Tag: #Madhes
Articles tagged with #Madhes
Chronic instability in the Madhes
The political crisis in Madhes Province reflects the fragile state of Nepal’s federalism
Mitigating the Madhes water crisis
Action to protect province’s groundwater and solve flooding
Unfinished federalism in Madhes Province
The GenZ chants in Kathmandu and the curfew in Janakpur are not separate stories
Tales of 2 cities
The metamorphosis of Janakpur, and a new cultural portrait of Birganj
The F word
Federalism has failed not because the system is flawed, but because Nepal’s politicians have
Caste Vote
Even more than in previous elections political parties are falling back on caste vote banks because of the absence of party ideology
Voters cynical about electoral alliances
As Nepal enters the last lap in federal and provincial races, candidates and their cadres seem more excited than voters. Across the Inner Tarai…
The Boy and the Boar
EDUCATION FOR ALL: A Community Learning Centre for Musahar children built by the Mithila Wildlife Trust in Dhanusha.Last week, as I was enjoying…
Nepal minister threatens targeted killings
Photo: MITHILA DAINIKA group of activists has strongly condemned Infrastructure and Transport Minister Renu Yadav’s incendiary remarks at a…
New Delhi’s new dealings in Nepal
Illustration: SUBHAS RAIWhen Kathmandu Valley was still known as Swoniga (three cities), back in the medieval Lichhavi-Malla era, the Ganga…
Only half prepared for floods in Nepal
Pic: SEWA BHATTARAIThe memory of the catastrophic flood of 2017 is still fresh in the minds of the people of Rautahat district. But even though…
Nepal Tarai learns from past floods
Pic: BIKRAM RAIAt Saraswati Primary School in Bhalohiya village in the central Tarai last week, children in Class 5 sweat in the humid heat,…
Flood of recrimination in the Nepal Tarai
Pic: BIKRAM RAIWith the advent of the monsoon, we will be flooded with stories of floods, landslides and other water-induced ‘natural disasters’…
Holi in Birganj
In Southern Nepal, the festival of colours begins with the burning of samat on the eve of Fagu Purnima. Samat consists of five different types…
Two extremities
After being lampooned for extravagant, but empty, promises and criticised for having nothing concrete to show for his first year as prime…
No closure
Bikram RaiJust as the government was defusing one crisis by getting Madhesi activist CK Raut to renounce separatism last Sunday, it was faced…
Only genuine devolution will douse separatism
Photo: KRISTINA SHPERLIKThe dramatic announcement in Kathmandu on Friday by C K Raut of the Alliance for Independent Madhes in a joint press…
Chhath market in Biratnagar
Gudri area of Biratnagar is hosting a two-day market for Chhath, an important festival in Nepal's Tarai.The 200m road is closed and stalls of…
Conjoined twins
In a recent meeting with editors of Nepal’s mainstream media, six months after assuming office, Prime Minister K P Oli was grilled about fears…
Can Nepal end child marriage by 2030?
(Left to right) Soniya Kumary Sada eloped when 16 after her Grade 10 exam, but her husband is away at work in India and she is prevented from…
From rebels to rulers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilTSdkJofkkDipak Yadav could not go home for months. He would spend the whole day shouting anti-Kathmandu…
Mr Province 2
Province 2 Chief Minister Lalbabu Raut in his office. Pic: Om Astha RaiIn his plush and spacious office in the refurbished former Janakpur…
Virtually a blockade
PM Oli opposed the Indian Blockade in 2015, but as he prepares to visit Delhi he seems unaware of the stoppage at the Bhairawa border There is a…