Refugee Health Fair aims to help new Tucsonans adjust – Arizona Daily Star (October 31, 2009) – [read more]
Children sucking on juice boxes and parents looking for medical assistance nudged past two boys wielding a giant, inflatable toothbrush Saturday morning at Tucson’s first Refugee Health Fair. In the courtyard of the Martha Cooper Branch Library on …

National Documentary Festival postponed – Daily Times (October 31, 2009) – [read more]
ISLAMABAD: The three-day National Documentary Festival 2009, scheduled to start from today (Nov 1), has been postponed for a month. Now the festival would be held from December 4-6 at South Asian Media Centre Lahore, sources confirmed. Documentary …

Rota event a huge success – Gulf Times (October 31, 2009) – [read more]
HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani at the gala dinner. HH Sheikha Mozah addressing the audience. PICTURE: Maher Attar HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani and HH Sheikha Mozah Nasser al-Misnad attended the third Reach Out To Asia …

Kishenji & Nepal’s Maoists met secretly in India last month’ – Indian Express (October 31, 2009) – [read more]
Despite repeated denials by top Nepali Maoist leaders that they have no “working relationship” with Maoists in India, there’s information that the two parties did meet — as recently as early this month. This has significant implications at a …

Parties urged to accelerate ongoing peace process – Gulf Times (October 31, 2009) – [read more]
The delegation of the British parliament’s International Development Committee has urged Nepal’s political parties to accelerate the ongoing peace process. Organising a press conference in Kathmandu yesterday, after completing the four-day visit …

Nepal Maoists’ stir likely to hit flights – Tribune (October 31, 2009) – [read more]
Nepal Maoists’ stir likely to hit flights Bishnu Budhathoki writes from Kathmandu The United Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists (UCPN-M) will start their fortnight-long agitation on November 1 that among other things will also be stalling …

Dehradun, October 31 – Tribune (October 31, 2009) – [read more]
On the occasion of the 541st birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, a long procession of Prakash Parv took place here today. The whole event began with a nagar kirtan from the gurdwara at Patel Nagar at 1 pm and ended at Gurdwara Sri Singh Sabha at 7 …

Sue Watt – Journalism.co.uk (October 31, 2009) – [read more]
Regular contributor to: Travel Africa Magazine. Contributor to “1001 Escapes to Make Before You Die,” a travel book by Quintessence for publication in October 2009. I’m the co-author of the Footprint Tanzania guidebook, 2nd Edition, with recent …

Nepali Times

Tarun Dal vs. YCL (October 30, 2009) – [read more]
The Nepali Congress youth wing wants UNMIN camps

Diarrhoea inquiry (October 29, 2009) – [read more]
National Human Rights Commission wants an inquiry into the deaths of diarrhoea

Budget alternatives (October 29, 2009) – [read more]
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal is looking for ways to bypass parliament to approve the

Marching in (October 28, 2009) – [read more]
Maoists threaten new wave of protests against the

Deal or no deal (October 26, 2009) – [read more]
Another week, another condition: the Maoists are now seeking the resignation of the prime

Peace in pieces (October 23, 2009) – [read more]
Defence Minister Bidya Bhandari’s comment on army recruitment irks UNMIN

Troubled waters (October 22, 2009) – [read more]
The government has proposed an ambitious plan to clean Kathmandu’s rivers in response to a Supreme Court verdict.

Freer than before (October 21, 2009) – [read more]
Press freedom in Nepal has improved than last year, says Reporters without

Nepal News

Nepal Maoists ask India to keep out of renewed protests (October 30, 2009) – [read more]

By Sudeshna Sarkar, Kathmandu, Oct 30 : Ahead of their announced blockade of government offices, the Kathmandu valley and Nepal’s only international airport, the republic’s former Maoist guerrillas Friday asked neighbour India not to intervene, saying it was an internal matter of Nepal.

India may allow passage for Nepal trucks to Bangladesh (October 30, 2009) – [read more]

Bangladesh News.Net Friday 30th October, 2009 India is considering granting passage to trucks from Nepal going to Bangladesh, media reports said.

Maoists attack former PM in Nepal (October 29, 2009) – [read more]

A group of Maoists attacked Nepali Congress leaders including former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and Parliament member Gagan Thapa in Chitawan district in Nepal.

Tigers kill six children in Nepal (October 28, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: A two-year-old girl was killed and partially eaten by a tiger in central Nepal, bringing the toll of children killed to six even as an international summit started in the capital Tuesday bringing experts together to discuss strategies to save the big cats from extinction.

Nepal for global action on tiger conservation (October 27, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: Nepal is seriously engaged in taking the on-going peace process to a positive conclusion, writing a new democratic Constitution within the stipulated time-frame, and meeting the rising aspirations of the Nepalese people.

Indo-Nepal security talks in Nov (October 26, 2009) – [read more]

The government has picked up cross border crime as its main agenda for the dialogue, which in its second edition is going to take place in Kathmandu, informed sources at the Home Ministry.

UN Mission in Nepal chief meets UCPN-M chairman (October 25, 2009) – [read more]

United Nations Mission in Nepal Chief Karen Landgren called on Unified Communist Party of Nepal Chairman Prachanda at the latter’s residence in the capital Kathmandu on Sunday.

UML all for directly-elected PM, MMP electoral system (October 25, 2009) – [read more]

The party has said that it is in support of giving all executive power to the cabinet headed by a prime minister who obtains at least 51 percent of votes directly from the people.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

UN Says Nepali Peace Process Has More Challenges Ahead (October 31, 2009) – [read more]
The Constituent Assembly has faced repeated delays in drafting the new constitution. The delays have led to growing public speculation and concern that the May 2010 promulgation deadline will not be met.
Report of the UN Secretary-General on the request of Nepal for United Nations assistance in support of its peace process
I. Introduction
1. The present report [...]

Reds 2.0 – Foreign Policy (October 30, 2009) – [read more]
When you think about communist propaganda, you might think of Stalin glaring down at you from a wall, happy workers singing in strangely clean factories and well-thumbed copies of Mao’s little red book. But it’s the twenty-first century, and even …

Ajay Chhibber and Andreas Schild: “Moving Mountains” – New York Times (October 30, 2009) – [read more]
The roof of the world is springing a dangerous leak. Accelerated melting of glaciers and changes in rainfall patterns in the high Himalayan mountain chain are posing a growing risk to people’s lives and livelihoods in the 10 river basins downstream …

Tata Power plans JV projects with Norway co – Economic Times (October 30, 2009) – [read more]
MUMBAI: Tata Power, India’s largest private utility, has planned a joint equity investment of Rs 4,000-Rs 5,000 crore over five years to build joint venture hydropower projects with Norway’s renewable energy firm SN Power. The move signals Tata …

Doctor says Cambodia’s ‘jungle woman’ is sick and apparently … – The Gaea Times (October 29, 2009) – [read more]
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A woman dubbed the “jungle woman” after emerging naked and unable to speak from the wilds of northeastern Cambodia two years ago is sick and apparently suffering from mental illness, a doctor said Friday. Hing Phan …

Collective political commitment needed, say tiger experts – Hindu (October 30, 2009) – [read more]
Majestic beauty: Tiger sightings have increased in the Bandipur National Park. The just-concluded Kathmandu Global Tiger Workshop called for strict protection of the beast and its core breeding areas KATHMANDU: Experts from the tiger range countries …

Finally, a Windfall for Tea Farmers – TMCnet (October 30, 2009) – [read more]
Nairobi, Oct 30, 2009 (Inter Press Service/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) — Despite the sweltering sun and with a heavy load on her back Mary Muthoni strides to the tea buying centre with joy and pride painted on her face. “This is a different …

Skyrail, flyovers to decongest Dhaka – Gulf Times (October 30, 2009) – [read more]
Bangladesh’s national capital is going in for a facelift that will include a skyrail, flyovers, underground railways and orbital waterways as part of the effort to decongest the city’s roads. Dhaka, which has a population of over 10mn, also …

Green light for Nepal trucks to Bangladesh – Gulf Times (October 30, 2009) – [read more]
The possibility of a trilateral arrangement was considered when commerce ministers of the three nations met at the South Asian Free Trade Agreement (Safta) ministerial council meeting in Kathmandu on Wednesday, United News of Bangladesh (UNB) news …

Nepali Times

Tarun Dal vs. YCL (October 30, 2009) – [read more]
The Nepali Congress youth wing wants UNMIN camps

Diarrhoea inquiry (October 29, 2009) – [read more]
National Human Rights Commission wants an inquiry into the deaths of diarrhoea

Budget alternatives (October 29, 2009) – [read more]
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal is looking for ways to bypass parliament to approve the

Marching in (October 28, 2009) – [read more]
Maoists threaten new wave of protests against the

Deal or no deal (October 26, 2009) – [read more]
Another week, another condition: the Maoists are now seeking the resignation of the prime

Peace in pieces (October 23, 2009) – [read more]
Defence Minister Bidya Bhandari’s comment on army recruitment irks UNMIN

Troubled waters (October 22, 2009) – [read more]
The government has proposed an ambitious plan to clean Kathmandu’s rivers in response to a Supreme Court verdict.

Freer than before (October 21, 2009) – [read more]
Press freedom in Nepal has improved than last year, says Reporters without

Nepal News

India may allow passage for Nepal trucks to Bangladesh (October 30, 2009) – [read more]

Bangladesh News.Net Friday 30th October, 2009 India is considering granting passage to trucks from Nepal going to Bangladesh, media reports said.

Maoists attack former PM in Nepal (October 29, 2009) – [read more]

A group of Maoists attacked Nepali Congress leaders including former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and Parliament member Gagan Thapa in Chitawan district in Nepal.

Tigers kill six children in Nepal (October 28, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: A two-year-old girl was killed and partially eaten by a tiger in central Nepal, bringing the toll of children killed to six even as an international summit started in the capital Tuesday bringing experts together to discuss strategies to save the big cats from extinction.

Nepal for global action on tiger conservation (October 27, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: Nepal is seriously engaged in taking the on-going peace process to a positive conclusion, writing a new democratic Constitution within the stipulated time-frame, and meeting the rising aspirations of the Nepalese people.

Indo-Nepal security talks in Nov (October 26, 2009) – [read more]

The government has picked up cross border crime as its main agenda for the dialogue, which in its second edition is going to take place in Kathmandu, informed sources at the Home Ministry.

UN Mission in Nepal chief meets UCPN-M chairman (October 25, 2009) – [read more]

United Nations Mission in Nepal Chief Karen Landgren called on Unified Communist Party of Nepal Chairman Prachanda at the latter’s residence in the capital Kathmandu on Sunday.

UML all for directly-elected PM, MMP electoral system (October 25, 2009) – [read more]

The party has said that it is in support of giving all executive power to the cabinet headed by a prime minister who obtains at least 51 percent of votes directly from the people.

Tiger skin trade in China exposed (October 24, 2009) – [read more]

Tiger skin trade in China exposed By Jody Bourton Earth News reporter Page last updated at 12:51 GMT, Friday, 23 October 2009 An undercover investigation has revealed the continued trade in tiger skins in China.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

Blog.com.np redirects here (January 26, 2008) – [read more]
Update: United We Blog at blog.com.np is up and running. Please click here to go the page or at the headlines on the right to go to individual pages.
Plus, click here for Blogmandu’s new address.
Original post………………
Blog.com.np currently redirects here. That domain is currently being maintained because we are changing the host. We hopt the site [...]

Bangladesh ranks low in South Asia mobile use – The Daily Star (October 25, 2009) – [read more]
Bangladesh’s mobile penetration rate stood at 28 percent in 2008 lagging behind war-ravaged Afghanistan’s 29 percent in South Asia, according to a regional report. “Of course, the fact that Afghanistan is ahead of Bangladesh in mobile penetration …

EC wants state to fund parties – The Daily Star (October 25, 2009) – [read more]
The Election Commission (EC) will hold talks with the political parties to raise their political funds with the government contribution to bring transparency in their income and expenditure, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda said …

International military gather at PaCom event – Air Force Times (October 25, 2009) – [read more]
HONOLULU — Military leaders of more than 20 nations are scheduled to attend a conference in Honolulu hosted by Adm. Robert Willard, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command. The 12th annual Chiefs of Defense Conference is set to begin Monday and run …

Gurkhas reunited with families – Daily Telegraph (October 25, 2009) – [read more]
The soldiers from Foxtrot Company, comprising troops from the 1st and 2nd Battalions The Royal Gurkha Rifles, returned to Sir John Moore Barracks in Shorncliffe, Folkestone, Kent. Pipes and drums greeted the Gurkhas as they arrived in two coaches at …

Nepal, WHO gearing up anti-flu drive for winter – Balita News (October 25, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, Oct. 25 — The Nepali government and the World Health Organization (WHO) have focused on following up a strongly non-pharmaceutical intervention in view of coming three months of winter. “As other seasonal flu or viral activity also …

‘Maoists seek to dislodge Nepal govt’ – Hindustan Times (October 25, 2009) – [read more]
Nepal Maoists, who have announced a fresh protest against the government from next month, aim to dislodge the 22-party coalition, a top leader of the former rebels said on Sunday. The UCPN-Maoist have threatened to begin a stir from November 1 if the …

Superpower rivalry, Sino-Indian style – The Guardian (October 25, 2009) – [read more]
The idea of China’s “peaceful rise” has always represented the triumph of imagination over reality. But over the last several months, Beijing has done enough to shatter every hope of peace in Asia. It began with an unprecedented attempt by Beijing in …

Naxal release of kidnapped cop similar to Kandahar, Rubaiya episodes … – New Kerala (October 25, 2009) – [read more]
New Delhi, Oct. 24 : West Bengal Home Secretary Ardhendu Sen has said that the release of kidnapped West Bengal police officer Attindranath Dutta in exchange for 22 Maoist prisoners can be compared to the 1999-2000 Kandahar hijack episode. Sen …

Nepali Times

Peace in pieces (October 23, 2009) – [read more]
Defence Minister Bidya Bhandari’s comment on army recruitment irks UNMIN

Troubled waters (October 22, 2009) – [read more]
The government has proposed an ambitious plan to clean Kathmandu’s rivers in response to a Supreme Court verdict.

Freer than before (October 21, 2009) – [read more]
Press freedom in Nepal has improved than last year, says Reporters without

Deal near? (October 21, 2009) – [read more]
Thanks to their tea-party diplomacy, the leaders of the Big Three political parties are close to resolving their differences after pledging “flexibility” to seek language acceptable to all

Nepal’s new deputy PM (October 13, 2009) – [read more]
Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala has been promoted to the post of deputy prime

Dahal leaves for China (October 11, 2009) – [read more]
Maoist chairman makes a second visit to China to bolster relations with the communist

New report raises conflict toll (September 22, 2009) – [read more]
The death toll of the 10-year long insurgency is 3,000 more than previously reported.

They’ve done it again (September 16, 2009) – [read more]
Maoists tried to block PM Nepal’s attendance at Tribhuvan University’s convocation

Nepal News

UML all for directly-elected PM, MMP electoral system (October 25, 2009) – [read more]

The party has said that it is in support of giving all executive power to the cabinet headed by a prime minister who obtains at least 51 percent of votes directly from the people.

Tiger skin trade in China exposed (October 24, 2009) – [read more]

Tiger skin trade in China exposed By Jody Bourton Earth News reporter Page last updated at 12:51 GMT, Friday, 23 October 2009 An undercover investigation has revealed the continued trade in tiger skins in China.

New treaty to come into force on Oct 27 (October 24, 2009) – [read more]

Government officials said that the Commerce Ministers from Nepal and India will put ink on the revised treaty amid a function on Tuesday.

Maoists extend ultimatum to Nepal government (October 23, 2009) – [read more]

Nepal’s former Maoist guerrillas Friday extended the 24-hour ultimatum they had slapped on the coalition government, saying they would start fresh protests if their demands were not addressed by Nov 1. The central committee of the formerly outlawed party began a council of war at the party office in Kathmandu Friday to finalise a new protest …

Poudel blasts PM over Sujata (October 22, 2009) – [read more]

CHITWAN: Nepali Congress Vice President Ram Chandra Poudel on Thursday said relations of NC leaders with Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal have gone sour after his decision to promote Sujata Koirala to deputy prime minister.

Three Nepali killed in India road accident (October 22, 2009) – [read more]

The deceased are Santosh Gupta of Dhamboji, Bipun Khetan of Surkhet Road and Rabi Kishor Agrawal of Bageshwori Tole, according to Pradip Gupta, deputy general secretary of Nepalgunj Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Families divided as refugees start new lives (October 21, 2009) – [read more]

Bhutanese refugee women look out from their bamboo hut at the Beldangi II refugee camp, some 300km south-east of Kathmandu Chandrakhar Adhikari does not know whether he will ever see his two brothers again.

Drive to stop mass animal sacrifice (October 20, 2009) – [read more]

In this picture taken on September 27, 2009, bystanders watch as soldiers prepare to sacrifice a buffalo on the ninth day of Dashain Festival in Kathmandu Every five years a temple in southern Nepal plays host to an extraordinary religious festival in which hundreds of thousands of animals are sacrificed to the Hindu goddess of power Gadhimai.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

A Maoist Agricultural Center in Nepal (October 17, 2009) – [read more]
By Neil Horning

On the way to Chorkate, Gorkha, about a 3 hour bus ride from the district headquarters, a conspicuous facility covered with red flags is noticeable by the roadside.
Nammuna Agricultural Center is run by the United Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) as an agricultural cooperative, intended to teach agricultural skills and collective farming [...]

Nepal’s Political Impasse (August 23, 2009) – [read more]
Ending his five-day official and ‘mandatory’ India tour, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal returns to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal that is going through the turbulent times: Opposition threatening to bring down a shaky coalition, anti-nationalist forces based in Nepal-India border launching vicious attacks against the State in Terai and a fragile peace process [...]

Face Value: Being a Nepali in India (August 9, 2009) – [read more]
What are Nepalis and Indians supposed to look like? Search me!

By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
This article first appeared in today’s Kathmandu Post. Here is the PDF page It’s also available in eKantipur, and the official web page of the Post.
I often carry my passport these days in Delhi whenever I go out. Not that a [...]

Maoist Showdown Begins in Nepal, Again (August 8, 2009) – [read more]
Maoists block the house proceedings and have warned to stage a series of protests from both the streets and the parliament if the issue of civilian supremacy is not resolved. Prime Minister Nepal makes it clear to the Maoist chairman Prachanda that there will be no discussion on resolution motion against the President
Prime Minister Madhav [...]

Life and Death in Kandahar (August 1, 2009) – [read more]
Chopper crash survivor retells

By Dinesh Wagle
[This article was first published in today's Kathmandu Post Here is PDF version of the page. Here is Nepali version PDF with more details that appeared in Kantipur daily.]
NEW DELHI- Bishnu Malla was probably the happiest man in the flight when he left Kathmandu two and half months ago. The [...]

Never Again: Maoists in Nepal and India (July 26, 2009) – [read more]
Nepal’s Maoist conflict has thankfully ended while India seems to have begun its own.
[This article was first published in today's Kathmandu Post Here is PDF version of the page.]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
“An amazing, heart gripping and emotionally loaded showcase of the reasons why not to go to war! Hope [these] photos… act as a [...]

Nepal: A Country Cursed by a Widow? (July 19, 2009) – [read more]
By Krishna Giri
I don’t think any Nepali will raise their eyebrows when they hear- “SATI LE SARAPEKO DESH”. Right from the unification, Nepali have witnessed ongoing severity in terms of governance. Power snatching by any means has become style in Nepal. I don’t want to go back to 17th century to dig the past. Rather [...]

Inclusive Hindutva: BJP in India (June 27, 2009) – [read more]
The Bharatiya Janata Party of India has realized that its hard-line brand of Hindutva politics doesn’t work anymore. And that’s a good news thanks to its defeat in the parliamentary polls
By Dinesh Wagle
as published in today’s Kathmandu Post
“There’s a fire raging in BJP,” said a headline in India the previous week. After the humiliating loss [...]

Nepalese PM wants Maoists to end stir, join govt – Zee News (October 24, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu: Amid a Maoists threat of a stir, the Nepalese Prime Minister on Saturday asked the former rebels to help end the political deadlock over the President’s controversial decision to reinstate the former Army Chief in May. Madhav Kumar Nepal …

Chhath being observed today – Himalayan Times (October 24, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU: People especially those living across the Terai belt celebrated on Saturday the festival of Chhatt, otherwise known as SuryaShashti, with the devotees taking bath in the rivers and ponds and the worshipping the setting sun. The Valley also …

Youngsters spend summer helping others in Nepal – Taipei Times (October 24, 2009) – [read more]
Chia-chia (佳佳), A-ta (阿達), Yen-hao (彥豪), Che-wei (哲緯), Chen-hua (振華), Hui-ying (慧瑛), Meng-hua (萌鏵) and Yi-ning (藝寧) used to live in despair — and even felt lost. However, they were a picture of hope yesterday, as …

Nepal under pressure to stop animal sacrifice – Hindustan Times (October 24, 2009) – [read more]
The Nepalese government is under mounting pressure from animal right activists, which includes India’s noted activist Maneka Gandhi, to stop the centuries old animal sacrifice at Gadhimai Festival in Bara district. Around 2,00,000 animals including …

Nepal wants Maoists to end stir, join govt – Press Trust of India (October 24, 2009) – [read more]
Shirish B. Pradhan Kathmandu, Oct 24 (PTI) Amid a Maoists threat of a stir, the Nepalese Prime Minister today asked the former rebels to help end the political deadlock over the President?s controversial decision to reinstate the former army chief in …

Islam and Modern Times: Is There a Case For Reinterpretation? – Chowk (October 24, 2009) – [read more]
Speaking of references, here’s one you quoted to show that Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) claimed to be the last prophet: “I am the last prophet, and my mosque is the last mosque”. I asked you to read this hadith again … and ponder over the meaning of …

Maoists get arms from abroad: P Chidambaram – Daily News and Analysis (October 24, 2009) – [read more]
There was no no evidence of any money flowing in from abroad to the Maoists but “there is certainly evidence of weapons being smuggled from abroad through Myanmar or Bangladesh” and possibly Nepal, he said. During a wide-ranging interview …

Rights group criticises appointment of acting Nepal army chief – Smash Hits.com (October 24, 2009) – [read more]
New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) A Delhi-based regional human rights group has criticised Nepal government’s appointment of a senior officer accused of alleged human rights abuses as the acting chief of the army staff. The Nepal cabinet had Friday approved …

Nepali Times

Peace in pieces (October 23, 2009) – [read more]
Defence Minister Bidya Bhandari’s comment on army recruitment irks UNMIN

Troubled waters (October 22, 2009) – [read more]
The government has proposed an ambitious plan to clean Kathmandu’s rivers in response to a Supreme Court verdict.

Freer than before (October 21, 2009) – [read more]
Press freedom in Nepal has improved than last year, says Reporters without

Deal near? (October 21, 2009) – [read more]
Thanks to their tea-party diplomacy, the leaders of the Big Three political parties are close to resolving their differences after pledging “flexibility” to seek language acceptable to all

Nepal’s new deputy PM (October 13, 2009) – [read more]
Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala has been promoted to the post of deputy prime

Dahal leaves for China (October 11, 2009) – [read more]
Maoist chairman makes a second visit to China to bolster relations with the communist

New report raises conflict toll (September 22, 2009) – [read more]
The death toll of the 10-year long insurgency is 3,000 more than previously reported.

They’ve done it again (September 16, 2009) – [read more]
Maoists tried to block PM Nepal’s attendance at Tribhuvan University’s convocation

Nepal News

New treaty to come into force on Oct 27 (October 24, 2009) – [read more]

Government officials said that the Commerce Ministers from Nepal and India will put ink on the revised treaty amid a function on Tuesday.

Maoists extend ultimatum to Nepal government (October 23, 2009) – [read more]

Nepal’s former Maoist guerrillas Friday extended the 24-hour ultimatum they had slapped on the coalition government, saying they would start fresh protests if their demands were not addressed by Nov 1. The central committee of the formerly outlawed party began a council of war at the party office in Kathmandu Friday to finalise a new protest …

Poudel blasts PM over Sujata (October 22, 2009) – [read more]

CHITWAN: Nepali Congress Vice President Ram Chandra Poudel on Thursday said relations of NC leaders with Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal have gone sour after his decision to promote Sujata Koirala to deputy prime minister.

Three Nepali killed in India road accident (October 22, 2009) – [read more]

The deceased are Santosh Gupta of Dhamboji, Bipun Khetan of Surkhet Road and Rabi Kishor Agrawal of Bageshwori Tole, according to Pradip Gupta, deputy general secretary of Nepalgunj Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Families divided as refugees start new lives (October 21, 2009) – [read more]

Bhutanese refugee women look out from their bamboo hut at the Beldangi II refugee camp, some 300km south-east of Kathmandu Chandrakhar Adhikari does not know whether he will ever see his two brothers again.

Drive to stop mass animal sacrifice (October 20, 2009) – [read more]

In this picture taken on September 27, 2009, bystanders watch as soldiers prepare to sacrifice a buffalo on the ninth day of Dashain Festival in Kathmandu Every five years a temple in southern Nepal plays host to an extraordinary religious festival in which hundreds of thousands of animals are sacrificed to the Hindu goddess of power Gadhimai.

China visit was important, says Prachanda (October 20, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” said his weeklong visit to China was important in improving relations between the two countries.

China projects Kashmir as a separate country (October 19, 2009) – [read more]

A map of Jammu& Kashmir, showing the LoC. IANS KATHMANDU: Besides issuing separate visas to Indian passport holders from Jammu and Kashmir, China is also projecting the disputed territory as an independent country in other ways.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

A Maoist Agricultural Center in Nepal (October 17, 2009) – [read more]
By Neil Horning

On the way to Chorkate, Gorkha, about a 3 hour bus ride from the district headquarters, a conspicuous facility covered with red flags is noticeable by the roadside.
Nammuna Agricultural Center is run by the United Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) as an agricultural cooperative, intended to teach agricultural skills and collective farming [...]

Nepal’s Political Impasse (August 23, 2009) – [read more]
Ending his five-day official and ‘mandatory’ India tour, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal returns to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal that is going through the turbulent times: Opposition threatening to bring down a shaky coalition, anti-nationalist forces based in Nepal-India border launching vicious attacks against the State in Terai and a fragile peace process [...]

Face Value: Being a Nepali in India (August 9, 2009) – [read more]
What are Nepalis and Indians supposed to look like? Search me!

By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
This article first appeared in today’s Kathmandu Post. Here is the PDF page It’s also available in eKantipur, and the official web page of the Post.
I often carry my passport these days in Delhi whenever I go out. Not that a [...]

Maoist Showdown Begins in Nepal, Again (August 8, 2009) – [read more]
Maoists block the house proceedings and have warned to stage a series of protests from both the streets and the parliament if the issue of civilian supremacy is not resolved. Prime Minister Nepal makes it clear to the Maoist chairman Prachanda that there will be no discussion on resolution motion against the President
Prime Minister Madhav [...]

Life and Death in Kandahar (August 1, 2009) – [read more]
Chopper crash survivor retells

By Dinesh Wagle
[This article was first published in today's Kathmandu Post Here is PDF version of the page. Here is Nepali version PDF with more details that appeared in Kantipur daily.]
NEW DELHI- Bishnu Malla was probably the happiest man in the flight when he left Kathmandu two and half months ago. The [...]

Never Again: Maoists in Nepal and India (July 26, 2009) – [read more]
Nepal’s Maoist conflict has thankfully ended while India seems to have begun its own.
[This article was first published in today's Kathmandu Post Here is PDF version of the page.]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
“An amazing, heart gripping and emotionally loaded showcase of the reasons why not to go to war! Hope [these] photos… act as a [...]

Nepal: A Country Cursed by a Widow? (July 19, 2009) – [read more]
By Krishna Giri
I don’t think any Nepali will raise their eyebrows when they hear- “SATI LE SARAPEKO DESH”. Right from the unification, Nepali have witnessed ongoing severity in terms of governance. Power snatching by any means has become style in Nepal. I don’t want to go back to 17th century to dig the past. Rather [...]

Inclusive Hindutva: BJP in India (June 27, 2009) – [read more]
The Bharatiya Janata Party of India has realized that its hard-line brand of Hindutva politics doesn’t work anymore. And that’s a good news thanks to its defeat in the parliamentary polls
By Dinesh Wagle
as published in today’s Kathmandu Post
“There’s a fire raging in BJP,” said a headline in India the previous week. After the humiliating loss [...]

Abridged Too Far – Thirteen – TheSixthAxis (October 23, 2009) – [read more]
There was once a man named Nathan Drake, but you know him; we’ve met him once before . But what has old Drakey-boy been up to this time? Well, since we last saw him riding off into the sunset with a boat-load of gold and Elena on his arm, things …

Uncharted Waters, A Multiplayer Blog – TheSixthAxis (October 23, 2009) – [read more]
Ah, two words that inspire me, “co” and “op”. They work so well together, taking on half the workload, and giving each other meaning. When Nofi and I get together for a spot of co-op we share a similar dynamic: we work well together in the …

Victims of human trafficking demand better protection and prosecution … – Newser (October 23, 2009) – [read more]
A father of two from Nepal who thought he was going to America wound up in Iraq, forced to work at a U.S. airbase. A 14-year-old Ugandan girl kidnapped by rebels spent nearly eight years in captivity as a sex slave and human shield. And a young …

Mounting concern in UN Security Council over Nepal stalemate – Thaindian.com (October 23, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu, Oct 23 (IANS) For the first time since 2006, when Nepal’s Maoist guerrillas signed a peace pact and confined their “People’s Liberation Army” (PLA) to makeshift barracks, the UN Security Council Friday sent representatives to visit …

UNSC envoys, UNMIN chief tours NA weapons storage, Maoist cantonment – Nepalnews.com (October 23, 2009) – [read more]
A team comprising representatives of the five member states of the UN Security Council (UNSC) and Chief of the United Nations mission in Nepal (UNMIN) Karin Landgren toured the site of the Nepal Army weapons store at Chhauni, Kathmandu and visited …

Speed up constituting drafting, UN tells Nepal – Freshnews (October 23, 2009) – [read more]
The UN said Nepal needs to speed up the process of Constitution drafting and work for strengthening fundamentals of good governance, even as Deputy Premier Sujata Koirala asked the world body to continue its assistance to the peace process. On the …

UCPN-M gives 10-day ultimatum to govt – Nepalnews.com (October 23, 2009) – [read more]
The Unified CPN (Maoist) on Friday gave 9-day ultimatum to the government to address the demands raised by the party regarding the President’s move. A meeting of the Maoist standing committee held at the party headquarters Paris Danda gave November 1 …

Look for local opportunities: PM – Himalayan Times (October 23, 2009) – [read more]
DHULIKHEL: Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal suggested that students be more disciplined, polite and morally good. Speaking at the 15th convocation programme of Kathmandu University in Dhulikhel, Kavre on Friday, the PM suggested that the students …

Nepali Times

Peace in pieces (October 23, 2009) – [read more]
Defence Minister Bidya Bhandari’s comment on army recruitment irks UNMIN

Troubled waters (October 22, 2009) – [read more]
The government has proposed an ambitious plan to clean Kathmandu’s rivers in response to a Supreme Court verdict.

Freer than before (October 21, 2009) – [read more]
Press freedom in Nepal has improved than last year, says Reporters without

Deal near? (October 21, 2009) – [read more]
Thanks to their tea-party diplomacy, the leaders of the Big Three political parties are close to resolving their differences after pledging “flexibility” to seek language acceptable to all

Nepal’s new deputy PM (October 13, 2009) – [read more]
Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala has been promoted to the post of deputy prime

Dahal leaves for China (October 11, 2009) – [read more]
Maoist chairman makes a second visit to China to bolster relations with the communist

New report raises conflict toll (September 22, 2009) – [read more]
The death toll of the 10-year long insurgency is 3,000 more than previously reported.

They’ve done it again (September 16, 2009) – [read more]
Maoists tried to block PM Nepal’s attendance at Tribhuvan University’s convocation

Nepal News

Poudel blasts PM over Sujata (October 22, 2009) – [read more]

CHITWAN: Nepali Congress Vice President Ram Chandra Poudel on Thursday said relations of NC leaders with Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal have gone sour after his decision to promote Sujata Koirala to deputy prime minister.

Three Nepali killed in India road accident (October 22, 2009) – [read more]

The deceased are Santosh Gupta of Dhamboji, Bipun Khetan of Surkhet Road and Rabi Kishor Agrawal of Bageshwori Tole, according to Pradip Gupta, deputy general secretary of Nepalgunj Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Families divided as refugees start new lives (October 21, 2009) – [read more]

Bhutanese refugee women look out from their bamboo hut at the Beldangi II refugee camp, some 300km south-east of Kathmandu Chandrakhar Adhikari does not know whether he will ever see his two brothers again.

Drive to stop mass animal sacrifice (October 20, 2009) – [read more]

In this picture taken on September 27, 2009, bystanders watch as soldiers prepare to sacrifice a buffalo on the ninth day of Dashain Festival in Kathmandu Every five years a temple in southern Nepal plays host to an extraordinary religious festival in which hundreds of thousands of animals are sacrificed to the Hindu goddess of power Gadhimai.

China visit was important, says Prachanda (October 20, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” said his weeklong visit to China was important in improving relations between the two countries.

China projects Kashmir as a separate country (October 19, 2009) – [read more]

A map of Jammu& Kashmir, showing the LoC. IANS KATHMANDU: Besides issuing separate visas to Indian passport holders from Jammu and Kashmir, China is also projecting the disputed territory as an independent country in other ways.

Nepalese gay sex scandal may push poet off Irish syllabus (October 19, 2009) – [read more]

One of the foremost Irish-language poets is expected to have his work removed from the school curriculum in the wake of a tangled sexual controversy.

President, PM, others greet people on Nepal Sambat (October 18, 2009) – [read more]

He wished all Nepalis peace, prosperity and happiness. In a message of greetings released by the Office of the President Sunday, President Dr Yadav said we have been involving in a great campaign of making new constitution for three years.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

A Maoist Agricultural Center in Nepal (October 17, 2009) – [read more]
By Neil Horning

On the way to Chorkate, Gorkha, about a 3 hour bus ride from the district headquarters, a conspicuous facility covered with red flags is noticeable by the roadside.
Nammuna Agricultural Center is run by the United Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) as an agricultural cooperative, intended to teach agricultural skills and collective farming [...]

Nepal’s Political Impasse (August 23, 2009) – [read more]
Ending his five-day official and ‘mandatory’ India tour, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal returns to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal that is going through the turbulent times: Opposition threatening to bring down a shaky coalition, anti-nationalist forces based in Nepal-India border launching vicious attacks against the State in Terai and a fragile peace process [...]

Face Value: Being a Nepali in India (August 9, 2009) – [read more]
What are Nepalis and Indians supposed to look like? Search me!

By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
This article first appeared in today’s Kathmandu Post. Here is the PDF page It’s also available in eKantipur, and the official web page of the Post.
I often carry my passport these days in Delhi whenever I go out. Not that a [...]

Maoist Showdown Begins in Nepal, Again (August 8, 2009) – [read more]
Maoists block the house proceedings and have warned to stage a series of protests from both the streets and the parliament if the issue of civilian supremacy is not resolved. Prime Minister Nepal makes it clear to the Maoist chairman Prachanda that there will be no discussion on resolution motion against the President
Prime Minister Madhav [...]

Life and Death in Kandahar (August 1, 2009) – [read more]
Chopper crash survivor retells

By Dinesh Wagle
[This article was first published in today's Kathmandu Post Here is PDF version of the page. Here is Nepali version PDF with more details that appeared in Kantipur daily.]
NEW DELHI- Bishnu Malla was probably the happiest man in the flight when he left Kathmandu two and half months ago. The [...]

Never Again: Maoists in Nepal and India (July 26, 2009) – [read more]
Nepal’s Maoist conflict has thankfully ended while India seems to have begun its own.
[This article was first published in today's Kathmandu Post Here is PDF version of the page.]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
“An amazing, heart gripping and emotionally loaded showcase of the reasons why not to go to war! Hope [these] photos… act as a [...]

Nepal: A Country Cursed by a Widow? (July 19, 2009) – [read more]
By Krishna Giri
I don’t think any Nepali will raise their eyebrows when they hear- “SATI LE SARAPEKO DESH”. Right from the unification, Nepali have witnessed ongoing severity in terms of governance. Power snatching by any means has become style in Nepal. I don’t want to go back to 17th century to dig the past. Rather [...]

Inclusive Hindutva: BJP in India (June 27, 2009) – [read more]
The Bharatiya Janata Party of India has realized that its hard-line brand of Hindutva politics doesn’t work anymore. And that’s a good news thanks to its defeat in the parliamentary polls
By Dinesh Wagle
as published in today’s Kathmandu Post
“There’s a fire raging in BJP,” said a headline in India the previous week. After the humiliating loss [...]

Cops: Store clerk ran off with $1M lottery ticket – CNBC (October 22, 2009) – [read more]
AUSTIN, Texas – A 25-year-old convenience store clerk pocketed a customer’s $1 million winning lottery ticket, claimed the prize and skipped town, possibly back to his native Nepal, authorities said. Pankaj Joshi took 67-year-old Willis Willis …

Nepal: Floods, landslides hit food stocks – Reliefweb.int (October 22, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, 22 October 2009 (IRIN) – Food insecurity has increased for thousands of families in Nepal’s far- and mid-west regions as a result of flooding and landslides earlier this month. According to the Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS), the country’s …

China not curbing tiger parts trade: conservationists – SamayLive (October 22, 2009) – [read more]
New Delhi: Tiger skin from India is being clandestinely sold in Chinese markets, but Beijing is turning a blind eye despite repeated warnings, conservationists said here Thursday following an undercover operation carried out by them. “China has run …

Time to Clean Our Own Backyards – AgWeb (October 22, 2009) – [read more]
I have been to Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, but have not had the opportunity to explore the countryside of this former kingdom. I have not been to Ukaraine, and have not heard glowing reports either from my acquaintances who do business there …

Nepal to use homosexuals to boost tourism – Hindustan Times (October 22, 2009) – [read more]
Nepal is set to use lesbians and gays to boost its tourism sector, which has been adversely impacted after the country went through a devastating decade-long Maoists’ insurgency and political instability. Almost three years after the Supreme Court …

China turning blind eye to tiger trade: campaign group – Terra Daily (October 22, 2009) – [read more]
China is turning a blind eye to the thriving illegal trade in tiger parts, a campaign group said Thursday following an undercover investigation in western China and Tibet. The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), a British-based organisation …

China ignoring tiger trade – Straits Times (October 22, 2009) – [read more]
NEW DELHI – CHINA is turning a blind eye to the thriving illegal trade in tiger parts, a campaign group said on Thursday following an undercover investigation in western China and Tibet. The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), a British-based …

UN investigator says Nigeria confines prisoners to ‘torture room’ – Businessday Online (October 22, 2009) – [read more]
•Tells of horrors of world prisons. Inmates at a prison in Uruguay can spend years in “tin cans” — small metal boxes where temperatures rise to 140 degrees F (60 degrees C), while women and children were among prisoners in Nigeria confined to …

Nepali Times

Troubled waters (October 22, 2009) – [read more]
The government has proposed an ambitious plan to clean Kathmandu’s rivers in response to a Supreme Court verdict.

Freer than before (October 21, 2009) – [read more]
Press freedom in Nepal has improved than last year, says Reporters without

Deal near? (October 21, 2009) – [read more]
Thanks to their tea-party diplomacy, the leaders of the Big Three political parties are close to resolving their differences after pledging “flexibility” to seek language acceptable to all

Nepal’s new deputy PM (October 13, 2009) – [read more]
Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala has been promoted to the post of deputy prime

Dahal leaves for China (October 11, 2009) – [read more]
Maoist chairman makes a second visit to China to bolster relations with the communist

New report raises conflict toll (September 22, 2009) – [read more]
The death toll of the 10-year long insurgency is 3,000 more than previously reported.

They’ve done it again (September 16, 2009) – [read more]
Maoists tried to block PM Nepal’s attendance at Tribhuvan University’s convocation

US grant (September 15, 2009) – [read more]
The U.S. grants $900,000 for renovation of historical monuments in Patan Darbar

Nepal News

Three Nepali killed in India road accident (October 22, 2009) – [read more]

The deceased are Santosh Gupta of Dhamboji, Bipun Khetan of Surkhet Road and Rabi Kishor Agrawal of Bageshwori Tole, according to Pradip Gupta, deputy general secretary of Nepalgunj Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Families divided as refugees start new lives (October 21, 2009) – [read more]

Bhutanese refugee women look out from their bamboo hut at the Beldangi II refugee camp, some 300km south-east of Kathmandu Chandrakhar Adhikari does not know whether he will ever see his two brothers again.

Drive to stop mass animal sacrifice (October 20, 2009) – [read more]

In this picture taken on September 27, 2009, bystanders watch as soldiers prepare to sacrifice a buffalo on the ninth day of Dashain Festival in Kathmandu Every five years a temple in southern Nepal plays host to an extraordinary religious festival in which hundreds of thousands of animals are sacrificed to the Hindu goddess of power Gadhimai.

China visit was important, says Prachanda (October 20, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” said his weeklong visit to China was important in improving relations between the two countries.

China projects Kashmir as a separate country (October 19, 2009) – [read more]

A map of Jammu& Kashmir, showing the LoC. IANS KATHMANDU: Besides issuing separate visas to Indian passport holders from Jammu and Kashmir, China is also projecting the disputed territory as an independent country in other ways.

Nepalese gay sex scandal may push poet off Irish syllabus (October 19, 2009) – [read more]

One of the foremost Irish-language poets is expected to have his work removed from the school curriculum in the wake of a tangled sexual controversy.

President, PM, others greet people on Nepal Sambat (October 18, 2009) – [read more]

He wished all Nepalis peace, prosperity and happiness. In a message of greetings released by the Office of the President Sunday, President Dr Yadav said we have been involving in a great campaign of making new constitution for three years.

Nepali Congress (NC) vice-president Prakash Man Singh (second from left), Central Committee… (October 18, 2009) – [read more]

Nepali Congress vice-president Prakash Man Singh , Central Committee member Suprabha Ghimire and NC youth leader Gagan Thapa with other NCA leaders at a tea reception hosted by NC Kathmandu constituency – 4 on the occasion of Tihar, Chhath and Nepal Sambat at Chabahil on Friday, Oct 16 09.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

A Maoist Agricultural Center in Nepal (October 17, 2009) – [read more]
By Neil Horning

On the way to Chorkate, Gorkha, about a 3 hour bus ride from the district headquarters, a conspicuous facility covered with red flags is noticeable by the roadside.
Nammuna Agricultural Center is run by the United Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) as an agricultural cooperative, intended to teach agricultural skills and collective farming [...]

Nepal’s Political Impasse (August 23, 2009) – [read more]
Ending his five-day official and ‘mandatory’ India tour, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal returns to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal that is going through the turbulent times: Opposition threatening to bring down a shaky coalition, anti-nationalist forces based in Nepal-India border launching vicious attacks against the State in Terai and a fragile peace process [...]

Face Value: Being a Nepali in India (August 9, 2009) – [read more]
What are Nepalis and Indians supposed to look like? Search me!

By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
This article first appeared in today’s Kathmandu Post. Here is the PDF page It’s also available in eKantipur, and the official web page of the Post.
I often carry my passport these days in Delhi whenever I go out. Not that a [...]

Maoist Showdown Begins in Nepal, Again (August 8, 2009) – [read more]
Maoists block the house proceedings and have warned to stage a series of protests from both the streets and the parliament if the issue of civilian supremacy is not resolved. Prime Minister Nepal makes it clear to the Maoist chairman Prachanda that there will be no discussion on resolution motion against the President
Prime Minister Madhav [...]

Life and Death in Kandahar (August 1, 2009) – [read more]
Chopper crash survivor retells

By Dinesh Wagle
[This article was first published in today's Kathmandu Post Here is PDF version of the page. Here is Nepali version PDF with more details that appeared in Kantipur daily.]
NEW DELHI- Bishnu Malla was probably the happiest man in the flight when he left Kathmandu two and half months ago. The [...]

Never Again: Maoists in Nepal and India (July 26, 2009) – [read more]
Nepal’s Maoist conflict has thankfully ended while India seems to have begun its own.
[This article was first published in today's Kathmandu Post Here is PDF version of the page.]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
“An amazing, heart gripping and emotionally loaded showcase of the reasons why not to go to war! Hope [these] photos… act as a [...]

Nepal: A Country Cursed by a Widow? (July 19, 2009) – [read more]
By Krishna Giri
I don’t think any Nepali will raise their eyebrows when they hear- “SATI LE SARAPEKO DESH”. Right from the unification, Nepali have witnessed ongoing severity in terms of governance. Power snatching by any means has become style in Nepal. I don’t want to go back to 17th century to dig the past. Rather [...]

Inclusive Hindutva: BJP in India (June 27, 2009) – [read more]
The Bharatiya Janata Party of India has realized that its hard-line brand of Hindutva politics doesn’t work anymore. And that’s a good news thanks to its defeat in the parliamentary polls
By Dinesh Wagle
as published in today’s Kathmandu Post
“There’s a fire raging in BJP,” said a headline in India the previous week. After the humiliating loss [...]

Texas store clerk accused of stealing customer’s $1M winning lottery … – Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel (October 22, 2009) – [read more]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A 25-year-old convenience store clerk pocketed a customer’s $1 million winning lottery ticket, claimed the prize and skipped town, possibly back to his native Nepal , authorities said. Pankaj Joshi took 67-year-old Willis …

The Range: The Tucson Weekly’s Old Pueblog – Tucson Weekly (October 22, 2009) – [read more]
Antigone Books hosts a benefit for Owl and Panther on Friday, Oct. 23, 7 p.m. Five authors of young adult works will read at one of our favorite independent book shops at 411 N. 4th Avenue: Robin Brande will read from Fat Cat (Knopf, $16.99), a funny …

Nepal: Floods, landslides hit food stocks – Reliefweb.int (October 22, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, 22 October 2009 (IRIN) – Food insecurity has increased for thousands of families in Nepal’s far- and mid-west regions as a result of flooding and landslides earlier this month. According to the Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS), the country’s …

Time to Clean Our Own Backyards – AgWeb (October 22, 2009) – [read more]
I have been to Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, but have not had the opportunity to explore the countryside of this former kingdom. I have not been to Ukaraine, and have not heard glowing reports either from my acquaintances who do business there …

China not curbing tiger parts trade: conservationists – Thaindian.com (October 22, 2009) – [read more]
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) Tiger skin from India is being clandestinely sold in Chinese markets, but Beijing is turning a blind eye despite repeated warnings, conservationists said here Thursday following an undercover operation carried out by them …

Tierra-ific Treks and Christmas Countdowns – PRLog (free press release) (October 22, 2009) – [read more]
With longer days and a warmer climate, Patagonia offers escapism from the cold of the UK this winter. Journey into the mountains from the southern shores of Lake Argentina to the ‘trekking capital’ El Chalten. The views on these treks are …

China ignoring tiger trade – Straits Times (October 22, 2009) – [read more]
NEW DELHI – CHINA is turning a blind eye to the thriving illegal trade in tiger parts, a campaign group said on Thursday following an undercover investigation in western China and Tibet. The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), a British-based …

UN investigator says Nigeria confines prisoners to ‘torture room’ – Businessday Online (October 22, 2009) – [read more]
•Tells of horrors of world prisons. Inmates at a prison in Uruguay can spend years in “tin cans” — small metal boxes where temperatures rise to 140 degrees F (60 degrees C), while women and children were among prisoners in Nigeria confined to …

Nepali Times

Troubled waters (October 22, 2009) – [read more]
The government has proposed an ambitious plan to clean Kathmandu’s rivers in response to a Supreme Court verdict.

Freer than before (October 21, 2009) – [read more]
Press freedom in Nepal has improved than last year, says Reporters without

Deal near? (October 21, 2009) – [read more]
Thanks to their tea-party diplomacy, the leaders of the Big Three political parties are close to resolving their differences after pledging “flexibility” to seek language acceptable to all

Nepal’s new deputy PM (October 13, 2009) – [read more]
Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala has been promoted to the post of deputy prime

Dahal leaves for China (October 11, 2009) – [read more]
Maoist chairman makes a second visit to China to bolster relations with the communist

New report raises conflict toll (September 22, 2009) – [read more]
The death toll of the 10-year long insurgency is 3,000 more than previously reported.

They’ve done it again (September 16, 2009) – [read more]
Maoists tried to block PM Nepal’s attendance at Tribhuvan University’s convocation

US grant (September 15, 2009) – [read more]
The U.S. grants $900,000 for renovation of historical monuments in Patan Darbar

Nepal News

Three Nepali killed in India road accident (October 22, 2009) – [read more]

The deceased are Santosh Gupta of Dhamboji, Bipun Khetan of Surkhet Road and Rabi Kishor Agrawal of Bageshwori Tole, according to Pradip Gupta, deputy general secretary of Nepalgunj Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Families divided as refugees start new lives (October 21, 2009) – [read more]

Bhutanese refugee women look out from their bamboo hut at the Beldangi II refugee camp, some 300km south-east of Kathmandu Chandrakhar Adhikari does not know whether he will ever see his two brothers again.

Drive to stop mass animal sacrifice (October 20, 2009) – [read more]

In this picture taken on September 27, 2009, bystanders watch as soldiers prepare to sacrifice a buffalo on the ninth day of Dashain Festival in Kathmandu Every five years a temple in southern Nepal plays host to an extraordinary religious festival in which hundreds of thousands of animals are sacrificed to the Hindu goddess of power Gadhimai.

China visit was important, says Prachanda (October 20, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” said his weeklong visit to China was important in improving relations between the two countries.

China projects Kashmir as a separate country (October 19, 2009) – [read more]

A map of Jammu& Kashmir, showing the LoC. IANS KATHMANDU: Besides issuing separate visas to Indian passport holders from Jammu and Kashmir, China is also projecting the disputed territory as an independent country in other ways.

Nepalese gay sex scandal may push poet off Irish syllabus (October 19, 2009) – [read more]

One of the foremost Irish-language poets is expected to have his work removed from the school curriculum in the wake of a tangled sexual controversy.

President, PM, others greet people on Nepal Sambat (October 18, 2009) – [read more]

He wished all Nepalis peace, prosperity and happiness. In a message of greetings released by the Office of the President Sunday, President Dr Yadav said we have been involving in a great campaign of making new constitution for three years.

Nepali Congress (NC) vice-president Prakash Man Singh (second from left), Central Committee… (October 18, 2009) – [read more]

Nepali Congress vice-president Prakash Man Singh , Central Committee member Suprabha Ghimire and NC youth leader Gagan Thapa with other NCA leaders at a tea reception hosted by NC Kathmandu constituency – 4 on the occasion of Tihar, Chhath and Nepal Sambat at Chabahil on Friday, Oct 16 09.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

A Maoist Agricultural Center in Nepal (October 17, 2009) – [read more]
By Neil Horning

On the way to Chorkate, Gorkha, about a 3 hour bus ride from the district headquarters, a conspicuous facility covered with red flags is noticeable by the roadside.
Nammuna Agricultural Center is run by the United Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) as an agricultural cooperative, intended to teach agricultural skills and collective farming [...]

Nepal’s Political Impasse (August 23, 2009) – [read more]
Ending his five-day official and ‘mandatory’ India tour, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal returns to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal that is going through the turbulent times: Opposition threatening to bring down a shaky coalition, anti-nationalist forces based in Nepal-India border launching vicious attacks against the State in Terai and a fragile peace process [...]

Face Value: Being a Nepali in India (August 9, 2009) – [read more]
What are Nepalis and Indians supposed to look like? Search me!

By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
This article first appeared in today’s Kathmandu Post. Here is the PDF page It’s also available in eKantipur, and the official web page of the Post.
I often carry my passport these days in Delhi whenever I go out. Not that a [...]

Maoist Showdown Begins in Nepal, Again (August 8, 2009) – [read more]
Maoists block the house proceedings and have warned to stage a series of protests from both the streets and the parliament if the issue of civilian supremacy is not resolved. Prime Minister Nepal makes it clear to the Maoist chairman Prachanda that there will be no discussion on resolution motion against the President
Prime Minister Madhav [...]

Life and Death in Kandahar (August 1, 2009) – [read more]
Chopper crash survivor retells

By Dinesh Wagle
[This article was first published in today's Kathmandu Post Here is PDF version of the page. Here is Nepali version PDF with more details that appeared in Kantipur daily.]
NEW DELHI- Bishnu Malla was probably the happiest man in the flight when he left Kathmandu two and half months ago. The [...]

Never Again: Maoists in Nepal and India (July 26, 2009) – [read more]
Nepal’s Maoist conflict has thankfully ended while India seems to have begun its own.
[This article was first published in today's Kathmandu Post Here is PDF version of the page.]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
“An amazing, heart gripping and emotionally loaded showcase of the reasons why not to go to war! Hope [these] photos… act as a [...]

Nepal: A Country Cursed by a Widow? (July 19, 2009) – [read more]
By Krishna Giri
I don’t think any Nepali will raise their eyebrows when they hear- “SATI LE SARAPEKO DESH”. Right from the unification, Nepali have witnessed ongoing severity in terms of governance. Power snatching by any means has become style in Nepal. I don’t want to go back to 17th century to dig the past. Rather [...]

Inclusive Hindutva: BJP in India (June 27, 2009) – [read more]
The Bharatiya Janata Party of India has realized that its hard-line brand of Hindutva politics doesn’t work anymore. And that’s a good news thanks to its defeat in the parliamentary polls
By Dinesh Wagle
as published in today’s Kathmandu Post
“There’s a fire raging in BJP,” said a headline in India the previous week. After the humiliating loss [...]

TV : Grand Prairie clerk accused in $1 million lottery fraud – KVUE (October 21, 2009) – [read more]
GRAND PRAIRIE — State authorities are looking for a Grand Prairie convenience store clerk who allegedly stole a $1 million lottery ticket from a customer. Pankaj Joshi is accused of lying to the 67-year-old customer who presented the ticket …

Grand Prairie store clerk accused of stealing $1 million lottery … – Denton Record-Chronicle (October 21, 2009) – [read more]
Authorities are looking for a Grand Prairie convenience store clerk who is accused of stealing a winning lottery ticket worth $1 million from a customer. Pankaj Joshi is accused of lying to a 67-year-old customer and telling him that he won $2. Joshi …

Developing nations join West in deforestation fight – AlterNet (October 21, 2009) – [read more]
Six developing countries will join five western nations, including the United States and Britain, to combat climate change by better managing forestry resources, the World Bank has said. “A view of a deforested area on the border of Xingu river in …

Maldives to hold summit of nations threatened by climate change before … – Washington Examiner (October 21, 2009) – [read more]
MALE, MALDIVES — The Maldives will convene a summit next month of countries suffering some of the worst impacts of climate change ahead of a global conference on the issue in Copenhagen, government officials said. The low-lying island nation has …

World record bid to resume – Straits Times (October 21, 2009) – [read more]
MADRID – A RACE by several woman mountaineers to be the first to scale all of the world’s 14 highest peaks is set to resume next year, after South Korea’s Oh Eun-Sun failed in a bid to conquer Annapurna. The 8,091-metre Himalayan peak in Nepal would …

Man has world’s strongest fingers – WOOD (October 21, 2009) – [read more]
A man in China has proven that he has the world’s strongest fingers. The Telegraph reports that Fu Bingli has been practicing kung fu for 32 years and can stand upside-down on just one index finger. Fu nabbed the Guinness world record on Monday for …

Influenza A (H1N1) – Apr 2009 – Reliefweb.int (October 21, 2009) – [read more]
Updates on Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba (The Netherlands), Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas (the), Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan …

PM for equal India, China relations – Himalayan Times (October 21, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU: Nepal is in favour of maintaining equal relations between its two big neighbours India and China to protect the national welfare, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal said in a programme in the capital on Wednesday. PM Nepal also stressed on …

Nepali Times

Freer than before (October 21, 2009) – [read more]
Press freedom in Nepal has improved than last year, says Reporters without

Deal near? (October 21, 2009) – [read more]
Thanks to their tea-party diplomacy, the leaders of the Big Three political parties are close to resolving their differences after pledging “flexibility” to seek language acceptable to all

Nepal’s new deputy PM (October 13, 2009) – [read more]
Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala has been promoted to the post of deputy prime

Dahal leaves for China (October 11, 2009) – [read more]
Maoist chairman makes a second visit to China to bolster relations with the communist

New report raises conflict toll (September 22, 2009) – [read more]
The death toll of the 10-year long insurgency is 3,000 more than previously reported.

They’ve done it again (September 16, 2009) – [read more]
Maoists tried to block PM Nepal’s attendance at Tribhuvan University’s convocation

US grant (September 15, 2009) – [read more]
The U.S. grants $900,000 for renovation of historical monuments in Patan Darbar

Deliberations on judicial system begin (September 13, 2009) – [read more]
The NC and UML opposed the new provisions of the preliminary draft report and concept paper on the judicial system.

Nepal News

Drive to stop mass animal sacrifice (October 20, 2009) – [read more]

In this picture taken on September 27, 2009, bystanders watch as soldiers prepare to sacrifice a buffalo on the ninth day of Dashain Festival in Kathmandu Every five years a temple in southern Nepal plays host to an extraordinary religious festival in which hundreds of thousands of animals are sacrificed to the Hindu goddess of power Gadhimai.

China visit was important, says Prachanda (October 20, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” said his weeklong visit to China was important in improving relations between the two countries.

China projects Kashmir as a separate country (October 19, 2009) – [read more]

A map of Jammu& Kashmir, showing the LoC. IANS KATHMANDU: Besides issuing separate visas to Indian passport holders from Jammu and Kashmir, China is also projecting the disputed territory as an independent country in other ways.

Nepalese gay sex scandal may push poet off Irish syllabus (October 19, 2009) – [read more]

One of the foremost Irish-language poets is expected to have his work removed from the school curriculum in the wake of a tangled sexual controversy.

President, PM, others greet people on Nepal Sambat (October 18, 2009) – [read more]

He wished all Nepalis peace, prosperity and happiness. In a message of greetings released by the Office of the President Sunday, President Dr Yadav said we have been involving in a great campaign of making new constitution for three years.

Nepali Congress (NC) vice-president Prakash Man Singh (second from left), Central Committee… (October 18, 2009) – [read more]

Nepali Congress vice-president Prakash Man Singh , Central Committee member Suprabha Ghimire and NC youth leader Gagan Thapa with other NCA leaders at a tea reception hosted by NC Kathmandu constituency – 4 on the occasion of Tihar, Chhath and Nepal Sambat at Chabahil on Friday, Oct 16 09.

PM in Upper Mustang (October 17, 2009) – [read more]

The prime minister reached Mustang to observe Nepal-China border and security situation in the district, according to his Press Advisor, Bishnu Rijal.

Nepal to open art treasure trove to world (October 17, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, Oct 16 Want to buy exquisite, original art at an affordable price? Visit Nepal , just an hour’s journey from India, where the art market, once depressed due to 12 years of violence and political turmoil, is now seeking to invite the world and be linked to global developments.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

A Maoist Agricultural Center in Nepal (October 17, 2009) – [read more]
By Neil Horning

On the way to Chorkate, Gorkha, about a 3 hour bus ride from the district headquarters, a conspicuous facility covered with red flags is noticeable by the roadside.
Nammuna Agricultural Center is run by the United Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) as an agricultural cooperative, intended to teach agricultural skills and collective farming [...]

Nepal’s Political Impasse (August 23, 2009) – [read more]
Ending his five-day official and ‘mandatory’ India tour, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal returns to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal that is going through the turbulent times: Opposition threatening to bring down a shaky coalition, anti-nationalist forces based in Nepal-India border launching vicious attacks against the State in Terai and a fragile peace process [...]

Face Value: Being a Nepali in India (August 9, 2009) – [read more]
What are Nepalis and Indians supposed to look like? Search me!

By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
This article first appeared in today’s Kathmandu Post. Here is the PDF page It’s also available in eKantipur, and the official web page of the Post.
I often carry my passport these days in Delhi whenever I go out. Not that a [...]

Maoist Showdown Begins in Nepal, Again (August 8, 2009) – [read more]
Maoists block the house proceedings and have warned to stage a series of protests from both the streets and the parliament if the issue of civilian supremacy is not resolved. Prime Minister Nepal makes it clear to the Maoist chairman Prachanda that there will be no discussion on resolution motion against the President
Prime Minister Madhav [...]

Life and Death in Kandahar (August 1, 2009) – [read more]
Chopper crash survivor retells

By Dinesh Wagle
[This article was first published in today's Kathmandu Post Here is PDF version of the page. Here is Nepali version PDF with more details that appeared in Kantipur daily.]
NEW DELHI- Bishnu Malla was probably the happiest man in the flight when he left Kathmandu two and half months ago. The [...]

Never Again: Maoists in Nepal and India (July 26, 2009) – [read more]
Nepal’s Maoist conflict has thankfully ended while India seems to have begun its own.
[This article was first published in today's Kathmandu Post Here is PDF version of the page.]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
“An amazing, heart gripping and emotionally loaded showcase of the reasons why not to go to war! Hope [these] photos… act as a [...]

Nepal: A Country Cursed by a Widow? (July 19, 2009) – [read more]
By Krishna Giri
I don’t think any Nepali will raise their eyebrows when they hear- “SATI LE SARAPEKO DESH”. Right from the unification, Nepali have witnessed ongoing severity in terms of governance. Power snatching by any means has become style in Nepal. I don’t want to go back to 17th century to dig the past. Rather [...]

Inclusive Hindutva: BJP in India (June 27, 2009) – [read more]
The Bharatiya Janata Party of India has realized that its hard-line brand of Hindutva politics doesn’t work anymore. And that’s a good news thanks to its defeat in the parliamentary polls
By Dinesh Wagle
as published in today’s Kathmandu Post
“There’s a fire raging in BJP,” said a headline in India the previous week. After the humiliating loss [...]

Climate change is not beyond questioning – Spiked (October 20, 2009) – [read more]
A news feature written by a regional BBC reporter has turned out to be a surprising hit on the corporation’s online news site. In ‘What happened to global warming?’ (1), Paul Hudson, weather presenter and climate correspondent for the BBC’s …

China opens a new front in Kashmir – Asia Times (October 20, 2009) – [read more]
BANGALORE – India and China appear to have opened a new front – Kashmir – in their ongoing war of words. While India has warned China against involvement in projects in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, Beijing seems to be adopting a new, provocative …

PM, GPK reject UCPNM offer – Himalayan Times (October 20, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU: The UCPN-Maoist which has been greeting Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal with black flags invited the latter to attend a tea party organised on the occasion of Tihar, Nepali Sambat 1130 and Chhat. However, the invitation of the UCPN …

China’s eyes on Everest to keep watch on Indian nukes? – Zee News (October 20, 2009) – [read more]
Beijing: Chinese scientists have begun operating an earthquake monitoring station at the foot of Mount Everest in a bid to learn more about the world’s highest peak, an official said Monday. The station will also be a direct eye on Indian activities …

No discussion on Prez move: Koirala – Himalayan Times (October 20, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU: Acting president of Nepali Congress Sushil Koirala said his party was in favour of ending the political crisis as soon as possible. Koirala who attended the UCPN-Maoist tea reception accompanied by senior NC leader Ram Chandra Poudel and …

Man proves he has world’s strongest fingers – Daily Telegraph (October 20, 2009) – [read more]
Fu Bingli can stand upside down supporting himself on just one index finger Photo: CEN/EUROPICS Bingli – who has been studying martial arts for 32 years since the age of just seven – can stand upside down supporting himself on just one index …

Now, Kashmir a ‘country’ for China – New Kerala (October 20, 2009) – [read more]
It is now projecting Jammu and Kashmir as an independent country. It had issued separate visas to Indian passport holders from Jammu and Kashmir but now visitors to Tibet, especially scribes invited by China, are being given handouts where Kashmir is …

Nepal’s ex-king gets a festive reprieve – New Kerala (October 20, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu, Oct 20 : Stripped of his crown and compelled to leave his ancestral palace, Nepal’s last king Gyanendra however had a reprieve this festive season with the apex court in the country preventing a bid to make him vacate his current home. It …

Nepali Times

Nepal’s new deputy PM (October 13, 2009) – [read more]
Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala has been promoted to the post of deputy prime

Dahal leaves for China (October 11, 2009) – [read more]
Maoist chairman makes a second visit to China to bolster relations with the communist

New report raises conflict toll (September 22, 2009) – [read more]
The death toll of the 10-year long insurgency is 3,000 more than previously reported.

They’ve done it again (September 16, 2009) – [read more]
Maoists tried to block PM Nepal’s attendance at Tribhuvan University’s convocation

US grant (September 15, 2009) – [read more]
The U.S. grants $900,000 for renovation of historical monuments in Patan Darbar

Deliberations on judicial system begin (September 13, 2009) – [read more]
The NC and UML opposed the new provisions of the preliminary draft report and concept paper on the judicial system.

Kanak Dixit awarded (September 11, 2009) – [read more]
Himalmedia publisher and editor of Himal Southasian, Kanak Mani Dixit, has been awarded the first Prince Claus Award to Nepal for “his outstanding contributions to public debate, for creating platforms that enable South Asians to connect, interact and network transcending national and cultural boundaries, and for his socially engaged, multi-disciplinary approach to creativity and

Gurung assumes office (September 9, 2009) – [read more]
General Chhatra Man Singh Gurung, the newly appointed army chief assumed office from Wednesday.

Nepal News

China projects Kashmir as a separate country (October 19, 2009) – [read more]

A map of Jammu& Kashmir, showing the LoC. IANS KATHMANDU: Besides issuing separate visas to Indian passport holders from Jammu and Kashmir, China is also projecting the disputed territory as an independent country in other ways.

Nepalese gay sex scandal may push poet off Irish syllabus (October 19, 2009) – [read more]

One of the foremost Irish-language poets is expected to have his work removed from the school curriculum in the wake of a tangled sexual controversy.

President, PM, others greet people on Nepal Sambat (October 18, 2009) – [read more]

He wished all Nepalis peace, prosperity and happiness. In a message of greetings released by the Office of the President Sunday, President Dr Yadav said we have been involving in a great campaign of making new constitution for three years.

Nepali Congress (NC) vice-president Prakash Man Singh (second from left), Central Committee… (October 18, 2009) – [read more]

Nepali Congress vice-president Prakash Man Singh , Central Committee member Suprabha Ghimire and NC youth leader Gagan Thapa with other NCA leaders at a tea reception hosted by NC Kathmandu constituency – 4 on the occasion of Tihar, Chhath and Nepal Sambat at Chabahil on Friday, Oct 16 09.

PM in Upper Mustang (October 17, 2009) – [read more]

The prime minister reached Mustang to observe Nepal-China border and security situation in the district, according to his Press Advisor, Bishnu Rijal.

Nepal to open art treasure trove to world (October 17, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, Oct 16 Want to buy exquisite, original art at an affordable price? Visit Nepal , just an hour’s journey from India, where the art market, once depressed due to 12 years of violence and political turmoil, is now seeking to invite the world and be linked to global developments.

UN to cut food aid to Bhutanese refugees in Nepal (October 16, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: The UN will cut food aid to thousands of refugees from Bhutan living in camps in Nepal for the first time in 18 years because of severe food and funding shortages, the World Food Programme said yesterday.

Floods destroy 16,000 hectares of land in Nepal (October 15, 2009) – [read more]

Recent floods and landslides in different districts in mid and far-western regions of Nepal have caused damages to 195 irrigation projects and crops in more than 16,000 hectares of land, according to the government.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

A Maoist Agricultural Center in Nepal (October 17, 2009) – [read more]
By Neil Horning

On the way to Chorkate, Gorkha, about a 3 hour bus ride from the district headquarters, a conspicuous facility covered with red flags is noticeable by the roadside.
Nammuna Agricultural Center is run by the United Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) as an agricultural cooperative, intended to teach agricultural skills and collective farming [...]

Nepal’s Political Impasse (August 23, 2009) – [read more]
Ending his five-day official and ‘mandatory’ India tour, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal returns to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal that is going through the turbulent times: Opposition threatening to bring down a shaky coalition, anti-nationalist forces based in Nepal-India border launching vicious attacks against the State in Terai and a fragile peace process [...]

Face Value: Being a Nepali in India (August 9, 2009) – [read more]
What are Nepalis and Indians supposed to look like? Search me!

By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
This article first appeared in today’s Kathmandu Post. Here is the PDF page It’s also available in eKantipur, and the official web page of the Post.
I often carry my passport these days in Delhi whenever I go out. Not that a [...]

Maoist Showdown Begins in Nepal, Again (August 8, 2009) – [read more]
Maoists block the house proceedings and have warned to stage a series of protests from both the streets and the parliament if the issue of civilian supremacy is not resolved. Prime Minister Nepal makes it clear to the Maoist chairman Prachanda that there will be no discussion on resolution motion against the President
Prime Minister Madhav [...]

Life and Death in Kandahar (August 1, 2009) – [read more]
Chopper crash survivor retells

By Dinesh Wagle
[This article was first published in today's Kathmandu Post Here is PDF version of the page. Here is Nepali version PDF with more details that appeared in Kantipur daily.]
NEW DELHI- Bishnu Malla was probably the happiest man in the flight when he left Kathmandu two and half months ago. The [...]

Never Again: Maoists in Nepal and India (July 26, 2009) – [read more]
Nepal’s Maoist conflict has thankfully ended while India seems to have begun its own.
[This article was first published in today's Kathmandu Post Here is PDF version of the page.]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
“An amazing, heart gripping and emotionally loaded showcase of the reasons why not to go to war! Hope [these] photos… act as a [...]

Nepal: A Country Cursed by a Widow? (July 19, 2009) – [read more]
By Krishna Giri
I don’t think any Nepali will raise their eyebrows when they hear- “SATI LE SARAPEKO DESH”. Right from the unification, Nepali have witnessed ongoing severity in terms of governance. Power snatching by any means has become style in Nepal. I don’t want to go back to 17th century to dig the past. Rather [...]

Inclusive Hindutva: BJP in India (June 27, 2009) – [read more]
The Bharatiya Janata Party of India has realized that its hard-line brand of Hindutva politics doesn’t work anymore. And that’s a good news thanks to its defeat in the parliamentary polls
By Dinesh Wagle
as published in today’s Kathmandu Post
“There’s a fire raging in BJP,” said a headline in India the previous week. After the humiliating loss [...]

UN’s caste declaration riles India – Asia Times (October 19, 2009) – [read more]
DELHI – The United Nations Human Rights Council’s (UNHCR) recent decision to declare discrimination based on the caste system a “human-rights abuse” – thereby acknowledging centuries of bias against the world’s estimated 200 million Dalits …

China projects Kashmir as a separate country – SamayLive (October 19, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu: Besides issuing separate visas to Indian passport holders from Jammu and Kashmir, China is also projecting the disputed territory as an independent country in other ways. Visitors to Tibet, especially journalists invited by the Chinese …

Text Size – Hartford Courant (October 19, 2009) – [read more]
Now the state is about to link to another filmmaking capital, Bollywood, thanks to a Hartford businessman whose dream of establishing a performing arts school in India is about to be realized, despite his untimely death in August. The late Ahmed A …

Assam armed groups: Revolution gone, terrorism on – Modern Ghana (October 19, 2009) – [read more]
Feature Article : “The views expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of Modernghana.com.” If someone wants to see revolutionary armed rebels, who donot hesitate to show their supremacy on the …

Brownies were my guide to pop stardom – The Sun (October 19, 2009) – [read more]
But over the past year our Brownies, Guides and Rainbows have shown that you don’t have to wait until you are an adult to do your bit to help make the planet a better place. I was a Rainbow, then a Brownie and I loved it. I got loads of badges and …

Market down on earnings worries – Australian Broadcasting Corp. (October 19, 2009) – [read more]
The local share market has finished at its lowest closing level in five days, after disappointing earnings results sent Wall Street lower on Friday. The All Ordinaries index lost 41 points to finish at 4,802, while the ASX 200 dropped 0.9 per cent to …

UPDATE 2-Australian retailer Kathmandu plans $349 mln IPO – Reuters (October 18, 2009) – [read more]
SYDNEY, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Australasian outdoor-gear retailer Kathmandu launched a $349 million initial public share offer on Monday, pitching the offer at a level that suggests private-equity exits need to be finely priced to succeed. Kathmandu’s …

Orlando Bloom named UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador – UNICEF (October 12, 2009) – [read more]
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, 12 October 2009 – Actor Orlando Bloom was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador today, in recognition of his commitment to the rights of children around the world. “Advocacy from UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors helps build momentum …

Nepali Times

Nepal’s new deputy PM (October 13, 2009) – [read more]
Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala has been promoted to the post of deputy prime

Dahal leaves for China (October 11, 2009) – [read more]
Maoist chairman makes a second visit to China to bolster relations with the communist

New report raises conflict toll (September 22, 2009) – [read more]
The death toll of the 10-year long insurgency is 3,000 more than previously reported.

They’ve done it again (September 16, 2009) – [read more]
Maoists tried to block PM Nepal’s attendance at Tribhuvan University’s convocation

US grant (September 15, 2009) – [read more]
The U.S. grants $900,000 for renovation of historical monuments in Patan Darbar

Deliberations on judicial system begin (September 13, 2009) – [read more]
The NC and UML opposed the new provisions of the preliminary draft report and concept paper on the judicial system.

Kanak Dixit awarded (September 11, 2009) – [read more]
Himalmedia publisher and editor of Himal Southasian, Kanak Mani Dixit, has been awarded the first Prince Claus Award to Nepal for “his outstanding contributions to public debate, for creating platforms that enable South Asians to connect, interact and network transcending national and cultural boundaries, and for his socially engaged, multi-disciplinary approach to creativity and

Gurung assumes office (September 9, 2009) – [read more]
General Chhatra Man Singh Gurung, the newly appointed army chief assumed office from Wednesday.

Nepal News

Nepalese gay sex scandal may push poet off Irish syllabus (October 19, 2009) – [read more]

One of the foremost Irish-language poets is expected to have his work removed from the school curriculum in the wake of a tangled sexual controversy.

President, PM, others greet people on Nepal Sambat (October 18, 2009) – [read more]

He wished all Nepalis peace, prosperity and happiness. In a message of greetings released by the Office of the President Sunday, President Dr Yadav said we have been involving in a great campaign of making new constitution for three years.

Nepali Congress (NC) vice-president Prakash Man Singh (second from left), Central Committee… (October 18, 2009) – [read more]

Nepali Congress vice-president Prakash Man Singh , Central Committee member Suprabha Ghimire and NC youth leader Gagan Thapa with other NCA leaders at a tea reception hosted by NC Kathmandu constituency – 4 on the occasion of Tihar, Chhath and Nepal Sambat at Chabahil on Friday, Oct 16 09.

PM in Upper Mustang (October 17, 2009) – [read more]

The prime minister reached Mustang to observe Nepal-China border and security situation in the district, according to his Press Advisor, Bishnu Rijal.

Nepal to open art treasure trove to world (October 17, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, Oct 16 Want to buy exquisite, original art at an affordable price? Visit Nepal , just an hour’s journey from India, where the art market, once depressed due to 12 years of violence and political turmoil, is now seeking to invite the world and be linked to global developments.

UN to cut food aid to Bhutanese refugees in Nepal (October 16, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: The UN will cut food aid to thousands of refugees from Bhutan living in camps in Nepal for the first time in 18 years because of severe food and funding shortages, the World Food Programme said yesterday.

Floods destroy 16,000 hectares of land in Nepal (October 15, 2009) – [read more]

Recent floods and landslides in different districts in mid and far-western regions of Nepal have caused damages to 195 irrigation projects and crops in more than 16,000 hectares of land, according to the government.

Nepal: Swine flu appears among masses (October 15, 2009) – [read more]

Via RepAoblica : Swine flu appears among masses . Excerpt: H1N1 Influenza–otherwise known as swine flu–has now appeared among the masses, the Health Ministry said organizing a press conference Thursday.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

A Maoist Agricultural Center in Nepal (October 17, 2009) – [read more]
By Neil Horning

On the way to Chorkate, Gorkha, about a 3 hour bus ride from the district headquarters, a conspicuous facility covered with red flags is noticeable by the roadside.
Nammuna Agricultural Center is run by the United Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) as an agricultural cooperative, intended to teach agricultural skills and collective farming [...]

Nepal’s Political Impasse (August 23, 2009) – [read more]
Ending his five-day official and ‘mandatory’ India tour, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal returns to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal that is going through the turbulent times: Opposition threatening to bring down a shaky coalition, anti-nationalist forces based in Nepal-India border launching vicious attacks against the State in Terai and a fragile peace process [...]

Face Value: Being a Nepali in India (August 9, 2009) – [read more]
What are Nepalis and Indians supposed to look like? Search me!

By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
This article first appeared in today’s Kathmandu Post. Here is the PDF page It’s also available in eKantipur, and the official web page of the Post.
I often carry my passport these days in Delhi whenever I go out. Not that a [...]

Maoist Showdown Begins in Nepal, Again (August 8, 2009) – [read more]
Maoists block the house proceedings and have warned to stage a series of protests from both the streets and the parliament if the issue of civilian supremacy is not resolved. Prime Minister Nepal makes it clear to the Maoist chairman Prachanda that there will be no discussion on resolution motion against the President
Prime Minister Madhav [...]

Life and Death in Kandahar (August 1, 2009) – [read more]
Chopper crash survivor retells

By Dinesh Wagle
[This article was first published in today's Kathmandu Post Here is PDF version of the page. Here is Nepali version PDF with more details that appeared in Kantipur daily.]
NEW DELHI- Bishnu Malla was probably the happiest man in the flight when he left Kathmandu two and half months ago. The [...]

Never Again: Maoists in Nepal and India (July 26, 2009) – [read more]
Nepal’s Maoist conflict has thankfully ended while India seems to have begun its own.
[This article was first published in today's Kathmandu Post Here is PDF version of the page.]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
“An amazing, heart gripping and emotionally loaded showcase of the reasons why not to go to war! Hope [these] photos… act as a [...]

Nepal: A Country Cursed by a Widow? (July 19, 2009) – [read more]
By Krishna Giri
I don’t think any Nepali will raise their eyebrows when they hear- “SATI LE SARAPEKO DESH”. Right from the unification, Nepali have witnessed ongoing severity in terms of governance. Power snatching by any means has become style in Nepal. I don’t want to go back to 17th century to dig the past. Rather [...]

Inclusive Hindutva: BJP in India (June 27, 2009) – [read more]
The Bharatiya Janata Party of India has realized that its hard-line brand of Hindutva politics doesn’t work anymore. And that’s a good news thanks to its defeat in the parliamentary polls
By Dinesh Wagle
as published in today’s Kathmandu Post
“There’s a fire raging in BJP,” said a headline in India the previous week. After the humiliating loss [...]