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

–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

-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

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 […]

Geopolitical and geostrategic developments in the Asia Pacific

-SartaJ Aziz, Former Advisor to the Prime Minister, Government of Pakistan Geopolitical and geostrategic developments in the Asia Pacific have been moving rapidly in the recent past. The United States brought greater focus on the region by launching the ‘Asia Pivot’ in 2011. The Pivot, renamed as ‘rebalance’ strengthens alliances with Japan, South Korea, India, […]

Nepal: Salute to Mother, Motherland, and Martyrs!

— Professor Bijay Kumar Rauniyar Once a monk yapped a guy who was having siesta under a banyan tree. The snoring man was disturbed and yelled at weirdly robed beggar. “What! Why did you awaken me? Go away and beg somewhere else. online pharmacy https://kwitko.com/bioimages/jpg/isotroin.html with best prices today in the USA ” “Wake up,” […]