Nepal’s “Intermestic” Politics and the Macbeth Moment

A line from Macbeth captures Nepal’s political mood with unsettling precision. Shakespeare’s doomed king sees life as a poor player stumbling across a stage — noisy but empty, full of sound and fury yet signifying nothing. For anyone observing Nepal’s politics with even modest attention, the comparison feels uncomfortably direct. The country’s political class produces an endless performance, but very little substance. The lights stay bright. The noise keeps rising. The meaning keeps thinning.