The People’s Review weekly was started in 1991, immediately after the establishment of multiparty democracy in the country. Prior to this venture, the same group was running a vernacular weekly Samrachana, advocating national interests and democracy. When the publishing group of Samrachana Publications (now Periwinkle Prakashan Pvt Ltd) felt that there was a strong need for an independent newspaper voicing national interest, independence, democracy and professionalism, with a wide coverage of local events for its readers, especially, foreigners, it launched its present venture.
Editorial Content
The People’s Review mainly covers national news, views, analysis, commentary, opinions and business activities.
Circulation
This weekly is highly in demand in, especially, the diplomatic sectors, foreign agencies, non-governmental organisations and the local political, business and educational sectors. The quality and international reach of the People’s Review weekly has been considerably enhanced, especially because of its entrance on the Internet. We are one of the pioneer newspapers from Nepal introducing the Internet edition <www.peoplesreview.com.np> since 1997.
Editorial Group
A tiny group concerned with national interests have been involved directly or indirectly in this publication and all of them are senior journalists recognised for their work nationally. Most of the contributors are serving weekly on a voluntary basis.
Financial Position
As this weekly is running as an independent newspaper without the support of any political parties or power centers, the main constraint of the publication has been its financial source. Lack of advertisements and party or interest groups’ contributions are the major causes for the poor state of the Weekly’s financial position. It may be mentioned that those very sources are the major sources for most newspapers’ survival in Nepal. But the People’s Review has been suffering in this sector because of its independent stance.
To remain completely independent while ensuring continuity the Publications has established an endowment fund — contributions to which are expected from the Friends of People’s Review. Till date, we have been able to raise funds worth Rs 10,000,00 (ten hundred thousand), which has been deposited at the Samyukta Shakti Saving and Credit Cooperatives Ltd. We have wished to increase the fund, from whose interest we have planned to meet the operational cost of the Weekly. Thus, we further welcome any donation or grant assistance for increasing the amount in the fund.
Editorial Team
Editor-in-Chief: Pushpa Raj Pradhan
Consultant Editor Emeritus: Mana Ranjan Josse
Contributing Editor: Prof Dr Shashi P.B.B. Malla
Guest Editor: Yug Bahadur
Managing Editor: Sushma Shrestha
Chief Reporter: B.N. Dahal
Reporter: Shankar Aryal
Legal Consultant: Bachu Singh Khadka
Computer Layout: Shankar Aryal
Webpage Director: Yem KC
Office
Pipalbot, (Way to Ghattekulo) Dillibazar, Kathmandu, Nepal
Chairman: Samukta Shakti Saving and Investment Cooperatives Ltd.
In the Past:
Chairman: Nepal-China Cultural Economic Journalists and Intellectuals Society (NCCEJIS)
Senior Vice Chairman: Editors Society of Nepal (until June, 2024)
Coordinator: ESON Library, Kathmandu; Treasurer: Late Gopal Gotame Memorial Academy, Kathmandu; Member, Ilameli Samaj (a social organisation dedicated to the development of Ilam district)
Member: Chiyabari Club (An organisation dedicated to the field of the social sector;
Professional Activities: Executive Member: Nepal Journalists’ Association (presently Federation of Nepalese Journalists), Central Committee (1992-95); Founder Member: Nepal Environmental Journalists’ Forum (1991-94)
Other Activities: Executive Member: Nationalist Independent Students’ Organisation (Rastravadi Swatantra Vidyarthi Mandal) (NISO), Ilam (1976); General Secretary NISO, Ilam, (1977-79)
M. A. in Economics from Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Nepal, in 1989
Foreign Visits: Thailand, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, including Tibetan Autonomous Region, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India.
Publications: Articles, features, columns and commentaries – especially in social, economic, environmental and political issues – published in several newspapers. Also, published short poems, short stories and essays in literary magazines.
Personal: Born in Ilam, Ilam District, Nepal, married to (late) Jasuda Pradhan in 1981; married to Sushma Pradhan in 2012, one son and one daughter. Religion: Hindu
Address: Pipalbot, Dilli Bazar, Kathmandu, Nepal. Tel: 977-1-4517352
Current Status: Consultant Editor Emeritus, People’s Review, weekly, Kathmandu
In Past:
Columnist, The Kathmandu Post, daily, Kathmandu
Contributor, The Rising Nepal, daily, Kathmandu; and The Sunday Despatch, weekly, Kathmandu.
Columnist, The Everest Herald, daily, Kathmandu
Contributing Editor, Economic and Political Monthly, Kathmandu
Contributing Editor, Dialogue, weekly, Dhaka
Correspondent, South Asian monthly, Hong Kong
Correspondent, Business and Political Observer, daily, Delhi/Bombay
Media Consultant, Institute for Integrated Development Studies, Kathmandu
Founder and Consultant Editor, The Independent, weekly, Kathmandu; and Editor-in-Chief, The Rising Nepal, daily, Kathmandu
Past Highlights:
Between August 1985-February 1990 served as Nepal’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations and as Alternative Representative to UN Security Council, 1988-89 Member, Nepalese delegation to 52nd. UN General Assembly, 1997, Member, Board of Directors, National News Agency, Kathmandu; Member, Board of Directors, Gorkhapatra Sansthan, Kathmandu and Member, Nepal Press Council.
Academic Background:
Senior Cambridge certificate 1956; Bachelor of Science degree, Calcutta University, 1960 and Masters of Arts degree in international relations Jadavpur University, Calcutta, 1963.
Training and Seminars: Newspaper management course at Berlin Institute of Journalism, West Berlin, 1972
UN Editors’ Roundtable, New York, 1981; Asian Mass Communication Leaders’ Roundtable, Bangkok, 1982
World Bank/UNITAR seminar on international development issues, Washington, D.C. 1987
Bridgeport seminar for UN diplomats, Bridgeport University, CT, 1987;
New York University seminar for UN diplomats, NY, 1988
Special Assignments:
Covered King Birendra’s state and other visits to China (1973); Tibet/Sichuan (1976); USSR (1976); Sri Lanka (1985); United Kingdom (1980); Paris LDC Conference (1981); Gansu Province, China (1982); Spain (1983) and the United States (1983). Also covered King Jigme Singye Wangchuck’s coronation in Thimphu (1974) and led a press delegation to Tibet (1995).
Member, entourage, Prime Minister Man Mohan Adhikari’s official visit to India (1995) and member, entourage, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba’s visit to China (1996).
Interview of VVIPS: King Birendra; President Gayoom of the Maldives; the Dalai Lama; Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia of Bangladesh; President Zia-ul-Haq; Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan; and Prime Minister Sardar Qayyum Khan of Azad Kashmir.
Travel:
Extensive travel through Asia, Western Europe and the United States as a member of press delegation, on reporting and interview assignments, for seminars and sponsored observation tours. Also visited a number of African and Latin American countries.
Personal: Born in Kathmandu on October 29, 1941. With a wife, a son and two daughters.
Address: Cha 2/406, Boudha Mahankal, Kathmandu-1, Nepal.
Father: Kumar Naresh Bahadur Bom Malla. A founding member of the Nepali Congress Party; revolutionary commander in 1950-51. Managing Director of a Business conglomerate in Calcutta.
Mother: Kumodini Rajya Laxmi Rana, from the “Jung” branch of the Rana clan. Grandparents
Grandfather: Chandra Bom Bahadur Malla Raja of Parbat & Shekham, West Nepal
Grandmother: Nara Rajeshwari Shah, daughter of the “Mukhiya Chautariya”
Wife: Neeta Rajeshwari Shah
Son: Ralf Narendra Bom Malla
Grandson: Louis Arjun Bom Malla
Daughter: Sadhavi Rajeshwari Malla
Education:
School Education: Goethals Memorial School, Kurseong, Darjeeling. O-Level, Cambridge University, 1958
College/University
St. Xavier’s College, Calcutta: Intermediate Science, 1961
Presidency College, Calcutta: B.A. (Hons), Economics & Political Science, 1963
Jadavpur University, Calcutta: M.A., International Relations, 1965 [including International Law and American Studies]
Studied German at the Max Mueller Bhavan, Calcutta & School of International Languages, Kathmandu: Diploma
Munich University, Germany: Dr. phil. Major: International Politics. Minors: Sociology, Modern History, Indology, Sinology
Thesis: “The Foreign Policy of the Kingdom of Nepal & its Internal Determinants” [in German: magna cum laude], 1973
Post-Doctoral Research on: “The Himalayan Kingdoms of Nepal, Bhutan & Sikkim in the International Constellation” [in German with support from the German Research Council]
Journalism:
The Rising Nepal: Assistant Editor
The Independent: Columnist
The People’s Review: Associate Editor [currently] Academic
Senior Lecturer & Research Associate: Munich University for International Politics & South Asian Studies
Senior Lecturer: Tribhuwan University, Kathmandu for Conflict, Peace & Development Studies (M.A. level)
Research Fellow, Sangam Institute for Policy Analysis & Strategic Studies, Gyaneswar, Kathmandu
Participated in and lead seminars of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Germany
Member of the Society for International Development (SID), Rome/Washington Participated as a member of the German delegation in international conferences in Ottowa, Amsterdam, Paris, Oxford, et.al.
Academic articles in various journals. Text book: Politics among States, 2nd. Edition, 1977 (in German, together with Y.C. Chen and K.M. Schellhorn ) Academic article on “Nationalism” in anthology on International Politics edited by Prof. Dr. Gottfried-Karl Kindermann of Munich University
Participated in selection process for and granted US Fulbright Scholarship, 1967. Denied study leave by Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Civil Service:
Section Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Member of entourage during HM King Mahendra’s state visit to the Netherlands and official visit to Germany [awarded decoration: Officer of the Order of Orange Nassau], 1968
Member of the ministerial entourage during the state visit to Nepal of H.E. Dr. Heinrich Luebke, President of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1967 Tourism
Group Leader for Culture, Trekking & Mountaineering for DAV Summit Club, Munich in Nepal and India (Ladakh & Sikkim). Later: Country Representative for Nepal.
Social Work in school and college education & health care:
Dear well-wishers, It is our pleasure to inform you that a group of senior-most journalists are accompanied with this newspaper. By maintaining the quality and standard of the contents we are producing a wide selection of items of interest from the political and business world. This has considerably helped us to enhance our reach at home as well as abroad. Besides the hard copy edition, since 1997 we are on the Internet. To make our service more efficient and reliable, we want to develop a modest editorial and reporting team concerned with national interests. For this venture, we wish to raise funds especially from the Friends of People’s Review against providing the above-mentioned services on the Internet.
We hence request our friends and well-wishers to support us for this venture either by providing advertisement or donation. For your kind information, we can place advertisement banners on the front page of our Internet site while charging US$ 100.oo for a year or if you don’t have any advertisement banner to place, you are requested to provide us US$ 100.oo against receiving our service for a year. As per your convenience either you can send a draft or cash via Bank or money transfers at the People’s Review account in the NB Bank, Kathmandu.
As we have been receiving your remarkable contribution to strengthening our ability in serving you on a regular basis, we further seek your support by providing us financial support to succeed in our new venture.
We hope, you will respond to us positively,
Sincerely yours, Pushpa Raj Pradhan and other members in the People’s Review weekly.
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