When Politics Meets Hip-Hop: Balen Shah Emerges as Nepal’s PM-in-Waiting
September, 2025 Nepal’s political landscape is undergoing a generational shift in the wake of Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli’s resignation. At the forefront of this transformation stands Balendra Shah, popularly known as Balen, a 35-year-old structural engineer, independent mayor of Kathmandu, and rapper whose unconventional career path has made him the voice of a new…