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Article: AUDACITY TO HOPE: Forget the politics. Nepal is in crisis because of the stagnating economy, falling farm productivity, a rising population and negative job creation.
- Article from:
- The Nepali Times (Kathmandu, Nepal)
- Article date:
- July 17, 2009
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July 17, 2009 (Nepali Times) -- All these point ominously to a looming disaster. Combined they will have political repercussions for whoever rules Nepal in the coming years.
At a time like this, what is needed is a paradigm shift in the way politics is practiced. We need a dramatic departure from the past so that political parties, realising that they're all in the same boat, stop rocking it.
There is no point fooling the people with yet more meaningless promises of abolishing crime, eradicating poverty or uprooting corruption. You can't fool them all the time. And it's too late for speeches. What we need is a simple checklist of five national ...