maoist

Kosi now, Kathmandu next?

Will Pushpa Kamal Dahal keep his promise to hand over prime ministership to Sher Bahadur Deuba, or will he do an Oli?

Uproar over Maoist war anniversary holiday

Widespread outrage over Prime Minister Dahal declaring 13 February a national holiday

Turning a new leaf in 2079

 Some members of the ruling coalition are still trying to postpone local elections slated for 13 May citing the country’s economic crisis, but preparations...

'She would have been 33 this year'

These days, every other day seems like an anniversary of one of the more famous crimes committed during the insurgency years. Today...

What the Chinese think about Nepal’s Maoists

After 2006, Beijing muted criticism of Prachanda because his party is 'Maoist'

Still looking for Dad missing in Nepal

On 22 June 2004, Nandagopal Mali left home in Thecho, Lalitpur as usual for his workshop where he was casting a bronze...

Forbidden to remember the Kotbada massacre

It was 8 December 2002, and my documentary जोगीमाराका ज्युँदाहरु (The Living of Jogimara) was being screened at the Kathmandu International Mountain...

Ground reality of landlessness in Nepal

The first popularly elected government led by B P Koirala enacted the Birta Abolition Act in 1959, that required zamindars formerly granted...

Clean up elections to clean up politics

On 26 January, Nepal will elect 20 members to the National Assembly to replace those  retiring from the Upper House following the...

Shristi Karki

Government in installments

More than two months after Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba took office to lead a five-party coalition, he has not even been able to...