Commentary

Nepal: No special and unique relations with India

N. P. Upadhyaya; Kathmandu: India’s former Army Chief Bipin Rawat last week said in Delhi that India enjoys “special and unique” relations with Nepal. This is not true. His statement is hundred percent incorrect. The fact is that Nepal is a sovereign country that never has experienced slavery of any sort and has, unfortunately, a friend […]

The Governance of Natural Resources in Nepal- 5

Professor D. D. Poudel, the Founder of the Asta-Ja Framework Asta-Ja Framework: Asta-Ja is a theoretically grounded grassroots-based planning and management framework for conservation, development, and utilization of natural and human resources. Asta-Ja means eight of the Nepali letter “Ja” [Jal (water), Jamin (land), Jungle (forest), Jadibuti (medicinal and aromatic plants), Janashakti (manpower), Janawar, (animals), […]

India’s DisinfoLab exposed!

N. P. Upadhyaya; Kathmandu: Beijing in the recent days has in no uncertain terms sounded India to keep in mind three things in the conduct of its ties with China. First, China says “India must shoulder the blame of having precipitated the current situation”; secondly, “China doesn’t propose to use of force to change the […]

India and China agree to restore Nepal Monarchy?

N. P. Upadhyaya; Kathmandu: It has appropriately been said that if India is around, you need no enemy. The enemy is just next door and claims its ties with Nepal are “special” which a big joke is. This is perhaps the Nepali experience collected over past seven decades. Former Indian Army Chief Bipin Rawat the other […]

The Governance of Natural Resources in Nepal- 4

Prof. D. D. Poudel, the Founder of the Asta-Ja Framework Asta-Ja Framework: Asta-Ja is a theoretically grounded grassroots-based planning and management framework for conservation, development, and utilization of natural and human resources. Asta-Ja means eight of the Nepali letter “Ja” [Jal (water), Jamin (land), Jungle (forest), Jadibuti (medicinal and aromatic plants), Janashakti (manpower), Janawar, (animals), […]