A hard political editorial examining Nepal’s current crisis, rising polarization, narrative control, and the urgent question of what comes next for...
What Next in Nepal?
Nations do not lose their sovereignty in a single dramatic moment. They lose it gradually-through confusion, manipulation, and the systematic erosion of trust. Nepal today stands at such a crossroads. The method is familiar and well-tested. Ambitious actors are elevated as saviors. Journalists are co-opted, media platforms are captured, and intellectual spaces are flooded with noise rather than clarity. Once narrative control is achieved, relentless hostility is directed at the state, democratic institutions , and political parties . Nothing is spared. Everything is declared illegitimate. The central slogan: “Everyone before us was corrupt. Everything existing is rotten. Only we are right.” This claim is powerful precisely because it refuses scrutiny. By what ideology? By what experience? By what achievement? These questions are dismissed as outdated or “counter-revolutionary.” History is flattened, nuance erased, and accountability replaced with moral absolutism. The Illusion of Purifying C…
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