The Internet versus democracy

Published On: January 24, 2021 08:00 AM NPT By: Stephen S. Roach

In a decade punctuated by the global financial crisis, the COVID-19 crisis, a racial-justice crisis, an inequality crisis, and now a political crisis, we have only paid lip service to lofty democratic ideals.

Why Trump is necessary

Published On: January 24, 2021 07:00 AM NPT By: Niranjan Khatri

Nepal needs an outsider like Donald Trump to disrupt all this organized chaos and make the establishment tremble even for a moment.

Every day is a Heritage Day in Panauti

Published On: January 23, 2021 08:00 AM NPT By: Vidhu Prakash Kayastha

Panauti is indeed a living museum, where the cultural and traditional values are kept intact.

Is foreign employment a choice or a compulsion?

Published On: January 23, 2021 07:00 AM NPT By: Bipana Thapa

Labor migration is not safe for innocent Nepali migrant workers. The government should ensure that every single Nepali worker in foreign land is paid decent salary and treated with dignity.

Messing up the system

Published On: January 22, 2021 08:00 AM NPT By: Rajaram Bartaula

When a government elected with an overwhelming majority dissolves the House due to the failure and inability to manage intra party wrangling and discord, it could become a bane for democracy.

The legacy of Martin Luther King

Published On: January 22, 2021 07:15 AM NPT By: Simone Galimberti

Martin Luther King’s struggle for a better and fairer America should also resonate in Nepal.

Way to address the concerns of sugarcane farmers

Published On: January 21, 2021 08:50 AM NPT By: Ayushma Maharjan

Nepal requires a more comprehensive solution to reduce the risk of price volatility and payment default in the sugarcane industry.

The eternal promise of the Arab Spring

Published On: January 20, 2021 08:38 AM NPT By: Mohamed ElBaradei

For any regime, gradual change is surely preferable to the prospect of an abrupt upheaval that threatens to replace those in power with a power vacuum.

Unknown benefits of cannabis

Published On: January 20, 2021 07:00 AM NPT By: Dr Orna Landau de Shalit

Nepal’s cannabis, grown in purely Himalayan natural environment, is considered to be of high quality for which it is also famous.

Remembering Osho on his Mahaparinirvana Day

Published On: January 19, 2021 11:05 AM NPT By: Swami Anand Arun

On the very first day Osho said, “All the Hindus say that the soul is immortal, but nobody has experienced it, it is only a concept, an idea borrowed from the scriptures. One enlightened person is enough to enlighten a whole village."