Nepal
Nepal’s biometric future
The country's new biometric identification system threatens to deepen exclusion.
Abha Lal | Aug 12, 2022
Nepal’s economic alarm bells
Fiscal mismanagement and cronyism in Nepal have come under growing public scrutiny.
Amish Raj Mulmi | Jul 30, 2022
Making sense of Nepali politics
Scholars of political structures and processes in today’s Nepal struggle to find their feet.
Pranab Kharel and Gaurab KC | Jul 01, 2022
A field day
Future elections in Nepal may see more independents, and unpredictable alliances.
Amish Raj Mulmi | May 27, 2022
The yam between three boulders
How both US and Chinese diplomacy floundered in Nepal amid controversy over a development grant.
Amish Raj Mulmi | Apr 07, 2022
The caravan of Sanuman
Translated excerpt from Dor Bahadur Bista’s Nepali-language novel ‘Sotala’.
Dor Bahadur Bista. Translated by Amish Raj Mulmi | Jul 16, 2021
In the presence of the gods
Shaligram pilgrimage in the Nepal Himalaya.
Don Messerschmidt | Jul 06, 2021
Development sermons
Do political cabals and business cartels explain the woes of Nepali economy?
Sovit Subedi | Feb 22, 2021
Nepal’s citizenship battles
On the systemic discrimination against women in Nepal’s citizenship laws.
Abha Lal | Nov 17, 2020
A death in the family
A family’s loss, Nepal's weak public healthcare, and the stigma of COVID-19.
Tsering D Gurung | May 20, 2020
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