Why now?

Now is not the time for the Nepal Communist Party to question the basics, but one for it to answer through fair action and administration.

A single question has been chasing me through the books, articles, plays and poems I’ve been reading through the prolonged quasi-lockdown: Why now? I ask this question whenever I confront psychologically the issues that we are facing in Nepal today. I want to put some of the inquisitions in simple terms. Though political rumination is not my cup of tea, I gravitate to that turf whenever I read cultural studies that cover politics, discrimination and hegemonised modes of the administrative and justice systems. That is why I am drawn by some important subjects that govern our lives, especially during difficult times.