Nepal’s crackdown on businessmen can’t have it both ways
By Anup Kaphle Balendra Shah’s administration has every right to dismantle corruption and business-politician collusion. But it should ask whether the cost of its methods will be borne by an economy already desperate for investment.
I left New York for Kathmandu. Did the egg crisis follow me?
By Anup Kaphle Turns out inflation doesn’t need your new address to find you; it just needs an appetite.
The parliament that cannot question its prime minister
By Anup Kaphle Nepal’s rules are modelled on other parliamentary democracies. But rules matter only when the prime ministers answer questions — and the Speakers insist that they do.
Nepal’s diplomacy of vibes finally meets reality
By Anup Kaphle Balendra Shah’s government spent 100 days performing sovereign equality with foreign envoys. Then someone had to actually go get an invitation.
Nepali voters have spoken. Is the media listening?
By Anup Kaphle The September uprising and its electoral aftermath have opened a window for the Nepali press to transform itself. That window won’t stay open long.
A blueprint for consolidating power: China exports Xi Jinping Thought to Nepal
By Anup Kaphle China’s new political doctrine, named after its president, used to be plastered all across the country. This week, it entered its next-door neighbor.