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Are Foreign Donors Promoting Ethnic Federalism in Nepal?

Prakash A. Raj Past Vice President Nepal Council of World Affairs, NCWA The people of Nepal had a unique opportunity of being masters of their own destiny by drafting their own constitution to govern themselves by means of their elected representatives in the constituent assembly (CA). It was something that they were promised six decades […]

Nepal’s Sikkimisation gains momentum

Kashmir and Khalistan movement   N. P. Upadhyaya (Aryal) Kathmandu: Nepal’s India imposed and later deformed the so called republican Order has embraced yet another ugly and dirty form when the newly elected Parliament saw the mysterious absence of “Opposition” which is a must in a democratic order if it is. However, the absence of […]

Globalization is faceless but its impact on small states like Nepal is tangible

Professor Dev Raj Dahal Kathmandu, Nepal In the phase of globalization, small states seek to create normative standards to measure the shortfall of great powers’ geopolitical maneuvers, fight for justice in the international system and apply their tricks of the trade to acquire space for independent maneuver. Defining Nepal’s foreign policy as one of nonalignment, […]

Nepal: Strengthening National Economy

-Pushpa Raj Pradhan Chief Editor The People’s Review Weekly Kathmandu, Nepal The country’s economy is not fine. The general sector expenditure is higher than the domestic revenue received by the government. The government is compelled to raise the deficit amount in the budget through debts. The country’s debt burden is also increasing alarmingly. If the […]

Nepal: Shrish Rana’s demise is a great loss to the Nation

-Dr. Upendra Gautam Hydro power/Development expert, Nepal   # Dr Upendra Gautam is the secretary general of the China Study Center Nepal. Gautam is known as a senior scholar and hydropower/development expert. Coincidently, Dr Gautam was a college mate of senior journalist, political analyst and former minister the late Shrish Shumsher Rana, who was associated with […]