Volatile Mix of Politics and Religion
The Election Commission has set local elections for May, with federal elections following early next year. Given the heated debate about federalism...
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A yam between two Indias
Ever since Nepal emerged as a nation-state nearly two-and-half centuries ago, one of its guiding principles has been to socially distance itself...
Nepal party reincarnating Hindu monarchy
Loyal readers will remember royal leaders we have covered in these pages over the past two decades. The uneasy transition to constitutional...
Nepal party reincarnating Hindu monarchy
Loyal readers will remember royal leaders we have covered in these pages over the past two decades. The uneasy transition to constitutional...
Stop complaining, start contributing
Whether you see the glass as half empty or half full, it is time to take action and move ahead
Two takes on the Nepal-India nexus
Nepal Nexus, the English translation and updated version of the 2013 bestseller Prayogshala by editor Sudheer Sharma, offers readers a vivid account of Nepal’s ten-year...
Champions of Nepal’s conservation movement
Nepal’s royals were successful in saving the country’s wildlife, but not its monarchy
Still dancing and singing for Nepal revolution
Men and women in unisex combat fatigues dance energetically on stage. Their modernistic, martial moves would not look out of place in...
Two new books on conflict and conservation
Sam Cowan’s Essays on Nepal: Past and Present deserves a more creative title. But being a retired Colonel Commandant of the British...
TULSI GIRI, 93
The passing of Tulsi Giri, the doctor-turned-politician-turned-follower of the Jehovah’s Witness sect, who died on 18 December aged 93, marked the end...
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