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New Spotlight Magazine Type Fortnightly Magazine Editor Keshab Poudel Founded In 1988 Language English Headquarters Koteshwor>kathmandu
NepalCirculation 10,000[1] Official website www.spotlightnepal.com New Spotlight Magazine is a national fortnightly news magazine run by a group of independent non-partisan journalists with the objective of promoting and disseminating objective opinion and analysis on political, economic, social, cultural and ecological issues of Nepal.
HistoryFounded in 1988 as a Spotlight Monthly by former diplomat Madhav Kumar Rimal, it turns into a fortnightly in 1991.Political scientist and civil society activist Ananda Aditya served as an executive editor of the magazine for about three years with Dev Raj Dahal, professor Madan Dahal as contributors. Ram Babu Shah also worked as associated editor of Spotlight.
In June 1993, the magazine become a weekly and journalist Sushil Sharma worked as an executive editor. He worked as an executive editor till 1996. During 1993-1995, journalist Binod Bhattarai also worked as a senior editor. Journalist Mohan Mainali, Bhagirath Yogi, Navin Singh Khadka, Sanjaya Dhakal and Thakur Amagai also worked in Spotlight in various period. Continually published as a weekly magazine till 2008, founder Rimal stopped the publication. Since 1996 till its closer, Keshab Poudel remained as managing editor.
After shut down by founder in 2008, New Spotlight was registered as a fortnightly magazine to continue to serve the reader Keshab Poudel as editor and publisher. With the support from a group of professional journalists, New Spotlight has been publishing as an independent and objective magazine with alternative perspective.
We publish all kinds of views. Our columnists include well known water resources expert and political commentator Dipak Gyawali, former governor of central bank and CA member Dr. Tilak Rawal, constitutional expert Dr.Surya Dhungel, Dr. Bipin Adhikari, Associate professor Ganesh Bhatta Medical doctor Buddya Basnyat and Dr. Aruna Uprety, Development activist Mohan Manandhar, senior journalists Dhruba Hari Adhikary, Yubaraj Ghimire and Sushil Sharma.Water resource expert Dr. Ananda Bahadur Thapa is regular contributor and SB Pun also contributes to New Spotlight.
Journalists Bhagirath Yogi, Navin Singh Khadka have been regularly contributing to New Spotlight. Political commentators Lok Raj Baral, Dev Raj Dahal also occasionally contributes to New SpotlghtAmong new comers, Abijit Sharma writes Delhi Diary on other new comers like Shardha Gyawali and Debesh Adhikari also write on various social and other issues.
Why New Spotlight?
Nepali politics went through major upheavals over the past two decades of the restoration of democracy. The change first ushered in a multi party parliamentary democracy in a constitutional monarchy, in 1990. After a brief abortive direct royal rule early this decade, the 240-year-old kingdom has now turned into a republic. The momentous changes have however made little difference in changing the lot of an average Nepali. The reason: politics took centre-stage pushing the development agenda to the back seat. Induction of violence to push the political agenda did not help the matter. It instead pushed the country to the brink. To make the matters worse, hard geo-political realities went largely ignored -- in a country that is sandwiched between rising, and rival, nuclear powers, each with a billion plus people.
No wonder, 60 years after it entered into modern politics Nepal is still left in the community of backward countries. It is easy and convenient to squarely put the blame on the political leadership. They indeed deserve to be chastised for the present state of the nation state of Nepal.The Nepalese media grew in leaps and bounds over the past 20 years. It has been crucial in setting the agenda of change. But whether it has been successful in setting the right agenda is open to debate, given the state Nepal is currently in. It is on this critical count that we think the media needs to do a self-introspection. Guided solely by this solemn objective we have decided to launch the New Spotlight Fortnightly Newsmagazine.
New Spotlight has sought to put together a team of professionals who look beyond the immediate present to guide the nation towards a distant future -- with a clear vision. We do not want to make tall claims. But we certainly hope to be different. We hope to be realistic. We hope to be objective. And, with your support and encouragement, we are confident we can make a difference.
New Spotlight remains committed to free flow of information upholding ideals of human rights, democracy, freedom. With a strong team of professional journalists, New Spotlight has been serving as an alternative magazine covering the event in different perspective than than main stream.Areas of Coverage: Politics, constitution, democracy, human rights, foreign policy and security, Development, economy and business, education, health and other contemporary issues.
References
- ^ http://www.spotlightnepal.com/
- ^ www.spotlightnepal.com
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