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Oli here for good

#899 ( 2-8 March 2018 )
It would be naïve to assume that there will be no international meddling, but for the moment the new prime minister will be left alone

Aftershocks of the Blockade

#897 ( 16-22 February 2018 )
Nepal and India both need to learn their lessons, and move on to improve bilateral ties

Venturing into adventure

#895 ( 2-8 Febrauary 2018 )
Tourism will continue to go nowhere fast without innovation and a level playing field

Things are falling apart

#893 ( 19-25 January 2018 )
A society without a moral compass needs its conscience overhauled 

Who needs fire trucks?

#891 ( 5-11 January 2018 )
Kobold’s unusually titled book offers revealing insights about Nepali society’s relationship with foreigners

Rising from the ashes

#889 ( 22-28 December 2017 )
If the Nepali Congress doesn’t overhaul its leadership, it will soon be extinct

The Nepali Dream

#887 ( 8-14 December 2017 )
Four motivated millennials who are paving the way to socio-economic reform

Key to the future

#885 ( 24-30 November 2017 )
Leaders and activists interested in shaping Nepal’s future should focus on shaping up the elections

The Jasmine Revolution

#883 ( 10-16 November 2017 )
The upcoming elections provide Nepali voters with a real chance for change

The Jasmine Revolution

#882 ( 3-9 November 2017 )
The upcoming elections provide Nepali voters with the real chance for change

Making Nepal future-ready

#880 ( 20-26 October 2017 )
Without strategic intervention in education, Nepal will lose another generation to the brinkmanship of selfish leaders

Sky is the Limit for Sano Babu

#878 ( 6-12 October 2017 )
The dream of holding the 2020 Paragliding World Cup in Nepal resonates with emergent global Nepalis

Civil society to the fray

#876 ( 15-21 September 2017 )
You cannot wake up someone pretending to sleep

Middle ground in Doklam

#874 ( 1-7 September 2017 )
The climax this week in the India-Bhutan-China dispute restored the status quo, but created a new normal in the trilateral relations

The shining subaltern

#872 ( 18-24 August 2017 )
DB Parihar overcame caste barriers to struggle for Nepal’s and India’s freedom

Unlearning politics

#870 ( 4-10 August 2017 )
Handover of power to newly-elected local governments have been put on hold for too long, and that is not a good start

Influencing the influencers

#868 ( 21-27 July 2017 )
Nepal wants and needs a credible political alternative to the existing parties

Breath of fresh air in Syangja

#866 ( 7-13 July 2017 )
Visionary local leadership will be the catalysts to allow Nepal to pick itself up

Darjeeling and the idea of India

#864 ( 23-29 June 2017 )

Bringing aid back to basics

#862 ( 9-15 June 2017 )
Nepal’s foreign donors can now go directly to the people through elected local governments

Radically decentralised

#860 ( 26 May - 1 June 2017 )
Newly-elected representatives have a huge challenge to fulfill the people’s pent-up expectations

The Fountainhead (of all crises)

#858 ( 12-18 May 2017 )
Nepal’s top political leaders are not just part of the problem, they are the problem

Survival strategy for a new era

#856 ( 28 April - 4 May 2017 )
Revisiting Leo E Rose’s book to analyse the need for a new kind of inclusive nation-building

Undemocratic democracy

#854 ( 14-20 April 2017 )
Proof of how far we have fallen is a senior leader demanding that the judiciary should be kept under parliament

The ideation of the nation

#852 ( 31 March - 6 April 2017 )
We need more nuanced and practical ways to imagine a Nepal for the future of Nepalis

Many transitions

#850 ( 17-23 March 2017 )


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