Nepal’s rising political figure Balendra Shah, popularly known as Balen, once studied structural engineering in Bengaluru’s ...

Riding a Gen-Z wave in Nepal’s polls, the Kathmandu mayor’s rise is also marked by sharp rhetoric and recurring controversies.

Balen Shah and the Rastriya Swatantra Party surge across Nepal, winning crucial FPTP seats and signalling a major shift after the Gen Z protests; urban dominance evident in Kathmandu Valley.

A New Era in Nepal's Politics In a remarkable shift in Nepal's political scene, Balendra Shah, a rapper-turned-politician, is leading his newly established Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) to a ...