Two Self-Immolation Incidents Highlight Systemic Failures

Kathmandu. Three years interval, two different geographies, but the same fate and the same cry - one cannot earn an honest living in this country.

On January 26, 2023, Premprasad Acharya of Ilam set himself on fire with petrol in front of the Federal Parliament Building in New Baneshwor. Exactly three years later, on February 23, 2024, 25-year-old Ganesh Nepali of Mugu chose the same path in front of the Department of Passports in Tripureshwor, Kathmandu.