Tales of 2 cities
The metamorphosis of Janakpur, and a new cultural portrait of Birganj
federalism
Nepalis are voting with their feet
The accelerated mass migration out of rural mountains is proof that federalism is malfunctioning
Federal express
Kathmandu never really devolved power to provinces to give federalism a chance to work
The F word
Federalism has failed not because the system is flawed, but because Nepal’s politicians have
The outcasts
Nepalis at the grassroots for whom grassroots democracy has not delivered
"Give federalism a real chance"
Swiss Ambassador Elisabeth von Capeller Oswald has been in Nepal for over a decade and in that time, has seen the country...
Un-centralising the federal structure
Kathmandu’s rulers have yet to learn the ABC’s of devolving power to provinces
Feudal federalism
Federalism has become an ‘F’ word because Nepal’s politicians are reluctant to devolve power to provinces.
Feudalism to Federalism
Over the past 30 years since the first People’s Movement, we have seen that things start moving in Nepal when local governments...
Power to the periphery
Bal Bir Biswakarma from the village of Lulang at the lap of Mt Dhaulagiri in Central Nepal is a 68-year-old subsistence farmer, descendants...
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