Biraj Bahadur Bista

Nepal has undergone a quiet but significant civic awakening driven by youth and public consciousness, yet entrenched power structures and institutional inertia continue to threaten lasting democratic transformation.

“Of all ills that one endures, hope is a cheap and universal cure.” – Abraham Cowley

Almost 32 years after the first communist state of the Soviet Union was declared in 1917 and right before the birth of the Communist State in China in October 1949, Nepal’s first communist party was declared in September 1949.  Thereafter, multiple communist parties have been born and their meanderi...