Published On: September 25, 2017 12:47 AM NPT By: CK Lal
Contrary to the popularly purveyed plot that the US works in tandem with India, Washington has always treated Kathmandu as important observation post in South Asia in its own right
Published On: September 11, 2017 01:30 AM NPT By: CK Lal
With the grounds of grievances and resentment still intact, the possibility of further uprisings in Madhes can never be ruled out.
Published On: August 28, 2017 01:30 AM NPT By: CK Lal
The last group to shed its political clothes and jump into the electoral fray wholly naked is newly-fashioned Rashtriya Janata Party Nepal.
Published On: August 14, 2017 12:45 AM NPT By: CK Lal
On 70th Independence Day, two cheers to people of Pakistan; much remains to be done to realize Quaid-i-Azam’s dreams
Published On: July 31, 2017 01:30 AM NPT By: CK Lal
Core issue of public life in Nepal is still Madhes. The longer PEON hides its face, higher will be the price of political avoidance.
Published On: July 17, 2017 01:30 AM NPT By: CK Lal
It seems when Mother Goddess is done with formation of the likes of Joshi, She destroys the mould for the fear that too many dreamers may stop the earth from turning on its axis.
Published On: July 3, 2017 12:35 AM NPT By: CK Lal
Political economy of Oliology is oligopolistic, part of proto-fascist movement that combines xenophobia, chauvinism, communalism and ethno-nationalism
Published On: June 19, 2017 12:35 AM NPT By: CK Lal
Bardia had highest number of enforced disappearances, most of them picked up by the security forces. Their whereabouts remain unknown
Published On: June 5, 2017 12:35 AM NPT By: CK Lal
Why is a section of Madhesi bourgeoisie eager to play on a tilted ground with unreliable rules, partisan linesman, indifferent audience, and unfair umpires?
Published On: May 22, 2017 12:35 AM NPT By: CK Lal
The ‘One Belt, One Road’ is a multifaceted scheme to replace Washington Consensus with Beijing Consensus
Published On: May 8, 2017 12:35 AM NPT By: CK Lal
Judicial activism in political affairs, unless there is a constitutional issue at stake, does little to add to the credibility of the courts
Published On: April 24, 2017 12:35 AM NPT By: CK Lal
The Madheshis have once again lost their battle of dignity on the geopolitical front. Unfortunately, they can’t even reach out to China
Published On: April 10, 2017 10:47 AM NPT By: CK Lal
BHAIRAHAWA. Like other conurbations of the country, settlements along the north-south road connecting the Indian plains with the East-West Highway of Nepal are emerging as centers of consumption rather than production. On a late-March evening, there was a seven-kilometer queue of loaded trucks waiting for their turn to be cleared through the Sunauli-Belahiya customs. Trucks exiting Nepal were invariably empty and moved fast in the opposite direction.
Published On: March 27, 2017 12:35 AM NPT By: CK Lal
The number one priority of the South Block in South Asia is Bhutan. Nepal has to compete with the Maldives for attention
Published On: March 13, 2017 12:35 AM NPT By: CK Lal
The struggle between defenders of Khas-Arya dominance and hegemony and proponents of ethnic equality and Madheshi dignity are likely to be a protracted one
Published On: February 27, 2017 12:35 AM NPT By: CK Lal
Where are Nepali women in the metaphor of coffins, bakasko bimba, which pervades pathologies of remittance reporting?
Published On: February 13, 2017 12:35 AM NPT By: CK Lal
Every change since 1950 has merely been repeated attempts at rekindling the spirit that was snuffed out in the winter of 1960 by a deceitful king
Published On: January 30, 2017 12:35 AM NPT By: CK Lal
The bombast of newly-minted novelists and self-published poets notwithstanding, the literary scene in Nepal is grim
Published On: January 16, 2017 12:35 AM NPT By: CK Lal
Rudderless due to unawakened masses, Tarai-Madhesh remains almost leaderless even after a decade of the first major upheaval
Published On: January 2, 2017 12:35 AM NPT By: CK Lal
How would Buddha Sayami greet Dada when they met in whichever world people pass once life on this planet is over?