sent to the Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee By Bishnu Budhathoki KATHMANDU- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has sent a list of 14 names to the Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee nominating them as the country’s ambassadors in different countries. Talking to the Kathmandu Post on Tuesday (June 26), Minister for Foreign Affairs Sahana…

  • Jimmy Carter Came, Talked, Smiled and Went (Thanks Mr President!)

    Here is the statement by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter made on June 16, last of his four-day trip to Nepal I’m happy to be back in Nepal and to be briefed by The Carter Center’s long-term observers, political leaders, marginalized groups, and election officials here. I admire deeply what’s been accomplished by the people…

  • Monarchy Can Be Abolished in Nepal, Constitutionally!

    The Lead: Now parliament can remove the monarchy by a two third majority if it finds the 240 year old feudal institution meddling with the election of constitution assembly election. The parliament yesterday passed a bill that has amended the constitution and added the new provision on monarchy. The Maoist has been demanding that the…

  • Nepal Comment: Catch Phrases and Road to Nowhere

    By Chattra Bahadur The catch phrases in Nepal change frequently. Usually, metamorphosis is almost invisible; however, it spreads uncontrollably like a wildfire. The media, knowingly and/or unknowingly, creates frenzy. We are instantly consumed by the season’s catch phrase and our reactions are often extreme, defying any logic and reaching a point of insanity. Then, we…

  • YCL, Sita Ram Prasain and Anger of Girija Koirala

    The government of Girja Prasad Koirala is responsible to the YCL action against currupt and bank defaulter Sita Ram Prasain Sitaram Prasain in Tundikhel on Monday (4 June). Pic by Shaligram Tiwari via Kantipur Many of us have been asking this question since the day before yesterday when we knew that the YCL “arrested” Sita…