Political tactics and short-term gains trump institution-building for frontline politicians.

India’s tug-of-war between its liberal intellectuals and Hindutva leaders holds a lesson for all.

Remembering three extraordinary people who have lost their lives recently.

The Citizens’ Movement has called for freedom from political regression and justice for the marginalised.

For the freedom-loving, educated in Nepal, Oli and company represent regression, repression and hypocrisy.

The civil society movement must insist on punishing Oli, but it must also insist that a new political culture develops.

If Islamic militants are driven by ideology and a skewed worldview, so are white nationalists and the MAGA mob.

Nobody is above the law in contemporary Nepal. Nobody ought to be.

The country that preached democracy to the world seemed, for a while, to be losing its own grip on the system at home.

There is much to do before Nepali society appreciates the likes of Sapana Roka Magar without the instructive gaze of the international media.

Trumpism may survive even after January 2021, but the Obamas and Harrisses in the US show the hopeful side of the country.

Mourning is a personal experience since no two persons have the same memories of the deceased.

Only by exposing its fraudulent nature and inhumanity example by example can caste be eradicated from the Hindu consciousness.

Chandrakant Paudel’s frustration at the inertia of progress is something felt by many in the rural parts of Nepal.

Hybrid has become the dominant modality of pedagogy in the age of Covid-19.