Ujwal didn’t want a professional political party like the ones which have been in power for the last thirty years in Nepal, where the only way someone could serve had to go through decades spent on the different rungs of party membership.

It is important for us to understand that as we all are unique individuals, our coping mechanisms during stress are also unique. We all are affected to various degrees in challenging situations like the COVID-19 pandemic. So, we need to tailor the strategies to cope up with the psychological impacts accordingly.

On June 2nd, 2021, Japan co-hosted the COVAX AMC Summit with Gavi to procure funds to provide vaccines for developing countries. Taking this opportunity, let me sum up Japan’s assistance for the world and Nepal in the fight against this formidable infectious disease. I think it is useful for the readers to be presented with Japan’s efforts in a rather comprehensive manner. Japan has been taking a multifaceted approach to this effect, i.e., international fora; bilateral context; vaccines; cold chain; medical equipment; enhancing health sector (water, nutrition, etc.), and technical assistance for capacity building.

Given the state of affairs since  December 20, 2020 - the date of the first dissolution of the House of Representatives - the lack of constitutional norms and political morality and the character of leadership to bypass everything that becomes inconvenient for power grab, where is the leadership taking the country?

There is a thin line separating creative provocation from group defamation. All too often we see TV shows or cartoons stir up discord for their libelous content or politicians and celebrities from the majority community open their mouths and emit a torrent of snobbish and racist prejudice.

It is an exploration of minds and matters and what they mean to us, an observation of things, nature, humans and, to pierce into mystery of what is underneath, inside and out there, beyond what eyes can see, the sounds one can hear, a life process records of human journey and perceptions exploring the realities defined by each one of them (us) uniquely, distinctly and, (may be) subjectively and differently.

Is the coronavirus a laboratory construct as a conspiracy theory floated around suspects? Does the unpredictable coronavirus have an outer space connection?

It is time we completely stopped assigning a “community” card to a person’s deed personally and professionally. We meet three people from a community, hear about the deeds of some other people from the same community and we think ourselves informed enough to establish judgment about what every other person belonging to that ethnic group/religion/geography/country is like.

The then Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's visit was well-received in Kathmandu, at least at the government level. The all-powerful King himself welcomed Foreign Minister Singh at the palace gate - a gesture which was generally reserved only for the heads of state. King Gyanendra, during the conference with Singh, besides dwelling on the  Maoist insurgency and security situation, also praised Sonia Gandhi for sacrificing Prime Ministerial seat despite her party enjoying a majority in parliament.

Before the second wave of COVID-19, the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) had unveiled a bold vision document. Now we need a new sense of purpose and a new type of leadership to make it a reality.