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Women and Peace: Socio-legal Perspectives in Nepalese Context

Rukamanee Maharjan, Nepal Context: Nepalese society is struggling to recover from the aftermath of ten-year-long arms-conflict. The conflict; however, has opened avenues of hopes and aspirations to people from all walks and life. In this scenario, the present paper aims to seek to analyze the issue of gender dimension, shadowed by the then ongoing conflict, […]

Nepal’s Water Resources and Its Development Strategy

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

-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 […]

Recalling the history of Sikkim

Professor Dr. Suman Dhakal, Nepal -The Turning of a Protectorate Theocracy towards Indian Democracy- In the lap of the Himalayas, there is a small and beautiful patch of land containing a conglomerate of different races and cultures. The idyllic land is called Sikkim, once the protectorate state, then an Associate state and finally twenty- second […]