Nepal, March 8 -- Three things stand out in Maoist Centre Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal's ongoing prime ministership. This is his third stint at Singha Durbar. He has made three governing alliances since the November 2022 parliamentary elections, and his party holds the third position in the House of Representatives. However, it's hard to list three notable things his government has accomplished in the 14 months since he took office.

There's a Hindu mythology behind earthquakes. The tortoise, or 'kurma', is one of the 10 incarnations of Lord Vishnu that supposedly takes the weight of the earth on its shoulders. When it has to shift the burden from one shoulder to another out of tiredness, the earth receives a jolt.

Many question why Dahal...