Journalist Prashant Jha and activist-journalist Shyam Shrestha comment on the latest "agreement" between the top political players in Nepal paving the way for a Chief Justice led interim government before elections are held for a fresh Constituent Assembly.

 Prominent Leftist intellectual and civil society activist Shyam Shrestha comments on the visit by Nepal prime minister Baburam Bhattarai to India. He also explains the ideological debate within the Maoists and reasons for the discord between them.

Prashant Jha talks about the political differences that have prevented the formation of a national consensus government in Nepal, highlights the challenges to the Constitution writing process and points out to the reactions from the Nepali public to the continuing political turmoil. Prashant works as a correspondent for The Hindu newspaper apart from being a regular columnist for the popular magazine, Nepali Times.

After months of petty mindedness, crass oneupmanship and the impossibility of forming a national consensus government, a Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist-Leninist) leader has been elected to the role of prime ministership in Nepal, writes Srinivasan Ramani

The Nepali Maoists' reiteration to focus on Constitution writing is a significant boost to the process.