Kanak Mani Dixit

What does India's interfence in domestic politics mean for Nepal? A lot, writes Kanak Mani Dixit

A magazine that challenged nationalist establishments could not hope to access the mass market.

It will be good if Nepal’s lazy, grasping politicians wake up

From their safe distance, metropolis analysts can play either/or

Nepal's Maoists must forget the gun, remember free speech

Dynasties rule the world over but nowhere more than in South Asia

To achieve your big power status, shed regional paranoia

The editor of Himal penned this piece from prison: 'I want to be back on the streets, to be part of this history-making people's tsunami.' Updates

With universal disapproval, how long will Gyanendra's chairmanship last? Updates

The king left Nepal's people no recourse. Budge the door to democracy open. Updates

Under PM Modi’s government, with his relaxed attitude towards industry as well as increased consumption of the ‘aspirational middle class’, the air pollution is about to take a quantum leap

Prominent Nepali citizens welcome the foreign secretary's clarifications as a "corrective to the error evident in the Indian government's initial welcome note"