The blockade is over but Nepal's young Madhesis are determined to keep their agitation alive

An old demand that their Terai region should secede from the country is gaining new currency.

Anumeha Yadav

· Feb 10, 2016 · 09:15 am

Madhesis officially call off five-month long blockade on India-Nepal border

The protesters, however, said they will continue their agitation till the Nepal government addresses their demands.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 08, 2016 · 08:22 pm

Why Nepal's poorest people are risking their livelihoods by blockading the border

The Madhesi community believes they have to force their rulers in Kathmandu to stop discriminating against them.

Anumeha Yadav

· Feb 05, 2016 · 09:15 am

Is India really behind Nepal's economic blockade?

What has sustained the four-month occupation of the Maitreyi bridge on the India-Nepal border? On a recent January day, people on either side of the line shared their answers.

Anumeha Yadav

· Feb 04, 2016 · 09:15 am

Interview: 'For Madhesis, the first amendments to Nepal's new Constitution are a disappointment'

Dipendra Jha, a constitutional lawyer and human rights advocate from Nepal, explains why the agitation on the India-Nepal border remains ongoing.

Anumeha Yadav

· Jan 30, 2016 · 07:30 pm

A bridge between India and Nepal has been occupied by protesters for four months

Protestors, with women and youth, say they will not relent

Anumeha Yadav

· Jan 21, 2016 · 11:16 am

‘India should not interfere in the Madhesi problem’: Nepal politician Hisila Yami on the blockade

Baburao Bhattarai’s wife speaks about the causes of the Madhesi discontent and its repercussions.

Mridula Chari

· Jan 18, 2016 · 02:30 pm

As blockade stretches on, Nepalese diaspora in India is torn in two directions

Nepalese living in India are anxious about families back home as essentials become even more scarce.

Mridula Chari

· Jan 13, 2016 · 09:15 am

On new year's eve, no signs of hope for Nepal beleaguered by earthquake and blockade

The $4 billion pledged by donors for earthquake relief lies unspent, and while the Nepalese and Indian governments trade allegations, the plight of the poor keeps getting worse.

Gyanu Adhikari

· Dec 31, 2015 · 03:30 pm

Blockade is causing food insecurity in Nepal, say Indian activists

Network appeals to Indian government to ensure that Nepalese people get adequate supplies as political unrest enters third month.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 02, 2015 · 08:00 pm

Nepal police shoots dead two Madhesi protesters in fresh violence

As many as 17 protesters and 25 police officers were injured in the clashes.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 22, 2015 · 05:00 pm

'Economic blockade akin to imperial meddling': Filmmakers hit out at government over Nepal crisis

Indian participants at film festival in Kathmandu blame New Delhi's 'unconscionable support' of blockade for humanitarian crisis in Nepal.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 21, 2015 · 05:00 pm