Uddhab Pyakurel is a PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and is lecturer at Kathmandu University, Nepal. He is also associated with Nepal Center for Contemporary Studies (NCCS). He contributes articles to journals and newspapers on poverty, people’s participation, social inclusion/exclusion, state restructuring, micro-credit, gender, conflict, identity, democracy, election, Indo-Nepal relations and other socio-political issues. He is the author of ‘Maoist Movement in Nepal: A Sociological Perspective’ (2007).