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In Conversation with Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal

A Candid Conversation with the Prime Minister of Nepal, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, in New York

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After a week of non-stop meetings and three major public engagements, and hours before heading back to Nepal, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal (CPN-Maoist) met* with us at his 33rd floor suite at the Grand Hyatt for a few minutes of candid conversation.

*We would like to thank Nepal's Permanent Mission to the United Nations for their assistance in securing this appointment.

Articles about his New York trip:
Dahal Wows New York: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal's whirlwind tour of New York seems to have left a lot of previously skeptical people hopeful that Nepal finally has a leader with vision who is realistic about the challenges ahead. (Nepali Times, 29 SEPT 2008)

Awesome In America: Prime Minister Dahal hits the ground running (Nepali Times, 26 SEPT 2008)

Watch video from his talk at The New School University here

Music Credit:
Opening and Closing Theme: Young Folk by Peter Bjorn and John
Filler 1: Souvenours by Architecture of Helsinki
Filler 3: New Slang by The Shins


In Conversation is a weekly podcast on Samudaya.org, covering a wide variety of issues, from current affairs to arts, literature and society. It will also maintain a regular review of the week's news events from Nepal.

We hope you take part in the conversation and send us comments and feedback at inconversation@samudaya.org

Credits:

Kashish Das Shrestha,
Producer & Host

Kashish is a freelance journalist based in New York. He has previously produced and hosted over 9 radio shows on KATH/Image 97.9FM in Nepal.

Anup Kaphle,
Co-Producer

Anup is an M.S. student at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. He has interned at Newsweek International and Forbes.com, and worked with The Himalayan Times.

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Update: April 15
In Conversation's host, Kashish, will be talking about Nepal on the Asia Pacific Forum (WBAI 99.5FM), New York tonight!

Tune in 8:00-9:00pm EST
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
ASIA PACIFIC FORUM on WBAI 99.5 FM, New York City
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Comments

October 1st, 2008
1 | Dinesh:

thanx Kashish for sharing

October 3rd, 2008
2 | cool hand luke:

His speech at UN remind me of the song ” The Land Of Plenty” by Leonard Cohen :)

October 5th, 2008
3 | binayak:

plz improve your pronunciation honourable PM

October 9th, 2008
4 | kk:

Thanks KDS, and here’s an imaginary incident I would like to share with you all:

Woman pulls Prachanda’s whiskers, gets arrested

ROLPA /KATHMANDU– While Pushpa Kamal Dahal, alias Prachanda, was greeting a jubilant crowd in remote Rolpa, a woman clad in a red sari positioned herself directly in front of him and pulled his bushy mustache with her two hands. Prachanda yelled ‘Ouch, Ouch, Ouch!!!’ and collapsed. His bodyguards immediately pounced on the woman and dragged her out of the crowd. The woman is currently in custody and under interrogation.

The tree plantation ceremony, which was to be later inaugurated by Prachanda on the premises of Jana Chetana High School, was cancelled. Prachanda was rushed to Kathmandu in a helicopter and admitted to Birendra Military Hospital, Chhauni. Dr Gobardhan Singh said that four strands of mustache were missing but the general health condition of the PM was good and there was no need for panic. He further revealed that Prachanda has been discharged from the hospital and he is on his way to Bebo Salon for further treatment.

Read more at: http://kobaltk.blogspot.com/2008/10/woman-pulls-prachandas-whiskers-gets.html

October 9th, 2008
5 | Kashish:

KK: Thanks. And thanks for sharing your work. Several people in New York had also noted how big the PM’s head seemed to be, literally, not figuratively. The other fiktion on your blog was much darker, but a great read nevertheless.

Thanks for listening.

NOTE:

Next up: Former Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations + Former Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF, Mr Kul Chandra Gautam shares his thoughts on his vision of what Nepal’s diplomatic corp should strive for (in light of the flurry of high profile delegates from Nepal that have arrived in the US for the UN General Assembly and other such annual events.)

Hopefully we will also have a conversation with the Finance Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai soon. He is currently in Washington DC.

November 20th, 2008
6 | the barbarian:

he says he felt exceptional meeting george bush….what a pity..Bush has more than 75 % negative rating!!!..it was not even meeting it was like “HI” and “bye” kinda thing..these people are no different than previous governments..we can see them splitting already..its very unfortunate than we lack true leadership in Nepal..i hope somebody will rise in near future….oh NEPAL what am i gonna do with you??

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