Beneath the anger of youth uprising lies an older, rigid and unbreakable social order, one that continues to shape the country’s politics, society and economy: caste.
‘We’ve been kept outside rooms where decisions are made,’ says Aakriti Ghimire, whose team is drawing up roadmap for interim govt that assumed power after Nepal’s Gen Z movement.
While some say watching Singha Durbar burn was like watching the burning of history, others say taking refuge in art and history in present scenario is like siding with past oppressors.
In an exclusive interview, he talks about what lies ahead for his country. 'Can't go back to monarchy,' he says. ‘Gyanendra & monarchy don’t even have 2–3% support in Nepal’.
The newly formed organisation, Sangam, meaning ‘confluence’, symbolises coming together of the East and West through five determined teenagers in aftermath of Gen Z uprising in Nepal.
According to his nephew Bharat, Sajan Rai ‘didn’t know what Gen Z was but when they said there would be a movement to make Nepal free from corruption, we joined with enthusiasm’.
The historic plaza was lit Sunday with dozens of candles & earthen lamps as city residents paid tribute to those who died during the unrest that led to the ouster of Oli govt.
Sneha Shrestha feeds hundreds of stray dogs a day in Kathmandu. A long-awaited draft animal welfare law was under process in Nepal, but then the violence happened, she rues.
All academic institutions, it is at Harvard, the richest and perhaps the most powerful academic institution in the world, that Epstein’s ties appear to have flourished most.
Siddaramaiah govt’s five schemes strain finances as GST changes hit revenues; debt to jump nearly Rs 80,000 crore. State also plans to auction liquor licences & extend bar timings.
Contract for construction of four MILGEM-class ships was signed in 2018. PNS Bedir is to be delivered by June 2026, while PNS Tariq is due for delivery in first quarter of 2027.
If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.
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