Nepal’s path from civil war to a new constitutional and democratic order is proving hard. An influential Maoist movement and a powerful India are at the heart of the country’s stalemated political transition, says Manjushree Thapa.
A year after an electoral earthquake which created the promise of a democratic future for Nepal after years of violent insurgency and repression, Nepal is looking at the grim possibility
There has been much fast and loose talk In Kathmandu these past weeks, as analysts try to come to terms with the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)'s victory
From the start of Nepal's peace process in the spring 2006, the need to hold elections for a constituent assembly, and swiftly, has gathered great momentum. The interim
In 2003 the German literary magazine Lettre International launched a new literary prize, the "Lettre Ulysses Award for the Art of Reportage", to recognise and honour a valuable
Nepals democratic forces appear quiescent but beneath the surface they are gathering strength and confidence, says novelist Manjushree Thapa.
Nepals people in their great majority, around 80%, rely
The international reaction following King Gyanendras military coup on 1 February 2005 has been mostly heartening for Nepalis. Until that date, we felt doomed to be characterised as simple,
