#MeToo is an intersectional issue where gender, caste, and ethnicity all come into play

Women’s bodies have been instrumentalised to legitimise certain groups’ political and business interests under the pretext of nationalism

A recent NHRC report on the Maleth incident undermines its intensity

Madhes should have used this as an opportunity to reveal its vision on how it seeks to engage with the Indian establishment

Biased citizenship laws have been created to promote ethnic homogeneity in Nepal

An op-ed titled ‘Lingerie and feminism’ published on January 21 in this paper tried to show positive interlinkages between the lingerie industry, liberated female sexuality and promotion of feminist values.

The Tarai-Madhes region lies along Nepal’s geographical border with India. This geographical proximity to India has resulted in cultural and linguistic commonalities that the people of the Madhes share with people across the border.

Madhesi women face double discrimination: one, as Madhesis and, two, as women

In Nepal, after the promulgation of the constitution in 2015, one of the most contested provisions has been the one on citizenship.

The Maoists lost their revolutionary zeal after getting a taste of bourgeois comforts

A theocratic monolithic system drove a wedge between the state and the people

Internal divisions in Madhes are being used as a propaganda tool to dismiss its demands