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युवनाथ लम्साल:- १३ मंसिर २०८१, बिहिबार :- प्रधानमन्त्री केपी शर्मा ओली अर्को साता मङ्सिर १७ गते चीनको पाँच दिने भ्रमणका लागि बेइजिङ प्रस्थान गर्दै छन् । चीनका प्रधानमन्त्री ली चाङको निमन्त्रणामा हुन लागेको यो भ्रमणलाई सबै क्षेत्रबाट चासो तथा उत्सुकताका साथ हेरिएको छ । प्रधानमन्त्री ओलीले आफ्नो तेस्रो कार्यकालमा अहिलेसम्मको परम्परा तोड्दै आफ्नो पहिलो औपचारिक भ्रमण चीनबाट गर्दै छन् । चार महिनाअघि प्रधानमन्त्रीको पदभार सम्हालेपछिको चीन भ्रमण पक्कै पनि पहिलो द्विपक्षीय भ्रमण हो । तर यो उनको पहिलो विदेश भ्रमण भने होइन । सेप्टेम्बरमा संयुक्त राष्ट्रसंघको महासभामा सहभागी हुन प्रधानमन्त्री ओली अमेरिका गएका थिए । भारतीय सञ्चारमाध्यमले यस भ्रमणलाई लिएर नेपालको परराष्ट्रनीति चीनतर्फ झुकेको भनेर चित्रण गरेका छन् । भारतीय सञ्चारमाध्यमले नेपाल र भारतबीचको सम्बन्ध खासगरी ओली र मोदीबीचको असहज सम्बन्धलाई पनि यस भ्रमणसँग जोडेर चित्रण गरेका छन् । यद्यपि, यो सत्य होइन । पहिलो, नेपाल एक स्वतन्त्र र सार्वभौम देश हो र नेपालका प्रधानमन्त्रीले आफूले कुन समयमा कुन देश भ्रमण गर्ने भन्ने कुरा स्वतन्त्र ...

Yuba Nath Lamsal:- Come January 20, 2025, the White House, the seat of US president, will see a change of the guard. Donal Trump will assume office as president of the United States second time replacing the incumbent Joe Biden. Trump has been declared winner but his formal inauguration as the 47th president of the United States will take place only on January 20, 2025 and will be able to implement his policies. But ripples of the American elections have already visible across the world. With hardliner Republican Trump coming to power second time with “America First” agenda, the world is watching with caution and curiosity as to what this will mean for the rest of the world. Given the track records of all US presidents, most wars were declared by Democratic presidents with exception of two Republican presidents — father Bush and son Bush. The world, thus, is expected to witness de-escalation of tensions and wars under Trump as Republican president of the United States. During th...

Yuba Nath Lamsal: Democracy has always been the most desired polity right from the beginning of human civilisation. Democracy is not merely an ideology or system but the process of decision-making for the greater good and interest of the people. Democracy has thus been a modern day’s political lingua franca across the world, which has to do more with public delivery. If regimes and governments fail to deliver and live up to the general expectations of the people, they lose the very essence of democracy. Democracy is, thus, a system of efficient and transparent functioning of the government. However, demagoguery is on the rise in different parts of the world in the name of democracy. Demagogues are trying to take advantage and dividing people in the name of race, nationalism, sex, religion and colour. Democracy is not the system that seeks to divide the people but it rather unites them. Democracy is the pluralist system under which all kinds of ideologies, races, ethnic and religious...