Author Archive: Diwas

Nepal’s New Constitution and the Fundamental Rights of Minorities

On January 8, the Blue Diamond Society organized a conference to discuss the possibility of constitutional rights for sexual minorities. It was the first time in the recorded history of Nepal that such an event had occurred in a formal way, in the presence of numerous lawyers, jurists, and advocates. More (2)»

Thank You, Pinochet!

The death of Chilean dictator, General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, last month hardly made a stir in Nepal. This man, who once reigned over a faraway country remarkable to us only for its unusual contour, had appeared utterly extraneous to our regular course of politics. Yet, in an uncanny way, the story of this dictator from the other side of the world has triggered quests for justice at a scale that may have reshaped the contours of our own nation as well. More (4)»

Dregs

At 6 every morning, my dream went sour / with the chants that sought my eardrums / from grandmother’s aging transistor. More»

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