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Cracking the Governance Puzzle, by Shyam K Upadhyaya (Kathmandu Post, 31/12/2000)

Bandh call draws scathing criticism (Kathmandu Post, 31/12/2000)
See also Bandhs One Too Many (Rising Nepal, 31/12/2000) and Nepal bandh to protest future Bandhs, by Satish Jung Shahi (Kathmandu Post, 05/01/2001) as well as Nepal Bandh: A Futile Show (Spotlight, 05/01/2001)

Frustration-fed riot and leaders' quest for power, by Ameet Dhakal (Kathmandu Post, 30/12/2000)

Nearing the point of no return, by Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (Nepali Times, 29/12/2000))

Is there a functioning government?, by Mana Ranjan Josse (People's Review, 28/12/2000)

With malice to none: Some valuable clues to recognize Nepali politicians! (Telegraph, 27/12/2000)

An act of cutting short ‘system’s longevity’ (Telegraph, 27/12/2000)

Primer On Governance (Spotlight, 22/12/2000)
Book review of Sushasan, ed. by Ganga Bahadur Thapa

Koirala can hardly remain unscathed, by Ramesh Sharma (People's Review, 21/12/2000)

Best of times, worst of times, by Mana Ranjan Josse (People's Review, 21/12/2000)

Nepal: Crisis Of Governability, by Bhagirath Yogi (Spotlight, 15/12/2000)

Sociology in politics, by Nabin Rawal (Kathmandu Post, 15/12/2000)

Destiny will take its vengeance, by Ramesh Sharma (People's Review, 07/12/2000)

From Nepal, to Nepali Congress-land, to Koirala-stan, by Mana Ranjan Josse (People's Review, 30/11/2000)

Academicians, mediamen, diplomats, donors’ criss cross Nepal’s state of ‘governance’ (Telegraph, 29/11/2000)

Fascination with status quo behind political crisis (Spotlight, 24/11/2000)
Interview with Madhav Kumar Nepal, CPN-UML general secretary

Nepal should talk with India and China about its own security concerns (Telegraph, 22/11/2000)
Interview with Shiva Nepal, T.U.

With Malice to None: Israeli invention and Madhav Nepal’s vision! (Telegraph, 22/11/2000)

Political Behaviour & Decentralisation: How Conducive?, by Mukti Rijal (Rising Nepal, 21/11/2000)

The dynasty strikes back, by CK Lal (Nepali Times, 17/11/2000)

Democratic debate needed to stem rot, by Rabindra Adhikary (People's Review, 16/11/2000)

Establishment divided, Maoists assertive, by M.R. Josse (People's Review, 16/11/2000)

Nepal’s communist movement is not the real one (Telegraph, 15/11/2000)
Interview with Surendra K.C., Tribhuvan University

Constitution Day: Reminding The Lost Opportunities, by Bipin Adhikari (Spotlight, 10/11/2000)

Nationalist Nepalese and their high expectations, by Anil Pandey (People's Review, 09/11/2000)

A political culture of sorts in Nepal is steadily emerging though frustratingly slow (Telegraph, 08/11/2000)
Interview with Ram Pradhan

Those proposed, these disposed, by Basanta Lohani (Kathmandu Post, 07/11/2000)

Bane of bandh, by Shama (Kathmandu Post, 05/11/2000)

The grapes of wrath, by MR Josse (Kathmandu Post, 25/10/2000)

The Right Approach: Commitment Is The Key, by Prem N. Kakkar (Rising Nepal, 23/10/2000)

New heroes, quiet revolution (Nepali Times, 20/10/2000)

Failure of our system (Kathmandu Post, 20/10/2000)
Letter by Bandita Sijapati

Is Nepal burning?, by Ramesh Sharma (People's Review, 28/09/2000)

Nepali politicians are trying to take political advantage of the Maoists' insurgency (Telegraph, 27/09/2000)
Interview with Indu Acharya (Regmi), Padma Kanya Campus

A decade of governance in Nepal: Political aspect, by Shrish S. Rana (People's Review, 21/09/2000)
part 2 (28/09/2000)

Mainali’s admittance and the voiceless ‘silent majority’ (Telegraph, 20/09/2000)

People could not feel ‘good governance’ in Nepal over the last decade, say intellectuals (Telegraph, 20/09/2000)

UN should be restructured and expanded (Rising Nepal, 15/09/2000)
Interview with PM Koirala during the UN summit in New York

Low politics, high rhetoric, by M R Josse (Kathmandu Post, 13/09/2000)

Remembering BP Koirala, by Basanta Lohani (Kathmandu Post, 12/09/2000)

Politics centre on organisation, by Shrish S. Rana (People's Review, 07/09/2000)

Nepal's political heavyweights of the ruling circle are making a mockery of parliamentary democracy (Telegraph, 06/09/2000)
Interview with Gopal Pokharel, Patan Multiple Campus, T.U

Perspectives of political parties in Nepal, by Sushil R. Pandey (Telegraph, 06/09/2000)

This Is The Govt That Does Not Know The Art Of Governance (Spotlight, 01/09/2000)
Interview with Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, leader of Rastriya Prajatantra Party

Moment of decision, by Nagendra Chhetri (Kathmandu Post, 01/09/2000)

Political leadership and nation's fate, by Dr Shreedhar Gautam (Kathmandu Post, 31/08/2000)

Patriotic and democratic forces including the King and Maoists' must come together and share responsibility, by Ballabh Mani Dahal (Telegraph, 30/08/2000)

Hurried end of 18th session, by Mana Ranjan Josse (People's Review, 24/08/2000)

A great harm has been done to the country's foreign policy in these ten years (Telegraph, 23/08/2000)
Interview with Professor Anand P. Shrestha

Prospects of Good Governance, by Ram Kumar Dahal (Telegraph, 16/08/2000)

All this and what next?, by Basanta Lohani (Kathmandu Post, 15/08/2000)

Politics of Bandh: The Grammar Of Anarchy, by Akshay Sharma (Spotlight, 11/08/2000)

Big chunk of foreign loans, grants go into 'commission' which is not a corruption in Nepal (Telegraph, 09/08/2000)
Interview with Professor Prem Raman Uprety, T.U.

Political consensus or politically conspicuous?, by Kalyan Bhandari (Independent, 09/08/2000)

Whither good governance?, by I.K. Pradhan (People's Review, 03/08/2000)

For Nepal's poor and powerless, it is either a dream-cracy or demon-cracy, by Padam Lal Devkota (Telegraph, 02/08/2000)

Is Violence Necessary?, by Anil Bhattarai (Kathmandu Post, 30/07/2000)

Thespian sends politicos gaga, by Yadav Khanal (People's Review, 27/07/2000)

Whither Nepalese Politics? (Telegraph, 26/07/2000)

We can only expect the "unexpected" from Koirala’s India visit (Telegraph, 26/07/2000)
Interview with Sushil Raj Pandey

Myth of good governance, by Mana Ranjan Josse (People's Review, 20/07/2000)

Incident of Indian Airliner hijacking proved significance of regulating Nepal-India border, by Suresh Chalise (Telegraph, 19/07/2000)

Write with blood and experience blood is spirit, by Ramesh Sharma (People's Review, 13/07/2000)

The Maoists insurgency is purely a 'political' issue motivated solely by economic depression (Telegraph, 12/07/2000)
Interview with Prem Sharma, CEDA, Tribhuvan University

Politics of morality, by J.B. Mathema (Independent, 12/07/2000)

Poverty cannot be eliminated in the name of late BP Koirala (People's Review, 06/07/2000)
Interview with Yadav Prasad Pant

Exploitation of poor by rich, rural by urban ones and uneducated by elite groups have weakened the base of Nepalese nationalism (Telegraph, 05/07/2000)
Interview with Lal Babu Yadav, Patan Multiple Campus, T.U.

The bleeding conscience, by Basanta Lohani (Kathmandu Post, 04/07/2000)

NC's two-track policy slammed, by Mana Ranjan Josse (People's Review, 29/06/2000)

From bad to worse, by Mana Ranjan Josse (People's Review, 22/06/2000)

The government has miserably failed to provide good governance in Nepal, by Soorya Lal Amatya (Telegraph, 21/06/2000)

Consensualism in Nepali politics, by Sanjaya Serchan (Kathmandu Post, 08/06/2000)

NC is a crowd of corrupt, inefficient persons (Independent, 07/06/2000)
Interview with Raghuji Pant, MP of CPN (UML)

Nepal's monarch is competent enough to prescribe for himself what role best suits Him
Interview with Shrish S. Rana (Telegraph, 31/05/2000)

The difficulty of not writing about politics, by Barbara Adams (People's Review, 25/05/2000)

National Interest, by Indrajeet Karki (Spotlight, 12/05/2000)

Need For A Strong Leadership, by Nagendra Chhetri (Spotlight, 05/05/2000)

A political culture of sorts in Nepal is steadily emerging though frustratingly slow (Telegraph, 03/05/2000)
Interview with Ram Pradhan

National consensus : Rhetoric and reality, by Ram Sharan Mahat (Kathmandu Post, 29/04/2000)

Shredding myths of multipartyism, by Shrish S. Rana (People's Review, 27/04/2000)

Nepal should talk with India and China about its own security concerns (Telegraph, 26/04/2000)
Interview with Shiva Nepal, T.U.

The quality of good governance depends largely on the quality of leader, by Mrs. Chitralekha Yadav, Deputy Speaker, Nepalese Parliament (Telegraph, 26/04/2000)

The dynamics of change, by Basanta Lohani (Kathmandu Post, 25/04/2000)

Economic diplomacy and foreign policy, by Madhab P Khanal (Kathmandu Post, 25/04/2000)

Armed repression can't be a solution to a political movement (Telegraph, 19/04/2000)
Interview with Meena Acharya

How About Limiting Terms Of The Elected?, by Prakash Rimal (Rising Nepal, 19/04/2000)

Good Governance: Some Essential Conditions, by Khilendra Basnyat (Rising Nepal 18/04/2000)

New Year opens on bleak note, by Mana Ranjan Josse (People's Review, 13/04/2000)

Everybody must be guaranteed their basic rights (Independent, 12/04/2000)
interview with Asta Laxmi, 46, a dedicated CPN (UML) worker

True political confessions, by M R Josse (Kathmandu Post, 12/04/200)

The next change, by Basanta Lohani (Kathmandu Post, 11/04/2000)

No more speeches, by Prabin Prajapati (Kathmandu Post, 07/04/2000)

A Case Of Political Appointees, by Gandhi Raj Kafle (Rising Nepal, 06/04/2000)

The Maoists insurgency is purely a 'political' issue motivated solely by economic depression (Telegraph, 05/04/2000)
Interview with Prem Sharma, CEDA, Tribhuvan University

Reinventing Government:The Nepalese Case, by Bishwa Keshar Maskey (Telegraph, 05/04/2000)

Possibility of a devastating standoff, by Ramesh Sharma (People's Review, 30/03/2000)

Bandhs will not take us forward (Independent, 29/03/2000)

Exploitation of poor by rich, rural by urban ones and uneducated by elite groups have weakened the base of Nepalese nationalism (Telegraph, 29/03/2000)
Interview with Lal Babu Yadav, Patan Multiple Campus, T.U

Cooperative movement in Nepal: An alternative?, by Barbara Adams (People's Review, 23/03/2000)

Second generation leaders are capable of heading govt (Independent, 22/03/2000)
Interview with Gopal Man Shrestha

Budget discussion : Mere tradition or futile exercise?, by Hari Pandey (Kathmandu Post, 20/03/2000)

Experts for reforms in parties (Kathmandu Post, 22/02/2000)

A regional Cold War: Can Nepal cope?, by Shrish S. Rana (People's Review, 17/02/2000)

A tale of the wolf and the lamb, by Surendra Singh K.C. (People's Review, 17/02/2000)

Present state of foreign policy very poor, by Pushpa Raj Pradhan (People's Review, 17/02/2000)

Whose headache is this any way? (Telegraph, 16/02/2000)

Foreign policy and national interest, by C D Bhatta (Kathmandu Post, 16/02/2000)

A new millennium: will it bring any succor for the poor?, by Madhav Kumar Rimal (Spotlight, 11/02/2000)

Big chunk of foreign loans, grants go into 'commission' which is not a corruption in Nepal, by Prem Raman Uprety (Telegraph, 09/02/2000)

Casino politics : Will it serve the nation?, by C.D. Bhatta (Kathmandu Post, 09/02/2000)

Good governance: the new mantra, by Nishchal Pandey (Kathmandu Post, 08/02/2000)

Politics embroiled in commission and kickbacks, ba Ramesh Sharma (People's Review, 3 February 2000)

We are redefining our foreign policy in the evolving world scenario (Spotlight, 28 January 2000)
Interview with Foreign Minister Ram Sharan Mahat

Govt contacts Taliban for release of Nepalese: Dr. Mahat refutes Indian media reports (The Rising Nepal, 28 December 1999)

Is Nepal becoming a play-ground of terrorists? (Awake Weekly Chronicle, 27 December 1999)
Translation from Ravibar, 26 December 1999)

A sad commentary on media, by Akhilesh Upadhyay (The Kathmandu Post, 27 December 1999)

Lax Nepal hosts anti-India hub, by Chandan Nandy (The Telegraph, Calcutta, 25 December 1999)

Scholars lament absence of accountability in Nepal (The Telegraph, 22 December 1999)

No accountability, no democracy! (The Telegraph, 22 December 1999)

Writing on the wall, by Mana Ranjan Josse (The Kathmandu Post, 8 December 1999)