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People’s power
Sometimes, we need to take a step back to realise what a tectonic movement Nepali politics witnessed this month. In a region and world ruled by…
Which way GenZ voters?
With 49 days to go for polls, we asked eight of the 800,000 first time voters about their voting preferences. The GenZ movement has impacted on…
RSP’s PR list is not good PR
Political legitimacy tethered to popularity and digital visibility risks sidelining competent individuals who lack comparable social capital
Nepal's political economy
The new government's biggest challenge is to save Nepal's economy (and itself) from collapse.
2022: mandates, migrants and malaise
A year plagued by disasters and political crises, but also hope for the future
Culture cannot be an afterthought
Heritage and culture have been shunted from one ministry to another for 40 years, no one quite seems to know where to put them
Symbolic elections
Don’t be an ass. Get out and vote, even if it is for a serial politician who has been given the chance to ruin this country several times over…
The end of ideology in Nepal
On 7 October, Upendra Yadav’s Janta Samajwadi Party (JSP) a member of Nepal’s five-party governing coalition, switched sides and defected to an…
Inoculation against misinformation
As Nepal’s elections near, fact-checking, media literacy and monitoring can foster trust in public institutions
Affirmative inaction
Nepali Congress Joint General Secretary Mahalaxmi Upadhyay recalls how she missed a call from a journalist because she was attending an…
After Balen, the Rabi Phenomenon
All photos: RABI LAMICHHANE/FACEBOOKWhile mainstream political leaders in Kathmandu were vacillating on a date for the upcoming provincial and…
Deuba's mixed report card
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASI/NEPALI TIMES ARCHIVEOn his first anniversary in office this month, Nepal’s five-time prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and…
Symbolic symbols
Ang Kami Sherpa just broke his own record to climb Mt Everest for the 26th time last week. Also aspiring to be in the Guinness Book is Prime…
Counting every vote
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIJournalists and academics coming to Kathmandu for conferences often remark how unrestricted and open it is. But they also…
Nepalis vote enthusiastically in local elections
Nepal registered a turnout of 64% on Friday’s local election against 73.8% in polls five years ago. Ballot boxes have been collected from major…
#NepalVotes
Senior citizens cast their ballot in Kathmandu's Hanuman Dhoka on Friday morning. Photos: RSS and AMIT MACHAMASINepalis all around the country…
“We are treated like ATMs”
In an informal survey, Nepalis in the United States were asked about elections back home this year to three levels of government.Most replied…
Why fewer women may be elected this time
After having served five years in office, Manju Devi Gurung was once again chosen by the UML as its deputy mayor candidate for Pokhara. Gurung…
Think nationally, vote locally
Photo: BIKRAM RAI/NEPALI TIMESWhen the second wave hit Nepal in May 2021, city hospitals ran out of ICU beds and oxygen, and politicians in…
Ground reality of landlessness in Nepal
The first popularly elected government led by B P Koirala enacted the Birta Abolition Act in 1959, that required zamindars formerly granted land…
Nepal coalition dilly-dallying on polls
Nepal's coalition leaders meet at the Prime Minister's residence in Baluwatar on Tuesday. Photo: RSSNepal’s ruling political parties are facing…
Kathmandu Metropalika
Many of you who were born during or just before the last elections in 2017 will no doubt remember that the Mayor-in-Chief of Kathmandu promised…
Clean up elections to clean up politics
Illustration: SWORUP NHASIJUOn 26 January, Nepal will elect 20 members to the National Assembly to replace those retiring from the Upper House…
Volatile Mix of Politics and Religion
The Election Commission has set local elections for May, with federal elections following early next year. Given the heated debate about…