impunity

THE OLIGARCHY

There is an old Hungarian proverb: ‘If you are among thieves, and you keep quiet, that makes you a thief as well.’The...

Getting away with murder

Rautahat MP Mohammad Aftab Alam, currently in police custody charged with murder, has refused to take a polygraph test, angering the police...

The rise and fall of Comrade Mahara

Wearing a plain white polo shirt and a hint of a smile, former House Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara walked out of Norvic...

The business of politics undermines Nepal’s democracy

When Prime Minister KP Oli and NCP co-chair Prachanda had a luncheon meeting at the home of business tycoon Durga Prasai last...

No shame

Just when we thought everything necessary had been said about Nepal’s corrosive corruption, it seems to be even worse. The idea that ‘corruption’...

A KLEPTO REPUBLIC

All of us witness examples of Nepal’s corruption pandemic every day in every sphere of life: from slipping a few to get...

Federalism, rule of law and the judiciary

The 2015 Constitution and arrival of fresh political leaders through nationwide elections in 2017 promised a more equal and inclusive New Nepal....

A year wasted

After ten years of blood and 12 years of trying to come to terms with why it was shed, Nepalis had great...

Daughter Slaughter

https://youtu.be/7NAkdUC4j7oIt was raining hard that Tuesday night on 11 September in Chandrapur of Rautahat. In the Das family home, teenage sisters Samjhana...

Monika Deupala

CORROSIVE CONDUCT

https://youtu.be/7NAkdUC4j7oThere is an argument that there has not been an abrupt rise in the number of rape cases in Nepal, it is just being...