On the Way Up

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Fasten seat belts

#887 ( 8-14 December 2017 )
Brace yourselves for a ride into uncharted constitutional territory

Leave the politics to us

#885 ( 24-30 November 2017 )
Incoming ambassadors and donor agency heads have an opportunity to learn from the past

Still silently crying

#883 ( 10-16 November 2017 )
People without faith in the state migrate for survival, the new Constitution must change that

Lhotshampa, Rohingya

#881 ( 27 Oct - 2 Nov 2017 )
Burma’s pernicious populism and a preoccupied world abandon the Rohingya

The myth of public transport profitability

#879 ( 13-19 October 2017 )
Even if it runs at a loss, good urban transport makes a metropolis efficient and dynamic

Who teaches us democracy?

#877 ( 22-28 September 2017 )
Obfuscation and hand-wringing will not help as we prepare to face the world

Day of the Carpetbagger

#875 ( 8-14 September 2017 )
Gangamaya's hunger strike for justice is tied directly to Nepal's economic progress

Kasthamandap and Mary

#873 ( 25-31 August 2017 )
Slusser was deeply apprehensive about the impact of the 2015 earthquake on the Valley’s heritage

Different regionalisms

#871 ( 11-17 August 2017 )
It is important to get SAARC back on its feet, without denying the importance of the sub-regional BIMSTEC

Missing a creative curator

#869 ( 28 July -3 August 2017 )
We must complete the projects and plans that Dina Bangdel had for Nepal

Missing a creative curator

#868 ( 21-27 July 2017 )
We must complete the projects and plans that Dina Bangdel had for Nepal

Bhutan-Nepal bhai-bhai?

#867 ( 14-20 July 2017 )
Thimphu and Kathmandu must begin exchanging notes for the sake of Himalayan stability

Salute to the people

#865 ( 30 June - 6 July 2017 )
These elections were proof that the public got wise to the attempt to pit plains people against hill people

Landlocked mindset

#863 ( 16-22 June 2017 )
Nepal should wake up to the reality that it has rights and responsibilities regarding the high seas

Who will lead the charge?

#861 ( 2-8 June 2017 )
The man who was to have led the campaign for the restitution of Nepal’s looted statuary is no more

Say something, or say nothing

#859 ( 19-25 May 2017 )
Comparing three press releases of Kathmandu-based embassies this week

Exit, the crusader

#857 ( 5-11 May 2017 )
Sushila Karki is forced out of the Supreme Court, not in disgrace but in a blaze of glory

Desperation for translation

#855 ( 21-27 April 2017 )
The world does not understand Nepal, and Nepalis do not understand the world. We need translations both ways.

The place of Nepali

#853 ( 7-13 April 2017 )

Post-development era

#851 ( 24-30 March 2017 )
The donor downturn in Nepal comes as ‘development’ re-orients towards self-generated ‘progress’

Untie the knot

#849 ( 10-16 March 2017 )
Every day of delayed reconstruction of built heritage is another blow against Kathmandu Valley’s living culture

Who is the Madhesi subaltern?

#847 ( 24 Feb - 2 Mar 2017 )

KTM to Thiruvananthapuram

#845 ( 10-16 February 2017 )
A rushed trip to Kerala provides a treasure trove of ideas and updates

Programmed to be heartless

#843 ( 27 Jan - 2 Feb 2017 )
We have become hardened and automated when confronting death. Madhav Ghimire would have been able to contextualise.

The end of diplomacy

#841 ( 13-19 January 2017 )
Nepal’s disastrous international positioning is the result of decayed domestic politics


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