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Mahabir Paudyal
Mahabir Paudyal is an opinion writer at Republica with interest on history, domestic politics and international relations.mahabirpaudyal@gmail.com
Nepal is falling into a trap of India, China and the US
Published On: January 18, 2021 12:15 PM NPT By: Mahabir Paudyal
America might use its weight to obligate Nepal to honor TPSA and get the MCC endorsed. India might stand behind. China might warn Nepal against doing that.
Prime Minister Oli is pushing the country to precipice. Is there a way to stop him?
Published On: December 25, 2020 09:00 PM NPT By: Mahabir Paudyal
It is necessary for all of us who want this constitution to function and who care about this country to shout out that the Prime Minister is wrong.
How can you be so irresponsible about education?
Published On: December 14, 2020 09:15 AM NPT By: Mahabir Paudyal
Covid-19 period could be best utilized to bring innovation in teaching and learning. In Nepal, the court and the government are flagrantly playing with future of children, without the slightest compunction.
What is Nepali Congress thinking about China?
Published On: November 14, 2020 01:00 PM NPT By: Mahabir Paudyal
Some leaders are accusing China of land grab without verified and substantiated proof, while Nepali Congress leadership is pretending ignorance. What is it thinking?
Fellow Nepalis, fear the government, fear as much for the country
Published On: October 31, 2020 01:40 PM NPT By: Mahabir Paudyal
Situation today is even if a glaring foreign intervention happens to remove Oli from power, there is going to be a celebration, it is going to be interpreted as done for the sake of the country.
It’s heartbreaking to write about the death of a columnist
Published On: October 13, 2020 02:17 PM NPT By: Mahabir Paudyal
Sukhdev Shah always had a national outlook, rather than regional, on many political issues, one reason why he may not have been appreciated much by Madheshi intellectuals and activists.
Can China and the US become friends? They can. They should.
Published On: October 12, 2020 07:45 AM NPT By: Mahabir Paudyal
‘What does it matter to Nepal whether China and the US fight or remain on friendly terms?’ If this is what you think you are missing the plot of the gravest geopolitical story of our times.
Why Dr Govinda KC has not been heard
Published On: September 29, 2020 01:14 PM NPT By: Mahabir Paudyal
The reason why Dr KC has been on hunger strike repeatedly is because no political party is ready to overhaul Nepal's health service and medical education system.
What’s the matter with China?
Published On: September 25, 2020 03:30 PM NPT By: Mahabir Paudyal
How true is the recurring story of Chinese occupation of Nepali land? What is the purpose of this story?
The constitution has been vindicated
Published On: September 19, 2020 08:00 AM NPT By: Mahabir Paudyal
It would be a mistake to attribute the mess the ruling party has created, or the misconducts demonstrated by political parties across the spectrum, as the consequence of the constitution.
How the government is failing education
Published On: August 30, 2020 02:05 PM NPT By: Mahabir Paudyal
The students who have been deprived of learning will look back to this time to recall how the government failed education in the name of pandemic.
Who will save the Oli government?
Published On: July 21, 2020 04:40 PM NPT By: Mahabir Paudyal
If there has been one big change in two and half years since Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli took office, it is near complete reversal of public faith in him and his government. The expectation that his administration would do better than previous ones has died down completely. The hope that coming days will be better, governance will improve and the Prime Minister will change the way he is governing the country has been shattered.
What on earth do we want on citizenship?
Published On: June 22, 2020 03:30 PM NPT By: Mahabir Paudyal
Ill logic, emotion and sentimentality, name calling of nationalists and mocking of Nepal are back on citizenship debate. This time around too, like a year ago and years before that, a set of some same myths, lies and propaganda are being manufactured and spread as State Affairs and Good Governance Committee of the parliament has proposed seven years’ residency for foreign women married to Nepali citizens as a criteria to obtain Nepali citizenships.
Who is playing China card?
Published On: June 4, 2020 03:00 PM NPT By: Mahabir Paudyal
The world, it seems, is obsessed with China. President Trump is raging against China and until recently there was a call from some Western countries for compensation from China for the loss caused by the pandemic outbreak.
Let facts and reasons guide the border debate
Published On: May 22, 2020 12:36 PM NPT By: Mahabir Paudyal
The message to be spread is predetermined. Panelists seem to have been invited only to get it reinforced. The host begins by saying China is using Nepal. China is nobody’s friend. China is alone in the world. Nepal has released the new political map on China’s behest. Nepal’s claim on Lipulekh-Kalapani-Limpiyadhura region is groundless. The host shouts out loud, almost shrieks. When Nepali panelists start speaking, the host reiterates the same position. The Nepali panelists are literally given no time to make their points.
Why Nepal cares about its land so much
Published On: May 13, 2020 06:57 PM NPT By: Mahabir Paudyal
Nepal is in rage and resentment against India after Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, on May 8, inaugurated the road linking Dharchula of India with Lipulekh of Nepal. The road had been built without Nepal’s consent.
Worst is yet to come
Published On: April 30, 2020 04:21 PM NPT By: Mahabir Paudyal
Until April 20, when the government issued two infamous ordinances to change the existing laws regarding political parties and the constitutional council, before the alleged “abduction” of a lawmaker to break a fringe party apart became public, Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli still had something to fall back on. Because he has had a critical kidney transplant surgery recently, there was some sympathy for him. The Covid-19 pandemic, which is ravaging the world, was overshadowing the issues of government accountability. There was a space for him to rethink the way he is governing.
When pandemic rules the world
Published On: April 9, 2020 08:29 AM NPT By: Mahabir Paudyal
Every great disaster wrecks humanity to its core but it also makes us aware of our mortality, lays bare our arrogance, prejudice, pride, fear of death and the desire to stand supreme despite the predictable vulnerabilities. This is what has happened since the illness that broke out in early January that has now become the global pandemic.
On foreign policy, media should unite
Published On: March 2, 2020 09:21 AM NPT By: Mahabir Paudyal
A statement issued by Chinese embassy in Nepal on February 18 over an article published by The Kathmandu Post sent Nepali media persons and social media population in reaction mode: China has no business telling what a Nepali newspaper can and cannot publish. Chinese embassy has breached the diplomatic decorum. Nepal government should raise this matter with China.
How to judge Oli government?
Published On: February 18, 2020 09:13 AM NPT By: Mahabir Paudyal
The longest serving and a stable government post-2008 has failed where it should have succeeded and succeeded where it should have failed
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