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Nepal: Local Development Strategy-Part 1

Insensitive Government, Conflicting Donor Agenda, and Emergent NGO Initiatives at the Grassroots Bihari Krishna Shrestha Kathmandu, Nepal “It would be tempting to think that the local cadres, who had more integrity and ability than the current standards, had played the role of catalyst, stimulating enthusiasm and subduing the conflicts and disputes found in any rural […]

Nepal: Zone of Peace Proposal ( ZoP) fused with Women and Peace Seminar 

N. P. Upadhyaya ( Aryal) The program became interesting and lively wherein the main topic “Women in Peace and Civil Society” got dramatically fused with the French scholar, Isabelle Duquesne, penned book on “Nepal: Zone of Peace” and the attending participants got more than confused over this mysterious synthesis of two separate but yet very […]

Nepal-China Relationship from Political, Economic, and Social perspectives

Dipendra Adhikari, Nepal and ZHANG Sheng, China In October 1st, 2019, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is celebrating the 70th anniversary of its establishment and retrospecting its diplomatic history with 178 states that have diplomatic relationship with the PRC. In August 1st, 2019, Nepal, an important neighbor of China that enjoys prolong friendship with […]

Nepal: Expulsion of Capuchin Priests during Unification process

-Dr. Niranjan Man Singh Basnyat Kathmandu, Nepal Begin text. European writers including Perceval Landon and H. Ambrose Oldfield have mentioned about this issue of cutting of noses and published such stories in their books. Earlier in 1796, one Italian Christian Priest named Giuseppe, who was living in Nepal for some time and was among other […]

Nepal an Indian colony; China paying heavy price for its double play in 2005?

‘The horrifying aspect of the “bill” on citizenship is that it is presumed to have been drafted by Indian Foreign Minister S. Jay Shankar who since September 2015 has been pressing Nepal to grant Citizenship cards to his illegally residing Indian nationals across Nepal. Indian desire is to gulp Nepal like Sikkim and the domestic […]