The everlasting elections for prime minister and the prolonged political impasse have now made the much-abused slogan of a 'New Nepal' a joke.…
KIRAN PANDAY Here we go again. Nepalis will be forgiven if they feel like a hamster on a wheel. This is history repeating itself as a mockery of…
KIRAN PANDAY Seven rounds of voting in parliament have failed to elect a new prime minister, and if things stay as they are the eighth round…
That is easier said than done. But Nepal's politics is in deep crisis and our rulers are oblivious to the obvious. Untying the knot is still…
KIRAN PANDAY Desperate times call for desperate measures, and it may be opportune to think out of the box. The first priority should be to…
Things fall apart when the centre doesn't hold. The prolonged political uncertainty in Kathmandu is having an impact across all sectors of the…
Politicians playing their parlour games don't seem to care less what the country is coming to, or what becomes of its citizens. If they did,…
KIRAN PANDAY It is now becoming clear that Nepal's main political parties can only agree on one thing: postponing deadlines to keep disagreeing.…
The never-ending elections would be hilarious by now, if they weren't so deadly serious. The political theatre of the absurd in parliament every…
KIRAN PANDAY It's hard to see what else the Indian prime minister's special envoy to Nepal can do to untie the knot that Nepali politicians have…
This may be the wrong time to discuss the latest findings of a new poverty survey, when the whole country is consumed by uncertainty as…
One could argue, if we really wanted to put a positive spin on the whole thing, that the nation's future being decided in parliament is a good…
If there is one acronym that makes people's eyes glaze over it is 'SAARC'. Even the hint of a write-up on south Asian regional cooperation can…
The most serious side-effect of Nepal's prolonged political volatility is the way it is undermining the dramatic progress since 1990 in…
Of all the characters in Nepal's political firmament, Madhav Kumar Nepal was the last person anyone expected to be a wily manipulator. When he…
'Pushpa Kamal Dahal and his comrades in the bush want the present constitution scrapped. Presumably, they want to have a dictatorship of the…
The feudal Rana regime, the absolute monarchy under the Shahs, the Panchayat autocracy, the party leadership after 1990, king Gyanendra, the…
Politics has pushed everything else off the headlines. We don't worry about what we don't see, but Nepal's deepening economic crisis is much…
There is nothing in the 3-point resolution reached just before midnight last Friday that is not already in the 12-point, 40-point, or 6-point…
Till press time on Thursday afternoon, the politicians of Nepal's three main parties were doing what they do best: bicker on the brink. For a…
Here we go round in circles again. Like a game of musical chairs, it seems our political players won't stop until someone is left standing. It…
Nearly a week after the withdrawal of the Maoist strike, and till press time, the political parties are still going around in circles. The…
For its own good, and for the good of the country, the Maoists need to get off the streets and back into parliament.There is a functioning…
What do you think of the country's situation now? It shouldn't come as any surprise to our political leadership and elected representatives that…
