Nepal - Himal Southasian (Page 18)

State of the Maoist state

Nine months after the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) took charge of the government following success in the elections to the Constituent Assembly, the national condition in Nepal today is

By Kanak Mani Dixit

/ 1 May 2009

Polarised spring

Events that take place in the springtime, particularly in April, have generally shaped contemporary Nepali politics. If the People's Movement in 2006 ensured that King Gyanendra had to

By Prashant Jha

/ 1 Apr 2009

The river as system

Like the vagaries of nature, rivers too cannot be understood in isolation. The Kosi River breached its eastern embankment at Kusaha in eastern Nepal on 18 August 2008, flooding the

By Tsering Namgyl

/ 10 Mar 2009

Power and electricity

Once again the old malaise of brownouts shadows the region. When winter comes to the highlands of Southasia, the demand for energy drives electric grids into breakdown and you have

By The Editors

/ 27 Feb 2009

Round-up of regional news

BANGLADESH/INDIA Thai excess All illustrations by BILASH RAI Yet another tragic story of migration has recently begun to unfold in Southasia. Over 300 Burmese Rohingya 'boat people'

By The Editors

/ 10 Feb 2009

Hope and contradiction

The political process in Nepal is in shambles, even as the peace process holds. There is currently only a semblance of governance in place, while the activities of violent groups

By The Editors

/ 1 Dec 2008

Finger in the dike

While a timetable has now been announced for plugging the embankment breach on the Kosi, local communities are left to wonder – how much will it help? As of mid-November,

By The Editors

/ 1 Dec 2008

A pretty good year

Around this time last year, the political climate across Southasia looked grim. In Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto had just returned after years in exile, and had been greeted with bomb explosions

By The Editors

/ 1 Dec 2008

Toons in trying times

Basu Kshitij: CPN (Maoists), Nepali Congress and CPN (UML), and their respective slogans – people's republic, democratic socialism and 'people's multi-party democracy' Abin Shrestha:

By The Editors

/ 1 Dec 2008

Words appear to reign supreme in print journalism. Black print fills the papers, exploding day after day with commentaries about the world of politics, disasters, drunkenness and drama. This overabundance

By The Editors

/ 1 Dec 2008

On the altar of foreign relations

The Kathmandu government is forcing the Tibetan-refugee population to remain in limbo

By Tenzin Choephel

/ 10 Dec 2007

Country out on a limb

22 November, a Thursday, was to have been the date of deliverance for the people of Nepal. That was when the country would have gone in for the Constituent Assembly

By The Editors

/ 10 Dec 2007