Combing operation
Our politicians still think elections can be held. Or, they pretend it can.
BINOD BHATTARAI
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
The Quagmire
The harder this government tries to extricate itself, the deeper it sinks.
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
Journalism, war, and peace
An old South Asia hand turns to peace journalism.
Guest Column by MEGH RANJANI RAI
From Maam,with love
I enjoyed my two-year stint teaching at Budanilkantha School. I wept, I slept and kept my memories of one of them no more: Nirajan. His Royal…
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Article 127
Someone who has been keeping careful count has just drawn my attention to the fact that there have been 126 articles in this space in the past…
Nation
The trouble with TU
Tribhuvan University has infrastructure it can be proud of. If only students and faculty would give up politics for academics.
HEMLATA RAI
Cybergoats and virtual bokas
The way to the diaspora's wallet is through its collective, nostalgic heart.
Unopposed, unbeaten
Re-electing the entire MP line-up unopposed would have a therapeutic effect on the body politic.
PUSKAR BHUSAL
Literature
Shankar Lamichhane
Considered one of Nepal's foremost essayists of all times, Shankar Lamichhane wrote with a lyrical, musical tempo, unrestrained by the ponderous…
MANJUSHREE THAPA
Book Worm
Himalayan Drawings
Robert Powell, Michael Oppitz, ed VMZ, Zurich, 2002 Rs 6,000 This retrospective presents 140 works representing over 25 years of Powell as a…
Diplomacy
Henry Kissinger Touchstone, New York, 1994 Rs 1,000 special price Moving from a sweeping overview of history to blow-by-blow accounts of his…
Human Development Report 2002
Deepening Democracy in a Fragmented World Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2002 Rs 760 This HDR examines political participation as a…
Heritage
Nepali Society
Raaj, the tea man
You can recognise a good Darjeeling by its colour, its fragrance, and flavour. It looks like fine scotch whisky," says Raaj Waiba slurping a…
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
Clean-up act
Fifty Nepali and French mountaineering enthusiasts have got together to clean up Mt Dhaulagiri. It is estimated that Dhaulagiri is littered with…
Dasain discount
The government has decided to be festive. It's offering discounts on essential commodities such as rice, vegetable ghiu and soybean oil, and…
Unhappy donors
The latest trend is to troop over to hand over memos to the government. Even the donors are joining the procession. They are worried about the…
Business Briefs
ACNielsen Nepal
ORG-MARG in Nepal has had a formal name change to become ACNielsen Nepal. The changeover completes the reorganisation of the holdings of the…
New Rs 10 notes will be plastic
The filthy, tattered notes you get from taxi drivers and vegetable vendors are unpleasant, but that's not the only thing wrong with paper money.…
NEA power sales
The Nepal Electricity Authority says it is now capable of selling Rs 1 billion worth of electricity to India, thanks to the 140 MW Kali Gandaki…
Nepal SBI bank branches
Nepal SBI Bank Limited has opened its 12th branch in Janakpur. Fifty percent of the bank, set up in 1993, is held by the State Bank of India, 15…
New Hyundais
Avco International, authorised distributors of Hyundai vehicles in Nepal, have introduced four new models in Nepal. The company says that it…
New IT horizons
The California-based New Horizons Computer Learning Centres began offering training courses in Nepal last week. The company offers different…
RID heist
Revenue Investigation Officials unearthed what they said was a scam involving raw materials import when they discovered a container supposed to…
In this issue:
Combing operation | If we want tourists, scrap visa fees | White Water | Editorial: The Quagmire | The trouble with TU | Journalism, war, and peace | Cybergoats and virtual bokas | Unopposed, unbeaten | Show us the money | Khukuri | Home truths about immigration | Recovery for Argentina | A new Great Game | Wait and see | Referendum ? | SHANKAR LAMICHHANE | From Maam, with love | Article 127 | Raaj, the tea man