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Peter Gill
Peter Gill is a Nepal-based journalist.
Peter Gill is a Nepal-based journalist who writes on a wide range of subjects, from Bollywood fan clubs to religion, crime, cuisine, human rights, environment, and geopolitics. A “Third Culture Kid” with an educational background in history and forestry, Peter speaks Nepali, Wolof, Spanish, and English, plus basic Hindi.
April 01, 2021
What Explains Nepal’s Perennial Instability?
By Peter Gill
Decisive election results in 2017 raised hopes that Nepal would finally see a government finish its term. That looks like a distant dream today.
February 06, 2021
Nepal’s Democracy in Crisis
By Peter Gill
With the prime minister's unilateral move to dissolve Parliament last December, Nepal was thrown into political chaos - with its democracy hanging in the balance.
October 28, 2020
Kathmandu Celebrates Dashain Uneasily Amid COVID-19
By Peter Gill
From finances to family gatherings, the pandemic reshaped all aspects of one of Nepal’s most prominent holidays.
July 21, 2020
COVID and Contractors: Nepalis in an American War Zone
By Peter Gill
Few Americans are aware that the war effort in Afghanistan relies on foreign contractors – many of them from Nepal.
June 29, 2020
COVID-19: Nepal in Crisis
By Peter Gill
The coronavirus crisis has brought to the fore -- and exacerbated -- a number of the Nepali state’s long-standing weaknesses.
April 20, 2020
Coronavirus Severs Nepal’s Economic Lifeline
By Peter Gill
Amid the COVID-19 crisis, Nepal is losing its lifeline: international labor migration.
October 12, 2019
High Expectations as China’s Xi Lands in Nepal
By Peter Gill
The first Chinese leader to visit Nepal since 1996, Xi’s trip carries with it high expectations and geopolitical undertones.
September 03, 2019
Popular Support Grows for Indicted Nepali Journalist
By Peter Gill
Rabi Lamichhane’s show confronts corruption; a former employee’s suicide has stirred a firestorm.
June 14, 2019
11 Years on, Has Nepal’s Republic Succeeded?
By Peter Gill
Pessimism about Nepal’s politics is common, despite significant changes since the declaration of the republic in 2008.
March 01, 2019
Indian Hindu Nationalism’s Nepali Cousin
By Peter Gill
Hindu nationalism has taken hold in India. In Nepal, once the world’s only Hindu state, things are more complicated.
January 02, 2019
Nepal’s Sisyphean Struggle for Justice
By Peter Gill
12 years after the civil war came to an end, conflict victims demand a role in transitional justice.
October 15, 2018
Nepal and the China-EU Lending Race
By Peter Gill
As the EU seeks to expand lending for infrastructure in Asia, will it maintain high standards?
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