The world's "best constitution" doesn't give equal citizenship rights to Nepali women cos some citizens are more equal than others, haina bro?

A lot happened after we recorded this episode, all of which we couldn't include. So here's a mini explainer:

- Amid uncertainty surrounding the amendment to the Citizenship Act,

the Home Ministry on April 2 issued a circular to all 77 chief district officers across the country, telling them to grant citizenship by descent to those individuals whose parents are citizens by birth.

- And then some smart ass uncle filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court to not implement the ministry’s decision on citizenship, leading to an interim order to the government to stop the implementation.

- A few days later, the Supreme Court paved the way for individuals, whose parents are Nepali citizens by birth, to acquire citizenship by descent. (Boohoo, uncle!)

- For now, hundreds of people without citizenships are able to apply for papers. But the issue of citizenship through mothers remains and we will have to wait and see what our lawmakers do about amending these laws.

Read more about it here https://bit.ly/2DvsTi0

Interview with lawmaker Binda Pandey of the ruling Nepal Communist Party

The Kathmandu Post, Tsering D Gurung, https://bit.ly/2Gwwdu2

Setopati, Shova Sharma https://setopati.com/politics/177120