Dowry stories has always drawn my attention. In fact, I have written an article for The Kathmandu Post a few years ago about it which was published as the main article on a Sunday. HK Nepal has an interesting story related to dowry. It is about people disguishing as beggars to collect money for dowry in Janakpur area.
Legal News from Nepal has an entry saying that the Supreme Court verdict on legitimacy of Royal Commission for Corruption Control (RCC) has been deferred. Umesh Shrestha revealed that the government is planning for a ordinance about election. He writes: considering that the current act prohibits the election if a candidate is killed, the government is planning to bring out an ordinance to cancel that clause. This has been done in the wake of Moaists’ statement about ‘action on candidates’ for the upcoming municipal election. There is widespread belief that the election would be cancelled and Umesh‘s title says the same.
Chij, writing on 10th anniversesary of the people’s war by Maoists in Nepal, has raised some issues in his entries. Blogdai rounded-up some incidents in the country and his stay in US in his own (erratic?) way. When I read his entry, I enjoyed these few statements:
The Parties have absolutely nothing now. They are “caught in the middle” as Girija says. Their little ploy for political leverage–the 12 point agreement–has backfired and now they are all marginalized.
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Ambassador Moriarty is a big chicken. It is clear to blogdai that he will refrain from making any overtly anti-Maoist statements until he’s tucked safely behind the wall of his new, fortified embassy compound–currently under construction.
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Looks like Amnesty International (AI) has left Nepal alone for the moment. Probably because they realized it’s a non-starter in the fundraising department.
Deepak Adhikari talks about the identity crisis after his makeover.
