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Exit the Snake, Enter the Horse: A Final Look Back at Asia 2025
The shared hope remains for a political force that can reform entrenched and corrupt systems, alleviate youth’s deep frustration with the status quo and bring about more economic opportunities.
Dec 31, 2025
The Pro-Investment Turn on Post-2025 Movement
The Pro-Investment Turn on Post-2025 Movement
Dec 30, 2025
Nepal: A Nation Where Power Beats Law
Nepal: A Nation Where Power Beats Law
Dec 29, 2025
Voting as Nepal’s Anchor in Unstable Times
Voting as Nepal’s Anchor in Unstable Times
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‘Weaving My South Asian Tapestry’: More than a memoir
‘Weaving My South Asian Tapestry’: More than a memoir
At that moment, although she was struggling in her government job, she risked her career and life without compromising the principles of the institution she served voluntarily. Now, she is retired but not yet tired.
Nov 22, 2025
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Expanding Real Freedom for Nepali Women Entrepreneurs
Expanding Real Freedom for Nepali Women Entrepreneurs
Despite rising visibility, most Nepali women entrepreneurs remain constrained by deep-rooted social norms, time poverty, and institutional barriers that limit their real decision-making power and economic freedom. Nepal must adopt a capability-based approach—expanding women’s agency, red...
Nov 20, 2025
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Nepal's Gen Z Proved the Political Hive Mind is Real
Nepal's Gen Z Proved the Political Hive Mind is Real
Nepal’s Gen Z briefly demonstrated the power of a “political hive mind,” coordinating a leaderless, rapid, and intelligent mass movement that overwhelmed the state after the violent response to their protest. But the same decentralized force that fuels such uprisings remains fragil...
Nov 20, 2025
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A Shared Himalayan Climate Threat
A Shared Himalayan Climate Threat
Climate change is transforming the Himalayas into a zone of escalating risk, endangering shared rivers, infrastructure and livelihoods across Nepal and India. Only a deeper, science-driven partnership can turn this growing vulnerability into long-term regional resilience.
Nov 19, 2025
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Karki-archy and the Ensuing Anarchy: Police Targeted
Karki-archy and the Ensuing Anarchy: Police Targeted
Judicial Inquiry Commission chair Gauri Bahadur Karki’s actions—particularly targeting former IGP Chandra Kuber Khapung—are prejudiced, unethical and damaging to an already traumatized Nepal Police. Karki’s politically charged maneuvers risk undermining institutional integrit...
Nov 19, 2025
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Expanding the Meaning of Doing Politics
Expanding the Meaning of Doing Politics
Gen Z’s political momentum faces challenges from internal divisions and the resurgence of traditional parties, but their continued engagement could reshape Nepal’s future. Educating themselves about politics and finding common strategies to push for generational change is crucial to avoi...
Nov 18, 2025
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Nepal: A Nation Trapped Between False Ideologies
Nepal: A Nation Trapped Between False Ideologies
Despite the rhetoric, Nepal in practice is a mixed economy—a blend of socialism and capitalism.
Nov 17, 2025
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Restoration vs. Reinvention: Nepal’s Imperative for Survival
Restoration vs. Reinvention: Nepal’s Imperative for Survival
Nepal’s political history explains why reinvention is imperative
Nov 16, 2025
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Global Warming, Artificial Intelligence, and the Fate of Mount Everest
Global Warming, Artificial Intelligence, and the Fate of Mou...
The world faces a stark choice. We can continue as before, letting Everest’s ice vanish and with it the stability of billions. Or we can use science, artificial intelligence, and cooperation to reshape the outcome. With a Smart Mountain Climate Hub, open data systems, early warning networks, a...
Nov 14, 2025
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Delayed Justice, Bleeding Democracy: Nepal’s Call for Courage
Delayed Justice, Bleeding Democracy: Nepal’s Call for Courag...
Society is prepared for change, and Gen Z protests have already made that clear. The old political boat is leaking on every side, and those who cling to it will inevitably go down with it. This is the moment for media houses to shed their old allegiances and stand with a generation demanding honesty...
Nov 14, 2025