Unfriendly fire
It is a steep two-hour uphill from the Prithvi Highway to Jogimara in Dhading district. And even from a distance, we can sense the stillness in…
MOHAN MAINALI
August 9-15, 2002
Headline
Editorial
Seeing the forest for the trees
The learned justices of the Supreme Court showed this week that they are not only well-versed in legal niceties, but they also have a lot of…
Columns
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
Once we were barons
Everything ends, especially dependence on finite natural resources for social, political and economic development.
Guest Column by ADAM FRIEDENSOHN
Fossil economy
The government and the diesel lobby are afraid EVs will transform the way Nepalis transport themselves.
Economic Sense by ARTHA BEED
Private initiatives
To make government listen, business needs to be more pro-active.
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Gods must be crazy
We have just received a top-secret encrypted message from NATO Headquarters in Bhedasingh about its surprise inspection last week of the…
Nation
Talk or terrorise?
Following the Supreme Court verdict quashing an appeal against the dissolution of parliament, political parties have gone into campaign mode.…
Interview
"The situation is even more alarming..."
Peter Rhode is head of the German aid agency, GTZ. Before leaving for his new assignment in Uganda, he spoke to Nepali Times about the…
History
On love and politics
BP spends his 40th wedding anniversary in Sundarijal prison, reflecting on his love for his wife Sushila. His mind is also on his defence, which…
Culture
Yak Yeti Yak
Arts
Upper Mustang in Kathmandu
An innovative stage production of a novel by Sarubhakta successfully takes on the sensitive matter of Bhotiya polyandry.
KANAK MANI DIXIT
Nepali Society
Hari Sharan nipalensis
Nepal's foremost birdman doesn't have a PhD in ornithology from a fancy western university. He doesn't work as an expert for a swanky…
From The Nepali Press
Meet the lawyer
Excerpts from an interview with lawyer Meera Dhungana in Tarun, 5 August. Dhungana sued the state for equal property rights for women and…
Domestic Brief
Ashoka fellows
Rajendra Suwal and Mahabir Pun have been selected as Ashoka Fellows from Nepal for 2002. Suwal, a bird enthusiast, has been working to protect…
New chief
Lieutenant General Pyar Jung Thapa took over as acting chief of the Royal Nepal Army from Friday, the day the outgoing Chief of Army Staff…
British aid
Eyebrows have been raised in London over procedure in the UK's promise to Nepal of roughly ?3 million worth of military aid. According to a…
No asylum for footballers
Three Nepali teenage footballers reported "missing" on 5 August have turned themselves in at Oslo's Central Police Station and applied for…
Optional Sanskrit
This might bring smiles to the faces of Maoists and janajati activists, and make sense to a lot of other people. The compulsory Sanskrit…
Talk or terrorise?
Following the Supreme Court verdict quashing an appeal against the dissolution of parliament, political parties have gone into campaign mode.…
Business Briefs
RBB on life support
The central bank last week took over the ailing Rastriya Banijya Bank (RBB), which had become leader-less following the resignation of its…
FDI flows
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Nepal last fiscal year (ending mid-July) was down by about 39 percent to Rs 1.2 billion from the Rs 3.1…
What we’ve lost
Government officials say that the losses caused by political instability and Maoist violence last year add up to about Rs 40 billion. This…
Fly to Banaras
Necon Air has resumed flights to Banaras from 1 August, and the company says its next expansions would be the Indian cities of Kolkata and…
Gold prices
Gold prices have come down to mid-April levels, after briefly rising during the wedding season, to stabilise at around Rs 8,000 per 10 grams.…
Letters
"Bahun bad"
After reading "Bahuns and the Nepali state (revisited)", #104, by Nuru Lama Sherpa, it came to me that the post-1990 clash of civilisations has…
Charming Rajbiraj
As a member of the Rajbiraj community I feel compelled to write after reading Prashant Jha's degrading article about our fine city ("Rajbiraj…
No go
After reading Ramyata Limbu's "No go on green" (#104) I want to draw your readers' attention to the fact that the primary objective of providing…
Malaria resurgence
Hemlata Rai's "The return of the parasites" (#105) is appreciated for its attempt to explain the situation of malaria in Nepal. A few…
Trade, not aid
We are regular readers of your paper and its coverage of foreign aid. We are currently in the UK even though we live in Kathmandu. When you are…
Human terror
Let me commend Binod Bhattarai on a well-researched overview of the air saftey standards in Nepal, and an accurate listing of the issues…
Remove fees
I would like to draw the attention of Nepal's tourism planners through your paper to the worrying state of Nepal's tourist industry. One of the…
Open letter
This is an open letter to the Prime Ministers of Nepal and the United Kingdom and to the President of the United States. We, a group of…
In this issue:
Unfriendly fire | Seeing the forest for the trees | Editorial: Fossil economy | Collateral sorrow | Once we were barons | Disillusioned donors | Private initiatives | “Nepal has a long way to go…” | Australia’s new friend | Constantinople connection | Chung-hua, Inc | The war on minds | On love and politics | Upper Mustang in Kathmandu | Gods must be crazy