Peace Icon on the show
Peace is indispensable for progress of human society, no matter if some take up arms for change and equality. Arms and violence bring destruction, hatred, detestation, abhorrence, cruelty but peace inculcates love, brotherhood, fraternity, cooperation and progress. In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr proved that change is possible through...
Sri Airlines chopper crash: A national tragedy
It was a national tragedy when the country lost noted nature conservationists, senior officials of the Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation and Kathmandu-based foreign missions in one of the deadliest crashes in Nepalese aviation history, which was officially confirmed after three days, on Monday. Carrying 24 people, the...
Oil crisis and the ‘Nepali Drama’
In his book, ‘Asian Drama’ (1968), Swedish Nobel laureate, Gunnar Myrdal, talks about the ‘soft state syndrome’ to highlight tendencies where the governments announce decisions but fail to implement them. Last week’s government’s decision to hike the price of petroleum product and later to withdraw it within 48 hours...
Challenges for newer Bhutanese leadership
Seven years on the field, Bhutan’s top human rights activists Tek Nath Rizal dared to take up the overall leadership of Bhutan’s democratic movement. Alive hopes of refugees reactivated after the release from the Bhutan’s decade long jail term, Tek Nath Rizal energizes himself in launching decisive movement for...