Former President Ram Baran Yadav launches the book “Lost in Transition: Rebuilding Nepal from Maoist mayhem and mega earthquake” by former UN Assistant Secretary-General Kul Chandra Gautam (left) in Kathmandu, on Saturday, December 12, 2015. Photo: Nepalaya.
KATHMANDU:
Former United Nations Assistant Secretary-General Kul Chandra Gautam’s “Lost in Transition: Rebuilding Nepal from Maoist mayhem and mega earthquake” was launched in Kathmandu on Saturday.
Former President Ram Baran Yadav launched the book at at nepa~laya’s r-sala today.
The book has explored political and economic challenges the nation is facing and offered solutions to cope with them.
Speaking at the function, the former UN official said no one should make any compromise on the issues of human rights, rule of law and democracy.
Recalling his advocacy for UN’s role in resolution of Nepal’s decade-long armed conflict, Gautam said he, however, was not happy with some UN officials’ role in Nepal during the peace process.
“At the time when the base for democracy and prosperity was being built, the Maoists raised the issues of the exploited and the marginalised,” Gautam stated, “Their movement, however, mired the country at a critical point of time when it was rising after the reinstatement of multiparty democracy.”
Commenting on the book, political scientist Hari Sharma said Gautam’s book was a political commentary coupled with the author’s experiences.
“This book is reflective rather than academic,” he stated, adding, the narrative in Gautam’s work was different from other books.
The book concludes on an optimistic note showing opportunities for Nepal’s development, Sharma said.
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