So-called civil society leaders have their own agendas
The prolific Lokraj Baral has written and edited more than a dozen books, starting with his 1976 Oppositional Politics in Nepal. His latest book is Nepal—Nation-state in the Wilderness. Baral, who is also executive Chairman of the Nepal Centre for Co

Budget should not be linked to politics
If you look at the macroeconomic indicators, the economy looks more or less okay. The major concern is that the growth performance of industries, agriculture and even the service sector is sluggish. Moreover, the ratio of total consumption to GDP is

Inequality is growing among different groups in Nepal
It´s not only infant and maternal mortality rates that show disparity. If you disaggregate data for each millennium development goals by groups, you start seeing lots of disparities. This is the same for the human development index, in which Brahmins

Are We Winning in Afghanistan?
An exclusive interview with Gen. John Allen, commander of forgotten war of America.

Aid Politics after demise of CA
I expect bilateral aid politics to be competitive and further destabilizing and the danger to us in Nepal