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Articles tagged with #maoists
The Juggler
Suddenly, there are cracks in the arranged marriage of the NC-UML coalition
Delay, dilute, deny
A whole generation of Nepalis has grown up with no knowledge of the decade-long war
Ghosts of war
Nearly three decades after the Maoists launched their armed struggle on 13 February 1996, Nepal is still haunted by the violence
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…
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…
‘Maila Baje’ is Sanjay Upadhya
This the Foreword and concluding chapter of Empowered and Imperiled: Nepal's Peace Puzzle in Bits and Pieces in which US-based Nepali writer…
Nepal’s politicians take up farming
Nep Bahadur Chaudhary and his wife Rupa Chaudhary at their banana plantation.Democracy is expensive and funding political activities can be…
All eyes on 2023
If it was clear that the UML convention last month was actually the party’s first election rally, it is even more evident during this week’s…
Animule Farm
Go back to sleep, we'll wake you up when things start getting really exciting around here. Politicians are up to their ears waging party…
Oli sweeps UML party polls
The main opposition UML’s leader K P Oli has been sworn in again as party chair after elections on Tuesday, and he in turn has sworn in 14…
Toothless Commissions
The then Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and rebel leader 'Prachanda' Pushpa Kamal Dahal signing the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in…
Nepal’s ‘war tourism’ is a scam
After the decade-long Maoist conflict ended in 2006, ex-guerrilla commanders and local governments here saw great potential for ‘war tourism’ in…
Pushpa Kamal Dahal is still Prachanda
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRINepal’s political headlines these days are mainly about the rift between K P Oli and Madhav Kumar Nepal that split…
Who gets what?
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba took office nearly two months ago, but aside from five ministers he has not been able to set up a full…
JSP as Nepal’s king-maker party
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIThe man of the week in Nepali politics is Mahant Thakur of the Janata Samajbadi Party. He is being courted by both…
No winners in latest Nepal political twist
The decision on Sunday by the Supreme Court that effectively makes the unification of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) null and void, just…
From the frontlines of Nepal’s war
A narrow ridge that served as a helipad in Kalikot district back in 2004 when the Maoist War was on its peak. Photo: KUNDA DIXITTwenty-five…
History on replay
The brutal murder of school principal Rajendra Shrestha in the remote village of Miklajung of Morang district this week is a cruel reminder of…
History on replay
The brutal murder of school principal Rajendra Shrestha in the remote village of Miklajung of Morang district this week is a cruel reminder of…
An alternative to alternative politics in Nepal
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHHETRIAlternative politics (वैकल्पिक राजनीति) in Nepal so far has just been limited to creating new political parties.…
Awesome party
Photo: PMOWhen the CPN (UML) unified with the CPN (Maoist) two years ago, most hoped that it would lead to the UML-isation of the Maoists,…
Dangerous driving
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRI/BHANU BHATTARAIAll three senior leaders of the Nepal Communist Party have the travel bug. Prime Minister KP Oli is…
Still dancing and singing for Nepal revolution
'Comrade Pratista, 14, dances to the tune of a revolutionary song at a Maoist mass rally in Dang in 2001 during a Dasain ceasefire. Photo:…
Ex-guerrillas regret the war
Devendra Basnet in Nagarik, 22 NovemberYogendra KC of Ramechhap was recruited into the ‘people’s war’ launched by the Maoists to overthrow…