Economic and Governance Challenges in Nepal

Rameshwar Khanal's ten points presented have covered the broad economy and governance structure very well. Looking at these points, the issue of political thinking and culture immediately came to my mind. I would like to quote analyst Puranjan Acharya here, the thinking that dominated during the unification of Nepal is important.

The Malla kings had built good cities, had excellent drainage systems. A civilization was built by bringing architects from South India. It was a trading society that connected both China and India for trade. If our society had developed in a different direction with that commercial and civilization-oriented culture, perhaps our development would have been different. But the unification was done by a clever and strong king from Gorkha, trapped in a cycle of poverty, using force. After that, the culture of 'force can do everything' became dominant. The kings after Prithvi Narayan Shah also emphasized the use of force more than establishing a culture of development and innovation.