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Is Nepali politics forgetting its own history?

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Is Nepali politics forgetting its own history?

Seeking a path of action in history is a serious subject. Nepal is going through a process of retrospection and introspection in matters of political processes and experiments. We are also facing the double whammy of ecology and economy today. Tackling with a strange mix of natural calamity and political experiments is not a smooth process to go through for a country like Nepal.

That demands a high degree of dedication, honesty and openness on all fronts. The dominant metaphors that are rife today are political in nature. Other issues of morality, conspiracy, intrigue, and even the open use of post-truth practices mark the most challenging and intriguing moment in history that people are experiencing today. It is a debatable question—when do the events become historical, and when are we able to see and review them?

We have to seek solutions to all problems through our own mechanisms. I take the example of politics in this essay. A few very debatable and what appear to be the crucial questions in Nepali politics have struck me in recent times.