Theatre of Nepali politics

Leaders should recognise the hamartia that got the best of them, and work with a sense of trust and respect.

The pervasive mood of celebration a few days before the nationwide interim election has a theatrical quality. It seems the gloomy mood caused by the uncanny events of September 8-9, 2025, has changed into that of some brighter performances. Looking for some analogies, I found a subject of my heart, 'theatre', to spell out the mood and essence of the current activism of the election. I do not pretend to write a political analysis of this moment of elections. I would rather turn to theatre director and actor Sunil Pokharel's performances to show what I mean by my theatrical inclination. I recall several of my plays that Sunil staged at Gurukul in the first decade of this century. But here I want to allude to a semi-political one-man play, Marx in Soho , written by Howard Zinn, in Nepali translation. The current election has triggered responses from various people. Here I want to dwell briefly on theatre.