November 29 - December 5, 2002
Headline
Editorial
What are we waiting for?
We are a bit worried by the unseemly anticipation with which discredited national-level leaders of the political parties are waiting for the…
Oiling the machine
There are many places to start. The petrol and kerosene price hike was one opportunity to do things right, and we pretty much bungled it. The…
Columns
State Of The State by CK LAL
Remote control...
Why the clamour for a constituent assembly, what's the hurry?
Here And There by DANIEL LAK
A developing crisis
For decades, donors have exercised huge, unaccountable influence over this country's polity and economics.
Guest Column by MEGH RANJANI RAI
Mother Nepal
She struggles as she always has, not expecting any help.
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Drive slow, avoid turnover
There is a guy we know who took his girlfriend Ruth for a test-drive on his new motorcycle. While zooming downhill from Maharajgunj he hit a…
Nation
And now, French Gurkhas!
Chandra Kanta Tiwari is a Nepali officer in the French Foreign Legion. PATRICK LEVAIQUE talked to him about the life of a legionnaire
...damage control
Political parties and the palace must cooperate if they are to compel the Maoists to give up their violent path.
DHAWAL SHUMSHERE JB RANA
Children in the frontline
Even one year later, Ghorahi's children are still traumatised.
RAM HARI RIJAL
Why the children?
The scars on Rabina and Rabin (below) represent the face of our wounded nation
NARESH NEWAR
A nation’s call
A graduate of Budanilkantha School ruminates on the tug of a motherland that needs educated Nepalis more than ever before.
PHUDORJI LAMA SHERPA
Crisis leadership
Who could have imagined the entire House of Representatives would be wallowing in irrelevance?
PUSKAR BHUSAL
History
"Nationalism, democracy and economic development are all linked."
BP finds solace in a spiritual-religious analysis of his predicament, and is relieved that he now understands the nature of the obstacles of his…
Leisure
Book Worm
Challenging Untouchability
Dalit Initiative and Experience from KarnatakaSimon R Charsley and GK Karnath eds. Sage Publications India, 1998 Rs 472 This volume is an…
Dalits and the democratic revolution
Dr Ambedkar and the Dalit movement in colonial India Gail Omvedt Sage Publications, 1994 Rs 448 Omvedt focuses on Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra…
Growing up untouchable in India
A Dalit autobigraphy Vasant Moon Gail Omvedt trans. Vistar Publications, 2001 Rs 400 The first of its kind to be published in English, Moon's…
Sports
From The Nepali Press
Domestic Brief
Jesse at JazzMandu-2
Nepal's jazz enthusiasts can look forward to enjoying a real class act at JazzMand-Edition Two (28 February to 15 March, 2003) with Dutch…
Ghandrunk ACAP destroyed
The popular visitor centre and adjoining office of the Annapurna Area Conservation Project (ACAP) in the scenic town of Ghandrung was destroyed…
Itumbaha restoration
The Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust is working to restore the historic 11th century Itumbaha, one of the 18 ancient monasteries of…
Threatened
Climate change is not only melting Himalayan glaciers, but it is also threatening its bird life, according to a new study. Some 15,000 glaciers…
Justice for all
Now that ex-Gurkha POWs have won the court batle for compensation, it should be good news for former Lance Corporal Hari Thapa. He has sued the…
Nepalwatching
flurry of high-level visits by US and British officials to India and Nepal indicates growing international concern about a Maoist threat to the…
Journalists sue
Fourteen journalists and two activists filed separate cases at the Kathmandu district court Thursday seeking compensation from the state for…
Business Briefs
Dabur and Gorkha Brewery honour winners
Dabur Nepal has honoured three Nepali medal winners from the Asian Games in Busan. Bronze medallists in Taekwondo, Ritu Jimee Rai, Renuka Magar…
Chim-Chimney
If the Chimney is lit, then winter must be here. The Yak & Yeti's famous Chimney Restaurant was founded by the legendary Russian, Boris…
NIA officebearers
The second annual general meeting of the Nepal Insurers Association (NIA) has elected KB Basnyat as President for 2002-3. Rajendra Khetan has…
Tourists from Mauritius
Nepal could attract thousands of Hindu pilgrims from Mauritius every year by offering concessional air fares in the Kathmandu-Delhi sector, says…
Room with a view
Sight seeing of a more leisurely persuasion can be had in Nepal's first revolving restaurant, Kathmandu Revolving Restaurant and Bar. The…
Letters
Blindniks
I am a pacifist whose heart lies with the desperately poor and trapped Nepalis who are the real victims of the "People's War". I have eaten…
Surendra Lawoti
Media is such an important tool that it can raise a person's faith or shatter it. Why then, do you publish vicious letters by such people as…
In this issue:
Let’s talk about AIDS | And now, French Gurkhas! | What are we waiting for? | Editorial: Remote control... | ...damage control | Children in the frontline | A developing crisis | Why the children? | Crisis leadership | Teething problems | A nation’s call | America’s second gilded cage | Why is terrorism different? | “A revolution is no joke.” | “Nationalism, democracy and economic development are all linked.” | Mother Nepal | Holes in the Himalaya | Drive slow, avoid turnover