Nepal, Nov. 5 -- Masurpatti is a village at the edge of the map-and of the national discourse, both literally and figuratively. No one in the hamlet seems to remember how Musaharpatti-named after a la... Read More
Nepal, Oct. 8 -- It's been a month since the 9/8 protest tried to storm the parliament building, and at least 19 protestors lost their lives in subsequent police firing. Initially begun as a peaceful ... Read More
Nepal, Oct. 8 -- It's been a month since the 9/8 protest tried to storm the parliament building, and at least 19 protestors lost their lives in subsequent police firing. Initially begun as a peaceful ... Read More
Nepal, Sept. 24 -- This is one of the rare occasions when I must write a column in first-person singular. The third person, composed and distant, serves quite well in scrutinising events. A review of ... Read More
Nepal, Sept. 14 -- On a day of countrywide protests against rampant corruption and control over freedom of expression in Nepal on September 8, 2025, "19 killed and almost 400 injured in police firing"... Read More
Nepal, Aug. 27 -- While comparing the omnipotent ruler of imperial France with the "Omnipotence of the Majority in the United States," the early 19th-century French political thinker Alexis de Tocquev... Read More
Nepal, Aug. 13 -- August is a month of bittersweet memories across much of South Asia. In Pakistan, it is a time of remembrance and rejoicing, tempered by the pangs of a nation's birth. In India, it's... Read More