A day before the elections The practice of democracy in Marpha is doubly dismaying. There is a robust and functional local democracy. But Nepali democracy comes here through the filter of tribal loyalty, therefore it manages to be extremely exclusionary. On the one hand the practice of a traditional form of democracy is celebrated as […]
To vote, or what to vote? There’s no denying election fever is coursing through most (if not all) of our nation’s veins. Walking back to my constituency this evening, I overhead one man guarding the sanctity of his ballot (Aba vote kaslai dine ta vote diyepachi bhanaula ni), another lauding its significance (Budho-kauli ko katti? […]
This week is not the first time Nepalis have had to fear travelling in their own communities or country, by bus. In June 2005, a bomb attack on a passenger bus left 38 people dead and 72 injured. Many of the victims of this incident, referred to as the “mass murder in Madi”, were women […]
Monday, November 18, 2013 Nepalikukur has been sniffing around since his whole-hearted endorsement of Ujwal Thapa and his comrades. Several disturbing reports have come to his attention, the most worrying of which centres around allegations that Kathmandu-4 Bibeksheel candidate Santosh Pradhan, as co-founder and chairman of NDEX, a commodity exchange index, has been directly or indirectly involved […]
देशलाई राजनीतिक निकास चाहिएको छ, त्यो म मान्छु | तर भोट हालेर मात्रै त्यो निकास पाइन्छ भन्ने कुरा भने म मान्दिनँ |
An alection, which is a formal decision-making process by which a person selects a distilled beverage to quench one’s thirst, should be taken seriously but many, sadly, don’t. Though most people make their choice on the basis of personal taste, many are wrongfully driven by other factors like whether it is vouched for by a […]
The LatoKosero is a branch sitter and these are traces of thoughts. A democratic process is unsuccessful if one has to vote for the lesser of evils. The election process is the expression of an idea of Nepal that has been in circulation for a while. There is nothing new (other than the changing nature […]
Dear Readers, There is a sense in which Nepalis writing in English have an advantage over their contemporaries writing in Nepali and other less known languages. Through English, they can speak directly to the world – which means access to agents, publishers, literary festivals, prizes, and a global readership. Everything, in fact, that a literary […]
It’s accepted that zombie flicks are less about lumbering, undead flesh-eaters than the emergent sociopathy of the humans trying to stay in one piece. The Central Zoo at Jawalakhel offers similar revelations, anticipated by a mural that exhorts visitors to consider the view from the other side of the bars. All things considered, most visitors […]
