National

Civil Society and Democracy

Dev Raj Dahal, Kathmandu, Nepal Introduction: Civil society groups in Nepal comprise a baffling array of institutions, networks and movements of citizens formed to defend their collective values, interests and culture. It is an outgrowth of an open, tolerant civic culture. In an idealized form, civil society groups spring from the rational faculty of human […]

Nepalese political leadership reflects Nepalese society

Professor Ram Kumar Dahal, Nepal The institutionalization of democratic polity, maintenance of political stability and the promotion of democratic political culture and good governance, and, in general, the success and failure of any nation largely depends on political leadership. In democratic countries, political leadership becomes a subject of prime importance, and performs a number of […]

Nepal-India relations; some thoughts

Gopal Thapa Former Chief of Protocol Foreign Ministry of Nepal One of the longtime Nepal-India relations observers, Dr. S.D. Muni has listed the constant and strategic variable as two fundamental elements influencing relations between the two countries. He calls history, geography and culture as the “constant”, and the social, political and economic elements as “strategic” […]

KULS panel discussion on Shrestha’s book “Kathmandu to Paris”

-By telegraphnepal.com reporter Lalitpur: Hats off to the energetic students of the Kathmandu University Literary Society (KULS) for arranging a lively program at their premises, December 3, 2021 with the author of the book “Kathmandu-Paris-Kathmandu”-Shyam Mohan Shrestha. Professor Kashi Raj Pandey took the lead for the event to happen. He was the main man behind […]

Veteran communist C.P Mainali lauds role of Nepali monarchy

N. P. Upadhyaya Kathmandu: Kamal Thapa is the head of a political conglomerate, the RPP-Rastriya Prajatantra Party, which houses almost the entire stalwarts of the former Panchayat System who in their own way contributed to the unceremonious fall of the regime then led “actively” by the King Birendra and inherited by his brother King Gyanendra. […]