User:Nirmaljoshi/sandbox/ToDo/Goldstar Shoes

Goldstar shoes (Nepali:गोल्ड स्टार जुत्ता) is a brand of shoes from Nepal. The shoe is popularly tied with the Maoist insurgency in Nepal that continued for a decade. During the civil war, anyone seen wearing a pair of Goldstar shoes was enough to wind up in prison accused being part of the rebel force. During the war, the army opted to starve the rebels by imposing a blockade that deprived Maoist strongholds of both food and footwear- the Goldstar shoes.

The shoe is manufactured by Kiran Shoe Manufacturers. The Goldstar brand was initiated by Noor Pratap Rana in 1980s as a family business. The brand has been marketed in India, Australia and Malaysia, among other countries. Due to the popularity of the shoes, many fake shoes are also produced locally with the same name. The shoes has various showrooms in all major city and towns of Nepal.