Nepal, March 27 -- CK Raut's party can take up irrigation as main agenda for ending extreme poverty in Madhesh and turning agriculture into the pivot for region's growth and modernization

I recall an incident in Janakpur some 35 years ago, in 1985, when I learned of one terrible incident that had shaken up the city. The incident relates to Dr Laxmi Narayn Jha, a practicing physician in Janakpur where his parents also lived. Some months earlier, I was told, Jha had been arrested from his home by a contingent of Nepali Army men and taken to the Army barrack in Perakauli, about ten kilometers south of Janakpur. It was daytime in mid-morning and a crowd of some dozens people had gathered at the place of arrest. The crowd just watched the arr...