Mocko, AnnePenjore, Dorji2015-04-302015-04-300004-4687http://hdl.handle.net/1885/13357Both Nepal and Bhutan formed new parliamentary governments in 2014. In both cases, a new party took control, but major policies remained unchanged. Many people experienced hardships in buying basic commodities (because of inflation in Nepal and a subsidy dispute in Bhutan). Nepal faced three natural disasters.http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0004-4687/..."Publisher version allowed on author's personal website, subject-based repositories and institutional repositories, Publisher's version/PDF may be used" from SHERPA/RoMEO site (as at 30/04/15)Published as Asian Survey, Vol. 55, Number 1, pp. 75–81. © 2015 by the Regents of the University of California. Copying and permissions notice: Authorization to copy this content beyond fair use (as specified in Sections 107 and 108 of the U. S. Copyright Law) for internal or personal use, or the internal or personal use of specific clients, is granted by the Regents of the University of California for libraries and other users, provided that they are registered with and pay the specified fee via Rightslink® on JSTOR (http://www.jstor.org/r/ucal) or directly with the Copyright Clearance Center, http://www.copyright.comelectionsNarendra ModiMount Everestconstitutionliteracy201510.1525/as.2015.55.1.752016-02-24