Nepali Times

"You will see everything will start happening within ten days."
- Girija Prasad Koirala

Despite its poverty and squalour, Bihar has the lowest suicide rate in India. It seems those who expect nothing are never disappointed.

Kathmandu Valley is turning into a refugee camp for people fleeing both the Maoists and the police from insurgency-affected areas.

Maoist threats to private schools have hardened the position of the moderate left as well, even though party cadre send their own children to private schools.