Keshab Poudel
KATHMANDU VALLEY Pollution Proportion
Although lockdown and disruption caused by COVID-19 has drastically reduced the economic activities and vehicular movement, Kathmandu Valley’s Air Pollution reported five times unhealthier than WHO recommendation making the valley risky for those undergoing health problems. As the government’s enforcement mechanism is poor, it is unlikely to see any changes in near future. Good sign is that 10 municipal governments have been jointly taking some efforts. However, they don’t have much needed legal tools
By Keshab Poudel Feb 17, 2021
PRITHVI NARAYAN SHAH: Remembered For A Reason
Several other Kings and monarchs of the Indian sub-continent including Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Ranjeet Singh, and the Queen of Jhansi had launched movements to preserve the unique diversity of culture, values and religions retaining the unique character of this region. However, King Prithvi Narayan Shah, a King of a small hill, succeeded to liberate a small portion of the region declaring it as a garden of diverse ethnicity, culture and race with its identity of original Hindustan. Along with the unification of Nepal, King Prithvi Narayan Shah also injected all ingredients of modern nationhood including secularism, inclusion, equality and sovereignty of the nation. Nepalese are celebrating the birth anniversary of Shah, who gave Gorkha an identity of bravery, loyalty and greatness, on January 11
By Keshab Poudel Jan 11, 2021
POLITICS OF DISSOLUTION: Unresolved For Seven Decades
NCP leader K.P. Sharma Oli is not the first prime minister to dissolve the parliament calling mid-term elections to reply constitutionally to frequent interventions by Party President over the popular authority of the elected executive in exercising the power. Starting just after the political change in 1951, between Matrika Prasad Koirala and B.P Koirala, two revolutionaries and brothers, the question over who controls the government: Party President or Prime Minister has remained a major cause for creating political turmoil of one kind or another and bringing prolonged political instability. The seven-decade-old unsettled dispute remains at the crux of the political instability in the country
By Keshab Poudel Dec 24, 2020
World Disability Day 2020: One Bhatta’s Tale
As the global community has celebrated the World Disability Day 2020 by organizing various programs calling on all to protect the rights of People with Disability amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Nanda Raj Bhatta, a person with disability from Far Western Province of Nepal, has shown how to live with dignity and respect. With support from his wrist and mouth, Bhatta, who was born without palm, has been using all modern communication equipment and launching programs to encourage people with disability to live in self reliance
By Keshab Poudel Dec 13, 2020
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