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Randhir Chaudhary

Randhir Chaudhary

The author is a researcher associated with Peace Development and Research Center

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The Storm Across the Himalayas: Nepal’s Tangled Relationship...

#BookReview Senior journalist Sudheer Sharma recently authored two significant books on the evolving dynamics of Nepal-China relations. Of the two, Himal Pariko Huri: Ganatantra Pachhi Pheriyeko Nepal-Cheen Sambandha – the Nepali title translates as The Storm Across the Himalayas: The Changin...
Oct 20, 2024
OPINION

FM Deuba’s India Visit: A good start for the current governm...

The prime minister and the president of Nepal were among the officials that Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met with during his recent official visit to Nepal. Will the foreign minister of Nepal be able to meet the prime minister of India, several Nepalese observers had questioned on social me...
Aug 23, 2024
OPINION

Analyzing UML's View on Nepal-India Open Border

Borders with hostile nations should be fortified with barbed wire; the Nepal-India border should connect rather than divide.
Jun 23, 2024
OPINION

Hope and trust with RSP

Now the government in which RSP is participating is led by Maoists, whose main supporter is the CPN-UML. These two parties are known as the core leftist parties in Nepal. RSP, in its document, calls itself centrist and center-right. The question comes, has the extreme desire for power forced the RSP...
May 17, 2024
OPINION

BRI: A ‘Pandora’s box’?

The Chinese Embassy in Nepal organized the Chinese Lunar New Year ceremony for the first time in Kathmandu on January 14, 2024, which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal. During the program, artists performed Chinese arts, acrobatics, and magic. More importantly, Vice Minister Sun H...
Mar 13, 2024
OPINION

Handle Human Rights Issues with Care

The CIEDP and the TRC were established in accordance with a law passed in May 2014 and were a key component of the 2006 Comprehensive Peace Agreement. However, the lack of progress in their operationalization has left many victims of human rights abuses without the justice and reparations they deser...
Mar 04, 2023
OPINION

Ensure Fundamental Right to Education in Mother Tongue

At the global level, International Mother Language Day is being celebrated every year on 21st February to promote linguistic and cultural diversity as well as multilingualism. The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) authenticated this idea of celebrating Mother...
Feb 21, 2023
OPINION

Seven Years On: Remembering Ashoj 3

Although everyone had their own interests and views on the Constitution of Nepal, the process of drafting the constitution was exclusionary. Moreover, consultations with people about the draft of the constitution were performed under a curfew and excessive use of force in the Madhesh.
Sep 19, 2022
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Will Nepali Congress make Bimalendra Nidhi its president?

The Nepali Congress has scheduled its General Convention for February, 2021 and a number of Congress leaders have projected themselves as likely candidates for the top post—the party president.
Aug 25, 2020