Archive monarchy 2002-2003

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2000-2001

Resolving political impasse and ending instability, by I.K. Pradhan (pr 25/12/2003)
Another unbearable facts distorting eulogy on monarchy.

Politicians flay Rs 630m for royals (ht 22/12/2003)

King as centre of unity: Arguments for and against, by Damaru Lal Bhandari (kp 22/12/2003)

Their Majesties' felicitation in Banke soon (rn 21/12/2003), Nepalgunj reception: Another proof of people's faith on monarchy, by Prahlad Pathak (pr 25/12/2003)
Another event to force glorification of monarchy in the style of panchayat times.

Monarchy symbol of sovereignty: Chaudhari (rn 03/12/2003)
An unbelievable statement in face of the fact that monarchy has been forced to hand over sovereignty to people in 1990.

King to head new cabinet? (pr 27/11/2003)

Geopolitics makes Monarchy indispensable, by Jan Sharma (ht 25/11/2003)

Raj Parishad activities ‘ominous’ to democracy: Poudel (Kathmandu Post, 12/11/2003), Royal Council meets out-of-City in 13 years (Himalayan Times, 13/11/2003), Raj Parishad meet delves on critical issues (Kathmandu Post, 14/11/2003), Rajparishad meet gathers public voice (rn 15/11/2003), Raj Parishad caucus unconstitutional: Shah (kp 17/11/2003), Just common sense and love will do (ht 17/11/2003), Ex-chairman questions Raj Parishad’s recent moves (kp 19/11/2003), Rajparishad should have no politics: Rayamajhi (ht 19/11/2003), Maoist atrocities continue unabated (rn 19/11/2003), Raj Parishad is obliged to inform King: Will continue to carry out its role (kp 26/11/2003), Royal Council to hold a national conference (ht 26/11/2003)

King asked Lt Gen Shah to quit (Kathmandu Post, 11/11/2003)

Rise and fall of monarchs, by Ghyanashyam Ojha (Kathmandu Post, 09/11/2003)

Take it or leave it: To play safe, King should hand over power, by Aditya Man Shrestha (Himalayan Times, 27/10/2003)

Messy democracy will break up the country, by K.P. Pandey (People's Review, 23/10/2003)
Another eulogy on the institution of monarchy forgetting that the king is a eading figure of the political class the author is decrying.

Monarch's legitimacy questioned in Nepal, by Akhilesh Upadhyay (Dawn, Bangladesh, 18/10/2003)

The Thai model: King Gyanendra says he wants to be an ‘active constitutional monarch’. We take a look at the Thai monarchy for clues about what it could mean, by Sudhindra Sharma (Nepali Times, 17/10/2003)

Foreign court tools are ganged up to hatch up conspiracy to make the present government a pure 'Ministerial Government', by K.P. Pandey (People's Review, 16/10/2003)
A eulogy on King Gyanendra in the voice of Panchayat times that remains silent on the fact that one year of royal power has not brought any improvement in the general political situation, on the contrary ...

For king and country: The advocates of active monarchy need to closely examine why the past year has been a failure, by Rabindra Mishra (Nepali Times, 10/10/2003)

Royal rhetoric (Kathmandu Post, 08/10/2003)

Palace should come to terms with political parties, by Prakash Dahal (Himalayan Times, 18/09/2003)

Can King Gyanendra sack Thapa using article 127? (Telegraph, 17/09/2003)

Time is powerful, individuals are not, by Ameet Dhakal (Kathmandu Post, 16/09/2003)

Head for the polls (People's Review, 11/09/2003)

It’s now the King’s turn to act (Telegraph, 10/09/2003), Sacking Deuba or elevating Chand was an act of regression? (Telegraph, 10/09/2003)

King's gambit, by Rita Machanda (Frontline, 30/08/2003)

Seeking a different meaning, by Madhu Ghimire (Kathmandu Post, 30/08/2003)

“Not active, but constructive monarchy…”, excerpts from an interview with King Gyanendra (Nepali Times, 22/08/2003, originally published in Nepal, 18/08/2003)

I'm now in nation conservation: HM King Gyanendra (People's Review, 21/08/2003), Undignified statements against King angering people (People's Review, 21/08/2003)

King prescribes constructive role for himself: Is it ‘enlightened despotism’? (Telegraph, 20/08/2003)

Crooks out, crooks in, by Vijaya K. Sigdel (Kathmandu Post, 18/08/2003)

In the king we trust...but not in the residual paraphernalia of absolute monarchy, by C.K. Lal (Nepali Times, 15/08/2003)

Parties’ prompt active monarchy (Telegraph, 06/08/2003), Logic demands reinstatement of Deuba’s government! (Telegraph, 06/08/2003), Don’t prompt the King to act unconstitutionally (Telegraph, 06/08/2003)

Say sorry before time says it, by Ameet Dhakal (Kathmandu Post, 05/08/2003)

After Nepal Killings, a Tough King Gets U.S. Backing, by John Kifner (New York Times, 04/08/2003)

The King must now make new move (Telegraph, 30/07/2003)

Kings in Norway and Nepal, by Kosmos Biswokarma (Kathmandu Post, 17/07/2003)

Thapa may turn tables on King (Telegraph, 16/07/2003)

A role for Hindu king, by Puran P. Bista (Kathmandu Post, 01/07/2003)

The three in one, by Puran P.Bista (Kathmandu Post, 24/06/2003)

Monarchy - only answer to woe facing human society, by Ramesh Sharma (People's Review, 12/06/2003)

Parties demand royal assets be made public, by Damaru Lal Bhandari & Ghanashyam Ojha (Kathmandu Post, 08/06/2003), Parties want details of King’s property, by Ishwar Khanal (Himalayan Times, 08/06/2003)

Nepal's right royal political muddle, by Dhruba Adhikary (Asia Times, 06/06/2003)

King can do no wrong ? by Khagendra N. Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 06/06/2003)

King should not hand over executive power, by Rishikeshnarayan Shrestha (People's Review, 05/06/2003)

Lessons from history, by Arjun Bhandari (Kathmandu Post, 15/05/2003)

Beyond briefs (Himalayan Times, 13/05/2003)

The boomerang effect, by Suman Pradhan (Kathmandu Post, 12/05/2003)

King trying to divide NC, UML: Koirala, by Narayan Wagle (Kathmandu Post, 12/05/2003)

Lest King Gyanendra should pronounce De Gaulle's caveat, by Ramesh Sharma (People's Review, 08/05/2003)

King concerned over joint parties’ agitation, by Narayan Wagle (Kathmandu Post, 08/05/2003), Majority doesn’t want to be dictated to: King, by Ram Pradhan (Himalayan Times, 08/05/2003), Honourable exit (Kathmandu Post, 09/05/2003), Options open (Himalayan Times, 09/05/2003), Royal wrath: King Gyanendra strikes back at the political parties with an unprecedented media blitz, by Shiva Gaunle (Nepali Times, 09/05/2003)

Kingcraft, by Puskar Bhusal (Nepali Times, 25/04/2003)

Monarchy not to be blamed for ills, by Naresh Sampati Shakya (People's Review, 17/04/2003)

Baiting the King (People's Review, 17/04/2003)

King lays blame of all ills at parties’ door, says Gachchhedar (Kathmandu Post, 16/04/2003)

Palace shake-up (Kathmandu Post, 15/04/2003)

Left in lurch, these failed politicos are crying in wilderness, by Yadav Khanal (People's Review, 10/04/2003)

Indigenizing Monarchy (People's Review, 10/04/2003)

Business community felicitates King (Space Time Today, 10/04/2003)

Major changes in Royal Palace Secretariat (Kathmandu Post, 08/04/2003)

Let’s make peace process a success: His Majesty, by Akhanda Bhandari & Chitranga Thapa (Kathmandu Post, 05/04/2003), ‘Bond between monarchy & people nurtured by mutual affection’: The full text of His Majesty’s address (Space Time Today, 05/04/2003), National unity must to make peace process success: HM: Priority to all round development of Far Western Region stressed (Rising Nepal, 05/04/2003), Concern raised over king’s Dhangadi address (Kathmandu Post, 06/04/2003), Parties’ mixed reaction to Dhangadhi Royal address (Space Time Today, 06/04/2003), King playing foul with statute: Leaders (Himalayan Times, 06/04/2003), Little room for doubt (Space Time Today, 07/04/2003), Democracy and the Royal Address, by Madhukar SJB Rana (Himalayan Times, 07(04/2003), King’s India visit draws rave reviews (Space Time Today, 09/04/2003), Either join or face condemnations (Telegraph, 09/04/2003), Landmark civic reception in Dhangadi: King amidst destitution, hopes and aspiration of the down trodden, by I.K. Pradhan (People's Review, 10/04/2003), Felicitation at Dhangadi, by Vijaya Kunwar (Kathmandu Post, 11/04/2003)

King's primordial concern is Nepal's betterment, by I.K. Pradhan (People's Review, 27/03/2003)

King’s two-in-one sojourn: Expectations vary from euphoric to pushy, by M R Josse (Space Time Today, 24/03/2003)

Unconstitutional steps in the dock, by Yadav Khanal (Himalayan Times, 21/03/2003)

HM constitutes Council of Royal representatives (Rising Nepal, 20/03/2003)

King at the center stage of Nepali politics (Telegraph, 19/03/2003)

Political parties must have faith in King's intentions (People's Review, 13/03/2003)

Parties give king two options, by Shailee Adhikari (Space Time Today, 13/03/2003)

King grants audience to Deuba, Bijukchhe (Kathmandu Post, 12/03/2003)
See also King iterates commitment to statute (Himalayan Times, 12/03/2003)

King's Counsel (People's Review, 06/03/2003)

‘It Is Time For Hindus To Be Assertive’, interview with Bharat Keshar Simha, retired major general of the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) and honorary ADC to His Majesty the King, who was recently elected as the president of the World Hindu Federation (WHF) (Spotlight, 28/02/2003)

Choudhari appointed Raj Parishad chief (Kathmandu Post, 20/02/2003)
See also Parashu Narayan Chaudhary to head Raj Parishad (Himalayan Times, 20/02/2003)

Efforts to establish peace underway: His Majesty (Kathmandu Post, 19/02/2003)
See also Peace is our necessity: HM (Space Time Today, 19/02/2003), Let us commit ourselves to build peaceful, prosperous Nepal: HM: Peace is our necessity, Democracy is our conviction (Rising Nepal, 19/02/2003)

The people at large appear to be more than willing to give the king credit for these welcome developments, interview with Shrish Rana (Telegraph, 05/02/2003)

Optimism Grows (Rising Nepal, 02/02/2003)

Politics not a 'royal game', by Meena Kaini (Himalayan Times, 02/02/2003)

'Monarchial culture, perfect, ideal system' (01/02/2003)

Intellectuals against active monarchy (Himalayan Times, 31/01/2003)

Political parties say no to king (Kathmandu Post, 30/01/2003)

Yogi for king’s civic felicitation in Gorkha (Space Time Today, 29/01/2003)

Decks cleared for historic civic reception, by Gunaraj Luitel / Binod Bhandari / Bhim Ghimire (Kathmandu Post, 03/01/2003)
See also Royals’ civic reception is misuse of taxpayers’ money : Koirala, by Kiran Bhandari & Aman Koirala (Kathmandu Post, 03/01/2003)

Hundreds of thousands to attend civic reception, by P.R. Pradhan (People's Review, 02/01/2003)
See also All eyes set on Biratnagar, by M.R. Josse (People's Review, 02/01/2003), Blaming the King only will not solve the problem: Himalaya Shumsher Rana (People's Review, 02/01/2003), Act (People's Review, 02/01/2003), Present King is absolutely liberal and progressive, interview with S.M. Habibullah, chief of the Central Department of Political Science, Tribhuvan University (People's Review, 02/01/2003)

Losing balance (HImalayan Times, 02/01/2003)

King asked to revoke move (Himalayan Times, 02/01/2003)

Koirala to expose brain behind royal massacre at opportune time, by Kiran Bhandari and Shyam Sundar Sashi (Kathmandu Post, 02/01/2003)

Role of monarchy highlighted (Kathmandu Post, 01/01/2003)

King Gyanendra assumes power (a collection of news and comments from the Nepali press following the royal take over until December 31, 2002)

"King should be given power within the constitution" (People's Review, 12/09/2002)

Only three minutes of the King would be enough: Naraharinath (People's Review, 05/09/2002)

What is the King and Monarchy for? by Dil Bahadur Shrestha (People's Review, 08/08/2002)

Nava Yuvaraj born (Kathmandu Post, 31/07/2002)

Spare the monarchy (Kathmandu Post, 16/07/2002)

Monarchy: Of The People For The People, by Sunil K.C. (Kathmandu Post, 07/07/2002)

Monarchy: Symbol Of Unity, by Balaram Chaulagain (Rising Nepal, 07/07/2002)

Nepalese Monarchy: A Stabilising Institution, by Mohan Lohani (Rising Nepal, 07/07/2002)

Monarchy and Army, by M.R. Josse (People's Review, 04/07/2002)

HM is committed to the wellbeing of the people, by Gen. Satchit Shumsher J.B. Rana, former chief of the army staff (People's Review, 04/07/2002)

Their Majesties move to Narayanhity (Kathmandu Post, 04/07/2002)

I am clear on my constitutional role: HM the King (People's Review, 27/06/2002)
Interview with King Gyanendra by Times of India

The Constitution was given, communicated by my late brother - King Gyanendra (Telegraph, 26/06/2002)

Past imperfect, future uncertain: Will King Gyanendra be a rational king or an emotional ruler?, by C.K. Lal (Nepali Times, 07/06/2002)

Monarchy functioning within Constitution: King Gyanendra (Kathmandu Post, 05/06/2002)
See also One Year of Accession to the Throne: We will function within constitution for collective interests, including the full text of the interview with King Gyanendra (Rising Nepal, 05/06/2002), Zone of Peace incorporates people's aspirations for peace: His Majesty grants interview to NTV, including excerpts from the king's interview (Rising Nepal, 06/06/2002), HM’s role fosters constutional monarchy (Rising Nepal, 05/06/2002), HM’s interview attracts mixed reaction (Kathmandu Post, 06/06/2002), Renewed commitment (Kathmandu Post, 06/06/2002), Monarch’s Advice (Rising Nepal, 06/06/2002), Live as a Nepali, work for Nepal', exhorts Nepali King HM grants ground-breaking interviews, by Shrish S. Rana (People's Review, 06/06/2002), King Gyanendra ventilates His feelings! (Telegraph, 12/06/2002), Royal interviews, originally published in Bimarsha, 07/06/2002 (Nepali Times, 21/06/2002)

People’s King lives in the love and memory of his fans, by Damakant Jayshi (Kathmandu Post, 01/06/2002)
See also Remembering the late King Birendra, by Bijaya Lal Shrestha (Kathmandu Post, 01/06/2002), Chronicling a sad day, by SKC (Kathmandu Post, 02/06/2002), Fond Memories (Rising Nepal, 02/06/2002), Remembering King Birendra (Sunday Post, 02/06/2002), If only time could be erased (Sunday Post, 02/06/2002), Remembering a visionary monarch (Kathmandu Post, 04/06/2002)

King Gyanendra: Savior Of The Nation (Spotlight, 31/05/2002)
See also One Year Later, by Kunda Dixit (Nepali Times, 31/05/2002), A year after, by C.K. Lal (Nepali Times, 31/05/2002)

FNA urges for a move by the King (People's Review, 21/03/2002)
Text of a statement by the Foundation of Nepalese in America (FNA)
See also It is not good to drag the King into controversy, interview with Naresh Sampati Shakya (People's Review, 21/03/2002), The King must now act, interview with Jagadish Sharma (People's Review, 21/03/2002)

The Monarchy: Bait in reform bid? by Shrish S. Rana (People's Review, 21/03/2002)

Role of the King in the present context, by Ghataraj Bhattarai (People's Review, 07/03/2002)

His Majesty could 'warn' Nepali leaders (Telegraph, 06/03/2002)

Why the King must be active, by Shrish S. Rana (People's Review, 28/02/2002)

New game to sully monarch? (Telegraph, 06/02/2002)

...My heart kept waiting: Ketaki Chester on Royal massacre (People's Review, 31/01/2002)