Jiwan Kshetry is a Kathmandu-based freelance writer dealing with wide range of social and political issues in Nepal and beyond, particularly South Asia. Corruption, violence and political instability have been his recurrent themes. His articles have been published in Asia Times Online, Third Report, and Nepali language dailies from Kathmandu. He regularly writes for his blog 'South Asia and Beyond', both in English and Nepali and can be followed in twitter @jkshetry. The author can also be mailed for feedback at jiwan.kshetri@gmail.com.
Nepal: Era of Total Impunity in Sight
Already traumatized by thriving corruption and lawlessness in a protracted transition, Nepalis were shocked by the choice of a tainted and controversial person by politicians to lead the anti-graft body…
The Rot Behind the Façade of Free Media in India
Even as the months-old scandal related to a media conglomerate in India recedes in public memory, the questions related to the long term implications of collusion between the corporations and…
Twin tragedies in North Africa: Reading between the lines
Why the people in Mali and Algeria and the truth about Western engagement there are casualties of the latest developments…
Theater’s Moment of Glory in Kathmandu
The festival concluded on December 7, but the legacy of the eye-opening plays performed during the festival endures. …
Pakistan: the rare opportunity for self-realization
Despite the odds, I have not lost all hopes of seeing emergence of a tolerant Pakistani society where once again exchange of words of argument will preclude the showering of…
India Shining: a Story Less Told
Exploring how increasing inequality and pervasive corruption are likely to force the re-scripting of Indian growth story…
Syria and Middle East: The Fallacy of Missing the Forest for the Trees
The history of cyclical violence is sure to be repeated with endless harvest of oil and strategic gains for the West while the people in West Asia and North Africa…
Indian, Chinese Posturing Deepens Nepal’s Federalization Troubles
The increasingly prominent posturing of Nepal’s two giant neighbors on these issues threatens to sabotage the whole process and push Nepal further into chaos. …
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