"Bring the Maoists back to the table."
US Ambassador Michael Malinowski is an old Nepal hand, having first served here in 1991. He spoke to Nepali Times this week on a wide range of issues. Excerpts:
November 1-7, 2002
Headline
Editorial
Unity
In the past two years, everything we as Nepalis have accomplished and taken pride in has been systematically dismantled. In fact, if we were…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
The purity of pure despair
Instead of cursing the darkness, Mohan Khatri lit a lamp.
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
Bandh surreal
A bandh observed is a bandh indeed, even if on the wrong day.
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Jand, Raxi, or Moi
Having once been unable to taste the difference between the omelette served on the early morning New Delhi shuttle and the styrofoam breakfast…
Nation
Captain saved airport, but not himself
Captain Dinesh Thapa was killed in Rumjatar, but the Maoists were unable to penetrate the defences he built.
TOYA DAHAL in RUMJATAR
An editor at large
Of course there's politics in the Shrisha Karki case, but there's also the question of journalistic ethics.
MANJUSHREE THAPA
Business
New trade winds
Indo-Nepal trade is becoming more hassle-free, as both sides try to remove bottlenecks.
BHAGIRATH YOGI
History
Literature
Mr Bangdel has left the country
"When the devotees and people of the country are deprived of their gods and goddesses, their hearts bleed. The stealing of such religious images…
KANAK MANI DIXIT
Book Worm
Born in Bigutar, Nepal- Socio-Economic Relationship of a Brahmin-Bhujel Village,
1971-2001 Peter Hodge Prindle Ratna Pustak Bhandar, Kathmandu, 2002 Rs 1,195 Based on fieldwork carried out from 1971-1972, this study attempts…
An Other Voice
English Literature from Nepal Deepak Thapa, Kesang Tseten, eds Martin Chautari, Kathmandu, 2002 Rs 275 Short stories by Mani Dixit, Joel…
The Confluence of Religions, a Scientific Perspective
Hari Narayan Malla Dr Sarala Malla, Kathmandu, 2002 Rs 100 Malla believes that the whole human mind and body evolves from the earth's…
Economy
New trade winds
Indo-Nepal trade is becoming more hassle-free, as both sides try to remove bottlenecks.
BHAGIRATH YOGI
Arts
Life in a different light
Surendra Lawoti is fascinated by light, colour and space. The 30-year-old photography graduate from Columbia College Chicago uses these elements…
Travel
Nepali Society
Allo, allo
Collecting and processing allo, stinging nettle, isn't easy. Kopila Rai, a 34-year-old native of Chingkha village, which overlooks the Arun…
From The Nepali Press
Kishore Shrestha speaks
Comment by Kishore Shrestha in a column called "Note of Dissent" in his newspaper, Jana Astha, 30 October.
Business Briefs
Fedex it
An alliance between Federal Express and Everest de Cargo last week heralded the launch of an outbound service for documents and packages from…
Green and blue bank
Can a garbage dump be turned into a park? That is exactly what Standard Chartered Bank Nepal with the United Nations Women's Organisation (UNWO)…
Darjeeling tea patent
India is preparing the paperwork to patent Darjeeling tea so that multinational companies cannot use the name without paying a royalty. In much…
Ex-Gurkhas to guard QE2
Britain's two biggest cruise companies are using undercover ex-Gurkhas to protect their liners against terrorist attacks, according to a report…
Nepali worker dies in Malaysia
A Nepali worker in a rubber glove factory was killed when the ceiling of the factory collapsed last week. Thirty-two others were injured, and…
NTB gets Vasco de Gama Award
Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) has been selected to receive the PATA/Business Traveller Germany Vasco da Gama Award as the Company of the Year 2003.…
Letters
Shrisha Karki
Thanks to Manjushree Thapa for her article "Putting the media on trial" (#116). It made me understand the reality of the whole event. I was…
Mohan Khatri
I would like to add my tribute to what Kunda Dixit and Daniel Lak had to say in the last issue about the gruesome murder of ex-Major Mohan…
Gas problems
After reading your editorial “Kleptomaniacs anonymous” (#112) and a recent news item that the Nepal Oil Corporation, (NOC) is considering a hike…
In this issue:
“Bring the Maoists back to the table.” | Captain saved airport, but not himself | Unity | Editorial: The purity of pure despair | Something gives | “The house is on fire, and they are arguing about who should sleep in the master bedroom...” | Bandh surreal | Yesterday once more | An editor at large | New trade winds | Life in a different light | Politics and rebellion | The money shot | Crisis of legitimacy | The basic question | Kishore Shrestha speaks | “Meantime, I’ll keep scribbling…” | Mr Bangdel has left the country | Jand, Raxi, or Moi | Allo, allo