For most of life, I (like most people I know) have held Gandhi with the highest esteem that I have ever bestowed upon any person. In fact, I guess I did not even think of him as a person. Maybe an incarnation, or a saint to the least. He did give an appearance of sainthood, with the white piece of clothe he used to cover his body, the traditional slippers that I had only seen elsewhere in mythological series, his crouched posture as he held on to a wooden staff. And he led an entire nation with that. And the words he spoke seemed no less than something that would come out of a saint’s mouth. “If someone slaps you, turn the other cheek.” He truly was an epitome of patience, perseverance for me.

Caste-based discrimination and caste-based violence has been prevalent in the Nepalese society for a long time. Though both have been legally abolished, incidents like the ones described below show that they are not yet dead.

बाराको निजगढ वनबाट २४ लाख रूख कटानी गरी निजगढ विमानस्थल बनाउने प्रस्तावना छ। यस क्षेत्रकै सबैभन्दा जैविक विविधताले सुसज्जित क्षेत्र हो। पर्यावरणीय र आर्थिक दुबै पाटोले कमजोर परियोजनामा अब जनस्वास्थ्यको पाटो पनि आवश्यक रहेको छ।

This culture prioritizes economic gains over human and natural welfare. The series of toxic accidents in India (of which the Vishakhapatnam gas leak is only a near example) lay testimony to this fact. In such a culture, is it possible to hold the responsible actors accountable for their actions?

On January 10th, 2020, Dilip Kumar Mahato (Om Prakash Mahat) was killed with an iron rod, and his body was crushed by a tipper to give the appearance of an accident. Dilip had gone to protest an illegal mining operation from the river near his house in Dhanusha. Dilip had been protesting against this operation since it started 2 years ago.

What is electric power worth? The coal power industry is responsible for an incredible amount of suffering and death via air, soil, water pollution and land destruction. This is not to mention the gathering climate crisis apocalypse. This piece discusses the cost of coal.