Nepal, Aug. 28 -- Pradeep Giri was among the very few politicians my generation looked up to. He embodied the spirit of BP Koirala and Pushpa Lal, who had shaped the anti-(crypto)colonial consciousness and defined democracy for Nepal. It is on this political legacy that my generation is building responses to technological globalisation and corporate capitalism facing us today.

Giri's passing left a palpable void in our political praxis, and this realisation has sunk in, three years since his passing. What troubles me more is that the generation after us may not quite feel or recognise this reflexive void. Today's political and intellectual culture no longer allows for the reflexive, personalised and messy space that Giri and the generati...