Upendra Mahato In Town

There was an event at Yak Friday evening. Upendra Mahato was in town with his family. He said this was his first vacation since before he launched his entrepreneurial career in 1989.

BP Koirala is the founder of the Nepali Congress. Upendra Mahato is the founder of the NRN Movement. What Laxmi Mittal is to Indians across the world Upendra Mahato is to the Nepalis across the world. To my saying that in my remarks Ratan Jha added, they even look alike.

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Krishna Bhattachan On BBC

I have been listening to this audio clip of Krishna Bhattachan over and over again. I think I have already listened to it six times. And I am not done yet.

33% For Women, Non Territorial State For Dalits

The biggest political achievement in Nepal these past few years have been these two:

1. 33% reservation for women.
2. Non territorial state for Dalits. 

The first puts Nepal's democracy ahead of America's, ahead of Britain's. The second puts Nepal's democracy ahead of India's. There is one missing link. Nepal has to be turned into a multi-party democracy of state funded parties. That one element will turn Nepal into the top democracy in the world.