Rajib Upadhya

Rajib Upadhya is a former World Bank professional. He is the author of Cabals and Cartels: An Up-close Look at Nepal's Turbulent Transition and Disrupted Development

Nov 02, 2022 In celebration of the rupee peg While the Nepali and Indian rupees trade at historic lows, let’s reflect upon the prescience...

Sep 19, 2022 Multi-polarity through the ages The world is what it is and realpolitik shall be our best guide

Sep 09, 2022 An ode to the Queen of hearts Demographers describe one generation as 30 years of human life - in those terms Queen...

Aug 05, 2022 A 'needless' provocation? The latest case in point: did the US House Speaker “needlessly” provoke China when she...

Jul 26, 2022 Opinion: When empires ebb Sir John Bagot Glubb, the celebrated late British author, determined the average age of latter-day...

Jul 18, 2022 Opinion: A Fist Full of 'Petro-Dollars' Candidate Biden, during his election campaign in 2019, raised a ruckus over Khashoggis’s murder and...

Jul 13, 2022 Rooting for the Brown Brit That Sunak and his South Asia rooted compatriots should make it this far is already...

Jul 07, 2022 Opinion: Commiserating with Colombo Sadly, Sri Lanka is a vivid reminder to the rest of us in the region,...