Issue #116

An ex-army major who tried to stay clear of both the Maoists and the military is brutally murdered.

The new law on abortion has many gaps, and the government doesn't seem too keen on making it work fast.

Foreign investors are looking for politically stable countries,

Legalising it does not ensure accessibility, or affordability of safe abortion.

Two elderly people in a retirement home are discussing the food they are served in this Woody Allen joke. One says, "They feed us such awful,…

Three young women are helping revitalise the Nepali art scene.

Rohinton Mistry Faber and Faber, London, 2002 Rs 750 Mistry's eagerly anticipated third novel goes back to the author's vintage territory-Parsis…

Arundhati Roy Viking/ Penguin Books India, New Delhi, 2001 Rs 472 A collection of Arundhati Roy's political writings so far: The End of…

The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia Ahmed Rashid Orient Longman, Hyderabad, 2002 Rs 472 Rashid, who previously unravelled the Taleban…

A lavish new book takes a nostalgic look back at the Rana century.

Babita Lama may be small and fragile, but she moves mountains. Providing health care in her native Humla would intimidate anyone, but for…

Excerpts from an interview with Minister for Women and Social Welfare Gore Bahadur Khapangi in Nepal Samacharpatra, 20 October.

Himalaya Times, 22 October

Himalaya Times, 20 October

Exceprts from analysis by Kapil Kafle, Nepal Samacharpatra

Maoists have continued their attacks on schools across the country by bombing the school in Kailali run by the high school teacher of their…

Friends and well-wishers are concerned again about Subash Gurung, a Nepali national who pleaded guilty to the post 9/11 US federal offence of…

More than 30 runners from 8 countries and 5 Nepalis will do a high-altitude race from Annapurna Base Camp to Mt Everest Base Camp starting next…

The Nepali who has made public installation art his forte has returned once more from the United States to his motherland for a series of…

The manufacture and sale of pressure cookers has dropped dramatically in the past year since the Maoists started using them for explosives and…

The total number of vehicles registered in Kathmandu Valley and surrounding areas increased by nearly 16 percent in the past year, according to…

The Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India first came to Nepal in 2001, but is now considering setting up a reinsurance company and a mutual…

Despite assurances that Indian tourists entering Nepal are no longer required to carry passports or voter ID cards, the message doesn't seem to…

King G's decision is a positive one to take Nepal out of the dark ("King G does it", NT Online) as any well-wisher of Nepal knows. What Nepal's…

Congratulations for drawing once again the attention of concerned authorities about visa practice of Nepal (“If we want tourists, scrap visa…

Thanks to Andrew Bunbury in "Driven to distraction" (#115) for being so bold to write about completely chaotic driving rules in Kathmandu. At…

Loved Kunda Dixit's "Recently declassified ads" (#115). Someone should alert Lee Kuan Yew to the item: "Country For Rent". I was also intrigued…

I am a budget traveller who likes taking pictures, getting good deals, and avoiding too many other tourists. In my experience, visiting troubled…