Rajaram Bartaula

Liberalizing conservatism in new avatar

The preamble of the Constitution of Nepal states that Nepal is committed to socialism based on democratic norms and values including the people’s competitive multiparty democratic system of governance. The Constitution has laid down provisi…

Many faces, many interests, and challenges

The new government that came into its present shape after the general election held on November 20, 2022, is the culmination of a seven-party alliance of divergent ideological leanings, and political backgrounds since neither party obtained a clear …

Nepali politics losing romanticism

The general election held on November 20, 2022, gave a mixed result without favoring any one party to form a government with the required majority. In the election fray, there were big names who inherited the legacy of the parties continuously follo…

Electoral route to power

Except for exceptional cases, most of the revolutions end with a compromised and negotiated settlement, if not wholeheartedly but tacitly agreeing, to surrender their ideological dogmatism against the democratic principle, if it has to remain in the…

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Deuba blasts why UML keeps silent on Bhandari’s death while in power

Are we heading towards protectionism?

When the foreign exchange reserve was depleting, the central bank of Nepal advised the government for taking stringent measures to protect the economy from further sliding and maintaining economic stability. And following the situation, the Governme…

Nov 20 election: A test between Neoliberalism and Socialism

The upcoming election is being held at a time when the popularity of all major parties is declining and people are holding grudges and disenchantment against the established parties and their leaders are growing, which was reflected during local lev…