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What makes a Kathmanduite?

Nepal, June 4 -- When scholars take turns to speak about a book that very few in the audience have even seen, let alone read, most attendees pretend to listen with rapt attention. The participants who... Read More


A downturn in the 'Windustry' sector

Nepal, May 21 -- In an apocryphal story, Indian economist and Marxist scholar Ashok Mitra (1928-2018) narrates the career trajectory of a spoiled brat of one of the anti-communist caudillos of the 195... Read More


Interpreters of the world, write!

Nepal, May 7 -- Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli heads a party that still likes to call itself Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), better known by the acronym CPN (UML) rather ... Read More


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