‘When has Nepal’s media not been questioned? Our media has always been under scrutiny’

‘Not only the marginalised people but the more privileged middle-class ones are also disenchanted with the democratic system.’

It would perhaps not be wrong to say that the traditional political parties in Nepal are now facing their biggest test on the face of their repeated failure to deliver and to deal with growing social, political and economic anomalies. Public frustration is mounting and populist forces are having a field day. In this climate of uncertainty, the country is soon electing a new President. Purushottam Poudel of the Post spoke to Hari Sharma , a public intellectual and political advisor of former President Ram Baran Yadav on these and a host of other issues.