Category: Opinion

Earlier, I have written that the source of country’s political instability originates, not from the eccentricities of RSP honchos or even cantankerous communists or rajabadis worki...

It is too early to predict on possible leadership crisis within RSP. Balen has been into power for less than a month. We still don’t know what is in the menu and what is he cooking...

Narayan Manandhar The item number 4 of the 100 actionable tasks, to be completed within 100 days, by the RSP government, included preparing a discussion paper on constitutional re...

Narayan Manandhar In Hindi there is a saying, time time ka baat hai meaning, there is a time to eat and time to feast. There are different times to perform your rituals. Let us...

Narayan Manandhar After watching more than three hour long, two-part interview with former Chief of the CIAA Mr. Lok Man Singh Karki (LMSK) one is forced to ask the question: What...

Narayan Manandhar This is my second instalment on the issue. One can visit first instalment in the Republica, 11 September 2004. It is interesting to revisit one’s own writing and...

Narayan Manandhar Sometime in 2008, a person came to see me at my office. I have forgotten the exact date. At that time, I was working for a donor agency, supporting the anti-corr...

The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has taken a significant step in shaping its parliamentary direction by appointing Balendra Shah as its parliamentary party leader, marking a nota...

Narayan Manandhar If there is a leitmotif in the concluding address by RSP President Ravi Lamichhane, at a recently held two-day orientation program, organized for its its newly e...

Narayan Manandhar Every baby boomers must have gone through the story of ghieu bechuwa and tarwar behuwa (ghee-seller and sword-seller) when they were kid or during their school d...

Narayan Manandhar “Aba ke hunxa?” or what next? is hanging over the heads of every Nepali. With relatively young MPs, fresh blood in the parliament, with a single party commanding...