Divided they fall
One month into office, Chand government is getting little help from squabbling politicos.
BHAGIRATH YOGI
November 8-14, 2002
Headline
Editorial
Un-united nation
There is something in the Nepali character that makes us more divisive and prone to disunity than any other people. Perhaps our shared history…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
The four wheels of democracy
Everything a constituent assembly can do, a sovereign parliament can do better.
Guest Column by ALOK BOHARA
Shock therapy
Everything a constituent assembly can do, a sovereign parliament can do better.
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Jello Journalism
Over the holiday period the reading public has been deprived of information of vital importance to their daily lives because some of us in the…
Nation
Seven years with my Korean fathers
A first-person account of Pasang Sherpa's quest to support his family, tracking years of backbreaking work in South Korea, his deep friendships, and deception.
Critical mass
Two wrongs don't make a right. Neither do three. Four might be just the ticket.
PUSKAR BHUSAL
Review
Nepali Society
Pedalling for peace
When the 30-year-old Puskar Shah set out on his bicycle to see the world in 1998, his mother gave him a 100-rupee note. He didn't have any…
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
Hardline Baburam
Maoist leader Baburam Bhattarai has hurled another broadside at the monarchy just as analysts were saying the rebels were softening their…
Children and the insurgency
As with most conflicts around the world, children have suffered the most in Nepal's insurgency. More than 3,000 children have been displaced…
More climbing this autumn season
According to data from the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, 71 teams from 20 countries will be climbing in Nepal this season.…
Bigger army
The Royal Nepal Army will recruit 5,000 more soldiers in the next three months. RNA spokesperson Colonel Dipak Gurung told media more force…
Lean and mean civil service
There will be fewer jobs going in the civil service sector. The government has started the process of cutting down 7,518 civil service jobs…
Letters
CK Lal
If Mahakal is dancing, it's CK Lal who's keeping the beat. How disappointing to see Lal's moving tribute to Major Khatri ("The purity of pure…
Common sense
And so it goes on. The seemingly endless spiral of murder and mayhem. Amidst all this we have to bear witness to the inexorable extinction of…
Mohan Khatri
Thanks to Kunda Dixit for his appreciation piece on Major Khatri, despite the unnecessary underhanded jab at the RNA. ("The villagers' support…
In this issue:
Divided they fall | Chandra Kumari is happy now | Un - united nation | Editorial: The four-wheel of democracy | Shock therapy | Seven years with my Korean fathers | Last stand | Then and now | Critical mass | Jello Journalism | Pedalling for peace