D for dopamine government

Democracy does not run only on elections, but on debate, dissent and institutional balance.

Veni, Vidi, Vici. (I came, I saw, I conquered). Julius Caesar’s famous declaration is regarded as a symbol of decisive victory in history. It was not merely a statement of military success, but a display of confidence in which presence, understanding and outcome all existed together. In Nepal’s contemporary politics, this same formula returns in a strange irony. The only difference is that the sequence has changed. Today’s politics seems to say: We came, we claimed, we performed. There is a claim of victory, there is performance, there is visibility, but a deep lack of understanding.