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Proposed Buddha University in Nepal’s Mustang: Will China retaliate?

N. P. Upadhyaya (Aryal) Biratnagar: Politics has suddenly taken a more dangerous spin with the India trained and indoctrinated sitting Nepal Prime Minister Prachanda’s “presumed” awarding of government’s sanction for the establishment of a Buddha University in the western region that borders Nepal’s Northern neighbor China. Prachanda, China believes, is a Nepali political personality with […]

Nepal’s Foreign Policy and Diplomacy: A Historical Perspective

– Mohan Krishna Shrestha Former Ambassador of Nepal to France (2010-1014) Kathmandu, Nepal Indrajatra is one of the major festivals being celebrated in Kathmandu valley in early September. Kathmanduites celebrate this street festival with gusto and fanfare. On this day, living Goddess Kumari, believed to be a reincarnation of Goddess Bhagwati, is being carried by […]

India, China and Russia: To restore Nepal King Gyanendra?

  -Unstable Nepal heading towards a failed state?   “That India though is housed in the US designed security apparatus the QUAD ( the US, Japan, Australia and India) but yet the former intends to keep the US at a distance concluding that the US existence in Nepal will surely dilute its overwhelmingly dominating presence […]

Nepal: Furthering Discourse on Hydro Diplomacy

“Nepal is one of the richest nations in hydro power potentiality estimated at 83,000 MW in total. It is no wonder that water resources have been considered as white gold for Nepal. But, unfortunately, it has never been properly harnessed or exploited for well being of the people or the development of the nation”. ####################################################################### […]

Nepal: Geopolitics, Realpolitik and Dezinformatsiya

“Now, let’s examine Nayak’s assertion: “India and Nepal were both part of the colonized sectors of the British East Indian Company.” Not so, madam! As far as Nepal is concerned, she at times fought valiantly and ferociously against the Company; subsequently, she even militarily assisted in the quelling of the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny. That ultimately […]