Siddharth Mishra

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[Siddharth Mishra @Sid4580]

@sudiprokaya Incredible!!!

[Siddharth Mishra @Sid4580]

@okaymahesh My main point is that politicians here do not require to play that dirty game because the demography of Nepal is such that it would not yield any desicive blow in the elections.
These are just my POVs. I could be missing the whole point. Never mind. 🙂

[Siddharth Mishra @Sid4580]

While i agree with most of the things but I don't agree that politics has intermixed with religion here in Nepal. Never have i seen any incident where a politician has passed religious comment for electoral gains.

[Mahesh Kushwaha @okaymahesh]

Too many interest groups have swooped in following the tragic incident in Sunsari, each pushing their own agenda and narrative. The resulting wall-to-wall commentary is heavy on noise and exceedingly light on objective, reasoned analysis.

To understand what actually happened, we need to separate emotion from facts:

1. The rising tide of communal friction is a broader structural issue. This clash is neither the first of its kind in Sunsari nor across the wider Madhesh region. Communal polarization has been steadily rising—driven in part by the cross-border spillover of RSS-aligned Hindutva networks operating through affiliate groups and amplified via social media, alongside counter-mobilizations. Pretending this was an isolated spark ignores a long-brewing crisis.

2. State response and local escalation are a separate—and far more severe—failure. The immediate trigger was a communal clash, but the subsequent heavy-handed confrontation between law enforcement and local residents points directly to how the Nepali state perceives and treats Madhesh. While Home Minister Sudan Gurung's recent high-visibility operations along the border signal a push against cross-border drug trafficking, his political approach reveals a critical lack of contextual understanding of Madhesh. A top-down, heavy-handed security mandate cannot substitute for nuanced local engagement. Disregarding local expertise and establishing an investigation committee completely devoid of Madheshi representation only underscores this institutional blindspot.

3. The identity of the investigative mechanism matters.Whenever a tragedy occurs in the Terai, the political and media elite in Kathmandu are quick to label it a "Madhesh problem," producing endless op-eds dictating where locals went wrong. Yet, they consistently fail to interrogate the root causes:
- They ignore how mainstream political parties routinely instrumentalize religious symbols for electoral gain.
- They turn a blind eye to how RSS-funded networks radicalize local youth, or how polarized online rhetoric—such as MRR-hosted bhajan streams—deepens societal divisions.
- They remain silent on why state brutality and unchecked force are disproportionately unleashed in Madhesh, often bypassing constitutional guardrails.
- While commentators rightly condemned the harassment faced by Harka Sampang and his cadres in Janakpur, almost no space was afforded to addressing the deeply derogatory racial slurs subsequently directed toward the broader Madhesi community by him and his supporters.

The Sunsari tragedy provides a stark, vivid snapshot of Nepal’s contemporary reality: severe social fragmentation, state incapacity, systemic failure in security governance, and an acute crisis of political leadership—all playing out against a very real, dangerous rise in religious fundamentalism.

[Siddharth Mishra @Sid4580]

@okaymahesh Oli was being a dumbass with that "Thori" thing. And it was intended otherwise i.e. to cater to the anti-India narrative which had helped him for long and not the other way.

[Siddharth Mishra @Sid4580]

@okaymahesh Regarding Symbolisms, yes the leaders could have done better (eg. Balen's oath taking ceremony). But it would be too pessimistic to label those actions as unsecular. It was just a personal choice.

[Siddharth Mishra @Sid4580]

@SulavKarki Yes, the fees determined for this exam was very illogical. Rs 1000 for every sub-group you apply. I had applied in all the sub groups and it cost me Rs7200!!!

[Siddharth Mishra @Sid4580]

@kuccho_ rajendra lingden

[Siddharth Mishra @Sid4580]

@ShekharVedant_ @RiyaJha77480661 😂

[Siddharth Mishra @Sid4580]

@ShekharVedant_ "मोबाइल्वा" किधर है ? 😂😂

[Siddharth Mishra @Sid4580]

@amish973 I am afraid they may come up with एक निर्वाचन क्षेत्र एक विमानस्थल 😂

[Siddharth Mishra @Sid4580]

And Nepali YouTubers as well

[Gabbar @GabbbarSingh]

If you ban the word “Gaaiz” (Guys) half of the Indian YouTubers will have to shut shop

[Siddharth Mishra @Sid4580]

School girl वादविवाद vibes

[Jay Ghanti - जय घण्टी @JayGhanti]

डा. तोसीमा कार्कीको पुराना दललाई प्रश्न : हेटौडा, चोभार र उदयपुर सिमेन्ट खोइ ? भृकुटी कागज खोइ ? पचास लाख युवा खोइ ?

[Rabindra Singh Thakuri @RabindraRST]

Someone was saying; Arna beer has done more good things to Nepali cricket than comrade Prachanda 😂

[Middle East Eye @MiddleEastEye]

UN chief Antonio Guterres has said that attacks by Hamas "did not happen in a vacuum", sparking criticism from Israel's ambassador to the UN.

Israeli bombs have killed 704 Palestinians in the past 24 hours alone, and 5,791 in total since the war began.

[Siddharth Mishra @Sid4580]

You can take Nepalese out of Nepal but you cannot take Nepal out of Nepalese.

[Deshsanchar @deshsanchar1]

एनआरएनए अर्को समूहद्धारा पनि आफू निर्वाचित भएको स्वघोषणा
https://t.co/gbZTEKdvVm

[Amish Mulmi @amish973]

One of Panchayat's lasting legacies is this association/organization mentality that forces Nepalis into hiveminds encouraging groupism even within non-consequential organisations.
Everyone loves to feel important in Nepal.

[dinesh pant 🇵🇸 @PantDinesh1991]

यो मान्छेलाई सिघ्र कार्वाही गरियोस @NepalPoliceHQ https://t.co/5ehlwmvdP5

[dinesh pant 🇵🇸 @PantDinesh1991]

यसलाई जति सकिन्छ त्यति फैलाउ, अल्पसंख्यकविरुद्ध हुने हिंसा रोक्न आफ्नोतर्फबाट सकेको गरौ https://t.co/5ehlwmvdP5

[Siddharth Mishra @Sid4580]

@Prakriti_Pahari This man knows what sells here and has been playing his cards well. Also, the last time I checked constitution of Nepal, PM and President weren't directly elected posts and thank god rightfully so. Aba sripech lagaauna ta kot parba jasto ghatna nai ghataunu parlaa 😂.

[GG @ericcartmandu]

Sometimes I wonder, when Sati pratha was first abolished, some random uncle from budhanilkantha tweeted Kata jadaicha hamro Samaj, kasle bachaune hamro Sanskriti aba.