Protecting our natural heritages: If the government cannot, we should take the lead
Introduced without much fanfare, 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. Natural disasters No, they are no lead stories of our vernacular dailies today, but they surely show how vulnerable we are to natural disasters and how we should tread with caution when it comes to developing physical infrastructure. It's a pity that the government is throwing caution in the wind and thinking of even opting for high dam-based, export-oriented multipurpose projects like the Saptakoshi high dam project that will i...