From guest: Minister Rai and Democracy
By Mani DahalMinister Nanda Lal Rai’s understanding on the value of democracy came public right after the arrival of Mr. Dhan Kumar Rai in Bhutanese refugee camp in eastern Nepal after serving 17 years jail term in Bhutan, standing for Democracy and Human right there. He was given 48...
The Happy fool
Prime Minister Jigme Thinely (of Bhutan) is at the top the list of advocators of Gross National Happiness that counts happiness over material or monetary prosperity. In fact it was since his induction into the Wangchuk cabinet that debates for Gross National Happiness began across lands. The financial crisis...
Popular parties of a democracy
That was a utopian motivation for those who heard of party based political system in the country for the first. It was assured, country would do better under their leadership but what all received thought the months was ‘a glass full of air’. Reality check made a come back...
Lollypop from unfaithful man
Every issue that Kuensel produces used to be a readable content for me, with much attention, reading repeatedly to know the matter in details. Reading a news used to be followed by other searches and past documents that I save with my computer at home. But as I read...
Triangular fight for a president
The crux of current deadlock lies in the fact that the three major parties in the Constituent Assembly (CA) – CPN (Maoist), Nepali Congress and CPN (UML) – stand sharply divided, till this date, on who should be the first president of republican Nepal and how the appointment should...
A Janayuddha
The story begins from Nepal where ‘red’ men have been able topple the rivals. And its impacts have already been observed in India where the underground rebellion communist announced recently their own government in a few states. And its effects began in Bhutan as well. This in many left...