Suman Pradhan

KATHMANDU – Nearly four months after the royal coup in Nepal, the Indian press this week unveiled secret links between India’s intelligence services and Nepal’s Maoist rebels. But curiously, the revelations have failed to kick up a raging controversy in Nepal. On Wednesday, The Times of India newspaper reported from Delhi that top Maoist leader … Continue reading “Nepal’s Strange Restraint in the Face of Indian Revelations”

KATHMANDU – It is perhaps too much to say that Lady Luck had never smiled on Gagan Kumar Thapa, a 28-year-old charismatic Nepali student leader at the forefront of Nepal‘s pro-democracy protests. But luck indeed never seemed to favor him. Charged with sedition for shouting republican slogans and held in prison for more than two … Continue reading “Prominent Student Leader’s Arrest Could Galvanize Nepal Protests”