Abijit Sharma

On a Long Walk to Freedom

By Abijit Sharma Nov 07, 2015

MODI'S FOREIGN POLICYNever 'Neighbour First'

When Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi visited Nepal last year, he was nothing short of a hero. The Indian PM, who is famous for giving a ‘rockstar’ touch to almost all his foreign sojourns, be it delivering an informal speech at New York’s Ma

By Abijit Sharma Oct 15, 2015

THE CONSTITUTION CAULDRON: Learning Lessons from Bolivia

One country that Nepal can draw parallel with is Bolivia. One of the poorest countries in the South American region, the land-locked Bolivia shares significant commonalities with Nepal in terms of geography, poverty level (until recently) and the pro

By Abijit Sharma Sep 26, 2015

Reap What You Sow

A sizeable number of the migrants come from countries where the United States and its allies had direct intervention. The mass exodus of people thus has a common root of problem: the West’s disastrous foreign policy.

By Abijit Sharma Sep 11, 2015

Chinese Economy: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

As the economy has been recording growth much below than the projected figures, there is an obvious anxiety in the leadership.

By Abijit Sharma Aug 28, 2015

The Heroes And The Villains

The Salman Khan blockbuster's reel life characters of Pawan Kumar Chaturvedi and Munni may have resembled the real life characters of Burney and Geeta and even helped the latter's humanitarian cause.

By Abijit Sharma Aug 09, 2015

Constitution: No Magic Wand

The constitution making process, which has been elusive for the last eight years, was back in the spotlight once again earlier this week thanks to the government’s decision to solicit public opinion on the draft copy.

By Abijit Sharma Jul 28, 2015

(Not) Making The Cut

It is impossible for government school students to afford the insane tuition fees of private colleges

By Abijit Sharma Jul 03, 2015

The Shocks After

Political stability will be crucial to set the country back on the road of recovery from the devastation of the earthquake

By Abijit Sharma Jun 13, 2015

INDIA-CHINAAfter Modi's Beijing Sojourn

There have been passionate debates about how did the recent summit meeting between Nepal's two big neighbours end up. The first China visit of Narendra Modi as the prime minister of India has been hailed by some as a major departure from the past wh

By Abijit Sharma May 22, 2015

INDIA-CHINA After Modi's Beijing Sojourn

By Abijit Sharma May 22, 2015

Disaster Diplomacy

The Indian media has played a particularly worrying role in this regard. Following the earthquake, a number of Indian journos paratrooped in Kathmandu.

By Abijit Sharma May 08, 2015

Pak - Chini Bhai Bhai

The arrival of an uninvited guest in its backward is not expected to go down well with India whose defence minister Manohar Parrikar had said only last month that the Indian Navy must remain a superior force in the Indian Ocean Region and that the go

By Abijit Sharma May 01, 2015

Ripping Apart

As the issue of rape is more sensationalized than it is sensitized, it has largely gone ignored that women are no safer against this heinous crime in the Western world than in South Asia

By Abijit Sharma Mar 22, 2015

AAP: 'Nayee Shakti' Or Nahin Sakti?

Yogendra Yadav, who was a mastermind behind AAP’s victory in Delhi, is seen as an intellectual face of the party.

By Abijit Sharma Mar 06, 2015

Pehley AAP, Pehley AAP

The loss in Delhi is a big setback to the right wing party, no doubt. But as the BJP supremo said, the result in the national capital region (NCR) should not really be seen as a referendum on less than a year-old Modi government at the centre.

By Abijit Sharma Feb 13, 2015

Nepal Politics: Waiting For An Elusive Miracle

Just a day after a strike called by UCPN – Maoist, the top leaders of the ruling Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML began a meeting at the Prime Minister´s residence on Baluwatar on Wednesday morning. The meeting also came in the wake of the submission

By Abijit Sharma Jan 21, 2015

GLOBAL VIEW: The French Disconnection

The attack on the office of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo created shockwaves across the world. The assault, which was allegedly an act of retaliation by Islamic fundamentalists against the newspaper’s ‘improper’ depiction of Prophet Muhamm

By Abijit Sharma Jan 16, 2015

Internal Actors, External Factors

How will the internal actors of Nepal respond to the external factors while formulating the country's new constitution will be keenly watched in the times to come

By Abijit Sharma Dec 26, 2014

GLOBAL VIEW: The South Asian Disconnectivity

Given that South Asia is increasingly becoming a centre of global geopolitical games, with the new super power China too 'eager' for a full SAARC membership and another power-in-the-making, India dead against it, there is little chance, if at all, t

By Abijit Sharma Dec 05, 2014

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