चाेखाे माया डट कम: जन्मभूमि नेपाल र नेपालीहरूमा समर्पित

  Is the period of Long Peace, marked by the absence of major wars between great powers since the end of World War II (1945), coming to an end?   What do the latest developments in Venezuela, Syria, Iraq, Ukraine, Palestine, Iran, Greenland and our very own backyard—you see, having subcontinent-size countries as neighbours has its unique advantages—indicate?     What factors/developments are giving rise to yet another crisis in a world where humans across generations have spent most of their times fighting or fleeing to save their dear lives along with that of their near and dear ones, with data suggesting that only eight percent of our recorded history—around 268 out of 3,400 years) has been truly peaceful?  Now, let’s have a look at factors contributing to the Long Peace. They are: nuclear deterrence, economic interdependence through trade, the spread of democracy, the United Nations’ role, increased human rights/education, stable borders and s...

  Devendra Gautam During the September 8-9 protest that brought a very fragile Nepal to her knees in roughly 48 hours, a gullible Nepali laity (Praja in our parlance, literally) witnessed the toppling of an elected government, in an unprecedented turn of events in world history. The three organs of the state fell like a house of cards and flames of fury did not even spare the fourth organ—notwithstanding the globally-accepted rule of the game that one should not shoot the messenger even if they don’t like the message—along with the offices of other private businesses a day after the killing of and injuries to several protesters, who were demanding an immediate lifting of the social media ban, an end to corruption, nepotism, bad governance and the beginning of an era of good governance and accountability, a long-cherished dream of Nepalis across generations.    It is important to note that even during the decade-long insurgency, which claimed thousands of lives, ca...