The challenge for Nepali society is to work for a relatively peaceful transition.

Doctrinal vacuity could have survived political scrutiny had Oli been able to deliver the development that he has been peddling.

No tears need to be shed for the controversial constitution; the worry is that the societal and political changes have become almost irreversible.

The authoritarian wave is likely to outlast the pandemic for there is no antidote to rightwing proclivities.

The visits and manoeuvres of several high profile figures from India and China should not be taken lightly.

The US willingly ceding its diplomatic space in Nepal to the Chinese sounds improbable.

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.