Appreciate the timely article on earthquake preparedness ('Not if, but when, Kunda Dixit, #536). The future damage of life and properties will…
Nice reading this piece albeit the malady Prashant has suggested is only the tip of the iceberg; the rest are hanging still like icicles ('Big…
Letter to the EditorI got a terrible shock when I checked my email to find HSSAN (Higher Secondary Schools Association Nepal) and Kathmandu…
What a shame! How and when can we Nepalis decide our own fate ('The diplomat's burden', Prashant Jha, #533)? I have not seen a single political…
I am against the government's decision to send women to work in middle-eastern countries ('Helping workers abroad', Roundtable discussion,…
Good write up ('Business Reporting', Ashutosh Tiwari, #531). These tips will be of substantial help to people who want to improve the level of…
The Maoists are spoilt children who just demand and demand unrealistically ('Mission impossible', Prashant Jha, #530).They won't give up the…
Bring high-altitude rescues down to earth I knew Capt. Basnyat personally and agree with the author that Basnyat's demise is not only a brutal…
Lukla in moral chaos I have been working in Nepal for the last three years, so I am not technically a tourist and I can speak some Nepali, so…
Last week, I went to a big five-star hotel to attend the presentation of the research findings of a Kathmandu-based NGO. In a few hours, ten…
Looking at the number of comments under 'Walled in'(#506), it is obvious Mr. Brown struck a sore spot for many people. It is a gutsy article and…
Let's see how long this will last ('End on a high', #482). When are the rest of them going to learn that these Maoists won't budge unless we…
The leader of the main opposition party is a joke, a man who has no sense of political or personal direction.2. Our PM doesn't have the moral…
Prashant Jha is right ('Forget-me-not', #480). He has correctly pointed out the Kathmandu mindset and attitude towards the emerging generation…
The huge number of fires burning plastic waste across the country must be a big contributing factor to the rising temperatures in Nepal…
This is an interesting article ('The new proletariat', #478). I agree that living abroad widens people's horizons, and brings other positive and…
Gadhimai Mela is nothing but a barbaric and inhuman tragedy ('Animal fights', #477). The people who carry out the slaughter are invariably…
Sane people always have read the Ass as the true image of Nepal for that week and beyond. Sometimes, the column makes you cry because it's so…
We all recognise that investment in education is the key to our success in many dimensions: it deepens democracy; it creates human capital to…
I read your well-written update ('Deal or no deal', nepalitimes.com) with great interest. Although I am not an avid supporter of the Maoists, in…
'Festivalonomics' (#473) touches a sensitive point. For generations the festivals and rituals in the Kathmandu Valley have been performed…
To my knowledge, this is not a first ('The Great Himalayan Trail', #472). A French company sponsored a similar trip back in 1986/87. Bousteaud…
Non-resident nonsenseIn his rather condescending column 'The NRN Manifesto' (#471), one can perceive Prem Jung Thapa's bitterness against the…
It was exciting (if you can use such an adjective) reading Rabi Thapa's 'The land of my fathers' (#470). It was poignant and nostalgic. The two…
