Politics, society and change across Asia, reported and explained with regional context.
Nepal's 2015 constitution built a secular federal republic, yet government turnover and federal disputes persist. This explainer weighs its achievements, strains and opportunities for renewal.
Nepal promised truth and accountability when its civil war ended in 2006. This explainer traces why commissions stalled, what the 2024 law changed, and what victims still demand.
Nepal abolished its monarchy in 2008 after centuries of rule, yet economic frustration, corruption scandals and repeated government collapses have revived a royalist movement demanding the crown's return.
After September 2025, Nepal moved from protest to an emphatic 2026 electoral verdict. What the reform mandate can change, what it inherits, and how it will be judged.
For more than a century, Mumbai's dabbawalas have moved lunchboxes from kitchens to offices and back with near-perfect accuracy, using colour codes, bicycles and suburban trains.
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