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A Lady not with the Lamp
N. P. U padhyaya
It has rightly been said that when a
particular Nepali national is rejected by the society wherein he or she lives
in jumps either into the profession of journalism or at best politics. This
could be a common phenomenon in the...( Read More ) Crest of cruelty and brutality this
N. P. U padhyaya
I wish I could delete the words, for example, “cruelty” and “brutality”
simply because I hate these words tooth and nail. I hate these words. I don’t
know why?
However, I know even if I delete these words from my minds and...( Read More ) No more fun! Draft the Charter
N. P. U padhyaya
The Oxford Dictionary defines Constitution as “system of laws and
principles according to which a state is governed.
To elaborate it further for more clarity, I think every state, in effect,
every political entity has a...( Read More ) Nepal: Married pair demand coupling right in prison
N. P. Upadhyaya
Democratic system is simply great in that the media is free. Freedom of expression adds to the beauty of democracy.
A country where the press is gagged, the society remains largely ignored of the events, and the incidents that the society...( Read More ) Nepal Story Time: Of Ghurahu and Manohar Mahto
N. P. Upadhyaya
To err is human. I am no exception to this universal rule.
I may have committed several blunders knowingly or even unknowingly. But I am here today to admit my shortcomings in a very free and frank manner. I think you all will consider my...( Read More ) The notable difference
N. P. Upadhyaya
Some special moments touch our hearts. Similarly, some events act like a catalytic agent which in turn encourages some to contribute to the nation building tasks or to take the fame of one’s country to newer heights.
The events may have...( Read More ) Nepal: Go green, go organic
N. P. Upadhyaya
Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. This is the famous adage the world over.
However, to live longer, one needs to be in a healthy form and shape.
The metropolitan culture has disturbed the life style of...( Read More ) Some thrilling experiences
N. P. Upadhyaya
It is said that even private and exclusive talks that are of the “off the record” nature could well be revealed after a decade or so.
I don’t know whether I have heard correct or should dare to do what I am all set to do now. But I must...( Read More ) Cartoon speaks of Nepali Politics
N. P. Upadhyaya
To err is human. Mistakes or say negligence do happen at times
unknowingly. However, if things go wrong on a regular basis and the mistakes
committed knowingly then the ultimate result is negative.
A group of people...( Read More ) Pakistan born Indian loves Nepal!
N. P. Upadhyaya
Unexpected but friendly meets do happen at times. Such meet, it is up to the one, to enjoy it to the hilt or just ignore.
However, such meet also depends upon the personality you are meeting or supposed to meet. If the one you are meeting...( Read More ) Talk of honoring senior media men
N. P. Upadhyaya
It should have been some five months or so that I was invited by my professional colleaguess to participate in a media interaction program with the incumbent minister of communications and information-Shanakar Pokhrel.
Since I...( Read More ) Tolerance this: Hinduism and Buddhism go together only in Nepal
N. P. Upadhyaya
Rightly said Dr. Ram Bhakta Thakur, the former Nepal’s Ambassador to Egypt that “Nepali people were a religious lot and that we the Nepalese never exhibit any sort of bias towards other religions”.
Perhaps Ambassador Thakur is hundred...( Read More ) Nepal need some Alaskan dogs
N. P. Upadhyaya
The other day, April 23, 2010, Kirti Nidhi Bista at a Kathmandu ceremony bluntly told his audience that “the Nepalese population did not do away with the Nepal’s Royal Institution" but, said Bista, it was a country, that we perhaps all...( Read More ) Salute to Dr. Ta-Na Sharma and Ed. Rajan Karki
N. P. Upadhyaya
Last week I had an opportunity to read a small write up by Chakrapani, a regular columnist of the Nepali Patra Weekly dated April 16, 2010.
The opening sentence which was a short but a sweet poem touched my heart and finally I had to...( Read More ) Ministerial nap this-a la Nepal
N. P. Upadhyaya
Health experts or better say the physiotherapists’ claim that a short nap each day in the afternoon, preferably, after lunch, keeps a man or woman in good stead. YOGA gurus too subscribe to this brilliant idea.
After the nap, the person...( Read More ) Take two pills each after you sleep and before you rise
N. P. Upadhyaya
With malice to none
Patients normally go to some medical practitioners to get their disease diagnosed and then corrected. This happens everywhere. Though the patients are clever enough to go to the Medical Doctors who are in the news or say have already...( Read More ) “Nepal is my country”, claim two foreigners
N. P. Upadhyaya
I have been in close association with Kathmandu based diplomats for more than three decades. Each time I meet them, or say we meet each other, we definitely talk of the Nepalese political events. Certainly, they demand analyses from me and...( Read More ) Last salute to Uncle Koirala!
N. P. Upadhyaya
I recall with faint memory to have seen late Girija Prasad Koirala for the first time at his private residence in Koirala-Nivas, Biratnagar, our common hometown some fifty years ago.
That time perhaps I was in class five or six studying...( Read More ) Boudhha Gandhara book launched in Nepal
N. P. Upadhyaya
The Pakistan Study Center, PSC, did an excellent job last week.
It was excellent and highly informative in that the program it organized to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Nepal-Pakistan Bilateral Ties centered on...( Read More ) Congrats Khagendra Rana
N. P. Upadhyaya
Nepal has so many surprising things to provide to the countries of the world. But we have been reluctant in exposing our own “products”.
An investigative journalist can explore so many things in Nepal which may draw the attention of the...( Read More ) 
