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  • Negotiating with the Terai groups
    P G Rajamohan.    ·   04 Aug, 2007    ·    #2348    ·    Commentary    
    While the elections to Nepal's Constituent Assembly (CA) are slated for 22 November, the deteriorating security situation threatens the possibility of holding them on the stipulated date. Now, the entire attention on Nepal is focused on the end ...
  • Nepal: Fresh Challenges to Democracy
    Saurabh Prasad.    ·   29 Jun, 2007    ·    #2324    ·    Commentary    
    The Nepal election date has been set for 22 November 2007. Prime Minister Koirala has promised that the polls will not be postponed again and urged the government to swiftly complete all necessary preparations in order to hold the elections on the ...
  • Recent Developments in Nepal
    .    ·   09 Apr, 2007    ·    #2259    ·    Commentary    
        Chair:         Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Dipankar Banerjee Speaker:        Mr. Nischal Nath Pandey Opening Remarks In recent months, Nepal has been undergoi ...
  • Constituent Assembly Elections in Nepal
    P G Rajamohan.    ·   03 Apr, 2007    ·    #2254    ·    Commentary    
    Once again Nepal achieved an important milestone in the ongoing peace process by forming an interim government on 1 April 2007. However, the delay and confusion among political parties while forming the interim government and the prevailing suspici ...
  • The Madhesi Issue in Nepal
    K Yhome.    ·   02 Mar, 2007    ·    #2228    ·    Commentary    
    The recent turmoil in Madhes (or the Terai plains bordering India) was a stark reflection of the challenges confronting the restructuring process in Nepal. It was also a reminder to the current interim government that the problems in Nepal are not ...
  • The Nepali Influx in Northeast India
    Chiranjib Haldar.    ·   01 Mar, 2007    ·    #2226    ·    Commentary    
    Social scientists have attributed the settlement of Nepalis in Northeast India, since the 1820s, to their migratory nature, either in search of economic opportunities or of grazing lands for cattle crucial to their primary vocation of milk producti ...
  • Constructing a Democratic Peace: Institution Building in Nepal
    Samrat Sinha.    ·   29 Jan, 2007    ·    #2196    ·    Commentary    
    The transformation of the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) from an insurgent group to a critical stakeholder in the political process is one of the most significant recent developments in South Asia. On 15 January 2007, legislators in the Ho ...
  • Managing Arms and Armies in Nepal: Need for Caution
    P G Rajamohan.    ·   22 Jan, 2007    ·    #2193    ·    Commentary    
    After the signing of the peace agreement between the government and the Maoists in Nepal, 11 years of political chaos and security instability appear to have come to an end. Unlike attempts at peace in the past decade, the ongoing peace settlement ...
  • Armed Conflicts and Peace Processes in South Asia 2006
    .    ·   30 Nov, 2006    ·    #2160    ·    Commentary    
    (Report of the Book Discussion held on 20 November 2006 at IIC Annexe, New Delhi. The panel comprised of Dhirendra Singh, P Sahadevan, VG Patankar, Ajit Kumar Doval and EN Rammohan.) Dipankar Banerjee South Asian region, which co ...
  • Nepal: Disturbances in Terai
    P G Rajamohan.    ·   10 Sep, 2006    ·    #2110    ·    Commentary    
    As Nepal struggles to resolve its decade old security and political problems, disturbances erupting in the Terai region are not being noticed by the government. A threat to Pahadiyas (hill people) of ethnic evictions, along with insurgent group k ...
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