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June 06, 2007
Rajat KC
In May 25, cadres of Young Communist League (YCL), a youth wing of the Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) in Nepal, threw stones at a United Nations (U.N.) vehicle, in which United States (U.S.) Ambassador for Nepal James F Moriarty was also traveling. As per report a group of people hea...
May 23, 2007
by Rajat KC
Despite the Maoists joining legislative parliament and government, the Maoists, in the name of Young Communist League (YCL), continue to engage in looting, vandalism, intimidation and hostility across the country.
Nepalnews.com, famous web news of Nepal mentioned the atrocities of ...
May 04, 2007
By Kundan Singh Khatri
Lenin came into power in 1918 after a bloody civil war, in between his supporters and the dissidents of Soviet regime. Lenin thought any defeat was beyond his imagination and to win war and shield his so-called "Revolution", he would go to every length-even at the cost of m...
April 28, 2007
By Kundan Singh Khatri
For the last year the one word which has resounded everywhere in Nepal so highly and repeatedly is Loktantra (liberal democracy) and many political stakeholders have been running away as the messiah of Loktantra.
Just by claiming or by being Loktantric one does not becom...
April 28, 2007
BY SHASHI P.B.B. MALLA & CHANDRA BAHADUR PARBATE
With celebrations marking the first anniversary of Jan Andolan II (or as some might say the end of King Gyanendra’s rule), at the beginning of this week authorities had urged residents to illuminate their homes for three days. In his message to th...
April 28, 2007
BY PUSHPA PRADHAN
While marking the anniversary of the Communist Party of Nepal (mother organization of all the communist parties in Nepal), CPN (Maoist) leader Dr Baburam Bhattarai urged all the "comrades" present there for a "greater left alliance" to declare Nepal a republic and introduce a c...
April 25, 2007
The ruling eight-party alliance is now confronted with the debacle of not being able to hold the much vaunted Constitutional Assembly (CA) elections on 20 June. PM Girija Prasad Koirala of the Nepali Congress (NC) was quite upbeat about it even a few days back. And the Maoist supreme Pushpa Kamal Da...
March 29, 2007
No end to crises, conflicts
BY SHASHI P.B.B. MALLA & CHANDRA BAHADUR PARBATE
-The present government of the Seven Party Alliance has shown no tendency to solve the country’s ills. It has been terribly weakened by the relentless attacks of the Maoists — on paper, their comrade-in-arms ...
March 29, 2007
Gaur and the Palace
Pushpa Pradhan
The killing of three dozen plus people and injury of almost 4 dozen more in the Gaur clash was an unfortunate episode in the history of this country. But this shows our politics in recent years has been strongly influenced by arms and confrontations....
March 29, 2007
Gaur massacre: issues, contradictions and conundrums galore
BY M.R. JOSSE
-Understandably, the horrendous slaughter last Wednesday of 29 persons in Gaur by lathis, strangulation, and gunshot wounds, among other means, has been universally and very rightly condemned both at home and ...
March 26, 2007
BY PB Khatri
The Gaur incident is truly a horrendous incident in the historical chronology of mass killings over the decade in Nepal. The barbaric mass killings by the Maoists in various occasions during their so called people's war including Bandermudhe (Madhi), the Palace Massacre are yet other...
March 22, 2007
Mass Communication
-The Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal (RPPN) in a blunt statement against the Maoist and the seven political parties in the government after the RPPN president and other leaders were several attacked by the Maoists.RPPN President Rabindra Nath Sharma and other leaders were at...
March 22, 2007
BY PRAJWAL SHRESTHA
The suppressed anger of the general people at the atrocities of the Maoists burst into the open and they lent complete support when the business leaders of the country called for a protest against the kidnappings, torture and extortions by the till recently terrorist group. Th...
March 22, 2007
Rajat KC
21st century is the century of freedom and democracy. So far no any other political options are seen effective than democracy. In the changing context of the world, democratic wave is flowing in such a way that no matter where a country is situated that country cannot stay aloof. Mainly,...
March 15, 2007
Sachet Samaj
It has become quite apparent that any SPAM critic will immediately be accused of being a royalist stooge. If maoist victims stage protests, the royalists are blamed for organizing it. If the Madheshis revolt, the royalists are accused of infiltrating and inciting the rioting. If the ...
March 15, 2007
By PR Admin
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.
-- W.B. Yeats
Under pressure from Maoists, PM Girija Prasad Koirala and his seven party alliance (SPA) is likely to crumble very soon and make way for an ‘interim government’ dominated by the ...
March 14, 2007
Dr. Raman Raj Misra
It has been quite a while that the people of Nepal have heard the slogan of Nepal being made into a Republic. But come to think of it, what is Nepal of today? Is it a republic by deed and not by word ? When the supreme power is with the plebeians and not with any autocrat ...
March 13, 2007
US Concern in the Maoist Problem of Nepal
By Rajat KC
The United States’ only super power of the world wants to ensure democracy to flourish all over the world. Similarly, America has expressed her desire to see Nepal as peaceful democratic country. Unfortunately, democracy and freedom of Nep...
March 12, 2007
By Rajat KC
In Nepal we regularly see the faces of the Maoist leaders almost in all means of Media everyday. In the past, when then Prime Minister Sher Bahahdur Deuba announced price of the head of alleged terrorist (Maoist), those faces were known very little. Imaginary picture or sketches creat...
March 12, 2007
By Toya Bhadhur Gurung (Gorkhali)
The anti-monarchy Nepali parties could not dare subject the issue of monarchy to a referendum. Their rationale was that they were uncertain as to result of such a referendum. Or, as another point of view has it, the monarchy would be shown to have some popular...
March 12, 2007
BY Rajat KC
In Nepal we regularly see the faces of the Maoist leaders almost in all means of Media everyday. In the past, when then Prime Minister Sher Bahahdur Deuba announced price of the head of alleged terrorist (Maoist), those faces were known very little. Imaginary picture or sketche...
March 09, 2007
We the members of the Nepali American community, The Sanatan Dharma, Sanskrit and Nepali Center, Inc, New York, and The Coalition for National Unity and Reconciliation in Nepal fore-warns the Seven Party Alliance and its leader Shri Girija Prasad Koirala not to include the Maoists into ...
March 08, 2007
BY BHUWAN SHARMA
It seems that the anarchical state of Nepal sees no resolve in sight. If we thought that it could not get any worse than this, we are in for a bigger surprise. The lawlessness of the state in combination with discriminatory attitude of the government towards the non-SPAM will sur...
March 08, 2007
Former prime minister and respected leader of the Nepali Congress Krishna Prasad Bhattarai last week succinctly said that the institution of monarchy is vital for Nepal. He clearly emphasised that the king should not be active, but the country still needs a monarch. Similarly, several other leaders ...
March 08, 2007
As preparations are afoot to take on board the Maoists in the interim government, various Nepalese organisations based in United States have urged Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala not to do so.
The members of the Nepali American community, The Sanatan Dharma, Sanskrit and Nepali Center, Inc, ...
March 06, 2007
Rajat KC
Nepal is going through another period of turmoil. In the course of establishing peace and democracy and resolving the ongoing crisis, the nation is heading towards elections for a Constituent Assembly. Although the agenda of democratization has been the talk of the town, the Maoists' tot...
March 06, 2007
Shashi Malla & Chandra Bahadur Parbate
The King, in his annual 'Democracy Day' message to the nation, said he was forced to take over power in 2005 to keep law and order amidst a Maoist insurgency: "It is clear that the prevailing situation compelled us to take the February 2005 step in accordanc...
March 06, 2007
By Rajat KC
The United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) submitted its report to the Government of Nepal and the Nepal Communist Party (Maoists) after completion of registration of the Maoists combatant and weapons. As per the peace agreement now the Maoists are eligible to join the interim govern...
March 05, 2007
By Sangram Singh Basnyat
While the atrocities of the Maoists have clearly been justified and even rewarded with eighty three seats in the interim parliament, the Monarchy has been compelled to absorb all the flak.
The SPAMers, their student wings and even the human rights activists have thrown t...
March 04, 2007
By M. R. Josse
Even as reverberations from the widely perceived discrepancy between the arms that the Maoists possess and those actually placed in storage – under UN auspices but with keys firmly in their own possession – continue to thunder across the political firmament, revealingly their focus...
March 03, 2007
Abominating adversary: Deflecting dissent
Source:Sachet Samaj
It has become quite apparent that any SPAM critic will immediately be accused of being a royalist stooge. If maoist victims stage protests, the royalists are blamed for organizing it. If the Madheshis revolt, the royalists are accuse...
March 02, 2007
BY SHASHI MALLA
The King, in his annual 'Democracy Day' message to the nation, said he was forced to take over power in 2005 to keep law and order amidst a Maoist insurgency: "It is clear that the prevailing situation compelled us to take the February 2005 step in accordance with the people's ...
February 28, 2007
The Maoists Weapons and Combatants
By Rajat KC
The United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) submitted its report to the Government of Nepal and the Nepal Communist Party (Maoists) after completion of registration of the Maoists combatant and weapons. As per the peace agreement now the Maoists ar...
February 28, 2007
We the members of the Nepali community in American whole heartedly welcome the address made by His Majesty King Gyanendra on the occasion of 57th Democracy Day "Prajatantra Diwas" to the Nepali nation and people. Taking into consideration, the Nepali people's aspiration for peace and democracy; His ...
February 28, 2007
By Sachet Samaj
The SPAMers, their student wings and even the human rights activists have thrown tantrums over King Gyanendra's democracy day statement. Labelling the King's statement as ill-intentioned, unconstitutional and inappropriate, the SPAMers and affiliates have organized protest rallies...
February 25, 2007
Courtesy: Comrade Libre
Terms such as “arms management,” “arms inventory,” “combatant registration,” etc., are often used interchangeably when speaking of Nepal’s peace process. The reality is, there is no overlap in the definitions of any of these terms. And truth be told, no matter which of the...
February 24, 2007
Dr. Brian Metters
This morning as my wife and I were returning from our daily shopping, she noticed I had bought a book on Maoism. "Why have you bought that" she asked. "I am trying hard to understand what these people stand for" I said. "You don't need that book" she said to me, "remember the Ra...
February 22, 2007
SHASHI P.B.B. MALLA
"But man, proud man, Dress'd in a little authority,Most ignorant of what he's most assur'dHis glassy essence, like an angry ape,Plays such fantastic tricks before high heavenAs make the angels weep."
-- Shakespeare: Measure for Measure
In this space it has been writt...
February 21, 2007
Dr. Chandrakala
On the occasion of 57th Democracy Day, King, in his message to the nation, said that he was compelled to take the February 1, 2005 step in accordance with the people's aspiration. King said "We are also morally responsible for any success or failure during the fifteen months of e...
February 20, 2007
By Rajat KC
One of my friends told me other day that one of his relative was looted couple of days ago by a group of the Maoists. Initially the Maoists entered his private residence at night for the purpose of intimidation. But when they found the environment is favourable, they showed the...
February 20, 2007
Dr. Chandrakala
The government is now committed to federalism, the details of which are yet to be worked out. Whether both of these would be in the long term national interest remain to be seen or is anybody's guess. But one supposes that such random acts wouldn't have been possible as long as th...
February 20, 2007
Message to The Nation From His Majesty King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev on The Occasion of The 57th National Democracy Day
Beloved countrymen,
Today, the 57th National Democracy Day, reminds us of the joint struggle launched by the King and the people, culminating in the successful restorati...
February 19, 2007
The Indian Army has claimed that a Nepali national, believed to be a Maoist leader, was arrested while purchasing weapons from the terrorist outfit Laskar-E-Toiba in the Indian state of Kashmir.
Indian Army spokesman colonel V.K. Mathur informed the Indian press that Pasang Lama, who the Indian A...
February 13, 2007
Subarna KC
When an army general's statement was made public through Nepalese media that became hot cake in Nepalese political circle. The statement became very expensive to respective general, when the Government of Nepal and his own commander took it as a very serious matter. As a result, decisi...
February 11, 2007
By Rajat KC
Nepal is going through another period of turmoil. In the course of establishing peace and democracy and resolving the ongoing crisis, the nation is heading towards elections for a Constituent Assembly. Although the agenda of democratization has been the talk of the town, the Maoists' ...
February 07, 2007
Dr. Chandrakala
Almost nine months from the Royal Proclamation which revived the House of Representatives, let us look at our beloved country.
The King has been stripped of all his powers including ceremonial status of the Head of the State. That vacuum has been filled by a group of unelected ...
February 02, 2007
Controlling the terai riots is now the primary duty before us. To correct this, the government must hold dialogues with all sides and all forces without arrogance or prejudice.
By Preeti Koirala
The readers of my previous articles in this column may recall my consistent argument that the inst...
February 02, 2007
By Shashi Malla
During their 11-year long so-called People's War, the Maoist terrorists had promoted the idea of 'ethnic republics' as part of their agitation for 'state restructuring'. Now with the flare-up in the Terai with the storm of violent protests, it has boomeranged back at them and thei...
January 31, 2007
By Dr Chandrakala -
So many lives lost in the Terai, the first one killed by the Maoists, the rest by the SPA government. How do you justify the Maoist killing and blame that on the Royalists really defies logic. The rest have been killed mostly because curfew was being defied. When there is a c...
January 25, 2007
By Dr Chandrakala -
Yesterday, was Shree Panchami, a day dedicated to the Goddess of Learning, Sarswati.
It started with news of further deaths of protestors from Lahan and Maoists and politicians of different hues blaming the Palace and reactionary elements. Then there were many attempts at...
January 25, 2007
A nation under siege Peudo-constitution, autocratic government
SHASHI P.B.B. MALLA
Our beloved country is under massive attack. The so-called political leaders only follow their own selfish motives and have no vision for the nation whatsoever.
After a totally spurious document was ...
January 19, 2007
"Anyone with half a brain can do the math: Probability that Girija will die - certain. Probability that after his death, the Maoist DPM will take the post of Prime Minister - certain. Probability that the communist majority in the interim stature will do everything possible to ensure that a new Prim...
January 19, 2007
"With Girija's death, one extended era of political malfeasance (under the pretense of democracy) will end and another of anarchy (under the disguise of freedom) will begin. The war that Girija and his clansmen ignited in the early nineties has culminated after a decade and a half with Girija and hi...
January 18, 2007
Machu Picchuree - A Tale of 2 Fishes
(Courtesy: el Mariachi)
http://nepaliperspectives.blogspot.com/2007/01/machu-picchuree-tale-of-2-fishes.html
Did you read that Nepal Airlines used a picture of Machu Picchu, the famous Inca ruin in Peru, to promote the airline and tourism in Nepal? The ...
January 18, 2007
Nepal on 'dangerous' road to constituent assembly polls
BY SURENDRA SHARMA
After the November peace accord aimed at ending a decade-old Maoist insurgency, hopes are high in Nepal that the multi-party government, which will soon have the rebel Maoists in power too, could lead the nation to fre...
January 18, 2007
Dons of Nepalese “Democracy”
It was highly objectionable that the House was denied the opportunity to discuss the contents of the draft statute and to suggest improvements.
BY SHASHI P.B.B. MALLA
We are now experiencing the beginning of the end, not only of democracy as such, b...
January 17, 2007
COALITION FOR NATIONAL UNITY AND RECONCILIATION IN NEPAL,
P.O.Box 4291,
New York, NY 10163 – 4291, USA
United Nations Secretary General
Ban Ki Moon
UN Secretariat,
1st Avenue,
New York, NY
Ref: Petition submitted for Permanent Peace in Nepal.
Your Excellency,
Th...
January 17, 2007
By Dr Chandrakala
It has been decided by the SPA (7) and Maoist (1), i.e., 8 parties SPAM that Subash Nembang and Chitralekha Yadav will continue to be the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the new 'interim legislature' and the next Deputy Prime Minister would be a Maoist. Given the ill health of th...
January 16, 2007
AN OPEN LETTER FROM THE COALITION FOR NATIONAL UNITY AND RECONCILIATION IN NEPAL, New York, USA
Right Honorable Prime MinisterDr. Man Mohan SinghPM’s Office,New Delhi, India
Ref: Petition for Permanent Peace in Nepal.
You’re Excellency,
The Nepalis in America and around the world w...
January 16, 2007
Nepalis in New York has organized protest rally against the present illegal government.
The Patriots.
Coalition for National Unity and Reconciliation in NepalP. O. Box 4291New York, N.Y. 10163-4291
G. P. KoiralaKathmandu, Nepal
Subject: You must resign
Dear Sir:
We, Nepale...
January 16, 2007
By INDRA KUMAR
It goes without saying that the parties, their wavering leaderships in their height of irresponsibility, lack of vision, spinelessness have evidenced their incapability and zeal to demonstrate their earnest perceptions for the good of the country and people. They are unable to co...
January 16, 2007
By INDRA KUMAR
It is the inborn right of the people, to rally around their King for the cause of the nation and it is his constitutionally inherent obligation, to side with them. The people must be uplifted from their deteriorating condition, as one finds today, due to unpardonable politica...
January 12, 2007
President George W. Bush The White HouseWashington, D.C.
Dear Mr. President:
We are reaching out to you to beseech your immediate attention to the simmering crisis in Nepal. As you are aware, Nepal, for the last ten years, has been an unfortunate victim of some of the worst violence of terror...
January 12, 2007
By SHASHI P.B.B. MALLA
What will the basic law that will govern us until a new constitution is legally drafted be called? Will it be an “interim statute”, or an “interim constitution”? It is clear to legal experts and pundits of constitutional law that both phrases are inappropriate
T...
January 12, 2007
BY DR CHANDRAKALA
It's cold in the Terai, it's cold in Kathmandu and, of course, in the high hills. It is also cold in the PLA camps and among the squatters in the airport triangle. It is especially cold for old people and destitute.
Activities go on. TU employees demonstrated and got beaten ...
January 10, 2007
By Dr Chandrakala
"A state is by definition the expression of some concept of justice that legitimizes its internal arrangements and of a projection of power that determines its ability to fulfill its minimum functions – that is, to protect its population from foreign dangers and domestic uphe...
January 09, 2007
The Maoist of Nepal, their Weapons and Rebel Force
By Rajat KC
It’s been almost nine month that the Maoists have involved in peace process along with other Seven Political Parties (SPA) to join the political main stream of Nepal. But in the course of peace process, their cadres are n...
January 04, 2007
We must be grateful to late King Prithvi Narayan Bharat Basnet
He takes pride in being a Nepali and his ideals are the 'Wise Sayings of late King Prithvi Narayan Shah. Every year he celebrates the birth anniversary of the late King with various programmes.
BN Dahal interviewed to Bas...
January 04, 2007
King, nation and politics
BY GAUTAM G.C
Some people mature with age and experience. They lose themselves as individuals in the larger whole of which they are a part. The "I" becomes "we" and the "me" becomes "us".
The book on "Raja, Rastriyata ra Rajniti" or "King, Nationalism and Pol...
January 03, 2007
By Dr Chandrakala
It's cold in the Terai, it's cold in Kathmandu and, of course, in the high hills. It is also cold in the PLA camps and among the squatters in the airport triangle. It is especially cold for old people and destitute.
Activities go on. TU employees demonstrated and got beaten ...
December 29, 2006
The "New Nepal" - The Maoist Way or the Highway?
Source: Nepalese Perspectives
The SPA government failed to get the Maoist sign-off on its Ambassadorial nominations - at least publicly. But a closer look at the gross violations of the Peace Treaty by the Maoists (that SPA leaders have continued ...
December 29, 2006
Nepal: Fractured Peace, Imperious Government, Bleeding Nation
Shashi P.B.B. Malla
There can be no doubt that in the political sphere, everything is very foul in the now nearly 'republican' state of Nepal. It is a state of lawlessness, where edicts are announced and decisions reached at the PM...
December 21, 2006
Peace agreement: Foreign perspectives and domestic concerns
BY SHASHI P.B.B. MALLA
The SPA and the Maoists also entertain radically different visions for Nepal's future institutions The International Crisis Group (ICG), an independent, non-profit, non-government organization "working...
December 20, 2006
Dr. Chandrakala Maun
They say 'longer you live, the more you see', may be a variation on the three monkeys. One would have thought people's polls would now of all times have some impact, but on the day people voted 64 percent for King to be Head of State, the Seven-Party Alliance and Maoists in t...
December 07, 2006
Dr. Leela Sunuwar
I received a letter from a friend in Botswana. Here it is:
"I hear that seven months after the upheaval in Nepal, the country is still in a mess. Is that true?
1. After a tripartite agreement between the UN, the Nepalese government and the Maoists, the Maoists are still re...
December 05, 2006
The anti-monarchy Nepali parties could not dare subject the issue of Monarchy to a referendum. Their rationale was that they were uncertain as to result of such a referendum. Or, as another point of view has it, the monarchy would be shown to have at least some popular base. So being a typical Nepa...
November 24, 2006
http://nepaliperspectives.blogspot.com/
PEACE IN OUR TIME: Munich in the Himalayas
Dr. Thomas A. Marks
You have to hand it to the "Fierce One." A man oversees the greatest crimes Nepal has ever experienced, and now he's being hailed as a peacemaker?
What has to be watched, of cou...
October 23, 2006
by Vikram S. Basnyat
Taking into account what went in the past and the current environment politically, diplomatically and militarily, the Maoists strategy and the SPA's future course of action should be adopted systematically and in co-ordination with other instruments of power and the internation...
October 18, 2006
NEPAL: From Maosim to Fascism in the Himalayas?
Dr. Thomas A. Marks
It is an October replete with irony. The most definitive treatment to date on Mao Tse-tung’s final crime against humanity, his “Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution,” is out to solid reviews. Peru, in confirming th...
September 29, 2006
Much ink has been spilled of late as to what the Maoists are up to. One particularly strained line of thought continues to hold that they have accepted "participation in the democratic process." This is not the case. They simply see themselves as achieving victory by other means.
All Maoist move...
September 21, 2006
Decommissioning Dilemma of the Maoist in Nepal
By Rajat KC
The violent terror campaign perpetrated by Maoists with the aim of establishing a totalitarian communist regime in Nepal has left almost 15 thousand people dead over a period of eleven years.
Although Nepalese people have fo...
September 21, 2006
The Anatomy of a Maoist Extortion - "Time to think of protecting ourselves"
Editor: Dr Thomas Marks
(Courtesy: Account of events provided by eye witnesses and summarized by our local correspondent in Kathmandu)
It is time again to talk again of protecting ourselves. The Maoists behave in such r...
September 16, 2006
An Analysis of Photos of Nepali Maoist Weapons -
By Dr Thomas Marks
Even as the Maoists emphasize the "Political Warfare" line of operation in their people's war approach - relying upon menace, extortion, and criminal activity in their effort to induce a nervous breakdown in an already dysf...
August 28, 2006
By Rajat KC
The United States’ only super power of the world wants to ensure democracy to flourish all over the world. Similarly, America has expressed her desire to see Nepal as peaceful democratic country. Unfortunately, democracy and freedom of Nepal is jeopardized due to ongoing Maoist pro...
July 18, 2006
Dr. Thomas A. Marks
As Nepal moves towards a new order, its governing parliamentarians would do well to heed that most fundamental of maxims: hope is not a method. To date, events have gone reasonably smoothly, but there continue to be ominous signs that a rougher road lies ahead. Not least of t...
May 16, 2006
The real significance of the latest turn of political events in Nepal lies less in the victory of the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) than in the defeat of the Maoist rebels.
During the mainstream parties’ four-year stalemate with King Gyanendra, following the monarch’s dismissal of Nepal’s last electe...
May 07, 2006
BY PURUSHOTTAM
The South Asian nations have vowed an unrelenting fight against terrorism which they have called a major threat in the region. They have vowed to combat it unitedly and they have showed determination not to rest till the terrorism is completely wiped from this region. They also rei...
May 07, 2006
Since the advent of the multiparty political system back in 1990, Nepal has been the laboratory for the political experiments. The political experiments in a country, which is very poor, will be so expensive that the process of other development activities would be stalled. Thus, Nepal cannot afford...
May 07, 2006
NEPAL: Hope is Not a Method
Dr Thomas A. Marks
Dr. Marks is a political risk consultant based in Honolulu, Hawaii and a frequent visitor to Nepal. He has authored a number of benchmark works on Maoist insurgency.
As Nepal moves towards a new order, its governing parliamentarians wou...
May 06, 2006
It is time to stand by the King
DAMIEN CHETTRI
What a joke! The two major parties along with other smaller parties which branded the Maoists as terrorists yesterday are now howling to become close allies with the Maoists!
This clearly tells us that these political parties are not the part of ...
May 06, 2006
Why Mao? Tragedy on hold in Nepal. Why it matters beyond Kathmandu
By Thomas A. Marks
In Nepal, the last-minute restoration of parliament by King Gyanendra has temporarily put on hold the street drama that threatened to become a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions. In scenes that could pass for...
May 06, 2006
We Don't Want Maoists in Nepal
By B.B from Nepal
Until few months back, there used to be a stalemate between the King and the Maoists.
The Maoists have taken over many places in Nepal, but their revolution is not successful until they take over the capital.
They could not possibly take over ...
May 06, 2006
By Laba Karki
Kathmandu - The major issue facing Nepal today is not whether our King Gyanendra should restore parliament but rather whether we as Nepalese should be united strong as a nation under God against the Maoist terrorists and the foreign bullies.
In the present-day political crisis in N...
May 06, 2006
BY DR. THOMAS A. MARKS
Kathmandu, 22 April: Even as I write, events in Nepal unfold as if a Broadway play nary a miscue from the script passed out months ago in the Nepalese media. Having declared a "ceasefire inside the Kathmandu Valley," thus to gain the media "spin" that would necessar...
May 05, 2006
Dilemma of constituent assembly
Laba Karki
It should be forewarned that the dilemma of free elections for constituent assembly (the process of electing a body for drafting a new constitution) in Nepal is that it will potentially lead to victory by anti-liberal forces, and thereby give rise to ...
May 05, 2006
I.K. Pradhan
The landmark expressions of pragmatism made by the King to the civic reception, emitted many vital ingredients that deserved to be driven home, vis-a-vis the present crisis ridden situation. The King has indicated in lucid terms, the need of down to earth new dimensional realities, pe...
May 01, 2006
BB from Nepal
Wasn't there a compulsion of an acknowledged, proficient, reputable and recognised leadership to curb or impede the demonstration on the streets of KTM? It was in the name of democracy but for a communist republic. The Maoists slogan of an unconditional constituency assembly is nothi...
April 22, 2006
Monarchy an antidote to the poison of Maoists
LABA KARKI
The major issue facing Nepal today is not whether our King Gyanendra should restore parliament but rather whether we as Nepalese should be united strong as a nation under God against the Maoist terrorists and the foreign bullies.
I...
April 22, 2006
SPAM, India and untangled Nepal
DR. THOMAS A. MARKS
Even as I write, events in Nepal unfold as if a Broadway play nary a miscue from the script passed out months ago in the Nepalese media. Having declared a "ceasefire inside the Kathmandu Valley," thus to gain the media "spin" that would ...
April 20, 2006
MALLA
At a time when the Nepalese ship of state is floundering without a helmsman, the King’s New Year’s message has not been able to provide the necessary respite to the long-suffering people. Peace and democracy have disappeared into the far horizon. The people are caught up between the devi...
April 14, 2006
Nepal is facing the worst time in the form of terrorism. Terrorism has reached its peak in recent times. On an average two people are killed every day in the violence perpetrated by Maoists. Sadly, some political parties have become puppets and joined hands with Maoists leaders.
Last week, Indian ...
November 30, 1999
By Rajat KC
One of my friends told me other day that one of his relatives was looted a couple of days ago by a group of Maoists.
Initially the Maoists entered his private residence at night for the purpose of intimidation. But when they found the environment favourable, they showed their guns ...