Mainstream Weekly

An Overview of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

Kriti Singh — 2012-06-27T09:54:58Z

UNDER THE BANNER OF THE SHANGHAI SPIRIT
With the determination to make Central Asia a nuclear-free zone and accepting the “Declaration on Building a Region with Lasting Peace and Common Prosperity”1 the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), under the banner of the Shanghai spirit, is on the verge of completing eleven years of its existence. The SCO is a complex and dynamic organisation that marks the altering trend of the 21st century political alliances, and it advocates for the (…)

- 2012

Pashupatinath Temple Row: Indian Priest versus Nepali Priest

Kriti Singh — 2010-07-25T20:50:00Z

The year 2009 witnessed a series of high level political drama in the nascent republic of Nepal. However, one such event, which created a lot of commotion not only in Kathmandu but also in New Delhi, was the Pashupatinath Temple priest row. With its astonishing architectural beauty, the Pashupatinath Temple stands as a symbol of faith, religion, culture and tradition. Regarded as the most sacred temple of the Hindu Lord, Shiva, in the world, the Pashupatinath Temple's existence dates back to (…)

- 2010

China's Growing Influence in Nepal: Implications on Tibetan Refugees

Kriti Singh — 2010-05-10T08:27:21Z

There are more than 20,000 Tibetans residing in Nepal, living with no defined legal status as the Nepalese law does not recognise the rights of refugees under the principal treaties that govern their status under international law. Provided they have a Nepalese “refugee identity certificate” (RC), Tibetans who arrived before 1989 can remain in Nepal with certain limited rights. Most live in an uneasy state of subsistence, principally in a small number of isolated settlements in the Kathmandu (…)

- 2010