Dedicated to Nepal and the Nepalis

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.  Too little, too late In disaster situations in Nepal, relief for the victims is too little and too late. In most of the cases, those with political clout have an upper hand in relief even when others’ needs may be greater than theirs. The Kathmandu Post daily  has run a report  portraying a sorry picture of relief distribution in Province 1 of the federal republic...

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...

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.   Lemme start with a piece of good news selected from among Nepali dailies published on July 27, 2019.  Course Correction The Naya Patrika daily writes in its front page lead story that Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is opting for some sort of course correction. Indeed, it had been quite sometime since the chief of the executive had stopped his trademark tirade against the opposition and other critics. It had been days like he...