Kickback-driven maldevelopment is destroying Nepal as megalomania and kleptomania go hand-in-hand.
National consensus needed on geopolitics, federalism, inclusion and infrastructure-led growth
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIThis short book, Political Economy of Social Change and Development in Nepal, by Jeevan Sharma, a senior lecturer on South…
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIOn 9 September, while a US delegation was landing at Kathmandu airport on a four-day visit, Madhav Kumar Nepal, Pushpa…
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRINepal’s political headlines these days are mainly about the rift between K P Oli and Madhav Kumar Nepal that split…
Photo: SANTOSH SHAH/TWITTERSantosh Shah, the Nepali who was runner-up in the MasterChef Professional 2020 in Britain last week, made it a point…
Illustration: SUBHAS RAI“What do people mean by poor governance,” asked Crown Prince Dipendra. “Are they fed up with corruption? Is it that they…
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHHETRIAlternative politics (वैकल्पिक राजनीति) in Nepal so far has just been limited to creating new political parties.…
Illustration: SUBHAS RAIThe Greek word ‘hagios’ means ‘holy’. A hagiography is therefore an admiring book about people who are praised for being…
There was sharp and widespread condemnation of the bomb terror unleashed by the Biplav-led Communist Party of Nepal this week on the Nepali…
PIPE DREAM: Part of a 69km petroleum pipeline connecting Amlekhganj in Nepal to an oil refinery in India, under construction in Patlaiya. The…
In a recent meeting with editors of Nepal’s mainstream media, six months after assuming office, Prime Minister K P Oli was grilled about fears…
WE SWEAR: Out of 11 new ministers who took their oath of office last week, six were Khas-Arya, 3 Janjati, 1 Madhesi and 1 Dalit. Half the full…
The EU election mission’s report this week that Nepal’s Khas-Arya community should not have quotas for proportional representation has set off a…
