South Asia

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: 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 Unification campaign: First Unsuccessful Attack on Kirtipur

Dr. Niranjan Man Singh Basnyat Kathmandu, Nepal First unsuccessful attack on Kirtipur: This battle was fought on Saturday 28 May 1757 against the advice of several courtiers including Bangya Basnyat, Haribansa Upadhyaya, Astologer Kulananda Dhakal and Kazi Kalu Pandey. Bangya Basnyat was one of the prominent fighters among the troops who participated actively in the […]

Nepal: All the Delhi’s men

–P.R. Pradhan Chief Editor, The People’s Review weekly, Nepal What will be the long-term impact of the present citizenship bill ratified by the House of Representatives, all the political parties in the country are aware. Moreover, the intellectuals, academicians and even the commoners are well aware of the impact of the present citizenship law amendment […]

Nepal: South Asian Civil Society in Search for Peace

Dev Raj Dahal Senior Political Scientist, Nepal Globalization is breaking the boundaries of disciplinary knowledge such as economics, political science, sociology, culture, literature, etc and the structure of society based on social, economic and gender division of labor. It is also compelling human beings to think in an inter-subjective perspective. The current crisis in the […]