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Poll vault

#661 ( 21-27 June 2013 )
The government and EC must be firm, but flexible, to bring the boycotters to the fold

Impatient patients

#660 ( 14-20 June 2013 )
Politicians may think they have more pressing matters in their hands, but the poor state of healthcare is symptomatic of massive political failure

The economy needs oxygen

#659 ( 7-13 June 2013 )
Recent history shows that authoritarians have been the main enemies of the environment

Between a rock and a hard place

#658 ( 31 May - 6 June 2013 )
Nepal’s political players should finally learn that the only way to reduce outside interference is to put our own house in order

Unfinished business

#657 ( 24-30 May 2013 )
Wars leave a mess, it’s up to the warriors to clean it up when they stop fighting

Watching the watchdog

#656 ( 17-23 May 2013 )
The new auditor general can counter balance the controversial appointment of a new CIAA head

Distant normalisation

#655 ( 10-16 May 2013 )
Nepal has one of the finest laws to tackle corruption, but in the hands of the wrong person, that law can be lethal

Clash of cultures

#654 ( 3-9 May 2013 )
The anniversaries on Chomolungma this month may be a good place to start mending the reputation of Himalayan climbing

Federal expression

#653 ( 26 April-2 May 2013 )
Indications are that elections (when, and if, they ever happen) will essentially be a referendum on single-ethnic federal provinces

12 A

#652 ( 19-25 April 2013 )
Nepal’s embassy building in London is a tangible monument to the country’s independence, selling it would be sacrilege

Too good to be true

#651 ( 12-18 April 2013 )
The taking of lives makes news, not saving them

Truthless commission

#650 ( 5-11 April 2013 )
The Regmi regime can redeem itself by announcing local elections in June and a date for CA elections in November

Maybe not June

#649 ( 29 March-4 April 2013 )
All indications are that the Election Commission and the political apparatus will not be able to get their act together for polls in three months

Regmi regime

#648 ( 22-28 March 2013 )
It is not clear if the four-party mechanism is supposed to recommend actions to the non-political Cabinet or issue directives

Let's face it

#647 ( 15-21 March 2013 )
The only take home message for party leaders is: reinvent yourselves, try to regain the public’s trust before elections

Fresh faces

#646 ( 8-14 March 2013 )
The next general election is up for grabs to anyone who can guarantee integrity, vision, and good governance

Stability at what cost?

#645 ( 1-7 March 2013 )
Setting a precedent for a politicised judiciary will mire Nepal in long-term instability

Electing to go for elections

#644 ( 22-28 February 2013 )
Only fresh elections will get us out of this rut, but they have to be clean and violence-free

Lost in transition

#643 ( 15-21 February 2013 )
Nepal is not the only country in the region which has had to deal with a dirty past

Year Zero

#642 ( 8-14 February 2013 )
The constitutional checks and balances of Nepal’s democracy are being systematically disassembled
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