Anirban Roy is the Deputy Resident Editor of HT’s Bhopal and Indore editions. A journalist for last 22 years, he has reported from India’s north-east and closely covered the Maoists’ Peoples’ War in Nepal.
Articles by Anirban Roy
Govt initiate talks with Terai insurgents
Nepal’s Maoist-led government on Wednesday decided to immediately kick-start peace-talks with the separatist armed groups operating in Terai.
Updated on Nov 19, 2008 07:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Nepal to remove kings’ statues
After the abolition of the 240-year-old monarchy in Nepal, the Maoist-led government is set to remove all statues of the former kings in the Himalayan nation, reports Anirban Roy.
Updated on Nov 17, 2008 12:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Sobhraj to sue The Bikini Murders author, publisher
Bikini-killer Charles Gurmukh Sobhraj threatened to file a defamation case against the author Farrukh Dhondy and the publisher of the novel The Bikini Murders for “tarnishing” his image, reports Anirban Roy.
Updated on Nov 17, 2008 12:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Resurgent Nepal
The Maoists are now leading the government and are talking of robust plans to bring about overall development in the impoverished country.
Updated on Nov 16, 2008 12:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Chinese army delegation to visit Nepal
As political parties are fighting over the issue of integration of Maoist’s People’s Liberation Army soldiers with the Nepal Army, a high-level delegation of Chinese Army is planning a to the Himalayan nation. Anirban Roy reports.
Updated on Nov 14, 2008 09:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
The ‘Ayurveda industry’ in Nepal
Nepal has a glorious history of Ayurveda, and it is generally believed that most of the original understandings of the centuries-old healing process have come from the Himalayan nation, writes Anirban Roy.
Updated on Nov 08, 2008 11:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Nepal’s Maoist Govt under pressure
Nepal’s Maoist-led government, which aspires to transform the impoverished Himalayan nation into a developed country, is under tremendous political pressure.
Updated on Nov 08, 2008 06:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Nepal palace to be opened for public
The majestic Narayanhitty palace, which was the castle of the dethroned Shah Dynasty of Nepal, will be made public in April 2009, writes Anirban Roy.
Updated on Nov 08, 2008 12:59 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Majestic Narayanhity Palace to be made public
The majestic Narayanhity palace, which was the castle of the dethroned Shah Dynasty of Nepal, will be made public in April 2009, reports Anirban Roy.
Updated on Nov 07, 2008 03:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Prince Harry to launch expedition at Mt Everest
Prince Harry is always adventurous after his highly publicised stint with the Gorkha soldiers in Afghanistan, the British royal is now all set for an expedition at the Mt Everest.
Updated on Nov 04, 2008 07:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Govt recalls ambassadors to India and US
In an attempt to neutralise opposition, Nepal's Maoist-led government on Monday asked its ambassador to India, Durgesh Man Singh, to return to Kathmandu immediately.
Updated on Nov 03, 2008 11:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Govt recalls ambassadors to India and US
In an attempt to marginalise the opposition, Nepal’s Maoist-led government on Monday asked its Nepali ambassador to India, Durgesh Man Singh, to return to Kathmandu immediately.
Updated on Nov 03, 2008 10:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Nepal's casino industry caught in war with Govt
The Roulette wheel, which once used to be the money-spinning machine in Nepal, is now stressed to rotate as thousands of employees are now caught in a war with the government.
Updated on Nov 02, 2008 07:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Momos, Nepal’s new national dish
What is the national dish of Nepal? For the elderly people, it may still be Daal Bhaat Takaari (lentils, rice and vegetable curry). But, it is definitely not true for the youths. They love Momos and endorse it as the Himalayan nation’s new national dish. Read on...
Updated on Nov 01, 2008 11:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy
In Maoist Nepal, dogs still have their day
The proverb—Every dog has his day — literally came true when people in Nepal, the world's last Hindu nation, worshipped their dogs with utmost devotion. Anirban Roy reports.
Updated on Oct 27, 2008 11:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Koirala takes on the Maoists
Playing the active role of opposition, Nepal’s former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has declared a massive war against the Maoists, reports Anirban Roy.
Updated on Oct 26, 2008 12:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Indo-China golf ties built in Nepal
Sandwiched between India and China, the Himalayan Nation of Nepal has suddenly become the new ground for a stronger Hindi-Chini bhai-bhai diplomacy, reports Anirban Roy.
Updated on Oct 20, 2008 01:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Questions of integration
Nepal’s Maoist Prime Minister Prachanda, who has vowed to transform the impoverished Himalayan Nation to a developed state, is set to face a series of new challenges, probably the toughest of his political career, writes Anirban Roy.
Updated on Oct 19, 2008 01:41 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
With the Prez’s blessings
After the fall of the world’s last Hindu kingdom, Nepal is a secular nation now. But, even after the transformation, Nepal’s first President Ram Baran Yadav seems desperate to be a new avatar of the Hindu monarchy, reports Anirban Roy.
Updated on Oct 12, 2008 12:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Bikini-killer Sobhraj ties the knot in Nepal
64-year-old Charles Gurmukh Sobhraj tied the nuptial knot with his 20-year-old Nepali fiancée Nihita Biswas after a tumultuous courtship marked by media glare and controversy, reports Anirban Roy.
Updated on Oct 09, 2008 11:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Secular Nepal makes some Hindus uneasy
Come Dashain, the biggest religious festival in Nepal, and the Hindu population is uncertain about the future of their centuries-old religious traditions, writes Anirban Roy.
Updated on Sep 27, 2008 11:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Nepali leaders train guns at Maoists in Prachanda’s absence
As Nepal’s Maoist Prime Minister Prachanda is having his first political exposure in the US, the insurgent-turned political party is caught in a political assault, reports Anirban Roy.
Updated on Sep 26, 2008 11:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Moral policing, the Maoists’ way
Within days of taking over, the new socialist government in Nepal is all set to stamp out ‘evils’ from the society. And, Kathmandu’s dance bars have become the first target of the campaign, reports Anirban Roy.
Updated on Sep 21, 2008 12:08 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy
Political feud in Nepal
Within hours of Prachanda’s high-profile visit to India, Nepal is caught in a spiteful political feud between Deputy Prime Minister Bamdev Gautam and Land Reforms minister Matrika Prasad Yadav, reports Anirban Roy.
Updated on Sep 17, 2008 12:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
A ‘red’ carpet awaits Prachanda in India?
As Nepal’s insurgent-turned PM Prachanda begins his five-day visit to India, people of the Himalayan Nation are anxious as to how New Delhi welcomes the new leader, reports Anirban Roy.
Updated on Sep 14, 2008 12:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Parties coach Prachanda before India visit
Nepal’s major political parties have suggested to PM Prachanda not to strike any new deal with New Delhi without wider consultation during his upcoming visit to India, reports Anirban Roy .
Updated on Sep 13, 2008 12:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Prez against autonomous state in Terai
President Ram Baran Yadav has discarded the ‘One-Madhesh-one-pradesh’ call and said that the slogan would push the insurgency-ravaged nation into a new conflict, reports Anirban Roy.
Updated on Sep 12, 2008 12:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
UN gives new Nepal Govt $10 million
The United Nations (UN) has approved $10 million in assistance to Nepal for peace-building, reports Anirban Roy.
Updated on Sep 11, 2008 12:20 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
'Resolve contentious issues with India'
The Maoist Central Committee instructs Prachanda to make his proposed visit “meaningful” for the people of Nepal, reports Anirban Roy.
Updated on Sep 09, 2008 12:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Kathmandu
Red is not Maoists’ colour
Red, no longer, seems to be the most favoured colour for the Maoists in Nepal. Within two weeks of leading the new government in the Himalayan nation, the radical communist party is fast changing its colour, reports Anirban Roy.
Updated on Sep 03, 2008 01:08 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anirban Roy, Nepal