I have grown up listening to the criticisms of political leaders. I personally have witnessed Maoist insurgency as a child of a small village. I’ve witnessed fall of Monarchy and rise of republic as a teen. I’ve closely watched first Read more…
(This poem by poet Bhupi Sherchan shows the political culture of Nepali politics. I feel that we must all read it, understand our mistakes, and move ahead with corrections. With due tribute to late poet, Bhupi Sherchan, I would like Read more…
Born as the son of socialist-cadre, I was shaped to be rebellious by my father. From my early childhood, my father, my first political guru, introduced me which terminologies like ‘communism’, ‘Karl Marx and Marxism’, ‘Lenin and Leninism’, ‘Mao and Read more…
Nepal and Nepali politics has suffered a lot due to immature diplomatic behavior of political leaders. We’ve seen our leaders disgracing the national pride by indulging in several inappropriate meetings. Such meetings have been vehemently criticized by the people but Read more…
Recently, a friend of mine complained that I presume a lot and I should really stop doing so. This made me introspect about my habit pattern. Am I really presuming? Is it affecting me? Should I work on transforming my Read more…
Recently, we got to hear that Nepal Government is going to ban porn sites. The government has blamed porn content for the (so-called) growth of rape cases in Nepal. This has raised a debate, ‘Is porn really responsible for the Read more…
When I checked out the internet Wayback machine, I discovered that this domain, maheshpathak.com.np, was first snapped on February 6, 2012, and the page saved by it showed me that I had posted my first blog in this domain on February Read more…
After the publication of this issue of Shukrabar with the cover image of Laxmi Acharya, some women rights activists called it inappropriate and demanded for the punishment to the lady on the cover image and the publisher of Shukrabar. This led to the debate on Read more…