News, Views From Nepal

Yuba Nath Lamsal Some call him as a Goggle Boy and some as an incarnation of God because of his exceptional mental ability and knowledge. But he says he is a common man. Aditya Dahal, a four year old boy, who has never set foot in school nor is he physically fit, possesses exceptional mental state that he has answer to every question and everything from politics, religion and philosophy to mathematics. Given his special quality and mental state, despite physical deformity, Aditya is, without any shade of doubt, a miracle boy. He cannot speak, stand and even hold his own head for which he needs support from others. Yet he writes and gives answer to every question in multiple languages including Nepali, Sanskrit and English. His parents claim that he can also write in Korean, Russian, German, Japanese and Chinese languages. Is this not a miracle? When asked to say something about The Rising Nepal, Aditya wrote in English ‘Barun Shamsher did well as the first editor of The...

Lately, politics in Nepal seems to be slowly limping back to normalcy. New political polarization is in the offing with UCPN-Maoist adopting different approach to let the constitution writing process going, while the ruling parties especially the Nepali Congress also appears to be little more flexible and accommodative to opposition’ demands and concerns. If these positive developments keep going for another couple of weeks, political parties are expected to hammer out a new formula for delivering the new constitution upon which the fate of the country and its thirty million people is directly linked. However, it is not yet certain that parties will really strike a compromise because of their dwindling credibility. In fact, parties’ credibility has declined so badly that people do not easily believe that our leaders will really make compromise for the country and the people. The new situation has installed optimism among the people as the opposition parties led by the UCPN-...

Nepal is currently has become hostage of indecision. The indecision is not because of anything but personal and partisan greed and arrogance of leaders and their parties. The country is in the worst form of transition for a long time but there have not been serious attempt on the part of key political actors of the country to steer of the country out of the transition and give an amicable outlet. Instead parties and leaders are trying to reap benefit from the situation of crisis, which is the most unfortunate part of our politics. And this is the fundamental reason why country is mired in political crisis one after another. Niccolo Machiavelli, a 15 th century’s historian and political philosopher of Italy, once said that politics is the art of cunning. Machiavelli’s definition is not always true especially in the modern day’s politics. Until medieval era, politics was taken as a means to control resources and use it for personal and group’s interest. In such a situation p...

Yet another chapter has been added to the age-old friendly relations between Nepal and China. Chinese government invited Nepalese President Dr Ram Baran Yadav to address the Boao Forum for Asia 2015, which has been taken by all Nepalese as an honor to Nepal and Nepalese people. This is the testimony of the fact that China attaches greater importance to relations and friendship with Nepal more than with any other countries in the region. President Yadav is the third Nepal’s Head of State to address the Boao Forum for Asia as King Birendra and king Gyanendra had earlier addressed the Forum. It is the first time that Nepalese head of state was invited by China to address the Boao Forum after Nepal was declared a republic. Thus, President Yadav’s China visit and his address to the Boao Forum for Asia are highly significant in terms of friendly relations between these two close Asian neighbors and also for peace and prosperity in the region and in the world at large. The Boao ...