To successfully complete the transition, the country has to focus on economic policy and border security.

Nepal will be living heightened competition between the two camps America (with India) and China

Development has focused on rural areas for decades; it is now time to go urban

Oli launched the nationalist agenda during the election and it spread on social media

A Kathmandu-New Delhi-Beijing diplomatic corridor is an urgent need for Nepal

The old Nepali focal point was Varanasi, the new one is spread across Washington, Brussels and London

During the 2015 blockade, KP Oli’s diplomatic efforts to balance against New Delhi by inviting Beijing to Nepal proved to be especially fruitful. However, it also brought myriads of issues, with international relations pundits saying that Indian moves in Nepal in the future would be ‘silent and more hostile’.

Public education must not be politicised if it is to catch up to, and surpass, private education

Nepal lacks internal capacity to spend development aid on time; policy analysts should closely follow how MCC grant is spent

Nepal’s rivers are a disaster waiting to happen in the monsoon, and this worries India

Nepal too is located between giant economies, but it has remained poor for centuries

The One Belt, One Road Initiative will expand Nepal’s trade horizons tremendously

Nepali youths find themselves being pulled between two opposing global phenomena