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When nothing happens
Published On: July 2, 2018 01:30 AM NPT By: CK Lal
Global trend is only part of the story behind the reemergence of Oliological phenomenon in Nepali politics. There are local factors behind the continuing allure of authoritarianism in the country
The contrived consensus
Published On: June 18, 2018 01:30 AM NPT By: CK Lal
Through relentless misinformation, public opinion has been manipulated to purvey the belief that nationalism is higher value than democratic practices or even humanitarian concerns
Three years after
Published On: June 4, 2018 12:15 AM NPT By: CK Lal
With unconditional surrender of Upendra Yadav and likely capitulation of Mahanth Thakur, it will take Madhesis a while to reorient, reassemble and reorganize
Significance of symbolism
Published On: May 21, 2018 01:30 AM NPT By: CK Lal
There is nothing Maithil or Madhesi about the Kurta-Suruwal ensemble the Premier-duo donned, but it blended so well with the Mughal-Rajput architecture in the background
On churning water
Published On: May 7, 2018 01:30 AM NPT By: CK Lal
Censorship is harmful to society in all its forms, but self-censorship is perhaps more injurious as it spreads into the body politic in subtle and insidious ways without anyone taking notice
Algebra of authoritarianism
Published On: April 23, 2018 12:30 AM NPT By: CK Lal
It’s too early to pass a definitive judgment, but Premier Oli has a lot going for him
Developmental divertissements
Published On: April 9, 2018 12:46 AM NPT By: CK Lal
If the level of the civic culture is measured by the way human waste is handled, none of Nepal’s settlements is fit to be called an urban center
Lest we ignore
Published On: March 26, 2018 01:30 AM NPT By: CK Lal
Provisions of positive discrimination are meant to benefit under-represented groups and its very purpose is defeated if an already dominant ethnicity is brought under its ambit
An authoritarian template
Published On: March 12, 2018 01:30 AM NPT By: CK Lal
With a two-third majority, Chief Ministers on their knees in every state and constitutional protection, Singh Durbar is ready for Oli soliloquy. Go grab a garland, here cometh another strongman
Rusting of resistance
Published On: February 26, 2018 01:30 AM NPT By: CK Lal
Madhesh has lost another round to the PEON, but struggle for dignity, equality, autonomy and identity is invariably a long one
The malfunctioning state
Published On: February 12, 2018 01:30 AM NPT By: CK Lal
Monarchs boasted of divine mandate. Elected oligarchs talk about electoral mandate, once elected people’s representatives lose no time in assuming persona of petty potentates
Olier than thou!
Published On: January 29, 2018 01:30 AM NPT By: CK Lal
Once Maoists have been confined in the hills, Madhesbadis too were of little use for protectors and promoters of Indian interests
The selective vanity
Published On: January 15, 2018 12:40 AM NPT By: CK Lal
With pride in things that it had no role in building and prejudice against Madhesis, Janjatis and Dalits, constitutionally-created ‘Khas-Aryas’ prefer to wallow in cesspool of its own excretion
Post-truth sovereignty
Published On: January 1, 2018 12:50 AM NPT By: CK Lal
The question that will continue to vex most observers in 2018 is still the same: What makes Nepal tick despite all its absurdities?
A Covfefe year
Published On: December 18, 2017 01:00 AM NPT By: CK Lal
The Year of absurdities in Nepal began in January with the-then Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal tabling the constitutional amendment bill.
The money trail
Published On: December 4, 2017 01:30 AM NPT By: CK Lal
In economies where informal sector dominates and political protection is a profitable racket, return on investment in politics is invariably more lucrative than any other business or industry
Phials of blood
Published On: November 20, 2017 01:30 AM NPT By: CK Lal
How would the Madhesi activists who agitated for constitutional change vote in a poll being held to ensure the inviolability of the same statute?
Resilience under stress
Published On: November 6, 2017 01:30 AM NPT By: CK Lal
Perhaps India is awaiting the first real revolution of 21st century and the fascistic regime of religious fanatics is only preparing the ground for inevitable resistance by the masses?
The neocon specter
Published On: October 23, 2017 07:09 AM NPT By: CK Lal
Urbanites of asocial media generation may not know or care anymore that the person who made the emergence of Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist-Leninist—better known by its acronym UML—possible was a lifelong democrat and one of the Nepali Congress triumvirate of 1980s: Ganeshman Singh.
When dreams sag
Published On: October 9, 2017 12:45 AM NPT By: CK Lal
The surrender of Bhattarai-Dahal duo stole the thunder from the act of Messrs Brijesh Kumar Gupta and Hridayesh Tripathi throwing down their gauntlets into Tinau River
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