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Press articles (used media abbreviations)

Past shows the future, by Nav Raj Pokharel (tg 30/07/2008)

A page from history, by Niranjan Koirala (kp 29/07/2008)

Emerging civil-military ties, by Indra Adhikari (kp 07/05/2008)

Gyanendra gone, other ‘kings’ still on allowances, by Kosh Raj Koirala (kp 28/06/2008)

"This Is Very Power Centric And Self Centric Society", interview with Saphalya Amatya (sp 20/06/2008)

Himalayan republic, by Buddhi Narayan Shrestha (kp 14/06/2008)

Celebrating Democracy Day in Nepal, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (Scoop 25/02/2008)

Recognizing the real milan-bindu, by Shambhu Ram Simkhada (kp 11/10/2007)

Democracy struggle veterans seek respect, by Baburam Kharel (kp 11/08/2007)

Role of intellectuals, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp 22/06/2007)

Back in time: Nearly a century after these photographs were taken much has changed in Kathmandu, but much remains the same (nt 25/05/2007)

Bad, blunders and consequence, by Madan Regmi (kp 16/05/2007)

Misleading history, by Binaya Ghimire (kp 13/05/2007)

Chronicling the truth, by Manjushree Thapa (kp 15/04/2007 (a book review)

Remembering Chaitra 24th, by Shreedhar Gautam (kp 12/04/2007)

'A People's War' exhibition in Chautara (nn 03/04/2007)

Boon or bane? New wave of migration, by Ram Binod Bhattarai (kp 11/12/2006)

Tryst with party politics, by C D Bhatta (kp 22/09/2006)

Are you a Nepali or Nepalese? by Sanjog Rai (kp 25/08/2006)

Was King Tribhuvan a betrayer? by Avantika Regmi (kp 20/08/2006)

Generation of Conflicts In Nepal, by Guna Nidhi Sharma, (tg 02/08/2006)

‘A decorative monarchy is quite strong’, interview with John Whelpton (kp 31/07/2006)

BP & Pushpa Lal: Significant Contribution To Democracy, by Geja Sharma Wagle (rn 26/07/2006)

Mukesh’s Movement How to name a revolution, by Lucia de Vries (nt 26/05/2006)

Popular Movement of 1990: The Second Wave of Democratic Struggle, by Prem Sharma (tg 24/05/2006)

Nepal's democratic revolution, by Imtiaz Alam (kp 24/05/2006)

Timeline: Royal rollback (nt 21/04/2006)

Historicising BP Koirala's rebellion, by Shiva Rijal (kp 20/05/2006)

Durga’s journey through time (nt 21/04/2006)

Days of future past: This week’s unfolding events are a eerie replay of April 1990, by Kiyoko Ogura (nt 14/04/2006)

Connecting People, Culture and Economy, by Madan Kumar Dahal (tg 25/01/2006)

Reminiscences of Mohan Shamsher, by Aditya Man Shrestha (kp 24/01/2006)

Witnesses of History: Kuber Sharma, the fist Nepali chartered accountant-turned-politician, narrates his experiences, a book review (sp 23/12/2005)

Pre-1990 ‘democratic’ experiments in Nepal and the evolving pattern, by Pratyush Chandra (insn 07/09/2005)

India forgets, but Gorkhalis pay homage, by Surendra Phuyal (kp 16/08/2005)

India got its Independence, but where is Nepal's democracy?, by Surendra Phuyal (kp 10/08/2005)

Remembering the martyrs, by Bijaya Lal Shrestha (kp 25/01/2005)

Is history repeating?, by Aditya Man Shrestha (kp 14/01/2005)

Dissidents and India factor, by Yadav Khanal (kp 28/12/2004)

Thus comes the prime minister, by Nilamber Acharya (kp 28/10/2004)

Joshi, Rose and power persona, by Abhi Subedi (kp 21/10/2004), a review of the reprinted book on "democratic Innovations in Nepal", originally published by Joshi and Rose in 1966

Times are changing, fast growing backward, by KP Pandey (pr 22/07/2004)

The Panchayat Media, by Pratyoush Onta (na 31/05/2004)

Nepali politics in Edinburgh, by Abhi Subedi (kp 20/05/2004)

The 1990 movement and betrayal, by Vidhu Prakash Kayastha (kp 08/04/2004)

To break China: Indo-American alliance and Nepal in the Cold War, by Trailokya Raj Aryal (pr 22/01/2004)

Gurkhas invade Iraq! (nt 09/01/2004)

100 years of Nepal-Nippon: One hundred years ago, Nepal’s Rana rulers were so impressed by Japan’s process of modernisation that they looked upon it as a role model, by Kumar Basnet (nt 19/12/2003)

Historic ancient document found (kp 15/12/2003)

Nepali renaissance, by Bishnu Sapkota (kp 04/12/2003), Nepali renaissance and BP, by Lok Raj Baral (kp 09/12/2003)

Policy Of Isolation (rn 29/11/2003)

Faces of filth, by Sabin Ranabhat (Kathmandu Post, 04/11/2003)

The retreat from Burma, by Man Bahadur Rai, translation from Lahurey ko Katha, Himal Books, a collection of memoirs based on oral testimonies of 13 retired Gurkha soldiers (Nepali Times, 17/10/2003), 375 mouths and handfuls of raw rice (Nepali Times, 31/10/2003), Back on the Burma front (nt 28/11/2003), “War is the worst of all things” (nt 12/12/2003)

The triangle in a limbo, by Vijay Kunwar (Kathmandu Post, 26/09/2003)

Lesson from history, by Shreedhar Gautam (Kathmandu Post, 04/09/2003)

Ever swinging politics, by Vijay Kunwar (Kathmandu Post, 16/05/2003)

King Tribhuvan & Democracy, by Guna Dev Bhattarai (Rising Nepal, 19/02/2003)

In the name of democracy, by Puran P. Bista (Kathmandu Post, 01/10/2002)

Nepal In Postcolonial Perspectives, by Thira L Bhusal (Rising Nepal, 01/09/2002)

"I didn't know they were spies", by Sribhakta Khanal (Nepali Times, 12/04/2002)

Greatness and goodness, by C.K. Lal (Nepali Times, 07/09/2001)

Through the diary of a revolutionary soldier, by Alok K Bohara (Kathmandu Post, 03/06/2001)

Initial Stages Of Democracy, by Guna Dev Bhattarai (Rising Nepal, 28/04/2001)

sDo'lg:6x¿sf] hGdkqL / hgtfsf] 1fg, by D.K. Shahi (Kantipur, 16/04/2001)

The King Smiled (Nepali Times, 13/04/2001), excerpted from Kathmandu Spring: The People’s Movement of 1990 by Kiyoko Ogura. Himal Books, 2001

Foreign Policy: Lessons from the panchayat page, by Madan P. Khanal (People's Review, 12/04/2001)

Remembering Panchayat, by Pratyoush Onta (Kathmandu Post, 06/04/2001); see also Remembering Panchayat, again, by Pratyoush Onta (Kathmandu Post, 20/04/2001) and Remembering Panchayat, letter by Durgesh Nandan Jha (Kathmandu Post, 14/04/2001)

The Nepal Communist Party, by Guna Dev Bhattarai (Rising Nepal, 31/03/2001), see also Part 2 (Rising Nepal, 14/04/2001)

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King Mahendra’s Visit To China, by Guna Dev Bhattarai (Rising Nepal, 03/03/2001)

The Importance Of Falgun 7, 2007 B.S., by Guna Dev Bhattarai (Rising Nepal, 18/02/2001)

The Fall Of The Congress Government, by Guna Dev Bhattarai (Rising Nepal, 27/01/2001)

Royal Counsel: King Tribhuvan's advice to Nepali politicians remains relevant today (Spotlight, 12/01/2001)

Beyond borderline insanity, by C. K. Lal (Nepali Times, 05/01/2001)

Lend an ear to yesteryears, by Prakash Dahal (Kathmandu Post, 04/01/2001)

National Reconciliation: A Forgotten Agenda? by Bhagirath Yogi (Spotlight, 29/12/2000)

The Creation Of Nepali Congress, by Guna Dev Bhattarai (Rising Nepal, 09/12/2000)

Royal Nepal Army (Pvt) Ltd (Nepali Times, 20/09/2000), We cannot afford to have a state within a state anymore, this is not 1960, or for that matter 1846

Nepal after 1951, by Anil Pandey ((People's Review, 31/08/2000)

Lest he signed Indo-Nepal Treaty documents carte blanche, by Yadav Khanal (People's Review, 03/08/2000)

King Mahendra's Efforts For Development, by Guna Dev Bhattarai (Rising Nepal, 22/07/2000)

A New Twist, by Guna Dev Bhattarai (Rising Nepal, 08/07/2000)

The dynamics of change: An exercise in proxy jingoism, by Basanta Lohani (Kathmandu Post, 20/06/2000)

The General Elections Of 1959, by Guna Dev Bhattarai (Rising Nepal, 10/06/2000)

Memories of Mustang, by Barbara Adams (People's Review, 04/05/2000)

Tanka Prasad Acharya’s Premiership, by Guna Dev Bhattarai (Rising Nepal, 02/05/2000)

A Kuire’s query on grovelling, by James F. Fisher (Kathmandu Post, 16/04/2000)

Ekai Kawaguchi : The enigmatic trespasser, by D B Gurung (Kathmandu Post, 16/04/2000)

The Year That Was 2056, by Bishnu Gautam (Rising Nepal, 13/04/2000)

An Irreparable Loss, by Guna Dev Bhattarai (Rising Nepal, 04/04/2000)

The Road to Democracy, by Ramesh C Arya (Telegraph, 22/03/2000)

Looking back, by Guna Dev Bhattarai (Rising Nepal, 17/03/2000)

First coalition politics, by Guna Dev Bhattarai (Rising Nepal, 05/03/2000)

t?0f bnM a9L ck]Iff / Go"g pknlJw, by Mahesh Thapaliya (Deshantar, 27/02/2000)

Democracy means justice, prosperity, by Rajesh Man K.C. (Sunday Despatch, 20/02/2000)

Freedom and prosperity, by Gandhi Raj Kafle (Rising Nepal, 19/02/2000)

Democracy Day: some stray thoughts, by Bijay Aryal (Rising Nepal, 19/02/2000)

B. P.’s national reconciliation policy for the sake of nation, by Ram Chandra Pokharel (The Rising Nepal, 1 January 2000)

Background

Nationalism And Democracy, the statement B.P. Koirala gave on return from foreign exile on December 30,1976 (Spotlight, 27/12/2002)

Tables of governments: 1951-1960, 1960-1990, since 1990