Author: Sanjay Sharma “Khetaarey”

Anna S. Gautam & Sanjay Sharma “Khetaarey” It’s spring – the sky is blue, and the winds are slight. You hear the hens and the sparrows – the rest you do not. The older generation of elite Nepalis is getting nostalgic; they say this weather, the state Kathmandu is currently…

अन्ना गौतम र सञ्जय शर्मा “खेतारे” वसन्त ऋतुको आगमन भएको छ । आकाश निलो छ । शीतल हावा चलिरहेको छ । भँगेराको चिर्बिर र परेवाको घुराइको आवाजले पाश्र्वसंगीत दिइरहेको छ । तर, त्यसबाहेक अरू सबै शान्त छ । शून्य छ । काठमाडौंका सम्भ्रान्त परिवारका केही प्रौढ मानिसले यो शान्तिमा आफ्नो…

Sanjay Sharma “Khetaarey” I have been cycling in Kathmandu’s dusty and dangerous streets for the past seven years. Yes, you do have to share the road with countless not-so-patient cars and motorbikes, and often, plying on these streets that have no bike lanes or lane discipline can seem akin to…

Sanjay Sharma “Khetaarey” The deeper nuances of electoral numbers in the recent elections bear further analysis, particularly in regards to the number of voters, turnout, invalid votes, and votes garnered by political parties. In 2017, Nepalis went to the polling stations twice, once to select their local representatives, and once…

Sanjay Sharma “Khetaarey” With the historical elections over, Nepal now has a complete set of newly elected representatives from the local to the federal levels. The key to elections and democracy is participation and representation of all social groups. However, like all other systems, democracy has its inherent hurdles. Democracy…

Sanjay Sharma “Khetaarey” & Tingyi Yang On January 22, the Supreme Court ruled that there should not be any hassle for children to receive citizenship through their mother when the father is ‘unidentified’. The decision was in response to authorities denying citizenship to such children through descent in case it…

Sanjay Sharma “Khetaarey” When the Rana regime was overthrown in 1950, our grandparents were convinced that Nepal had ushered a new era of democracy and socialism. Land reform, political rights and development, among others, were the buzzwords of those times. After 40 years, in 1990, when our parents took to…

Sanjay Sharma “Khetaarey” I started writing this op-ed after the first earthquake of  April 25. I had written about 500 words and titled the piece ‘We will rise’, after seeing the positive efforts, mainly focusing on relief and aid, carried out by various individuals and institutions. I was writing how, in…

Sanjay Sharma “Khetaarey” Baburam Bhattarai and most of the Maoist-Madhesi alliance have been recently claiming that status-quoists and regressive forces are undermining the rights and privileges of the majority. While one might just ridicule such claims, based on the 2013 Constituent Assembly (CA) election results where these ‘regressive forces’ were…

Sanjay Sharma “Khetaarey” The 2011 population of census of Nepal reveals important information in a distorted manner as was pointed out by Tej Adhikari and Bhagwati Sedai (‘Census illusions,’ December 5, 2012). The total population of Nepal on census day, 22 June 2011, was 26,494,504, with a meagre population growth…