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Between iconoclasm and sycophancy

Nepal, Jan. 11 -- Every Prithvi Jayanti, Nepal does not merely commemorate the birth of King Prithvi Narayan Shah; it reenacts an argument about how nations ought to remember their modern-day founders... Read More


Pakistan's overdue apology to Bangladesh

Nepal, Dec. 16 -- Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar's visit to Dhaka in August 2025 was characterised by cordial exchanges, positive messaging on regional cooperation, and the signing of six agree... Read More


Moral rhetoric, transactional reality

Nepal, Nov. 24 -- When the Taliban's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi touched down in Delhi last month, irony landed on the runway before his plane did, as a country that once backed Afghanistan's d... Read More


UN at 80: Imperfect but indispensable

Nepal, Oct. 26 -- United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold once said, "The UN was not created to lead mankind to heaven but to save humanity from hell". When he said this in 1954, the Korean ... Read More