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Kanchan Jha

Kanchan Jha
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Jha is a youth leader of the Nepali Congress Party

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OPINION

The Echo of 1954: Why Nepal’s India Policy Keeps Repeating O...

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Without anchoring foreign policy in internal legitimacy and accountability, this pattern of hesitation and drift will continue.
4 hours ago
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Nepal’s “Intermestic” Politics and the Macbeth Moment

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Without a foreign minister and decisive governance, Nepal risks losing both domestic confidence and international relevance.
Nov 26, 2025
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Nepal’s Foreign Policy: Lessons from BP Koirala and the Path...

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In a 1979 interview with The Weekly Mirror, BP Koirala, one of Nepal’s most revered political figures, was asked a crucial question regarding his vision for Nepal’s foreign policy—one that remains strikingly relevant today. The journalist posed a simple yet critical inquiry:
Nov 12, 2024
OPINION

Nepal Police's Slide toward Autocracy

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In a modern democratic state, the police are meant to enforce the laws that preserve its core democratic values, such as the right to protection and security. However, the actions of the police force in Nepal, in recent times, have been called into question as they have been accused of violating the...
Mar 02, 2023
OPINION

Deviating from democracy

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Democracy fails when leaders fail to address people’s aspirations, when citizens are fed with false dreams, when leaders live in luxury and people suffer
Apr 30, 2019
OPINION

Evaluating Province 2

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A year after its formation, the government of Province 2 has not been able to address the concerns of the people in line with the spirit of federalism
Mar 06, 2019
OPINION

Chronicles of crime

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Incidents of murder are on the rise in Nepal but culprits that claim the responsibility manage to stay away from police net
Jan 14, 2018