Narendra Prasad Upadhyaya
Picture of NPU
DiedSeptember 7, 2024 (aged 74)
OccupationJournalist
SpouseSumira Aryal
Websitetelegraphnepal.com

Narendra Prasad Upadhyaya (N.P Upadhyaya) (7 October 1948 – 7 September 2024) was a Nepali journalist and the founder of Telegraph Nepal or The Telegraph Online portal. He held the position of editor-in-chief at Telegraph Nepal, a local weekly newspaper based in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Career

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N.P. Upadhyaya was born in the late 1940s in Bairawa, Saptari district. He grew up in Biratnagar and studied at Adarsha School. In the mid-1960s, he moved to Kathmandu. Upadhyaya began his journalism career in 1960 with Jyoti Weekly. Later, he started his own media company called The Telegraph Weekly and its online portal, The Telegraph Online, under his own editorial ownership as the chief editor.

He continued the publication of the English weekly for over three decades. Upadhyaya spent much of his life as a teacher and a journalist. He remained active in Nepal's political scene, especially writing on Nepal and South Asian political circumstances. His articles primarily focused on the geopolitical tensions between India, Nepal, and the South Asian region.

The late Upadhyaya was a patriotic journalist and known to be a hard-hitting writer for the cause of nationalism. Upadhyaya’s demise is a big loss for Nepal who always struggled to strengthen national sovereignty, independence and national integrity.

Upadhyaya also published a book titled "Complexities of the South Asian Political Order".

Death

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He died to kidney problems on September 7, 2024, at the age of 74.

References

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<ref> 'Senior journalist NP Upadhyaya no more' People's Review <ref>

<ref>'Journalist N.P. Upadhyaya No More' Himalaya Times<ref>

<ref>'About Us from The Telegraph Weekly'<ref>

<ref>'New Nepal President: Indian choice to prevail finally' The Sri Lanka Guardian<ref>