A republic works only when its citizens are committed to making it work.

The fundamental appeal of municipal polls lies in their ideological vacuity.

Civil society needs to keep its matches of moral convictions dry to relight the lamp of liberty.

The commonality of unhappy countries is as clearly recognisable as that of the happy ones.

Other than pilgrims, politicos and plutocrats, few travel between India and Nepal regularly.

No constitution can work if an ethnonational elite is unwilling to give up its privileges.

The Chinese have shown that even Americans need their indirect consent to have their way.

The ‘othering’ of the most significant minority will probably require more effort from civil society.

Deuba has failed in making an honest attempt to disentangle the interwoven knots of structural corruption.

Territorial issues between countries are as challenging to resolve as claims over land ownership between squabbling siblings.

The combustible mixture of religion and politics is likely to widen the gulf between different communities.

It's distressing to see that Premier Deuba has almost no fight left in him anymore.

The demise of political ideology and progressive idealism was slow and painful.

It seems Indians are as worried about US involvement as they are about the Chinese role in the organisational politics of Nepal.

Madhesis have been hamstrung with conflicting emotions of conformism and confrontation.