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Ex-minister Pun passes away (kp 22/02/2008)
Former finance minister Dr Pant dies at 82 (nn 15/11/2007)
Kishunjee’s arrow, by Surendra R Devkota (kp 11/10/2007)
A king who could do no wrong: A new biography of King Birendra by his professor at Harvard, by Chiran S Thapa (nt 17/08/2007)
Comrade Pushpa Lal - in memoriam, by Bijaya Lal Shrestha (kp 29/07/2007)
Nepali Congress MP Sharma passes away (nn 29/07/2007)
Obituary: BP’s spouse Sushila dies at 84, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp 14/07/2007), Remembering Sushila Koirala, by Arun Sharma (kp 27/07/2007)
Late Madan Bhandari remembered (nn 17/05/2007)
Satchit SJB Rana passes away (nn 04/05/2007), Nepal's coup architect loses fight with cancer (wi 04/05/2007)
Bhandari's health improving: doctors (kp 18/04/2007) [on the serious illness of Bidhya Bhandari, CPN-UML]
PM's six decades of political career (samn 02/04/2007), Who To Lead Nepal After Koirala's Six Decades Of Politics?, by Bhupal Lamichhaney (Scoop 04/04/2007)
All fired up and nowhere to go: Meeting a small-time revolutionary in a small town hotel, by Leo Balze (nt 02/03/2007) [on Jwala Singh, real name Nagendra Paswan, leader of JTMM (Singh)]
PM's Simple Convictions released (kp 02/02/2007)
Upendra Yadav (nt 02/02/2007, originally in Sanghu, 29 January) [On the chairman of the Madheshi Janadhikar Forum (MJF)]
Nepal's most influential woman 'critically' ill (wi 28/01/2007), Nona Koirala passes away (nn 28/01/2007), Democratic leader Nona Koirala dies, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp 29/01/2007), Biratnagarians mourn Nona’s death (samn 29/01/2007), Nepal Congress Leader Dies: Nona Koirala was considered country's most influential woman, by Bishnu K.C. (on 29/01/2007), Nona’s demise; a severe set-back to Koirala (tg 31/01/2007)
Home for the holidays: Kul Chandra Gautam returns to his village for a long-overdue visit, by Naresh Newar (nt 20/10/2006)
Legendary Leader: Even more than two decades after his death, B.P. Koirala is remembered as a legendary leader earning wide respect and regard, by Keshab Poudel (sp 15/09/2006)
An icon of resistance against king's rule dies, by Post B Basnet (kp 27/08/2006); on the death of civil society icon Chhayadevi Parajuli; see also Adieu Chhaya Devi (kp 29/08/2006)
She stands tall even after decade, by Meeta Singh (kp 26/08/2006); on Mangala Devi Singh
Still speaking for women, by Naresh Newar (nt 26/05/2006); on Chitra Lekha Yadav
Remembering him, by Gaurav Bhattarai (kp 18/05/2006); on Madan Bhandari
Old Man and the Siege: Life has come full circle for the 84-year-old Nepali Congress supremo, Girija Prasad Koirala (tc 06/05/2006)
She has it in her, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 05/05/2006) [On Chitra Lekha Yadav)]
Learning from Giri, by Shiva Rijal (kp 30/04/2006); on the royal henchman Tulsi Giri
Bhattarai at JNU- a vignette, by Shrishti R L Rana (kp 30/03/2006); on Baburam Bhattarai
Manjushree: Author in self-exile, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 18/02/2006); on Manhushree Thapa who is not a politician but who represents an important political stand in her writings
T Giri: Surprise of the Year, by Ameet Dhakal (kp 01/01/2006)
Pahadi awarded honorary citizenship by an Italian city (nn 21/10/2005)
Raise The Red Lantern: Ex-USAID worker and Maoist rebel supremo? Deconstructing the myth that is Prachanda, by Yubaraj Ghimire (Outlook India 04/06/2005)
Karki cremated (kp 15/01/2005), Last rites of ex-NA chief Karki performed (rn 15/01/2005)
Communist doyen Baidhya dies at 82 (ht 12/12/2004), Last rites of late Baidya performed (rn 12/12/2004)
NC leader Risal cremated (ht 29/07/2004), Honest and dexterous Risal passes away, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp 29/07/2004), NC leader Risal no more PM, leaders express sorrow, by Khagendra Bhattarai (rn 29/07/2004)
A Noble Monarch: Three years after the mysterious assassination of King Birendra, he is still remembered as a noble monarch, by Keshab Poudel (sp 04/06/2004)
Democratic granny (nt 28/05/2004); on 87-year-old Chhaya Debi Parajuli
Remembering Madan Bhandari: What would he have done?, by AG Chhetri (nt 21/05/2004)
Jagannath Acharya passes away (ht 09/05/2004)
Whose leader is BP Koirala?, by Abhi Subedi (kp 29/01/2004); see also part 2 (30/01/2004)
A career woman with steely grit, by Saurav Jung Thapa (kp 19/01/2004); on Chandni Joshi
Remembering Ganesh Man Singh, by Shreedhar Gautam (Kathmandu Post, 24/07/2003)
Rana-roiler ruminates on current crisis, by Robin Giri (Himalayan Times, 15/06/2003); on Ram Hari Sharma
Class of 1970: Destiny has brought the graduates of a small school in Gorkha together again, by Thomas Bell and Maarten Post (Nepali Times, 25/04/2003); on Baburam Bhattarai and Upendra Devkota, See also History comes full circle (Nepali Times, 25/04/2003)
At 68, Anandi Devi starts political career as party chief, by Yuvraj Acharya (Kathmandu Post, 22/04/2003)
Uncovering Prachanda..., by Prateek Pradhan & Ameet Dhakal (Kathmandu Post, 08/04/2003)
A brave sun (Nepali Times, 28/02/2003); on Surya Bahadur Thapa
Late King Birendra, by Rajesh Man KC (Space Time Today, 29/12/2002)
At The Helm, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 20/12/2002); on Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana
First woman minister Thakurani passes away (Kathmandu Post, 11/12/2002)
Rishikesh Shah passes away, by Kiran Chapagain (Kathmandu Post, 15/11/2002)
See also Rishikesh Shaha, 77 (Nepali Times, 15/11/2002), The life and times of Rishikesh Shaha (People's Review, 21/11/2002), Rishikesh Shah Reminiscences, by Jagadish Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 28/11/2002), Elizabeth Hawley unspools her memories of Rishikesh Shah, by Bikash Sangraula (Kathmandu Post, 10/12/2002)
Girija’s place in history-or lack thereof, by R D Pant (Kathmandu Post, 19/09/2002)
B.P.Koirala: Reconciliatory Leadership, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 26/07/2002)
Politically challenged, by Damaru Lal Bhandari (Kathmandu Post, 26/06/2002); on Sher Bahadur Deuba
Krishna Prasad Bhattarai: Symbol Of Simplicity, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 14/06/2002)
Something about Comrade Hiranya Lal, by Naresh Sampati Shakya (People's Review, 13/06/2002); on Hiranya Lal Shrestha
Madhav Kumar Nepal: Man Of Maturity, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 07/06/2002)
Gajju Babu passes away (Kathmandu Post, 24/01/2002); see also Gajendra Narayan Singh passes away (Rising Nepal, 24/01/2002), Light of Liberty, by Sanjaya Dhakal (Spotlight, 01/02/2002)
The King of the people, by Padma P Devkota (Kathmandu Post, 29/12/2001), on late King Birendra
Ram Pratap Thapa: Commitment To Action (Spotlight, 14/12/2001); on the chairman of the German-Nepal Friendship Association and Royal Nepalese Consul at Cologne, Germany
Power play, by SNM Abdi (Times of India, 15/11/2001); on Pushpa Kamal Dahal or Comrade Prachanda, leader of the CPN-Maoist; see also Prachanda comes alive, by Puskar Bhusal (Nepali Times, 16/11/2001)
To be the God’s wife, by Nikolay Listopadov (Kathmandu Post, 07/11/2001); on late Queen Aishwarya
Rebel with a cause (Nepali Times, 31/08/2001); on Ram Prit Paswan, Dalit and vice-chairman of the Rastriya Sabha, the Upper House
Regmi passes away (Kathmandu Post, 31/08/2001); see also For Him Means Is More Important Than End, by Santosh Pandey (Rising Nepal, 31/08/2001), The scholar politician (Kathmandu Post, 01/09/2001), Dr Regmi : Icon of intellect and integrity, by Mohan Lohani (Kathmandu Post, 16/12/2001)
Understanding BP, by Puskar Bhusal (Nepali Times, 06/04/2001)
Dr Regmi (Kathmandu Post, 22/01/2001); on Dilli Raman Regmi
Bhattarai Speaks
(Spotlight, 22/12/2000); book review by Keshab Poudel; see also Kisunji’s
Interview, by Ramesh Parajuli (Kathmandu Post, 11/02/2001)
Freedom: the wheels of a cart
(Sunday Post, 05/11/2000); on Shiva Kangal, Koirala's once
comrade-in-arms
BP Koirala: Forgotten Hero, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 15/09/2000)
Remembering Madan Bhandari, by Barbara Adams (People's Review, 18/05/2000)
An Advocate Till Last (Spotlight, 21/04/2000); obituary on Senior advocate Shambhu Prasad Gyawali
C.P. Mainali & CPN (ML) Is The Polemics Over?, by Mukti Rijal (Rising Nepal, 06/04/2000)
Bhattarai in Nepali politics, by Sanjaya Serchan (Kathmandu Post, 18/03/2000)
Ganesh Man Singh (in Nepali)
