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Two Polls

#681 ( 15-21 November 2013 )
Most voters regard this as a parliamentary election and not one to elect a Constituent Assembly. Wonder why?

The wages of sin

#680 ( 8-14 November 2013 )
The criteria for electing a candidate has changed. This time, voters are asking: does he have blood on his hands?

Divided we don't rule

#679 ( 1-7 November 2013 )
The Nepali people have always shown that they are wiser and have more common sense than those who want to rule over them

The Morning After

#678 ( 25-31 October 2013 )
The 12.3 million Nepali voters have no illusions about an election that is being foisted on them

The pulse of the people

#677 ( 11 - 24 October 2013 )
If the November polls are truly free and independent, most of the disgraced leaders of the past should be voted out

Hydropower and manpower

#676 ( 4-10 October 2013 )

Torpor and turpitude

#675 ( 27 September - 3 October )

DÉJÀ VU

#674 ( 20 - 26 September 2013 )
The more things change, the more they remain the same

The election mirage

#673 ( 13 - 19 September 2013 )

Skeletons in the closet

#672 ( 6-12 September 2013 )

Frozen grief

#671 ( 30 August-5 September )
Not having a missing relative present is ever-present pain for families of the thousands who were disappeared during the conflict

For a fistful of dollars

#670 ( 23-29 August 2013 )
Some of the economic challenges Nepal faces are beyond our control, but many of them are a direct result of our own incompetence

Moral bankruptcy

#669 ( 16-22 August 2013 )
If you want to understand why Nepal is still poor, there is your reason. With this kind of plunder and impunity, the country doesn’t stand a chance

Getting cold feet

#668 ( 9-15 August 2013 )
For a party to refuse to go to the polls because it may not fare well, undermines democracy and its own credibility

Economy, stupid

#667 ( 2-8 August 2013 )
Nepal cannot afford to wait till it straightens out its politics to rescue the economy

Merry-go-round

#666 ( 26 July-1 August 2013 )
Elections will focus everyone’s minds on the future, a future that most politicians seem reluctant to face

Back to the people

#665 ( 19-25 July 2013 )
The good news from public opinion polls is that Nepalis haven’t given up on the parties, but they will not vote for crooks and liars from the past

The election solution

#664 ( 12-18 July 2013 )
If the parties are going to decide everything anyway, what is the point of having a large and expensive Constituent Assembly

No supply, only demands

#663 ( 5-11 July 2013 )
A free market is governed by the law of supply and demand. In Nepal we have only the law of demand: unscrupulous businesses demanding the right to cheat consumers

Man made disasters

#662 ( 28 June-4 July 2013 )
Let’s not blame nature, the real disaster is the failure of governance that leads to lack of preparedness
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