I took a walk to get out of the house and kill time before futsal in the evening. I walked through Bishalnagar to Dhumbarahi, where I stopped at a chiyā pasal for tea. The sāhuni...

I voted for the first time this year at the age of thirty-one. I stood in line with all the adult members of my extended family. We talked about politics as we inched towards the...

As I walked to my voting station, two things became very apparent. The first was that I had not walked down this road for a very long time. What once used to be a cow...

I am 30 and I have never voted. I am an independent, educated, politically conscious being and yet I have never voted. I want to. I want to discuss who to vote for. I want...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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