Sumit Sharma Sameer is an author, producer and host of Ink & Insights, and Dr Pankaj Adhikari is a political scientist and policy advisor based in Melbourne, Australia. Fresh from being named on the TIME100 list of the most influential people of 2026 by Time magazine, Prime Minister Balendra Shah has stepped onto the global…
Suprina Thapa is an early-career journalist focusing on Nepal and South Asia Nepal has just witnessed one of the most extraordinary political transformations in its modern history. For the first time, a single party has secured more than 5 million votes in the proportional representation category, surpassing every record previously held by the traditional political…
Nick Hinton is Chairman of the Britain-Nepal NGO Network (BRANNGO) and a former British Gurkha officer The Russian ‘Special Military Operation’ against Ukraine is shocking in so many ways, but perhaps one of the most egregious is the way in which young men from Nepal have been tempted or tricked into serving with Russian forces. It…
Lt Col (Retd) Philip Holmes OBE, Founder and CEO of Pipal Tree Pipal Tree and its Nepal implementing partners, Mithila Wildlife Trust (MWT) and Lily’s Leaves have been pioneering the use of the rapid-reforestation Miyawaki Method in Nepal since December 2021. The results have been dramatic – far exceeding our expectations – but does this…
