Situation Update: 85
Bishnu Pathak, PhD*
Indian federalism is the simultaneity of two processes – the unionization process and the regionalization process.
– Ajay Kumar Singh
Introduction
India became independent in 1947. Its parliament, also serving as a Constituent Assembly (CA), drafted the new constitution that came into effect on January 26, 1950, establishing the federal union of India.
India [...]
Another quick post. There just seems to be an obvious trend among the more conservative political parties of making claims against supposedly neutral international institutions. Perhaps the Nepali Congress and the UML would benefit by joining together and having a comprehensive study done to find the root causes of the consistent Maoist bias [...]
There is a shutdown in all of Kathmandu today, due to the suspicious death of Rajendra Phuyal. A Maoist District Committee Secretariat member. The Maoists are blaming the UML. I regret not having a camera, as it’s quite an eerie scene. Last year, some bandas didn’t seem to be completely enforced. [...]
The updates have been sparse recently while I’ve been struggling with my Korean employer. Suffice it to say, I’m excited to have ended up in Nepal about a month and a half before I was planing, albeit about 1600 dollars lighter. That’s not so bad, but the circumstances of my leaving have left [...]