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  • Calling for Change (Nepal Media Survey, July 2004)
    PG Rajamohan.    ·   13 Aug, 2004    ·    #1460    ·    Commentary    
    Contemplating the Constituent Assembly In Kantipur (18 July), one of the framers of the 1990 Constitution of Nepal, Laxman Prasad Aryal, said, â€Å&ac ...
  • Political Changes in Nepal (Nepal Media Survey, June 2004)
    PG Rajamohan.    ·   16 Jul, 2004    ·    #1435    ·    Commentary    
    Sher Bahadur Deuba’s Reappointment The appointment of the Nepali Congress (Democratic) leader, Sher Bahadur Deuba to the Prime Ministerial post after 20 months on 2 June has been widely appreciated in the Nepali media. Deuba&rsqu ...
  • Feuding for Power (Nepal Media Survey, May 2004)
    PG Rajamohan.    ·   26 Jun, 2004    ·    #1419    ·    Commentary    
    Three-way Contention for Power   The Spotlight (May 7-13) in its editorial said, ‘the vicious triangular contention to hold on, to recapture or to seize the power between the three feuding factors has only contributed t ...
  • Nepal: Children in Maoist Ranks
    P V Ramana.    ·   31 May, 2004    ·    #1400    ·    Commentary    
    The Maoist insurgents in Nepal have been abducting children from various parts of the country with a view to training and inducting them into their ranks. In all, over 3000 children have been abducted on different occasions since 1996. They are sai ...
  • Turmoil in Nepal Continues (Nepal Media Survey, April 2004)
    P G Rajamohan.    ·   17 May, 2004    ·    #1389    ·    Commentary    
    Relevance of Monarchy in Nepal   In Deshantar (11 April), a regional Nepali daily, Lok Raj Baral wrote about the relevance of an active Monarchy in the present context in Nepal and said, â€Å&ldquo ...
  • Maoist Linkages with Northeast Insurgents: Growing Concerns
    Sanjay K Jha.    ·   20 Apr, 2004    ·    #1374    ·    Commentary    
    While deepening linkages between the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoists), CPN-M, and Indian left-wing extremist groups have been a cause of concern for quite some time, recent developments have brought to the focus growing relationship of Maoists wi ...
  • Politics of Agitation in Nepal
    Sangeeta Thapliyal.    ·   15 Apr, 2004    ·    #1369    ·    Commentary    
    The disarray among political parties since the sacking of the Deuba government on 4 October 2002 seems to be coming to an end.  A new phase of collective proactive action in support of reintroducing democracy seems to be developing since 2 Apr ...
  • Nepal: Current Situation and Future Challenges
    Maj. Gen. Dipankar Banerjee.    ·   13 Apr, 2004    ·    #1363    ·    Commentary    
    Speaker: Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Dipankar Banerjee Director, IPCS Gen. Banerjee began by saying that Nepal was in a crisis mode. Its democratic structure had ...
  • Maoists Strike Hard (Nepal Media Survey, March 2004)
    P G Rajamohan.    ·   12 Apr, 2004    ·    #1359    ·    Commentary    
    Maoist Attacks   Maoist insurgents carried out two major attacks against the security forces in a span of 17 days.  Immediately following the massacre in Bhojpur district in eastern Nepal on 3 March, the carnage that took place ...
  • Politics in Nepal and the Political Parties
    Sangeeta Thapliyal.    ·   08 Apr, 2004    ·    #1358    ·    Commentary    
    The most abused force in the present political instability in Nepal is the political parties. Indicted by the King, aid donors, common people, and academicians for their irresponsible behaviour, frequent changes in the government, bad governance an ...
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