The new secular Nepalese Constitution has drawn protests for its switch from Hindu monarchism | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Nepal has adopted a new constitution aimed at bolstering its transformation from a Hindu monarchy to a secular democracy, as violent protests raged against some of the terms of the charter. Firecrackers went off on Sunday in celebration in Kathmandu as President Ram Baran Yadav announced the adoption of the constitution, the first to be drafted…

Kathmandu, Nepal – In the days after a series of earthquakes killed about 8,900 people in late April, many Nepalese abandoned the capital, Kathmandu. Among them was Sabita Bichha, who moved with her husband back to their hometown of Jaleswar in the plains of southern Nepal. Four months later, Jaleswar terrifies her more than Kathmandu during…