John Child
John Child is The NewsBlaze Nepal Correspondent, a journalist in Kathmandu who writes about goings-on in and around Nepal and her neighbors.
| Mount Everest Phone Call 'Illegal' Says Nepal Government | |
| The government will want this story to go away quickly, lest it be seen as persecuting a mountaineer who was raising money for charity... | |
| 23:01 May 23, 2013 PST | |
| Landmark Kathmandu Bookstore Gutted by Fire | |
| Tiwari named his first bookstall Pilgrims because of his interest in spiritual books, and, he said, because we are all pilgrims. | |
| 06:45 May 18, 2013 PST | |
| Three Climbers Head Home After Mount Everest Brawl | |
| Nepal's flourishing tourism industry receives a black eye from an ugly incident between Sherpas and foreign climbers. | |
| 07:14 May 9, 2013 PST | |
| Time to Close Nepal Airlines | |
| For the last year they have not flown to Delhi at all, despite spending hundreds of thousands of dollars each year on a New Delhi office. That too will now close. | |
| 20:40 Mar 25, 2013 PST | |
| Ethical Failure in Nepal Election Government's Appointments | |
| Less welcome though has been the interim government's appointments to long-vacant civil service posts including the Public Service Commission, the Auditor General, and especially the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority. | |
| 07:34 Mar 23, 2013 PST | |
| No Truth, No Justice in Nepal | |
| Truth and justice are fine concepts, but in Nepal, when those in charge are threatened with criminal action, blackmail and coverup are more effective. | |
| 06:51 Jan 27, 2013 PST | |
| The Chicken War in Nepal | |
| When international food chains KFC and Pizza Hut opened in a high-profile location in Kathmandu three years ago, they were a big hit. Nepalis flocked to the outlets, waiting in long lines to eat there. | |
| 11:32 Dec 17, 2012 PST | |
| Calling All Bluffs in Nepal | |
| Has Nepal's President Yadav taken steps towards resolving the country's political deadlock? PM Bhatterai said that he intends to be prime minister for the next decade. | |
| 11:06 Nov 25, 2012 PST | |
| Running Out of Time in Nepal | |
| The situation is dire: Nepal is approaching a cliff that makes the US budget crisis look mild. Is it true that Nepal is running out of time? | |
| 15:00 Nov 23, 2012 PST | |
| Infographic: Nepal's Maoist Army Melts Away, 2006 to 2012 | |
| Where have all the maoists gone, nearly half retire; similar number AWOL, fewer than five percent to join Nepal Army | |
| 08:35 Sep 23, 2012 PST | |
| Squandered Opportunity for The Nepali Congress Party | |
| The leaders' lust for the prime minister's chair is bad for Nepal, and it is also going to cost the party dearly in the future. | |
| 14:05 Sep 9, 2012 PST | |
| Factionalism Remains Nepal's Largest Problem | |
| All Nepal's constitutional issues are less important to the Congress leadership than who gets tipped to be the next prime minister. | |
| 11:23 Sep 6, 2012 PST | |
| Closure of Nepal Airlines Will Save Money and Cut Corruption | |
| Rather than spending $125 million now on Nepal Airlines, this is an opportune time to scrap it entirely. Internationally, NAC wouldn't be missed. | |
| 06:13 Aug 23, 2012 PST | |
| Federalism and Ethnicity Issues Critical to Nepal | |
| Federalism of some sort is certain, but its nature - ethnic or geographical - and the details of how to carve out states are not yet agreed. | |
| 07:42 May 14, 2012 PST | |
| No Everest Ascents Yet This Season | |
| This month normally offers the best weather for climbing the world's tallest mountain, and during the last decade, scores of people have made it to the top each year in May. In all more than 4,300 have climbed since 1953. | |
| 06:50 May 13, 2012 PST | |
| Is Kathmandu Nepal Safer Than Your City? | |
| The answer is probably 'yes.' Statistics for last year in Kathmandu show an incidence of serious crime far lower than in the United States. | |
| 10:17 Apr 20, 2012 PST | |
| PLA Numbers Dwindle as Integration with Nepal Army Nears | |
| Of the three thousand-plus Maoist soldiers still pending integration, some will not pass the recruitment testing. | |
| 08:02 Apr 19, 2012 PST | |
| New Commission to Control Corruption in Nepal | |
| 'Corruption is the number one issue for most Nepalis,' commission spokesman Kalti Bahadur Dhiki said. 'Here we are doing something visible about it.' | |
| 11:15 Mar 31, 2012 PST | |
| Nepal Exports Labor at Record Pace | |
| Construction jobs dominate, but Nepalis also work in hotels, restaurants, retail shops and in some cases on cruise ships. Wages typically are low, less than $1,000 per month, but that is much more than the same sorts of jobs pay in Nepal. | |
| 10:53 Mar 26, 2012 PST | |
| Nepal Minister Fumbles Visa | |
| Nepal's Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation left Kathmandu Monday for the ITB tourism trade show in Berlin. Unfortunately he neglected to get a visa for the trip. | |
| 08:04 Mar 7, 2012 PST | |
| Nepal Maoists Disagree About War's End at Anniversary Rallies | |
| The monarchy is gone, and the Maoists took more votes in the subsequent election than any other party. But they promised their fighters, the paramilitary cadres, and party supporters much more than that. | |
| 20:12 Feb 14, 2012 PST | |
| Nepal Unprepared for Tourism Boom | |
| Nepal's 'Tourism Year 2011' promotion fell well short of its one million visitor goal, but even so the lack of infrastructure and capacity was obvious. | |
| 11:05 Jan 29, 2012 PST | |
| Nepal Maoists Overdrew and Underpaid | |
| Nepal's Maoist army left the field and took up residence in cantonments under terms of the 2006 peace agreement. Each combatant has received a salary from the government since then, drawn by the Maoist party. | |
| 08:27 Dec 12, 2011 PST | |
| Political Ministers Tarnish Reputation of Nepali Prime Minister | |
| In a heavy handed attempt to curry favor with the press, Health Minister Rajendra Mahato distributed greeting cards for the Dashain holiday to several dozen reporters. Recipients found cash in the cards - from $40 to $100 in each case. Three of the | |
| 07:20 Oct 16, 2011 PST | |
| Nepal Maoists Prepare for Revolution - Against Themselves | |
| Factional in-fighting in the Maoist party is at an all-time high as hardliners talk publicly of revolt against Maoist Prime Minister Baburam Bhatterai. | |
| 12:25 Oct 5, 2011 PST | |
| Nepali Civil Servant Sacked for Competence | |
| Paudyal was exceptionally good at his job. His previous boss, Narayan Kaji Shrestha, who is currently DPM and Foreign Minister, decried the transfer, calling him 'one of the best secretaries.' | |
| 06:10 Sep 18, 2011 PST | |
| Nepal Fears a Truth and Reconciliation Commission | |
| Even the number of missing people is uncertain: The Nepal Red Cross makes the total as 1,383; a prominent Nepal human-rights NGO, INSEC, lists 930; and Nepal's National Human Rights Commission counts 835 people as disappeared. | |
| 10:21 Sep 12, 2011 PST | |
| Nepal's Curious Lumbini Imbroglio | |
| Money has poured into Lumbini, but there is little to show for it. Minor archaeological work was followed by the construction of a hideous cement temple at the site. | |
| 06:27 Aug 30, 2011 PST | |
| Nepal's Maoists Reshuffle Leadership Posts | |
| The process of writing a new constitution has been grinding on at snail's pace for more than three years, and the deadline for promulgation has been extended twice. Previously that has been largely caused by bickering between the parties. | |
| 07:42 Jul 25, 2011 PST | |
| Nepal's Political Factionalism Affects Labor Relations | |
| Infighting between and within Nepal's political parties has spilled over into labor union negotiations. In Nepal all unions are affiliated with a political party or, in the case of the Maoist-affiliated unions, a faction of a party. | |
| 16:50 Jul 20, 2011 PST | |
| Nepal Celebrates The Buddha's Birth | |
| As the orange full moon of May rose over Nepal Monday night, the country's Buddhists began to celebrate Buddha Jayanti, the commemoration of his birth. | |
| 07:10 May 17, 2011 PST | |
| Public Cynicism May Spell End of Nepal's Constituent Assembly | |
| Fresh elections may not solve the country's problems though. The same poll suggests that Nepalis place little faith in any of the parties. Congress garners support from 22 percent of respondents, the Maoists from 20 percent, and the UML from just o | |
| 11:39 May 16, 2011 PST | |
| 'Super-Sherpa' Apa Climbs Everest for 21st Time | |
| Apa and the other record holders are all members of the Sherpa ethnic group, who live in the high Himalayas of Nepal and are closely related to Tibetans. | |
| 10:13 May 14, 2011 PST | |
| Nepal MPs Take Turns To Block Action | |
| Different interests within the legislature use this tactic, a 'gherao,' or 'surrounding' of the speaker's microphone for many purposes. So far at least the Assembly's rules do not permit their removal. Occasionally the Speaker of the Assembly | |
| 07:11 May 9, 2011 PST | |
| Child Marriage Continues in Nepal | |
| The legal age of marriage in Nepal is 18, but a 2008 report from the Family Planning Association of Nepal estimated that 60 percent of Nepali girls marry before that age. | |
| 13:49 May 3, 2011 PST | |
| Nepal Needs Neither NOC nor NAC | |
| How does a monopoly provider of an essential commodity lose over $80 million per year? And how can a once-dominant company be struggling to hold a ten percent share in its business? | |
| 14:07 Apr 27, 2011 PST | |
| Nepal to Adjust Calendar for New Constitution | |
| Some foreign embassies questioned the practicality of the move, but a combined statement from European legations acknowledged that Nepal's official Bikram Sambat calendar, used nowhere else in the world, was... | |
| 16:02 Mar 31, 2011 PST | |
| Corruption Conviction in Nepal, Finally | |
| On Thursday court officials served the judgment on Wagle at his home, but he refused to give himself up to them. The officials then summoned police, who took Wagle to Dilli Bazaar Prison in Kathmandu. | |
| 11:32 Mar 18, 2011 PST | |
| Colors and Rituals Mark Holi in Nepal | |
| The week-long Hindu festival of Holi got underway Monday with the erection of the 'Chir,' a tall pole topped with colored fabric streamers, in Kathmandu's old palace square. | |
| 11:21 Mar 15, 2011 PST | |
| Nepal's Linguistic Heritage | |
| Fortunately those are not the opening lines for a novel. But the seven Nepali words in those three sentences all have something in common: Do you know what it is? | |
| 13:22 Jan 27, 2011 PST | |
| Nepal and Federalist 10 | |
| Madison's conclusion was that the only workable way to resolve factional disputes is representative democracy. His prescription for Nepal's prime-ministerial impasse would be simple... | |
| 12:15 Jan 22, 2011 PST | |
| Nepal's Clown Prince At It Again | |
| The story rings true based on the ex-prince's past behavior. Prior to the June 2001 massacre in which King Birendra and most of his family died, the palace was able to keep most of Paras' antics out of the media. | |
| 13:49 Dec 15, 2010 PST | |
| Ban Deplores Rebel Attack in North-East Central African Republic | |
| In anticipation of the mission's withdrawal, the Government has continued to express concern about the security situation in that part of the country, and has repeatedly stated its preference for the receipt of direct bilateral support to build up | |
| 18:58 Nov 27, 2010 PST | |
| Nepal's Telecomms Industry A Success Story | |
| 'Name one thing that has gone right since 1990,' challenged my pro-monarchy friend. He ticked off an impressive list of things that haven't: traffic chaos, water shortages, load shedding and more. But I had an answer for him... | |
| 07:37 Nov 15, 2010 PST | |
| 30,000 Bhutanese Refugees from Nepal Now Resettled in US | |
| Resettlement of ethnically-Nepali refugees from Bhutan to the US has reached the halfway mark according to US officials and a report from Nepal's Home Ministry. | |
| 08:52 Oct 26, 2010 PST | |
| Nepali Goats and Brahmans | |
| A Brahman was preparing to sacrifice a goat to the goddess Durga. He raised his khukuri knife and pulled the goat's head back to expose the neck. | |
| 05:33 Oct 21, 2010 PST | |
| Nepal Celebrates World Tourism Day and Looks Ahead to 2011 | |
| Passengers on the first flight to arrive in Kathmandu Monday were met by officials and a panchakanya, five girls dressed in traditional outfits who put silk scarves and garlands of marigolds around the visitors' necks, as Nepal's tourism bureau an | |
| 09:05 Sep 27, 2010 PST | |
| How Nepal's Political Standoff Will End | |
| It has been six weeks since Prime Minister M. K. Nepal resigned, and Nepal's Constituent Assembly today postponed indefinitely a fifth attempt to elect a replacement to the post | |
| 08:43 Aug 18, 2010 PST | |
| Armies Left and Right Defy Justice in Nepal | |
| A Nepal Army major and a Maoist Peoples' Liberation Army brigade commander remain on the job despite arrest warrants issued against them, and there is no indication that either will ever be brought to court. | |
| 08:31 Aug 7, 2010 PST | |
| Sitting Here in Limbo - Nepal's PM Elections Fail | |
| Each of the three major parties - the ex-rebel Maoists, the center-left UML, and the center-right Nepali Congress - fielded its own candidate for the race. | |
| 09:14 Jul 21, 2010 PST | |
| Frustration in Nepal Turns Into Anti-Maoist Demonstrations | |
| Frustration in Nepal Turns Into Anti-Maoist Demonstrations; Ultimatum From the International Community | |
| 08:06 May 8, 2010 PST | |
| The Coming Constitutional Crash in Nepal | |
| To further the effort, they have called a massive rally in Kathmandu for May Day. All over the country thousands of Maoist cadres are being trained for the event. | |
| 08:35 Apr 26, 2010 PST | |
| Office Pool Nepal - 2067 | |
| 2066 was a year of stagnation in Nepal. No matter how pessimistic you were a year ago, could you have imagined that the country's leaders would have let a whole year go by without doing anything at all about development. | |
| 06:15 Apr 16, 2010 PST | |
| New Dam in Nepal to Boost Electricity Production, Resolve Political Problems | |
| The government of Nepal has announced that it will dam the Bagmati river outflow from the Kathmandu Valley in a move to generate electricity and eliminate massive power cuts that have damaged the country's economy in recent years. | |
| 14:11 Mar 31, 2010 PST | |
| Nepal to Participate in Earth Hour Unwittingly | |
| Nepal will join in Earth Hour Saturday night to mark concern about climate change. For most Nepalis, however, the participation will be involuntary. | |
| 09:46 Mar 27, 2010 PST | |
| Koirala's Death Leaves Major Hole in Nepal's Peace Process | |
| Whether you admired Girija Prasad Koirala or not, you had to admit that he had stature for beyond the rest of Nepal's political leaders. | |
| 08:36 Mar 20, 2010 PST | |
| Nepal's New Constitution Will Not Be Written on Time | |
| With just 10 weeks remaining in the term of the Constituent Assembly, the body charged primarily with writing a new constitution, it is clear the assembly will fail to deliver on time. | |
| 09:24 Mar 18, 2010 PST | |
| Three Anniversaries for Tibetans in Nepal | |
| Wednesday is the first of three anniversaries that Tibetans outside their homeland will celebrate this month. Tibetans in Nepal will mark them carefully, however. | |
| 05:18 Mar 11, 2010 PST | |
| Nepal's Electricity Woes | |
| Today my neighborhood will have electricity from 12:00 to 2:00 and then from 7 p.m. until midnight. The scheduled outages, called 'load shedding' in Nepal, are a regular part of winter here. | |
| 06:13 Feb 19, 2010 PST | |
| Legalize Ganja for Nepal Tourism Year 2011 | |
| It draws half a million worshippers and thousands of sadhus, India's mendicant pilgrims who wander the Subcontinent from holy site to holy site and live on the offerings of the pious. | |
| 10:57 Jan 30, 2010 PST | |
| Nepal Army Snubs Supreme Court | |
| Nepal's Supreme Court on Sunday ordered the Army to stay the promotion of General Toran Singh to second-in-command. The Army appears ready to defy the order. | |
| 05:33 Jan 5, 2010 PST | |
| A Protest a Day Keeps Progress Away in Nepal | |
| Nepal celebrated New Year's Day with a nationwide banda, a forced closure of businesses and roads. That's no surprise: Every day there are bandas, transport strikes, labor actions and disruptive protests throughout the country. | |
| 22:04 Jan 4, 2010 PST | |
| Nepal Thumbs Nose at Human Rights | |
| Major Niranjan Basnet, the Nepal Army officer implicated in the death of 15-year-old Maina Sunuwar in 2004 while in Army custody, will not be presented for civilian trial, an Army spokesman said Wednesday. | |
| 11:34 Dec 25, 2009 PST | |
| Nepal Officer in Custody - Justice for Maina Sunuwar ... Maybe | |
| Major Niranjan Basnet, a senior officer implicated in the 2004 death of Maina Sunuwar in a Nepal Army camp after interrogation, is in Army custody after his return from Chad | |
| 10:11 Dec 14, 2009 PST | |
| Kailali Fiasco Fits The Formula of Nepal Maoists | |
| Ever since Nepal's Maoist-led government resigned on May fourth after its attempt to sack the army chief of staff was blocked by the president, they have assumed the role of destructive opposition. | |
| 11:39 Dec 6, 2009 PST | |
| Crunch Time for the Opposition in Nepal | |
| Since Prachanda resigned, the Maoists have been a destructive opposition, trying to render the country ungovernable in hopes of returning to power. | |
| 11:07 Oct 16, 2009 PST | |
| Bhutan's Amazing Festivals | |
| Visiting Bhutan is an otherworldly experience. The last Himalayan Shangri-La opened its doors to tourism in 1974, and even today only a few thousand people each year are granted visas. | |
| 08:25 Oct 12, 2009 PST | |
| Showdown in the Nepali Congress Party | |
| Eighty-four year old Girija Koirala is called, only partly in jest, 'the uncrowned king' because of his vast influence in Nepali politics. | |
| 07:19 Sep 11, 2009 PST | |
| Dialect Dialectic in Nepal | |
| The squabble in Nepal over the vice president's oath has gotten messier as leaders consider invoking a provision in the interim constitution that allows the cabinet and prime minister to reverse court decisions. | |
| 05:56 Aug 28, 2009 PST | |
| Standoff in Nepal | |
| The head of the UN mission to Nepal - the peacekeeping force supervising Maoist combatants and arms - is the latest senior official to question whether Nepal's new constitution can be finished by the deadline. | |
| 11:08 Aug 16, 2009 PST | |
| Gay Jatra In Nepal | |
| Hundreds of gay Nepalis and their supporters turned out Thursday during the Gai Jatra festival for the largest gay pride demonstration ever here. | |
| 11:04 Aug 6, 2009 PST | |
| Have the Snake Gods Broken Nepal's Drought? | |
| The rain came on the evening and night following Nag Panchami, a festival devoted to serpent deities that live half of the year in an subterranean kingdom and half in our world. | |
| 11:36 Jul 27, 2009 PST | |
| No Business, As Usual, In Nepal | |
| On Tuesday Nepal Students Union members armed with lengths of iron rebar from a construction site stopped traffic at a central bus park in Kathmandu and burned tires in the street. Their demand was for the immediate arrest of Giri's attackers. | |
| 13:07 Jul 22, 2009 PST | |
| Nepal's Gurkhas Finally Get Their Rights | |
| In June 1944 Tul Bahadur Pun showed the courage and determination that has earned Nepal's Gurkha soldiers the title Bravest of the Brave. | |
| 07:15 May 21, 2009 PST | |
| Nepal's New Alliance - All For One Now? | |
| Nepal's jumbo alliance of 22 parties now pledged to participate in or support a new government will hold a clear majority in the Assembly. | |
| 07:17 May 19, 2009 PST | |
| No Crisis, Just Nepali Politics | |
| The 'Prachandagate' videotape shot in January 2008, in which the prime minister is heard telling PLA officers that the Maoists' participation in the democratic process is a sham, isn't enough of a surprise to cause a crisis. | |
| 08:22 May 7, 2009 PST | |
| World Heritage in Nepal | |
| UNESCO has ten criteria for the world heritage list, six applying to cultures living and dead and four for natural sites. | |
| 07:56 May 4, 2009 PST | |
| New Nepal Needs To Delineate Democracy's Duties Too | |
| In a multi-cultural free society, no group ever gets everything it wants. That's the worst thing about democracy and also the best thing. | |
| 23:51 Apr 26, 2009 PST | |
| Office Pool Nepal - 2066 | |
| 2065 will be remembered as the year that optimism turned to frustration and rage in Nepal. There were also plenty of surprises for amateur seers: I got the election results wildly wrong, for example. | |
| 07:53 Apr 14, 2009 PST | |
| Nepal Drivers To Switch Sides | |
| The Ministry of Labour and Transportation Management announced in Kathmandu today that Nepal will switch from driving on the left side of the road to driving on the right. | |
| 09:02 Apr 1, 2009 PST | |
| How Clever Is Nepal's Prime Minister? | |
| If the Maoists really are practicing a calculated destructive opposition to their own government, then several things would have to be true. | |
| 09:01 Mar 23, 2009 PST | |
| Turning Nepal into Bangladesh | |
| Failed governance and growing incivility pose enough challenge for any country, but new tensions between the government and the courts and army threaten to push Nepal into Bangladeshi-style chaos. | |
| 16:35 Mar 18, 2009 PST | |
| Changing the World One Girl at a Time: A California Professor's Calling in Nepal | |
| Dr. Jeffrey Kottler came to Nepal as a teacher of counseling skills but says that he 'became the pupil, captured by the beauty of Nepal's mountains and people, but also by the desire to do something to help needy children here.' | |
| 22:54 Feb 25, 2009 PST | |
| Pious Pilgrims and Stoned Sadhus | |
| There are thousands of Sadhus here at Pashupatinath Temple for the annual festival of Shiva in one of his main forms, the Lord of the Beasts. | |
| 05:50 Feb 23, 2009 PST | |
| No Justice Yet for Maina Sunuwar and Many More in Nepal | |
| In February 2004, 15-year-old Maina Sunuwar was taken away from her home for questioning by soldiers in civilian dress after a Maoist under interrogation mentioned her name and her mother's name. | |
| 11:16 Feb 18, 2009 PST | |
| Nepal's Top Cop Faces Charges Over Human Rights Violations | |
| Supreme Court rules that five-year-old 'disappearances' must be prosecuted | |
| 01:09 Feb 6, 2009 PST | |
| Local Government Up for Grabs in Nepal | |
| The political standoff over the matter has dragged on to the point of urgency, and a new four-member task force is working on a deal. Fortunately there is obvious middle ground. | |
| 01:12 Jan 24, 2009 PST | |
| Why Nepal's Traffic (And Pretty Much Everything Else) Is A Mess | |
| When there's a danger of being caught and penalized, drivers behave better. So do politicians and criminals. Nepal's media has the chance to make a big difference in the wake of attacks on publishing houses this week. | |
| 06:12 Dec 26, 2008 PST | |
| Royalist Hopes Still High in Nepal | |
| The late King Mahendra was the father of late King Birendra, murdered in 2001 with most of his family, and recently-deposed King Gyanendra. | |
| 09:31 Dec 20, 2008 PST | |
| US Downgrades Travel Warning for Nepal | |
| The US has significantly revised its travel advice for Nepal. A new advisory removes mention of 'sporadic incidents of terrorism and politically motivated violence' and eliminates the term 'improvised explosive devices.' | |
| 06:45 Dec 5, 2008 PST | |
| Boucher Cancels Nepal Visit | |
| US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher cancelled his visit to Nepal planned for next week. It would have been his first trip here since the Maoist-led government took over. | |
| 05:52 Dec 4, 2008 PST | |
| Nepal's Day of the Dead | |
| At the first sign of morning light in the sky, the myriad of oil lamps and bamboo torches that have covered the hill above Kathmandu's Pashupatinath temple begin to stir. | |
| 22:03 Nov 25, 2008 PST | |
| Nepal Watches Anxiously as Maoists Debate Party's Path | |
| The public protest on the day the hardliners' platform is to be introduced will remind all the Maoist delegates, however fervently they wish for the people's republic, that Nepalis are fed up with the path of violence. | |
| 19:41 Nov 19, 2008 PST | |
| Nepal Clings to Tradition at Festival Time | |
| Despite the political upheaval that brought once-rebel Maoists to power in the 'New Nepal,' people here are fiercely holding on to the old ways during the Dashain holidays. | |
| 07:07 Oct 10, 2008 PST | |
| Every Man For Himself | |
| In the new Nepal, leaders who want to prosper will need to emulate the Three Musketeers, not the Three Stooges. | |
| 04:47 Sep 25, 2008 PST | |
| Not So Revolutionary in Kathmandu | |
| Politicians will have to speed up the process dramatically to deliver on their promises to voters. And to do that they will have to curtail the status quo of political business as usual and behave like statesmen. | |
| 05:35 Sep 15, 2008 PST | |
| High Culture and High Adventure Make Nepal a Great Travel Destination | |
| Nepal's culture, history and the world's greatest mountains are amazing and one of the best tourism values on the planet. And Nepal's warm, hospitable people truly make it Shangri-La, the timeless land of tranquility, wisdom, and peace. | |
| 20:28 Jun 23, 2008 PST | |
| Nepal CA Members Lambaste Leaders' Lengthy Talks | |
| Maoists ready to compromise on most issues, but NC stick to their guns on Koirala presidency, extending the delay. | |
| 16:52 Jun 19, 2008 PST | |
| The Joy of Monsoon | |
| I love the sound of rain, and there's nothing to compare with the deluge of the South-Asian monsoon. Oh how it rains, in fat drops that fill the air and crack! on impact. | |
| 08:40 Jun 10, 2008 PST | |
| Nepal Round Up | |
| An Everest Record, More People Power, The Politics of Fear, and The End of a Dynasty | |
| 05:37 May 22, 2008 PST | |
| Old Politics In Nepal Despite Election Mandate For Change | |
| This is the Maoists' first big test. If they can assemble a plurality with other left and ethnic parties, they won't need the Nepali Congress or the royalists. | |
| 07:37 Apr 28, 2008 PST | |
| US 'Terrorist' Tag On Nepal's Maoists To Stand For Now | |
| The US government is in no hurry to remove Nepal's Maoists from its list of foreign terrorist organizations. It may not matter much, though, in the short term. | |
| 22:01 Apr 25, 2008 PST | |
| Nepal's Top Leaders Out of Work | |
| The future of politics in Nepal will be changed forever as at least 20 senior politicians lost their election bids last week. Some old hands survived. | |
| 06:39 Apr 14, 2008 PST | |
| New Year, New Nepal | |
| New Year's Day, 2065 - Nepal's Maoists appear to have scored a major election victory last week, taking more than half of the constituencies where results have been announced so far. | |
| 07:53 Apr 13, 2008 PST | |
| Nepal Election in Photos | |
| John Child, The NewsBlaze Nepal Correspondent, in Kathmandu made a pictorial story about the Election in Nepal. The photos were taken in and around Kathmandu. | |
| 06:08 Apr 10, 2008 PST | |
| Despite Worries, Nepal's Elections Will Come Off | |
| Final UN election preparation report finds positive developments, but with just three days to go before the polls, the report also faults the parties, and especially the Maoists, for violent clashes, intimidation. | |
| 23:40 Apr 6, 2008 PST | |
| Royals Robbed Nepal's Nature Trust, Say Maoists | |
| The future of the trust may be in jeopardy. There are already media reports in Kathmandu that international donors are reconsidering their support. | |
| 21:58 Apr 2, 2008 PST | |
| Misbehaving Maoists or Media Misrepresentation? | |
| As Nepal's elections near, Maoists are increasingly being blamed for disrupting other parties' campaigns, but Maoist chief Prachanda cries foul. | |
| 07:35 Mar 25, 2008 PST | |
| Office Pool Nepal - 2065 | |
| Optimism finished last during most of 2064, but elections and a new year are now less than a month away. Take the plunge into the office pool and make your predictions for Nepal in BS 2065. | |
| 11:38 Mar 14, 2008 PST | |
| High Cuisine (and Low) in The Himalayas - Dining Out in Nepal | |
| Kathmandu may sound like the end of the earth, but restaurant options here are as interesting and varied as anywhere in the world. | |
| 09:06 Feb 23, 2008 PST | |
| Who do Nepalis Trust? | |
| Not government institutions. Army and judiciary slipped, police trust is low, high trust for religious, ethnic institutions, human-rights, civic leaders. They have faith in themselves if not in their politicians. | |
| 22:20 Feb 17, 2008 PST | |
| Don't Turn Out the Lights in Nepal Just Yet | |
| Kathmandu is a city of inconveniences this winter. Some of them, like three-hour power cuts twice a day and kerosine shortages, don't bother the the country's leaders. | |
| 08:52 Feb 7, 2008 PST | |
| Fuel Shortage and Winter Cold Bite Nepal | |
| More than a month after the government raised gasoline prices here to $4.25 per gallon in an attempt to normalize supply, there are still long lines at the pumps... | |
| 08:20 Dec 10, 2007 PST | |
| Carter's Nepal Prescription | |
| Former US president and Nobel laureate Jimmy Carter has finished his four-day visit to Nepal by presenting written suggestions for compromise to the deadlocked parties. | |
| 06:31 Nov 24, 2007 PST | |
| Nepal Voting System Will Determine Election Outcome | |
| Parties could still find a compromise to electoral deadlock | |
| 22:23 Nov 20, 2007 PST | |
| Praying for Prosperity and Propitiating the God of the Dead in Nepal | |
| The Hindu festival of Diwali is a time of glittering lights, high hopes, and family celebrations throughout Nepal, but the holiday also highlights our mortality. | |
| 09:24 Nov 9, 2007 PST | |
| Possible Nepal Compromise Formula Emerges | |
| No one wants to face a vote on the Maoist demands, but do the numbers add up? | |
| 06:36 Oct 30, 2007 PST | |
| Back Streets of Kathmandu - The Palace Square | |
| Past and present are close in Kathmandu; history, legends, and the present are all equally real. Time is a circle, a cycle of seasons, lives, and eras. | |
| 05:25 Oct 3, 2007 PST | |
| How iPhone Unlocking Works | |
| Even with click-and-go tools, there are things that can go wrong. Almost all of them can be corrected, but that requires still more technical knowledge. | |
| 05:39 Sep 26, 2007 PST | |
| Maoists' Walk Is Just Politics | |
| The mavens of doom among journalists and the cocktail-party set are having a field day with the Maoists' withdrawal from the Nepal government, forecasting imminent collapse and anarchy. | |
| 06:11 Sep 19, 2007 PST | |
| A Month of Colorful Himalayan Festivals | |
| Nepal's rich cultural heritage flowers each year in August as the paddy fields ripen and monsoon comes to an end. | |
| 22:19 Sep 6, 2007 PST | |
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