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The end of an 'Oliological' decade

Nepal, April 22 -- The Chair of the Nepali Congress Sher Bahadur Deuba and the CPN (Maoist Centre) supremo Pushpa Kamal Dahal met Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli at his official residence in B... Read More


The sublimation of rage in Madhesh

Nepal, April 9 -- Birgunj appears to have partially reclaimed its traditional vitality. The quadruple whammy-the violent suppression of the Third Madhesh Uprising with at least 50 lives lost, the enfo... Read More


The shackles of Sanatan secularism

Nepal, March 25 -- The communal preparations for the so-called 'Vishnu Mahayagya' hit the family of Deepak Malik Dom of Aurahi Rural Municipality in Siraha District like a tonne of bricks. His house w... Read More


Delusion of diversity in an ethnocracy

Nepal, March 12 -- Once, a Dalit scholar in India said that whenever he heard about an obese or a diabetic among fellow Dalits, he felt happy. The news implied that the person didn't have to be engage... Read More


The virality of sensational lies

Nepal, Feb. 25 -- For over four decades, the MaHa duo of Madan Krishna Shrestha and Hari Bansha Acharya have tried to maintain a delicate balance between conventionality and contrariness. Having risen... Read More


Predicaments of a subordinate society

Nepal, Feb. 11 -- The beginning of spring is the best time to be at any place in Madhesh. The debilitating chill of the sheet lahar-the foggy haze that envelopes everything during the winter in the Ga... Read More