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  • A death in Nepal in the age of Twitter and Facebook (RIP #GPK)

    Nepal’s top leader dies. Nepalis all over the world react hysterically on the Web. This blog entry is a supplement to a news report that I wrote in today’s Kantipur titled: निधनको खवरले भरियो फेसबुक[Facebook filled with the news of the death (of GPK)] By Dinesh Wagle click here to enlarge ठूलो पारेर पढ्ने भए यहाँ क्लिके…

  • Girija Prasad Koirala 1925-2010

    The leader has died. May peace be upon him. We mourn his death. Long live democracy in Nepal. Girija Pradad Koirala, one of the great democratic leaders of Nepal, has died. Minister for Irrigation Bal Krishna Khand told mediapersons after Nepali Congress Central Working Committee meeting that 86-year-old Koirala passed away at 12.10 p.m. Saturday.…

  • Girija Prasad Koirala

    [Also read: Importance of Being Girija Deepak Adhikari on Koirala four years ago.] Update (20/3): Koirala passes away. This man carries an envious history and record with him and he is sick these days. This time, it seems, seriously. Reports suggest Girija Prasad Koirala is fighting death and the main weapon this time is his…

  • Women and Society: Nepal vs India

    Nepal has already seen/done some of the things that are happening in India today Click here to read on the OpEd page of today’s TKP By Dinesh Wagle Following the latest happenings in Indian politics and society is a kind of déjà vu experience for many Nepali people. The upper house of the Indian parliament…

  • Human Rights in Nepal: from American eyes

    The U.S. Department of State released its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices on Thursday, March 11th in Washington, DC. The congressionally mandated reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Releasing the report in Washington D.C., Secretary of State Hillary Clinton…

  • A study of DDR and SSR in Nepal (ii)

    Click here for the first part of this article. By Bishnu Pathak and Devendra Uprety 7. Community-Police Relation (CPR) When we talk about SSR in Nepal, it is essential to briefly introduce CPR, which is taken as the prime component of security institutions in post–conflict period. The organizational structure of Nepal Police was designed by…

  • A study of DDR and SSR in Nepal

    Preliminary sociological observation of Disarmament Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) and Security Sector Reform (SSR) in Nepal. By Bishnu Pathak and Devendra Uprety 1. Setting Security Sector Reform (SSR) is a continuous process to all countries and regions, including politically stable states, fragile states, and post-conflict countries. However, it is widely understood that there need to…