HELLO NEPAL

The Himalayan Times 30 March 2015 Brilliant idea It was very interesting to read the news report “Modi urges well-off Indians to give up gas subsidies” (THT, 28 Mar. Page 12). Prime Minister Narendra Modi was recently urging his affluent countrymen to give up their cooking gas subsidies for helping the other energy starved poor people and make easy access to clean fuel. After this announcement, 280,000 consumers have voluntarily unsubscribed from program that offers subsidized cooking gas thus helping his government save IRs one billion. Does our Prime Minister or his government have ever thought about this brilliant idea? If not, this exemplary step taken by Modi should be an eye opener for our PM. The government can save huge amount of money out of this program and will be able to provide cooking gas at a more subsidized rate to the poor people.   In the rural areas of Nepal , local people use firewood, hey and cow dung for cooking foods severely ...

Frustration The level of frustration of the general people towards the major political parties has grown so high that could be detrimental for them (political parties) in the long run in terms of their political existence. The sad demise of CA I without giving new constitution due to irresponsible and immoral acts of the political parties has been bitter experience for the people. The self-declared deadline also passed by without giving much awaited new constitution. How long they will take this time to forge consensus on major issues is uncertain. If both the ruling and opposition parties continue to argue in their own ways concerning the contentious issues, there seem dismal chances of coming to consensus in near future. They should agree to immediately announce another deadline for giving the new constitution and start the political process to forge consensus rather than wasting time on blame game. The never ending game of coming to consensus should be ended soon. ...

The Himalayan Times 9 March 2015                    Not surprising It was not surprising to read the news “Former King’s men raising their heads, says Madhav Nepal ” (THT, 7 Mar. Page 3). At a time when major political parties have found it difficult to forge consensus on some major issues of the new constitution for the last seven years, it is natural that people start looking for an alternative force which can bail the country out of such crisis. The level of frustration of the common people seems so high that it may cross its limit at any time pushing the country towards yet another confrontation. The so-called big parties have failed this time also to fulfil their pledges of drafting the new constitution within the self-declared dead-line. As long as they continue to stick to their guns, the chances of resolving the ongoing political deadlock seem dismal. And, if this situat...