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Nepal’s Water Resources and Its Development Strategy

3 years ago Sunday, October 17, 2021telegraphnepal

Bhubanesh Kumar Pradhan, Nepal Introduction: Nepal has four World Class Rivers. They are Koshi, Gandaki (Narayani), Karnali and Mahakali. In total, Nepal has more than 6000 rivers. Each river has some development potential, with some more and others less. The total annual surface runoff draining the country from these rivers amounts to 225 billion cubic […]

Sites of Nepali Civil Society

3 years ago Wednesday, October 13, 2021telegraphnepal

-Dev Raj Dahal “Without civil society, democracy remains an empty shell; without civil society, the market becomes a jungle.” — Michael Ignatieff. The Nepali civil society groups have performed significant roles in education, health, community development, network building, organizing discourse, providing relief to the needy and peace building initiatives. These labors have also provided continuous […]

A Must Serve Outpost: My First Diplomatic Posting in New Delhi

3 years ago Sunday, October 10, 2021telegraphnepal

–Madhu Raman Acharya After my promotion to the Joint Secretary level in the Diplomatic Group, as the Foreign Service was then known, I did not expect to be posted in New Delhi. Rather, I was expecting to wait a bit longer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to become an ambassador, as careerists would be […]

A Forward-looking Foreign Policy for Nepal

3 years ago Wednesday, October 6, 2021telegraphnepal

-Kedar Bhakta Shrestha, Nepal Years ago, a highly placed person asked me “does Nepal have a foreign policy?” Years later, another prominent person made an identical query. I was somewhat intrigued and pondered myself as to the reason behind such dignitaries doubting about Nepal having a foreign policy. I had felt, on those occasions, that […]

Buddha: The light of Universe

3 years ago Monday, October 4, 2021telegraphnepal

Professor Dr. Bishnu Hari Nepal After going through the book, as a normal reader, I got an impression that Nepal that time, through her Great Son of the Soil, Buddha —the enlightened, was able to contribute a great and influential philosophy with its impact on the pattern of life of the people -to our today’s […]

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