Issue #119

Nepal's scholar-statesman Rishikesh Shaha died Thursday shortly after Deepak Thapa had visited him and written this tribute. We print this piece in the present tense to keep Shaha's memory alive.

Justice denied is justice denied

The only people still describing this constitution as one of the world's best are its least prominent framers.

This week's three-day nationwide shutdown called by the underground Maoists may have caused an estimated production loss of over Rs 2.25…

If you've been blaming the pollution and the gas guzzling of your vehicle on Nepal's infamous adulterated fuel, maybe it's time to look under…

"Meantime, I'll keep scribbling."

Dominant Classes and PoliticalOutcomes in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh Robert W Stern India Research Press, New Delhi, 2001 Rs 792 Stern…

India Research Press, New Delhi, 2002 Rs 532 This collection of Ramesh's columns for India Today examines with the author's typical intellect…

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002 Rs 1,272 A primer for Chomsky's Minimalist Program, this volume is a significant landmark in the…

The mountain biking races are here again. Gear up to fall down repeatedly.

Ashmina Ranjit continues her meditations on women's bodies, in a different context.

From Kupondole's Friends Club to a German football club. For Nepali football striker Nirajan Rayamajhi, it will be a whole new club and country…

Excerpts from an interview with Narahari Acharya, Nepali Congress, Nepal Samacharpatra, 10 November

Excerpts from an article by Dr Dilli Raj Khanal, economist and former UML MP, Chhalphal, 10 November

Rajdhani, 10 November

Dristi, 12 November Subash Devkota

Kantipur, 12 November

Chief Maoist negotiator in the failed peace talks last year, Krishna Bahadur Mahara, spoke on camera to CNN from an unspecified hideout. Mahara…

Kathmandu-based writer/filmmaker Kesang Tseten's stirring documentary film We Homes Chaps has been selected by the American Museum of Natural…

Illegal brick kilns are once again spewing vile fumes into the Valley's already-polluted air. A committee was formed by Bhaktapur's Office of…

Rs 283.5 million and increasing. That's how much damage the insurgency has inflicted on VDC buildings alone. At last count, 1,321 of Nepal's…

It isn't only VDC offices and infrastructure, service delivery is also being hit, in the form of post offices. At last count, 443 POs had been…

The Nepal Sports Council, the country's sports governing body is preparing to unite the two warring All Nepal Football Associations (ANFA)…

The world's mountain regions are increasingly under threat as more and more land is converted to farming and grazing, according to a new report…

The Nepali business community has called upon the new government to implement a range of suggestions made by it, saying that such movement was…

Juniper Berry gin, a product of Sumy Distillery, has been launched in the Nepali market this festive season. This is the first gin brand of…

Touchstone Sales & Services, authorised distributor of Sharp for Nepal, has introduced a new home consumer electronics brand called Ichiban in…

I would like to make two points on your editorial "Un-United Nation" (#118). At this juncture it would be more appropriate to focus on solutions…

American ambassador Michael Malinowski's interview (#117) gives a clear picture of what the US and other friends of Nepal in the west are doing…

Artha Beed needs to add a few more things to his "Rx for Nepal" (#116): 1. We don't need money-making ministries like water resources etc, all…

Thanks for "The villagers' support keep me going". Mohan Khatri's tragedy has a parallel with a friend who lives a few days east of Mude. But my…

Loved the Under My Hat ( ";-)",#116). If your readers are not too sick of emoticons, I would like to add to Kunda Dixit's list: l @@@@@@:o)…