Nepalis learnt long ago they cannot rely on their government, and recent events have taught us we cannot rely on outsiders either
There should be no reason why India should tie itself in knots over Nepal seeking closer relations with China
The blockade might have been lifted, but we are nowhere close to addressing real Madhesi grievances
The parallel universe of social media is inhospitable terrain for women
The shrinking liberal space in the region and erosion of political freedoms should ring alarm bells for us in Nepal, especially with political extremism taking root in the country once again.
Gains of Nepal’s land rights movement has come not from bloodshed and war, but from a non-violent social movement.
Those blindly supporting the tactics of the Madhesi Front are the ones who have harmed the Madhesi people the most
A strong, stable and democratic Nepal left alone to solve its own issues is the best guarantor of India's national interest
If the earthquake in April was not enough, Nepalis are now suffering the catastrophe of the blockade imposed by India and enforced by agitating…
Lost in Transition is a refreshingly dogma-free analysis of Nepal’s recent past and a blueprint for the future
The movement is no longer about what the Madhes and Madhesis really want
It’s a thin line between using news sources and being used by them
Nepal’s rural women are holding up more than half the sky
The second CA will soon have to make some hard choices, and ensure minimum damage
The poverty of the imagination is worse than income poverty
We don’t live in a democracy but in the dictatorship of a syndicate of parties
Separating communities by drawing lines on a map will alienate them, propagating a cycle of hate
Do we want to institutionalise impunity and sanitise offenders, or preserve accountability and the rule of law?
This week marks 20 years since the genocide in Rwanda. More than 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed in a 100 day period in 1994 by…
The new benchmark for democracy in the days to come will not be procedure, but performance
When it is possible to circumvent the democratic process and still enjoy political power why would anyone want to be accountable?
In a country where politicians get away with murder, one can't really blame their student protégés for setting fire to school buses
Budgetary uncertainties and mass retirement of secretaries will set back governance
The NC and UML are dominated by failed and ageing alpha males from the past, it's time to make a clean break
