Editorial

Arithmetic of apathy

The right to vote should not be a privilege for those with geographical or financial convenience.

To peg or not to peg?

A managed crawl links the Nepali rupee to the Indian rupee but permits adjustments over time.

Who really gets to vote

If participation is the highest form of civic influence, dismantling barriers to participation is vital for democracy.

Mapping a nation into being

At Kathmandu Art Gallery, ‘Imaging South Asia: Népal in the Making’ traces how maps shaped Nepal’s political imagination.

Archiving the echoes of the Far-West

Through Bhalābhali, researcher Dinesh Raj Upadhyay travels across Far-West Nepal, archiving women’s voices, caste-shaped traditions and songs at risk of fading away.

Editorial

Might is not right

A country might be undemocratic and repressive, like Iran under Khamenei, but only its people have the right to change the regime.

UML could lose big time in the elections

In Nepal, two-thirds of the population is below the age of 35, yet the state and politics were controlled by those above 60. This massive imbalance makes rebellion inevitable.

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