Strike cultures of Nepal
Strike is like a game in Nepal. No matter how grave is the issue, the only medium Nepalese people found for seeking decision in their favor is to call a strike. More recently, highway strike has become more popular than general. The culture has started by political parties –...
भुटानी संसदमा नेपालीभाषी सांसद
आईपी अधिकारी दुई दशकपछि दक्षिण भुटानबाट नो अब्जेक्सन सर्टिफिकेट, विभेदकारी नीति र समानुपातिक विकासको अधिकारबाट वञ्चित बनाएको विरुद्ध आवाज उठेको छ । अनागरिकले मात्र भुटानका कानुनको विरोध गर्छन् भन्ने हिजोका शासकहरूलाई आफ्ना सबै प्रयासहरू देश र जनताले सहर्ष स्वीकार गर्दा रहेनछन् भन्ने आभास दलीय व्यवस्था स्थापनापछिका दिनहरूमा भएको हुनुपर्छ...
Drug abuse: Alarms ringing in Nepal
A few years back, it was reported in the media that Nepal had become the transit point for drug smugglers. The arrest of a number of smugglers, and the subsequent release of some with a clean chit by the Supreme Court had substantiated the allegations to some extent. Lately,...
News, Tobgay and Dipika
In recent days, I wished following what new journalists in Bhutan have been writing and how they make their sources for news they compose. I found very few journalists on their job also running blog. Few days back I read Dipika Chhetri’s blog where she had mentioned that blog...
Will parties ever understand consensus politics?
When major parties aligned last year to elect Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal as the new prime minister of republic Nepal, critics had pointed out a difficult role for Nepali Congress as an opposition, as the party had ruled the country for the most part since 1990’s political change...
Right to education
One of the many assurances that parties had given to the people during last year’s election was to provide them educational opportunities. However, as the season for new admissions for new academic sessions approach, things have drastically changed. As usual, it looks ironic that less than 28 percent of...