Deviating from democracy

Published On: April 30, 2019 12:30 AM NPT By: Kanchan Jha

Deviating from democracy

Democracy fails when leaders fail to address people’s aspirations, when citizens are fed with false dreams, when leaders live in luxury and people suffer

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The Long Decade

Published On: April 29, 2019 01:30 AM NPT By: CK Lal

The Long Decade

Lenin once exclaimed: There are decades when nothing happens and then there are weeks when decades happen. Such were the weeks of spring in May 2008 that everything had looked possible

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Mockery of socialism

Published On: April 29, 2019 01:00 AM NPT By: Prakash Acharya

Mockery of socialism

Prime Minister committed to zero tolerance against corruption when he took office in 2017. Now this commitment is mocking at his face for his administration has failed to control corruption

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Road to war with China

Published On: April 29, 2019 12:30 AM NPT By: Ann Lee

Road to war with China

It would be a huge mistake for America to adopt a cold-war posture toward China. Such a policy could ultimately raise the specter of the “Thucydides Trap” of war with a rising China

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My carnival night out

Published On: April 28, 2019 02:00 AM NPT By: Babu Ram Neupane

My carnival night out

It is heartening that most Nepali Americans are doing their part in keeping the American economy vibrant by contributing to the booze industry

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Reorienting democracy

Published On: April 28, 2019 01:30 AM NPT By: Jivesh Jha

Reorienting democracy

When mindset is ethnic or caste-controlled, people cannot stand in favor of broader national cause

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Know their interests

Published On: April 28, 2019 01:00 AM NPT By: Suresh Sharma

Know their interests

One of the reasons Indo-Pacific advocates are focused on Nepal is due to our strategic importance, so distinctive for global power’s attention

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Mayday for protectionism

Published On: April 28, 2019 12:30 AM NPT By: Anne O Krueger

Mayday for protectionism

Whereas America built less than one million gross tons of ships between 2014 and 2016, South Korea and China produced a combined 140 million tons

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My homecoming

Published On: April 27, 2019 01:05 AM NPT By: Ushma Rebel

My homecoming

Many had warned me that my visit to Nepal would only disappoint me, that the romanticized notion of excitement and inner peace which I had imagined about the visit would burst as a bubble. Firstly because it was too short to experience real beauty of Nepal, secondly because I was going after a long hiatus and I would probably be put off by the pollution and crammed suffocation in the city, thirdly because everyone is bound to treat visitors nicely and therefore it wouldn’t be an indication of how people would actually behave with me in a different long-term context.

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Video games are good

Published On: April 27, 2019 12:25 AM NPT By: Usha Pokharel

Video games are good

Just reading the title parents may be thinking: ‘You must be crazy.  How can video games be good?’ It’s hard to believe, but it’s true.  Actually, several studies support my statement.  I know after so many years of cautioning your children not to spend time playing ‘good for nothing’ video games it may be hard for you to accept it as being good.

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