In February 2013, on the eve of 17th anniversary of the start of the conflict, noted Norwegian peace studies professor Johan Galtung gave a stark warning during a talk at the Peace Museum in Patan: Nepali society will be in perpetual conflict if Kathmandu’s elite continues to betray people’s aspirations for genuine structural change in soc…[Weiterlesen]

WHICH IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CASTE AND ETHNIC GROUPS in NEPAL?
Here below we try to give a short answer… by Alessandro Battiston

Migrating from Central Europe during the 2nd millennium BC, Indo-Aryans people has settled in the fertile Indus Valley and hasestablished division of labour in their society. In Hinduism, their religion and…[Weiterlesen]

CALL FOR REFLECTION!

TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE IN NEPAL BY PRAWASH GAUTAM

Justice to the victims of conflict is an issue of paramount importance that any country that overcomes an armed conflict should address. Without justice to the victims, wounds of the conflict become difficult to forget and therefore will make the transition to a desired…[Weiterlesen]

How many days that I am not writing on Nepal on this group?
It seems that there is nothing to say..but nothing is so far from the truth. Life here is going on, sometimes fast, sometimes so slowly..
Let me share with you some updating.

I finished my course with Prof. L’Abate, on Methods of Analysis & Research for Peace. Even if I understood that…[Weiterlesen]

I left Kathmandu for few days, in order to understand from where “all these people” come. I mean, from where young people, and not only, come to Kathmandu, in order to find job here, or abroad, through many agencies, that provide job and sometimes studying visa for many different countries.
Some of them are only 19, other are older, with fam…[Weiterlesen]

My days are going on..and electricity creates some problems to me and my work. But I am become accustomed to such unforeseen. They become part of a lifestyle, that gives you a sort of freedom in a sense.
Meeting people, having so many dialogues every days, eating with good company of Nepali family, talking with so different kind of people..all…[Weiterlesen]