Indian media keep their eyes peeled for all sorts of goings-on in Nepal
By Amit Gautam, Kathmandu 2 July 2020 Past two months have seen a sudden shift in the manner and frequency of Indian media’s coverage of Kathmandu’s political soap opera. Until…
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My generation and the “crime against humanity” of our leaders
By Manarishi Dhital, Sydney 27 April 2020 Those who are familiar with my writing may find the views I am going to present in this article as a marked departure…
Girija Prasad Koirala used to ask us to launch “bigger” guerrilla attacks: Prachanda
13 February 2020 I Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” has revealed that former Nepalese prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala used to call him “daily” urging Maoist guerrillas to launch bigger and…
Experts: “prosecutors around the world” may put Prachanda on trial if Nepal doesn’t
By Ram Khatry 18 January 2020 Human rights and conflict studies scholars assert that Prachanda has finally confessed his monstrous war crimes and therefore the former Prime Minister of Nepal…
Nepal’s former Prime Minister takes “responsibility” for killing 5,000 people
15 JANUARY 2020 I Nepal’s former prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” says he is ready to take responsibility for the wartime deaths of 5,000 Nepalese people. Communist Party of…
“Foreigner” Nepalese is bad business for Prachanda
19 March 2019: It seems Nepalese diaspora is a bad, bad business for Prachanda, Nepal’s former prime minister and the commander-in-chief of the erstwhile guerrilla outfit Nepal Communist Party (Maoist).…
A devout leftist journalist, People’s War and revolutionary-turned political pests of Nepal
By Ram Khatry 13 February 2019 Depending on who you ask, February 13 can either be an auspicious or regrettable day for Nepal and the Nepalese people. If you ask…
Nepal’s Venezuelan love: Prachanda’s wrong rhetoric at the wrong time
By Dr Bharat Raj Paudel 3 February 2019 Nepal has found itself in international limelight since earlier this week after a co-chairman of the ruling Communist Party of Nepal (CPN)…
Nepal finds itself facing superpower, thanks to comrade Prachanda’s Venezuela rhetroic
2 February 2019: One of world’s least developed nation is giving the world’s most powerful country a good dose of headache, thanks to Comrade Prachanda’s love of rhetoric. On January…
Prachanda’s comment on ex-king’s dance moves sounded like dumped high school lover’s jealous slur
By Ram Khatry 12 December 2018 He fought against him for ten years and their soldiers killed each other on the battlefield in their thousands and yet Prachanda shows all…
Prachanda’s China trip: Nepal got nothing, he got everything
By Bikram Timilsina, Brisbane 30 March 2016 Monday’s discussions between Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” and Chinese President Xi Jinping produced no substantial results for the Himalayan nation.…
I am not a “Dilli” man, Prachanda tells Xi Jinping
27 March 2017: He is not trying to keep India close to his heart and push China away, Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” has said to Chinese President…
Prithvi Narayan Shah was a mere agent to fulfil historical need? You’ve got to grow up Mr Prime Minister
By Ram Khatry, Sydney 11 January 2017 I will be honest. There was a time when I was one of millions of Nepali youths totally in awe of Prachanda, the…
Don’t force Nepal to choose sides between India and China, Beijing-based media urges
15Dec16: A Beijing media has urged both India and China to respect Nepal’s “balance policy” instead of forcing the fragile republic to choose one of the two “rising powers” of Asia. China and…
Nepal Army’s helicopter pilot who tried to kill Comrade Prachanda yesterday flies PM Prachanda today
By Ram Khatry, Sydney 14 December 2016 It was year 2005, in the communist hinterland of Nepal. The war between 21st century’s most successful guerrilla army and the erstwhile Royal Nepal Army was…
Prachanda fears regression amid “north and south moves” of ex-king Gyanendra Shah
27November2016: Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda) has warned his fellow Maoists that Nepal is in risk of “a regressive conspiracy” as former monarch Gyanendra Shah keeps travelling abroad to utter dismay of…
Indian PM Narendra Modi tries a tweet in Nepali language, “veggies did not sell”
16 October 2016: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, or one of his staff anyway, has tried a tweet in Nepali language to welcome the prime minister of Nepal, a country…
KP Oli grills PM Prachanda for meeting “criminal” Resham Chaudhary during his “state visit” to India
27 September 2016: Nepal’s former prime minister KP Sharma Oli has questioned his successor Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda) about his meeting with an absconding “criminal”. He was addressing the parliament on Tuesday.…
Report claims PM Narendra Modi refused to “welcome” Nepal constitution
By Ram Khatry, Sydney 17 September 2016 India “has once again refused to welcome Nepal’s constitution” – a report by nagariknews journalist Surendra Poudel claimed today. According to the Kathmandu-based vernacular…
“In the history of our friendship, today is significant day”: Modi tells Prachanda, promises US$750 million
16 Sept 2016: Editor’s Note: “In the history of our friendship, today is significant day.” This was the first sentence Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi uttered today, following the customary salutations, during…
