Yet another Musical Chairs in Kathmandu
By Rattan Saldi Political instability continues to haunt Nepal with the Himalayan country all set to witness another coalition regime. Ushering in the new round of musical chairs, Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist) has pulled out of Prachanda’s coalition government, and decided to close ranks with arch rival Nepali Congress (NC). All the eight CPN-UML ministers including the Deputy Prime Minister Raghubir Mahaseth have sent their resignations to Prime Minister Pushp Kamal Dahal minutes after their deadline for his resignation expired on Wednesday, July 3. At the time of writing, Prachanda was in no mood to quit without...
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The Occupation of Territory in War
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Global South Dithering Away from BRI
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Meherabad beckons….
I wish every Baba lover the opportunity of being at Meherabad on Amartithi Day at least once. In the early years the line for darshan was...
Hong Kong court liquidates failed Chinese property giant
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Dalai Lama calls for greater harmony among different Buddhist communities
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EU Parliament calls on China to abolish Tibetan boarding schools
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Impasse over BRI Projects in Nepal
Nepal signed the ‘BRI framework agreement’ in May 2017 with China during the then Prime Minister of Nepal Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Prachanda’s visit to Beijing. It...
Yet another Musical Chairs in Kathmandu
By Rattan Saldi Political instability continues to haunt Nepal with the Himalayan country all set to witness another coalition regime. Ushering in the new round of...
Spurt in Anti-India Activities in Canada
Rattan Saldi Diplomatic relations between New Delhi and Ottawa have bottomed out year over the allegations of a potential Indian link in the killing of a...
The Occupation of Territory in War
Brigadier General (res.) Dr. Meir Finkel The occupation and holding of territory, which used to be a central component of the IDF’s war concept at...
Pakistan: Infighting in ruling elite intensifies following shock election result
By Keith Jones The results of last Thursday’s election in Pakistan, the world’s fifth most populous state, constitute a stunning rebuke of the country’s military, long...
Today is Silence Day; on this day in 1925, Meher Baba started His silence and it continued till Jan 31, 1969 when He dropped His body.
In one of His messages, He said:
“External silence helps the inner silence and only in internal silence is Baba found, in profound inner silence.
“I am never silent. I speak eternally. The voice that is heard deep within the soul is my voice”.
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