Kathmandu can boast of having more foreign policy analysts per square kilometre than anywhere else in South Asia.

Bereft of all ideological commitments, Nepali Congress has nothing to offer the electorate save its history.

Most movements that have sprung up in Kathmandu since 2015 have been staged by the urban bourgeoisie to show their presence rather than register genuine grievances.

Oli’s personal reliance on science and modern medicine for his ailments does not stop him from peddling turmeric to the public.

Populism is enough to ensure stability in a country that takes pride in being an insecure nation-state rather than a confident state of multiple nations.

The success of an ethical appeal requires that the moral principles of the respondent be equally proper.

When the layperson on the street cares more about the MCC Compact than the pandemic response, it is clear that the status quo is changing--again.

History is unlikely to look kindly upon donors that helped an exclusionary regime survive internal challenges.

There is little need to raise eyebrows at the Nepal Communist Party holding a virtual workshop with the Chinese Communist Party.

Many commentators lack proper grounding in social sciences and are unable to see the big picture that public intellectuals are required to paint.

Modification of Nepal’s political map is just the beginning of an arduous political, administrative and diplomatic journey.

The task of tackling the challenges of governance seldom goes with neo-nationalism; Oli has found another issue to distract from his poor record.

The politicisation of crime is a relatively common affair in clientelism.

There was some hope, before the pandemic, that good sense will somehow emerge in the ruling dispensation.

The lockdown may be easy for some to bear, but daily wage workers are suffering.