The Return of Party Politics in Nepal

Will India under the BJP see a period of renewed communal violence, or will Hindu-nationalist politicians be reined in by constitutional constraints and their desire to stay in power?

After a brief era of political opening, the authoritarian old guard has ridden a dubiously conducted presidential election back into power.

Does the electoral victory of the Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party signal that the world’s largest democracy may be following Sri Lanka toward a politics where the will of the majority…