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Sukhdev Shah

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Wrong economic vision

Published On: December 2, 2018 02:00 AM NPT By: Sukhdev Shah

Prosperity doesn’t come just from wishing or planning for high growth. But this is precisely what the governments of Nepal have been doing

Fear and loathing

Published On: January 28, 2018 01:30 AM NPT By: Sukhdev Shah

There is a high chance that DV will be eliminated hurting countries like Nepal that are heavy user of this visa category

Walking through poverty

Published On: January 8, 2018 04:35 AM NPT By: Sukhdev Shah

The living condition of people in Madhes is no different to how it was some 50 years back. The same straw and mud dwellings and dirt roads pervade the region

Fuzzy federal math

Published On: November 5, 2017 01:30 AM NPT By: Sukhdev Shah

Neither will the central government agree to downsize, as local units want, nor will local governments be self-reliant on funds, at least in the foreseeable future

Root canal

Published On: September 10, 2017 01:30 AM NPT By: Sukhdev Shah

One way to control floods is to dig up a national canal spanning the length of the country just below the edge of the hills touching Madhes.

Existential crisis

Published On: August 20, 2017 07:23 AM NPT By: Sukhdev Shah

With an electoral rout of small Madhesi parties in Province 2, the struggle for separate Madhes province or Madhesi-only province would be meaningless.

Province 2 manifesto

Published On: July 30, 2017 12:45 AM NPT By: Sukhdev Shah

Poverty is the biggest challenge and it would be on the minds of the electorate when they go to the polls on September 18

Third time unlucky

Published On: July 18, 2017 01:30 AM NPT By: Sukhdev Shah

There is a chance most Madhesi parties will go out of business, which could help Madhesi public unite behind a common cause.

Forgotten roots

Published On: June 28, 2017 12:35 AM NPT By: Sukhdev Shah

BP and his Congress party prevailed in the 1959 general election, winning 72 of 109 seats. Congress won nearly all its seats in Madhes

Flights of fancy

Published On: June 6, 2017 12:35 AM NPT By: Sukhdev Shah

Our economic numbers aren’t what they appear to be because of a phenomenon economist John Maynard Keynes called Money Illusion

Night train to Beijing

Published On: May 25, 2017 12:15 AM NPT By: Sukhdev Shah

Rail connectivity with China, if it gets India’s approval, will boost economic growth and reduce income inequalities in the region

Too little, too late

Published On: May 2, 2017 12:25 AM NPT By: Sukhdev Shah

While Madhesi people have faced bullets benefits have accrued mostly to a handful of Madhesi leaders

More things change

Published On: April 13, 2017 12:43 AM NPT By: Sukhdev Shah

GPK had embarked on a clean-up operation of his party as he systematically got rid of supporters of KP Bhattarai.

Drastic measures

Published On: March 22, 2017 12:35 AM NPT By: Sukhdev Shah

One alternative would involve re-incarnating late King Mahendra’s crisp labeling of his regime’s opponents as anti-national elements

Madhesh is wasting

Published On: March 9, 2017 12:35 AM NPT By: Sukhdev Shah

If all Madheshi leaders come under a single electoral umbrella, it would give the fight for Madheshi rights new boost and legitimacy

Basmati rice for Humla

Published On: February 22, 2017 12:35 AM NPT By: Sukhdev Shah

With better transport link between the hills and the plains food shortage in Humla could be eliminated and food be made available at a fraction of the current cost

Playing with fire

Published On: February 4, 2017 12:25 AM NPT By: Sukhdev Shah

If Madhesh remains unstable, Nepal’s misgivings about India’s interference will make it more and more dependent on China, economically and militarily

Economy for crooks

Published On: January 23, 2017 12:35 AM NPT By: Sukhdev Shah

Huge sums have been invested, year after year, but there has still been no economic growth. This is not only surprising but startling

The Siraha model

Published On: December 28, 2016 12:25 AM NPT By: Sukhdev Shah

In all future national budgets at least half the development expenditure should be earmarked for quick-yielding projects

Draining the swamp

Published On: December 15, 2016 12:25 AM NPT By: Sukhdev Shah

Our democracy has been hijacked by professional politicians who have become a class onto themselves and far-removed from ordinary people