The worldwide coverage received by the Pokhara crash is not likely to do Nepal any good.

There is not one political party that remains unswayed by the shenanigans of power politics.

Language nationalism for the sake of it is nothing more than language chauvinism.

We do not know if RSP is independent of political dogma or a party of the independent-minded.

Sunak was chosen not for his longevity in politics, but because he was considered the best.

One can only hope that wise heads prevail in the current coalition.

We should debate whether we need VIPs flashing their status to our faces every opportunity they find.

Given past experience, we might as well write off the yet-to-be-born party even before it comes into being.

Their contribution to democracy is so great that we are expected to remember the past and be content.

It is our misfortune that the cast of characters has changed very little in the last three decades.

The party and its leadership have moved on to mundane pursuits like power and money.

Rejection of the ‘traditional elite’ was clearly on the minds of the Kathmandu electorate.

The big takeaway is that nothing mattered in the end except the promise of change.

Nepal’s administrative and police structures were grafts from the British imperial model.

What beats reason is why our communist parties feel the need to ‘protect’ China.