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Donors as kingmakers:
They could broker a truce between the palace and the parties, by
Bihari K. Shrestha (nt 30/04/2004)
The Four Rs:
On Buddha Jayanti, don’t forget Renunciation, by C.K. Lal (nt
30/04/2004)
National
consensus: Parties should respond to King's initiative, by Shailendra
Kumar Upadhyay (ht 30/04/2004)
Resolving national conflict,
by Poorna Kanta Adhikary (kp 30/04/2004)
Prisoners of Compulsion:
Despite showing signs for compromise, Nepal’s political forces are yet to come up with a solution,
by Keshab Poudel (sp 30/04/2004)
“There Is No Alternative To Democratic Way”,
interview with Ram Sharan Mahat (sp 30/04/2004)
Mini
referendums are futile and regressive (ht 29/04/2004)
Moment for meditation,
by Shreedhar Gautam (kp 29/04/2004), The answer lies in all-party government,
by Gopi Upreti (kp 29/04/2004), Speculation surrounds all-party govt,
by Yadav Khanal (kp 29/04/2004)
Interesting facts about agitation,
by Vidhu Prakash Kayastha (kp 29/04/2004)
Urgency in solving national problems,
by Sashidhar Khanal (pr 29/04/2004), Legitimacy, sovereignty, and parliamentary democracy,
by Kailali (pr 29/04/2004), Senseless agitation impedes democratic stability,
by Indra Kumar Pradhan (pr 29/04/2004) [a collection of very individual
interpretations of constitutional law and royal politics]
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28/04/2004)
I don’t believe Nepal can ever turn into a Republican State or that we can have an assertive monarchy,
interview with Ananda Prasad Shrestha, Executive Director, Nepal Foundation for Advanced
Studies (NEFAS) (tg 28/04/2004)
All for prime minister’s chair,
by Beena Kharel (kp 28/04/2004), Election government in the making
(tg 28/04/2004), Koirala can’t digest Deuba being elevated to PM post
(tg 28/04/2004), Nepali politics going Madhav Nepal’s way
(tg 28/04/2004), Can use of Article 127 unknot regression?
Deuba hopeful of reinstatement (tg 28/04/2004), Thapa favours restoration of parliament!
(tg 28/04/2004), The
main question (ht 28/04/2004), Royal
consultations Ambitions at the root of the problem, by Bijay Aryal (ht
28/04/2004), PFN says no to all-party govt
(kp 30/04/2004)
Govt frees all detained leaders, cadres
(kp 27/04/2004), Party leaders demand concrete agenda from king
(kp 27/04/2004), Protests, arrests continue unabated
(kp 27/04/2004), Signature campaign for republic
(kp 27/04/2004), Seven police injured in clashes
(rn 27/04/2004), Demos,
arrests as usual (ht 27/04/2004), UML
nails rumours, to stay stir course (ht 27/04/2004), The
babel continues (ht 27/04/2004), Employees
for more protests (ht 27/04/2004), Parties split over talks preconditions with king,
by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp 28/04/2004), More voters for republic
(kp 28/04/2004), More violations, more arrests
(kp 28/04/2004), Act of naivety
(kp 28/04/2004), All
in the day (ht 28/04/2004), Prithvi
Narayan students opt for republican set-up (ht 28/04/2004), Activists
urge roundtable meet (ht 28/04/2004), Trade
halted at Bagbazaar, Putalisadak, by Indra Gurung (ht 28/04/2004), Rain
mars demos (ht 28/04/2004), Rain
fails to deter students (ht 28/04/2004), Rain fails to douse demonstrators’ fire
(kp 29/04/2004), FNJ unveils further protest prog
(29/04/2004), Agitation helping Maoists: Thapa
(rn 29/04/2004), Protestors damage private car, workers arrested
(rn 29/04/2004), Agitators
unfazed by wet spell, by Damaru Lal Bhandari (ht 29/04/2004), NC, UML playing with confusion and conspiracy,
by PR Pradhan (pr 29/04/2004), RPP joins agitation against government
(kp 30/04/2004), Anti-regression rally in Washington
(kp 30/04/2004), FNJ’s third phase protest begins
(rn 30/04/2004), 29
days on, protests see no end (ht 30/04/2004), Student
bodies to boycott last period on May 11 (ht 30/04/2004)
Deuba
in saddle won’t bring statute back on rails, say experts, by Ananta
Raj Luitel (27/04/2004)
Domestic stakeholders of conflict,
by Suresh C Chalise (kp 27/04/2004)
The paradox of movement,
by Lok Raj Baral (kp 27/04/2004)
Don’t
delay dialogue (ht 26/04/2004), Political
consultations Room for amicable settlement, by Aditya Man Shrestha (ht
26/04/2004)
Educated Masses Make It,
by Nir Bahadur Karki (rn 26/04/2004)
Good suggestion, false start,
by Damakant Jayshi (kp 26/04/2004)
Parties wary of king’s offer of talks
(kp 24/04/2004), Students’ strike shuts schools, colleges
(kp 24/04/2004), Detained PFN men go on hunger strike
(kp 24/04/2004), Same
old story of protests, arrest (kp 24/04/2004), Royal audience to end confusion, says RPP leader
(rn 24/04/2004), Party leaders emphasised dialogue for solution
(rn 24/04/2004), Rift
on backing Deuba as PM comes to fore, by Damaru Lal Bhandari (ht
24/04/2004), 500
teachers rounded up (ht 24/04/2004), Suppression
policy aiding protesting parties: Rana (ht 24/04/2004), Women
activists for all-party govt (ht 24/04/2004), Education
strike: Schools, colleges shut (ht 24/04/2004), RPP to lend muscle to stir
(kp 25/04/2004), Journos rally demanding
minister Thapa's ouster (kp 25/04/2004), Partial lifting of ban boosts agitation, creates confusion
(kp 25/04/2004), Students emphasize support for agitation
(kp 25/04/2004), Parties defy restrictions, hold protests
(rn 25/04/2004), Journalists take out peaceful rally
(rn 25/04/2004), Doctors
join five-party protest (ht 25/04/2004), Lilamani
lambasts govt’s dual standards, by Arjun Bhandari (ht 25/04/2004), Parties
as divided as ever (ht 25/04/2004), Dang
journos boycott Kamal Thapa (ht 25/04/2004), Student
bodies declare further protest plans (ht 25/04/2004), Cracks appearing in five party alliance?,
by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp 26/04/2004), More demonstrations order of the day
(kp 26/04/2004), RPP raises pitch for govt’s ouster
(kp 26/05/2004), Parties, don’t doubt us: M K Nepal
(kp 26/04/2004), Government handling protestors with restraint
(rn 26/04/2004), RPP
(Rana) hops on to stir bandwagon, by Shree Ram Subedi (ht 26/04/2004),
Arrests
mount as parties continue stir (ht 26/04/2004), NC
ship on choppy seas? (ht 26/04/2004), 5,000
school teachers to rally today (ht 26/04/2004), New
statute can resolve present crisis, says Nepal (ht 26/04/2004)
Politics and adventure,
by D B Gurung (kp 24/04/2004)
Towards a showdown in Kathmandu,
by Rita Machanda (Frontline 24/04/2004)
Business tycoon stresses economic activities, not agitation,
interview with Mohan Gopal Khetan (rn 24/04/2004)
Who is Falling from the Faith?,
by Bipin Adhikari (sp 23/04/2004)
“Public Opinion Is Always Ignored In The Atmosphere Of Violent Agitation”,
interview with Kuber Sharma (sp 23/04/2004)
The deeper Maoists dig, the harder to
emerge, intervierw with Ambika P. Adhikari, a NRN living in the USA
(pr 22/04/2004)
The country will smile again,
by K.P. Pandey (pr 22/04/2004), Peace can't be captive of vested interests,
by Indra Kumar Pradhan (pr 22/04/2004)
Editorials-as-news, political activism and unwitting revelations,
by M.R. Josse (pr 22/04/2004)
Open letter to students,
by a guardian (pr 22/04/2004)
Dozen hurt in pitched battle with cops
(kp 22/04/2004), FNJ appeals to boycott PM
(kp 22/04/2004), Police teargas hospital, patients affected
(kp 22/04/2004), Cops
enter hostel, students intensify stir (ht 22/04/2004), Party intensely debating relevance of monarchy: NC
(kp 22/04/2004), Dear minister of laathis, it’s time for you to quit!,
by Vidhu Prakash Kayastha (kp 22/04/2004), Transporters reluctant to ferry goods to capital
(kp 22/04/2004), Baffled by street agitation, traders want solution,
by Bishnu Budhathoki (rn 22/04/2004), Agitators resorting to banned activities held
(rn 22/04/2004), Students’
poll roots for republican set-up (ht 22/04/2004), Indigenous
students may join stir (ht 22/04/2004), Protests could gain support if present Govt. does not go
(pr 22/04/2004), "Free, independent press" angled reports on opposition protests
(pr 22/04/2004), Agitators still breaching prohibitory orders
(kp 23/04/2004), Thapa stepping down?
(kp 23/04/2004), Hurt in stir, no cash for treatment? Relax, kindly docs are around,
by Yuv Raj Achzarya & Shankar Kharel (kp 23/04/2004), PFN leaders in ‘preventive detention’
(kp 23/04/2004), FNJ ultimatum for Kamal’s ouster
(kp 23/04/2004), Party leaders, workers held for defying ban
(rn 23/04/2004), Dangerous Standoff:
As the five party agitation intensifies, the possibilities for easy reconciliation become remote,
by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 23/04/2004), Gag:
The government is now also battling a hostile media, by Navin Singh
Khadka (nt 23/04/2004), A bideshi’s view:
The circle of events seems to be tightening, by Marcus Moench (nt
23/04/2004), King
meets leaders; Deuba set to return (ht 23/04/2004), Home
ministry denies ordering leaders’ arrest (ht 23/04/2004), Hundreds
arrested, stir to continue (ht 23/04/2004)
Politicization and national identity,
by Binod P Bista (kp 22/04/2004), Words, words and words,
by Bishnu Sapkota (kp 22/04/2004)
Nepali leaders reflective of peculiar Nepali environment:
Maoist insurgency a homegrown issue, US Ambassador, Michael E. Malinowski
(tg 21/04/2004), Malinowski
factor (ht 21/04/2004)
Fate of Charles Taylor, Aristide and Peaceful Transition in Georgia: A Lesson to Nepal,
by Dilli Raman Dhakal (tg 21/04/2004)
Can Nepal afford continuation of highly volatile politics for so long?
(tg 21/04/2004)
Will the King listen?,
by Bhim Rawal (kp 21/04/2004)
Deadlock
with parties Political settlement with Maoists is a dream, by Bijay
Aryal (ht 20/04/2004)
Country in the grip of protest fever
(kp 20/04/2004), NBA to launch nationwide protests
(kp 20/04/2004), Govt personifies mafia: RPP
(kp 20/04/2004), Five-party
agenda hurdle in dialogue with King: RPP (ht 20/04/2004), PM Thapa apologizes for police atrocity on press
(kp 20/04/2004), PM’s
mea culpa for attack on scribes (ht 20/04/2004), Students lock out campus chiefs’ offices
(kp 20/04/2004), Student
unions lock campus chiefs’ offices (ht 20/04/2004), Blind girls chant for democracy,
by Shankar Kharel (kp 20/04/2004), Pokhara
bandh today to protest police atrocities (ht 20/04/2004), NHRC,
NBA condemn arrests of journalists (ht 20/04/2004), Released
at mid night, detainees have nowhere to go (ht 20/04/2004), Sthapit
joining stir? (ht 20/04/2004), Different
in focus (ht 20/04/2004), Editors, publishers demand Kamal Thapa’s ouster
(kp 21/04/2004), Radio Nepal staff express solidarity
(kp 21/04/2004), Stir takes on more potent note
(kp 21/04/2004), Protestors held for defying ban on rallies
(rn 21/04/2004), Over 15 demonstrators, four policemen injured
(rn 21/04/2004), No
respite from arrests, protests on Day 20 (ht 21/04/2004), Police
action costs truckers millions, by Gopal Tiwari (ht 21/04/2004), Assault
on freedom of press, by Chandan Sapkota (ht 21/04/2004)
Tragic,
despicable and awful, to say the very least, by Ram Pradhan (ht
19/04/2004), Deplorable
(ht 19/04/2004)
Monarch is inviting trouble: MK Nepal
(kp 19/04/2004), Monarchy inviting its own
end, interview with Madhav Kumar Nepal (kp 19/04/2004)
Buffoons’ democracy
(kp 19/04/2004)
Leaders and heroes,
by Arun Gupto (kp 18/04/2004)
Nepal's
political crisis continues unabated, by Chitra Tiwari (Washington
Times, 17/04/2004)
King and controversy,
by B N Panta (kp 17/04/2004)
75 scribes held, 2 from Kantipur detained:
Govt assault on free press (kp 17/04/2004), Demonstrations, clashes go hand in hand
(kp 17/04/2004), Ban lifted in select areas
(kp 17/04/2004), Cops thrash students taking practicals
(kp 17/04/2004), Writs filed seeking release of PFN leaders, cadres
(kp 17/04/2004), Stolen destiny,
by Deepta Rizal (kp 17/04/2004), Riot-prone area declared in capital
(rn 17/04/2004), Deuba
hits protest street (ht 17/04/2004), Newars
set terms to join stir (ht 17/04/2004), SC
moved against detention of leaders (ht 17/04/2004), Professionals
back stir (ht 17/04/2004), Cops
rain batons on scribes (ht 17/04/2004), Protests, clashes take more violent turn
(kp 18/04/2004), Govt crackdown on journalists continue:
Minister Thapa should quit, PM must apologize: FNJ (kp 18/04/2004), Left with broken dreams, he bays for titanic changes,
by Shankar Kharel (kp 18/04/2004), Student plebiscite to decide govt form
(kp 18/04/2004), Thapa regrets over journos’ injuries, urges restraint
(rn 18/04/2004), Protestors set fire to truck in capital
(rn 18/04/2004), ‘Peaceful protest in accordance with constitution’
(rn 18/04/2004), Forces
arrest over 150 protesting scribes (ht 18/04/2004), Students
decide to embark on week-long protests from today (ht 18/04/2004), Activists
pour on streets, defying ban (ht 18/04/2004), Journos
protest police action (ht 18/04/2004), Demonstrators rounded up again
(kp 19/04/2004), Journalists protest wearing black bands
(kp 19/04/2004), Vehicle owners’ ultimatum to govt
(kp 19/04/2004), CPN-UML cadre dies:
Party lays blame on tear gas (kp 19/04/2004), Declare
Ansari a martyr of anti-regression stir: Students (ht 20/04/2004), Party protestors defying ban order arrested
(rn 19/04/2004), Day
18 sees rain of lathis, bricks (ht 19/04/2004), IRCT
flays activist’s detention (ht 19/04/2004), Assault
on scribes flayed nationwide (ht 19/04/2004)
Catching
the spirit (ht 16/04/2004)
Goodbye to year zero:
Despotic states fail, not democratic ones, by C.K. Lal (nt 16/04/2004)
“A Government Run By An Individual Belonging To One Party Cannot Hold Peaceful And Impartial Elections”,
interview with Taranath Ranabhat, Speaker of the dissolved House of Representatives
(sp 16/04/2004)
The rape of Nepalese democracy,
by Shashi P.B.B. Malla (pr 15/04/2004)
What people expect from professional organizations,
by Rishikesh Narayan Shrestha (pr 15/04/2004)
Madrid, Mao and Sahana,
by Shreedhar Gautam (kp 15/04/2004)
Look
for solution in people’s supremacy, by Ram Pradhan (ht 14/04/2004)
Protest fever spills outside capital
(kp 13/04/2004), Arrests
take steam out of agitation (ht 13/04/2004), Teachers
to take on ‘regression’ (ht 13/04/2004), Agitating
scribes held, released (ht 13/04/2004), Civil servants, professionals take to streets:
Hundreds of intellectuals arrested, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp
14/04/2004), Police ‘hijacked’ trucks
(kp 14/04/2004), Govt’s new weapon to stymie dissent
(kp 14/04/2004), Agitation yet to garner public support; Students to take up the challenge
(tg 14/04/2004), Valley
sees only sporadic rallies (ht 14/04/2004), Student
bodies threaten to paralyse Valley from today (ht 14/04/2004), Party leaders shift gears, to lead from front
(kp 15/04/2004), Old order still showing the way in Jana Andolan II,
by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp 15/04/2004), Student organizations begin parallel movement
(kp 15/04/2004), Five political parties to continue agitations
(rn 15/04/2004), New
Year sees new zeal in protests (ht 15/04/2004), Five
parties set to intensify agitation (ht 15/04/2004), Thapa government must go Parties should recognise bigger threat
(pr 15/04/2004), Regression on their mind,
by Kailali (pr 15/04/2004), 'Fevered' FPA reportage and gutsy Manisha,
by M.R. Josse (pr 15/04/2004), No let-up in arrests of demonstrators:
Stir tentacles spreading thick and fast (kp 16/04/2004), ‘Constituent Assembly only option’
(kp 16/04/2004), Crackdown attempt to muzzle legitimate act: AI
(kp 16/04/2004), Detainees lathi charged
(kp 16/04/2004), NBA to file writs against leaders’ arrests
(kp 16/04/2004), Ex-minister dons scribe’s robes to document
stir drama, by Shankar Kharel (kp 16/04/2004), Ardent democrat left to fend for himself
(kp 16/04/2004), Stitch in time
(kp 16/04/2004), Shameless repression of anti-regression activists,
by Yadav Khanal (kp 16/04/2004), Parties continue stir; Protestors held, freed
(rn 16/04/2004), When Will Good Sense Prevail?,
by Keshab Poudel (sp 16/04/2004), Yes to constituent assembly,
by Pradip Giri of the Nepali Congress (D) (nt 16/04/2004, originally
published in Nepal, 4-11 April 2004), Thousands
defy ban; Koirala held, freed (ht 16/04/2004), Protests
in Nepalgunj, Dhankuta (ht 16/04/2004)
State
of conflict King must rise to the occasion, by Ajit N S Thapa (ht
12/04/2004)
Mired in political paradoxes,
by Madhab P Khanal (kp 12/04/2004), To people, sooner rather than later,
by Damakant Jayshi (kp 12/04/2004)
Is Nepal a failed state?
by Kul C Gautam (kp 10/04/2004)
See also part
2 (11/04/2004)
National
reconciliation, by Durga Pokhrel (ht 09/04/2004)
Goodbye to year zero:
Just as well this wretched year has ended, by C.K. Lal (nt 09/04/2004)
No looking back:
How long can King Gyanendra afford to fight two uprisings?, by Navin
Singh Khadka (nt 09/04/2004)
Government bans rallies:
Showdown likely today (kp 09/04/2004), Areas within Ring Road declared riot-prone
(rn 09/04/2004), Parties to defy order
(kp 09/04/2004), HRW raps govt for police atrocities
(kp 09/04/2004), More support for agitation against ‘regression’
(kp 09/04/2004), Incomplete confession
(kp 09/04/2004), The regressive state,
by Lok Raj Baral (kp 09/04/2004), Shaming the shame,
by D B Gurung (kp 09/04/2004), Broaden Democratic Alliances,
by Keshab Poudel (sp 09/04/2004), A marcher of history,
excerpts from an interview with writer,Manjushree Thapa (nt 09/04/2004;
originally published in Kantipur, 06/04/2004), Manjushree’s headache:
If this is what latthis can do, imagine what M-16s are doing, by Seira
Tamang (nt 09/04/2004), Stir
banned in Valley, curfew in Kirtipur, by Sreeram Subedi (ht
09/04/2004), Jan
Andolan II pale shadow of 1990 movement, by Kosmos Biswokarma (ht
09/04/2004), Curb
police brutality, says rights group (ht 09/04/2004), Nepalis
in US flay ‘police atrocities’ (ht 09/04/2004), Disabled
join sit-in, 8th day passes peacefully (ht 09/04/2004), People give thumbs down to govt ban
(kp 10/04/2004), ‘Public vehicles seized to ferry violators’
(kp 10/04/2004), Govt order is gagging of rights: NHRC
(kp 10/04/2004), Curfew still in place in Kirtipur
(kp 10/04/2004), Curfew imposed in Kirtipur, Ilam
(rn), Timid attempt
(kp 10/04/2004), Anti-democratic forces,
by Yadav Khanal (kp 10/04/2004), ‘Riot prone areas declared to curb untoward incident’,
an unbelievable statement (rn 10/04/2004), 2,000
held as agitators defy assembly ban, by Ishwar Khanal (ht 10/04/2004),
Lawyers,
activists flay govt move (ht 10/04/2004), NHRC berates govt’s ill treatment of detainees
(kp 11/04/2004), Defying ban protestors engage police again:
Stir fervor catches up in other cities too (kp 11/04/2004), Koirala bent on restoring people’s rights
(kp 11/04/2004), Party bigwigs not in the know:
PM in touch with leaders? (kp 11/04/2004), No untoward incident in capital: Home Ministry
(rn 11/04/2004), Protestors held in custody being released
(rn 11/04/2004), Govt
delivers TADA whammy, agitators unfazed (ht 11/04/2004), Transporters
back parties’ agitation (ht 11/04/2004), Rights
activists urge PM to release demonstrators (ht 11/04/2004), Observers
flay rights violations (ht 11/04/2004), NSU
takes up detained students’ cause with OCE (ht 11/04/2004), Day 3 of ban sees more arrests
(kp 12/04/2004), Ban on demonstration to remain
(kp 12/04/2004), Observe rights norms
(kp 12/04/2004), Restriction intended for preventing infiltration, says Home Minister
(rn 12/04/2004), ‘Security arrangements for curbing violence’
(rn 12/04/2004), 91 arrested party workers released: Home Ministry
(rn 12/04/2004), Same
old story: Arrests, defiance go on (ht 12/04/2004), PM’s
comment a black lie: UML, NSU (ht 12/04/2004), Anti-regression
rallies in Pokhara, Tanahun (ht 12/04/2004)
Parties stage impressive show of strength
(kp 02/04/2004), Thousands
turn up for Palace gherao, by Ishwar Khanal (ht 02/04/2004), Faceoff:
Parties are blocked while trying to march to the royal palace, while King Gyanendra tours the country,
by Kunda Dixit (nt 02/04/2004), March
to Palace turns violent: over 100 injured, by Kosmos Biswokarma (ht
03/04/2004), Post stir violence, Valley strike today
(kp 03/04/2004), Prachanda backs ongoing stir
(kp), Protestors accuse of ‘mandale’ infiltration:
Valley banda peaceful barring stray violence (kp 04/04/2004), Five-party
bandh cripples life in Valley (ht 04/04/2004), It’s
time the King acted, say major parties (ht 04/04/2004), Govt didn’t suppress Friday’s protests: PM
(kp), Alliance bent on winning back power:
Police go berserk, hundreds injured (kp 05/04/2004), Over 100 protesters hospitalized
(kp 05/04/2004), Fourth
day’s tally: 125 bruised agitators, by Rekha Shrestha (ht
05/04/2004), HR bodies say situation could worsen
(kp 05/04/2004), Move ahead carefully
(kp 05/04/2004), Attacks
on tourist, press vehicles condemned (ht 05/04/2004), Gathering
storm (ht 05/04/2004), Professionals join movement against ‘regression’
(kp 06/04/2004), Leave hospitals alone, doctors plea to agitators, cops,
by Suvecha Pant (kp 06/04/2004), Day
five: Pros join agitation (ht 06/04/2004), Police
atrocity flayed (ht 06/04/2004), RPP puts weight behind stir
(kp 07/04/2004), No let-up in agitation tempo
(kp 07/04/2004), Political stand-off,
by Ram S Mahat (kp 07/04/2004), Violence will bring change
(tg 07/04/2004), Koirala’s political disadvantage is Madhav’s plus point
(tg 07/04/2004), Agitating parties and Thapa agree on all-party government:
Question hinges on who should be made Prime Minister? (tg 07/04/2004),
Agitation simmers to boiling point
(kp 08/04/2004), Power to the people:
Special Editorial (kp 08/04/2004), No Stalemate
(pr)
Power
play Triangular tussle plunges the nation into chaos, by Jan Sharma
(ht 05/04/2004), Political
solution possible in a spirit of give and take, by Jiba Raj Pokharel
(ht 05/04/2004), A triangular impasse,
by Sangita Rayamajhi (kp 06/04/2004)
“Flawed Elections Are Worse Than No Elections At All”,
from an interview with Sir Jeffrey James, United Kingdom’s Special Envoy for
Nepal (sp 02/04/2004), A
clash of values: Elections are important, but reinstating parliament is
imperative, by C.K. Lal (nt 02/04/2004)
Poll
Prospects: Hoping For The Hustings, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 02/04/2004)
'Chicken or the egg' debate ignited,
by M.R. Josse (pr 01/04/2004)
Building
bridges (ht 01/04/2004)
Cleanse politics, not condemn,
by Shreedhar Gautam (kp 01/04/2004)
More ban on protests
(kp 01/04/2004)
Night-long sit-in protest on the card
(kp 01/04/2004), Five
agitating parties to gherao Palace today (ht 01/04/2004)
King’s
poll-call sure recipe for disorder, say leaders
(ht 31/03/2004)
Nepal’s rejection of UN offer is just the latest in a long, long chain of depressing events,
interview with Gert Meinecke, Charge d’ Affaires, Royal Danish Embassy, Nepal
(tg 31/03/2004)
Vote:
Surest bet against autocracy, by Ram Pradhan (ht 30/03/2004)
When will leaders actually lead?
by Nigel Linacre (kp 30/03/2004)
Elections require democracy,
by Bhim Rawal (kp 30/03/2004)
Political buffoonery,
by Ram S Mahat (kp 29/03/2004)
Cry, the beloved country,
by Damaru Lal Bhandari (kp 28/03/2004), 2004: It is certainly a far cry from 1950,
by Damaru Lal Bhandari (kp 29/03/2004)
Parties
asked to push for a republic (ht 27/03/2004)
Spring cleaning:
History doesn’t move in a straight line, it moves in fits and starts,
by C.K. Lal (nt 26/03/2004)
Challenges Facing Nepal’s Leadership to Usher Peace and Development,
by Kul Chandra Gautam (sp 26/03/2004)
Where Are The Moderates?
Even as political forces are harping extremism, the voices of the moderates have become leaderless
(sp 26/03/2004)
Who is a friend and who is an enemy?,
by K. P. Pandey (pr 25/03/2004)
Dying roars against the King reach rock bottom,
by Indra Kumar Pradhan (pr 25/03/2004)
Demonstrating strength,
by PR Pradhan (pr 25/03/2004)
Challenges facing Nepal’s Leadership to Usher Peace and Development,
by Kul C. Gautam (tg 24/03/2004)
Stalemate at hand?
by Prem Sharma (kp 24/03/2004)
Strikes and more strikes,
by Richa Bhattarai (kp 23/03/2004)
Alliance rules out unity of purpose with rebels
(kp 22/03/2004)
Bandh
against bandhs, by Biswas Baral (ht 22/03/2004)
Involve
people in stir, parties told (ht 22/03/2004)
Graft
gave rise to rebellion: Speaker (ht 22/03/2004)
Nightmarish
reverie, this, by Damaru Lal Bhandari (kp 21/03/2004)
NC should defeat regression,
by Yadav Khanal (kp 20/03/2004)
Protest programs banned
(kp 20/03/2004), Selective
ban on protests in Valley from Sunday (ht 20/03/2004)
Poll pot:
The palace’s cooks must accept the centrality of mainstream parties in any future election,
by C.K. lal (nt 19/03/2004), Scandalous silence:
Continued indifference to the plight of the people will decimate the political parties,
by Yubaraj Ghimire (nt 19/03/2004), Reversing gears
(nt 19/03/2004)
All-party
or neutral government for a free vote, by Ram Pradhan (ht 19/03/2004)
What to do, not good enough?,
by Nigel Linacre (kp 19/03/2004)
Parties' divergence from democracy,
by Raman Raj Misra (pr 18/03/2004), Price of Populism
(pr 19/03/2004), Is self propulsion the only alternative for peace?,
by Indra Kumar Pradhan (pr 18/03/2004)
Movement against "regression" or for destruction?,
by PR Pradhan (pr 18/03/2004)
King
trying to rapidly transform constitutional monarchy into active
monarchy which will reinforce continuing deliberate structural flaws,
interview with Krishna Bahadur Bhattachan (tg 17/03/2004)
A bleeding nation
(tg 17/03/2004)
Foreign
meddling fear worries politicos (ht 17/03/2004)
On the collision course,
by Madhab P Khanal (kp 16/03/2004)
Koirala
decries ‘foreign meddling’ (ht 15/03/2004)
Parties discuss including Maoists in movement
(kp 14/03/2004), Huffy
Koirala walks out, meet goes ahead (ht 14/03/2004)
Showing we have guts:
We curse bandas, but meekly obey the diktat of its organisers, by C.K.
Lal (nt 12/03/2004)
Nepal’s tarnished image:
It is almost too late to salvage the national reputation, by Kanak
Mani Dixit (nt 12/03/2004)
Policy-making
sans House illegal: Parties (ht 11/03/2004)
Sense
of injustice (ht 10/03/2004)
Bandhs
backfire (ht 10/03/2004)
Koirala, Nepal agree on intensifying stir
(kp 07/03/2004)
Parties
chant anti-King slogans (ht 06/03/2004)
Political
imbroglio, by Ajit N.S. Thapa (ht 05/03/2004)
Which way now?
We have to know what our destination is, by C. K. Lal (nt 05/03/2004)
Nepal : A country in Crisis,
by Bijayamani Dixit (sp 05/03/2004)
Rule
and misrule, by Subarna B. Chhetri (ht 04/03/2004)
War, peace and mediation in "Kingdom in Chaos",
by Shashi P.B.B. Malla (pr 04/03/2004)
Guns and bosses,
by Sabin Ranabhat (kp 04/03/2004)
Democratic
process key to peace, by Ram Pradhan (ht 03/03/2004)
Nepal
in crisis, by Shailendra Kumar Upadhyay (ht 03/03/2004)
Crisis and consensus:
May darkness help our leaders see, by Som Prasad Pudasaini (kp
02/03/2004)
Paradoxes in politics:
Political reforms are not going to be easy, by Ganga Thapa (ht
03/02/2004)
EU reiterates call for democracy, peace:
Raps govt, Maoists over HR violations (kp 03/02/2004)
The Third Option
(rn 03/02/2004)
Emboldened no end, they issue call for concrete steps
(kp 02/02/2004), Politics without principles,
by Subarna Chhetri (kp 02/02/2004), ‘The King is losing the throne’,
interview with Narayan Man Bijukchhe
Lathis, water rain on Martyrs’ Day rally
(ht 31/01/2004), Police rain batons on protestors
(kp 01/02/2004), Cops’ wrath falls on fiery Pokharel
(ht 01/02/2004), Students lathi-charged in Dhading
(ht 02/02/2004), Unjustified move
(kp 03/02/2004), Dozens hurt as cops baton-charge rallyists
(ht 03/02/2004)
Five parties call Valley bandh on Monday
(kp 31/01/2004), Valley to remain shut today
(kp 02/02/2004), Banda successful, several hurt
(kp 03/02/2004), Bandh affects life in Valley
(ht 03/02/2004)
Bandh sees Lalitpur come to a halt
(ht 30/01/2004)
Street battles:
Is this the new frontline?, by Naresh Newar (nt 30/01/2004)
Road maps & puzzles,
by Sanjeev Uprety (kp 30/01/2004), Map reading for beginners:
Roadmaps without a destination make no sense, by Yubaraj Ghimire (nt
30/01/2004), Constitution and UML roadmap,
by Ram S Mahat (kp 03/02/2004)
Nepal: The King makes yet another move to get the political parties together,
by S. Chandrasekharan (pr 29/01/2004)
Priorities in politics,
by Aditya Man Shrestha (ht 29/01/2004)
Federalism for Nepal,
by Mahendra Lawoti (tg 28/01/2004)
Nepal in crisis,
by Lok Raj Baral (ht 28/01/2004)
Deuba seconds the proposal:
If not Deuba, it’s me: Nepal (kp 28/01/2004)
Students to defy parties
(kp 25/01/2004), Dozens injured in confrontation
(kp 26/01/2004), Parties to back student slogans
(ht 26/01/2004), Student rallies continue countrywide
(kp 27/01/2004), Bandh paralyses life in Pokhara Valley,
by Dinesh Regmi (kp 27/01/2004), A confused lot
(kp 27/01/2004), Over 70 rounded up as students
(ht 27/01/2004), Students to intensify protest, 51 arrested
(kp 28/01/2004), Cops storm Pulchowk engineering college
(ht 28/01/2004), Students stir against police ‘high-handedness’
(kp 29/01/2004), Police beat NC, UML leaders black‘n’blue
(ht 29/01/2004), Challenging the monarchy,
by Rita Machanda (FRontline, 31/01/2004)
Royal tete-a-tete with leaders leaves all guessing,
by Ameet Dhakal (kp 24/01/2004), Blind men never differed more than they did,
by Damaru Lal Bhandari (kp 24/01/2004), Gap should be bridged,
by Ignatius Hemrom, SJ (kp 25/01/2004), Emperor has no clothes,
by Damaru Lal Bhandari (kp 25/01/2004), Five-party alliance stands by initial agenda,
by Damaru Lal Bhandari (kp 26/01/2004), Madhav can’t head government
(tg 28/01/2004), Koirala finds himself comfortable with rebels politically
(tg 28/01/2004)
Nationalism, a way out of crisis,
by Sujeet Karn (kp 24/01/2004)
Thinking the unthinkable:
Rooting for a republic without evaluating the consequences would be a
blunder, by Pramod K. Mishra (nt 23/01/2004)
Political
Process: Groping For Solutions, by Keshab Poudel (sp 23/01/2004)
Students begin public hearing on monarchy
(kp 22/01/2004), Over hundred student leaders held
(kp 23/01/2004), Volcanic emission:
Pupil power is once more simmering on Kathmandu streets, by C.K. Lal
(nt 23/01/2004), Students barred from anti-King meet
(ht 23/01/2004), Police baton-charge students in Birtamod
(kp 24/01/2004), Parties flay students’ arrests
(kp 24/01/2004), Students held for defying orders
(ht 24/01/2004), Scores hurt in lathi charge
(ht 24/01/2004), Students arrested in Biratnagar during protests
(kp 25/01/2004), Jhapa bandh passes off peacefully
(ht 25/01/2004)
Securing integrated national entity most vital,
by Indra Kumar Pradhan (pr 22/01/2004)
Anti-Monarchy stance of new generation,
by Hari Charan Shrestha (pr 22/01/2004)
Who is the next PM?,
by PR Pradhan (pr 22/01/2004), Still no light at end of political tunnel,
by MR Josse (pr 22/01/2004)
UML roadmap,
by Arjun Bhandari (kp 22/01/2004)
Politics of counter culture,
by Shreedhar Gautam (kp 22/01/2004)
Yet, another roadmap,
by Tulasi Bahadur Karki (kp 20/01/2004)
‘No room for Maoist ideology in agitation’
(kp 20/01/2004)
‘Don’t chant slogans against King’
(kp 20/01/2004)
Ranabhat, Pandey granted audience
(kp 20/01/2004)
Good governance and reforms:
Rhetoric & reality, by Ram S Mahat (kp 19/01/2004)
Leaders pin hopes on students’ stir,
by Harsa Subba Bhim Ghimire (kp 18/01/2004), Alliance meeting later this week
(kp 18/01/2004), Tryst with lover boy,
by Damaru Lal Bhandari (kp 18/01/2004), UML’s bid to mend fences with parties
(kp 18/01/2004), Students torch bearers of change: Civil society
(kp 19/01/2004), To be or not to be,
by Damakant Jayshi (kp 19/01/2004), Include NC-D, ULF: Nepal
(ht 19/01/2004)
Expert underlines causes of conflict
(ht 17/01/2004)
Politics through destruction,
by Vijay Kunwar (kp 17/01/2004)
Ifs and buts virus infects students too,
by Damaru Lal Bhandari (kp 17/01/2004), Student leaders in no mood to relent
(ht 17/01/2004)
NC denounces king’s agenda:
UML won’t criticise: Bamdev (kp 16/01/2004), Road to peace and conciliation,
by Bhim Rawal (kp 16/01/2004), Thapa aims at widening rift between King and parties, says RPP leader
(ht 16/01/2004), Crisis
Of Confidence: Despite being bound with common interests, there
continues to exist crisis of confidence among country’s major political
forces,
by Keshab Poudel (sp 16/01/2004), Alliance with the incompetents,
by Raman Raj Misra (kp 17/01/2004), Stumped:
Who is going to solve this puzzle?, by Kunda Dixit (nt 16/01/2004)
Credibility gap between King and leaders,
by Hari Charan Shrestha (pr 15/01/2004), Can democracy be above the nation and people?,
by Indra Kumar Pradhan (pr 15/01/2004)
The flaming rage to destroy,
by Prakash Dahal (ht 15/01/2004)
Failure of the Westminster style,
by Vidhu Prakash Kayastha (kp 15/01/2004)
Scores of students arrested in continuing stir:
Students capture ward offices in Pokhara, drive away officials (kp
15/01/2004), Students vent ire on private vehicles
(ht 15/01/2004)
Seek and find how to serve, and be happy ever after
(ht 14/01/2004)
Patterns of conflict in Nepal:
Nepal’s problem lies in establishing ‘governance’ that balances ‘public order with social justice’,
by Dev Raj Dahal (tg 14/01/2004)
Belligerent attitude of political parties dismayed many Nepalese,
by World Bank, Nepal Office (tg 14/01/2004)
NC leader says king must abdicate:
Parties issue sternest call ever, by Damaru Lal Bhandari (kp
14/01/2004), Republican –minded new generation,
by Yadav Khanal (kp 14/01/2004), Infiltrators whipping up the demand for republicanism
(tg 14/01/2004), NC split over UML policy:
NC to avoid harsh slogans against king, by Damaru Lal Bhandari (kp
15/01/2004), Roadmap romance,
by Bishnu Sapkota (kp 15/01/2004), Parties threaten to press button for a republican set-up
(ht 14/01/2004), Roadmap
or Roadblock? The decision by the UML to go for new constitution has
added confusion rather than helping to resolve the political impasse,
by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 16/01/2004)
Five scenarios,
by P C Punnen (ht 13/01/2004)
The state tamasha,
by Puran P. Bista (kp 13/01/2004)
The rendezvous,
by Dhruva Joshy (kp 13/01/2004)
Foreign parliamentarians join agitation,
by Damaru Lal Bhandari (kp 13/01/2004)
Trust but verify,
by Suman Pradhan (kp 12/01/2004), Futile attempt to save chair: parties:
PM appeals for consensus (kp 13/01/2004)
NSP flays seven-point agenda
(kp 12/01/2004)
Regression hits highways,
by Damaru lal Bhandari (kp 11/01/2004)
King flayed for ‘futile’ meetings, Gautam differs
(kp 11/01/2004)
CPN-UML strikes middle-path to resolve crisis:
Moots round table, interim govt and drafting new constitution, by
Ghanashyam Ojha (kp 11/01/2004), UML road map confuses parties:
‘Constitution not yet defunct’, by Damaru Lal Bhandari (kp
12/01/2004), Confusing road map
(kp 13/01/2004), Maoists will agree to our proposal: Nepal
(kp 14/01/2004), Road Map stirs new possibilities
(tg 14/01/2004), Madhav Nepal steals the show; Roadmap provides a face saving formula
(tg 14/01/2004), Politics of road maps,
by Kuber Sharma (ht 14/01/2004), UML scouting foreign shores for roadmap nod,
by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp 17/01/2004)
New broth may be cooking,
by Vijay Kunwar (kp 10/01/2004)
Joint student-youth rally today:
Women join students in streets (kp 10/01/2004), Anti-Monarchy slogans continue to resound
(kp 11/01/2004), Agitators demand release of student leader
(kp 12/01/2004), Four govt vehicles vandalised as student protests continue
(kp 13/01/2004), Dozen injured, five held during student protest
(ht 13/01/2004), Eleven students held, two hurt:
One-hr vehicle strike today (kp 14/01/2004), All but three students freed; stir to go on
(ht 14/01/2004)
Let’s save the king:
The people need democracy, but the king needs it even more, by C.K.
Lal (nt 09/01/2004), More loyal, less royal:
If Nepal indeed turns into a republic, history will not hold the Nepali people responsible,
by Jyoti Giri (nt 09/01/2004), The republican road,
by Narahari Acharya (nt 09/01/2004. originally published in Kantipur, 05/01/2004)
Students begin public hearing on monarchy
(kp 09/01/2004), At the gates:
Parties unleash students to put pressure on the king, by Navin Singh
Khadka (nt 09/01/2004)
Conflicting signals on Thapa's early exit,
by MR Josse (pr 08/01/2004), Thapa's resignation will salvage situation,
by Yadav Khanal (pr 08/01/2004)
Intellectuals and political parties,
by Shreedhar Gautam (kp 08/01/2004)
Once bitten, twice shy
(kp 07/01/2004), Programme more than personality,
by Beena Kharel (kp 07/01/2004)
Police crackdown on protestors leaves dozens hurt,
by Nitya Nanda Timsina (kp 07/01/2004), Condition of 3 students critical:
Parties flay police highhandedness (kp 08/01/2004), Bug of republicanism bites new generation,
by Hari Charan Shrestha (pr 08/01/2004)
King meets Rana, Deuba:
Seeks consensus on his agenda, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp 06/01/2004), Yet another chance to political parties,
by PR Pradhan (pr 08/01/2004), Roadmap
(pr 08/01/2004), What impedes national consensus?,
by Indra Kumar pradhan (pr 08/01/2004), Confidence Building Measures:
After granting audience to CPN-UML general secretary Madhav Kumar
Nepal, the process of confidence building begins between the King and
the parties, by Keshab Poudel (sp 09/01/2004)
Republic only solution to current
crisis, interview with Krishna Pahadi, founding member of the Human Rights Organisation of Nepal (HURON)
(kp 05/01/2004), Students’ warning: We will root for republic
(ht 05/01/2004)
Current political imbroglio,
by Tulasi Bahadur Karki (kp 05/01/2004), Musical chair won’t solve the problem,
by Damakant Jayshi (kp 05/01/2004)
Both
old and young rue decades wasted on struggles (kp 05/01/2004)
Student unions burn effigy of ‘regression’
(ht 04/01/2004)
Act responsibly
(kp 03/01/2004)
Federal structure not addressing majority needs: Parties
(kp 03/01/2004)
Holds one-to-one with Nepal:
King softens stance, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp 03/01/2004), Parties
smell rat in king-Nepal meet (kp 04/01/2004)
Unwise divergence:
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