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Rethinking Geopolitical Labels: An Asian Perspective on 'Global South' and 'Middle East'

Published On: January 6, 2024 12:00 PM NPT By: Prem Lamichhane

In the intricate web of global geopolitics, terms like 'Global South' and 'Middle East' have played significant roles in shaping perceptions and narratives for decades. However, when we explore these labels from the vantage point of Nepal and wider Asia, it becomes increasingly evident that these terms, crafted in the corridors of Western power politics, need a serious reevaluation and redefinition.

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In Support of a Non-Aligned Climate Ecology

Published On: October 6, 2022 07:05 AM NPT By: Prem Lamichhane

Will the non-aligned countries take the necessary measures to avert the climate catastrophe that has been predicted since 1992?

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Fear amid corona threat

Published On: March 23, 2020 10:34 AM NPT By: Prem Lamichhane

An email from an editor of one of the leading French dailies who cancelled her trip to Nepal due to the threat of coronavirus made me unhappy. She was going to visit Nepal for a few weeks and cover some travel related news. She said she had to cancel in response to Nepal government’s decision to ban ‘on arrival visa’ to French nationals.

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Unrest in France

Published On: January 26, 2020 10:55 AM NPT By: Prem Lamichhane

France has been facing transport strikes for one and a half months against the government, which is trying to reform its pension system. President Immanuel Macron wants to replace the current system of 42 pension regimes with a single point scheme that will be the same for everybody. It has caused a brutal travel disruption especially in Paris and its surrounding region causing misery to millions of commuters.

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When system corrupts

Published On: June 1, 2019 01:05 AM NPT By: Prem Lamichhane

I remember the conversation I had with a barber while I was in Nepal recently. “It just takes a second for a person to become rich but you have to be corrupt,” he said, but he decided not to become corrupt rich and therefore chose to become a barber so that he would serve all lower, middle and upper-class people.

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Cell-phone parenting

Published On: November 18, 2018 01:30 AM NPT By: Prem Lamichhane

Nepali children are losing themselves into the world of cell phones, oblivious to what is happening around them

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If we want to bring more tourists

Published On: August 25, 2018 01:05 AM NPT By: Prem Lamichhane

After completing a year of study in France, I came back to Nepal recently. The journey was costly and I had to face a lot of hassles at the airport. If Nepal had a direct flight from and to Paris or any other city of Europe, the journey would be much shorter and less costly. We are facing a lot of problems in lack of direct flights to and from many countries. It has directly impacted our tourism.

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