Naya Nepal: KAMALA SARUP
Kamala Sarup is a Nepali journalist, story writer and editor of peacejournalism.com. She focuses on issues related to peace, women, terrorism, democracy and development. She has published works on empowering women in South Asia and the prevention of trafficking in women, as well as two story collections. Ms. Sarup is also active in programs to aid women's development in Nepal.
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August 09, 2007Washington, DC, United States — A desire for freedom, security and opportunity is sending many of Nepal's young people out of the county in search of better lives in India, the United States and Europe. A friend of mine who recently moved to India said her life there was an improvement
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August 02, 2007Washington, United States — As part of a traditional family growing up in Nepal and as a woman, I was not allowed to dance and sing. It was very strict.
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July 26, 2007Washington, DC, United States — Former Maoist rebels, now serving in Nepal's shaky seven-party coalition government, threatened to quit their positions this week amid a row over soldiers guarding their residences. The dispute has raised fresh concerns of renewed violence over divergent
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July 19, 2007Washington, DC, United States — Nepal is an attractive tourist spot for those who appreciate nature and adventure. However, the violence that has afflicted much of the country over the past 10 years has adversely affected tourism.
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July 10, 2007Washington, DC, United States — The recent spate of violence in Nepal's troubled plains, the Terai, could generate a new and wider conflict as the region's indigenous locals, the Madhesis, face increasing political isolation by Nepal's coalition government.A report by the Internationa
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July 03, 2007Washington, DC, United States — Nepal's interim eight-party coalition government, consisting of the Seven-Party Alliance and the Maoists, has fixed Nov. 22 as the new date for the nation's crucial Constituent Assembly elections.
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May 31, 2007Washington, DC, United States — Nepali Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and the ruling coalition, including Maoist leader Prachanda, agreed in a meeting on Thursday that elections will be held in November to select an assembly that will be responsible for writing the country's new c
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May 22, 2007Washington, DC, United States — Nepal's failure to recognize and treat social ills has created conditions that are not conducive to its electoral process and hamper the development of democracy. The ability of the people to make intelligent voting decisions is obstructed by their daily
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May 10, 2007Washington, DC, United States — Conflicts in Nepal can be resolved only if its political factions can sincerely work together, says U.S.-based Nepali scholar Kamal Pandey. Renouncing violence, surrendering arms, and discarding hatred and jealousy are the first steps toward that process,
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May 04, 2007Washington, United States — Ian Martin, head of the U.N. Mission in Nepal, returned from Kathmandu to New York this week to address the U.N.
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April 25, 2007Washington, DC, United States — The Nepali people want justice, peace, development and freedom. Above all they want economic development.
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April 17, 2007Washington, DC, United States — Nepalese women are playing a greater role in politics and economics these days -- but their participation in government is far from the 50 percent that would represent equal and fair representation. More than 95 percent of Nepalese women have been affecte