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What Babita Paswan's ordeal says about the state of Nepal's weakest citizens

Nepal, Sept. 22 -- In a dilapidated house in Rajbiraj, Babita Paswan has returned. A few days earlier, she had given birth to her child not in a hospital, but on the pavement outside it. The hospital ... Read More


Gandhi in Babita's home

Nepal, Sept. 22 -- In a dilapidated house in Rajbiraj, Babita Paswan has returned. A few days earlier, she had given birth to her child not in a hospital, but on the pavement outside it. The hospital ... Read More


The 'Panchayat-isation' of Sher Bahadur Deuba

Nepal, Aug. 24 -- Sher Bahadur Deuba is among the figures in Nepal's democratic history whose political biography has always carried an uncomfortable contradiction. He fought against the Panchayat sys... Read More


What it means to be a neighbour

Nepal, Aug. 10 -- Polarisation does not arrive suddenly. It does not even appear from afar like a procession. It comes quietly, like dampness seeping into the walls of an old house and going unnoticed... Read More


Absent MPs: A growing concern for democracy

Nepal, July 27 -- It was a pedestrian morning. A few people were sitting in front of a tea shop in Pipara Bazaar, Rautahat. A newspaper was open, hands still clutching mobile phones, and a conversatio... Read More


How fear shapes citizen voices

Nepal, July 13 -- Every city has visible geography and an invisible one. While the former is recorded on maps, the latter is voiced by its citizens. For me, the back seat of a motorcycle on Kathmandu'... Read More