Deepa Nepali’s 186-day protest goes unheard as government stays silent

The activist spent Dashain at Maitighar Mandala, demanding action against caste-based discrimination and the exclusion of Dalits from rented accommodation.

On a day when families across Nepal gathered to celebrate Dashain, applying red tika and jamara to their foreheads and receiving blessings from elders, activist Deepa Nepali spent the festival at Kathmandu’s Maitighar Mandala, continuing a protest that has lasted 186 days without a response from the government.