The Dream of a Socialism Oriented Society in Nepal: The Discrepancy between Rhetoric and Reality in Political Practices

Abstract

This article critically analyses the preamble of the constitution of Nepal as socialism-oriented society and state. It explores the gaps between the socialist rhetoric espoused by the political actors of Nepal, their actual intentions and deeds in practices. The analysis of this article outlines the principles of eminent scholar, Noam Chomsky's "The Requiem for the American Dream". This study adopted a document analysis method, used the published documents of government, scholarly articles, books, manifestoes of political parties, and others as sources of data. The study concluded that despite these noble ideals of socialism in the form of the constitutions and manifestoes of political parties and commitments of leaders and people's aspirations, the reality of political practices in Nepal often diverges significantly from the rhetoric of socialism.