The second Nepali republic? Reflections in haste.

Some reflections on the emerging political landscape in Nepal as early signs of the second republic. shubhangap.substack.com/p/the-second...

India's past economists, Nepal's new histories This post comes after an unplanned hiatus of several months, partly interrupted by the rituals of academic life that occupied me for much of this year.

India's past economists, Nepal's new histories: a new Substack post to wrap up the year after a long break. (Image: Distinguished Indian Economists Project / Azim Premji University). shubhangap.substack.com/p/indias-pas...

Shubhanga Pandey | Who are Nepal’s Gen Z? When, on 8 September, ‘Gen Z’ packed the streets of the government district in Kathmandu, no more was expected than...

‘The Gen Z that took to the streets are from a substantial urban underclass, many of them new migrants to the city. The online Gen Z are tech-savvy, largely middle-class and fluent in Reddit memes.’

Shubhanga Pandey on protest and regime change in Nepal, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...

Shubhanga Pandey, Himalayan Uprising — Sidecar Nepal’s revolt and its aftermath.

"Disenchantment is a risky thing to build alliances on."
For @newleftreview.bsky.social's Sidecar, I analyze the Gen Z uprising in Nepal. newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

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🌟 New 'Take Five' from Director/CEO @julietdryden.bsky.social & Comms Intern Eve Harrison-Taylor! 🌟

📚 Our top 5 readings/podcasts on #internationalstudies from the last month!
inc: Shubhanga Pandey, Alexandra Sharp, The Conversation UK, Paula Guimarães

& more: https://ow.ly/waKV50X63PM

बालाशंकरको चोटपटक ! - The Commons राजा राजेन्द्रविक्रमका समयमा इस्ट इन्डिया कम्पनी र नेपाल दरबारबीच भारतीय उपमहाद्वीप र अन्यत्रका खबर पठाउने दिल्लीनिवासी बालाशंकर मिश्रको कथाव्यथा।

बालाशंकरको चोटपटक !
As Nepal bans social-media platforms, my essay on Nepali state's intelligence networks and espionage in early 19th-c, based on my ongoing research. (Included in the second issue of the journal संकथन.) commons-nepal.com/balasankarko...

King Gyanendra's two bodies? This week's pro-monarchy rally in Kathmandu and what it tells us about ideas of kingship in modern times.

My views on this week's pro-monarchy rally in Kathmandu, where I ask if we're seeing a redefinition of what it means to be a king in our age of memes. substack-proxy.glitch.me/articles/shu...
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King Gyanendra's two bodies? This week's pro-monarchy rally in Kathmandu and what it tells us about ideas of kingship in modern times.

King Gyanendra's two bodies. I write on this week's pro-monarchy rally in Nepal and what it tells us about ideas of kingship in modern times. shubhangap.substack.com/p/king-gyane...

The USAID impasse What's missing from the ongoing fracas over international aid.

Why much of the debate around the USAID freeze has been more noise than signal. shubhangap.substack.com/p/the-usaid-...

A case of sloppy seals? A Chinese view of Nepali bureaucracy in the early-19th century.

If you're seeing my Substack for the first time, here's more about it (shubhangap.substack.com/p/introducin...) and see my first post, on what one 19th-century Chinese official thought of Nepali bureaucracy: shubhangap.substack.com/p/a-case-of-...

The USAID impasse What's missing from the ongoing fracas over international aid.

What's missing from the ongoing fracas over USAID freeze and international aid? My latest Substack post.
tinyurl.com/33yhdzva

A case of sloppy seals? A Chinese view of Nepali bureaucracy in the early-19th century.

If you're seeing my Substack for the first time, here's more about it (shubhangap.substack.com/p/introducin...) and see my first post, on what one 19th-century Chinese official thought of Nepali bureaucracy: shubhangap.substack.com/p/a-case-of-...

The USAID impasse What's missing from the ongoing fracas over international aid.

What's missing from the ongoing fracas over USAID freeze and international aid? My latest Substack post.
tinyurl.com/33yhdzva

The USAID impasse What's missing from the ongoing fracas over international aid.

My latest Substack: Have all debates on foreign aid/USAID become completely hostage to the global culture wars among those terminally online? tinyurl.com/33yhdzva