Author Archives: NepaliKuire
National Geographic dig in Mustang
Fascinating gallery from National Geographic showing some archaeological digs in Mustang.
OHCHR launch ten-year report on Nepal conflict
Will this make an impact? Or is it just IGO-work? It must have cost a lot of rupees.. OHCHR Nepal Conflict Report 2012 UN releases report charting ten years of violations during Nepal conflict The UN High Commissioner for Human … Continue reading
Nepali films ‘corrupted’ by Bollywood
Reeks of the old high-art-low-art debate. Bollywood-isation is like scratching at a rash; you know you shouldn’t but so many people do. Standing up to all seductions: Nepal tries to retain its identity By ADVAITA KALA I am presently in Kathmandu … Continue reading
Media in Nepal
Great update.. Changing Media Landscape of Nepal Media have become my best friends since my youth. I anticipate they will remain so forever. I have long been addicted to television but these days the internet has also become a part … Continue reading
Right to access water and Dalits
Always wondered whether the shortening of Bishwa Karma to BK is okay or not? Nepal: Dalits beaten for requesting access to drinking water Two Dalits Karna Bahadur BK and Bimala BK in Dailekh district have been beaten for requesting access … Continue reading
Hindus protect Hinduism by pushing Christian concept of blasphemy
It’s pretty shocking when those defending Hinduism pinch an Abrahamic concept like blasphemy and try and force it locally. These people have clearly never read the Sutras because if they had, they would realise that unlike the Bible or the … Continue reading
Nepal is fourth most vulnerable to climate change
Tortuous planning process? Unbelievable. NEPAL: Bureaucracy holds up climate adaptation finance A tortuous planning process in Nepal is preventing climate adaptation funding – earmarked under the country’s National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) – from reaching local communities, experts say. … Continue reading
It’s official: Maoists are no longer “terrorists”
The world’s most aggressive state has, after six years of peace, removed the Maoists from their blacklist of “terrorist organisations”. Presumably they’ve removed the UCPN (Maoist) rather than just ‘Maoists’. Perhaps the new splinter groups are still on it? Nepal … Continue reading
Ambulances, inadequate but better than before
Nepal’s seen great improvement over the last few years, despite the stats below. It was only a decade ago when even if there was a road, the best you could expect was to lie down on the back floor of … Continue reading
Truth and justice, peace and reconciliation, anything?
We shouldn’t be surprised that the truth and justice commission morphed into the peace and reconciliation commission and now will likely be the ignore-and-use-the-donor-cash-to-build-a-new-house commission. Letter Re: Executive Ordinance on Commission of Inquiry on Disappeared Persons, Truth and Reconciliation Your … Continue reading