From Scroll.in (Oct 27, 2020) Will the people impacted by the project be heard through the cacophony of money, careerism, certitude and bombastic populism? In years that the Kosi river floods in Bihar, government officials from Delhi and Patna rush to observe the river’s “wrath” from high-flying helicopters. Inevitably, political leaders, bureaucrats and sections of …
From Scroll.in (Oct 26, 2020) An ‘embankment mafia’ of technocrats, politicians and contractors ensures that alternative measures are not discussed seriously. This year, the monsoon in Nepal was extended by nearly a month and ran into late September. It finally bid farewell with an extended four-day spell of rainfall (jhari) over the Kosi river catchment …
From The Hindu (18 August, 2020) The mending of the most exemplary inter-state relationship of South Asia must be as dramatic and rapid as the rupture When the Nepal-India dispute over the Himalayan territory of Limpiyadhura flared up in May, New Delhi opinion-makers presented it as the doing of an upstart nation run by a …
From Scroll.in (Jul 25, 2020) Both Modi and Oli evidently want to deliver Ram rajya to their citizens. This will not come from diverting the attention of the masses to Ram’s birthplace. What could have got into Nepal’s Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli, to have to want to claim earlier this month that Lord …
From India Today (Jun 29, 2020) This episode of In-Depth focuses on two countries that have had friendly bilateral relations for decades but now seem to be drifting apart. Yes, India and Nepal. Nepal has lately been alleging that India is trying to destabilise its government and it has been doing so since the country …
From The Wire (June 21, 2020) Dr Happymon Jacob speaks with Mr Kanak Mani Dixit (Publisher of Himal Khabarpatrika & editor of Himal Southasian) and Amb. Rakesh Sood (Retd.) (Former Ambassador to Nepal), about the recent tensions in India-Nepal relations. The two guests discuss the triggers of these tensions and trace the primary cause to …
From CBS (Jun 5, 2020) #SDGtalks on “border-free South Asia” and “civil liberties” featured two keynote speakers: Prof Dr Sandeep Pandey (India) and Kanak Mani Dixit (Nepal). Sustainable Development e-Talks (SDGtalks) series is co-hosted by CNS and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore. * Dr SANDEEP PANDEY is a noted Gandhian activist for almost thirty …
Download PDF: Memorandum to PM on Electric Vehicles सम्माननीय प्रधानमन्त्रीज्यू, सरकारले संसदमा प्रस्तुत गरेको आ.व. २०७७/७८ को बजेटमा विद्युतीय गाडीको पैठारीमा लाग्दै आएको भन्सार तथा अन्तशुल्कको साविकको दरमा ठूलो वृद्धि गरिएको छ । यसबाट एकातिर स्वच्छ ऊर्जालाई बढवा दिने वर्तमान सरकारकै घोषित नीतिको ठाडो अवज्ञा भएको छ भने अर्कातिर स्वदेशी बिजुलीमा आधारित सफा र भरपर्दो …
२०७७ ज्येष्ठ १३, मंगलबार पश्चिम रुकुम, चौरजहारी नगरपालिका ८ मा स्थानीयको कुटपीटबाट यहि जेठ १० गते शनिबार राती जाजरकोट भेरी न.पा. ४ राना गाउँ निवासी तीन जनाको मुत्यु भएको र अन्य तीनजना बेपत्ता भएको घटनाप्रति हाम्रो गम्भीर ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ । उक्त घटनाको तत्काल विस्तृत छानबिन गरी दोषीलाई कारवाही गर्न हामी सरकारसमक्ष अपील गर्दछौं । …
From Scroll.in (19 May, 2020) Kanak Mani Dixit & Tika P Dhakal At a time when Indian and Chinese soldiers have been squabbling at various border points, a sliver of mountain terrain thus far familiar only to Kailash-Manasarovar pilgrims has suddenly come into focus for the media and public in India – the area around …