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Losers Seeking Better Winners

A Field Guide for the Politically Petrified

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S. Gundai

11 June 2026 3 min read 165 views

Losers Seeking Better Winners

It is a national pastime to believe that every citizen is a latent Prime Minister-in-waiting, cursed only by the lack of a proper office and a decent chair. Harkey, our resident ‘Stone Age’ warrior, clearly thinks he’s the intellectual heir to Machiavelli. In a saner era, the Speaker would have tossed him out for his theatrical outbursts, but Speaker DP possesses a patience that borders on the divine. He treats our opposition nataks with the serene tolerance of Lord Buddha, likely because he’s too busy wondering why nothing actually gets done.

The Transformer Talent Show

Then we have Kulman, the self-proclaimed ‘load-shedding’ whisperer. He’s already busy measuring the curtains for the Bagmati Province office in 2027, boasting of a landslide victory. It’s a bold strategy for a man whose electricity distribution network seems to surrender to a light breeze or a drizzle. PM Balen isn't wrong; if we all switch to induction stoves, our neighborhood transformers will provide the only fireworks we’ll see this year—a spectacular display of systemic incompetence.

Finance for Dummies

Next, meet Rammy Khanal. As a sarkari hakim and later Finance Minister, his tenure was less 'economic wizard' and more 'expert in gathering dust.' Yet, here he is, peddling unsolicited advice to his successor. If there were a Nobel Prize for 'Audacity in Financial Failure,' the architects of the last two decades of economic stagnation would be fighting for the podium. They’ve spent twenty years digging the hole; now they’re shocked that we haven’t built a skyscraper in it.

The Revolving Door of Chaos

Durgey Prasai, our favorite shady byapari, is back at it. Having failed to bribe his way to relevance with Marsi rice, he’s now flirting with a 'nationalist' coalition with Dhawal Rana. Durgey changes political parties with more frequency than most people change their socks. He owes banks enough money to sink a small island, yet he persists in the delusion that he’s the savior of the republic. It’s not a political movement; it’s a desperate plea for a debt waiver.

Media, Manners, and Money

Then there are our pattukaars—the journalists who suffer from chronic memory loss. They treat every minor stumble of the current administration like a Watergate-level scandal, conveniently forgetting the three decades of institutionalized looting they ignored while busy drafting puff pieces. Dear jholeys, if you spent half as much time investigating the foreign intelligence funding in your own newsrooms or your unpaid staff’s bank accounts as you do stalking PM Balen, you might actually be worth the ink you spill.

The Verdict: Try Winning Instead

To the CUM (Congress-UML-Maoist) alliance: weeping about 'rigged elections' is getting old. The people gave you decades of chances, and you turned the country into a masterclass on how to fail miserably. We didn't ‘rig’ your incompetence; you cultivated it.

So, to all the whiners, the debt-ridden shady byaparis, and the chiya-kharcha media squad: quit the theater. If you’re so certain you can do better, run for office, win a majority, and govern. Until then, grab a seat, stay quiet, and try to look inconspicuous when the tax authorities eventually start knocking on your doors.

Jai Nepal!

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S. Gundai

Chief Chiya-Raksi Critic

S. Gundai spends his mornings complaining about the dust over tea and his evenings solving the country’s problems over local raksi, though he usually forgets the solutions by breakfast.