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South Asia meets Europe: From Islamabad to Istanbul via Tehran!

3 years ago Wednesday, February 9, 2022telegraphnepal

N. P. Upadhyaya, Kathmandu: “The optimist people see opportunity in every danger and conversely the pessimist sees danger in every opportunity”. The quote is even fitting for our readers which is as follows, “The greatest mistake we humans make in our relationships, we listen half, understand quarter, think zero, and react double”. The two-time-tested old adage(s) […]

Regional Civil Society in Search for Peace

3 years ago Wednesday, February 9, 2022telegraphnepal

Dev Raj Dahal Senior Academic Commentator, 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 […]

Olympic Diplomacy & Ukraine Crisis: The US Cornered?

3 years ago Monday, February 7, 2022telegraphnepal

N. P. Upadhyaya Kathmandu: It would be appropriate and timely to begin this article from what the Statesman of international repute and the British Prime Minister Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill had once talked of Russia. He had said, “Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside and enigma”. The use of the word […]

Revisiting King Mahendra’s role in nation building!

3 years ago Friday, February 4, 2022telegraphnepal

N. P. Upadhyaya Kathmandu: It has rightly been said by men of letters that “one idiot is one idiot. Two idiots are two idiots and ten thousand idiots are a political party”. We don’t know much of the “idiocy” other countries, however, in Nepal this “words of wisdom” fits into exactly giving one the impression […]

Protocol Issues, Presentation of Credentials and Vienna Conventions

3 years ago Friday, February 4, 2022telegraphnepal

Mohan Krishna Shrestha Ambassador of Nepal to France (2010-2014) & Former Chief of Protocol, MOFA, Nepal States, with well-defined boundaries, were born only after the Treaty of Westphalia of 1648 A.D. Thereafter, states began exercises to exchange Ambassadors. Yet, rules for protocol could not take any shape for long. In the lack of protocol, previously […]

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