Before embarking on his India visit last week, Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, chairman of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), the largest outfit in Nepal’s dissolved Constituent Assembly, reiterated one statement over and over again. Read more

Viewed from outside it might appear to some that Nepal is functioning relatively well without a parliament and a government with full executive powers for five months now. But appearances can be deceptive on a second glance or close inspection. Read more

Exactly three months have passed since Nepal’s Constituent Assembly got dissolved following failure to give the country its new constitution. But there’s no end to the political and constitutional crisis that has gripped the country as a result of that letdown. Read more

Ten days after dissolution of Nepal’s Constituent Assembly, that was to give the country a new constitution, details of what transpired in the meetings among political heavyweights on that fateful night which led to breakdown of talks still remain hazy. Read more

Children playing in parks as parents watch indulgently, teenage girls having ‘paani-puri’ from roadside stalls as boys on bikes ogle, housewives haggling with vegetable vendors, couples walking hand in hand, elders discussing politics sipping cups of tea and dance bars opening shutters to welcome customers for the evening. Read more

As Nepal races to the May 27 deadline of giving itself a new constitution, there’s a positive note in the air with political parties who had been at loggerheads for four years reaching agreement on several contentious issues to complete the task on time. Read more

Maitighar Mandala in Kathmandu is no Tahrir Square and the event it witnessed this Saturday afternoon was not Jasmine Revolution. Read more