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Sarup: Will Social Transformation Reduce Conflict?
Friday, 29 April 2005, 1:06 pm | Kamala Sarup
Social transformations will reduce conflicts. If the leaders and the government of Nepal promote education and values that emphasize national and international identification rather than ethnic, religious, tribal or clan identification, then the ethnic, religious, ... More >>
Kamala Sarup: A Nation At War & Human Trafficking
Thursday, 28 April 2005, 11:43 am | Kamala Sarup
A nation at war generally fails to protect young women from traffickers. This is evident from the fact that a few thousand women in the western and eastern parts of Nepal have already been forced out of their homes due to the nine-year-old conflict. More >>
War Threatens the Earth (World Earth Day special)
Wednesday, 27 April 2005, 1:58 pm | Kamala Sarup
On April 22 every year we celebrate the World Earth Day. Every year the Earth Day's Peace Bell ceremony at the UN brings together leaders from countries around the world to promote understanding and choosing the ways of peace. More >>
Kamala Sarup: When Media Advocate Terrorism
Tuesday, 26 April 2005, 11:40 am | Kamala Sarup
It was good news for the Bush Administration when the Iranian government closed the Al-Jazeera TV station. Since September 11, Al-Jazeera had been giving one-sided reports and misleading the Arab World. Anti-American sentiment is sky rocket there. More >>
Kamala Sarup:Small Arms Control Big Responsibility
Wednesday, 20 April 2005, 1:30 pm | Kamala Sarup
The last decade was seen terrifying abuses of human rights in armed conflicts around the world including Nepal. In 2002, more than 600 factories in more than 95 countries throughout the world are legally producing small arms and at least 50 developing ... More >>
Kamala Sarup: Don't Attack Schools
Tuesday, 19 April 2005, 12:21 am | Kamala Sarup
Some private schools in Nepal closed on Friday after a Maoist student union demanded they shut down indefinitely or risk attack. The latest threat comes after an 11-day nationwide strike sponsored by the Maoists. However, the strike, crippled businesses ... More >>
Kamala Sarup: Civil Society And Peace
Monday, 18 April 2005, 1:06 pm | Kamala Sarup
We cannot forget how civil society actors have played crucial roles in cases where violent conflicts have been averted or resolved. More >>
Bhutanese Refugees And The Int’l Community
Friday, 15 April 2005, 12:01 am | Kamala Sarup
As Bhutanese King Jigme Singye Wangchuk, chief guest at India's Republic Day function last week, arrived in New Delhi, Bhutanese refugees and rights activists staged a rally at the UN headquarters at New York to draw attention to the plight of the refugees. ... More >>
Kamala Sarup: Trafficking Of Women
Thursday, 14 April 2005, 11:44 am | Kamala Sarup
Many institutions and researchers have conducted studies on the prevention of trafficking but we lack here is a coherent program of rescue and reintegration which has been usually dealt as a subsidiary part. More >>
Kamala Sarup: Communism Or Terrorism?
Tuesday, 12 April 2005, 9:56 am | Kamala Sarup
I will define terrorism as "the murder of innocents", i.e., non-military, non-police, and non-politicians. Thus defined, perhaps communists/maoists in some countries practice terrorism, e.g., Peru and Columbia, but not all. More >>
Kamala Sarup: Peace In Women's Terms
Monday, 11 April 2005, 11:01 am | Kamala Sarup
Armed conflict takes several forms and women in such situations should play different roles. From the Balkans to Burundi, Sierra Leone to Sri Lanka and Nepal, women are the worst victims of domestic war. More >>
Nepal And Bangladesh, A Strong Relationship
Friday, 8 April 2005, 11:54 am | Kamala Sarup
Bangaladesh and Nepal are close and friendly neighbors, and that the two countries have forged a relationship of mutual respect and trust, equality and cooperation. Nepal's relations with Bangladesh improved when an anti-Indian faction seized power ... More >>
Kamala Sarup: India-Nepal Relations and Maoists
Thursday, 7 April 2005, 10:54 am | Kamala Sarup
Nepalese people can not forget how in 1988, when the two treaties were up for renewal, Nepal's refusal to accommodate India's wishes on the transit treaty caused India to call for a single trade and transit treaty. More >>
Kamala Sarup: Love, Literature And Parijat
Wednesday, 6 April 2005, 2:26 pm | Kamala Sarup
"The country cannot develop unless there is development of literature. It's future is bright and the future of Nepali literature is also bright. To create literature is not my interest but my compulsion. More >>
Kamala Sarup: Can The Nepali Media Bring Peace?
Tuesday, 5 April 2005, 3:45 pm | Kamala Sarup
The media is vital to a peace when it informs readers and viewers about current events and their consequences. When Media that take one sides on controversial subjects and events limit the information presented to the readers who will then take misinformed ... More >>
Kamala Sarup: Female Soldiers And Feminism
Monday, 4 April 2005, 10:29 am | Kamala Sarup
The historic decision by RNA, to induct women in the armed, non-technical positions including the military police, is a major victory for Nepalese women. In the 1960s, women were recruited in the health services of the Nepali military. Later in 1999, ... More >>
Mass Death Of Thousands Of Nepali Children?
Monday, 4 April 2005, 10:20 am | Kamala Sarup
14 years old Sunita Aryal said "Before the maoist war, we lived in Baglung. When the conflict broke out in October 1996, we took refuge in another area. Meanwhile we have a house in Baglung. But we cannot go there because there is hatred, and robbery ... More >>
Capitalism Vs Communism: Lessons From History
Friday, 1 April 2005, 2:54 pm | Kamala Sarup
In the social sciences, theories won't get us very far. Instead, we should look at the economic systems, e.g., USSR, CPR, Egypt, Great Britain, and the thousands of small communist and anarchist utopias around the world throughout history. There ... More >>
To Prevent Internal Refugees Is To Prevent War
Wednesday, 30 March 2005, 4:20 pm | Kamala Sarup
War destroys homes and food sources, so people must leave their homes. These are war refugees. The only way to prevent refugees is to prevent war. More >>
Operating A Successful Democracy Is Not Easy
Wednesday, 30 March 2005, 4:19 pm | Kamala Sarup
A successful democracy requires cooperation among the government representatives of the people to get things accomplished that are useful to the people rather than the representatives themselves. More >>
