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Features
6 min read
The PM creates chaos, and invites ridicule for dissolving parliament at a time when he should be focusing on the Covid-19 crisis
Features
5 min read
The dissolution of Parliament marks just the beginning of the political turmoil that might roil the country unless the Supreme Court rights the ship
Features
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Mass protests demanding a return to monarchy and a Hindu state show the public’s simmering discontentment with a left-led government
Data
7 min read
Demographics of the federal legislature
Opinions
3 min read
The campaigns revealed that either the idea of provinces hasn’t yet filtered down to the street level, or the federal project has been deliberately weakened
Perspectives
6 min read
Federalism appears to be working in exactly the two places—with distinct regional identities—where it was most likely to work.
Features
5 min read
Despite elaborate provisions on including persons with disabilities in political and public life in Nepal, political participation by persons with disabilities remains minimal.
Features
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Prominent posts tend to fall on the socially and politically more privileged Yadavs and Terai Brahmin-Chhetris