{"id":"c-k-lal","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/c-k-lal","language":"en","name":"C. K. Lal","name_en":"C. K. Lal","name_ne":"सीके लाल","description":"Journalist","headline":"Journalist","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Chandra Kishor Lal, popularly known as C. K. Lal (Nepali: सीके लाल, born 1956) is a Nepalese journalist, political columnist, and engineer. He is mostly known for his columns in daily newspapers in Nepal and India, his frequent participation in academic circles, and his 2010 play Sapanako Sabiti, which premiered in Gurukul. His book Human Rights, Democracy and Governance was published in early 2010 by Pearson, New Delhi. He is also known for his book To Be A Nepalese, published in 2012 by Martin Chautari, Kathmandu. The book was originally published as Nepaliya Hunalai. He is also co-editor of the volume Chapama Dalit published by Ekta Books, Kathmandu (2001).","summary_more":["Office of Public Affairs and Communication at Yale University gives the biography of Lal as follows:Born in a small village in the southern plains of Nepal, CK Lal studied civil engineering, public administration, law and urban planning in his own country and in India. As a columnist, he has written for Nepali and South Asian magazines and newspapers for over two decades, and is a widely published commentator across media outlets in South Asia. His latest book is To Be a Nepalese. In addition to Nepali, CK Lal reads, speaks and writes in Maithili, Hindi and English. He is also a cultural critic and highly regarded playwright.Lal has written weekly columns in The Nepali Times (where he wrote for \"State Of The State\", and later \"Fourth Estate\", beginning in 2000, the year of its inception, to 2010), as well as for his columns in daily newspapers Republica and Nagarik.  He also wrote for Himal South Asian, a monthly magazine about the Southasian affairs.","Lal is widely cited and discussed in the Nepali academia for his insight on the politics, history, geography and culture in both domestic as well as international affairs. He has been writing regularly since the 1990s and is considered one of the most prolific…"],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1956","date":"1956"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19666100#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Suga Bhawani","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7002172","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/suga-bhawani"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19666100#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q837"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19666100#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"journalist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1930187"},{"text":"columnist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1086863"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19666100#P106"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._K._Lal","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19666100"],"faq":[{"q":"When was C. K. Lal born?","a":"C. K. Lal was born on 1956 in Suga Bhawani."}],"related":[{"name":"The Buddha","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/the-buddha"},{"name":"Dona Sarkar","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/dona-sarkar"},{"name":"Balkrishna Sama","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/balkrishna-sama"},{"name":"Radha Paudel","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/radha-paudel"},{"name":"Yogmaya Neupane","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/yogmaya-neupane"},{"name":"Bhupi Sherchan","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bhupi-sherchan"},{"name":"Taranath Sharma","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/taranath-sharma"},{"name":"Ambalika Devi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ambalika-devi"},{"name":"Chittadhar Hridaya","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/chittadhar-hridaya"},{"name":"Lekhnath Paudyal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/lekhnath-paudyal"},{"name":"Siddhicharan Shrestha","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/siddhicharan-shrestha"},{"name":"Krishna Lal Adhikari","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/krishna-lal-adhikari"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/c-k-lal-742f3f8816.jpg","width":500,"height":360,"license":"CC BY-SA 3.0","credit":"onlinekhabar","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CK_Lal.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): C. 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