In the contemporary global order—marked by geopolitical competition, climate crisis, cultural fragmentation, and identity conflicts—the need for bridge-builders has never been greater. Among emerging South Asian personalities contributing to t
When most of the veterans and their parties failed to impress the electorates of Nepal in the recently conducted single day polling on 5 March 2026, a relatively new party and young leaders earned mandates in the Himalayan republic. Rashtriya Sw
It is March 2026, and the air in Kathmandu feels different. The elections are over, and for the first time, the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is in charge. Balen Shah, once known for cleaning up the streets of Kathmandu as Mayor, is now moving
When Nepal goes for national polls on Thursday, political observers across the Asian region are looking for Pushpa Kamal Dahal (popularly known as Prachanda), who led a decade long anti-monarchy Maoist movement in the Hindu majority Himalayan n
Guwahati: Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi congratulated the people of Nepal and also the interim government in Kathmandu for the successful completion of 2026 general elections on 5 March saying, "It is heartening to see my Nepali sister
Even all political parties, not to speak of millions of fans and well-wishers of Assam's revered cultural icon Zubeen Garg, continue preaching for sparing the maverick singer's name in doing politics, his mysterious death last year in a foreign
Heartbreaking news surfaced from Dhaka as the warm city lost one of the active residents with the demise of journalist, author and a progressive Bangladeshi national Saleem Samad. The gentleman with enough issues to talk to anyone anywhere and a
As the March 2026 general elections approach, the gap between Nepal's constitutional promises and its political reality has reached a critical juncture. In the theater of Nepali politics, "socialism" has long been the lead actor, yet it is a cha
As Bangladesh has constituted a new government under the leadership of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) after a largely fair & peaceful national election on 12 February 2026, the people of eastern India (the region virtually embraces the pove
South Asia is one of the most spiritually dense and religiously diverse regions in the world. As the birthplace of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, it has also been deeply shaped by Islam, Christianity, and indigenous nature-based tradi
As Bangladesh heads for 13th Parliamentary election and the referendum on July National Charter simultaneously on Thursday (12 February 2026), the interim government chief Professor Muhammad Yunus urged all participating candidates to rise abo
Bangladesh, a Muslim majority nation of over 170 million people, goes for general election on 12 February 2026 to elect its 13th Jatiya Sansad in Dhaka. According to the Bangladesh Election Commission altogether 12,77,11,895 electorates are elig
As Nepal approaches the House of Representatives (HoR) election on March 5, 2026 (Phagun 21, 2082 BS), the nation finds itself in a state of deep contrast. While the physical machinery of democracy—the printing presses, the security drills, and
Is it possible to have a quasi-judicial body like the Press Council of India to survive for weeks without its chairperson? Should the largest democracy on Earth put such an example where its government recognized autonomous media watchdog faces
Nepal prepares for the national election, which was necessitated following the collapse of KP Sharma Oli's government in the height of Gen-Z rebellion (youth uprising) in September 2025, which is scheduled for 5 March. The Himalayan nation condu
