maoists

Delay, dilute, deny

A whole generation of Nepalis has grown up with no knowledge of the decade-long war

Shristi Karki

Ghosts of war

Nearly three decades after the Maoists launched their armed struggle on 13 February 1996, Nepal is still haunted by the violence

Sonia Awale

Think nationally, vote locally

When the second wave hit Nepal in May 2021, city hospitals ran out of ICU beds and oxygen, and politicians in Kathmandu appeared helpless,...

Sahina Shrestha

Nepal minister threatens targeted killings

A group of activists has strongly condemned Infrastructure and Transport Minister Renu Yadav’s incendiary remarks at a recent political event in Rautahat...

‘Maila Baje’ is Sanjay Upadhya

This the Foreword and concluding chapter of Empowered and Imperiled: Nepal's Peace Puzzle in Bits and Pieces in which US-based Nepali writer Sanjay Upadhya...

Nepal’s politicians take up farming

Democracy is expensive and funding political activities can be costly, which is why some local leaders in western Nepal have taken to fruit farming...

All eyes on 2023

If it was clear that the UML convention last month was actually the party’s first election rally, it is even more evident...

Animule Farm

Go back to sleep, we'll wake you up when things start getting really exciting around here. Politicians are up to their ears...

Ass s

Oli sweeps UML party polls

The main opposition UML’s leader K P Oli has been sworn in again as party chair after elections on Tuesday, and he...

Toothless Commissions

The headlines for the past month have all been about the Supreme Court, and whether or not Chief Justice Cholendra SJB Rana...