"It Is Very Likely That Transition Itself Is Going To Become A Norm In The Perpetual Condition Here"
Wednesday, 16 December 2009 19:07
Saubhagya Shah, Assistant professor, who completed his Ph.D in Anthropology from Harvard University, teaches anthropology and sociology at Tribhuwan University Central Campus. He also serves as a program coordinator for Conflict, Development and Peace Studies at TU. Shah is a regular contributor in national and international journals writing mainly on political anthropology. Forty-four-years-old Shah contributed two articles in American Ethnologist, a journal of the American Ethnological Society and East West Center Washington's Publication titled Civil Society in Uncivil Places: Soft state and Regime Changes in Nepal. Shah spoke to KESHAB POUDEL at his residence in Bhainsepati on January 09 on subjects of political and social changes Nepal is passing through. Excerpts:
The President has not violated any constitutional provisions
Tuesday, 20 October 2009 15:41
Dr. Surya Dhungel is a renowned constitutional lawyer of Nepal. Dr. Dhungel worked as an expert in UN missions in Cambodia, Liberia and Thailand before he took up to convene a Consortium of Constitutional Experts, CONCOE, in Nepal. Prior to joining Nepal Consulting Lawyers Inc. in 2008, as a senior partner, Dr. Dhungel contributed to the constitution building efforts as Senior Manager of the CASU/UNDP project between 2006 and 2008. Dr. Dhungel spoke to Keshab Poudel on various aspects of the constitution making process. Excerpts:
Although there was a controversy when Sujata Koirala was nominated to lead Nepali Congress in the government, she was appointed as the foreign minister. Daughter of NC president Girija Prasad Koirala...
‘Foreign Minister Yadav has violated all diplomatic protocols’
Tuesday, 16 June 2009 05:05
The Maoist-led administration has recalled Nepali envoys to USA and India, among others, citing change in the government. But similar move to recall ambassador Murari Raj Sharma, Nepali envoy to UK ...
Our aim is to continue to reach out to the children and try to achieve even more for them
Tuesday, 16 June 2009 05:05
Mr. Gunnar Andersen is the new Country Director of the unified Save the Children (SC), an organization that fights for children’s rights in over 120 countries. Recently, Save the Children organisations working in Nepal established one unified programme delivery structure called the unified presence (UP). In this regard, Mr Andersen talked to Anand Gurung of Nepalnews about uniting into a single entity and other aspects of the organisation. Excerpts of the interview:
"Army Chief Rookmangud Katawal Will Continue In Office”
Tuesday, 16 June 2009 05:04
Nepal 's new centre-left communist prime minister, Madhav Kumar Nepal gives his first interview since taking up the post. Excerpts from the interview, with Rabindra Mishra ...