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The ill-conceived push for a high dam to curb Kosi flooding is a litmus test for democracy in India

August 24, 2021 by admin

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 …

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River in disequilibrium: How engineering attempts to ‘tame the Kosi’ have only added to human misery

August 24, 2021 by admin

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 …

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Time for India and Nepal to make up

August 19, 2020 by admin

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 …

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Oli’s claim that Ram was born in Nepal highlights dangers of mixing pop nationalism with pop history

August 24, 2021 by admin

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 …

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Has India’s Relation With Nepal Turned Sour? Himal Southasian Editor, Kanak Mani Dixit Speaks

July 2, 2020 by admin

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 …

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NSC 78| India-Nepal Cartographic Tussle

July 29, 2020 by admin

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 …

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Border-free south Asia | #SDGtalks | Dr Sandeep Pandey & Kanak Mani Dixit

July 2, 2020 by admin

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 …

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विद्युतीय गाडीको प्रस्तावित महशुल घटाई पूर्ववत् कायम गर्न अनुरोध

June 6, 2020 by admin

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 …

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नागरिक अपील: रुकुम घटनाको छानविन गरी दोषीलाई कारवाही गरियोस्

July 31, 2020 by admin

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 । …

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Territoriality amidst Covid-19: A primer to the Lipu Lek conflict between India and Nepal

August 24, 2021 by admin

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 …

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Kanak Mani Dixit, 66, is a writer and journalist as well as a civil rights and democracy activist. He is a campaigner for open urban spaces, and is also active in the conservation of built heritage.

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