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  • Maoists and Main Stream Politics of Nepal (Two Years After)

    Two years ago Neil wrote: Instead of joining the mainstream the Maoists intend to define the mainstream. Now he writes: The Maoists have not joined the mainstream. Now they are the mainstream. By Neil Horning Nearly two years ago I wrote an opinion piece for UWB where I warned, “While it is imperative that both…

  • Chameleon Chairman: Comrade Changes the Color!

    CHANGE that we can believe in? HOPE that’s true! As it’s becoming almost certain that Maoist will lead the next government Chairman Prachanda- who said he will actually be heading it- has been very quickly changing the radical tone almost sounding like a, God forbid, a bourgeois leader! Until ten days ago Nepali Army, for…

  • Constituent Assembly Preparations and Maoist Celebrations

    Amidst the preparations of the Constituent Assembly elections two months away, the Maoists celebrate their Thirteenth Anniversary in the valley today. The streets have been decorated with graffiti through which YCL (Young Communist League) offer their “Red Salute” to “Prachanda, the Future President” of the Nepal. The “Future” is yet to be seen as the…

  • Economics of YCL upkeep :Rs 1 b a year needed

    By Ghanashyam Ojha ( Published in the Kathmandu Post Feb 5, 2008) Can also be accessed at Ekantipur KATHMANDU, Feb 5 – Much has been said and written about extortion, intimidation and abductions by the Young Communist League (YCL) and its occasional dabbling in social work. But hardly anything has been written on the financing…

  • Happy Birthday Peace Agreement! May You Live Forever :)

    Welcome to the Second Year Romance while we remember that rejuvenating day last year. THE WAR IS OVER, NEPAL DECLARES! Less than a minute ago, amidst a grand and historic ceremony, Nepali leaders agreed to end the war that killed more than 13 thousand people in the last 10 years. Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala…

  • Comrade Prachanda, Please Respond to Him. (But Don't Take Physical Action)

    PLA deserter Kul Prasad Bhattarai aka Kusum claims 1,000 combatants fled cantonments. He accused the camp leadership of embezzling money allocated by the government for the combatants and camp management. “They haven’t even provided the salary and allowances released by the government in our name,” he said. Pic by Binod Tripathi By Binod Tripathi BHARATPUR-…

  • Verification Conundrum: Inside Story of Why Maoists Stopped the Process

    After stalling the verification process for their combatants for weeks the Maoists have finally agreed to resume it, but when it will actually resume remains uncertain still. By Ameet Dhakal [There might be rift between the Badal-Kiran and Prachanda-Baburam factions in the Maoist Party]. The on again off again verification of Maoist combatants is only…