Traveling Time
Achyut Prasad Poudel's book highlights his experience of visiting various parts of the country as well as foreign cities
By A CORRESPONDENT
Many people travel to different parts of the country and the world but only a few people have interest and capability to explain the place he/she has visited. A career civil servant who is now posted in General Post Office, Poudel has proved his mastery in writing about his travels.
Samjhana ka Chyanharu Part II
Travel Description
By Achyut Prasad Poudel
Price: Rs.250.00 (individual) and Rs. 500.00 (institutional)
Pages: 123 |
Divided into two parts, the book has some unique features. In first part, the author describes his two visits to Singapore and the surroundings of the city. Written in Nepali language, this book is very helpful to a person who is going to foreign country for the first time.
Author Poudel has minutely observed various things in Singapore. From development perspective to economic prosperity, he also observes the life in Singapore. One of the important things he mentions is about the water distribution between Malaysia and Singapore. Singapore as a small island depends upon Malaysia for whole of its water supply. In the past, whenever the small city state Singapore had any problems with Malaysia, the Singaporeans had to think how to get water.
A person from country with abundant water resources, Poudel discussed the water sharing situation between the two countries.
In second chapter, Poudel describes his experiences in visiting various parts of the country. As a civil servant, he was posted to various parts of Nepal including the remote parts. It seems that he spent a lot of time in far western Nepal during his career. His description of traveling from Kathmandu to Dhangadhi was very interesting as he mentions everything from the place of religious importance to other historical places.
He also describes Kanchanpur, a commercial city of far western region bordering India, Dadeldhura and Doti. Along with the description of the city of far west, there is also a description of Surkhet.
In traveling to the far west, he found that the road from Dhangadhi to Dadeldhura and Dipyal were very interesting. The road from Atariya to Dhangadi and Dadeldura is fascinating as it starts from the plain area of Dhangadhi and goes up to about 6000 feet above the sea level.
Debate On CA
The book by renowned law expert explains the meaning and importance of the Constituent Assembly
By A CORRESPONDENT
Various opinion polls have shown that Nepali people are yet to fully understand the meaning and importance of Constituent Assembly election.
Sambidhansabha Parichaya Pustika (CA Introductory Book)
By Kashi Raj Dahal
Pages: 40
Published by: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung |
Even during the last week's mock elections held by the Election Commission (EC) in Dakshinkali VDC – a relatively quite accessible area nearby the capital – many voters who lined up to cast their votes expressed their ignorance about the CA.
"People are still in the belief that CA is all about giving majority to some party and installing new government. But this is not true. CA is a historic opportunity for the people of Nepal to decide their nation's destiny," said Kashiraj Dahal, author of the book "Constituent Assembly: An Introductory Book."
Published by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Nepal office, the book explains in simple Nepali language about the process and importance of constitution-making.
Former secretary of the Judicial Commission, Dahal, has dealt with the subject of historic struggle of Nepali people to write constitution by themselves.
Issues such as constitution, methods of constitution-making, processes adopted elsewhere and significance of CA in Nepal's context have been explained in the book.
Furthermore, the book also attempts to explain the various election systems including the First-Past-The-Post, Proportional and Mixed System. It also explains the system agreed upon by the eight parties in Nepal.
The book will be highly useful to the people of Nepal. Besides, it can also prove to be useful for other countries going through similar constitutional transition in future as it has information about international experience as well as theoretical explanations of constitution-making exercises.
