News, Views From Nepal

Yuba Nath Lamsal Recently, the national Congress of the Mohan Vaidya-led CPN-Maoist concluded with its resolve to pursue and advance the revolution, which it claims to have been left in the crossroad by the leadership of the UCPN-Maoist in general and its principal leader Prachanda in particular. The party which was created after the split from the mother party—the UCPN-Maoist—did everything to justify the split. But this new party seems not to have so far been successful in justifying for what it was constituted. Similarly, the seventh national congress of the UCPN-Maoist is going to begin in Hetauda on February 2, 2013, which is also expected to come up with a new policies and programmes of Nepali revolution. The seventh congress of the UCPN-Maoist is being held in 21 years. Thus, the party has described the seventh congress as the historic one. The congress is surely going to be a historic congress because the party is expected to chart out a different course for completi

Yuba Nath Lamsal North Korea, as it is called Democratic People’s Republic of Korea by Pyongyang, has constantly been on the spotlight of international diplomacy and media. Despite the end of the Cold War in the world, worse Cold War persists in the Korean Peninsula, with danger of war always looming large in the region. Korean peninsula remains the only remnant of the Cold War. Korea continues to remain divided despite long desire of the Koreans living in both the north and south of the 38 th parallel (the boundary between the North and South Korea) for reunification. North Korea is a communist state whereas South Korea, also known as Republic of Korea or ROK, is a capitalist country. With the tearing down of Berlin Wall and unification of Germany, a new enthusiasm and hope had been raised in Korean peninsula regarding reunification of the two Koreas. Once Korea used to be a strong empire with its clout and influence spreading far and wide in the entire East Asia. In t

Yuba Nath Lamsal With the dawn of the year 2013, the world has much to be optimistic about better future. At the same time the international trends and traits make the humanity more nervous. The world saw a gloomy economic performance in 2012 creating upheavals and upsurge in the world and infuriating the people especially belonging to the middle and lower class. However, there are indications that the time of great difficulty is heading towards ease, although we cannot be fully optimistic for total recovery of the troubled economy. The Year 2013 seems to be a year of normalcy in some sector and more hilarious for many. In the economic front, days ahead seem to be little more comfortable while the political front is expected to continue to remain volatile and unpredictable. The United States is on the recovery path from its worst economic recession as newer statistics suggest that the world’s largest economy is back on journey towards a good health. As the performance of Ame

Yuba Nath Lamsal Election is the soul of democracy. The types and models of election determine the level of quality of democracy. Although election is not the only determinant, election is, definitely, the most important and number one constituent of democratic polity. We cannot imagine a democratic system in the absence of free and fair election and free and fair polls cannot be expected in authoritarian systems. Under dictatorship elections are held but they are engineered to ensure that the ruling despot are declared winner just to hoodwink the international community. Election is, thus, an important basis of democracy as it ensures people’s participation in governance. In early Athenian democracy, people of the city used to gather in one place and decide all issues concerning their governance. This type of system is called the direct democracy. With the march of time, the societies became complicated and population grew so rapidly that direct democracy became unmanagea