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Nepal's Saffron Surge

Name: Nepal's Saffron Surge
Uploaded: 2022-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Duration: 13 min
Description: The world’s last Hindu kingdom became a secular state in 2007. But its political chaos has seen citizens demand a Hindu Rashtra. The power vacuum has drawn China to Nepal. A great game has now begun.

2022 • 1 Season • International • Geopolitics

Political • Informative

The world’s last Hindu kingdom became a secular state in 2007. But its political chaos has seen citizens demand a Hindu Rashtra. The power vacuum has drawn China to Nepal. A great game has now begun.

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Season 1

Fourteen years after the introduction of the word secular in Nepal's constitution, the demand for a Hindu Rashtra has gathered momentum.

Christianity is secular Nepal's fastest growing religion, much to the discomfort of Hindu nationalists.

Nepal's once-reviled monarch Gyanendra is now a fount of hope. Calls for his restoration have to do with the monarchy embodying Nepalese tradition and identity.

Close cultural and historical ties have not deterred growing anti-India sentiments in Kathmandu. Is China's expanding footprint threatening Nepal's age-old ties with India?