What's fanning the flames in Nepal yet again?
Introduced without much fanfare (ribbon cutting, coconut smashing, big promises and all that jazz), this column aims to offer a cursory reading of news reports appearing mainly in the Nepali print media. Though no big name in the Nepali media firmament, yours truly will try through this forum to offer an unbiased and insightful analysis of the stories by not discriminating against any publication big or small. The effort will be on coming up with this column daily, though yours truly admits that the task will not be that easy for a juggler. Hope you all will be with yours truly through thick and thin. Another long season of political instability looms large in Nepal after a brief period of relative peace, it appears. Today's media reports indicate just that. The Annapurna Post daily reports that the Biplav-led CPN-Maoist has attacked 35 NCell towers in 21 districts. The report, quoting Bipin, a member of the party's Seti-Mahakali bureau, says: The party has ...