Most of these blogs are here for archival purpose that I have written from 2004. These days, I prefer to write my occasional blogs at Medium page.
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An enemy within
[Paraphrase of some interesting points of two speeches during the launching of a book entitled MBM Anthology of Media Ethics edited by my friend Bhuwan KC. The speeches were those of Minister for Communication and Information Shankar Pokharel and Professor P Kharel.] Shankar Pokharel Politicians and/or political parties use media for two reasons: either to…
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A game of neighbors
A game of football is all about scoring. A player needs to penetrate into the opponent’s area to score goals – and if the defense is not good, then there will be more room to play for the opponents. Every goal is scored because of a weakness! The game of politics is similar – not…
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Simply inhuman
Killing anyone is a crime itself. Killing someone for criticism is an act of people who have already lost a portion of humanism. Attempting to kill a journalist for what she wrote – that too by gradually cutting her right fingers and pushing off a cliff – is simply inhuman. Tika Bista, a 22-year-old Rukum-based…
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Nepal Cabinet meets at Everest!
December 4, 2009. A date to remember because Nepal government created a world record by holding a cabinet meeting at Kala Patthar – 5,5542m / 18,192 ft above sea level. The meeting was held to create awareness about melting in the Himalaya due to human-induced climate change. For a few things, I feel good about…
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In praise of Maoists
This is something rarely written for the Maoists; but their good-natured tactic of peaceful protest has earned at least a few good things for them. One of them is praise from people like me and one other is at least a little faith on ‘what they say’. The Maoists top leaders said the protests would…
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It’s wave, Google Wave!
After a long anticipation and a few weeks of jealousy [when others were talking about it and I had not invitation], I finally got to use Google Wave – the great Google’s new project in coming. I have 20 of my 635 Gmail contacts on Google Wave – most of them are not my regular…
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Mr Hyde (of Maoists) wakes up
The efforts to forget political consensus among top three political parties in Nepal was going well (quotes of Maoist leaders): The meeting ended on a positive note. The meeting was a step closer toward resolving the problem. – Maoist leader Dev Gurung (on October 23) We will show flexibility for the end of political deadlock.…
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The times they are a-changin’
On the first week of October, I had planned a trekking trip with my wife. Since September-October was considered to be the best season to visit, we were both very excited about the trip to Poon Hill, one of the best viewing places in Nepal for sunrise and Annapurna range of Himalaya. The trip was…
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Tihar: hopes of enlightenment
Bhailini aain angana, gunyu cholo magana! He aausiko baro, gai tiharo bhailo! or Ye hai bhana mera bhai ho, deusi re! Ye hai ramrai bhana, deusi re! Each echoing sound of these Tihar songs gives a nostalgic vibration to me (as to many Nepalis). For these were the songs, we probably waited most eagerly to…
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The mockery of democracy
Believe it or not, Nepali politics is dirty. Politics in underdeveloped countries such as Nepal is always dirty, because we, the people, and leaders rarely understand the essence of it. This is also true because for the politicians, their career and party generally come before the nation. For the Maoists in Nepal, the most important…