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Ram Baran Yadav: Republic Nepal’s First President
The Maoists are certainly right when they claim that although they were technically defeated in the First Presidential Voting of Nepal, it was their ideological victory. Ram Baran Yadav’s election as the first President of the Republic Nepal has yielded a positive result for the ethnically divided country, provided the political leaders do not indulge in their petty personal vendettas any further.
Earlier, when the Maoist did not accept... Read Full Story
After the end of World Wars, there has been exponential increase in
intra state wars and conflicts. Such conflicts are results of
accumulation of various inter-wined factors of social psychology, and
hence, the exact cause of such conflict cannot be pin-pointed.
However, it can be argued that there always exists a real or perceived
discrimination component in any genuine conflict.
The magnitude of conflict is directly proportional to the magnitude of
emotional attachment to the issue... Read Full Story
Author: DR.ABDUL RUFF Colachal
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Iran has plenty of both oil and gas resources and energy hungry nations including USA have an extra eye on them. USA and its allies, particularly Israel, have, after the fall of Afghanistan and Iraq, targeted Iran and threatened Tehran with terror aggression if Iran still refuses to give up its nuclear ambitions. Iran denies its nuclear program is anything other than a peaceful, but Israel sees Iran’s development of the technology as a serious threat and... Read Full Story
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An Interview with the French ambassador to Nepal Mr. Gilles-Henri Garault
Q: What is your analysis of Nepal’s underdevelopment? What do you think are the key factors affecting the country’s development?
Garault: It is a very interesting question, but difficult to answer in brief. Nepal is suffering from certain handicaps, which explain its poor economic performance. I think the most important factor is the poor level of education and training connected with the demographic issue. The... Read Full Story
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Author: Ram Manohar
One of the instances of economic suppression of native saptari people by the Gorkali ruler is inscribed by Francis Bauchanan Hamilton in his book, An Account of the District of Purnea in 1809-10(pg 577). “In autumn 1809, for instances, there being at Nathpur a great demand for gain in order to send it to patna, the merchants made large advances to the farmers of Suban Saptari, where there was a good crop, and agreed to give a rupee for two mans (i.e 40kg) of rice... Read Full Story
Dear Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi ,
I am writing to urge you to stop the executions of four juvenile offenders at risk of imminent execution in Iran.
In the last decade, the execution of juvenile offenders has all but stopped throughout the world. Iran continues to execute juvenile offenders on a regular basis and since 2004 is the only country to have executed a juvenile offender every year.
I urge you to take urgent steps to ensure that Behnoud Shojaee, Mohammad Feda’i, Saeed Jazee... Read Full Story
 Author: Ram Manohar
Introduction
Two war (Gurkha & then Nepal war in 1770’s and Anglo-Gurkha war 1820’s) and one faith; alienation of madhesi’s from the established mainstream governance structure. The madhesi has to go a form of colonization since then, passing through Rana’s oligocracry too, before reaching todays competitive ecosystem. A word “Madhesi” which respresented colonial token till Rana rule and became tabbu post Rana rule till last year is no more untouchable now... Read Full Story
