Albert Camus’ novel from 1947 provides a peek into the absurdity of human behaviour and the inherent failure of authority when faced with a disease crisis.

Nepotism and favouritism have been the bane of Nepali polity for centuries. It is not going away any time soon.

People keep hoping for self-determination. But when it arrives, leaders always seem to find a way to disappoint.

What Prime Minister KP Oli and his challenger, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, seem to have forgotten is the sorry state Nepal is in, caught between a killer pandemic and a disastrous monsoon.

One would have expected the present government to be more attuned to the challenges faced by workers in destination countries.

Anyone who has heard the prime minister's speeches knows he always attempts to qualify his words with a veneer of what he thinks is science.

On paper, Nepal has made some important strides towards gender equality and inclusion. Yet, in reality, the situation is far from perfect.

Democracy may have already lasted longer than the Panchayat rule did, but accountability remains a fiction.

Communist parties have always disliked the idea of out-migration yet have done little to help Nepalis stay back.

Almost without exception, the prime minister has long staked a position that went against social and political liberalism.

One cannot help but believe that our country’s leadership is also badly afflicted by the ‘great man’s disease’.

The world is witnessing a pandemic but governments everywhere have failed to live up to the challenge.

The real test for the government will be how it tackles the economic fallout of the pandemic.

It seems that constant infighting among ruling party leaders is severely disrupting governance.

An effort to restitute indigenous names would surely reveal countless examples of cultural approximation all over Nepal.