A group photo after the wonderful tea gathering organised by Indira Koirala Aunty, with Manisha Koirala ji, Kiran Man Chitrakar daju, Prakash Koirala Uncle & Samjhana Upreti Rauniar .
07/11/2026
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And yes, I am indeed talking about Nepal! Political interference over the years has weakened most of our institutions. We need stronger, independent institutions that function beyond politics and political interests.
Institutional decay takes years to correct. We need strong, independent institutions that are above politics and outlast governments. Unless the system changes, changing the person in the chair will change very little.🙏
गोर्खा दक्षिण बाहु had a certain lustre, weight of history and dignity of an old institution. I wonder what remains of national honour now. Uncultured leftist thugs destroyed even little ceremony and grandeur we had.
America should end the war with Iran asap. Just do a deal and get out of it. That’s what most Americans want because they are sick of the impact on their cost of living. The war was uniquely unpopular at the start and is even more so now.
BREAKING: As I predicted, Democrats now projected to win House AND Senate in a massive blue tsunami. Devastating repudiation of President Trump’s War on Iran and all the economic fallout.
#Nepal-#India#Tourism
Sharing some observations on the article below, as we collectively strive to boost tourism, particularly between India and Nepal.
In my view, certain claims in the article 👇require further explanation and accurate contextualisation.
1. Nepal’s tourism statistics need to distinguish between recorded arrivals and actual tourist flows. Department of Immigration data cannot provide a complete picture of Indian tourism when Indian nationals entering through land routes across the open border are not comprehensively counted.
2. Consequently, conclusions about the relative contribution of different countries to Nepal’s tourism sector, based solely on these figures, risk being materially skewed. A data gap must not be mistaken for a tourism gap. Nepal needs a credible land-border tourism survey to establish the actual scale of Indian tourism.
3. Nepal’s own Department of Immigration statistics offer a more nuanced picture. Recorded Indian tourist arrivals fell from 135,343 in 2014 to 74,814 in the 2015 earthquake year, but recovered to 118,249 in 2016 and reached 319,936 in 2023.
4. This demonstrates tourism’s capacity to recover after a major natural disaster. However, annual figures alone cannot quantify unregistered overland visits or establish that safety concerns caused any particular decline.
5. Given the open #India–#Nepal border and the limitations in recording Indian visitors entering by land, conclusions about Indian tourist behaviour or India’s contribution to Nepal’s tourism sector must be drawn with caution.
6. Tourism between our two countries should be encouraged through mutual understanding, credible information, reliable statistics and sustained confidence-building and not assumptions about travellers’ choices.
7. As Nepal advances its “Brand Nepal” initiative, tourism remains a priority sector for strengthening its international outreach and economic resilience. India remains a trusted partner in this endeavour. I am confident that forthcoming high-level bilateral engagements will provide an opportunity to strengthen tourism connectivity and routes, introduce special incentive schemes, and develop a more enabling, pilgrim-friendly and environmentally sustainable tourism ecosystem between the two countries.
@SudhakarDalela@GahendraR@VikramMisri@amritrai555@MofaNepal@MEAIndia@EONIndia@Surendrathapaji
पत्रकार पक्राउ बारे सलाहकारले जोक गर्छन, प्रम कमेन्ट गर्छन/ सुर्य थापा + बिष्णु रिमाल + ओली 2.0! बालेन ���्रम हुदा अलि कति भएनी नेपालको सिस्टम काम गर्छ कि भन्ने आशा लागेको थियो, ६ महिनामै नेपाल जस्तो देशमा आयातित पश्चिमा बहुदलिय बहुला तन्त्र काम नगर्ने अब PROVE भयो/
A beautiful speech about the challenge—and necessity—of communicating in pursuit of connection from Cate Blanchett, one of this year's Praemium Imperiale laureates.