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Distance, data, and development. Notes from Ruby Valley
"As he spoke, I found myself suppressing laughter, not because any of it was funny, but because of how effortlessly the whole sequence refused every neat model of development I had carried with me."
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Distance, data, and development. Notes from Ruby Valley
"As he spoke, I found myself suppressing laughter, not because any of it was funny, but because of how effortlessly the whole sequence refused every …
AI must enlarge the economy, not divide it
Replacing a worker is easy to price, finance, and explain, while building tools that enable people to accomplish things no one could before is harder, …
The price of peace: Why Nepal’s transitional justice cannot erase its child soldiers
Until the state acknowledges the full extent of the harm done to its youngest combatants, its path to true reconciliation will remain fundamentally broken.
Nepal’s anti-poor national mood
An anti-poor agenda is purposefully set by governments to shift the housing crisis, rent problems and unemployment to the fault of the public.
The fire last time, the fire now: Self immolation as a political protest in South Asia
The protestor concludes that their living voice has been rendered entirely silent by bureaucracy, corruption, or tyranny, and that only the horrific, public destruction of …
Who pays for equity when governance fails?
An equity tax on education is only as fair as the system that governs it
Why is Pokhara demolishing lakeside structures? Explained
Pokhara has begun demolishing structures along Phewa Lake’s 65-metre buffer zone to enforce long-pending Supreme Court orders aimed at restoring the heavily encroached lake.
When identity hardens into conflict
As economic frustration, digital mobilisation, and political drift converge, Nepal’s Terai-Madhes is witnessing a shift from lived coexistence to contested identity, with dangerous consequences
Kapilvastu marks fifth reported communal tensions since January
Prohibitory orders enforced after Eid-day violence over loudly playing religious hymns; latest in a string of communal flare-ups across the Tarai-Madhes, with accountability gaps under …
Nepal’s National Forensic Science Laboratory Bill explained
A new bill passed by the National Assembly seeks to give Nepal’s forensic system a legal backbone, introducing a DNA Databank and an autonomous framework …
Nepal elections: Impunity meets politics
Flag burning, retaliatory vandalism, assaults on students, calls for party volunteers at polling booths reveal a dangerous escalation in Nepal’s election season, where selective accountability …
Birgunj under curfew, Gaur recovers; Critics question ‘repeat curfew’ response
An indefinite curfew imposed across major parts of Birgunj following a local dispute that spiralled into communal tension has drawn criticism from residents and business …
