Shubhanga Pandey
@shubhangap.bsky.social
PhD student in History at UCLA. A lapsed astrophysicist & journalist, previously chief editor at Himal Southasian. Bylines for the Caravan, Jacobin, Newslaundry, LRB blog, etc.
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‘The Gen Z that took to the streets are from a substantial urban underclass, many of them new migrants to the city. The online Gen Z are tech-savvy, largely middle-class and fluent in Reddit memes.’
Shubhanga Pandey on protest and regime change in Nepal, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...
Shubhanga Pandey on protest and regime change in Nepal, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...
Shubhanga Pandey | Who are Nepal’s Gen Z?
When, on 8 September, ‘Gen Z’ packed the streets of the government district in Kathmandu, no more was expected than...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
‘The Gen Z that took to the streets are from a substantial urban underclass, many of them new migrants to the city. The online Gen Z are tech-savvy, largely middle-class and fluent in Reddit memes.’
Shubhanga Pandey on protest and regime change in Nepal, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...
Shubhanga Pandey on protest and regime change in Nepal, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...
"Disenchantment is a risky thing to build alliances on."
For @newleftreview.bsky.social's Sidecar, I analyze the Gen Z uprising in Nepal. newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
For @newleftreview.bsky.social's Sidecar, I analyze the Gen Z uprising in Nepal. newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Shubhanga Pandey, Himalayan Uprising — Sidecar
Nepal’s revolt and its aftermath.
newleftreview.org
October 5, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"Disenchantment is a risky thing to build alliances on."
For @newleftreview.bsky.social's Sidecar, I analyze the Gen Z uprising in Nepal. newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
For @newleftreview.bsky.social's Sidecar, I analyze the Gen Z uprising in Nepal. newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
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🌟 New 'Take Five' from Director/CEO @julietdryden.bsky.social & Comms Intern Eve Harrison-Taylor! 🌟
📚 Our top 5 readings/podcasts on #internationalstudies from the last month!
inc: Shubhanga Pandey, Alexandra Sharp, The Conversation UK, Paula Guimarães
& more: https://ow.ly/waKV50X63PM
📚 Our top 5 readings/podcasts on #internationalstudies from the last month!
inc: Shubhanga Pandey, Alexandra Sharp, The Conversation UK, Paula Guimarães
& more: https://ow.ly/waKV50X63PM
October 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🌟 New 'Take Five' from Director/CEO @julietdryden.bsky.social & Comms Intern Eve Harrison-Taylor! 🌟
📚 Our top 5 readings/podcasts on #internationalstudies from the last month!
inc: Shubhanga Pandey, Alexandra Sharp, The Conversation UK, Paula Guimarães
& more: https://ow.ly/waKV50X63PM
📚 Our top 5 readings/podcasts on #internationalstudies from the last month!
inc: Shubhanga Pandey, Alexandra Sharp, The Conversation UK, Paula Guimarães
& more: https://ow.ly/waKV50X63PM
बालाशंकरको चोटपटक !
As Nepal bans social-media platforms, my essay on Nepali state's intelligence networks and espionage in early 19th-c, based on my ongoing research. (Included in the second issue of the journal संकथन.) commons-nepal.com/balasankarko...
As Nepal bans social-media platforms, my essay on Nepali state's intelligence networks and espionage in early 19th-c, based on my ongoing research. (Included in the second issue of the journal संकथन.) commons-nepal.com/balasankarko...
बालाशंकरको चोटपटक ! - The Commons
राजा राजेन्द्रविक्रमका समयमा इस्ट इन्डिया कम्पनी र नेपाल दरबारबीच भारतीय उपमहाद्वीप र अन्यत्रका खबर पठाउने दिल्लीनिवासी बालाशंकर मिश्रको कथाव्यथा।
commons-nepal.com
September 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
बालाशंकरको चोटपटक !
As Nepal bans social-media platforms, my essay on Nepali state's intelligence networks and espionage in early 19th-c, based on my ongoing research. (Included in the second issue of the journal संकथन.) commons-nepal.com/balasankarko...
As Nepal bans social-media platforms, my essay on Nepali state's intelligence networks and espionage in early 19th-c, based on my ongoing research. (Included in the second issue of the journal संकथन.) commons-nepal.com/balasankarko...
My views on this week's pro-monarchy rally in Kathmandu, where I ask if we're seeing a redefinition of what it means to be a king in our age of memes. substack-proxy.glitch.me/articles/shu...
#Nepal
#Nepal
King Gyanendra's two bodies?
This week's pro-monarchy rally in Kathmandu and what it tells us about ideas of kingship in modern times.
substack-proxy.glitch.me
March 15, 2025 at 1:53 AM
My views on this week's pro-monarchy rally in Kathmandu, where I ask if we're seeing a redefinition of what it means to be a king in our age of memes. substack-proxy.glitch.me/articles/shu...
#Nepal
#Nepal
King Gyanendra's two bodies. I write on this week's pro-monarchy rally in Nepal and what it tells us about ideas of kingship in modern times. shubhangap.substack.com/p/king-gyane...
King Gyanendra's two bodies?
This week's pro-monarchy rally in Kathmandu and what it tells us about ideas of kingship in modern times.
shubhangap.substack.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
King Gyanendra's two bodies. I write on this week's pro-monarchy rally in Nepal and what it tells us about ideas of kingship in modern times. shubhangap.substack.com/p/king-gyane...
Why much of the debate around the USAID freeze has been more noise than signal. shubhangap.substack.com/p/the-usaid-...
The USAID impasse
What's missing from the ongoing fracas over international aid.
shubhangap.substack.com
February 16, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Why much of the debate around the USAID freeze has been more noise than signal. shubhangap.substack.com/p/the-usaid-...
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If you're seeing my Substack for the first time, here's more about it (shubhangap.substack.com/p/introducin...) and see my first post, on what one 19th-century Chinese official thought of Nepali bureaucracy: shubhangap.substack.com/p/a-case-of-...
A case of sloppy seals?
A Chinese view of Nepali bureaucracy in the early-19th century.
shubhangap.substack.com
February 11, 2025 at 2:52 AM
If you're seeing my Substack for the first time, here's more about it (shubhangap.substack.com/p/introducin...) and see my first post, on what one 19th-century Chinese official thought of Nepali bureaucracy: shubhangap.substack.com/p/a-case-of-...
Reposted by Shubhanga Pandey
What's missing from the ongoing fracas over USAID freeze and international aid? My latest Substack post.
tinyurl.com/33yhdzva
tinyurl.com/33yhdzva
The USAID impasse
What's missing from the ongoing fracas over international aid.
tinyurl.com
February 11, 2025 at 2:47 AM
What's missing from the ongoing fracas over USAID freeze and international aid? My latest Substack post.
tinyurl.com/33yhdzva
tinyurl.com/33yhdzva
What's missing from the ongoing fracas over USAID freeze and international aid? My latest Substack post.
tinyurl.com/33yhdzva
tinyurl.com/33yhdzva
The USAID impasse
What's missing from the ongoing fracas over international aid.
tinyurl.com
February 11, 2025 at 2:47 AM
What's missing from the ongoing fracas over USAID freeze and international aid? My latest Substack post.
tinyurl.com/33yhdzva
tinyurl.com/33yhdzva
My latest Substack: Have all debates on foreign aid/USAID become completely hostage to the global culture wars among those terminally online? tinyurl.com/33yhdzva
The USAID impasse
What's missing from the ongoing fracas over international aid.
tinyurl.com
February 10, 2025 at 5:20 AM
My latest Substack: Have all debates on foreign aid/USAID become completely hostage to the global culture wars among those terminally online? tinyurl.com/33yhdzva