The recent Madhes Uprising has brought a lot of long neglected issues to the frontline. Madhesis demand a proper Nepali identity and recognition from the government. They have long been marginalized members of Nepali society, often looked down upon and discriminated against by pahadis.

Nepali Times and columnist CK Lal predicted the Madhes Uprising long before it happened. CK Lal had often warned of an outburst, like the one we all witnessed, unless madhesis were treated equally and without prejudice. Below is a list of Nepali Times coverage and analysis on the Madhes issue.

Post-identity politics
From Issue #400 (16 May 08 - 22 May 08)

More unequal
From Issue #399 (09 May 08 - 15 May 08

South of the border
From Issue #398 (02 May 08 - 08 May 08)

Poll post-mortem
From Issue #397 (25 April 08 - 01 May 08)

Forum in Maostan
From Issue #396 (18 April 03 - 24 April 03)

“We are used to the bombs. This is our chance to be heard.”
From Issue #395 (11 April 08 - 17 April 08)

After 4/10
From Issue #394 (04 April 08 - 10 April 08)

Murkier and murkier
From Issue #392 (21 March 08 - 27 March 08)

No Madhesi wave
From Issue #391 (14 March 08 - 20 March 08)

Poll drama
From Issue #390 (07 March 08 - 13 March 08)

The Madhes Street
From Issue #389 (29 February 08 - 06 March 08)

Can’t wait
From Issue #388 (22 February 08 - 28 February 08)

Missing the story
From Issue #386 (08 February 08 - 14 February 08)

Things fall apart
From Issue #385 (01 February 08 - 07 February 08)

Another window
From Issue #384 (25 January 08 - 31 January 08)

Just do it
From Issue #383 (18 January 08 - 24 January 08)

Madhes checklist
From Issue #383 (18 January 08 - 24 January 08)

Spoiling for another fight
From Issue #382 (11 January 08 - 17 January 08)

Deadline pressure
From Issue #382 (11 January 08 - 17 January 08)

Tarai frontline
From Issue #381 (04 January 08 - 10 January 08)

From rust to dust
From Issue #381 (04 January 08 - 10 January 08)

Running out of time
From Issue #381 (04 January 08 - 10 January 08)

The year of the madhes
From Issue #380 (28 December 07 - 03 January 08)

The Tarai card
From Issue #378 (14 December 07 - 20 December 07)

“Wasn’t the war supposed to be over?”
From Issue #376 (30 November 07 - 06 December 07)

Promises unkept
From Issue #376 (30 November 07 - 06 December 07)

Mandated monitoring
From Issue #374 (16 November 07 - 22 November 07)

Tarai churning
From Issue #371 (19 October 07 - 01 November 07)

In the frontlines
From Issue #370 (12 October 07 - 18 October 07)

Open border, closed minds
From Issue #369 (05 October 07 - 11 October 07)

Slashes and burnt
From Issue #369 (05 October 07 - 11 October 07)

Kapilbastu diary
From Issue #368 (28 September 07 - 04 October 07)

Kapilbastu post-mortem
From Issue #368 (28 September 07 - 04 October 07)

Building bridges in the madhes
From Issue #367 (21 September 07 - 27 September 07)

Violence in a vacuum
From Issue #367 (21 September 07 - 27 September 07)

While butwal burns
From Issue #367 (21 September 07 - 27 September 07)

Calling all moderates
From Issue #366 (14 September 07 - 20 September 07)

The gorakhpur connection
From Issue #365 (07 September 07 - 13 September 07)

A missed opportunity
From Issue #365 (07 September 07 - 13 September 07)

Not in our name
From Issue #365 (07 September 07 - 13 September 07)

Political ecology of the madhes
From Issue #364 (31 August 07 - 06 September 07)

Fleeing the flood
From Issue #362 (17 August 07 - 23 August 07)

Mainly in the plains
From Issue #362 (17 August 07 - 23 August 07)

Will the tough get going?
From Issue #362 (17 August 07 - 23 August 07)

Sandbagging the plains
From Issue #361 (10 August 07 - 16 August 07)

Beyond tokenism
From Issue #360 (03 August 07 - 09 August 07)

Leave it to us
From Issue #359 (27 July 07 - 02 August 07) |

The unrepentant state
From Issue #356 (06 July 07 - 12 July 07)

Playing with matches
From Issue #352 (08 June 07 - 14 June 07)

The rise of a party
From Issue #349 (18 May 07 - 24 May 07)

Terror in the tarai
From Issue #347 (04 May 07 - 10 May 07)

The price of radicalism
From Issue #346 (27 April 07 - 03 May 07)

An armless army
From Issue #345 (20 April 07 - 26 April 07)

An unfinished uprising
From Issue #345 (20 April 07 - 26 April 07)

Rising in the east
From Issue #344 (13 April 07 - 19 April 07)

Three months later
From Issue #343 (06 April 07 - 12 April 07)

Boomerang
From Issue #342 (30 March 07 - 05 April 07)

A small, shrinking center
From Issue #341 (23 March 07 - 29 March 07)

Step away from the polls
From Issue #341 (23 March 07 - 29 March 07)

Gore in Gaur
From Issue #341 (23 March 07 - 29 March 07)

Lahan’s hero
From Issue #336 (16 February 07 - 22 February 07)

Long and bumpy road
From Issue #335 (09 February 07 - 15 February 07)

Acute hearing
From Issue #335 (09 February 07 - 15 February 07)

Why now?
From Issue #335 (09 February 07 - 15 February 07)

Muharram in madhes
From Issue #335 (09 February 07 - 15 February 07)

Fuelling change
From Issue #335 (09 February 07 - 15 February 07)

Cyber tarai
From Issue #334 (02 February 07 - 08 February 07)

In the central and eastern tarai, rage, determination and grief
From Issue #334 (02 February 07 - 08 February 07)

Hour of reckoning
From Issue #334 (02 February 07 - 08 February 07)

Keep talking
From Issue #334 (02 February 07 - 08 February 07)

Plain speaking
From Issue #334 (02 February 07 - 08 February 07)

Search for common ground
From Issue #333 (26 January 07 - 01 February 07)

Shadow of a gun
From Issue #333 (26 January 07 - 01 February 07)

Nepalis want to stand up and be counted
From Issue #332 (19 January 07 - 25 January 07)

Put out this fire
From Issue #328 (22 December 06 - 28 December 06)

Sideswiped
From Issue #320 (27 October 06 - 02 November 06)

Lit fuse
From Issue #320 (27 October 06 - 02 November 06)

Non government
From Issue #315 (15 September 06 - 21 September 06)

Plains speaking
From Issue #310 (11 August 06 - 17 August 06)

Tarai tinderbox
From Issue #310 (11 August 06 - 17 August 06)

We will flush them out
From Issue #240 (25 March 05 - 31 March 05)