The Tij fast by Nepali women could also be considered a one-day hunger strike against male dominance of our politics and society.
Kunda Dixit
The bloodbath on Nepal’s highways is a direct result of Kathmandu’s syndicated politics.
The problem is not the democratic system, but the people who misuse it.
Dubby had become an honorary Nepali, aghast at what his home country could do to his adopted one during the blockade in 2015
Corruption has corroded every facet of government, but it is when it afflicts health care that kleptocracy kills
Who guards the guards? Who is responsible for the safety of foreign workers when security itself is subcontracted?
Green is not just the colour of the environment, it is also the colour of money.
What do you do when an agency set up to stem the rot is itself rotten? Fall back on the judiciary and parliament.
The foreign media parachuting in to cover the earthquake anniversary: read this.
A new book looks back at 200 years of Gurkha history.
Domestic airlines compete with new roads to service Nepal’s remote mountain airfields.
The Unquiet Land is a ‘terrific’ introduction to recent Indian history, and should be required reading for journalists everywhere.
The Maldives, and the world, need more leaders like Mohamed Nasheed
On National Earthquake Safety Day, it is worth remembering that 25 April 2015 was not the Big One everyone had feared. That one is yet to come.
2015 could have been worse, here’s hoping 2016 is better
With the kind of politicians Nepal is cursed with, we don’t need an India to wreck this country.
What is now happening in Nepal is a humanitarian emergency that is attaining disastrous proportions.
The double impact of the earthquake and blockade pushes already deprived region into deeper crisis this winter
This is not an Indian blockade, it is an Indian siege
India expects us to wave the white flag. Our leaders are waving the national flag. Neither is a way out.
Nepal Airlines needs a complete management overhaul before further fleet expansion
The blockade will turn out to be a costly blunder for the governments of both India and Nepal
Prime Minister Oli needs to realise that we may be able to choose our friends, but we can’t chose our neighbours
Tara Air upgrades fleet with factory new Twin Otters.
