Religious tolerance in Nepal applies only as long as followers of other faiths do not challenge the ascendancy of Hinduism
Trishna Rana
There is a danger that resources meant for disaster relief will be spent on photo-ops for CA members in mid-western Nepal
A gender-blind and victim insensitive TRC will be a futile exercise in picking at old wounds
The government didn’t even bother to send a representative for the funeral of the Dhanusha Five this week
Nepal’s ageing political leadership is running out of time in more ways than one
Allowing candidates to run from two constituencies is a waste of time and keeps power concentrated in the hands of a few top gerontocrats
Consensus politics is critical given Nepal's deeply fractured polity, but losers can't always be choosers
In California or Kathmandu, the fundamental beliefs that engender atrocities against women are identical: the desire to use, control, and 'protect' their bodies
Baburam Bhattarai’s call for democratisation in the UCPN(M) is not as benevolent as he makes it out to be
Police firing at an exam centre in the Tarai and apathy of politicians make slogans about uplifting marginalised groups ring hollow
Cricket like politics is best started at the grassroots
What do you expect from someone who still admires Mao and Stalin?
Protecting and rehabilitating the most vulnerable segments of society were never priorities for any of the past governments
Sushil Koirala’s first of many hurdles is to untangle the Home Ministry knot
For every step we take forward, we seem to take two back
While Krishna Adhikari’s frail parents have been on hunger strike in Bir Hospital since 24 October demanding justice for their son who was…
Proportional Representation was supposed to give marginalised and underprivileged Nepalis a say, but the new CA will be more exclusive
The wait for our own Madiba is going to be a long and grueling one
There will be no third chance for Nepal’s leaders to set things right
Pushing women into the CA through proportional representation and ignoring them in direct polls reeks of tokenism
Banned documentary is a testimony to the serious war crimes that accompanied the end of the civil war in Sri Lanka
“We made immense sacrifices to come this far, the parties too need to also sacrifice their self-interest for the greater good.”
Unless wartime ghosts are exorcised, an election will not be the end of the peace process
Is our sense of Nepaliness so fragile that we need to get worked up about every perceived slight against our nationalism?
