Bishnu with political posters

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Bishnu pointing to a faded political poster from the previous year's election.

A member of the Communist party, Bishnu sees it as a voice for the landless poor like him. Current Nepali politics includes many parties whose influence has faded in the rest of the world, including a Maoist party.