Sudheer Sharma is Editor-in-Chief of Nepal’s largest daily, Kantipur. He was previously editor of Nepal, a weekly news magazine. He has worked as a reporter for Himal Khabarpatrika and Kathmandu Today, among others, and has also worked with the International Crisis Group. He has contributed to a number of books and is editor of Nepali Sena: Nagarik Niyantran ka Chunauti (Nepali Army: Challenges to Civilian Control - 2010).

p.p1 {margin: 6.5px 0.0px 0.0px 5.7px; font: 8.0px Times; color: #5e6062}

p.p1 {margin: 6.5px 0.0px 0.0px 5.7px; font: 8.0px Times; color: #5e6062}

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 13.0px 'Lucida Grande'; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none}

Aditya Adhikari is a writer and consultant based in Kathmandu. He is the author of The Bullet and the Ballot Box: The Story of Nepal’s Maoist Revolution (2014). He has consulted for various organisations including the UN, the World Bank and The Asia Foundation.

Read more from Aditya:

Accord Issue 26: Nepal

p.p1 {margin: 6.5px 0.0px 0.0px 5.7px; font: 13.0px Times; color: #5e6062} span.s1 {font: 13.0px Helvetica; color: #000000}

p.p1 {margin: 6.5px 0.0px 0.0px 5.7px; font: 13.0px Times}