Singh says the government has failed to maintain balanced ties with Nepal’s neighbours, build private-sector confidence and deliver meaningful progress on good governance.

The former home minister discusses the legacy of last year’s September uprising, the interim government’s efforts to restore constitutional rule, the search for accountability and why he says fear and revenge cannot be the basis of government.

Rescuers pulled Sanjay Sah and Kabir Maharjan alive from the Trishuli 3A hydropower tunnel after more than 72 hours of painstaking search, but dozens of people remain unaccounted for.

In an interview with Kantipur, the acclaimed author reflects on his seven-book literary journey, the influence of American academia, his latest novel, and the universal psychology at the heart of his fiction.